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A-RUPTURE AND PHYSICAL DEFORMI
successfully treated by Or. > n MARSH princts
pal of the firm OF Marsh Coz has Old office No
Vesey street AsIor House No connection with ahy
other office In this city.
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THE WEATHER YESTERDAY.

Tne following record Will show the changes In
the temperature Tor the past twenty-four hours
IN comparison with the corresponding date OF last
year, as indicated BY the thermometer at Hud-
nh 4.
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MONUMENT TO BROWN,

HALIFAX, N. s., July II, 1875.
II has been decided 10 erect monument 70
the late George Brown, the distinguished oars
man.
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REGULAR SO HAT ST. 30. STRAW HATS A
speciality. Money saved Is money made. CAssIMKRRs,
$2 so worth 81 ALASKA BEAvERs, so 20 worth 81. ID
New Church street, up stairs
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DIED.

KERR.-On Saturday, July II. John KERR. aged
38 years, a native OF county WestmeaIh, parish Of
Street, Ireland.
The relatives and friends OF the family are re-
spectfully requested 10 attend the funeral on MOn-
day, 10th INST. at two O'Clock r. NJ. from his late
residence, East Fourth street. Hunters Point,
Long island CITY.
MEYER-July IT, my brother, ABRAHAM MEYER,
aged 70 years.
Relatives and friends are respectfully invited 20
attend the funeral, Monday morning, July 10, az
nine A. NJ. from No. IA West Tnlrty-Iour,n street
Natchez (Mlss.l papers please copy.
lF0r other Deaths See Etglltt Pd0e.I
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Ask ELASTIC STOCKINGS. BELTS, KNEE
Caps, Abdominal supporters Suspensory Bandages.
Shoulder Braces and Crutches at hARSH's Truss
ofice, No. 2 Vesey street. Lady IN attendance.
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A.-FOR MOTH PATCHES, FRECKLES AND
Brown DESIGNATIONS use PsREY,s Morn AND fREoKLs
by Or B. U. PERRY, 40 Bond street, New for& sold bE
druggists everywhere
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A-SCALP DISEASES AND COMPLAINTS. DAM
druh falling and untimeiy gray hair cured Dy
the special treatment OF Dr. b. q. PERRY. ~ Bond
street. New York.
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LEON DUMAS EAU MARVEILLEUSE Is AC.
uowledged all who have used it 20 be the safest
best cosmetic in the world. hundreds OF testimonaI
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CoRNs. BUNIoNs, lNGRowING NAILS. &C..
cured without pain. CORN CURE by mail. 80 cents
DR.. RICE, lSs Broadway near Dey street.
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LEON DUMAS EAU MARVEILLEUSE is AN
indispen sable toilet requisite ladies and gentlemen
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A PERFECT TRUSS NEVER REMINDS ONA
that he wears tt-rhE ELASTIC TRUSS COMPANY.
6SS Broadway with their popular appliance,
a. suspe nders
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LEON DUMAS EAU MARYEILLEUSE RE-
moves frecxles tan ana sunburn.
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ALL YOU WANT IS PAIN FAINT TO ABOLISH
all pain Instantly For Catarrh WoLCOrrs CArAREa
ANNr Nrurr.a
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DESHLER'S PILLS ARE THE SURESr AND
safest remedy tor chills and fever and malaria.
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BINED WITH Sized. CONNECTING WITH TnE
LAKE SHORE AND MICHIGAN SOUTHERN; Also
the GREAT whsTERN RAILWAY OF CANADA FOX
ALL POINTS WEST AND SOUTHWEST; WAGNER
SLEEPING COACHES ATTACHED. REGULAR
FARES ONLY CHARGED. TICKETS SOLD ON
TRAIN OR AT HERALD OFFICE. Train STOPS AT
POUGuKEhPsIE, ALBANY. rALATINe BRIDGE.
UTICA, SYRACUSE ROCHESTER, BATAVIA BUF-
FALo, NIAGARA FALLS AND SUSPENSION BRIDGE
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AVeraRe tcmpcrature Yesterday ............. I8la
Average temperature for corresponding
cate last year T44(
Average temperature for corresponding
Average Temperature for past week..n.... u
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LEON DUMAS EAU MERvEILLEUSE Is NOT
enamel. but medicine tor the skin Ladies are in
Vitcd test il before purchasing. For sale wholesale
and retail. at No West twenty fifth street. Hoffman
House. Price So per bottle.
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COUNT Won ARNIM.

