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, 1860-02-14
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY II, 1850.
ANNUAL STATEME ENT
Finances Of the City Of Chicago

A~~"'1"1 tuIcAoo rebruss, 10, lsGJ.
~ rou-. You n~r; o,r,,e.,rr .nf I<rt H. 3.,n Esvy.
Fina.nt Gaa,stae< 1 the to"ao" G"*"et y f.e t''y"
t*'1s" ,-.,-....,I
o01It1Es'-'h Potsa9ns' - sAs ...|n -. ~ a
Auocnoea tAa'e'. @es'4'a ~ r."".",., ....N@
c1amaauoa aho app1o'a', .ae ~ ~
year eaohe 'ano''' ILL., .'0S =. n4' "e,o - 1A
once villa efea' CATE anu 'eot''a' A"o e"'s pus.
1sus.ao ALI ~hai F1iPo'n s"u'. o1 'o ea'''-
Of the hnaucta' cona1uon I'll tue c"s.
fnu will pe'reve tAss ns taefe concise aos'sa1 Of
Receipts aid Expenditure 1hs followed BY schedules
IN ordc detailing e'tfE ne II 1da 1~oud ask for AL
tic schedules ran'eo AZ necessary 70 perfect
understanding Of thf whole staacment.
Ne1 Is ule oaiAues suee' y! 'ae !e08e Hao~oE Ae IT,
soufcea ana Aaoaes Vi LIE cs "so osasnea ID scaeaucs
ThieA'ono"-
The II Is bre statement SHOWING Inc app1opsaauons
do'the fiscA year. tano maj aho properly X caed TIC
mpacpa year, Ap J. 1ss 10 Ma'ten s'' 1t'e. ana the
made On account fheteof i" date
.noaAs' 4u .ne"e tn'eH pa't' '@Aeu t1sepe sou "e M
pe'o" sou' ao"' as 'c's''e ~HA1ese4. s ,. "u'.s ~
n:ot ~ ana"aa u9oess pertaining ~ w c"s o"'e'a
"eo'' tfsapu'aeo o'sny isssep'a Hull IA
s'e ee'o .ae 9cA'' = t-Asa""u.e7 ~ .''', osP"''
D. Deo'' Aas " Aeoe-f oa4a' se s"es' oa"4't
sou" VI us enS. =: elcuA tue sAc"uR Nne 'aNou 7N0
aoa1"k oeot 2"o MI otAef 1a''ae& 0. hpp1opA"a nc
oon. oa'aaee eae ~ t"ose "eeoun1 -
'tau, ., ~ ~ ~ ,e
Nv. Arp1"o1' ANa,e e.a ~ ~, ou's1os1. "at". o"4
80. ~. 'sa'.. 49, on,, .ss
~.ss' ....-... ~ s.".1s.~. =. -.,.-1r.na
..-S4,. ..sS.W ~ 49,. 49,, 49,. a.. ,u,..
4~134' sse+. ' . @ " - " ~ ~ t ~
pAss '"' ~ WV ~ ~ ~ - -. .
CUR lily Ha@'teH. !oa Nv" ~. 'ae1 20 - Gp"s
onee' y. e.aA4'''* Wv ~ 49, 's.- "ss w -
*+o"e' - ns .n>@S~ass-, 49, ~ ~ -
N.-.,A.. .H..- c,,- .,.,., 1,.~.~. p,,,,.s j. -.
.e ..~1 ~ 80 -, ~ ~ - 80. H.. -s.su.s
...-' ..a d,;a. ..x, o,.. +o- o,r ra,,.rine
,.n:~,~t, ~. s1E - ts,n. .nf....d ~.
e" - 'H,~-,"...~.- 80. -. ,.....-..
Nv :. ~ ,~.,,.. ,. ~ w.,
Q,"s' " 1 t,'AN, ~ ,..1..N.a.,.
80 - -. ,s,.s- ,na,.,. ~. s.,,,r ~,
e'eon ot Iae lily ~as oe'e. os .e' oes oe"s es W.
tnfo IL ee" 1otS ~ ont opnas go pe e7Is'
os ts3aua'oo lsaeu nun ene .lS..''
~ - ~ ~, .s4 H@t w.. 49,. 49,.
@. 4 "o.h 49, .--s.s. .e ~. ~ -, .!.', m
a. 80
- y, ~ 80 N. ~ '~'~~- ~f ~ '~@
I ~ ~
t' 49, sfua poa.s.
~ ts~e' VILLA ME -. 'e' - c0'u ~ .AA's'
1ae 'esou's* ~ p'Sua'ee"' 'o' '"e neces eAt0e'
o'a*4uc"', o4tA p@s-'o'A' o. ~'14 W. ~ roAI1'
ss....,.'...sHs - ,.s,..-e.a~ ..,..ss.. .,..a.,~a
q y tss T. =: :as,
Don o. s CITY, and lass not is,n n
.aen ssama "4sa no~ a'e '~'. osk s.,@ ~.
os.su.s ~ sos
1"'u w. ne a's4 "eeA Vi 1'' .'H'4-'1'
, 1860-02-14
:jFluauri1t anD VlDmn1trr,a(,


