The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-07-08

such violence as to stun for the time, |
if not wholly incapacitate for another
effort. Fortune too, lavishcd her
smiles. and beauty made its obeisancc
mt the shrine of worth. Fair hands
hathcd the throbbing temples of the
man of cares, or twincd in gentle dial
lance the locks that clustered around
the intellectual brow. Faltering lips
breathed words of love. and "wee bit
todlins" lispcd the fond expressions
of childish cndearment. Dimpled
checks craved their token of love
while lips, soft as childhood pressed
back their treasures. The hope of
earnest determination was fulfilled
| The plant so carefully tended gave
promise of rcwared for pains bestow-
ed in the culture.
Worth, sooner or later, finds its
! level and our old friend found him
sell nicely adjusting his merits to q
Senatorial chair. True, its dimen-
sions seemed mt first too capaslous,
but by alternate changes, it was made
as easy as though born to match.
During Il season of relaxation from
the cares of .iIicc, once Bill, now Sen
ator Jones, found leisure to visit the
home of youth. Laying aside all
trace OF the dignity of office, he alight
ed from the stage coach Mt the door of
the village inn, and sauutercd out to
revisit the haunts Of childhood. The
day reminded him forcibly of the
most familiar to his memory, rs al
most unconsciously he threw himself
down under the tree that bore wit.
ness TO his early VOWS. Tbs past
came back with all its freshness, and
for the moment the blight ofchildhood
rested upon his spirit. The bitter
taunts for blamelcss blunders, Of ava
kcncd mishaps, were in his ears--the
shrill toms of II vixen mingled with
deep curses OF an almost manlac.--
Then PHYS tear washed oft the stain
that memory laid upon the garments
of the crring, and the wronged boy
became the eXcusing man. Below,
in the bend Of the stream, was the
sawmill, where whole days had been
spent in riding from end to end, on
the frame that supported the log to
he sawed into boards. The same mar
row stream skirted the Village, and
discharged its water into the pond
that served rs n reserved fund in the
season of drought. The church. with
its leaning spirc,-reminding one OF
the picture shown as correct repre-
scntation OF the tower of Pisa, tried to
point heavenward, but, like the last
rays of the sun, could only manage
to cast its shadow ant,--still occu-
pied the foreground. The school
house, where the channel to boys
brain was measured soonest in short
cuts across lots, still lent its aid in
variagating the landscape. All was
as monotonous and unchanged as ol
Old. Carefully noting each well re.
msmhercd spot, he rctraced his way
TO the village inn, weere were Assem-.
bled many of his old companions, dis.
cussing politics rs though it were the
> science of life. Unrecognized by
them, but famiIier himself with each
face, our hero heard his own merits
canyasscd with perfect freedom. -
Squire Harris dcscanted wisely on
the last speech of Senator Jones, de.
. claring his perfect readiness to coin.
, eide with every sentiment. AS the
courtesy of county town requires
its inhabitants to question strangers
, our hero soon entered into q grave
explanation of what lac thought was
the probable meaning of the Senator
in sundry passages and mentioned
among other things, that he presum
ed thcyswould, ere long, have an op.
portunty Of questioning the speaker
personally rs TO the construction &c
be put upon certain parts, rs he had
, understood that he intended visiting
the town in few weeks SqIirC
, Harris could hardly ropress the tim
id cbulition ot hi, delight at the pros
: pect of shaking with the man whose
genius he had so long adnired--whilC
I, sundry spcculatons were indulgct
in, as to how he should he received
a committee was finally proposed
= to correspond with the distinguished
q Senator, which motion was unani
mously sustained. Squire Harris, as
; Chairman, dictated letter in his bcst
, style, soliciting the favor Of knowing
the day the village might expect tc
be so highly favored Sure of hi-
being mrecognizcd, Senator Jone,
y vcnturcd to make various enquire,
in regard to the history of n family
OF the name Of Jones, once resident,
OF the village. Bill Jones was family
> remembered as IL consummate block
= head, while his parents were pitiet
= for their folly. One another recalled
. by dint of effort, instances of Bill:
awkward blnnderings, and all finally
concluded he must long ago hav
ceased to breathe, from lack of sulli
, cicnt energy to protract respiration
: With such encomiums our hero fel
not little battered, it is true, bu
!, bore the trial Of his patience bravcly
9 that the consumation might be Tho
= more perfect.
h Leaving the town as quietly rs III
O had entered. it he returned to hi,
!. own residence, and politely respon
= ded to the letter of Esq, Harris an,
l. his llow-townsmen, naming an ear
l. ly day for the fullillmcnt of their eN
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