Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-04-26


clouds that will not pass away, single out ana
keep in its gaze one Of these lovely Elms-mu-
sing upon the harmony Of its balanced charms
the freedom of its attitude, and the proud grace
of every bough-and the spirit will imbibe the
tone of the queenly tree, and whiting its clouds
away, will muse on in strain Of peace and
trust in Providence ready to judge in charity, to
forgive, and to love. Are we dreamer !! Try
it. 1t is the same phenomenon as the power OF
music to soothe and to harmonic the perturbed
soul or that of the lulling voice Of gentle wa
terfall or the peace-whispers of coquetting
breeze.
eff thou art worn and hard beset
With sorrows, that thou wouldst forget,
If thou wouldst read lesson, that will keep
Thy heart from fainting and thy soul from
sleep, .-- ..-@---, -.-..-
Go to the woods and hillsl-No tears s.
Dim the sweet look that Nature wears"
And one can almost fancy great forest here
in our midst, so gorgeously profuse is our arbo-
raj outftting. But, besides the Elms and Oaks
and multifarious other trees, we have
Roses. 81
Four hundred varieties. We have from the
princely Giant of Battles, gushy in its crimson
glories, to the humblest ephemeral rose
'.That opens to the morning sky,
But ere the shades Of evening close
Is scattered on the ground to die."
We have from the virgin snow-whiteness ofth'
La Aargue to the Cimmerian shade Of the Meme
sis. We have the creamy wealth Of the Depon
iensis the softened bues Of the Souvenir de Aal
uaison; the just.perceptible stain Of the Maid
ems Blush; the gorgeous Madame lie Fee; the
sweet Clara Syluani; the dearest delicate little
pet Of. all the Smithie. We have-we haye--w,
have-what have we Motive have oil tn,
wealth of Paradise itself, 'and Ewes bless th'
Ewes y and Adams, and serpants too. But al
these individuals are not in original costume
They all have some new tangled additions Il
the toilets Of the -.....
"Good old times Of Adam and Eve,"-es the
song has it. Col. Preston's statute Of Eve is tht
only individual Of our acquaintanceHho dare.
to stick to the old fashion. It becomes her pass
ing WELL But we were telling; of the flowers
Speaking of flowers, reminds Us that we have 8
flower Of song from the rich garden Of our young
friend, WILLIAM M. MARTIN, whose Muse has
delighted us before. The flower is recent, and il
ycleped l.
"Not Worthy Of Her."
Worthy Of her? Poor girl,
With all her wealth and pride
So poor, pauper's son
Might scorn her as his bride.
Worthy other? "Ding, dong" -
hear the vendue bell,
The Crier calls "Oh yes!
A likely girl to sell r', 49, -. ...@
Worthy of herf No, no,
My purse is all too slim;
See Lordly Dives there
They'll knock her off to him.
Worthy of her? Let ker
Dare to my height aspire, ''.-
Like Danas she'd die,
Burnt by immortal fire.
Worthy of herl Thank God,
proudly answer NO!
Worthy of her? NotI,
Ieannot stoop so lou.
May Parties.
The Schools, Academies, and Colleges, of tn
May party sex seem to have voted Floral Festiv
ties not the style of the present year. Not on
Of our Female Institutions of the city, so We ar
advised, is to have May Party this year. Th
only celebrations Of the kind are outside of tn
Schools-popular.
Our Winnsboro' friends are to do the wonte
honors to the Deity Of Blossoms on the Sd {
May-howers, mirth, and dance, and song, "an
a. that, and a. that" Our heart goes up
that abode of other years. 1t is the soil of man
memories-many joys, forsooth, and earnes
strivings-many hopes, too, and, alas, many fol
lies For such is life. But-Here we 60, mix
ing May Parties and memories-joys and jeer
flowers and follies. Such is our life.
COLUMBIA, 8. G.