The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-06-10
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H..t HHA.a NHAH - NNNH ANHaHa
'dattering JUNCTION to yoursculs',
that in this is kindness. Learn
that CHARITY is for the living, ie'
and not for The dead He Who
built that costly pile iii mehpo
ory of This son, saw His ownl
brothers child go downotor
shame through poverty. yet he
Thought himself wondrous kind.
That wreath which the tears ofl
the widow HAVE BfadH Would
have purchased herTafmdntIK OF
rest and comfort. The ex.
penses ofithe DeeorRa0n bSyF'
just ended wouldhaSe brought
happiness to more poor homes homes
thanrthere e1were graves here atds
bedecked. isad 1unN 20 Sil6dS
"Ycu do not forgetthe dsad,L
for you can not but ,ah, how
often, in your recollection Of
the dead, do you lose all res
membranee 9lOf iothe aHyinsrG
Many fair lady's hand that
to-day strewed fowels SO freelx.a
has often closed coldly when a.,
soldiers orphan came to beg.
Many an eye that 'wept' teafs
on o soldiers grave telday:A
would turn withsoOraya6 sightD7
of that wretched, d,TideWg 21oJ
| "It is pleasanter, perhaps, to-
reflect on tile dead; Under the.
green grass, than on Gle living
under squahd ragsi and ifiith,pt
for death in any shape is fairera
to = look upon than life in soma
shapes.
"This fair, green church.yard
is more pleasing resort than
the cheerless homes of wan;I
but here you find selaee and
enjoyment = for yourselves
while there you would carry
.comfort to hearts that would
swell with gratitude.1q ias jasq
"How well it were, if this
communion with the, dead
would awaken within you a
deeper compassion for the sor-
rows of your kind. How iwelil
it were, if from these tombs
all could gather the lesson I
seek to impress on you, that
charity to the dead is but dtoos
often robbery from the Lying,
'Iet your kind words. aud.
good deeds, fall in places who're .
they will be heard and heedhd.
lie, your aims be given to the
poor and needy; thenlwih your
recompense be in the conscious.
ness that you have increased
\ your talent many fold; and,
though the dead may not e0me'
forth to do you honor, the hv!r
ing willsurely rise up and Galtt
you blessed. ,ls namow anpoy
i "What you have seen and
! heard is the lesson for which l
came 70 teach you. MY time
| grows short apaee, my mission
isfulflledl Peace attend yorie
through life, cFarewelp nj
4 She would haFe pleaded, to-
be carried from the lonely,
cemetry backfto her home, bit
the Ghost had vanished intoF
thin air be(oreIshe could mur.y
mur a word The white mOnu-,
mentss melted slowly Yaway into,
darkness; the graves sank flat
i ly toward Che earth, and iii"
8or6wful. figures Upon them
like vaporg 7foated q off. eintoi
space. Only one, the figure of
!, a child, to, which her eyes
clung despairingly, retained
its shape and place. Nov It
rises to its feet, and, t0tteffhgi
! nearer, falls into her armsIax0l
!. b"Why, mother dear, how dark,
it has grown, and whata nap +,
, did have In my chair" g.,
Sure enough, it was her own
little Meg, and, sure enoaglGC
| she was, sitting in her own
j; room, and no lonely graveyard,
|! in miles of her. She wonder,
/ ed a great deal how. she ever
, got back, but There was thes
open window out of which she's
! had gone, ands looking ont OF
, it, she saw the same groups of,
4 roisy children that she passed
in her ghostly journey. =. '''
Mrs. Colonel Gordon never
was very -clGar in her mind
about that ghost; and whatever
/. her opinion might, have been,
she kept it locked in her own
breast. 81 'e'
q But, whether she believed
it to have .beenoareal -ghostror
not of this much we are we'll
informed, that when the, sun
rose and lighted up, the next
May morning, she and little
Meg, encumbered with a. por~
? tentous basket sought the
home of poor Bob's widow, and
soon made the woman's heart
1 inht md tha 5nhild1.an fI1ll.-I