Milford chronicle., 1883-10-26
BRAWBRIDGE.

'Tis night at Drawbridge Beinl
absent from home time hangs heavily
on our hands. How can we better i'm
prove il than jOtting a few locals con
cerniug the present. and indulging in
dreamy speculations regarding the fu-
ture: Great .etivity is manifest ed al
this place at this season of the year
The manufacture of phosphate, the
delivery Ofgrain, the sharp ring OF the
1 blacksmith's anvil, and ever and anon
/ the shrill whistle of the steam tug
"Oriole," as she passes up and down
/ with a tow of vessels, all combine to
make lively place that has many
natural advantages and few artificial
ones. Considerable employment is
given to both labOrers and mechanics; I;
at present the old canning factory is
being remOdeled, and will be used for
furniture store; and a new building
is being erected by Captain John Tom
liusOn, formerly of Frederica. The
mercantile department, and i'm fact all
the business is owned and under the
immediate supervision of J. B. Dor
man Esq, except the horse, mule, and
carriage bazaar, which is controlled by
Mr.. Alfred Robinson. In summer
this is beautiful place. hill and vale,
as far as the eye can reach are clothed
in verdure. dotted here and there with
groves of the stately pine from which
the chief currency is manufactured.
Now the verdure is decaying; the
green leaves of the hickory and oak
are changing into varigated hues,
which the autumal winds are scatter
ing "hither aud ynn," casting Offtheir
old, faded, and now useless garments,
for which they have no farther use, to
don fresh and more beautiful ones the
coming spring; q metaphor the stu
dent of nature may apply without tres |
passing on pantheistic grounds. The |
beautiful moonlight evenings of the |
past week have contributed largely |
to our enjoyment during our brief stay; /
for it is our delight to wander forth al /
such times, when the glimmering /
landscape has faded from our sight.
And all the air a solemn stilluess
holds" and gazing into the blue zenith |
the innumerable stars
which deck the heavenly pathway,
and speculate on the countless worlds
which are, perhaps, distributed through
interminable space. each revolving in
its own periphery. Farther than this,
our cOgilatiOns must wander to the
law which controls their bodies: to
their inertia; to the centrifugal and
ccntripetal forces which are acting
upon them, and to their cohesive attac-
liveness; and behind these laws to the
Power thHt spakethem into existence.
and the Executive Authority that SUI
Dervises their execution. One mile
and half down the road in the ,lirec-
ion of Lewes, and we are at Whites
Chapel; even while q short distance
)ff we see the white tOmbstOnes glis-
eniDg in the moonlight, and feeling
If Loneliness cTeeps over us. But what ,
nave we to fear from these silent Sleep ,
srs; some of them we knew in life; I
)thers were laid here before we were .
'Orn, we advance, and leaning on the {
rick wall which surrounds the enclOs- I
ire we contemplate the frailties, and :
he last end of man. As the moon
ises higher in the heavens her bright r
eams glisten like emerald the dew !
rOps on the grass sOds, placed by
owing hands over the graves of fond
mes. Silence reigns. Nothing dis
lrbs our medjtatiOns save the bark
lg of hunters dog in the woods to
ur left. We think of the virtues and r
ices, the aspirations and disappoint- r.
lents that animated the breasts of our 81
lent companions, of their trials and n
in life:
loft did the harvest to their sickle yield; R
Their furrow oft the stubborn gebe has broke; II
How jocund did they drive their team afeld; =,
How bowed the woods beneath their stardy y.
stroker' W
'Far from the madding crowds ignoble strife, 10
Their sober wishes never learned to stray; Ri
Along the cool sequestered vale Of life, w
They kept the noiseless tenor Of their way" ~
We look at our watch, it is ten dl
clock, we have been standing here ro
e hour which has scarcely appeared Il,
If so long. Retracing our steps we ~'
rive at our boarding house, and are
on lost to the cares and anxieties of ..
{ in the sweet and refreshing arms
slumber. d. A. G. r.
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