The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-04-19


Share 81 truth was vainly set
In the worlds wide fallow;
After hands shall SOW the seed.
After hands from hill and mead
Resp the harvest yellow.
Thus, with somswhat Of the seer
Must the moral pioneer
From tho future borrow;
ClOthe the waste with realms Or grain.
And on mdnight Ky q rain
Pain the golden morrow.
A New AneeAets ~ the ..oPi~n Eas-
OR.S
AN ExourslTs PAssAoI TRon DS oumcnY's INV
voLUME, "rHI AyHNoIa, N rIxss ~ uCx.
NOR TIYLDs.
The little Oarnarvonshire child In ave ore
Seven," Who ID appreciated - rspslline The
idea Of death under IN sbsoluts Inability to
receive it, had completed her eighth Year.
But this might be On ambitious exagrsration.
such ~ aspiring female children are gsnsr-
ally disposed to practice. II il more proba.
bic that she might DO in the ourrsnsy Of her
eighth year. Naturally ws must not exact
from Wordsworth any psdantic rigor Of %.
curaoy in such case; but assursdly ~ have
right to presume that his prinoipls, II tsna-
bic st Ill, must apply to al children below
the age Of 6us. However, will say fote.--
In that case the following ansodoss seems TO
impsash the philosophie truth Of this doc
trine. give the memorandum - il Was
drawn up By myseh . The tins:
My second child, bat eldest daughter, little
M, 10 between two and three weeks less
than two years old and from the day Of her
birth she has been uniformly attended By
Barbara Lswthwaits. We are now IL tho
first days Of June; bit shout thres weeks
since, consequently in the earlier bali Of
May, some ono OF our neighbour gave TO ~
| little bird. / an no great ornithelogist.
ssPerhaps only tsnth-yats one" says some
too Hattering reader. 0 dear, no, nothing
near it; fear, no more than : I've hundred
and tenth rster. Consequently, oannot or
nithologioally describe or classify the bird.
But believe thst it belonged TO the fanily
OF Auchss -sither gold6heh, bullhnoh. or &
least something ending iniMcA. The present
was less splendid than at FIRST il ssemed.-
For the bird vas wounded; though not Il )
way that made the wound apparent; and TOO
seosibly, . the evening wore away, Il
dropped. None OF n knsw what nedioal
freshmen TO suggest and oil that ooanrrod
wss 70 place Il with free aossss 70 bird-seed
and water. At length sunset arrived, which
was the signal for As departure TO bed.
She came, therefore, % usual, TO ne, threw
her arms round my nssk, and went through
her ordinary routine OF prayers, namely: 1rst,
tho Lords prsyer, and finally the four FOL.
lowing lines, e Roman Catholic bsqusst %
the children Of Northern England:)
sHsiy Jesus, nssk and mild,
Look on NE, . little child;
Pity my sinplicity;
Grant that may come TO thee."
M, a. she Was moving Of to bed, whis-
pered to me that / Was to ssmendn the bird
with "yoddonum." Having always seen me
taking laudanum, and for tho purpose (as she
Was told) Of growing better In health, reas-
onably il struck her that the little bird would
improve under the Same regimen. For her
Satisfaction placed little diluted lauda-
mum near to the bird and she then departed
TO bed, though with uneasy looks rsvsrting
to her sick little pot. Occupied with sons point
Of study, it happened that st up through
the whole night; and long before seven O'Clock
in tho morning she had summoned Rasba.
ra to dress her, and soon heard the impa-
tisnt little foot descending the stairs to my
study. Ihsd such Jesuiticsl bulletin study.
BY way Of report upon the bird's health,
- might not seem absolutely dsspaifipg
though not too dangerously sADguins.--
And 40 the morning was one Of heavenly
splendor, | proposed that No shonld i'm
prove the birds chances by taking II ont Of
doors into the little orchard ct the foot OF
Fairfeld-our loftiest Grosmere mountain.
Thither moved ct once Barbara Lswthwaits,
ing bird. BY that time in May, many far
southern country, perhaps tho birds would
be ceasing to sing; but not 20 with 10 dila.
tory people Of Westmoreland. Suddenly. q
We all stood around the little perch on which
tho bird rested, ono thrilling song, louder
than the rest, arose from ! nsighboripg
hedge. Immediately the birds eys, pfsvi-
ously dull, kindlsd into momsntary irs; the
bird rose on ito perch, struggled for a in
slant, seemed TO be expanding ito wings,
made ono aspiring movement upwards ia
doing 90 fell back, and in another moment
Was dead. Too certainly and appareDtly oil
these transitions symbolioslly interpreted
themselves, and to eli Of 10 alike; the proof
Of which was-that man, woman and child
spontaneously she'd tears : weakness. psF-
haps, but more natural undsr the regular
professional evolution Of The sesnioal stages,
than when simply read - narrative; for too
evident It was, TO one and I'll Of -, without
needing to conmunicats by words, what vIs-
ion had reveslsd itsslf 30 al aliks--to' ths
child under two years old, not les than 70
the adults; too evident il VA, thas, On this
magnificent May morning, there had ben =
hibitsd, - on tho stage Of : thsatsf -thsrs
had passed before the eyes Of % 81 -passsd,
and Wa 6nished--ths everlasting mystery u
death It seemed to mo that little ~,
By her sudden burst Of tears, must have read
this ssdcest Of trnths-must have felt that
the BIRDS fate Was sealed, mot les clearly
than Barbara Or myself.
4 JAsfsrssn,s DiFshaay.
The Republicans Of Washington City and
lvicinity celebrated Jslarsos,s birthday With
great spirit on Wednesday. Francis r. Blair
presided and Daniel r. 6oodloe dIliverod
the Grafton. The hand writing On the wall