The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1862-01-31

age. The following is the inscription and
the order in which 1t is placed on the slab
"sncred be this Monument to ye memory
ISRAEL PuTsAN. ESQ,
Senior Major General In ye Armies OF ye Cnited
States Of HSS america
Was born at Salem,
In ye Province Of Massachusetts,
On ye seventh day VI jan,
A. ID. MSS
And died on ye oath day Of May.
A. ID. 1890.
Passenger,
II thou art a soldier,
Drop tear over the Gust OF hero,
who,
ever attentive
To the lives and happiness OF his men,
dared To lead
Where any dared ofoilow'
Remember ye distinguished and gallant services
Rendered ye country
by ye Patriot who sleeps beneath
this marbles
If thou art honest. Fs9ss,So, and worthy
toa man
Whose generosity was proverIial'
Raised himself to universal esteem,
An officer OF eminent distinction,
by personal worth
and q
Useful Life."'
Having contemplated the spot with rcver-
cntal awe, and filled up tho measure Of our
curiosity, We mounted our carriage, looked
our last look. and drove from the spot Stop.
pingat the village only long enough to enquire
our route, We rode on chccrcd by the survey
Of highly cultivated fields, with lordly man.
Sions in front t,ncat. pretty cottages embowcrcd
in slrubbcry, while tho ovcrhang:ns fruit
shed grateful perfume along our path
Gradually or way grew !, IS, and less inviting
until I flncied VIC wero indeed nearing the
conGn,s OF his wolfsh majesty; far away
I'd our left stretched q range of country re-
voting in the extrenc--loIty hills, whose
sparscly stuntcdveg tion, III dssui ei, huge
upturned rocks, piled high on pile, or scarce
ly less rcpulsivo, the intervening dells of
dense, unui,igated forest. Happily for the
reputation of Windham county. these stern
features are confined to q narrow strip. or
bit of country far, towering beyond in the
distance Is land which like Canaan of old,
was "goodly to lchold." On the confines
Of apparently the last vcstigcs Of civalil.tion
was small patch Of cultivated ground, the
owner Of which, presume, colored gentle
man, was standing in irunt Of his humble
dwelling in company with well kept porker
and some half dozen Of the canine species.
running here and there; which. with the
spectre of horse beside Of u tumble-down
barn in tho rear. completed the interesting
t.bleau. nrply to our interrosatories, the
colored man with politencss apd kindness
not always found in cultivated society, gave
us the desired information, upon which We
gave him respectful farewell, inwardly
thinking. as God is no respecter Of persons.
he might bavo assigned him higher seat in
Heaven than ourselves. Wo journcyed on,
the road, 80 stony, broken and percipitous
that we feared the worst consequences. and
passing what my companion termed the
'.rdiiey of desolaiion, we camo to where our
colored friend said We should, the "white
oaks barked by the travellers horses while
waiting their return from the Den." Hav-
ing tied our horse, we commenced an neIplora.
ton on foot, u few yards brought us to some
rude bars which letting down. we entered
large. open 6eld covered with the buckle
berry bush and skirted on on is margin by
forest. Perceiving the path to diverge cou.
siderably, with marks Of wheel ruis We felt
uncertain Of our position, therefore my COM
poin proposed leaving me. while he recon-
noitcred u littlo. An age it appeared in any
Loneliness. my Imagination rendered doaoly
vivid by tho dreary solitude, gave birth %
,hs most borrid fsneies, the most ir'gh'iul
images. Ny anxiety was at length relieved
hv hi, rcappeannce, attended bya female
holding a child by tho hand. Sho had con-
.,n,ed 70 become our guido-assurcd We were
NO, mistaken in our path which would lead
ul,ims.ely to the Den, and satisfactorily 20.
counted for tho rut', BY saying many took
their teams as lar ~ they could with afs,y.
We sped saily on, clearing the opening. we
entered tho wood, our path strewn with 'ssro
and yellow leaf" whilo the brown nut hung