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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1885-07-09
Victor Haso .. ssv.s. Irris.sis..

More than twenty years ago, Victor
Hugo wrote y follows in Les Miserables;
The earth Impoverished by the SEQ.
Paris throws twenty Ave million dollars .
year into the sea- Aud this without meta.
phor. How. and in what maunerP Day
and night With what object9 Without
any object. With what thoughts With
out thinking. For what reasoni For
nothing. BY means Of what organi By
means Of its intestine. What il its inses-
tine? IT. sewer. Science, after
long experiment. now knows the most fer
tilixing and the most effective Of nanufes is
that Of man. The Chinese, ws must say
TO our shame. knew II before Ne. No
Chinese peasant, Eckeberg tells us. goes
to tho city without carrying back q the
two ends Of bis bAnboos two buckets full
Of what W call nth. Thanks to human
fertilization, the earth is still o young as
in the days Of Abraham. Chinese wheat
yields hundred and twenty fold. There
is no guano comparable 10 fertility to the
detritus Of the capital. A great city is
tho most powerful Of stercoraries. To
employ the city to enrich the plains would
be sure success. flour gold 10 filth, on
the other hand orr filth il gold. What il
done With this 6lth? Goldl II is swept
into the abyss. We ct our conveys Of
ships u great expense TO gather up It the
south pole the dropping Of the petrels
and peDguins; and the incalculabie ele.
ments OF wealth which We have under our
own hands We send to the sec. All the
human and animal manure which the |
world loses, restored to The land. instead
Of being thrown into the water. would
suiIics u nourisli the world. These heaps |
Of garbage q the corners Of the stone
blocks. tLsss tumbrils Of mire joltiDs ths
streets u night, these horri'l scavsugsrs'
carts, thsss istid stres ps VI subterrAuesn
slime which ths pAves. snts bids FROM you
do you know what sii this Is? It's the
flowing meadow; it is the green grass; il
il insjofAm aud th, ms and sage; II il
game; it IA cattle; it u the satisfied low OF
huge oxen ~ -seniug; il ~ perfumed hny;
Il il gptden corn; il h bread on your t.
bles; il IL warm blo.dlis your veins; it il
health; Ia w; IL Is life;
From ti,it cou~s tws, results, the land
Impoverished aud the water Injected.
Hunger rising n M the furfo.. sad dis
.sss rising from tbs river A
'ystsm os elementary drainage ~ simple
i the luugs 81 ! man. and ~Lisii il a.
'sady ~ TALL operation ia several villages
usEngiAui. you'll snllcs 70 bring into
,ur cities The ptsfs water Of tho fields. and
END back Into our fields the rich vster
n the cities AMI this easy see saw The
'implest 10 the world. would retain in our
possession the hundred millions thrown
way. The present systen does harm 10
70 do good. The Intention il
FOOD; the result u bad
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1885-07-09

In iettsr 70 the 81 ARrns Messenger
Rev. II. j. Rsnslos. Of Wells River says;
"Quits discnaiou was raised last spring
BY an article 10 the Arym on the cost Of
making maple sugar. think ! am = we'll
quali6ed 10 form an opinion on thisss any
oss. Tor I have ) grove Of ono thcusasd
trsss and hire al the work done. even 70
the boarding d men. lam periestly con-
fdeat that viii ) good sugar works msn
can make mora With spgw q seven esnts
thsa h. roam 10 naking butter q thirty
essk The ~ prons u sctuslIy greater
asd I would b. ouIy stos pisd 70 put ny
whole farm isto mAplsss II ! bad 6vs
fhoasanA nspls Others might make tLe
bdttss. although isss year . good share Of
~ butter sold u forty csntA But i
nnst b understood ] an speaking OF >
NJ sugar orchard There ars scns thss
Il does Dos psy TO soscb. Just = thsrs are
coss thai Il does rot pay 10 milk.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1885-07-09
Important 10 Canyassers.

