Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1871-05-18
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toward the hereafter, the home OF the
soul 1t seems but yesterday that
we, boy yeasning to explore the
i" realms of the West" with our heart
,hrobbing and humping, SHE'D over
The garden fence of the old home
stead, leaving a tender fathers newly
made grave with its spears of tremh
ling grass sparkling with the dews of
nigh, in the sweet halo OF glorious
moon,-a kiss on the lips of the dear
est friend man ever had that true
friend who will follow him to the very
portals of Heaven, where God may
take him by his strong right hand
shouting good. bye" with choked
Fut.eraEee, to a bevy of as glorious
sisters MS ever brother had, with a
big lump in our breast that kept
tumbling about as Enough it knew no
equilibrium. We say it seems but
as yesterday, yet years have rolled
their chariot many times over the
highway of life. We heard afar off
the whistle of the iron monster that
was to bear us away from old aSsoci-
atoms, and carry us to strange realms,
and we hurried with a stout heart,
trying to forget--forgct. We met q
few chums at the depot, and giving
old Boylston " to the night, swceter
than ever it " ent up to God before,
we said "good bye Gan aboard. )"
The huge monster agonlzed- a rumb
ling like the dying away of thnnder's
reyerbration--a wreath Of thought
flung by loving heart home
ward, and off into the gilt-edged night
we shot hoping hoping. Yes, our
:" birthday" Here ne are an the
West" We treasure our loves, but
business is business, SO away with
sentiment. +" Life is real, life is ear
nest
Our birthday! We're sweet six
teen--multiplied by too and flee to
carry. Our little girl, God bless her,
gave us a warming this morning,
:" one to grow on, and one to fat on, :"
" hen we think we've shuffled off
thirty seven years Of this mortal coil,
we ask oursrf, Waterman, what Of
the night? Now we aren't Watch.
man, though we've been pretty near
| one several times hes been nearer
to us than we relisled, but that was
wears ago when we were a-blg boy.
We've had good fill of enjoyment
on life's road up to this station, and
have tried to do somebody good as
we had opportuni'y--we used to do
good deal Of good when boy--we
were tender hearted. 1t used to
make us cry sometimes when our
good mother wanted us to bring an
armfull of wood, and to weed an on.
ION bed broke our heart entirely
We once did u little boy with chip
/ hat aud n ventilator in the seat OF bis
breches) good we gave him drink
of salts and sena, aud we guess it
did him good He used to get real
wormy and didn't love us over much.
Sometimes we had good done to us.
! We recolect dear old maiden aunt
who did us a heap Of good. She
was as fragrant a hoquet OF years as
ever wanted to blossom. Once she
caught US inventorying a j ar Of jar,
and she took the blossom end Of a
witch lakeland it did us good. -
We danced step Of our own style,
to the music Of her dear oil voice.
and the slsitching did us good we
know, for we never got into the jam
again, she put it too high up for us
but she was good, dear aunt, and
we hope God will bless her with--a
husband.
But this is long past history --
About a dozen Of life's mortal coils
back, an angel visited us--or rath.
err we visited ler-(there more her
than his angels, in this world and
she said she would and--so did /
and--and a good old minister made a
nice prayer, and I didn't have a gold
Gag e any longer--and | never wa.
sorry 10 this day that i, got out Of my
! pocket. BY and by some little angels
came visiting, and we let EN- STAY for
their board and clothes, and they
made life az sweet than
aunt's jam ever could be--and by.
and-hy one Of them went away
went away when the flowers were all
/ done blosSoming and a chill breath
! came aVpr tho earth bv sraiis Int