The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-01-07
BIRTH -DAYs.-How fast the birtb.davs

co"e! hoW swiftly each year, silently and
almost imperceptibly, glides away, bringing
changes so gradual, yet SO completes! 1t is
no use to weep for golden opportunities
gone, yet we cannot but wonder that we
blindly let them slide through our crasp.
How gladly you hail the day which makes
you nino years old-h"w trne arc jour
kisses, how bnoyant your spirits What
pleasure You lake in making n "rounder,"
''knucklng down. and tossing your
lacks. Pure, then, is your love for her
who first taught you to lisp Our Father"
free from guile your heart-unknown to
sorrow your brief life.
Chlld! sweet word. Sure those lips
cannot be long used to evil, which whisper
1t tenderly. With it, such loving memories
throng; such happy recollections, such
pleasant thoughts. An innocent JOYOUS
boy. perhaps. with no thoughts of care-to
grief all utter stranger-already owning
bashfully to yourself blushing preference
for the little blue-eyed girl in bib-apron and
red shoes, who sits on the front bench at
school, her toes just able to reach the floor.
How fast your heart beats when she goes
up tindiy of Friday afternoon to speak:
II know little girl,
Her face is bright and fair
While you are very certain, all the time,
that you know one That night you carry
her satchel for her, and ut parting give her
n rosy checked apple, and tell her, ever so
softly, that you'll bring her one every day,
and then come home vowing to marry her
when you are o man, and she shall have
fine house and carriage like the souires:
and oh, ever so much money, and she
always shall wear bih-aprons and red shoes.
No thought of the. to you, weary years; no
glimpse of toll, hardship and trial in the
future. Ah. happy days of childhood
bright and shadowless, sun-shiny days
Twenty-one to-day! A man now, the
reins in Your own hands, you can do inst as
you please your heart swells with pride,
and your head takes an independent poise
when you think of it. Free now-vote
like man, raise moustache-carry a
cane"
That night you put on a neck-te of rain
bow hnes, part your hair behind, give an
extra brush to your coat, and go over to see
the little girl now emerging into youno
ladyhood, who affected your heart at
seven. Atseven? At twenty-one too, judg-
ing from your confusion, the continual OBJ
Jectless, awkward shifting of your position,
and checks at summer heat, tonight. The
old folks drop off to bed after awhile, and
the little ones are asleep long ago. You are
sitting by her side. now, and your embar-
rassment has flown. You are growing bold
er, 1T seems, for your arm rests on the back
of the sofa, and finally drops carelessly
down, lower and lower, until-oh, joy!-it's
around the trim little waist, and your hand
presses hers, so soft and small while little
tremors of happiness run all over you, from
your toes to the roots of your hair, and
back again. What Joy, what delight, what
exquisite bliss! And so, with her cheek
against your shoulder, the magic words are
rrrI,i nh f,{l,o
whispered as tenderly between heart-beats,
before you. Oh, youth, gay spring tine of
life. the season of polished boots, high
hopes, pride and jealousy-gone.
a MEDICAL BLEssING.-Dr. King, who
for the last month has been surprising the
people of Charleston and vicinity, by the Won
dcrful cures made by his Immediate Relief
and Cough Curer, has arrived in town and can
be seen at his stand at the Market from
until 4, or ut the National Hotel in the
evening. He cures rheumatism in it's
worst forms, deafness of long standing and all
bodily pains, free of charge Call at the
Market and see him operate.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Special attention
is called to the following advertisements,
published for the first time this morning:
jacob Levin-Gas Consumers.
j. S. McAIahon-Fair Grounds 10 Rent.
Meeting Acacia Lodge.
Meeting Burns Club.
Gregg, Palmer 4 Color Sale.
FISANCTA L DIFFICULTY IN New York.
The Baltimore Commercial learns from q
reliable source that heavy money pressure
exists in New York, which, it is believed by
many Of the best citizens and most reliable