Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-12-28

1t was a rare autumnal syeAlng, We chose
for our stroll, and the starz. Is they came
out one by one looked kindly down.upon US,
when
Z. I4o the beauteous moon.
Like fair shepherdess, now comes abroad,
And = how charmed, =
Beneath her loYcliness, creation looks ="
Nature, not art, had drawn the picture n
her happiest momcnt- \ would seem, r.
above and below, everything wass gram
beautiful and serene. -
This sweet hour, then, of all others .gfys
to spend in-the society Of those who are
bound to us BY friendships holy tie. A
Arm IN arm we WANDER on, keeping MI
our object, and reviewing first our childhood's s
happy hours, the hours when all to US was
real and earnest; and we review the priv
leges We have enjoyed, we cannot but re-
gret that our lives are so widely different
from what they might have been. so much
we see, As memory truly and plainly paints
upon the canvas Of the past, which might
have been otherwise. But reason teaches us
that the days that are passed are never to he
recalled then our wisest course is 10 let the
teachings Of the past be the compass by
which to guide our future We can all Of
us look back through our past lives, and re
gret our misspent and misapplied time and
talent
Who among us are the true men? Are
they those who have been favored with Il
noble parentage fortune and friends. and
who live merely for their own qualification
and selfish indulgence Methinks it mat
ters not how obscure our origin, true man
illness is neither in birth or calling, but in
the character and mind Nobleness Of char
acter constitutes the true man. lie who is
loyal and true, is honorable in himself, and
10 his judgment of others, and one who re-
quires not the law. but his word, to fulfill his
engagements.
\ man is but small thing in the midst d
the objects of nature, yet by his morals
may abolish all considerations, and IN
manners equal the majesty of ~
Only few times in our lives
mitted to enjoy the charm OF
in the society IF men or wOIa
bar in their nature, -but W
flows freely in their;words and
as we, like Emerson, have seen.
vIdual whose manners, though who
the conventions Of elegant society
learned there, but are origina
manding, and hold out protect
perity one who does not nes
court suit but carries tho Holiday
who exhIlaratCs the f1Hcy by
the door Of a new mode of eS
shakes off the captivity of ct
happy, spirited bearing, good nd
free, yet with the port of an e1g
need be calm serious and fit to sta
of millions, we cannot but reioi
have been permitted TO meet this
We have met those who for
are all that is noble, excellent and
bic, but alas the idol falls, the idel
fades, and we find ourselves mournin
those who might have been the same to =
through life as when we first knew them.
In our everyday life we meet those who give
us their hands and congratulate us upon our
success in life. Their congratulations are
not from the heart, but cold and formal lip
sayings that are strangers to the heart. Eve
could but know and feel that we are remem-
bered, feel that we have home in the hearts
of our fellow-beings, this would be indeed
a solace amid our earthly changes.
SOLITAIRE.