MONDAY EyEyr<a. February l3 1a;N.
Financial matters open dull. Will, no i.un.edi-
a.c prospect of any movement. The current
ra&c for exchange is : per cent premium; but
the demand il s,aall, being limited to the actual
necessities of business. The Indebtedness cf
the West to tile East has been greatly reduced
within the last two years, and if the amount Of
exchange sold is an index to the actual cou.li~
tion of things, there certainly Is not nueh paper
faiin. due at present. It must be conceded,
however, that the high4pr'co Of exchange tends
rrry essentially to lessen the demand.
told, sG9s. per cent premium, with slight de-
mant1
Missouri Srock.-An article will be found On
this subject Oh the second page. It Is intended
as another timely warning, nnl those whose in
teres:s are at stake would do we'll 10 tuke
heed
Since the article was written we have learned
that cali has been made upon the banks WHOSE
issues are based on Missouri stocks, 10 deposit
additional securities, or, what would b. the
SAME thing, to Withdraw i corresponding
amount Of bills The call puts Missouris down
to 81 cents-abous their present value in New
York We lcnrn that NO more Missouri stocks
will lie received By the State officers ony terms
as security for bank issues.
81: Lo1's.-TAe Dnsocrat Of Saturday says
offerings arc some HEAVIER than last week At the
large n'ooeved Institutions; but not very large
witha'. very few bills are offered, and nre
taken at various Fates--gcnerally about d fol-
lows, on the East and South:
~ Rcent- Oh.
| ~ ..:.. .'.'sS.1 '::.':sSst.1
months b''1'. 1'..,'-..:.....'''.:.'..-s t-'s -.
/ others.
Tie Exchange market is about as last quoted.
A~ A~sADA9 eH@S- 80 *%'%~"NNS NJ ava
! iGWSs
r.., -, -,
~" ,, til
She1n"a<A = A~ous''AF' Fa@' P'e''- II PREM.
| A"'@ao e~' -
, 1860-02-14
TREASURY INTEREST WARRANTS

[Tlls>c are Ordinary waHtnts dawn
,:p,n the TscarnrcE, rayal'lc March IL:
leo. with ten pr ctl,t. lntrFfst 1ssuea
ry order Of the Couamon Council
l:-uth fH atr1ucer on acensnt ia3e'-
Issued fur 'cor.tsacts fnr tne sAlhtler .n- oa
SxhfaI ilou<e In West Divaslon. - 9S'.~
Issued for contracts tor repairing tho +,
SortL Division m1rket. .:...-.....-. MIL
Issued for eu,ltract f1r 1.usnbrf.. 95'.s+
Assne :, toa ,oa, Wrst,ree r;.esi e.
I,Y ,cd for rnniTa 10: p 4tht!nE b4hGsa. 7'V""
i@rufd f.r cn,hract With tie ch!tago a,
Gar Light and Coke Comp 4,ly. S'ssA2ol
f.r,Icd 5ur conlta:t tor uosc 10. ho.1-
,Ha 49, cor,,,ct E,r Snike 463 -
, 1860-02-14

