Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-01-18
LOCAL CORRESPONDENTS.
Pretty PRAIRIE. ONO, !
january 18th, 1872.

ED. REF: Thinking that perhaps a
communication from this section of the
Commonwealth might not prove unac-
ccertablc or unwelcomc. | shall venture
upon that agreeable task. But once in
my life haye enjoyed the pleasure of a
visit to your pleasant town. yet | bear Il
friendly feeling toward you, from the
fact hat il Was within Your corporate
limits that the one with whom | am
walking the paths OF life. was reared /:
and while there eXi sts within her heart
fond memories OF her childhood's home.
| too, must be permitted TO share in cX-
preSsiunS of regard toward those who
were her kind associates in the remcm-
bcrcd days of other years. | am glad
that there is within tie human heart.im-
planted 4 principle that continues To
connect our minds To whatc'rr of Joy
gladdcned orr Young hearts. or to what
e'er of sorrow thar cast its shade of,lark-
ness arnund us. These reflections upon
the past, when we review the varipSr
scene that is pictured before Us. " hen we
recall the yoUthfil sports in which we
so earnestly engaged. when we remem-
bcr how in the $ChOnl-rOOm we conueu
over dull lessons. not because we loved
them or could see auy necessity for 50
dOing-wh1n we revisit the oft troddnn
paths in search of pleasure and rrmn!n-
Der our success or disappointment in this
pUTSuit-When we see ourselves in this
mirror of the past growing up and en-
tering upon the stage of life aS actors in
'-hfc's grand dream" one by one. step
ping to our respective spheres, becom-
ing separated. forming new associations
and new attachments. it is then that we
are led to give expressions to that eX-
clamation OF Cruth and beauty which not
only the move writes but the historian
as well hath recorded. time like gar.
unlla>tin% ami unrciting moves on"
We live in the midst of constant CHAM
geS 3; changes Ot time. of place. of cir
{ instances. O! associations, as we'll as oi
nature. all conSpire to teach us the fact
that there is nothing upon which we
%aZc with an eve of admiration that con-
tnues the same; bat when we turn our
eyes toward the heavens anI contcm-
plate Him who made thr:n we learn that
God. and lie only 'iS the same yesterday.
to-day and forever
ILuS il dueI nos matter much where.
lots may t'c cilSi-if the hcaYcnS today
are bright above u. Tomorrow may
bring clouds OF limtoid ilacnnpSs; If to-
day our voires ring with @ladnrSS, to-
morrow may tune them to notes of sar-
roy; II to-day We are in the enjoyment
of luxury ani all the comforts thai
;niSera AMI want; il To-day oar prosper
Gus cities stand crowned with wealth
and rohed in pride, To morrow the black
ness of as.cS may mark where they
stood it tO-la; we minglc with the liv-
ing tomorrow may Number us with Il e
dead; il to-day we rejoice in tho society
of the ones. tomorrow we may weep q. +
t cir graves; and if to-day Our fair lai d
i, in the full enjoyment of peace. to-mor
row may bring the clash of arms ANA
wars tessOiation. The experiences of Il
lifetime. were they presented in one
scene TO the eye. would constitute Il meil-
ley OF trials. conqueStS. defects and chan
geS. such that would be Interesting to
contemplate. But fearing that these eX-
preSSionS might not br sufficiently i'll
teresting. shall not now claim the use
of your worthy columns.
ID. W. RAWLINGS.