The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1864-05-25
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QUEER ESTIMATES.
" How much did it woigh ?"
" s it possible ?"

How much did it wcigh 2"
is it possible ?"
81 never" "You don't say It'll!
Thousands of times has this question
been asked, and thousands of times has it
been wondered at and i" | never'd.
And what commodity is it that is great Il
at ten pounds, and a marvel at thirteen Z
Don't mind the Price Current, for it isn't
there. 1t was something bundled in q
ilannel blanket securely pinned and knotted
at the corners-the something i'll an active
state Of unrest" as the transcendentas
have it. The steelyards had been called
into requisition, and its bended iron was in
deed "hooks to hang hope on" The
little bundle was swung up; the weight
clicked along the bar, "Mdfs the notch
Eight and halfg' Eight and half OF
whatY Why of-humanity. By the mem
ory of Malthus, there's a baby in the blank
ct! So there is--a little voter, or if not
that, as Shakespeare says, "a child
Something that may cut u figure in the
world, break heads or hearts-have great
name and be man or woman. Eight
pounds and half of hero or a heroine,
a monster or minister. Piety and patriot
ism by the pound. Beauty and baseness
by the blanketful. Queer measurement isn't
itY but there are queerer still.
Time wears on a pace with us ALL and
the something in the blanket, too. lie is
boy of five. lie stands erect as God
made him, that he may look" as a
writer finely says, upon the stars" They
are talking again, but the steelyards hang
undisturbed in the cellar-way. No use for
them now. But they. arc talking, and we
are listening.
Tall of his age, isn't he" L" lie looks
over the table like u man the high chair"
was put away months ago'
Tall, is he 7 Three feet and an inch high
and this il the altitude of humanity
Weight is out of the question; estimates
all run to height
Ambition is but another name for altitude
and success synonym for getting high
err" The boy is man the man climbs
rostroms to get higher thrones, to get
higher mountains, to get higher; Monu
ments go up; shouts go up to court con-
quer0rs go up to glory. Height, height, eV-
cry where height. Six feet of glory six
feet two of honor and dignity. Queer
again-don't you think so I?
By-and-by--melanchol trio--the form il
bent little and there goes an inch or two
| from stature. lie or she is looking at some
thing in the dust. What can it be A? Sure
| ly it is not "a grdce they look at. Eyes grow
dim, aud they bend lower to see. TO see
What is there to be seen, we wonder.
By-and-by, they weary, and throw them
selves along the bosom of the duslky moth
er of us ALL They sleep-sleep, but they
do not dream. Where are your attitudes
now, your mountains, monuments, and
thrones? Men take up the sleeper, care
fully, slowly, as it were treasure. And
so it is--a treasure of dust. The old esti
mate is resumed weight has como again
It's a dead weight nothing more.
And this would be queer, too, if only i
were not sad.
But they are talking again. "She had
three names hadn't she?" " Indeed but
can remember but two"
Remember but two, can they Name
OF whats Why, of all that weight anC
height of fame and love, and hope aud fear
and thought and passion.
And two words-two breaths of air--tw'
murmurs, are all that is left Of what once
was a man, woman.
Years elapse. and Age is talking again
There was-l cannot remember th'