Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1857-06-18
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With what varied emotions OF pleasure,
beauty and sublimity, have I wandered amid
the deep, romantic dells and towering hills Of
New York, and surveyed the stern grandeur
and wild magnihcence of her mountain land I;
but after nearly three weeks Of weary Jour
neying, not less joyous was my admiration
and true pleasure, when, from the deck of our
steamer, | caught the first view of my future
home-the green hills of Bellevue.
The plateau arose before us like a bright
vision Of beauty and serene loveliness, crown
ed with the glory of its summer verdure, and
bathed In the radiance of that evenings sun
light, and as | wandered amid its scattered
buildings and tiny cottages, though there came
back TO my heart pleasant memories of the
loved friends had left, and the one dear home
nestled down among the green hills of Unadilla,
there was a richness, a dignity, and a luxuri-
ant vegetation in the beautiful country spread
out before me, which | rejoiced to recognize in
the home Of my adoption.
How different had been my impression Of a
home in the far west-Nebraska. The duskv
forms Of the Indians, with their arrows and
tomahawks, seem to have passed away for
yer, and we look in vain for their swift canoes
on the muddy waters of the Missouri. But
cultivated lands and broad ~prairies are spread
out invitingly to reward the hand of labor (;
and hundreds Of young men-intelligent, hardy
and enterprising-are leaving their pleasant
eastern homes, bearing yet fresh upon their
hearts the dew of a fathers blessing and a
mothers prayer, and their bosoms swelling
high in the full tide of youthful aspirations
and energy. There are faces, too, | see, whose
hearts are linked together by the first bright
band Of love, the first fowery dream OF ro-
nance, weaving happy visions for the future
in small, incommodious homes, irradiated but
by the sunlight of their own beautiful enthusi-
asm, and decorated only by the flowers OF
their own exuberant fancy; and men older and
richer in the worlds lore, but whose path has
been darkened by misfortune and sorrow, come
here folding to their heart all the beauty and
Joys of the present, resolutely turning from
the sorrows of the past, and with a firm, I'M
faltering step, press forward, cheerfully antic-
ipating that success that they feel must crown
the truly persevering.
And thus we have all come, each with our
own sweet hopes of happiness and usefulness
our own bright dreams of prosperity and
enioyment-and though we may realize much,
life can bring to none of us a golden heritage
of unalloyed beauty and pleasure. But let us
each, with a cheerful heart, struggle bravelv
against its many dis"couragements, mutually
aiding each other in hours Of weakness and
dependency, and we may yet see in Bellevue
the vine-embowered cottages, the commodious
and tasteful mansions, the cleaning church
spires, cultivated gardens and shaded walks.
so attractive in our eastern villages. And in
the eager hurry and restlessness Of a life in
this new country. let us not forget how many
have gone forth from the wise restraints Of
happy domestic fresides and a promise OF
early loveliness, and future usefulness been
darkened forever by unhallowed associations
and evil influences; nor forget that we bear
within our hearts a breath Of Immortality, OF
more value than all earth's treasures. Rever.
emily, then, let us daily ask Our Father, with
loving care to guard its purity and preserve
unstained its innocence and truth, and we may
safely trust that " He who heedeth the spar.
rows fall, and heareth the ravens cry" shall
bless all our La hnrs.