Weekly Trinity journal., 1864-09-17
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Queer Estimates,
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'' Is 1t possible r.
81 never p I" You don't say it r.
Thousand of times has this question been ask
ed and thousand of times has it been wondered
at and " | never'd.'
And what commodity is it that is great - at
ten pounds, and marvel at thirteen? Don't
mind the Price Current, for it isn't there 1t was
something bundled in flannel blanket securely
pinned and knotted and knotted at the corners.
the something in an active State of unrest
the trancendentals have it. The steel-yards
have been called into requisition, and its bended
iron was indeed g hooks to hang hope on."--
The little bundle was swung up; the weight
clicked along the iron bar, that's the notch -
eight and half of what? Why, of humanity.
By the memory Of Malthus here's a baby in the
blanket So there is-a little voter, or, if not
that as Shakespeare says. % n child" Something
that may cut figure in the world break heads
or hearts-have n great name, and be man or
woman. Eight pounds and half of hero or
Il minister. Piety and patriotism by the pound.
Beauty and business by the blanketful. Queer
measurent, isn't it? But there is queerer still.
Time wears on apace with all of us, and the
something in the blanket too. He is boy of
FIVE. He stands erect, God made him, g that
he may look a writer finely says, "upon
the stars" They are talking again, but the
steel-yards hang undisturbed in the cellar way.
No use for them now. But they are talking and
we not listening.
- lall OF his age, Ism ne - ne ioOhS oNeI
the table like man; the high chair was put
away months ago
Tall is he Three feet and an inch, and this
the altitude of humanity. Weight is out of the
question estimates all run to height Ambi-
ton is but another name for altitude, and sue
cess a synonym for 50 getting higher" The boy
is a man ; the climbs rostrums to get
higher. Moaum ents go up, shouts 60 up to court
conquerers go up to glory. Height, everywhere
height. Six feet two of glory; six feet two of
honor and dignity. Queer again-dont you
think so?
By and by-melancholly trio-the form is bent
little and there goes an inch or two from stat
nre. lie or she is looking at something in the
dust what can it be? Surely it is not GRAVE
! they look at. Eyes grow dim and they bend
| lower to sec. To see What is there to be seen,
we wonder.
By-and-by, they weary and throw themselves
along the bosom of the dusky mother of US all.
They sleep-sleep, but they do not dream
Where are your attitudes now, your mountains,
monuments anl thrones? Men take up the
sleeper carefully, slowly, as it were n treasure
And it s-a treasure of dust The old est-
mate is resumed weight has come again +" It's
dead weight nothing more.
And this would be queer, too, if it were not
sad.
But they are taking again She had three
names hadn't she?" " Indeed, but / can re-
member but two."
Remember but two, can they? Names of what
Why, of all that weight aud height of fame and
love, of hope and fear and thought and pas
sion.
And two words-two breaths of air--two mur-
murs, are all that is left of what once
man, Il woman.
Years elapse and Age is talking again
q There was---was--I cannot remember the
name now--well, well, it's What we are all coming
to, and the old man sighs sadly.
| The last syllable of al! has died the lip. is
erased from memory, ripples on the still aud lis
tening airs lost not murmur Of it fingers
in the % fearful hollow " of the human ear -
. Pah how the dust flies T. Dust, do you say
Listen, and we will whisper just word that
dust warm once, loved once, beauty once.
"Imperous CESAR dead, AMI turned to clay
Might stop a hole to keep the wind away
Oh that's the earth which keeps the world In awe
Should patch wall to expel the Winters flaw"
What more significant comment upon the van
ity Of royalty could be given than Hamlets next
words ! There is meaning in them beyond
speech
:. But soft but soft aside Here comes the
King That dust again There goes king,
may be.-Benj. f. Tdylor's Januasy and June.