THE GERMAN Ex-AAIBAssADoB IN A PREcARIoUs
CONDITION OF HEALTH.
LONDON July II, 1875
Count Won Arnim has arrived at Carlsbad His
eeaith Is In precarious condition.
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ENGLAND.

LONDON, July IT, 1875.
The amount Of bullion gone into the Bank OF
England on balance to-day Is 100000.
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FOR THE RESTORATION OF LOST ENERGIES
OF body or mind try ELEcrRicIrY. No West Four-
teenth street.
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LEON DUMAS EAU MARvElLLEUSE wlIL
positively efface wrinkles Try It
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ALL JOBBERS OF CENTS UNDERWEAR WILL
increase their gains carrying GRADUATED CBKsr AND
LUNG PRorEcroRs acAnowledged necessary article OF
round. $40 Sl2, $l4 per dozen. sample mailed. pre-
paid. 81 70 ISAAC A. SINGER Aanufac turer,
BROADWAY.
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MATTHEW'S PURE SODA WATER-'eTHE MOST
refreshing and wholesome beverage at al times" Dis
pensed at 900 stores New York and vicinity The
MATTHEWS APPARATUS dspenses beverages tree from all
coatAmin nation. JOHN MArfHsWs, New YORK
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NOTHING Is MORE HARAssING TIL

GERS or boils Fortunately they be quickly healed
Dy lne use OF GLtaSS suLPnUR SoAP which purges tue
sore ti lts poisonous proud neSh ana thus
m@oyss mo me only obstacle its healing Depot, Ukif
LEMONS No 7 sixth avenue
grow young IN lO minutes with HTLLs IssTANrAEEoUs
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RUPTURE CHANGED 10 LUXURY, so GREAT
Is the relief produced by the VICTOR" USrvEnsAL TRuss,
/ lsI Broadway. No grsping band around the hips nd
prc ssnre the Calling undcrstrap, frctou
on tue skin 1he only perfec tarticle.
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THE ONLY FOUR TRACK ALL STEEL RAILROAD
IN THE WORLD SAFETY AND COMFORT COM
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street New YORK.
COMPLETE SIT OF THE COMMON COUNCIL,
N Manuals; also 500W volumes OF Books Tor sale AZ
No, LOG Fourth avenue BooSs. Paintings &c. bought
aud sold prices reasonable.
puY THE OLD SUNDAY PArER-rHE SUNDAY
TINES AND NoAHs wEEKLy MEssEYGER. Re.
view Of the Long Branch Races By table Mouse
and Dramatic Aews-sksich q oS New % A9rk-shaIp. .
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TTARrLEvs cENrENNIAL MEDICAL JOURNAL.
IL pu5lished n rhiladeinha RI sd may now be Obtained
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temporary visit 70 m city may be consal ted iol
Rs & new tnty uays zee e crRs ~ MS par9Fs re-
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NEW PURI,ICAltTpN<.

THE WEAK THE WORN AND THE WEARY
PERUVIAN sTRur; it strength aud vigor
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PARTIES OR CORPORATIONS IN NEED OF
PRINTING of any description whether Railroad. lu-
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viii ind it their advantage % obtain an estimate
rom the MlAROPOLirAN PRINTING EHfARLLSd-
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IN ELEVEN HOURS.

TAKE TUE HERALD TRAIN, EVERY SUNDAY
MORNING. AT HALF-PAsT TWO FROM GRAND
CENTRAL DEPOT, VIA HUDSON RIVER AND NEW
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A COMPLETE sBT OF THE COMMON COUNCIL
N Manuals; also 500O volumes OF Books Tor sale az
No, log Fourth avenue. BOOKS. Paintings, &C.. bought
aud sold prices reasonable.
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ment Of INpusrIIiL BxHtRIrIOS CoNsASY can be pur.
chased bv letter or Office OF the company II East
Seventeenth street JOHN RIfChIE, l,2S Broadway.
or A. WELLkS, o. University place. Agents wanted
Apply at IL Last Seventeenth street.
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A MORE SUPERB PRESENT CANNOT BN GIVEN
~ 70 guilty ated person than The CSclopeda OF tins
Best Thoughts Of Charles Dickens carefully indeNed.
beautifully bound. Price 50 Compiled by b. q. iieion
tame and published by Il. J. hAbA SON. Il Murray
street New lork.
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ITEMS.

