The Press., 1888-08-16
(For The Press.l. \ BIRTHDAY REMEMBRANCE.
JULT 11TH, 1s1s-18ss.


 I used to think the stars Were opening into heaven; that through
 their doors
 We came from heaven to earth to bless the
 land,
 And looking back, could see for lour lives, The glories left behind. When deaah arrives I" escort us back to our celestial home, The star goes out, it's earthly mission done. Coming and going, and wonder whose they Where they were from-where going to and
 why,
 For clouds were spirits; when the sky was
 clear, None passed away or came to earth that day. These are but childish fancies; but the Lord Has blest the children. Let me be g. child, And crave your patience for little while, That may trace the course of one bright star, That came in sight just seventy years ago, In Glastonbury, center of the state, Called Gland of steady hablts.' Der one
 home
 Five other stars had risen to watch and shine For five wee mortals of the family name. Apd now the sixth appeared. And in this An infant recognized the light and smiled. Eunice, a fitting name, which signifies "Good faith, i" "good victory" in Bible lore, She wore with grace, as did her prototype, Whose "unfeigned faith" Saint Paul immor-
 mortalized . In second Timothy.
 We'll time passed on; Another star appeared above the home, When she, child of four, was babe no more, About this time death sent his messenger, And grandma passed away among the clouds, EQnnA nSoolc o&o ra0DnN Su Fox's Book of Martyrs held in high esteem; The power of Rome was feared-slavery dis
 cussed. The papers-so the children sometimes
 thought
 Were hateful tyrants, laying down the law, Demanding quiet But the atmosphere Was free from such discipline at times, When ''father" sang such lengthy, quaint old
 songs! And Eunice, free to play amang her mates, Indulged in riddles, stories dald the like Engaged in frolics near the ssmeeting- house, :" Whose steps were "king's land ;" and the,
 district school Was just across the road.
 AT SCHOOL
 She learned to read, And write and spell. Yes spelling books
 were learned From lid to lid, in those Old-fashioned days Each Saturday forenoon the school rehearsed The ten commandments and the catechism; And lessons learned in Hannah Taylor's
 school
 Remain as fresh in memory to-day AS do the luscious fruits, hid in the grass, For favorite girls, by partial neighbor boys. She learned to sew, and long seams overland Became her daily ''stent" before her play. Before me now the family register, Framed with sampler, shows the dainty care Of little Eunice, at the age of ten.
 HER TWIN. Most girls have bosom friends; and Eunice
 had
 A ''twin," whose name was Julia Hollister. A constant wonder to their teachers rose, When in the frequent, numbered change of seats These two, each time, were seated side by side!
 A GLASS OF SLING The sign that advertised on Taylors store, "Rum, brandy, gin, wine, sugar, tea and snuff, Molasses, raisins, allspice, nutmegs, cod, Was photographed upon her youthful mind By constant seeing; and in all the homes The caller had received certain slight Unless 8 glass of sling were passed around. But ''getting drunk" was an accomplishment Unlearned in this good town, till up there
 sprang
 Things called ''saloons, " that mixed the fiery
 drinks
 With Satan's compounds. Danger signs arose, And, oh! how strange it seemed in all the
 schools When temperance introduced himself, and
 said
 Rum, brandy, gin and wine you must not
 drink"
 But, oh! the fatal seeds of appetite That slumbered in each little glass of sling
 THE ECLIPSE. About this time came 'thirty-one's dark day, Caused by Old Sol's eclipse, so long foretold Schools were dismissed at noon, and children
 walked
 In awesome maze of twilight, deep and dark.
 LATER REQUIREMENTS. But Eunice's star shone on. How it illumed The English Reader everything around When, over Johnson's ''Vanity of Wealth." She stepped to the front ranks of scholarship. Soon after, at Miss Cornwalls private school She learned the art of making dainty lace, And, later, at the academy spelled In ancient history and rhetoric. And, to this day, some passages will fall AS smoothly from her lips as if the book Were placed before her eyes.
 Meanwhile at home, At mornings, moons, and nights, she passed
 in threads, Wound quills and sewed and when vacation
 came Spun tow and wool. No time was unem-
 ployed.
 THE CHURCH. The ancient Presbyterian meeting house., Where she attended church, was of style Unlike our own. It's box-like pews had seats Upon three sides; the fourth contained the
 door.
 So neighboring worshippers sat back to back And so, 'twould seem, the pastors audience Must partly turn it's face from gospel truths Above the gallery stairs, on either side, Provision for the colored race was made: One side for men and boys, and opposite l Their sable daughters and attentive wives. A late departure had supplied stove A good box stove made the outer aisle | One shade more temperate than stinging cold. l But 'twixt the sermons, at the noon recess, The kitchen of John Mosely overfowed With women bearing foot-stoves, into which The Mosely fireplace poured its generous
 coals. Surmounted on high pillars, stood the desk, To which the pastor climbed by winding stairs Above his reverend head the sounding board | Powered like a 6teeDle while from raap and l