WANTED Live Canvasssrs 10 every
County 10 the United States to sell vOXT PAT.
RNT REvERsIBLE SAD IRON. which esmbiaes
two Sad Irons. Polishsr. rIutsr, no.. one Iron
doing the work Of an entire stt Of ,ica.y ones.
Dos e. A S;s9s wlr nor g e'ssiS nRR
Price moderate. 4 large and lasting Income
injured 10 good canvasssrs. Addrsss Tor clrcu.
lars, 30, FOX SAD IRON CO., % Rssde g.,
New York. t
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1885-07-09
keep IT PLRE.

yAs 40 q sAs ws>A-pssvsps usSsass.-
sespgy - $50 asssss--A rsfeonU
n~s q - auwyes "a NINA sssv. vs l1s4-
great . variety tAey sssn - have, psecs<d freo
comparatively ~ csases. u u ~ this r<ssso
thsA swms ssFs~ neAscins rNtSvs ~ enrx ~
~aSs fsnxs ~ cousrlazris- scws ~ then ere
spyssxszx sisnest directly eypcsdss N sheir Ne.
49, ssss a. s ssss. s,sss, s -.
80 sass rnnass she tSsed. iks hs@ " da&AcsL
itss sst3~cs 10 ~ oonsfp4 10 ssson,stiAx Bet
sh1s eesy things sts ssid W psssssss sAis pes-
ss thess shieA Actually 90 sssst z sr* vssy rssss
nH kfn1Df' u sssssus y 4. /. Is soss
ssssass psepssstles ses i 80 To- ~ disessss
ess&tg fsum 3 fool ~ kmpes~ ssa6e u ~ fisrn.
9es- HCnre y = Ums thaD iies'y ~ " ihs
esisss - ~ f.1ssiee letter hs4 hsh tasiiy
tAAss AvAvoAlrE REhKDi~ ten ,ess. ass.
b sssss uvsM ksvs sanwcd ftom Csneer.
FrsrsuExS. MAses, Mar&A. LIST
~. AarM ksxsa5r. kosdssa, ".
D2sk Gsa. = Aho6t years aga cas- obliged
" fesert 70 ssisrnai srxstmeps fas th~ ven vel
q csSc@vns growth On ~ hip. w ssy ~
sesdsd shsssagh sissasiss " vasas -.
ssm. 100, rsqarseS sontns up. shiis e.sslaG
stprs Co The tte' rrmrdy 70 ~ ff's. year fA.
yukfTE REMEDY vs.s' Lgh'f isssmme ,ded
y mY bearing ttst ! rsssf, ~ 20 VA fdtl
y. 40 ~ reeaN saspfitsd rss. u sss sfsstsd
" qu,ctly and eeeasistAiv, o. gws essr ths
dspfessi6n prodaosd byiha oree.ii Il aud .incs
tho RAvoklIK REMEDY shi.h isss eeniit-
aed " tshs A. snail doses, has h 81 NE IL sseh
h~sisb Sad strss9th ~ mover - b tau~. nor
eHpsried 70 have. II 10 The beet u ~ uridsr
IN The world. | am sure OF that.
yoars. A.. MArrnEv ,kaGtL
~ AdAms street
II ~ cssss shea . ct nsaltstiop 4. -esnsd
Aatfess;--pr. fsvi5 Ksnrsjt. n md vi y Y,
Bat, " soa have not doae %, sdo,t rAvDitIrE
kENEDf ~ bouss friend
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1885-07-09

consider the Monitor spring bed ID best 10
the market Az hsvs used one for three
months know Whist am saying.
b. E. THAYER,
Proprietor OF Thsyer's Hotel.
Factory Point. w.. April 7th. 1885.
This certiAss that have nssd The Monitor
spring bed since March ash and conpidsr Il The
beat 70 b had for Ne money.
n. ". DAvI8.
IA. THAYEh
Factory Point. w.. April eth, 1885.
l like the Monitor spring bed - we'll ~ other
beds costing much more.
l7sm D. X. RINONDs. Editor JouasAL
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1885-07-09

