The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1865-04-12

He cOutCudCd that the unicorn ut the hi.
hlc and the rhlnocctoS vt to-day were me
aud the same animal My uuuts htld a dit
lorcut opinion,
In tho sleeping room or my AUNT IA.
ticncc rcpoScd trunk. Often during my
childish years ! longcd to lit the lil and
spy amoug its contents the treasures my
yVnng iducy coulurcd up as lyiug there in
state, dared not ask to have The covcr rails.
cd Tor my qualifications as I had often been
told was "too little to estimate Alright
what that arInprld hcN contained. tiWhcp
You grow up, you shall shall SEQ The ~
side ol it, Aunt Mary Ann used To say tn
mc and So wondered, and wished, but all
in vain. must have the virtue vt years
before could view the treasures M past
wooden sarcOphaguS. Once saw the
faded sisters bending over the trunk To-
gcthcr, and, as Thought, cmhalming some.
thins in ,anphor. Curiosity impcllcd me
to lingrr, but, under some prctcNt, was
nodded out vt the room
Although my kiuswomoa's means wero
f'r from ample, they determined that Swift.
mouth college shoull have the distinction
ut calling me one of her sons, and accord.
mSly was in due time scut Tor prcpara.
tion to a nciShborinS academy Years Of
| study and hard faro in the country board.
| mS.houscs told upon my sclt.importancc
as the descendant of great EngIShman,
notwithstanding all my letters from the
honored three came frcightcd with counsel
tn respect myself and keep up tue dignity
| of the family" Growiug.up man forgcts
good counsel The Arcadia OF respectable
! ity is apt to give place to the lcvity of foot,
ball and Other low-tohcd accomplishments.
The book of IT, at that period, opens read
| lily at fun and frolic, aud the insignia of
greatness gives the school boy no envious
pangs.
was nineteen when entered The hoary
halls of Switmouth. call them hnary, be.
cause they had been built moro than fifty
| years, To me they seemed uncommonly
hoary and snuitcd antiquity in the dusty
! purlieus. | now began To study, in good
earnest, the wisdom of the past saw
| clearly the value of dead men and moudy
| prcccpts, especially it the former had been
ontombcd athousaud years and if the lat.
ter were well done in sounding Greek Gnd
! Latin. ] began to rcvcranco royal lines Of
| deceased monarchs, and longcd to connect
my own name, now growing into college
! popularity. with some far-oif mighty one
who had ruled in poIyp and luxury his oh.
| seqnious people. The trunk in Snowbor-
ough troubled my dreams. In that rccep-
taclc still slept the proof of our family dis.
! tmction. II will go" quoth |, "to the
| home ct my aunts next vacation and there
! learn how wo became mighty. and discover
! precisely why we don't practice today our
Inherited cltinsito glory" go H"E nr Er
| | Went to Suowborcugh Aunt Patience
was anxious to lay before her impatient
nephew The proof he burned TO behold
| But FIRST she must explain All the old
family documents and letters were. no
! doubt destroyed in the great fire of '9S.
rs nothing in the shape of parchment or
! paper implying nobility had ever been dis
| covered in tSnowb0rough, or clscwhere.--
! l'ut-tllcrc had bccn preserved, for many
Years II suit OF imperial clothes, that hd
been worn by their great.grandIathcr in
England, and, no doubt, in the New World
! also. These garments had been carolullv
watched and guarded for wore they not
, the proof that their owner belonged 10
StItionin life, second if second ~ AL to
the royal court of King George itsell?--
! Pre- 'ious caskct into which / was soon to
have the privilege of gazing Through
how many long years these fond foolish
virgins had lighted their untlckerng lamps
of expectation and hope at this cherished
old shrine ..r.
was now on my way to the family re-
poSitOry OF all Our greatness. | went up
Stairs "on the jump We al knclt down
before the wel-prcservcd box; and my
prond Aunt Patience, in II somewhat rev.
crcnt manner, turned the key. NV heart,
! am not ashamed to confess it now. al.
though IL is forty years since the quartette,
in search of family honors. were on their
knees that summer afternoon in Snowbor.
ough, my heart beat high. ] was abou to
look on that which might he dukes or an
earls rcgalia And was descended from
the owner in direct lined | had lately
been reading Shakspearc's Titus Androni-
Gus; aud remembered, there before the
trunk, the lihes:--
40 sacred receptacle of my iovs, -tt
Sweet cell Of virtue and nobility!" -
The lid went M and the sisters began to
unroll the precious garments, which seem
cd all cishrine3 in aromatic gums aud sp.
ces. The o1or Of that interior lives with Il @
to this day, and Igrow ia mt W Il IN memo
ry of that hour. With lious precision the
clothes were uncovered, and at last the
whole sui; was laid before my expeotant
eyes, "f
Reader! I am All old man now. and have
not long TO walk this planet. But, what.
ever dreadful shock may he in reserve for
my declining years, am certain I'can bear
it; for went through tlett scene at Snow
borough, and still l'li1ol gt
When the garments were fnlly displayed,
all the auuts looked at me, I had been a.
college; | had studied Imrkc's "Peeragc;'
had been once to New York. Perhaps
Sould Immediately name the exact station
in noble British life TO which that suit If
clothes belonged. couId saw it an at
q glance. grew Illustrated and pale !
Idared moi look my poor deulcd female
relatives IN The face, sI"
'Nhgt rank IN the pccrage 90 those gold.
laced gnrneuts and big buttons betOken?'
cried all three.
1T isu suit Of servants livery. gaspel
|, and fell back with shudder. t1
That evening after the snn had gone
down, we buried those hateful garments IN
a ditch AT the bottom of tile garden. Rest
there perlurbod body coat, yellow trous-
crs, brown CATERS, and all! M 'f.t.
"Vain Ponrp and glory Of This world, ! hate yc! |
-------------.-s -~---+ --- - IIrrI..i b. h. |
One wounded rebel soldier thought |
he was about to die; and feeling that lie |
had many sins to answer for, lie requested !
that a'nimister should he sent 10 him. Tie |
Rev. Mr.. A., arebel parson, was called in, |
Sitting down beside a whunded man, and |
assCSling all the sarcerdotal airs, he grave
ly said; sAly friend, in what state was