Judge Christiancy gavehis speech
to one side Of the louisiana question
and his vote to the other; condemned
the criminal as an outlaw and then
recommended him to mercy.
Rev Howell Powell, a well-known
Presbyterian preacher, is dead. Tie
was one OF the oldest preachers of that
denomination.
--NIessrs Harper Brothers, of New
York, have forwarded $1,000 to the
family of DIR Livingstone, of whose
journal in Afiica these enterprising
gentlemen were the American pub
fishers.
A despatch from st. Louis says the
Senate Committee having in charge
the matter of investigating the alleged
abstraction of State bonds from the
Treasures vault now express the be-
lief that the bonds reported missing
were destroyed by committee of the
Legislature, although no evidence was
found to establish this assertion.
Paris spends sixty-million francs
in washing its dirty clothes, and EN-
ploys fifteen,thousand washerwomen
to do it,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1875-04-07

Julius Edison Perkins. the Young
American basso, who was buried at
IIlghgate Cemetery, London, Eng,
March 2, in the presence of a few
friends of himself and his widow, Mad
anne Marie Rae. Tile Figaro thus
speaks of the dead artist
The cremony was a sad one, and
those who gathered round his grave
could not but feel regretful that the
brilliant hopes which his short resi-
dence in England had raised of his
future greatness should have proved
abortiye. Unlike a man who leaves
behind him his works as q monument
for the admiration OF prosperity Gulio
Perkins will only be remembered for
his great abilities--never alas to be
put to their full test-his upright and
honorable character, and his kindness
of disposition. He labored night and
day to one great end, and young as he
was he had collected q store OF knowl-
edge and experience which babe fair
to stand him in good stead in the fut-
ure. All this is now over, and we
can only lament that he wasnot spared
to become, as he undoubtedly would
have become, one of the most celebrat-
ed artists of the age.
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SDCcci,.

A TaftsvilIe correspondent furnishes
the following to the Boston Cu1tirator.
All ought to read it and practice it -
'IIad thought been all, sweet speech had been
denied"
Yet what gift is SO much misused
as this good gift, 'sweet speech ?"
How sad too that not unfrequently
even those who mean to obey the in,
junction, "Keep thy tongue from evil,
and thy lips from speaking guile" are
betrayed into much useless speaking,
to say the least, if not to ed words. y
What subject escapes discus ion, from
the much abused "wcather,' to the
oman in the moon 2" and how much
Oft is Of any further use tl.an to ven
tilate the lungs!
The power to direct, therefore, CON
yersation into smooth and happy chan
nels where all can easily float without
getting beyond their depth in sciences
false 50 caIlcd), or without coming III
contact with he quicksands of con
tention, or the more annoying mis-
fortunes Of being caught up with the
thornes and brambles of SANDER
which surely has nothing to do with
the sweetness Of speech--is desirable.
Whoever has such faculty wakes
a cheerful spirit, and conduces to the
general well-being Of society. This
good gift may be cultivated like all
other desirable gifts, and is well wor-
thy the effort.
Who does not admire "Apples of
gold in pictures Of silver 2" Good
reading is one of the great aids to
good speaking, and a good heart the
first requisite since out Of the tullness
Of the heart the mouth speaLeth. "A
desire to be useful and pleasing, with
an effort on all occasion to do ones
best as recommended by that good
talker, DIR. Johnson, are among the
helps for the use Of ''swect speech, p"
and u constant recollection that all
have right to respectful attention
will make u good Listener, as well,
which is the golden part. L. E.
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NJ A n II O o D:


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The celebrated author, in this admirable
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pointing out mode of cure at once simple,
certain and cffectual, by means Of which cv
cry sufferer, no matter what his condition
may be, may cure himself cdeaply, privately,
and radically.
t,sg"This Lecture should be in the hand
every youth and every man in the land of
Sent under seal, in plain envelope, TO any
address, postpaid, on receipt Of six cents or
two post stamps.
Address the Publishers,
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!thinistGring Spirits.

All places wharo our friends have lived and
died
Are haunted through the open doors
The gentle spirits on their brands glide,
With feet that make no sound upon the floors,
We meet them at the doorway, on the stair;
Along the passages they come and go.
Tho stranger at my tircside cannot see
The forms see, nor hear the sounds ] hear,
Ho but percoives what is, while unto me
All that has been is visible and clear.
The spirit world around this world of sense
Floats like an atmosphere, and everywhere
Watts through these earthly mists and yapors
dense
The vital breath of spirits minist'ring there.
-LOn0faNOD
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NORTHERN RAILROAD.