-Wbeo PHILADELPHIA father cAtled hts
dsaahsss ios allowing young gentleman
visitor 70 His Der. sbs rsIf>rprvtab pGs
spirit, 4 eouidst help ,, pc Afsss b
kssssd - shs 6nt si.e told him 70 stop
Il. ssd xaMgp ~ - Asu" Ane
~ al ss - ksr pgbt home !
. has, = 81 IN - ~ IA - y
v.ss Il. 6ss sss ycSos ssnslss.a friend
sallsat - ~ nsaa ssoush 70 call hin i
Asssfsl old thing - y dsslars that u !
vsssl ios Ne fact that Il sosld make q
gsoa ssku@j tSjAaAAsA MO atsaA
-rbs Asssieu l0A ! Rspst,i1ss M
~ isiiosiss assossdias story d Iust o.
4 fsss nyHtfQ tve ~ afths
siay ~ ~ y - d. - - r. his
81. ASSGvo livisg sssr loss = o., and
IT. vssks could so(1 - NJ. o. 1y|
- observed . lAsss SAd6<cf essels No.
thsAlnrI 49, ~ ~ vssl thsrs hoping
70 asd III aainL 10 Walking over shs
pill - ss,slssas4hise ucvs under As
~ ed spsa dissisg do~n 10 biz grsst
ssspsisa. thsrs 80 bis OK, hAppy. fss and
AsAisAy. TSktalssi "a s&ss biz. ~
10 Ne middle 81 The straw pile fsoa The
estsida. - - .procssdsd % 81 al
arosad sstit hsAAApaks hin nj sosuy |
nd eonfostaAIs spsstssata. vhsrs ~ had |
.sesrsd ioss rs@s fspa ~ tSib II ths
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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1885-07-09
~ ALA RIA.
Asa sd sslarss, as1asas
Nh. DAVID KKHNEpY's
FAvoRlTE REMEDY

~ voc golden otazsons No traveller 5000 60
ssses biz casns ssse unless Il incindss bottle q
~ ns6aca.A " 200 sss sxpsssA y fssq1suo
eAaasss o. climate food And wafer. rsvoris Remedy
ehcsid always BE- within Jour resch. u sxpran ~
AAstA pgsons ard y the h<xs preventative 81 chilli
sesrd = trkst tt<riec Tor IN curs - xAnev
esd LisN eDnspislnsA Csasftystien 0saAli ttbe1E11
ssSssss2$3sk3sssk. =, ~ ~ j 49, =
xevosHs Ren~fy kcoessantiy proving itseif IN ~
;:'Gs aIsss 81 s s';:;s tse' e Ss
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1885-07-09

Always put little soda in milk shAs b
70 b bsiIsd. - = seid y formed by boil.
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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-08-26
A Colorado Cattle Roundup.

The announcement that the Ground up"
would be at the mouth of Cow Creek on
Thursday induced many of our citizens of
the .tenderfoot' section to avail thems elves
of the only opportunity they would have
during the year to see "round-uy" at so
short a distance from Greeley. For this
purpose many were up by 3 80 O'Clock
Thursday morning and ready for an early
start, In order to reach their destination
before the days work began. The MORN
ing was delightfully."- cool, and the ride very
pleasant. Arriving at the place about
O'Clock no cattle were to be seen, but In a
short time large herds were In sight at diff
ferent points, and at 8 O'Clock some 5000.
head OF range cattle were gathered on the
plains near the Platte River. In this herd
were many different brands. During the
day these brands were "cut off, from the
main herd, and each brand kept 10 bunch
by itself. After this work was nuished the
cattle were all started north, except the
go brand, belonging to Gale 4 Peasley.
These were driven to u corral where a fire
was kinded and the Branding pei formed.
This seemed very cruel work-lassooing a
small calf, either by the neck or hind legs
aud draggiag 1t to the fire, where its left
c was cut of and two large brands burn
ed on the left side, the animal always man.
ifestlng great pain. Nearly all the ladies
went to the corral to see this branding
done, but after few moments none were
to be found short of the river bank About
3 O'Clock the party started for home having
seen the full working of the "round-up."
They were pleased with the trip, but decid-
ed never to rise again at or 8 O'Clock for
similar purpose.-Greeley (Col) Tribune.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-08-26
association of Odors.

