St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-05-05
Com n,unitations.
Illinois Correspondence.

MoNr MEAcHAM, April IA, 1859.
MEssRs. EDroRs :-Cheerfulness and
gayety sit in bold relief upon the face
Of smiling nature. And oh that this
were fit emblem of the spirit of him
who writes and of them who read
his lines. But though the smiling fields
arc clad in a rich carpet of verdant
green, bespangled captivatingly with
wild though modest flowers of most
delicate tint and fragrant odor, and
the tender foliage of the forest shoot
ing forth, bespeaking the near APP
proach of the hour, when, flushed with
hope, the throngs of busy husband
men are seen depositing the varieties
of seed-grain in the bosom of the
earth-there may be hidden in the
deep and undiscovered recesses of
many a heart lingering sigh, and
inly groan, forced into an almost au-
diblc note by the weight of years ac-'
cumulation of sorrow how truly and
emphatically is it averred by some
calm and thoughtful philosopher that
mans cup in this life is a mixed one
Though the tree may blossom in
spring-time, and its leaves expand
with luxuriant growth, bidding fair
the prospect Of its luscious fruit ; yet
a fatal worm may have imbeded itself
at its root and as it corrodcs, and
gnaws its way towards its heart,
wasting as it proceeds, its life-blood,
the fresh and hitherto vigorous foli-
age begins to wther and shrink the
blossoms fade and fall, or fruit shriv-
els and quits its hold, and 10, in an in
credibly brief period all is dead. So
man, in his prime, blooms with ardor,
flushed with fond hopes of future bliss
and future gains-at his zenith or yet
in the ascent--and in an hour we see
his aspect, all, to change, his hope
withers, his spirit droops, and sorrow
sits fastened on his brow. We mar
vel, but as we make deep and careful
research for the cause of so signal
a change, we find deeply seated,
though hidden to all ordinary vision,
a worm gnawing at his vitals. 1t
may have been there, unseen, for
years but its corroding tooth, only
just now begins to affect some vi
tai organ in the human economy, and
1t may have crept along some unob-
served avenue, silently and unseen, in
the time of one short day. And why
does it matter which, if the work of
death is only done?
Is it not living truth, that none will
dare deny, that "every heart has sor-
row of it's own," though for the most
part concealed from every mortal eye
But wherefore this Does not the
sparkling sky, the verdant woods, the
blooming fields, the beast, and bird in
tuneful song, rejoice, and all nature
sing praises to its great Original +?
Why is the language that speaks from
the depths of every human heart,
groan? Mans hate of truth and vir.
tue, solves the problem. s, In view of
virtue, goodness, truth, aye of heaven,
then, let man rejoice also for gloom
and long chilling sighs can neither
mend our wrongs nor yield us happi- |
ness. But to this, adieu, as l must
proceed to narrate things and events
Of more direct and special interest to
general readers. Our
SCHUYLER County TEACHERS INSTITUTE
is now in session. Glorious institu-
tion /! The county has been greatly
in the back ground in regard to edu-
cation. till recently and, indeed, is
30 still. But, within year or two
past, or since the free school law has |
come into operation, very signal
change has been in progress where
as an almost universal indifference