Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-09-05

While year BY year those fair trees grew,
And climbed up nearer 70 the blue
Rest, rest in peace, my loye
Men loved him for his kindly heart
Which bTooded not In gloom apart
As though that grave q shadow threw
Ger all his life-yet he Wes true.
And hnply from that still grave grew
Such blossomiug wealth Of generous deeds,
And sympathy with direst needs
As only God and that dear saint
Might know through ALL those lone years spent
Rest, rest in peace, my lovei
Fifteen years o long closed door.
Open bridegroom would pass DER
To meet his bride forevermore
Twin trees he planted here that May,
Twine closer still your branches grey
Ger their still couch while every spray
Points up-this Is their wedding day.
The lonely race Is run, we here
Requiescat In pace Amenl
Cleveland, Sept, 1st, 1sOO. MARI RoBBISs.
Peach-Raiing Rxeurnion 70 81. Joseph.
The good people of Chicago had picnic
excursion the other day across Lake Michigan
to see the folks and get some peaches at St.
Joseph. Joshua Jepsoms and his Jemima
Jane a member of the "Eolic SeTyfnes"
who composed the picnic party, left Chicago
on the steamer Comet in high glee. Jepsome
became the historian OF the trip, and from his
amusing account we clip as follows:
We dropped gently down the streem.-
Jemima set by my side, ditto the picknick
basket, and was happy. In a transport
Jemima clasped her hands upon her bussum,
rolled up her ize and sez to me "Joshua,p
sez she, amt this sublimep Then l said it
was, likewise much moar. I've seen the dear
CURL do that moshUH, above referred to, sinst,
but It was for another reason. The C0Hs-it
is a small steemer, not larger than sum ferry
botes I've see. But "she walked the water
like thing ov life, as Byron sez, TIL she
cum to the end ov the moth peer. Wen she
began to cross the laik 'Jemima was set by
me and the pieknick basket Sell, "Jemima,
shall take snak !" sez she "Joshua don't
care if dew tew." We opened the basket.
Jemima and l "breakfusted on shipbord. -
We ait cold tung, cold slaw, cold sandwich,
ditto ham, ditto pickles, ditto cold betes. The
betes was purpel, likewise was the cold kab-
bidge. These minushie will be ov interest
and Civ a eoler 70 the narrytiYe further on
This was our breakfast.
Just as l was putting sasser back into the
picknick basket we was a few miles from
shoar sailing dew East the steamer Elgin just
in our wake, as the matt called it, Though
our pakin was to come and did come leetle
after), Jemima said, looking back; az see
them gullsl" I" l sor the deks of the Elgin
covered with Eolic Seuyfnes and the publick
generally, and sez ], Gulls in a horn, Idon't
see no gulls onto the Elgin." Them words
Of Jemima's was preiettick. She allooded to
the birds on the water, but there was deeper
meenin. which has seuce been explained. It
was preseRtJment shall never forget them
words, "See them gulls," for them was We
and the EOlic Serryfnes.
left Jemima few moments and smOaked
a cigar on the hurricain dek. talked with
the matt, and asked him, without no non
sence, had he brandy on borde, for began
to feel little under the wether, a sensayshun
in my stummick; Thought might be the cold
slaw-retched man, it was the LAX.
took little brandy at the bar, and then
went back to Jemima, but did Mt begin to
feel quite well. Theswete maid was missing
I was alarmed. l said to gentleman near
by, nigh at hand, sez Ia little alarmingly,
for could not coneele my emoshun-sez /.
Have you seen a swete angle in lavunder
silk throw herself overborde ?" Then sez be,
with d snigger, {" seen her you deskribe,
tIroug something oDeTboaTd, and then 60 inter
that staitroom. She isn't well, I guess
Ny sensashuns began to be more than peculiar
Sez I to myself sorto voey, sez !, here's a
case for the croWner; let an inkest be sOt on
to a duv-colored yung man, likewise his
laYender-colOred sweetheart, directly, fur
we're piSezed It must have been in the sand
witch, or the cold slaw."
! felt Wus.
There was a swelling sensation under my
westcut, and q sense of fgoneness nigh by the
Dit ofmy stomach. Sez ], alowd and in agony,
"Jemims let me di by thy side" Then sez
1 Jemima, onseen, in a feint voice, cut small to
/ 90 through a little winder, with a red caiker
curtain, sez she, "0h, Joshua, 1 shall d.
/ Sez I, with much emoshun increasing in my
bosum, $50 shall /, and
/ Ever my luv with thee
One tombstun US to cover"
/ rushed into the stateroom and saw Jemima
bowed in one corner. Sez L solemn, Jemi-
ma 1 have come for our last hour together
/ let US pass it on our nees." 1 supposed she
was at her devoshun. knelt beside her; my
horrifed gaiz met paiE-and we mingled
our emosbuns, likewise breakfast together
inter that pail Sez family, "Jemima
what was it; was it in the mustard 2"
! Sez she, gasping, No, Joshua, it it ss'
sick"
Retched fool was, not to see it befoar.-
Ny eyes was opened. The COzEs-it was dane
ing ike an eg shel. went onto the decks
they were cuvvered with the dying. They
sed they was "dyin.r Isupposed was. Oul
Saliua Jane was at the forrid gunnel; sh'
was in the last agoneys; ditto most Of thu
crowd
Ny pen shrinks from depicting the scenes
that foliured. For hours we were kept pros
trats on the pinnakel Of anguish Secl
grones, sech exuemities I never saw befoar
They lay all about the deks. Silk goun
seven TO ten shillings q yard was no account
Jemima ate purpel cabbidge and bete 70
80 breakfast on ship-bored" as we calld it,
Ny duv-cullerd SCOT will carry to its grave tn
stanes Of the same cutler. / do not partieu
lareyes. Her bed wos on my shoulder.
wos not an hour to think ov clothes.
But Mr.. editur all the abuV sinks int
insipnifkans wen l recall the feerful sceen
of the hour of return. The intervle at 81
Jo- was passed in eetin peeche', walking il
the sand aud dredding the comm bak. Som
were carried shivering with agony up th
gangwaye onto the botes, and THAR the sceen
began affresh again oncet moar.
For sewing hours we bufeted the waiV'
Some tried to die. never realized befoa
the tenacity Of life under advers suecumstan
+. ces If there was any peeches ct in st. 10
I none Of 'em cum to this port. The fsho
: tFixt hear and st. Jo., have had what fisher
men call q ground bate" ad libbytim.
=, IL,
: haki her lavunder and my duv- cullered sui
d are sight 70 be hold, moreover her bonne
We still luvnusie and peeches, but seesic an
peeches is wot we both adjure. The Eoli
Seryfnes are much ofour mind, likewise th
general public.
Yures, JOSHUA JEPsonB.
Fugitive Slaves in Boston.
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