The Grange advance., 1874-03-11

NO. 22.

NU. HI.
Beyond thousand sunrise crests,
West Rivers waters downward flow
TO join the strong Connecticut;
And here these golden years ago.
Where bleak Bald Mountain rears its brow
Beside home in Windham's vale.
Our aged friends, then youthful. prime.
Found ont anew the OFT told tale.
Yet fresh as when in Eden known.
THAT It's not we'll to be alOne.''
Beside the broad mouthed fire place
Loves melody. in all its lays,
Was just Is pure round bricken hearth.
And just as sweet rs nowadays
Thoush many a change since then has swept
The earth as # with magic tread.
Like fire and steam in their effects.
The qualities OF heart and head
Remain to-day the same as when
God walked the earth along with men.
q. Blu, let not him who feels the glow
OF love within the youthful breast
Infer that quenched by weight of years.
Affections fires but sleep at best
For love. once planted in the soul
For God OF man, will never die:
Time only wears a deeper track
For its strong current toward the sky.
And love. for her who cheers our way.
Is lighted from heavenly ray.
Though brightest joys ON earth are ours
When hands are clasped within our own.
Think not by this. such bliss can keep
Us always in its warmer
For whatsoever path we take,
Sharp pangs await on either side,
And even graves, perchance, may mark
In dial course our onward stride.
But when another shares our grief.
1t ever brings the heart relief.
And not exempt have been the years
OF those we pause beside o-night:
For DEATH within their happy course.
On those they loved has brought its blight.
On fairer shores than those we know
Beside the portals there they wait.
Watching for those they love. to come
And welcome at the heavenly gate.
One grave New England grasses hide.
And two by Zumbro's pearly tide
All, happy friends, our gladstone cheer
We reach to you this springtime eve:
We wish You many hearty year.
And many Il heightened days rcprievc
But at the last, as all must 60.
Be that time soon, or be ii late
We wish for You the golden
And entrance at the pcarly gate.
And better far the words well done,
Ere heavenly joys shall be begun
Rev Mr. J. r. Barnes, formerly Con-
gregational pastor at Cannon Falls,
graduate Of Yale College and now a
resident here, followed with a paper
upon the early history of the Person
family in New England. AS we under
stood his article, Mrs. Barnes, his wife,
is II connection of the same family. He
then read The following:
GOLDEN WEDDING SONG.
Over the ocean gently gliding.
All our sails for Canaan set.
To the Master all confoing.
Storms 10 us no fears beget.
Jesus IS the Pilot steady.
All the danger he fOresees;
Never sleeping always ready
When the tempestS lash the
lie the Chart so well perfecting.
While he rode this troubled sea.
Every rock or reef protecting.
Cannot fail his eye to see.
Calm and restful while advancing
What have we to cause tear:
Faith and love- our Joy enhancing,
God our portion. ever near.
Hail we see the harbor nearing
Bright the city on the shore,
Saints and angels swcetly cheering.
Praise the Lord fOrevermOre.
Rev. MI. $. H. Barteau followed this
with appropriate remarks; also MI. j.
A. Thacher and Mr.. I. C. Stearns, who
both touched upon early days in Zum-
brota. Music by the band, a very fit
ting prayer by Mr. Barteau, and the
Doxology concluded the exercises Of
the evening.
DEATH OF MRS. sLOsSON.
Last Friday Mrs. DR.. Slosson, for
years known here as the hostess of the
ZumbrOta House, passed away. Her
death was very happy one, impress
lively so. A little while before her
decease, with her dear ones about her,
at Her request the song was sung,
"Shall we gather at the river
EXTENSIVE LAND BUSINESS.
l have lately learned from Mr.. I. G.
Stearns some of his operations in land
and farming for the past year.
He has sold of mostly unimproved
farming lands to the sum of ten thou
sand dollars; has still on hand one
thousand acres, half under cultivation.
and intends this present season to
break up one or two hundred acres
more.
GOOD WHEAT ITEM.
Mr.. Stearns raised in 1873 over ten
thousand bushels of wheat, partly on
shares; sold last autumn one thousand
bushels, has five thousand more for
sale: besides using one thousand BUSH
els for seed. 4=.~ l.. -
LIZ HERDED.-All per-
sons hasins, any Cattle which they wish 10
a. have yhqrded during the coming season. will
md ll!ll itS 20 their advantage to apply to the
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