~ f$r1tu WA NJ II.
A1 A"csa aoa o4l4'e'a = 1"o'ss''' =,
etrccCrT ~EnT1x
Item. Of c1peo.s Of former
Retained far r,,.rrntr f1r ihr eood
%so+s%s 500 M!,.,s-,t,," -. ~ H.
AZ G.,oi " 1eat'"s 0pl ~
tending ...eeta md alleys.
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Finea collected by the Clerk I The po-
IIee q M IN
r.,@. @ eo1sac,.si ~ ,br Ercicr,1fs.i,itv
isIideEri i
S,J,drS flnts - v;.ss
,..s Irfnnd+d fi'''''' finr. to.ss
Convict tatrr 1T the BrIdegcll. :,
REnCNI1TT0E ERnN TAX
ror,cds.n ] ,.,,nn h. ~ +F,o,. ,n+.I,, - H. hr ~
f.ity AT frx a.1es II
ror r..t',n +. ~ - ~ - IL. ~, r., H.
.t,,f,e,.I. VI ''!0 f1'1"'~'~A " ~ 4
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS =
pCvrc
nANAos
Eor t!rck s. School Section. .--......... ]
For i'oc5s. 5s.-...........:..-.... !
FIJI Groubd between Ca4 street md
RECORDERS C0UE
Fines csi.ecteJ. l
Fyfix1teti llail loud.
Fees Auu ct)4t6 collected
ct,r%fA4 ANrroc&tT>
ofEClAA AoSEs5*oME. E.
tSy4th Dirifiua.
~,
,rEuN'k AGes ~ 1slAh ~ %u0 4s0 O. ..
Extcna nE lsaaal!s s1tett.-... -.......-
'4o1lVS.-- i,
extending 1fdianA Avenut~......-.. :
extending :rriares street. .............
F1HlLE Clark STREET from randolph to
Washington ..--+;.-.--.-...::--~- !
EHl hnA cufs4bE Deast'!En t!acs.---
Fi!hn : VI Junction k!tgso1d flace ana
UcokL4s ne.......:-..+.....s..
liA'k!ie Alley between blEa 1e3 md
AN >. a.-.+..
llanklug Alley u h'k~ LIS and Isl )
3aak w Aite} sn Viz - v. !......:...
r!xhklhk Alley ilE. IL and lSg :: -.
1!AuA'nk <Aste1 tst|~eeh psAn A-as A+7
III aru ~ = ,Ss:+-:...-.;.::,:...:-..
!'AlGIhE AHty !aAr IL anu ~ .: e..
Opening Alley Liz - fJAc. Htc- 13...-
Rti'A;eiuE aad!stn from Market tito
tne Htser--
FaF!uk lasAlle It. from kaf'ao;ph 70
".AE;
t:.ysslE Lasalle IL. t'on 1kana"'ph ~
Nastlns11s ......-...-:;:;....-..1- :
lASinE Market II. from l<ando'Ph 10
Laht.. ...........+..-...-.--.
, 1860-02-14

ST.dTENE.IT in d+taiI Of The E-rpKNDL
ICEE.S or TIE CITY or CNICAG 60
for III Financial ytdr Of 1856: and go.
ARMONY.
, 1860-02-14

1.tract OF RECEIPTS or TIE CITY OF
CHICAuO for tie F;naaciat yeur Of 1863
and 60, L<ginninq february lit, 1858, aad
ending <k1nuary Slst, 1860:
, 1860-02-14

BALANCE SHEET,
FtBRcAkI Isl, 1850.
SH-Tls t~rs {<thrs sch fes r<r to The scR1prLGs that
GIf,~ r1r4aI ezuminsu;aa of ~hirh II nerrsfyJDro
i.H understanding ef sAts hl&1ntr shtsf.
ASSETS
, 1860-02-14
NIEVCLE D.
LAMPS AND POSTS.

SCHEDULE I.
REAL ESTATE.
The valuatious given hera made by Mtsss. II.
JoNES. GEO: ". DOLE and kEUhEN TAYhER, ap-
s. lot l, lot s, block 4. ~ t. known ~
a. Engine lot No. s....,,........... 6o10.nJ
, 1860-02-14

A0fpCLE r.
TREASURY INTEREST WARRANTS.
Issued fr tsre. advanced ard GLIB Il
10 MaeaAami1!ng ". Raadf l1h strees....- 1+,nlta>
do do East Nz1s0o stfeet...... l. N.3 II
s*anx
, 1860-02-14

HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
Appropriated fur Pest House. scayeu-
gen; burning cazcass-a paI3r,es Of
F.1nrrda6 o11ees a1 md Phy.ic.sn. &c.-- 7.al90]
&sAA n4ontns. s.'.'.---..-......-...... a.os.11
INTEREST
AppforftSted TO :pay on fqn9si dsLt
p III ijn,iryy tuaaA ~. A8e.........--!.... 1S0l, &.
"A u'AAs....-.......-- t3,9l3, 4
LAMP DISTRICTS.
Amount OF appropriation for Ne y lang.
strett ~. E7iAluk pests !, E.,dr r.
palfA and cleaning In - }ur 6ftarn
months from January l. l5;9 to March
4 aSii.inr..ii <.,t3Ao
4H+t
, 1860-02-14

scaEprLK O.
WARRANTS on THE TREASURER
Dr.wn p1y7sle on prptertation sa1i3AD /
d. j, August ii, l:f1. for
rayu1ent On engine No. e............. SS9,ft
Drawn payable Nav S.le&a.-..... -. sa0e.ai
10 do Nay ~ ISL s,t&Itsl
do j., May ". 1s*:...- ..... 3als-J
For Skinner School lot. t................ .sNne |
, 1860-02-14

V1,-.s
PERSONAL ACCOUNTS.
Singer i TAlcost--for ttope delivered
on Old street In 1St5........,......... 1,;36.7s
E. 4. Webbe.--yrfunted on Receipts
signed By hm when Cofectos-Wa1-
rant. returned as 10: pail aud prop
cYtY sntd ..........s......,,,, ls,,41
Jos. N. lienslcf1- refunded on receipts
signed by him, and after wards proper
, 1860-02-14
INTEREST.

lNlEhESA.
On WharAnE n1Hgakes And agrre-
mctt'... ss4n.'t[
Premium % tso,oco exchange sola--..- asa.oo
kENDALL-0KLN.
Dalxuee Of hi. purchase Of South Dly1-
sion Market building. ..,.......,....... tS8.o4
Icts seductlon hy dl1ettipn II the f.
nance Committee. 4e0.tc
, 1860-02-14

I
A1sessucnts for nliinz and paw.
irE the four ttTeets aruund
the Public Square. .1Q,05f.A
Painting, aud relay Ing tagging lS'.e3
- -io,lSs!E9
[fJthis anorat ths Ci'smy afloaef III
psufnTtt0a, PR agreement. for tfa-
1rore7atnto Of toart Houst and square
in sxtIrult1d Y I'll th+ fEu,1
, 1860-02-14

The Eimaace Committee hasc examined aud apprnscd
4hs following Annual Statement Of the hpancial condition
Of the csy by the City Comptroller. and ct that the
aarae be printed.
IANE2 1lEf
, 1860-02-14

171'ssP Tx EAs8t1. .....,
E9aI:Hl 10 bis ACCOUNT from JanuaK1
!. H9 Y. January II. 1ss0. ...,.
ltaaioatino u the amount charged a.
move the d:1a Company hAve +. udsre1t
mn am6unfanE 10 4i3.t33-3; for Eanp%
tann e1penses Connected there~th.
erected where their pipes have been ex.
ment entered tnto hy vote OF the tsrm,
mon Council = fer the ann1.at e1tIm It..
wers made Ths expea.es foT remsln-
tnEfE0 muntasI e4tImafs u 10 Cfn d,
The Comptroller has 40 pawes ta nr<s-
Vllt payment for these hills sht anorn-
pz1Ati.sa being exhausted aod = ne an-
Precipitation another year viii Be r..
qui1&d to p1Y then,1
, 1860-02-14
HOSPITAL,

(
Rapalrs, ke.. on building.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT,
Sa'ary Of the Hath Dacer. 933,8
S4l4Iy Of the City Fhye!ctau.. .......... :{1.o
F&ld Tor kcs ping holse for 4s2lfh Qdacef ltc-o
Removing and puEying defucei aplmala 6s4.7
Paid CRY seavsnser, !. D.......::g7@9
- ~" N. $500
- -- 1,sto.;
Removing three bodies, emptying ds-
tern, four troouls and two pai11...... 11<
PeN HosAe.-
Salary Of the Superintendent. 4soD0
Hslary OF The eNu,se..,,,....... 15ei0
spppGea, 4n-ludfuk fuel. ,-E35-:3
bawlu2 and Splitting vood...... 1880
, 1860-02-14

tTh~ INCOME from thr Water f:Antst4
suttceEt t. pay tn interest ou tbs
II ,ut!-. aau Al the Operating s1p* n-eH%
Isay:nx exer-% fv~astA 4sfnE
rInkpx fund 'nftcIets TO il1tLi1&e tie
Hon'!s ut sturi.y. The lt,Ld> area
lien upon all their VuEks k1Tss. l:eal
E.tate. &e- ~ we'll as upen The tttY
prntser.l
, 1860-02-14

