, 1880-09-08
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Rovisiting Ones Birthplace - Tho
Changes Of Forty Years,
Tho Old School. House, nnl tho Rcmin.
jsccnccs II Eyekes.
Effects Of Time upon, tho Rural Portions oi ,he
Old Grant, Siato.
Change in The Character Of The rtoplc-rrenth
and 1riSh Snptlxeling Tho ianktc.

tn TIE Editor u 1nt chicago 7tibunt.
CANTERBURY, n: H., Altg. 70. -unc's hlrtll-
l'Ince Is always dear nstl l'lnrc. Nh ,uattcr
what chnn9rs ,nny }insn nrcMrret,. tho ',pmc-
sweet.l,n'nc feeling !ihgers about Il mil satlc-
tffps II forever And especially IL this true
ns Ncw-Eng1a1M .f,osMcs, which Charge bmt
little The farmhouse, which seemed old
III your b0yl,ood ttnys, Inns Erown older nlMf
grayGr. Tlniu Is more iloss on tic rpof;
the little slips Ut Trees yUsl planted lavu be-
coma gtants, Will long branches thick with
folIuge. casttflg u grateful ssa,lc; tile apple-
trees, which wcru ynuiiE atld thrifty when
yum were yutlng and hearty, ltnse grown old
ain srrnEey, aid III their gnarlrtl atNi fl pless,
half-.lratl limbs may be seei, the complement
Of your gray l1atrs md flrrowcd brow.
Till: ULD DA1sS
flas 4 henry, btencliMt appearance; hut tho
huy,lh,w iouks rs like thu one you "stowcd
away" forty yrarS ugn RS one IMa to al,otll-
er; md you lMstEncilvcty lrcr into n secluded
cbrncr Of 1t for the l,cl's nest yon remember
10 l,aye found there one ntorning of TINT fur.
away time. The wcll Is there. and tho old
"swcel,";' and tho nloss-coycrch bucket
which hung in It lia,gs there still; ntul, rs
yn,, sinwly lpwer It anwti, tim rrenk If thu
old sweep sounds as familiar as lf It Ind been
tlronlng In your ours all tt9 Intervening
yeurs. You look fur tho bpe-hivcs, md (lnd
them, l,a!f-Ozeii, Just where you lett them;
a,atl the Industrious little Il0ney-nakcrs, de-
srenlet Iii q long ltne-fOrty generations
from the becs That ,natlo honey for yum IN
yoAr youth. mid maphap stMnE yc,, loo. sing
llnarscy iii your now n1accustOtnetl ears,
and threaten 10 strike yols In the face, Just ns
their bce-a1,cesturs did forty ycars ngo. In
tho garden you tin.l the same i[owers,- the
hotlyhock, tho lnorlltng-glory tho narigoltl,
ulll the double rch russ; alltl you lo0k In It
cnrner for your oIst.tiulc fnvorit chcrry-tscc,
but do not find lt,--it Is dead! You inquire
after thu fnte Of
TItE WILD C0I!T THAT you "n1s0KE"
Mt thu risk I'll breakinS your own mex, and
ure pointed to II sleepy oil horse Of twenty
years Or mare, as thu lincai descendant Of
the fa,'lous coli, through several generations
of gnod, bud, a1h Indifferent 1lnlse-fcsll.
1'on recall the bark-kitchell or woGl-slicd,
where you were trea.cll to big or little tloscs
Of earmrat punishment, according TO tho
tctn'er Of your Respected 1@res'ts; a'M! lonk
In the old familiar gorller for the nICcly-
quita willing, you think, to be switched
| u;ain for tho ex.,uisit delight of feeling
young oteH mere. llWt tie switches werv
turned to dust ntNf nshcs long, long ng0, like
i'i Tiicil H. yoH silk 1.,ons,Iiy aionE lis public
tfnrbughfAre. pnssng ultt, Eruy furnl-lIOt,s,.s;
alnl ut fflG wil,ttOW Of Olly ypit Yup Il young,
bright, Etrlistl fnce, viii makes son start,
i Is 81 like the fnee uf II Etrl yntt knew IT.
that llGtsse forty ycnrs ago. But the glrl does
| not know you ftoll ally other respectable
tramp. Alltt you nass IN With 4nickcnWl
step, italt-ashaMe'! IT yourself for thy in.la,I-
| lleerlug ton eururstiy lnta .strange faces,
striving 10 recognize, tin,l hoping to be rec0gs
| nlze.l., And then you reflect low absurd 1t
uut,,,, M .ro THE ycnonr.uo,rsr.
wMerS yS'l neco!1'u lnyolvet 1, IN loosl OF
Gr,tf ~. s" ,,,Gst ,mpyrf fG'i' ~, rn', +
fe rrti'.I trncicr vii, fnrtije,l vo,, ,i.nrrri-
fully: TIN kiti ipncijrr vim rr}rvrtl NJ v,,I,r
wnywnrlncss; thu Teacher wln,n yun ,lpjle,i :;
! tho te,rer who ttetlel yoli, and niIr his d.
ltange gOotl on your buck: unI tlle tenclc,
who won your ,attuctln.ls, and 80 compelled
trasi,et % aid l1 t ,aie & }te E y yy yot Tgte nfo.
Hnisr wss 81 gass sS yo,lr S oys 1l isll % aid YOUR @
Slicrks redtee.l; and the lnll girl who c.lrled
Agai,i ynu s.ata In yoar p.aeo, o., " exanitns,-
tI0i,.tlay." and Il feeling Of guilt ol, account
Of neglected. tasks oyerco,lles y0l,, and tlur.,
nscK ~ YOU q 1ai, 1striyc i ii inaEnt!o I to % sovu sGu
tho Impossible kllOtty problem. Onee
,nore ynW stand on tho pShiIitIun-t|Nf.
firm, In tlU glare Of unusual ligjIt,
uIui look unoll 4 Scn of fl,ccy, n1Ni trr,ilGia
ni tl,r,i 1nIs M Vol, tlrcjaim vo,,r ni[uttn.i
"piecu'' III .ireary sLng-soliE, mid mako yolr
bow and stumble OH tic stuEe. Ks yoit
Northumberland, sc],po!.llo,;se iI,ltler whos''
friendly Mof YOU arc iluw pHinfIjly ,Stl-
scious Of Iuyig neglected 50 many golden
| nnnortunttins. you WISH tho crilnT tTarIIrr
l,t'i tn.setI Won mors: bIlt. M yo,, refleet
INV HITCH ,Goye progress ynti ma,ie Under
liz kIn,ily than tlie crilei frncIicr, yo,l nru
sl,IccreIy sorry t),at YOU wero ever iiogani
ri iii ''' >''"s ''~ "o'' S'o' "'ee'''
JSreaklnc awny from tl,a smell at this ,lay,
tlreat,I of fhn alsn,i u,st. w yni lp'"" "''' N''
' .'.. - .'... s"o WV" "... ins''' ., ~"
"t''>'D '"8 MA,IW s'o'f' e'''1'
n loors so natural, nrd vnt so strauoe TINT
roM XSo,tIa" ,si,"shnr n t. fla sm t imt
5cro ~, ",,,nI ~ Tin tinnr nr', SsMr ,niti"I.
.ie " M, ra'1,n,nhnr ~ i,"vu r,iw NJ
NH. W. ia,,l ,if.. .wtti, ,.h r,.,, i,2ot. sa.i
"ynrvthln. III imc,tinlr v,I,r WI iinscrs % h"re !.