1874, WINTER ARRANGEMENT 1874,
On and after Dec. I, 1874, Passenger Train
v will run rs follows
UPWARD TRAINS.
Day Express Train leaves Concord at 0.40
JAM and Accommodation Train at 1915
A.M*for White River junction, connecting
it'll train for Well River, St. Johnsbury,
warton, Newport, Willoughby and Magog
Bakcs, Stanstcad, Quebec, Bath, Littlcton,
Mountains Also, withtrains for Mont
pclicr, Mansfield Mountain, Burlington, St.
Adams, Rouse's Point, Montreal, Ogdens-
burgh, and the West.
ACCOMMODATIONS TRAIN leaves Concord at
3.H7 P. M for White River junction & Bristol.
EVENING EXPRESS TRAIN leaves Concord
at $50 y. NJ. for White River Junction, con-
meeting with trains for Montpelier, Burling-
ton, st. Adams, Rouses Point, Montreal,
Ogdensburgh, and the West.
*Or on arrival OF trains from Boston, Wor-
cester, Portsmouth, Portland, &c.
DOWNWARD TRAINS
INFORMING EMPRESS TRAINleaves White
River junction for Concord at l.50 A. NJ, or on
arrival of trains from Ogdensbu and Mon
treal. This train is run to Boston on Sunday.
ACCOMMODATION TRAIN leaves White il.
Junction for Concord at 600 A. NJ.
tBRIsToL TRAIN leaves Bristol for Concord
at 1850 A. NJ. and Franklin at 9.05 a. NJ.
mail TRAIN leaves White River junction
for Concord at 1925 p. NJ, or on arrival OF
trains over the Vermont Genital Passumpsic,
and White Mountains Railroads.
DAY EXPRESS TRAIN leaves White River
junction at $50 p. NJ, or on arrival of trains
from Montreal and Ogdensburgh, Brattle
boro, Keenc, Bellows Falls, Windsor, &C.,
connecting at Concord with train for Man
chester, Nashua, Lowell and Boston.
tThesc trains connect at Concord with
trains for Manchester, Lawrence, Ports
mouth, Portland, Nashua Worcester, New
York, Low ell, ard Boston.
GEO. l.. TODD, Supt.
Concord, n. H., Dec. It'll, 1874.
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GoDEY's LADY's Book for April is
on hand, and it is as welcome as the
flowers Of spring. Mr.. Cooley and
Mrs. Sarah j. Hale, editor and editor
ess, both in the autumn of
life, get up the freshest, spiciest, pref
test. and most entertaining "Lady's
Book" published in this country. A
pretty chrome given to every So SUBJ
scriber for 1875. The April number
is truly splendid. Address i. A.
Cooley, Philadelphia, Penn.
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r-"Some observer who was noticed
the effect Of great religious awaken
ings might do the good cause ser
vice by publishing the number of old
debts that are paid after each revival.
There are scolfers who affect to believe
that if any amount has been overdue
very long time, 10 religion in the
world will make the debtor hunt up
and pay the man he owes"
This observer has often observed
that men Brought under the power of
the Christian religion have fastened
to pay their honest debts : many have
restored money they have stolen :
some have even paid their indebted
ness to newspaper. But there is
much spurious religion in the world :
in times of revival more than at any
other: just as there is more counter
felt money afoat in flush times: but
we are quite willing to accept the test
proposed, and to admit that any re-
ligion (got in revival Or at any other
time) that does not make man hon
est toward his nelghbor, is not worth
a cent. Apply the rule always, and
hold everybody to the test.
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TIE SCIENCE OF HEALTH for April
contains valuable information on Fe,
vers; Sunlight and Sun-bathing; Pop
ular Physiology "Nyhat Know
about Doctoring;" Why our Women
Fade so Quickly, and many other ar
ticles Of great interest, making it cx.
cellont, THE ScIESuE OF HEALTH is
having u deservedIy wide circulation.
Price only 20 cents, or So u year.
Sent on trial half Il year for 81 by S.
r. WELLS, Publisher, 3S9 Broadway,
n. y.
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Practical Effects OF EaHmOr.


