The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-09-08
SUDDEN DEATH.
BY HENRY WARD BEECHER

No one who has read the dreary close
of Walter Scott's life, as depicted by
Lockhart, but must feel grateful that
Charles Dickens died suddenly, in the
midst of work, without having tasted The
humlIiations of slow decline. There
were, it is true, abundent intimations
that he had seen his best days, and per-
formed his best work. They were as yet
but limitations. From this time forward
we should have seen the steps of decline.
Part after part would have broken off
Life would have given up, one after
another, the great, outstretching branch
es, retreating every year toward the Ell
bough would flourish Il few green leaves
like funeral lamp in the midst of dry
and dead memories of its past life
Dickens has been a child of good
fortune through his whole life. He has
been cherished with an undated admira-
tion for qusrter of century-an admit
ration which had in it not a little per
sonal affection rr
Thackery, Hawthorne and Dickens
each died while at their work, and left
behind an uncompleted book. To die
upon the field Of BATTLE and in the hour
GROWING good fortune
| 1t is painful to be obliged to veil over
and hide from our thoughts the slow de-
Gays and weakness of age. The imagina-
ton is obliged to practice upon itself to
think only of the vigorous Scott, and to
forget the sad and venerable imbecile.
slowly feeling after. death, through so
many years lL
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| son ard of executive force is IL divine mer-
cy to all who,as leaders, have commanded
the minds o men, and walked at the
head of their fellows. Men that came
into beaiing late in life may last late.
but those who were fruitful early, and
who have been prolific, may look out for
barren years at the end. Our years are
| in the Lords hands. All the seasons are
! his. If it be His will that we should
moulder and decay, in the sad twilight OF
old age too far prolonged we should &C
cept this purpose, even as we should ac
cept prisons and bonds for Christ's sake
But prisons and bonds are never to be de
sired for their own s. Ike.
To one who is living Alright no death
can be sudden and no place unfavorable
Whether one goes up out of a banquet,
or from innocent amusements, or from
his couch, it matters little, if only he
has the passport of faith. One step, and
all roads meet; and the great host Of de-
parting spirits, forgetful of limitations,
OF earthly conditions, feel the great
attraction and fly upward to be forever
with the Lord From the Christian
Union
SARATOGA Sophia Spar.
kle' thus describes the Saratoga Wrig7
Gle" in a letter from that resort or
fashion
''The old ladies and the children are
the only feminines who design to walk
naturally. The young belle, az she
promenades, draws a long train behind
her, this train being surmounted by
bewlldering arrangement Of puffs, ruffies,
etc, STYLED a panier; and resting upon
all this is a bright-colored sash of mar.
velous width Now this almost indies
cribabIe confusion of@adry goods is
twiched, first to the right, then to the
left; then it receives a gentle shake,
very like to that which an old hen gives
in settling down her ruffied feathers
And this as near as | can convey any
idea Of it, is the Saratoga acriggle.
with her nead erect, ner BODY bent
forward, her little feet tilted up in dainty
slippers with heels three inches high, the
Saratoga belle ambulates up and down
the piazza, now smiling and now frown-
ing upon her crowd of admirers, who do
their best to escape being trapped up iii
The folds of her long train.
All me! I wonder if they succeed as
we'll in escaping the ENHANCEMENT of her
Dewildering charms ?"