Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-09-07

Despair; the other, Of Hepe. On
plain, marble tablet raised over tn
grave. Is the Hfs-size figure Of woman
kneeling with bowed head and elaspes
hands, the whole attitude Indicative O
hopeless agony. Enveloplng the entir'
form Is white shrugd. which adds Il
the CHASTITY appearance Of the whole. Il
Is the grave Of a young Mr.. Worthing
ton, and the figure represents his wifs
kneeling over his grave l was glad &c
turn from this to feast nv eyes upon
''the crops and crown" Upon pile Of
I jagged stones stands 4 pure white cross,
surmounted by q wreath Of Lilies and
roses cut from marble. Beside the cross
stands full size figure Of i woman.
with face and eyes turned upward. and
her eountenanee radiant with hope one
arm Is around the cross. while with the
other hand she points 70 the words en-
craven on the cross, which are those two
familiar lines:
In my hand price bring
Simply % Thy cross I cling
At the foot Of the cross Is the figure
Of little girl kneeling. with saddened
face and fearful eyes; her little hands
are elasped closely together as if to still
the agony Of the first hours Of her or
phanage- Locking at that beautiful
statue, my mind recalled those lines Of
Florence Percy, In her sweet poem Two
Little Feet. % which I cannot forbear re-
peating:
Two Little feet. 50 small That bGSh may nestle
IN enc caressing hand
Two lender feet upon the unEresi border
OF lies uystertnus Iand-
Dainty, smooth and far as peach tree blossoms
In Aprifs sunny DAYS,
H9E VIII they walk Among the hriery taagies
Elging the worlds rough Eayf
Those whibe-ruse feet along the doubtful future
Must bear EQulans load
Alas since woman bears the heaviest burden
And walks the toughest road
Love. for awhile. VIII make the path before them
Dainty and smooth. and falr
VIII eIn away the hr1mhles, letting qnly
The roses blossom there
But when mothers eyes are sirguie.f
Away from sight Of men
When these tive feet are leis without her guiding,
Who snail direct them then
Next We visited Gamble Hill, where
several companies Of state militia were
reminding the Inhabitants in that viefn-
Ity, Of war times, by firing salutes from
cannon, and succeeding tolerably well
IN breaking all the window glass IN the
vicinity Not being an old soldier,
dldn't face the music 's#of a cent as
naubo says. but prepared to DEPART
right speedily; not, however, TIL had
taken good look at Belle Isle, living
under the warm sunshine, with the wa
tiers Of the noble James" gently lap
ping Its shores Do ghosts ever wander
there, Wouder, murmuring anatheuas7
or Is 1t Is peaceful as It seems, with
nothing to remind It Of the horrible past.
Leaving the artillery men to waste
their powder, We next drove down past
the penltentiary, On through some Of the
principal streets to Davis Hill, where
stands the mansion once occupied by the
PeStleoat man. who ought, long ago. to
nave nuns 70 =ouE apple tree The
property was eoufseated by the Govern
uent, and afterWard turned over to the
city OF Richmond. and Is now used for
free school buiIdIng-a eoIored school.
L think L curious epitaph On the tomb
Of the ambitious hopes Of Jefferson Davis.
We only had time TO drive past the
old African Church, where the last pub
nc meeting Of loyalists was held ere the
storui-eloud Of secession burst forth with
It's furious rage. numbering and inpris-
onIng innocent uen, aud turning the
whole country into confusion. Since
then most Of the republican conventions
held N Richmond have assembled there
and It has come 90 have an Interesting
place IN the history Of Richmond Then,
too, St Johns Church, Is an object Of
interest, for here Patrick Henry iuuar-
TALKED his name It Is wooden ssruc-
ture very ''old timey n appearance.
but kept IN excellent repair and one
faneles he can hear the voice Of the
young erarnr ringing down through all
the years that have flown since he start
led the world with his bold utterances
The church stands IN the midst Of an
old graveyard 80 old that moss has over
grown the Monuments which We had ras
time 70 examine
Then TO Castle Thunder and LTbbv
We went. and very innocent thew look
now, but II tongues could be given the
bricks IN them they would tell tale ef
suHer1ng that would make the world
stand ssIl with horrar. I do not need
70 recount the story Of the misery eudur-
ed there All over the North ara brzva
men, who look hack 20 the weary weeks
and mouths spent within those walls a.
90 some horrid nightmare. toe awful %
Dc true Ny husband pointed cut the
door through Ehich he ears-ed The Lib
ny prison. and also showed ne the d.
recrlon he took when he took furlo,,rh
O. ms own responsibility.
Leaving these places We drove On
thruugh Rockets (Richuoud's Five
Pantsl cut into the country, to the Va
tlo1al Ceuetsry-a lovely spos vel kent
and tastsfally decorated with foEerine
plants We found the nan IN charrs
o1slly engaged trying to pull down the
catered remnants Of flag, which lad
ca1gnf n the erosz beans of tie stat
10 ne there seemed the storv cs mauv
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