The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1866-01-09

: and on The utter 0seiessuess ~ III the
). well meant efforts.
o -
/. DickeHs' Notios of cranafalheTs.
! ! often Wish that Shakespeare had n,
Z pul that spvrch picture ol Iiic into lA
: mouth of jacques. Jaeqae. has NOLAN
choly view Of lhings. IL be bad not bee
: missnthrope, baby nigh, have pr,
4 seoted itself to his mind as ehucklng m
i erUNn.ng IN The nurses arms. and nol a
mulirg end puking. In like manner b
! might have drawn a pleasant picture OF /
: green aud happy old age, instead Of insisl
ing so much on Ieanness and slippers an
shruukeh shanks. The seven ages NJ Jac
: ques depie's them. may he in accordance
wih a certain rule Of he; but, for m
pari, ! have met with VERY many excep
lions, and love to dwell upon them.
has been my good fortune TO know many
old men, who, after the toll and strife Q
lie retail ed al the original innocenc,
and simplicity OF their earliest childhood
| have seen them -and can see them now
sitting Ia their easy chairs, their guns a,
innocent Of teeth, and their heads as limo
cent OF hair, as when they h'y on their
uolhers iaps-siiling there bidding the
Lords good time patiently and cheer1uIly
while sons and daughters and grardsons
aud granddAush lowered abont them
and patled then, aud smoothed their pil.
lows, aud spoke to them in those sinpe
words which seem ne well adapted to the
old man as well as 10 the chtld There is
purifying Influence / old age which we
all recosnlze. We my know that the
old man has led II wicked life, but when
old aee comes upon him, wriukling his
brow, branching his hnr, aud wing hun
to earth. II seems a. il he had been re-.
deem ID aud purified by time. | can un
derstand why the pI'rarchs prayed 80 fire.
quon'ly and 80 earnestly for length OF
days prayed Tor LIE uatll ile passion,
aud the yanIIies OF human nature should
have passed over lfau cloud, lea, ing The
heart 10 beat il lasl lhrob ON The peaceful
shore OF eternity. II always seen TO me
thai at tour scUre tnai j. neither ia Tins
world or IA the next, but that he is In a
position betAcen The two, and can look
calmly upon both.
think II must be pleasant TO 81. upon
the last shore thus aud wait for the boat
not impatient for, neither drcadng is
coming pleasant 10 hear The splash Of the
oars aud The distant 50 G u ihc roxers a,
shey come % bear you away to lh,t gold
en land where youth is eternsl. should 1
lind II difficult 10 talk Of OH eranlfathers
Otherwise than IN this strs.i1. tor ! bay.
never known an old grandfather who.
whatever his prev i.us lie, did not wear
an aspect OF innocence. Age il not nlro.
sether unkind While i. wither. H.. |
beauty II also expunges the traces Of I'M.
evil passions. The tilm that comes over
the eyes Is IA veil to hide the gIare of an.
ger (; the wrinkles that scare tI,. brow .r,
strokes OF times pen designed to obitera,e
The tiown aud scowl that passion has wr:t,
len there 50 boldly. can recall many
-rand'ath"rs WHO eea practical tesli. L
nony to The scundness OF the theory wl,ich
Ju>i hroached with regard 10 the purify.
ne influence oi age. ! remember one
llle feeble, cherry; merry hearted old ,.l
o"' who had bern tcrr .bl.. turk in hi.
I'D days. lie had been passionate. ir.
'erieuS, Violent, constant sourc, of
rouble TO his wAe. and a terri ia hi.
,hildren. Wilet he became An old GRAND.
a'her he was transformed into the most
loclie Creature imaginable. Ills own liz.
ie grandchildren could rule him and make
lim do justas they liked. /,
DO you remember, grandfather on,
i them would say, "@lI.n YOU used 70
.ISe 1t to sour boys all round with tbe I
orse whip
NO. 10 MY dear" he would answer !
! hope | never did that"
"Oh, but you did, grandfather. and !
randmotber says you used 10 set drank j
nd break The chimney ornaments c
"oh, he, he, no my deal, IS ,ys The old |
IAN, ''lt couldn't have been me. il must i
ave been somebody else" And granny Il
rikes ~ and aifirms that he did The deed, Z
'mplelely smashing two china shepherd. h
'ses That had been in the family ior y
injury. = Which relation sends the old s.
an INTO a fit OF laughter so hearty and r,
bod humored that you cannot conceive he fl
u d ever have been capable Of The violent "
'nduci imputed 10 bim. | dare say he
n scarcely believe il himself now, when
e has cast the devil tut Of hnn.--rAll D.
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