Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1860-11-23
Correspondence of the Star ChrOnicie,l
To Our Old Editorial Pine Table.

them up here 10 the house of God, let me no
tIce a few, to illustrate how diverse now arr
their pursuits. aud how they are scattered il
life. Mrs 5. X. b. was the pride of the neigh
borhood for her intellectual aud social qGah
ties: she has long been the admired wife 81
Missionary printer and preacher 10 Bu"mah
and her grand children are among us. He,
oldest brother was lately Member of the n
Y. As>emby-another is a preacher-and
some others are doctors or lawyers. Just op-
poSite that hive, Is :. s, also late Legisla'
tor for New York-hiS next brother died one
of the most promising lawyers in California
and The two younger are prominent physi-
clans, one an editor, in New York CITY. W
5. furnished lawyer for one Western Stale,
a popular sheriff and landlord for an other, and
a number of thriving farmers. &c, for the
western part of this State. w. B. Jr., son Of
our honest blacksmith, ,representedC
County in the Capitol at Albany, al the same
time with the son of another of our neighbors,
Mr.. V. A., also now from the same county.
Several Of the VIZ family were prnters-one
an early partner with Greeley \ son of Dea.
AS. was recently leading member of the
Michigan Leg s,siaiure-anolher IL a rising
member Of the Bar IN Gotham. Il. B. was a
pioneer Legislator for Michigan. NJ. W.
a National Senator from Minnesota, says one
of his coveted enJoyments was The seven mile
rides with his father TO the meeting on (nOw)
Thorn Hill. These recall, while writing, of
those whose success IN public life was not
owing 10 wealth, 10 finished educa,ions, or to
influential friends. They all had a pious
father or mother, or both, aud received sound
training IN the school of New England NOR
als-for nearly every early settler here was
the cultivation Of the mind and the soul
were prime objects with the men and women
of that day and these prominent citizens
may be more indebted, for the sterling quail
ing and various religious influences OF their
childhood, than they are themselves aware of.
New Engan has never sent out a better gen.
Grafton than her first and nobest offspring IN
fires of the Revolution, these descendants of
the Pilgrims were strong in the Scriptures
studied thoroughly every question in politics
and morals, and sought to be Just with Man
tive participants 10 the struggles of '76-men
and women who loved TO talk aboui the sold
Revolutionary War" aud never tired fighting
their battles DER again" Their descendants
are mostly Republicans, and do honor 10 an
honnred ancestry.
II see ms that | am not the only one who
ha> left this goodly land For four miles on
the south side Of our main road, found but
one person living in the same place as in my
boyhood, and other streets were almos; as
much changed. Some have gained in goods
BY removal-others have los,-on the whole
this restless, wandering disposition of our
people believe is injurious 10 the best infu-
ences. II was pleasant 10 hear of the absent
homes. and wish more extended renewal Of
acquaintance with more leisure time.
TIE GnAvE-rlnD
Is located in the rear of the church and school
houses, and has been the Gods Acre"
for many families for perhaps fifty years.
The history of every tombstone, if not of eve.
~ grave. was formerly familiar 10 me. and
wandered as unconcerned in that yard, or in
the kitchen al home. But a silly hired girl
once so alarmed the children with stories Of
ghosts and hobgoblins around graves and
church-yardS, :ha, our eyes and ears acquired
ting heetness and diminishing weight when
compelled 10 pass near those places-so that
even now, we have to confess that often,
when ghost exposed .'the spirit is willing,
but the flesh is weak" What an evil 10 terri
fy the Young with such Gelusions.
First Of all here seek my cherub sisters
little tombstone-then pass from row TO row,
and The pulse quckens, or the heart sinks, as
read the name Of venerable man or wo-
man, or young friend, "lost 10 sight, TO men,
ory dear" The old and the young, those 10
me known and unknown, here sleep in SOL
emn silence together. Probably 30 or 40
there buried, were born before the War Of In
commenced; some l knew were
Revolutionary Pensioners, and from their
brth-daie doubtless others were. Mute, ID-
glorious Millions here may re>t-hearis once
pregnant with celestial fire." bat by fortune
unfavored they left no name TO be long re-
membered. Two cherished pastors, worthy
deacons and their as worthy wives, and pri.
vate members, are here united in death, per-
haps better than they were in imperfect life.
"They sleep in Jesus, and blessed
How kind their siumbers are"
One of these pastors, Salmon Morton.) was
pronounced, by competen, Judge, second on
ly to DR.. John NJ. Mason of New York in true
pulpit eloquence. With but a common school
education, and commencing his ministerial
labors when farmer over thirty years Of age,
vet in heart-work, Biblical knowledge, energy,
grace OF gesture and compass of voice. and
devotion TO his Masters business, he met mol
his superior. Well do recall his sweetly ser
ious, heavenly look, as he wasted away with
a cold caught on a preaching excursion, and
died in The full maturity of nifty years. His
tomb stone apply says. "The truths he preached
in health and life supported him in sickness
and dearh, and when legons Of angels can't
ronfine him here shall be his song for ever"
The memorial of the grave of H. W., "the on
he Idnsr-' III