Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-05-21
THE CHRONICLE.
MONDAY. MAY II. IS5S.
Letter from a Graduate.
COLUMBUS, o, May 5, 1858.


MEssRs. EDIToRs-"O1r thanks are
dua," as you professors of the 'pen, paste,
and scissors" say, to yourselves or some
body else for copy of the Chronicle con-
taining an account Of the last College aud
Seminary Examinations Truly, it came
as good news from a faI country" aud
revived the dropping hope tPerhaps falla-
cious) that in the cherished place where
once l numbered SO many, l have one
friend
''who and then sends
though: OF a wish after ne
Whatever the spirit that sent it,one thing
is certain, it was received gratefully, and
a: 0uce read through with enthusiasm,
advertisements and all, and Subsequent
j. reviewed carefully; SO that, in students
pariance, [ am, if subjected to that ordeal,
ready for examination, and sure 10 get
To- And what trains of thought it star
ted. what slumbering memories it ava
kened what tides of emotion it raised
1t gave me practical lesson in "associa-
tion ofiieas" Every caption went sweep
ing through my mind, bearing along in
full view the scenes of former years, as
stern-wheel steamboat toHs a score or two
of coal-scows down our Ohio. l can easily
imagine how the singing Of the Swiss na-
tional ballad in Egypt should so remind
the Swiss mountaineers Of their mountain
home as to make them desert from Napo-
Icons army. If higher authority than
the edict Of the "Iron man Of Destiny"
did not bind me to Buckeye land, l should
soon be seen strolling through your streets,
as, eleven years ago to day, whom, having
strayed away from Muncy Hills, came
stalking and staring into your literary
town, an adyenturer after literary laurels
How that enterprize failed, it is unneces-
sary to remind those whose minds run
back as far as 81, or whose eyes may run
over this epis;le. Such being the case,
deem it Of paramount Importance, in every
Hegira, to bring especially the parch.
meats,' which are my only hope whenever
M literary standing is inquired for, and
hence cherish those blue ribboned scrolls
SO much that l presume if I were to pass
through s1ch tribulation as that which
immortaliz.d Jonah, l should be seen
sta9ing OF the seashore, inquiring for Mn
eveh, with that "tin box" in my hand.
In short, circumloeutiOn aside, you may
be sure that l remember and love Lewis.
burg, and ever shall. Those streets and
streams and buildings and fertile farms
and far of hills and thousand loved spots
and above all ny honored "Alma Mater"
are all inefaceably daguerreotyped on my
mind.
Aud long shall the las, trace Of thought and Of feeling
depart
Ere that imase cherished shall fade from ny heart
wrote to-day from Rev Mr.. Rich
mond's; took dinner, few days ago,with
Rev. Mr.. Dickinson; and expect to spend
par, Of this week at Rev. Mr. Hayhurs.'s.
hope to visit home, next summer, if not
this Health and success to you and all
yours-excep: politics. am democrat
still HorriJle dictu!. But | have been
SO busy l have not had time to turn, or |
am so much Of a Pennsylvania Dutchman
1t takes me long time. ALUMyUs.
nA-Right glad to hear from one among
the most useful ard unforgotten Of the full
grown children Of the University at Lewis.
burg. His excuses for remaining amopr
the so.called Democracy, may pass for
what they are worth, but we can assure
him most of his old associates have taken
time to consider the great political issues
Of the day, and call themselves Republi-
cans.-EDs. CHRONICLE. /
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