The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1876-02-17

Il aa5 ~ stsse &. a j ibe 4 Pe ihai
hAs hcisv3 y tTifg e aiOag
I5al@ y i.nM ise syaem gesi J
re.aPses ips0 - srsiy am state
I pcaoe tbai most htssef q aiiead
asls gasc,ly seats herself beside me.
( A ss.re1sAl Gala rlasa apaa aa.sprea1
wing over ne Tie basy barn u tht
T playful voices above iaiI lightly uPoa
tAs cat The evening bEeoze sef,iy
rasiles lhe iesres upoa tbe tree lps
The meuy brook Bounds ipta Joyous
sDep from rock u rock Music Tia,
sweetest q AZ mas.c tie mamaung
snllneas % a summers eve. tie ar &c
iofest--pescirstes the being, playing
with bgblsone 6pgers upon the chords
g the soai
I In such a situation inguIuB,arily one
falls back int tie inmosi reoesses o.
hinseli. Cgapagases spreads Is
bealthigl light over him lnsaactiTcly
the soul lilla itself 70 fuller aspiration
and expands itseli 10 a broader seDse
! Of being. Be careful BOW, thou soul.
Thou art being "regeneratod. Wee
/ 30 unto thee for il il done, not by a
/ preacher or text boob. but by a cigar
and calm summers night
'Johu, said !. as stirred up the
Goals with the maple poker. that's
/ good for a story, bat / don't believe,
/ life woodsman though you are, that
you ever tumbled your whole length
across that bear. You admit it was
pitch dark. Yon must have made a
mistake 10 the aimal
Not the half that | could tell you,
replied the sturdy. opeB-hearted guide
II remember coming down from Long
Lake one dark night. as ] hurried
along ten feet ahead Of me there sud
denly arose up huge black mass III
up, more than by anything else, by
the light from its own glazing eyes
Shutting around my feet until l stirred
| up stone, picked it up and hurled
il with all my might The light went
suddenly out from those eyes. Wild
| Iy guessing at the probable effect
quick as fash, ! sprang forward ant
drew my knife across his throat. Then
stepping back, as / heard from the
distance the terrible strokes Of his arm
as ho recovered his consciousness.
shuddered when | thought Of wha
would have been my chances had ] no
guessed Alright or had hesitated a mo
ment before making the leap. But it
ten O'Clock already I'm agoing Il
bunk
One by one they dropped of, thei
feet meeting around the fire aud thei
bodies stretched at full length upor
the earth. When all were lost in sleep
| noiselessly slipped out from unde
the covering Of bark and stood unde
the open canopy Of the star-lit heavens
Save the unconscious forms by my
side, was dozen miles from tn,
nearest individual, and he another doz
en- from the nearest habitation. A
my back was the most wildly ant
picturesquely surrounded peak upol
the continent, from whose kingly toI
one could look down upon sea O
forest grandeur thickly studded will
its diamond specks each one represent
ing some noble sheet of water wher
. leap the playful trout and battle th
timid deer. ............
Then it was that / felt truly alone
but without the sense of loneliness
Each star seemed friendly and ever
willing to converse, Over my heat
shone boldly out Arcturus and Comma
while in the east appeared the famila
faces Of Vega and Affair with the
Swan just starting with outsprea'
wings upon her course down the milk,
way, No matter where you are, yo
are at home when looking at the heav
ems. How eloquent is each starry
word as il impresses itself upon tn
soull And as turned my eyes from
the twiukling lights overhead and cas-
my glance into the dark shades Of ID,
forest, felt 10 sense of fear or LONELINESS
there. The wild beast may be within
It's cover, yet the same Father made II
both, and we must entrust ourselves
to the same Fathers care. And wit
an inward prayer Of faith--when tn
lips moved not but the soul spake il
volumes i walked back by the smou
dering fire, bent down under the fra
: cover, aud, gathering my blanke
about me. lay down to peaceful 81 eeE
LkrrEH FROM PHILADELPHIA.
TIE CENTENNIAL BUILDINGS
PHlLGDmPHA, Jan. 81, 1876.
, Until to-day as far as we were con