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1905
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, 1860-02-14

III NUT 1kI4NEtV-0 2&NNV(NK+
.Saotoing The appropriations mdds by the Cam
man Countit to tie rarious Ilepartmta:* far
tie .fan,{ gar, -4PrH |, 1859 TO -N,reh Il
1850, trifh tie ern<adXures n,adt o. accoune
OF the s1me to tksn"4ry II, 1850. hing TN
nonth<cf tie yfar::
Hills PAYABLE.
or former 5e1rs.' other thar loans, ar
peoptiaitons. itons....................... e3.n..le
PaId during Ucrfna. ............,.. .,EEs,l!
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-07-14
George N. A1unIep,
M B r O T Y p E
AND PHOTOGRAPH ARTIST,
S%CHILLINGS' BLOCK, MAIN STREET,
S A L E M, o 1 o.
Salem. June %, 1858.
JUST PUBLISHED,
ECHOES OF HARPER'SFERRY

This volume comprises the most eloquent
Speeches., Sermons, Letters, Poems and other utter
ances of the leading minds of America and Europe,
called forth by
JOHN BROWNS INVASION OF VIRGINIA
SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS.
WENDELL PHILLGPS-Two Orations "The
Lessons Of the Hour" and 1.-The Puritan
Principle"
RALPH WALDO EMERsoN-Two Speeches.
HENRY D. THOREAU-Lectule "a Plea for
Captain John Brown"
THEODORE PARKER-Two Letters.
VICTOR HUGO-Two Letters.
JOHN G. WHITTIER-Two Poems and a
WIN. LLOYD GARRIsoN-Critioisms of Whit,
REV. DIR. CHEEvER-Tuo Sermons "Thanks.
giving Sermon" and "The Martyrs Death"
REV. II. WARD BEECHER-A Sermon.
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HON. EDWARD EVERETE-An Grafton.
HON. CHARLES O'CONER-An Grafton.
COL, w. a.. PHILLIPS, of Kansas-A Lecture.
LYDIA MARIA CHILD-Letter to Mrs. Mason
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OHCCOhs
Also: BRIEF TESTIMONIES AND POEMS
By William Allingham, Rev. M. Beecher, Edna
Dean Proctor, L. NJ. Alc,tt, E. H.. Sears, G. Z.
Whipp!e, Elisur Wright, Richard Realf. Hon. A.
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TO A GINNY FOUL.

What comes and squawks under my window peri
~odically, aud makes Inc mad exceedingly.
You miserable speckled c%ritter, you'll
Whatin thunder 20 s~quawking about?
Does anything hurt you bad9 or do you squawk
That way in Ginny, where you cum from,
And SO ~squawks now from educational prejudiceI
Whatn the mischief do you pull your homoly
head
out'nd from under your wing and squawk for2
What's under your wing to make you squawk,
You speckled swine Of n bird2
Somethink offensive, l reckon, elsewise
You'd keep it there, for it looks better out o. site
What do you git on the fence and squawk for2
Do you see a~nythink alormink, you white.gilled,
speckle-feathered, s~quawking fooli
low do you s'pose a Teller can read or rite,
Or sleep, or live, you discordant, old busted
Brass Frenchhorn, with all the keys open
And the mouth-piece crackedg
| wish ] could pisen you, you evorlastin', perpetu
al squawkin' machinel
What're you thinkiu' ~aboutp-home2
You rascolly epitomo of a Ginny war. gong,
A Congo ,um-tum and conch-shell,
And down-east village brass band.
Dry up! you specklcd parody on a machine shop
Do you think that's music, you outrageous voca
atrocity,
You boiler-maker's exacerbated echo!
You squawking abstract of Pandemonium,
Do you think a Teller can afford to furnish boot
jacks
And so forth TO chunk you with, dog youR
May be you think it's funny, you speckled Pagan
of African extraction!
Is your squawking sassP or, are you 'fear'd o
me, sayH
You brazen-throated, sheet-iron-lunged culmina
ton
OF foul creation! Here's my b~lacking-trush q
you!
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-07-14
WOMEN MORE SECRET THAN WE SUE
POSE,

