Boise news. (Bannock City, I.T. [Idaho City, Idaho]) 1863-1864, 1863-12-26
A Life History.

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dream of her girlhood, sacrificed them all up
on the worlds cold aItar-not until eacF
bright hope that glded her path has set II
darkness-nOt until the sun of her life ha!
gone down to rise no more-not until tn,
heart is closed, and upon its portals is writer
"deSolate," and the chambers, deserted d,
their fairy guests, echo ever more sadly to the
music of the past-nOt until then does woman
nour out her soul in song!
Didst ever think of this, We wha delight in
; her strains The careless world read her
thrilling songs and admire the genius of the
author, little needing how each word was
written as with pencil of fire upoI her burn
ing brain ere they we're transferred TO paper.
They know not how in the lone night vigil,
amid prayers and tears, was born the deter
mination to suffer and be strong--to win for
herself name to which the world in homage
should bow, and with the praise and aduation
Of the crowd fill the void in her heart.
So she goes with proud cold smile upon
her lip, and magic words are traced by her
| penwOrds, that thrill the heart and stir the
spirits depths. The need of praise is hers
at last, and she takes the wreath that fame
offers, binds it upon her aching brow, and
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the crowd and gains the seciuson of her own
room, the cold smile fades from her lips, the
proud head is bowed in anguish while the
hands are clasped tightly over her bursting
heart, and her pale lips murmer, Gall, is van
! typ
Sportive words flow from her pen, carving
light and sunshine to many homeG; smiles
greet their appearance, and hearts 90 forth
to meet them gladly and the world lauds the
genius of the woman whose magic have such
power over the hearts Of others, little deem.
ing them but the echo Of past joys and that
while memory brought pictures from her
treasury to the lone watcher, she, with a low
wall of smOthered anguish upon her lips, pen
ned those lightsome words, to cheat the world
into the belief that her own heart was blithe
and gay.
Say you that this is fancy sketch Let
the history Of the many gifted daughters Of
song answer. Have not the words that have
most thrilled our hearts been but the sad echo
of some happy past-the plaintive wall Of
some broken shrine
Oh, envy not gifted ones of earth! Seek
not 10 bind upon your brow the laurel Of
fame, for on woman's brow, it is but crown
of thorns. Better far to live humble and un-
known to the great world the center Of low
ing home, than to be coming thoughts from
out Of bleeding heart, to scatter among the
careless crowd
Envy not the gifted ones,
Who thrill with magic words il
Know ye nOt each line is wrung
From the crushed hearts aching chords!
Know We not mothers heart
Ne cr feels the power Of song
TIL it has felt the poisoned dart,
Aud learned to suffer and be strong2
MARRIED THE WRONG WOMAN.-A short
lime ago candidate for matrimony arrived
in town, and straighiway repaired to the office
Of our oblglng County Clerk, for the purpose
Of obtaining a marriage certificate. The
Clerk misunderstood the name of the fair one
who had been making inroads on the afec-
ions of the applicant, and consequently in
serted the wrong name of the female party f
Who was to be tied by the silken cords The '
Intended groom was so delighted with the q
before him that he did not stop to O
cad the document, after it was placed in his n
lands, but forking over the two dollars he O
hrust the legal privilege in his pocket. Gain Fl
ng an audience with the object of his heart, s.
he two repaired to the house of the clergy
nan, where the document was presented,
g1ich in the eyes of the minister appearing B
erfsctly satisfactory, the two were united in
he holy bands Of Redock. The next morn
" upon seating themselves at the breakfast II
able of one of our hotels, the groom COM
lenced reading the record Of his marriage in m
he morning papers, and found the printers ii
ad him married to another woman. Thrust "
" his hand in his pocket. he pulled out the Il
marriage license, when 10 and behold. to his c,
tier astonishment he discovered that the v
lerk had committed the grave error Of in di
erting the wrong name of the intended bride. "
urning to the object Of his affections, and bc
itb an excited yet trsmulons voice, he ne
reclaimed !" Maria, mistake hes been made, NJ
Id l am married to the wrong woman. =
GU are not my lawful wife. Maria gave a.
lance st the legal documeat, and with half
raBn sigh. answered s." It's no uss fretting, TIC
eremi4h-il's too late now" [Marysyille or
,xpresS. I'D 30 .-'... p ''.''' ' '' n
RATHER RIcH.--A statement iS published
} the effect that rock from Santiam quartz
de has assayed 100000 in gold, ton, for ar
lie richest specimens, and ''aeveraI hundred tic
ollar9, With considerable silver. for the poor