The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-07-21
Written for the Register.
NELLIE,


II, 1858.
Written for the Register.
NELLIE.
Nellie was lovely flower. OF gentle
and quiet nature, engaging ir her deport-
ment, intelligent beyond her years, her
sweet face radiant with smiles and glow
ing with the roses of perfect health she
seemed like some ETHEREAL being lent for
season to gladden. the hearts Of the
children Of men. Wherever she came
her loving presence was like ray of
sunshine coming suddenly through rift
in the clouds upon a dark and gloomy
day; dispensing joy and happiness to all
with whom she came in contact, and caus.
ing all to forget for time the disapoint-
ments and heart aches from which they
might be suffering, in the radient atmos.
phere of love which ever surrounded her
But alas disease suddenly laid its
palsied hand upon her. As droops the
flower with the worm at its root, so droop-
ed our tender household plant, while in
spite Of all the aid that .enderest aiiec.
tion could render or that scientific sk
could devise, there came no promise IF
amendment, but on the contrary grad.
ual sinking lower and lower, while a
raging fever held high carnival upon her
Darched lips and glowing cheeks. Through
wearisomc days Of pain and anxious
sleepless nights we watched with almost
breaking hearts beside her little couch,
ministcring as best we could to her com.
fort. and marking from day to day her
failing breath, and realizing that soon,
very soon we must yield up our precious
charge to the cold embrace Of death.
And the trying hour came at last. We
were made aware BY her chaugel coun.
tenance that it was drawing near. We
gathered around her dying couch all in
potent to save, but the strifed soos that
came from every aching heart, told how
great the sorrow that weighed US down !;
yet even while We wept the pulsatons
of her heart grew fainter, her breath
ing became moro difficult, she opened her
eyes for moment, a convulsive shudder
~ lou o,e' "'' ''"''i'' u" our uar''ug was
"o noi.
va 'nci, 'ne "sohy OF 'nat nour IL
seon'eu 10 II 'no So'iowS o' lifetime were
compressed into single moment, and our
wicked hearts almost dared rebel against
aao s"o naat ;,1 'n"' naa 'a1en ''o" US our
uo'ioe. iuor' "ut aiter ''fhe' "heh 'he
'u''ns'y .. our gr'e, hau somewhat aoa''
W, 'n1 "h',o Nv. "'nseu aheei rai'h came 10
our re.'e' win raulant hnger she point
eo Us 10 'ne SKIES she revealed 10 our
enrap'u,eu VISIONS our DARING Neil'e
while we could hear him s.ving unto n.
Suffer the little ones to come unto me ."
We have seen our loved one WALKING thr
golden streets in white hannv IN a IS.
vior's love and care and vbiic we oazed
We have felt to kiss tbc rod that smot..
and our moor bruised hearts tave pcarn, 4
at last 10 say "Thv will he dane
Nellie. darlipg Nellie , We miss ,b,.
at almost every tnrn. We miss thv foo,.
fall on the threshold at the closinc hour
of school. and we miss tho charm which
thy presence ever imnorted 70 thn hom.,.
hold. Yet while onr fears will 0ov
we realize that thou art forever safe lro,
all the snares and pitfalls that would hay.
beset thee here And vhile wo knoo.
that hereafter we must walk life's path.
way without tby loving comnanv we r,
ioice to be assured that our swoctlv omen
ing blossom is not lost, but rather it ha-
been transpianted into the garden Of the
Lord where with ever expondino lovn.
IL, =. IN al
,iuess II snall hourish ana bloom forever
IN the paradise OF God. II.
INDIANS KAMPANr.-I IOpeha. hQHSdS,
.Julu l0.-There is no LONGER donbt tha,
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