Practical Effects OF HunaOr.
All Of our prominent representative
men have had more or less of this fac
ulty, and use it as the surest tails
man to open the popular car. John
p. Hale, ever oil Il smile with his wag-
gerry General Houston, with his &C.
ccntricity John Van Buren,, with his
playful ssarcasm d. S. Dickinson,
with his trenchant, Scrptural, practl-
cal, ironical hits Thomas Corwin,
with his inimitablo drollery; Thad-
deus Stevens, with his dry and biting
sarcasm and Proctor Knott, with
his elaborate Duluthiana-had the
charm which drew the crowd and held
men while they talked. The masses
leap to hear q man of humor like But
Ter, even when his speeches are full
charged with diabolism, or to hear u
minister like Beccher, and even from
the pulpit await tho inevitable laugh !!
II is all the better if it has point but
give the laugh without point, rather
than no laugh at all. There is no ruse
so common at this, at least in the
West, as the 0rgeyne,etw1 I'D risup'.
Turn the laugh on your opponent, Sir
Sophist, and though he pile Pelion on
Ossa OF argument, you have him
down ! This may seem more credit
able to our humor than to our sense.
but let us see. One OF the utilities of
humor is the use made Of it by our
writers and speakers in what is called
the relluctto 0d 0JSWtlean. This use
may be abused but we can not spare
it for all that, as long as we have SO
many empires in medicine, pettifog-
gers in law, demagogues in politics,
pretenders il religion, and snobs in
society. Our institutions are favora-
HE to the growth ofmusbrooms. They
grow up in q night around the roots
Of our Incorporating freedom. We
have theorists without sagacity, phi
lanthropists without morality, and
practical men without sentiment. We
have men who pass current for eagles,
which little touch from the point of
humor reduces to tomtits. We have
Wanting patriots whose patriotism, as
ofold, is scoundrelism-men who live,
ay, who thrive, on the burning indig
nation that is poured upon them.
Such men wither, under ridicule, to
their proper dimensions. Ridicule
never hurts an honest man. He alone
can join in the laugh against himself.
1t is the Ithuriel spear, however, which
makes the devil show himself as he is.
Ridicule may not be good test OF
truth, as SALISBURY maintained, but it
is not bad test of falsehood. An old
English poet says
''For he who does not tremble at the sword
Who quails not with his head upon the block,
Turn but a jest against him, looses heart
mail
There is no man alive who can live down
The unextinguishable laughter of mankind"
We are apt to condemn the writer
Or speaker who applies the touch
stone of absurdity to the shams and
rascality Of the day, even while we
laugh with him. But Attic salt is as
useful as Kanawha. The one pre-
serves mess pork, the other moral pur-
ity. Even when our humor is misap-
piled, it is the smoke evidencing the
fire of fun which lies beneath the crust
of our society. Hence the success of
Mast and others with their terrible
caricatures.- [The Hon. S. S. Cox, in
Harper's Magazine for April.
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TIEE l'ETRIF1ED FERN.
BY NJ. JENNIE MILES.

In valley, centuries ago,
Grew little fern leaf, green and slender,
Veining delicate and tlbers tender
Waving when the wind crept down 80 low;
Rushes tall, and moss, and grass grew
round it,
Playful sunbeams darted in and found it.
Drops of dew stole in by night, and crowned
it,
But no foot of man e'er trod that way;
Earth was young and keeping holiday.
Monster fishes swan the silent main,
Stately forests waved their giant branches,
Mountains hurled their snowy avalanchcs,
Mammoth creatures stalked across the plain
Nature reveled IN grand mysteries;
But the little fern was not of these,
Did not number with the hills and trees,
Only grew and waved it's wild sweet way,
None came to note it day by day.
Earth, one time, put on a frolic mood,
Heaved the rocks and changed the mighty
motion
or the deep, strong currents Of the ocean;
Moved the plain and shook the naughty wood,
Crushed the little fern in soft moist clay,
Covered it, and hid it safe away.
Oh the long, long centuries since that day
Oh the agony, oh life q bitter cost
Since that useless little fern was lost
Useless Lost There camo thoughtful
man
Searching Natures secrets, far and deep;
From tisaure in rocky steep
He withdrew stone DER which there ran
Fairy pencilings, quaint design,
Winnings LEAKAGE, fbers clear and fine,
And the ferns life lag in every limo
So, think, God hides some souls away,
Swectly to surprise us, the last day.