The sense of smell, by detecting bad o.
jers, may enable us to guard against dam
ger TO our health. 1t may also excite pleas
urable emotions, and recall the associations
of younger days.
1.-THE smell of viole IT, hidden in the green,
Pours back into my empty soul and frame,
The time when remembered to have been,
Joyful and free from blame"
An instance is ON record Of q lawyer
whose delight was to get within range of
a farmyard. And why2 His childhood had
been spent amid the sights, sounds, and
scents that surround the farmhouse; and
SO the familiar ammoniacal exhalations car
ricd him back to the green fields and rustic
pleasures of his youthful home.
The writer himself met with an individ-
ual whom the noisome smell of sulphuret-
ted hydrogen gratified and pleased. His
explanation was that many of his happiest
days were spent IS student In we'll
known chemical laboratory, where certain
ly that smell prevailed to an unusual extent.
A French author tells US OF young lady
who loved above all perfumes the smell OF
old books. Perhaps with affectionate So
licitude, she had been the constant atten.
dant upon some Id bookworm Of father
or guardian, and hence the leatberly musti-
ness took her back to days when, quietly
happy, she seemed to recognize in the dus-
" tones living and trusty friends.
Many person sick In the city has been
carried back to the simple days Of youth
by the oder of apple-blossoms. The past
comes back again in the oders that live In
memory.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-08-26
Crop Statistics.

Crop returns to the Department OF Agri
Culture for Augusta, show an Improvement
In corn siuce the last report. The average
stands four points lower than the standard
of full condition, and indicates yield, With
seasonable moisture and average tempera-
ture hereafter, Of 26 to 81 bushels per acre.
The aver age for August Of 1884 was the
same, but fell three points du ing the four
days following, when the yield was 26
bushels. In 1879 the average for August
was 80 and the ultimate yield, as reported
by the census, was 28 bushels In the sew
en- corn surplus States the average are,
Ohio, 90; Indiana, So; Iowa, l0l: Nebras-
ka, 100; Mississippi, SO; Kansss90. The
prospect has not been exceeded since 1880
The moist, hot weather following the 18th
of July has caused some damage to spring
wheat in the Northwest. mainly In Wlscon-
sin and Minnesota. Most Of the great
wheat counties of Minnesota report an av-
ersge from rs to 80; some OF less impor-
lance make al average Of 100. The reduc-
ton 10 prospective yield Is greatest 10 Min
nesota, amounting to Dine points. There
is an increase In The other territories and
in New England. The average decline Is
four points, and indicates reduction Of
6,OOO,OOO bushels from the expectation GU
The LIST of July.
No reports concerning the result of win
ter wheat has been received except In the
South. The average for oats has declined
from 81 to SO; which is four points higher
than In August OF last year: rye averages
"a, showing continued im provement since
the first OF Juno. Barley stands at the last
report at 90, which indicates abOut an aver
age crop for any series Of i've or ten years
There is an increase In the area OF buck.
wheat, and the condition averages 95
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-08-26
Farm, Garden, Home.
Dtsissfectunts For Stables.

