Middletown transcript., 1872-03-23

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= sadsts. Seven Osts havs, q ~ know.
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asd Nsas Stantcy desosjbso ssses eaks
etandiag 10 line. u psssIeulce spos IL
Pslestlae. associated 10 The nlads Of sbs
eseivea With very strange legend. when
Calls The 1egsad runs Killed hls bsoshsr
Abel, hs wss punished b. bsine sonpsllstl
70 carry tho dead body durisa ths long
period Of 6vs huudred yesss. and 10 bury
Il 10 th;s spot; be plsnted bic sts6 to
mark the spot. and out of t6is staff grew
up the seven OAK trees.
Who can tell N about the Seven Sis.
tsrs-she namc of seven elm-trccs At Tot.
tsnham. which have slso given their name
70 tho road from thence to Upper Hollo.
~ayl In Dcdwcl's +" History Of Totssn.
ha,n," written nearly two hundred and
6fy years ego. he describes Page Green,
BY the side Of tho high. h.road q. that vii.
lnge. aud group Of seven elms trees In
circle, with : walnut trec in the centre.
He says: This tree hath this many
years stood there. and il 10 observed year.
y to live aud bear leaves. aud yet to stand
at . stay. that 10 to grow. neither creator
nor higher. This people do commonly
tell the reason to be for that thcro was
one burnt upon that place fsr tho profes.
sion of tho Gospel" Thcrc was also
some connecting link between tho walnut.
tree aud the Seven Sisters BY which Il was
surrounded. There were seven elms plan
ted BY seven sisters, one by each. The
tree planted BY the most diminutive Of the
sisters was always irregular and low 10
its growth. But now comes another 10.
gcnd Of tho walnnt-trce. There was an
eighth sister. who planted an elm in the
midst Of the other seven; il withcred and
died when she died. aud then q walnut.
trcc grew in its plaor. But now tho wal.
nut.trec Is gone, one os the elms is gone.
and others are gradually witbering. In
Ireland there is legend connected with a
lonely castle on tho eoast Of Kerry. tcl.
ling. in like manner Of seven sisters. The
lord Of tho castle was = grim and cruel
man. who had seven beautiful daughters.
Seven brothers belonging to a band Of
Northern rnvcrs, we're cast on that coast,
and fell dcspcrativcly in love with the
seven ladies. A clandcstine escape was
planned; this being discovered. the heart.
less parent threw MI the seven lovely
damscls down . chasm into the raging
surf below. Something more 10 known
shout the paradise Of bird cages, that em.
porium Of birds aud birdlime, that resort
of bird-catchcrs aud bird-buycrs. Seven.
dials. Evelyn. writing in 1904, said {:
"I vent to SEQ tho building beginning
near st. Giles. where seven streets make
star from Doric pillar placed in the
middle Of circular area" This erection
was said to be seven feet square ut the
top. hnd seyea faces or sides. and seven
sundials on those seven faces. The seven
diala faced seven streets Great Earl.
Little Earl, Great St. Andrews, Little
St. Andrews. Great White Lion. Little
White Lion. and Queen streets The
pillar and il seven dials we're removed
about three.guartcrs Of : century ago.
Were they NOT taken to Walton.on-
Thames, and are they In exisscuce now !
Those friends Of our boyish years, the
.'Suscn Champions Of Christcnd om," have
been . subject Of moro learned discussions
than most boys-even old boys-- would
suppose. Il would seem daring aues-
sion to ask uhesher Shakespeare eondss-
csaded 10 borrow any Of bis beautiful
language. any Of bis rich imagery, from
this book. And yet such question hss
brsn asked. NJ. Ksigh,lev. ssthor Of
tho " Faisy Mythology" started Ssv
years ago IN Ne1es uNsl Qxeries. L ap-
pears that Richard johnson, the author Of
The Seven Champions" was one Of the
contemporaries Of 'Shskcspcass aud that
the book vas published Il about the sa.nr
.ine ~ msny Of the plays Of or great
pest. Let ~ site three Psessgss pointed
eat BY NJ. Kcistley. Tho Dhsmplops
~: ~ they pssssd along By shs river
side. wish. Isatly fuuulng. made SWEET
snnsie With snamslsd stones, aud seemed
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