Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-13

question the answer to which was to
make us happy or misernpie ioI ne.
But when it was Once done ana the
winter OF our discomfort had Deen
made glorious summer by an accept
ance 50 sweet and eXpectaht. JUST US
if the answer had bcen ready Tor us
ages before, we felt thai popping the
question was no great affair after all,
and we should only like to do 1t as
often MS we should have opportunity.
Such has been our experience today,
as witness the gathering around TINS
board. In an old almanac o; the
year 1909, against the date OF Angus!
29, is the simple entry, "Son born.
The ink with which that entry was
made. bIotted with thr course SAND
universally used at that time, anu
that sand to-day. firmly imbedded III
the ink, still gIistcns on the record.
Nav the sands of this life, which blot
the record OF immortality which
awaits our autocrat, be as adhesive,
and continue tor many years TO come
to give out its coruscatiOns OF hHht
aud truth aud beauty.
He concluded his remarks with:
"Ladics aud gentlemen, give you as
sentiment the autocrat OF the
breaktast-table.' Oh, king, live for
ever ~
The shcrt slight figure of DR..
Holmes shook as if the poets warm
heart were taking all UNUSUAL exercise
when amid much clapping of hands
and clanking of wine glasses he arose
n..asinr VIII :. niL yn,,,n. of voice
" ~" "'0 ,
rs II determined To drown any Nlel-
shcho'y gutgle 'ha' percha"Se , ns .nsa,
the reading of his lines. 1t was I'M
,,,,,;,,o 80. ,ho ,u.,ue,rint sboE.
po'ei",o " 'eo 'no hi"""s'
ing III his hands, ana to hear lne III
'.'Ao' ~ WV ,l,,'. ..,,,
struSSlcu 10 tllakc co!oly Iesonn"''
without being compelled to make u
similar struo uic for eUnanimity and
calmness on ones own account. Inc
maiOritV of the audience was unequal!
| - ,ho ,,,o.,,>, ,,, ,I.;, ,roc ,nniv.
10 'he a,aehhPV anu their e!cs MUS
w.,
Where is this patriarch you are kindly greetings
Not Unfamiliar to my car MS name,
Not yet unknown TO many Joyous meeting
In days long vanished-is he still the same.
Dull cared. dim-sishteti, slow OF speech ana
| thought, ,. ,,. ,ua.,,,,..
SIlil Ger the sau, degenerate, PIeseht Fe..lus
Where all goes wrong and nothing as 1t ought
Old age. the gray beard-well. indeed know
| MN, ~, a.,
prey.
! OF have met him from nv earliest uly,
In my old kESop, tolllEg with MS Dundle,
trundle
| His faYot for him? He was scant OF breath
And sad Eccleslastes, or the preacher
In that last chapter, where the worm out teacher
| Sighs Per the lOOsened cord-the broken bowl
| Yes, long indeed rve known him at distan ce
! And now my lifted door latch shows him here
And lind him smiling as his steps draw near
|
Dear to the heart OF youth, to manhood.
Think of the calm he brings. the wealth h,
The hoartled spoils, the legacies of time.
Passions uneasy nursiings ro .keJ asleep;
Homes anchor faster wild desire less vagrant
! deem
|
Still, us the silver cord gets worn and slender
| Ils lightened task-wOrk tugs with lessenin
strain,
der
SOothe with their soitened tones the slumber
| ous brain.
members
Sits by the raked-up ashes of the past;
Spreads its thin hands above the whitening EN-
bers
That warm its creeping lIfe-blood till the last
That comes unbddcn ere Its pulse grows cold
Ere the last lingering ties of life are broken,
All when around us rosy youth reJolces,
| sor US the s0rrow-lauen preeLes sign,
, Throbs The sharp note OF misery's hopeles
cry.
|
AS on tiie Sau"y wings Oh iancy, hynS
sphere- Re. ,,,,.
nome Oh the struggling, suffering, uouptins
) dying
Inc sil'ere" s'opuie seems s''stehihs 'ea
Bmt nature lends her mirror OF illusion ..
10 win from sauuehihs scenes our age-out
} And misty day dreams blend in S weet confuso
Ihe wlntry lands cape and the summer skle:
: so when fine iron MORTAL sbuts behind ms.
: And lile forget. us in its noise and whirl.
VISIONS imat summed .ne moonhay h .hu
t pearl
t
o|'T linnna MIN mil nIprm leaninm IN Gi his staff" U
= 1 who have never deemed il sin to gladden.
t This vale OF SORROWS with wholesome iaug
t If words of mine another,s gloom has brigh
p ened.
= ihrousn oaS. & ng "u'ho lips 'he hea'el se"' n'e
b If hand OF mine an others task has lightened.
e 1t ieit the guidance that 1t darvs not claim.
:, But oh nv gentle sisters-ob nv brothers,
c These thick. Sd wn snowilakes hint OF toil's r
4, 'seH'e pui''1 - - ". ~" v. " o...io
peace.
Time claims his tribute; silence now is golde
Let me not veX the too long suffering Tyre;
The CurIew tells me-cOver up the fire.
And now with grateful smile and accents chez