Prof. L. H. Armstrong. in the New York
Tribune, makes some valuable suggestions
regarding doing away with the bad odors
emanating from stables and places In hot
weather, and ct the same time make the
disinfecting material serve a double pur-
pose OF adding to the value OF the dressing
acted upon. He says:
The German kainit seems to meet all the
seuuirements. 1t contains about % per
cent of sulphate of potash, with sulphate
Of magpesia, chloride Of soda and chloride
OF maenesla. 1t Is soluble In less than
twice its weight Of water, and, therefore,
aesily put into the most effective form for
use. Besides adding potash to the soil, the
sulphurlc scid Of its sulphate OF magnesia,
like the sulpEuric acid Of the sulpnate of
lime In plaster, appears from the expert
ments OF Birner & Brimmer to unite with
the ammonia, Us IT Is formed by the decom'
position of The manure, 10 make the noD-
volatile sulphate; but, more than that, the
KANT appears to have another valuable
quality, OF gathering additional ammonea,
most probably from the atmosphere.
One pound OF ksinit per day scattered In
the stalls is Sufficient for each animal.
Probably 1t would be more effective II dis
solved and applied with watering pot,
using quart or less per day OF saturated
solution for each animal In small sprinklings
as occasion required. The cost Of kainit
In the large cities will be $40, or less, per
ton-half . cent . pound, which will be the
taifling cost per day for each animal. If
farmers would use kainit freely In cow On d
horse stables, muck and compost heaps,
pigpens and chicken houses, privy, sinks
aud cesspools, by its purifying power In
these spurtenances, almost always too near
the dwelling, they would greatly promote
comfort and lessen the mortality in their
families, which is now up to the full aver
age, despite their country life.
It will be proper to remark that when
kaiDit IL used In manure and composts,
thus fixing and increasing the nitrogen and
enrIcning them with potash, etc. and in
no way correspondingly increasing the
phosphoric acid, 1t would be wise for the
farmer to add proportionate quantity Of
some material containing that indispensa-
BILE ingredient, In order to make the manure
. complete and well-balanced fertilizer, for
though II may be rich in nitrogen and pot
ash, deficiency Of phosphoric acid will In
the end be equivalent to deficiency Of the
other two great elements. Bone meal mix.
ed In the manure and composts heaps will
decompose evenly with the other matters.
II not so used, superphosphste will be the
stuff to apply directly to the crops.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-08-26
Free And Easy DtvOrce.

An astonishing degree of ignorance and
recklessness was exhibited Thursday by a
man who came into Portland from one Of
the country towns In search of his "wife."
He went to Middle street store and said he
proposed to search for her all over the city,
and when found, to make 1t warm" for all
concerned. If she refused to return home,
he proposed to invoke the aid Of the police
to compel her. In the course of his talk
he admitted that he had "only been living
with the woman" but added, "she's my
wife all the same He said he had been
married some years ago to another woman,
she left ue and went to live with another
man, that divorced me, of course, and l
looked around for wife. / met this wom-
an I'm after. She'd just left her husband,
who had taken another wife, thus divorcing
her, and SO me AID her took one another. "
When asked If he was legally divorced
from his wife, he replied: "Ne, she left me
and took another husband; that divorced
me, good and strong, guess, and If so,
what's the use of bo,herlng the lawyers
with the lnatter2 She's my wife, tell you,
the woman I'm after is, and III have her II
hang for it," He was apparently q mar
of ordinary intelligence. but hopeessly
confused in regard to the laws concerning
marriages. In reply 10 question, he sale
he knew "lots of folks who are married the
same as me end my wife,"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-08-26

well, the alleged murderer, extradited from
New Zealand, revives interest in the re-
markabe crime which is generally believed
that be committed. 1t will be remembered
that on February 8, two young men, named
respectively Preller and Maxwell, reached
Boston by the Cephalonia, and that on
April IA, the corpse of one OF them, Prel-
Ter, was found In trunk In his room at a
hotel 10 St. Louis. Maxwell was known to
have been in his company within few
hours OF the time of the murder. From
st. Louis, Maxwell was traced to San
Francisco, thence to New Zealand, where
he was arrested and held until St. Louis
officers arrived to take him in charge. The
inducement for the murder was Preller's
money, of which he had large sums, while
Maxwell had almost none
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-08-26
Notice of Foreclosure,