We laugh at woman's tongue and wonder when
a woman keeps a secret but every true woman
keeps a box of choice preserves for her own in.
diligence. The mans mysteries are not hers il
he cannot keep them himself let him expect them
TO be blown abroad. Her own secrets of love, Of
self-denial,o of unsupported suffering, no woman OK.
poses altogether, even to her dearest friend.
There never lived a husband happy in the. true
love of his wife who fairly knew all the depths of
her mind about him. Every man profits stupidlv
by the wise little perceptions that arise SO quietly
and have no utterance except in deeds, of which
we vaguely ascribe the fitness to a special faculty
called woman's tact. Women, in short, keen to
themselves four-ifths Of the secrets of society and
do it with a winning air of frankuess all their
own.
A man with q secret will be stony, or porten-
tious, or provokingly suggestive no will keep
his mouth shut ostentatiously. A woman is too
absolutely secret to set up a public sign over what
ever may lie buried in her. mind. She gossips,
%prattles, pours out what she does not care to hold,
with such an air of unreserved simplicity that all
mankind is misIifed, and says, in q friendly Jest,
"a woman only hides what she don't know
NN POOII tuI5 uluerence be.
tween the woman and the man is the most oorspic.
aous. The innate powers of the sex place her at
once upon an eminence that man can only reach
BY education. She must needs often be tied to
one in whom there is not the grain of understand.
ing requisite to the formation of true sympathy.
by far the greatest number of the wives of unskiil-
ed labOrers and mechanics live more or less con.
'clous OF the hidden life within them having such
a seal upon their minds and hearts.-AH The Year
Round,
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-07-14
FROM THEODORE PARKER's SERMON ON
"0LD AGE"

The very old man, he said, loves the sunshine
and the flower, the arm chair and the shady nook.
A rude wind would jostle The full grown apple
from from its bOugh, full ripe, full cOlored, too.
The internal characteristics correspond. General
activity is less. Salient love Of new things and
of new persons, which lit the young mans heart,
fades away. He thinks the old is better. lie is
not venturesome; he keeps at home. Passion once
stung him into quickened life now that CAD fy is
no more buzEing in his ears. Madame de Stael
finds compensation in science for the decay Of the
passion that once fred her blood heather Socra-
ties, seventy years old, thanks the gods that he is
now free from that 'ravenous beast, which had
disturbed his philosophic meditations for many
years. Romance is the child Of passion and i'm
a~ginaiion the sudden father that the long pro.
:racted mother this-Old age has little romance.
Only some rare man like Wilhelm Won Humboldt,
keeps it still fresh in his bosom. In intellectual
matters, the old man loves to recall old times, to
revive his favorite old men-no new ones half 80
fair. So In Homer, Nestor, who is the oldest of
the Greeks, is always talking Of the old times, be-
fore the grandfathers of the men living had come
into being "not such as live in these degenerate
days. Verso loving John Quincy Adams turns off
from Byron and Shelly, and Windland and Goethe,
and returns to Pope. Elder Brewster expects to
hear st. Martins and OldHundred chanted 10 heav-
en-. To him heaven comes in the long used musi.
cal tradition. The middle aged man looks around
at the present he has found out that it is a hard
world he hopes Ices and works more. The old
man looks back on the field he has trod "This is
the tree l planted this is my ~foots.ep,' and he
loves his own home, his old carriage, cat, dog,
staff and friend. In lands where the vine grows |
have seen an old man sit all day long, a sunny au-
tumn day, before his cottage door, In a great arm
chair, his old dog crouched at his feet, in the gent
al sun. The autumn winds played in the old mans
venerable hairs above him, on the wall, %purpling
in the sunlight. hung the full clusters of the grape,
ripening and maturing yet more. The two were
just alike the wind stirred the vine leaves and
they fell stirred the old mans hair, and it whit
ened yet more. Both we're waiting for the spirit
in them to be fully ripe. The young man looks
forward-the old man looks back. How long the
shadows lie in the setting sun the steeple, a mile
long, reaching across the plain, as the sun stretch
es out the hill in grotesque dimensions. So are
the events of life in the old mans consciousness.