St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-06-18
death is actually impending. Whethc
it comes to the old, who are ready,
Like ripe fruit, 10 drop
Into the mothers lap"

it comes to the old, who are ready,
Like ripe fruit, TO drop
Into the mothers lap"
or to the Lctevre of Sternc, where the
soldier, after the tongue is silent, ''looks
first ut his son and then AT my ncle
| Toby :" to these who retain all their
faculties, or others who make no sign.
the dread is removed and the change
welcomed
In regard to the prcmonitions of death
there is ample room for skepticsm. The
disease OF Fletcher, which CAUSED him 10
send for a sculptor and order his tomb ::
the salutation OF Wolsey TO the Abbot OF
Leicester, dramatized by the great mas
ter ; the protection Of the renowned con-
lessor, Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel:
the whining cant OF Foote, when Wcs-
ton died, '.Soon shall others SAY. Poor
Foote y The last picture of lIugarih,
which he entitled the lend of all things, -"
adding, this is the end - and hun
dred like records of old biographcrS, are
To be regarded Us merely curious coinci-
dents, ii hot old wives fables. John
Hunter sad upon this subject, with his
usual ter>e clearnesS. I'VE sumelimcs
feel within ourselves that we shall not
live, for the living powers become weak.
and the nerves communicate the inieli-
gcnce to the brain" His own case was
one Of the marvcls of which he offered
this rational explanation. He was aware
that he had long labored under disease Of
the heart, and that tho disorder had
reached point at which any sharp a-i-
tatiun would bring on the crisis. On
the 10th OF October. 1893. the Board.
with whom he had difference, was To
meet, and Hunter prepared to keep his
promise. lie WAS aware of the risk ne
ran, II, a. WAS likely, he should he op-
posed for hc had no control over hi,
temper. and hc expressed his fears that a
dispute might prove fatal to his li-r. Ar
irving at st. Georges Hospital, he found
the Board assembled AMI cntcriu. the
room, presented the petition OF the youu-
men, and proceeded 10 ur.c tine prupr.,tv
Of their beng admitted. In the course
Of his remarks he made >omt observation
which one OF his colleague, Iiltly com;ra-
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of hi, cNcc-,es. and was subject to ucr-
vou- hv,icria. On the toretuld third Iuy
he had party OF friends To- dinner lie
WAS IN Il state q. some agitation. ami
told tAc story of his dream. The quest
-at lat. over their wine. Ivtt!tton rc-
.crrr,l constantly to hi- dream. until. dur
mg hi, temporary absence from the table
| they determined To set forward the clock
/ t 'pon returning. one OF them said. ..luu
/ nave juchevel the yho,t. mv l,rd IL
past twelve" lie went Immediately to
bel, sending his valet Tor -omc uIiul Wa
ter. Daring the servant, absence the
clacN OF the parish church poaiyl !hc tru.
midnight hour, and upon his return lac
found Lord Lyttlc;ou dead"
In tins ca-e the reaction from a state
OF t;tucicd security to :hJt OF .dIc.l.I
danger no doubt caused the very cnll~-
rrophe his friends hai cndcavurcd To- fore
stal.
Ia an old ape life J. siugularly marked
by the samc phcmomeua with which it
began. The circulation inst announced
existence it cca>es last. The ri-ht a,-
ricic puIslte> first at birth and stops only
at death. Reason loses ite faculty oil a.
sociation rccoleciions take the pIar,
of judgement the senses vanish in suy-
ccssion what has been the prevailing
passion, though concealed since child
mood, i. now unveiled; and the thoughts
Of adolescence, bounded by the old limits.
confused and incapable Of judgement ui
will, dwarf the man to his second child
hood.
With incompatible skill Shakt-pcar,
makes Mrs. Quickly describe not only
the maunderings OF old age but the pro-
uosiics OF death, in her account OF Fad
staff > death
"A made finer end, and went away
as il it Lad been any chrislom child y
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