Notice ia hereby given that Leander Cooley
then Of Brighton, by his mortgage deed dated
December twentieth A. D., 1882, and recorded
In Somerset Registry OF Deeds, book ia, page
332 conveyed to Lew HOlway the following de-
scrtbed real estate. viz certain piece Of land
situated in Bingham and bounded "a follows: :
commencing from the highway leading from
william Russell's to Isaac COrsOn's at q pOiut
north OF the east end Of said HOlwny's mill In
said town thence north by point OF ledge to
the brook running between tho said GOOdridge
house and the said HOlway's mill at point
opposite small elm tree standing on the side
OF said brook; thence west by said brook to
white ash tree standing north of and near the
above mentioned highway; thence south to
the aforesaid highway; thence east by said
highway to the first named bounds Also one
other piece of land In Bingham and bounded as
follows: commencing on the southeast corner
said Bingham; thence west on the lot line to
road leading to Isaac CorsOn's; thence east BY
the last named road to said Corson's land;
thence south on said Corsors land to the
bounds begun ut. That said Levi Holway by
his assignment daied August twenty eighth.
A. ID. 1883, aud recorded iu Somerset Registry
of Deeds. hook 1856, page AL, assigned and trans
ferred said mortgage to me. Heman Whipple Of
Scion. That the condition of said mortgage
has been broken and that ], therefore, by rea-
son Of the breach OF the condition thereof claim
foreclosure Of said mortgage aud give this
notice for that purpose.
Dated at Scion, Aug. 10, 1885.
st3S HEMAN wHIPPLE.
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"koo9o - katev"
Clsars out nts, mice reaches, hies. iants, bedoug
Palp, Muon, Dropsis u sweiiings. Dizziness Indi.
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"Bschu.Paiba."
Quick, complete eure, all Kidney, bladder and Ut
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Calarrh Of the Bladder. u. Druggists.
Bed-BaGs. Files
Flies reaches, anita uei-bugs, rats mice, gophers'
chipmunks, cleared out ny Rough on Rats ioc'
Thin People.
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curssDyspcpsia, Headache. Nervousness, Debility
R"Rsush - Pain.p
Cures cholera. collie, amps diarhna. aches, pains
sprains, headache, neuralgia, rheumatism voc
lo1sh on Pain Plaster, ioc.
ySs s.s s:,1g broken. yo,1 ont ,a and nervous
rfn Lac pressrver.
II you are losins your grip on life, try wells
Health Remover" Goes dlrectto weak spots.
"uoush On Piles"
Cures Piles or Hemctghoids, Itching, Protrudng,
Bleeding, Internal other. Internal and External
Rsaedy In each package. Sure cure ooc' prues-
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Ladies' who would retain freshness and vivacity
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Correct offensive odcrs At once. Complete cure,oI
worst chronic casss aiso one9nsiisd - gafg'e io'
Diphtheria, Sore Throat, Foul Breath. Soo
The Hepc efthe Nation.
Children, slow in Development, puny, scrawny and
Aalcats, use "Wells' he alth Remover"
Catarrh Of the Bladder.
Singing, Irritation inflammation, all Kidney and
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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-08-26

How THE TURKS FAST. -Turkish ingenu-
ity has ciIcumvthled the terrible month
Ramadan, the Mohammedan fast For
thirty days, between sunrise and sunset, no
good Mussulman allows mouthfu OF food
or drink to pass his lips. But, then, says
Constantinople letter, 1t does not discom
mode the Turk at all, for during that time
he is asleep. He simply reverses the order
Of things and sleeps daytmes instead OF
nights. He rises from his couch at sunset
and takes his breakfast before going to the
mosque to pray. At midnight he has din.
ner, and partakes of supper just before
sunrise In the morning, when he again re-
tires to bed. The night not being good for
work, he gives his waking hours to pleas
ure, and the month from sunrise to sunset,
becom es vast carnival in all countries
under Mohammedan rule.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-08-26

The Old Home.


"Return, return" the voices cried,
ITO your old valley. far away;
For softly on the river tide
The tender lights and shadows play;
And all the banks are gay with flowers
And all the hills are sweet with thyme;
You cannot md snch bloom as ours
IN yon bright foreign climei"
For me- thought, the olives grow
The sun lies warm upon the vines;
And yet, will arise and 20,
To that dear valley dim with pines'
Old loves are dwelling there, l said
Untouced by years of change and pam
Old faiths, that had counted dead
Shall rise, aud live again.
And stlll "Returu. return" they sung,
"With us ahides eternal calm;
In these old fields. where you were young'
We culled the heart 's-ease and the balm;
For us the nocks and herds inc ease,
And the children play around our feet;
At eve tho sun goes down in peace
Return, for rest Is sweet"
Then arose. and crossed the sea,
And sought tt at home of younger days;
No love Of old was left for me
tFor love has wings. and seldom staysG
But there were graves upon the hill,
And sunbeams shining on the sod,
And low winds breathing, "Peace,be still;
Lost things ore found in God"