The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-01-31

trumpets walled, and ten thousan
sobs broke alike from stern and ger
y tie breasts, and tears from the eye
: of warriors as well as lovely wome
showered like rain. 1t was the fl
neral of Bertel Thorvaldsen, with th
Danish nation for mournrs An
:. she, the old woman who gazed at i
: : as it slowly wound by-sbe wa
." Amalie, his first love! Thoryaldse
\ had never married, neither had she.
"Ah, Himlen!' murmured the oil,
:, woman, wiping away tears from
= source which for many long years hat
: been dry, show marvellous is the vii
:, of God :. To think that l SHOULD
: live to behold this sight! Poor, poo
! Bertel: All that predicted came
to pass; but all me! WHO knows
o whether you might not have enjoyed
a happier life after all had you stayed
!, with your old father and mother, and
/, married me. Ah, Himlen, there's
only One can tell Poor Bertel :"
!, Four years more sped, and on ont
fine Sabbath morning an aged and
decrept female painfully dragged hel
weary limbs through the crowded
rooms of that wondrous building
known as Thorvaldsen's Museum
She paused not to glance at the
matchless works of the sculptor, but
crept to an open doorway leading into
the inner quadrangle, in the centre
of which low tomb of gray marble
encloses the mortal remains of him
whose hand created the works which
ill the edifce. Step by step she
drew close to the tomb. and sank on
the pavement by its side. Then she
laid down her crutch, and pressed her
bony hands tightly over her skinny
brow. "Ja, ja!" murmured she !;
"they told me he lay here, and l
prayed to God to grant me strength
to crawl to the spot-and He has
heard me. All, Himlen, / can die
happy now 81 -
She withdrew her hands, and peer
ed at the simple but all comprehen-
sive inscription of "Bertel Thorvald-
sen," deeply cut on the side of the
tOmba Then she raised her forefin-
ger, and earnestly traced with it
every letter to the end. Smiling
ieebly, she let fall her hand, and com.
Iplacently smiled, while an evanescent
CLEAN Of subtle emotion lighted up
her lineaments. "'Tis true; he
moulders here. Poor Bertel, we shall
meet again--in Heaven ~
Her eyes closed and her hands
slowly sank on her breast, in which
attitude she remained until one of the
officers of the Museum, who had no.
ticed her singular behavior, came up.
I"Gammel kone'' (old wife) said he,
''what are you doing?'
She answered not; and he slightly
touched her shoulder, thinking she
was asleep. Her body gently slid to
the ground at the touch, and he then
saw that she slept the sleep of DEATH
Why Cannot Women be Masons.
At a late anniversary celebration
of the Masons of Austin, Nevada,
the orator of the day thus discourses
upon this vexed question:
Woman sometimes complains that
she is not premItted to enter into our
lodges and work with the craft in
their labors, and learn all there is to
be learned in the Institution We
will explain the reason. We learn
that before the Almighty had finish
ed his work he was in some doubt
about creating Eve. The creation Of
every living and creeping thing had
been accomplished, and the Almighty
had made Adam, who was the first
mason, and erected for him the finest
lodge in the world, and called it
Paradise No. 1. He then caused all
the beasts of the field and the fowls
jof the air to pass before Adam for
him to name them, which was piece
of work he had to do alone, so that
confusion might not thereafter ari, e
from Eve, whom he knew would make
trouble if she was allowed to partici
pate in it, if he create d her before
hand.
Adam being very much fatigued
with the labors of his first task fell
asleep, and when he awoke he found
Eve in the lodge with him. Adam,
being Senior Warden, placed Eve as
the pillar of beauty in the South, and
they received their instructions from
the Grand Master in the east, which
when finished, she Immediately
called the craft from labor to refresh
ment. Instead of attend ing to the
duties of her office as she ought, she
left her station, violated her obliga-
ton, and let in an expelled mason,
who had no business there, and
went around with him, leaving Adam
TO look after the jewels. This fellow
had been expelled from the Grand
Lodge, with several others, some
time before. But hearing the foot
steps of the Grand Master lie sud-
denly took his leave; telling Eve to
60 to making aprons, she and Adam
were not in proper regalia. She
went and told Adam, and when the
Grand Master returned to the lodge
he found his gaval had been stolen.
H, allied the Senior and Junior
Waruens, who had neglected to guard
the door, and found them absent
After searching some time he came
20 where they were hid, and demand
ed OF Adam what he was doing
there, instead of occupying his offici
al station. Adam replied that he
was waiting for Eve to call the craft
from refreshment to labor again, and
that the craft was not properly cloth
ed, which they were making provis-
ion for. Turning to Eve, he asked
her what excuse she had to offer for
unofficial and unmasonic conduct.
She replied that fellow passing
himself off as a grand lecturer had
gwen her instructions, and she
thought it was no harm to learn them.
The Grand Master then asked her
what had become of his gaval /; she
said she didn't know, unless the fel
low had taken it away.
Finding that Eve was no longer
trustworthy, and that she had caused
Adam to neglect his duty, and had
let in whom he had expelled, the
Grand Master closed the lodge, and
tprnino them ont. set a faithful TYLER