Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1859-04-21
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termediate space from then. until now, for
thereis too often some dark spot which dis
figures the beauty Of tho picture, and will
cause feelings Of sorrow and often of pain.
| But 90 back to beyhood or,youhg manhood,
when your heart was overaowiug with joy
and mirth and you rejoiced in The simple
consciousness, ofBEING-tbe mere act of ltp-
inq when, if you did do wrong things they
were not very wicked, but might be called
the exnberances of life and youthful spirits ;
aud they were soon astoued for and as soon
forgotten, and should assOoa have been for
piyep:.- - = .,-s,,.,--' ..rs.'-'
ie[ I Ioeethus to look back-for thought have
DOT en,many lustres, have a psst,.te re-
vert toS-aud think%over the scenes which
i:wererthen swituessed;+ and the deeds then
transacted I iove-to remembersthe agents
Eof those actions, as gay and careless and
liehf.bearte s,a set of seventeen year olds
as ever raised>a, row or went on abreeze..-
fGosely allied were they, ay, closer than a
band of brothers, and always ready for what
|,ever nigh turn up, be. it fight, fun'or'frolic'
That band is dispersed now, and those boys
are now men, striving amid dsthe ranks OF
warriors it the great Life Battle. One is
pursuing With rapid steps apath which leads
to fame and glory A rough road is his !; ;bpt
be has that radiant jewel called genius,
which casts bright light along the path
wa way. One is in the quiet walks of life
good, honest and upright, if not renowned.
But he, though unknown to fame, may be a
greater hero than the conqneror in a hun
dred battle" One alas isgoing downward
fast and faster along a road smooth and de.
cliv7o,uss and beantifulat first, with bright:hued
! flowers growing along the side but ending
in gloomy cavern where the monster. Ruin
dwells, and with a 6endish yell of delight
fwelcoms his Victims. ~-.--4
l.. One has gone Home. I Bould'not Wreathe
his memory with a cypress. wreath, but 4
would twine around it garlands of lilies and
roses, for.at last and in reality he is atsue'
They laid him IT. coffin aud clothed them
in black, and with tearfal eyes they said he
was dead. .;ButJI looked and saw a,'caiu
smile on his face, the peaceful smile Of
sense ef1rest--of eternal rest And 1 did
not weep for my heart reflected the Smile,
and knew be was now living by stream
where grow eauaranthine flowers; a stream
whose bright water are the Waters Of life
I was thinking tonight of these cid times
and scenes and friends, when an occurrence
came before my miud's.eye which, for you'
amusement, will proceed to relate.
? Not very many years ago'in North Carroll
ma, in village that shall be "nameless here
fol, evermore," there might have been seen
not "a solitary borseman," nor "a beautiful
maiden by stream" No! dear reader, II
you expect anything of that sort you had
better quit at once. I repeat it, there might
| have been seen that is, if any one had look,
fed-and q great many did look--so I may a.
! we'll say, there were seen large crowd col
lected in the public square before the Court
House of -, on the 1st Monday in yanu'
ary of the year of Grace 80 In the
midst of this crowd there was an individual
elevated on a barrel and this individual
I clothed as to his outward man in a green
coat of shad belly cut, apd all ornate With
resplendent buttons of shining brass, was ad.
dressing the assembled multitude on the IN,
comparable ezcelenoies andinefable virtues
of a certain patent medicine, which, Yentd
cure all the knewn ills to which poor suffer,
I ing mortality is subject, and, prove a .pana,
I=cea fer a thousand hitherto. ,ppdreamed Of
maladies. he bad just finished a pathetic
and glowing account ola young and lovely
female, who had grown up amid the foster
ing care of a, loving family, and was begin.
ming to bless: her home with the thousand
lsweetinfuenees which woman ever seatters
around her as flower repays, the care ol
him who rears it, by bloomiug;in beauty and
shedding around rich perfumes; when, as
the flower is 'wvilted by the simeon blast Of
summer, she was stricken down by the hand
Of disease, and the gloom Of the Dark VALLEY
| was already casting its fOrerunning shadows
l,7 over her lovely features: This medicine va'
procured, for her, it was taEen-she was
healed.
There was an evident sensation produced
upon the crowd. Their hearts were warmed
and the people were beginning to buy, the
medicine, more as reward for curing thai
beautiful girl, than for any self-beneftteo
advantages which might accrue. Just ther
a modest, mild looking young man with flow
ing golden locks, and an incipient Every IN
.cipient) moustacbe, who had been standing
near the barrel-accompauied by his we'll loved
friend Cuff (now alas b.! married. attracted
the attention of the crowd to himself BY re-
marking that he had experienced the bene'
fetal effects of the medicine, and would like
Ito give his testimony in its favor. Taking
tup bottle and,holding it between his eye
and the sun so as to mark its rich color, he
thus commenced:
"Though you behold me now in youth and
beauty, proud in my youth and rejoicing in
my beauty, T5uzz in the crowd it has not
been very long since I too wasstretched upon
the couch of suffering for disease had laid
its heavy hand upon me, and the insidious
heralds of the Ccnqueror were driving the
blood from my cheeks which had hitherto
bloomed red with the roseate hues of health.
nnlorso from , continental lookinp nerson