East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1859-12-29
EAST SAGINAW, MICHIGAN, DECEMBER 20, 1852

her to bear the parting from her other
little onesl The Lord knew best what
, was good for little Anna; His Heaven
needed this bright infant, also, and he
called her TO be one of his angels.
/ had taken far off journey after the
Christmas morning when / saw Clara,
and the next time / beheld my dear
friends, the traces of great suffering, the
agonies Of that treble grief, were visible
in their countenances. The mothers
face, in particular, was full Of deep and
settled sorrow. She talked much of her
darlings. She took me to the room
where | had last seen little Clara on that
Christmas morning, to the nursery where
/ had played with Lily and Anna, and
showed three white brackets on the walls,
supported by Cherub heads, One stood
in the mothers room, and held the toys
of little Clara-those she had loved best,
had played with last-the other stood in
the fathers study, and held the silver cup
of little Lily, her toys, and the objects
she had last touched-the third stood in
the nursery, and held Annals silver cup
and baby remembrances.
Each bracket had been decked by the
fond mother with a wreath of white
flowers. AS she took up the toys, one
by one, and told me little anecdotes con-
cerning them, the tears rained down her
cheeks and choked her utterance. The
remaining children looked up daily to
these toy-covered brackets, and felt that
some portion of the room was still devot-
ed to their departed little sisters. Among
these sacred treasures were three daguer
reotypes. One represented Clara, lying
upon the bed where last saw her, with
flowers scattered over her pillow-it was
taken after her spirit had fled. Lily's
daguerreotype showed handsome, arch
looking little girl, with tiny basket in
her hand, and a pair of dark eyes fixed
on something very earnestly and lovingly
Il should say it must have been her
fathers face.
Baby Annals eyes were closed; she lay
amongst flowers, with few buds clasped
in her round, chubby hands. She seemed
in blessed sleep, but when that picture
was taken, little Anna had awakened in
"brighter morn than ours"
l thought very often Of those three
little sisters, all summoned away between
Christmas and Christmas, and one day l
had dream in which l saw them all
and this was the dream
DREAM OF HEAVEN.
saw garden so luxuriant with fow-
ers and foliage that it seemed as though
"Thc very rainbow showers
Had turned to blossoms where they fell,
And sown the ground with howersl"
Branches, covered with bloom, leaned
towards each other, and twined them
selves together in natural boquets.--
From the trees hung crimson and purple
and amber-colored fruit-pomegranates,
figs, plums, and many others, such as
had never seen. and their names / did
not know. Those bright-hued fruits ap-
peared transparent, and through the clear
juice sparkled the polished seeds and
stones like precious gems.
In the centre of the garden rose two
trees with widely spreading branches,
covered over with snow-white blossoms.
Grape-vines clambercd up the trunks of
each tree and wound themselves in grace
full festoons through the boughs. The
soft air waited the floating tendrils of
one vine to the topmost branches Of the
opposite tree, until they formed a lofty
bower. From its arches hung clusters
of golden grapes, glistening through
wreaths Of pearl.like bloom. Within
the bower | saw messy mound. Violets
anemones, lilies of the valley, and the
blue eyes of the "forget-me-not" peeped
through the velvet covering, making
richly variegated and living broidery.-
The mound appeared in the shape of
seat, half rustic and half regal.
The flowers in this garden exhaled an
odor so penetratingly delicious, that they
seemed to be sending up perpetual
thanksgiving for their bright existence
while diamond dew drops glttered like
costly gifts on their expanding bosoms.
The atmosphere was singularly pure, ex-
hilarating, life-stirring. The sky shone
resplendent with the softest, most roseate
hues Of early morning.
a group of angelic children gambollcd
through the gardon. Some had chaplets
on their heads, and some had garlands
twined around their bosoms, or girdles of
tiny leaves mingled with violets or rose
buds, wound around their waists; and
some had woven bracelets of flowers and
bound them around their arms, and then
fastened the fowery manacle to the arm
Of an infantile companion, these pairs
were also seen together-they seemed as
one---cach as half of the other, and only
when united, forming a complete whole.
The children were sporting with white
lamb-decking his pure throat with leafy
chains-embracing and kissing him.
Near the joyous crowd stood an angel,
clad in vesture that had the Whitley vary
ing hues of an opal; the hem was wrought
with stars of gold-the zone, was clasped
beneath her breast with single ruby,
heart shaped. A illet of pearls encir-
cled her head = one large ruby shone in
the centre, and emitted such stream of
roseate rays that they formed halo
above her brow. From beneath the
pearly band her hear flowed loosely to
her kness--not in ringlets, but in shin
ing waves that looked like q veil of
woven amber.
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