The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-05-10
RURAL MEMORIES.

II was "A inyou= 1av for Benny and NV
self when. let loose from the tasks and
confinement of the school room. we found
ourselves ON the road to our gran lfnthpr'.
farm. That dav was i'm era in onr
Young lives Nv gran father. who was
the midst of having. needed juvenile heip.
and the old market wdnon had been sent
f,r M, loss ;,nror,,rt ,,o,..,,,,r,, than, ,,,,.
,or no 'eSS ''iiPo,'a"' Perso.'"scs 'ha' my
o'o'ner; Ve'erao.e ny e'g,lt years. ana
"'ysel MS senior ny TWO NO tears "ih.
'De'' our eyes us we o''E 'iie Woh'e"
E"ou-0y ""' So.'e'c" our rove" mo
'"e' cu7,o''"'y ',!l,'hc''on' ''el"Ve well
ny "e"'' S"u"'e,' icSs sweet 'l".' usual
'V",' ,A'''''''e' '''''e ''o''''F' = 'in no
'''' '"' ii''i,, NY S'"f'lat''cr
"''" '''.'No "eii' S'o'''"'iI re-
pV|''u, y 'l"T "s"'r'co my l''''''"'e''c'
"''i '','Vf>'!eu ~. ,u P',''''''e' MS was no
"''u,,'u 9','t,', ,.,; = "''o mo' sucn very
"'',-"'! c"'''"'' ''''., mere Is really
N"'', '''i'| "s ore'N'r'3 looSc from
"'o'.''' 'P'"'''H' ''a uo NOV mean
ru''''s 'o'sv ''o''' ,.o power vi her hoiy
,''' ,'''' so1f 'o"'i,''E'' MS can never
ne ""'ir' INC niot!er "o,'.l holn upon
''er c'''H can ohy DC ioosed oy the coid
S'"'p vi "'''''' ii'e''' '"'ier' t',"t
,"o.y c'ii''lN ,P'''on' co'n'n9 sooner OF Ia
,e' 10 V,e'y poy '"'' E'rI, from tue nam
,"Y 'P''i"S "-c Vi sugar P'u'hS anu ginger
o'e'u i,.o Sel.-'eil"hl' aggressive child
"oo''' nc loie'H"uo"l"s oil Ilie-work
Vo''i'c " ,ne'il III or"''S upon laoor ana
'o'r ''''', 10 'nG'r S'fehS,, ana stature
N"'','''Y ."''eu tue ol' market wagon
o,","'', i'7 J",e'''e D"r''en' an.i YEARLY
'io're'' '"c o'u' gray I.o'Se " nat cared
we ''' 'qr'P"Ic' No "'o''Is" p'lie'on
'''0 " "'tl''e' o"'" ".L' Our CHECKS
S'o|I, W','' 10y 'o' WIN shame ana
e''0'' i'o'', '''' Vi .'c ie't'cr'' "lip made
",' W. ''''y myers ''l9'c WIN very GladiieSs'
:" ere We i'o' Eo.,g 10 oe grandfather 5
ne'P' y, y ,r'e , emu meyer cares i,r i',l-
'T''' ~ '''o "''u'"'' iree,"e''r'e' ci'i'u'
P,c","'e' "o' PohiP' l. tne III" Oh lie
"'''' 'i"'' comes WIN years IN.
"''o'''U'.'r Vo.'''S"ny WIN what Is s'lI'ed
"''' ''''i'''' Is apt 10 ci'Sra'e ialse SEN
'.i'''',s 'n't '"''e ways upon the human
''' ., '''' ',''' VI "n'"''S' ne tops ol
,"' '''''S' ,''i"''i'!' i"s' receueu from our
o''oN -'"' i''u S"%e' ana at length tue
Sl''''''''' '.n ''E Vi '"c "e"'"er''aie on inc
,,''s' 'P',v' was 'o'' amongst Inc trees
nv nv "I'o ''''''''y =" " strange co"h'ry'-
"o ''''Io,'''''' P'''," WIN It's S,ull'ed
f'n'' ''''' u""'t . o,NS' was us enoieSs 10
cri whilst moderate slzci poi, 'lj b,"aea;; "eS-
confidently Whispered behind ,Ionathan's
back, could be none other than the
Dead Sea itself Little Benny; he was
| innocent and simple. How much of sem
timent, how much Of romance is di>sipa-
ted by the garish light of maturer years.
How much OF real faith and purity is put
to flight. bv the harsh aItrillon Of liie,-
But come what will we are always The
richer for this buoyant. bright beginning.
Our days may grow cloudy and over
shadowed, our lives tangled and out Of
tune, but behind us will always linger
the aurora of fortunate dawn. 1t
seems to me a beautiful compensation
when the iatuity Of extreme old are is
made bright by the remembrances of a
blithesome chilhood. The cares and sor-
rows, when have palsied the brain. pass
out oe sight, and the garrulous old man
! nr,ttle. la VIZ, nf i,c.s ,,b;h ,ya,., ,oo