National Republican., 1877-10-05


II from your own the dimpled hands had slipped.
And ncer would nestle In your palm again;
III the white fect Into the grave had tripped,
could not blame you for your heart ache then
wonder 40 that mothers ever fret
At little children clinsing to their gown:
Or that footprints, when the days are wet.
"A Are eyer block enough 70 male them frown.
Or cap or jacket, on my chamber floor;
III could kiss a restless. rosy foot
And hear Its patter In my home once more:
III could mend broken cart 10. day
Tomorrow make kite to reach the sky
She was more blissfillly content than I.
But ah the dainty pillow next my own
rhs SINGING sS%psG Sipns sn IL sss ov
The little boy used TO kiss Is dead.
Written for the Corner.
A Fairy Story.
ny AUNT KATE
SO you want me to tell you IN true fairy
story" EfieH Something 1 have seen my
"very own sclf2' Well, will tell you what
l saw with my own eyes not six months since,
although people do say that the day Of fhiries
was over long, long ago. l have always been
strongly attached 10 everything connected
with those queer little people," but I never
dreamed Of seeing for myself anything that
really and truly belonged to them.
What would you say, Miss Efie II told
YOU had actually seen one Of their palaces
My, how big and bright your eyes grow! But
it's n fact, / assure you. They have both night
and day palaces and the one l had the good
fortune to see was day palace. am afraid
you, dear little Eihe, may not be so lucky un-
til you arc grown up" as you could not keep
your eyes open so late as I was Obliged TO tho
night the palace was shown me In all its
beauty.
I had been thinking much of my fairy
friends, and my heart was just full Of tender
thoughts and Loving remembrnnces Of them.
for we all know how many good acts and
kindly Offices they are constantly doing to us
'mortals," as they call us-when all at once
l beheld right before me, the wonderful
NIGHT PALACE
Of one Of the most powerful clans Of these be.
wtching little people.
Imagine walls Of purcst white, glistcning
and shimmering in the soft light that was
shining upon them. These walls seemed hard
and firm as alabaster, but | dared not touch
them so much as by one finger, fearing they
would shrink from the sacrilegious contact of
human hand, and feeling myself unworthy of
so great an honor. As gazed at the lovely
exterior with intense admiration and silent
delight my attention was arrested by the golden
arches and vistas within. Never can toll you
how entrancinpiy beautiful they were, for
mortal tongues "of the earth earthly" are pow
erless in depicting the infinite. The interior
was arranged with most perfect regularity and
matchlcss grace, and at the same time II looked
us If built with special reference to the Fairies
favoritc game of "liidc-and- -go-srek," or rs a
sort of gymnasium for their trapcze and aero
| batic performances of fun and frollc,
| for which they are famous. The
longer looked the more exqui-
site grew the vision; a rare perfume pervadcd
this enchanted home. entrancing all my
| senses. I gazcd earnestly, hoping to catch one
glimpse of its tiny inhabitants, but that pleas
| uro was denied me.
Now comes the straneest part of the story.
voice near me said. Look attentivcly, now.
At midnight the palace closes to the eye of
mortals, and we dare not tell what happens
then in fairyland You have seen enough
for tonight. What we may grant you an
other time will he decided by our queen, who
knows full well the love you bear u.s." Good
night
As the voice ceased the walls of shining
whitencss began to quiver and collapse, and in
a moment there lay before mc-nothing but a
heap of withcred leaves The name Of this
fairy palace was the
NIGnT-BLooMING CERUs.
know that it must really belong to the
Fairy folk. and hope you. too, will see It long
before you are as old as am.
Lord Bacon
informed us, some time ago, that "they have
|
berry of the same name. This drink comfort
eth the brain and heart, and hclprth digestion"
Punctuation.
Punctuation makes vast difference some
times in the mosi simple sentences. For in
stance, the rector of an Episcopal church not u
| thousand miles from here, in reading the sub
jccts of morning prayer, M is customary with
| that denomination, astOnished his parishiOners
one Sunday morning by the announcement,
drawled ont slowly, as the writing was rather
ilegible, "A man going to see his wife, desires
the prayers of the congregation !" But it was
all the fault Of the comma, which should have
been placed after the word "see."
| The Sentiments of the Meihodists.
These have undergone great change dur
ing the last decade regarding the vanities of
this life, but they seem disposed to die hard
| OH the woman question. There was time
within the memory of the Oldest inhabitants
when steeple on the outside Of church, or
ire within II, even in the coldest weather,
was deemed a downright dissertation Of the
Lords Temple, while a rosebud on n lady's
bonnet, or a string of gold beads about her
neck, was considered a crying sin against
| Heaven. Indeed, there was blue law" in
force in this very locality not one hundred
years ago, passed "in the ninth year Of the
domain of the right honorable Charles, ahso-
| lutte lord and proprietary OF the provinces of
|
more" etc. etc, which made it high crime
to deny the Holy Trinity and the Unity Of
the God. head, punishable for the first odense
by boring through the tongue and fine of
twenty pounds sterling; for the second otlcnse,
by burning in the forehead with the letter b
and fine Of forty pounds sterling, and for
the third oficnse, to
| SUFFER DEATH
without the beneht of the clergy. The views
of our Methodist brethren have so far mOdi-
fed that their churches are now the most
costly in tho land, with the most ambitious
spires and luxurious appointments, attended
| BY the most iilshionably dressed membership,
who have not only learned to tolerate organs
and hired singers, but even wink at the lcvity
of private dancing in the parlor and the sinful
amusement of croquet and crihbage! Bnt the
hicots are not all dead yet in New York,
though they may be in Washington, as was
proven OF late when tho vexed question OF
! licensing women to preach was brought up be.
| fore the conference. A w0man-piuus, well
educated and eloqueut-passca splendid ex-
animation to preach, but the stingy brethren
refused to give it to her, although they ac-
knowlcdged she possessed in superior degree
every qualification for the license, on the
ground that they did not believe God even
| called "A woman to preach in the Methodist