Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-11-22

"Apd reason bent her godlike brow
| Her choicest benedctions laid.
Where Hope and faith had sealed their vow.
And watched to see the darkness fade.
Oh, art divine The waiting scroll
Beneath thne'impress CLEANS with light,
And ceaseless ages as they roll,
Shall but increase thy wondrous might
History her annals brings TO hee 10
And bids thy glowing lines rebesrse,
The radieDt hour, when Gods decree
On chaos throned universe.
Undying glory thrills the page,
OF inspiration to thee given,
And points the soul of every aga,
Unto the love and light OF hes-eD. IS
| "Aud Poesy sweet chimes have rcrg
Upon her soft, vol1ptuors Tyre,
'Tll--linger on the echoing tongue
Her spells of richness aud Of FIRE.
Fair Friendship pays tribute due,
And Love, that absence cannot chilli
Beyond the distance lives anew,
Ger chance and change triumphant still.
or those who have labored with marked
success in raising writing from what you
have shown us to have been its rude Begin
ningS, TO the 'thing Of beauty" which greets'
us from the written page, few occupy SO
enviable position as the Author of the
Spencerian System. and while writing III
the wavewashed sands oil Erie, in youf
youth, studying the endless forms and com
biuatious of beauty displayed in wave and
leaf and flower and running stream, culling
from natures rich pages forms of grace and
ease destined in after years TO mould anew
B.. the writing of a nstion, you were laying the
foundation for that monument to your gen.
iuS, carved ont by the labors Of your ripper
years-a monument as enduring as the love
for the true and the beautiful implanted by
an all-wise Creator in the human breast.
History gives US few instances in which
those who have labored for the good. of
their race have been dolly appreciated in
their own day, and have lived to reap the
rewards Of their efforts in the blessings Of
their fellow men Socrates, for. his lessons
f of wisdom was proffered the poisoned cup
Columbus, for giving q new continent TO
the world, received the tribute of poverty
aud chains, and Milton, the illustrious aus
thor of these unequaled works, had to seek il
after years the homage due to bis almost
god-Iike genius But, living in more en-
Ightened age, you are happily spared to see
your system, Tire result Of years Of careful
study and experiment guided by rare ar.
tistic taste, not only the acknowledged
standard in this country, and bidding fair
within your lifetime to become the only
system taught here, but also being adopt
ed in foreign countries wherever the Eng.
lsh language is spoken on Taught .Q
Few men can look back upou life's ID.
Dor so sgDally crowned with snccess, fot
you have not only wrought an entire aud
happy revolution in the writing Of The
country, but have raised your faterite
art to the full dignity and Importance of
science.
Several of our number have already gone
forth upon their important mission as teach
ers Of the Art Speaceriaa, for which you
have so well prepared them, and Others soon
to follow, but we are assured that we speak
the sentiments Of every heart. when we say
that we shall ever look back upon the hours
passed under your instruction as among,
not only the most profitable but most plea
SAINT Of our lives and whatever the varied
conditions 10 life assigned US by the 6ekle
goddess Fortune, you will ever be grateful
ly and affectionately remembered. Aud, as
slight token of our high esteem for your
character, of our appreciation Of the IN.
: wearied efforts you have made to promote
our advancement, and OF grattpdes fer the
' great boon you have conferred upon 10 10
), common with all who write our noble Iau.
r suaee, in giving to the world your Unequal.
}. ed system, VIC in behalf Of the class, beg
Won TO accept this volume, embracing the
inimitable works Of Milton, assured that
: with your we'll known poelieal talents few
|. can so highly appreciate the beauties OF the
4 greatest of modern poets, IS our boAor ed
!. preceptor. s ei xs,ss,rs
The volume presented was Of the largest
: print, Of firm, beautifully giIt binding, and
e cost IS, .''s r9H
: Mr.. Spencer responded appropriately te
!. the action Of bis esteemed students, and
thus much Of "a feast Of reason, aud : iigu
/. Of soul, was crowded into an hour. conssl
Q tuting beautiful spot ip the pathway Q
I. all, and on which all will lock back VIZ,
4 emotions Of pIeasurey -