The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-05-21


living for, though there were here aud
there, as she looked over the past, dark
shadows fitting to and fro like the cloud
shadows over the biilowy prairie, while
the sun gilded all the rest with bright
| ness.
Long and earnestly they sat chatting
| at the cabin door, and her gentle words
aud kind encouragement lifted up his
heart and he rose on tie morrow and went
forth to struggle and to conquer.
Let US skip over score of years Do
you see that fine flourishing village, with
railroad track eoursing ,nrangh its cen
trs? Do you see those fine brick school
houses with their belfries and clear
sounding bells, calling together the hun
dreds of children, to be taught in the
! mysteries of science, and to receive into
their hands that weapon of d fence and
power for the future---a comm on. school
education? Do you see yon imposing
building in the distance, with its massive
wall and towering root? That is a col
legc. Mark those church spires, that
point heavenward listen to the hum of
machinery, the mill and the factory; the
hustle of trade Have you taken it all
| INF
Now look again. See you that ma
tronly woman, upon whose bryw forty
summers have scarcely left a footprir +?
The glossy hair shows no mingling of
silver the rose has not fuded from her
cheek, though its budding brightness
las expanded into full! bloom, aud the
red at the heart was not quite SO deep,
the voice is still soft and the laugh sill
very aud cheerful.
" Don't get discouraged, George-all
will yet bo right"
Il have not heard anything else but
Don't get discouraged, George these
twenty years, Carrie | am. tired Of it
Just think what fix | am in now, after
all my struggling.'
at is very unpleasant, to be sure, but
don you rcalember how often, when we
lived in the cabin here, on this very spot
on the lone prairie, you used to feel so,aud
threaten to leave and go back to the old
haunt? What if the company should
fail, shall We be bankrupt? Shall We
complain, if out Of our abundance, in
such time Of trial es this, we lose with
others"
Yes, but, said George, "tho inaa,
ential proprietor Of the town, the judge
Of county, the owner and indweiIer ot
that beautiful mansion, who held in pos.
session half the surrounding landscape,
the rich railroad man and bsnk direct.
Or He stopped short, as if he
did not know what 10 say next.
4" But what, George? ?" asked his pleas
ant wife, laying her hand upon lis brow
| don't want you 10 say, Don t get
discouraged ,"
Then don't give ne occasion, my
dear; | pledge you will not. Bat
really | don't see why you should s.
much dislike the phrase, for out of il
ha. grown much Of the success of your
lfc"
"Ani that is the very reason, Carrie
Man, when he gets the blues, don't love
TO be reminded Of his own weakness ,--
But really. Carrie, will own up. Thai
hopeful heart OF yours has kept me uf
through a thousand nisfor,unes, when
have sunk down in despair, aud let the
waves roll over me feel this morning
about as gloomy as | did when We :rav
eled here on the prairie with Que YOKE
Of oxen COW, and household stuff In
cart, and ten dollars in purse. and look
I'd over the lonely landscape. Don't yot
ren..m how hard | begged your con
sent to turn round aud plod back ?--hov
: | even accused You of unwifeIy disobe
dienee-of setting up your will, vheI
you declared you would rather max
bed of prairie grass or sleep in th
old cart. than 20 turn about SO faint
hearted p
: Yes, | remember
And how sat down and grosled i,
despair when the old oxen died -
Yes"
, "Aod when the lightning burned tt
hay rick :"
YES"
"And - here lie looked up 9Th
laugh of half shsme--"when they locate
the railroad through my farm ?"
oh, George George! ore woul
suppose you d never have the blues again
for with I'll these accidents, and the
have been many, were grievous at tn
. time and hard to be borne, we have ha
y So much Of good luck and prosperity, tha
when | look back over the past, the mis-
: fortunes are so covered UP with blessings
y that | see only brightness and beaut
over all the way. So don't get alscou
:, aged" And she stopped again, aud LEI
;. her kiss upon his brow, as of old.
= And though he had lost his thousand
= though his heart WIS sore over ,reacher
: of trusted friends, though his plans {
: future speculation had to be abandonee
: though his bank had suspended, his raj
- road operations were dead loss--h
! heart rose from its dependency, all
! seating himself by bis pleasant, win
;, covered window, in his old arm.ehsi
: with his wife by his side, he babe Ga
rio, the second, open the piano and pi'
i m accompaniment, while he sang Il
- following
il " hen the black etteIsd list to the gods pr
10 sentcd,
/. a list Of what Fale for each mortal intends :;
-y At the long string Of ills, q Kind angel relente
- And cast in three blessings-wife, children a
II friends. i
ss In vain snriy Plato declared be was cheated,
,e That Justice divine could no, compass
ends,
~ The sche me of mans fall be mairtafned was /
r. feated
lt And earth becomes heaven, with wife, chi
e. rem and friends.
Tue stack Of our bliss when In strangers han
X vested, s#E
q The Ill seenrsd trnss Gfs In hanfrnntnr an