Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1860-11-23

and uncle K.still pedi!es, although nearly 90
years old. and anxious for election day tina, he
may vote for Liberty and Lincoln-Good old
souls who could have thought they would
be spared so long. and the young be taken!
oHE's EiRLIEsr REGULATIONS
Are often matters of thought and Of remark
We may mistake or utterly forget the time,
place or person Of marked event, while
some unmpor,ant fragment Of it may he f,I
ever lodged in the mind. One "lill!e shaver
of four years, playing with a table fork, acci'
den,ally ran one tyne into his right eye, spoil
ing It's sight: but all he reco!lec,s Of ii is,
sitting in a small chair in 1.-The west entry,
surrounded by number Of people, of whom
The most important Che Doctor is not at all
remembered, but the cGmical looks of uncle
(whO happened in, il being Sabbath morn
ing, on his way TO meeIing) is fresh in view (;
the pain, the medicine Of ANY, and the COW
ering and confinement, are all forgotten, but
not the white cup which some one held 10
cool and wet the eye. SO, too, all he recoi-
lec,s of tearing down a huge chimney in the
centre Of the house, was the fact that big
fat rat jumped from the ruins, and ran for
dear life across the street, almost escaping
the men. boys, dogs and cats, pursuing IN 9TH
unequal combat" whereby he fell: the rai IS
remembered, but not the men or any other boy
than this deponent. Nor can he remember
when he could not read "the Testament" nor
when prayers were not daily offered IN his be-
half al the family altar. II is plain, hon
est tlooking house-that earliest, dearest home,
to which It's present owners (married nearly
forty years ago by my faiher) gave me "ihe
freedom" Slept one night under its roof
again-,he sun arose exactly in the east, as 1t
has never seemed to do elsewhere-but wal
ted IN vain for the call. "My son, its time 10 get
up, from either q: the two once familiar voices,
now hushed in death. Our chambers remain
much as they were-all below was renewed If
not improved. Crimely is my visit, now, as
the "old part" is under sentence of removaI)
A thousand "reminiscences crowded one after
another as passed from room 10 room, from
chambers 10 cellar. Here were born my three
ssters-here, sickness and sorrows alternaled
with health. aud happiness was enjoyed that
shall cheer 10 the last day Of time-here the
youngest of the flock, who came, in the decli-
ming years Of her parents, 10 make glad the
house with her smiles and lusi-lnieilIgIble
and died. her last looks divided between some
toys had sent, and the mother who bore her.
There is yet the very well which supplied
such delicious cool water; tried il again
and again. and the "old oaken bucket" nigh,
pass for our own. Shade trees. smoke house,
and some DIVISION fences remainiii--like, and
the barn and other out buildings should all
know me. for "aen them we'll Ale for The
first time Of the fruit Of pear and apple trees
which thirty years ago helped 10 plant
(lhink of that, reader and set ont something
good, every yeaD-currants from the same
bushes, ripe, rich, abundant--bui found hard
ly remnant of our plum or cherry stocks.
We had from mammoth trees, every year
without fail, an abundance of the best rare
ripe peaches that ever melted upon the tongue
of memory; all are gone-only one stunted
specimen upon the premises s,and thai is barren.
Sought out every ield-shade-t or its place,
on orr little .farm-walked over lessening
hills and highered hollows-iraced the drain
we dug to transform bog into a meadow
found some Of the street-maples standing /;
others are gone-picked out, again, trees in
ha ch,r II ,Ia IL,
looked into the covered well where we wa
tered cattle, by the little corner lot from
which white, mea!y potatoes were extracted.
half bushel to the hil,-searched in vain for
division lines which have become obliterated
by the enlargement Of farms, and for the huge,
obstinate s,umps around whose shaggy roots
we plowed and hoed. and tried to extermlnate
by burning, but which only roited away when
they got ready-re-clo,hed the fields which
were in woods when We hunted for leeks,
ginseng, berries, mandrakes and squirrels
rumina,ed abou, the many heaps Of apples,
stones, and potatoes, We had helped pick up
here or there-the hoeing. haying, and full
hay-mow-ing on hot days, and corn husking
and wood chorpIng on cold days. Pushing
back into the farlhest fields, came upon the
water brooks where my predecessor-seif used
10 dabble, aud call it misunderstanding
nesting, little streams. wherein now could
hardly cover up. The land is cleared to the
very verge of the longed-to-see "Pitch-Of,"
where three steep hills come 10 point. and
before the two highest is a perpendicular
ledge Of slaty rock, seventy feet deep-and on
below is the dark, cool. still vale, a most de-
lIghtful retreat for such day as this. The
stream Of over.howing water is usually small,
unless dam be raised, as some considerate
oi-philanlhropist had done for me: l
opened it, enjoyed all alone the "roaring cat
aract," and "set the trap" for the next conner.
1t is stated that somebody at one time bored
here for salt, commencing at the top Of the
ledge instead Of the botlom-not very eco
nomical procedure, one would suppose, what
ever may have been the geological persua-
sons OF saline issue not yet realized. But
had not time to visit the modest little -four.
depreciaiingy styled the "Pud-
ding MILL" nor to go down the steep hill to
Marietta, where SO often rode on the old
mare with a grisi, and had good times fishing
while waiting for my not otin-any-hurry turn at
he mill. NEDRow.
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Robert E. Scott, of Fauquier county,
Of the ablest lawyers of that
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