The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-10-23
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Only . Package or Letters.

Who hes not fully realized the pleas
ure Il gives the human heart 10 receiv
from absent relatives or friends thel
most tender and precious words OF low
and friendship. q they wellsd up Il
their heart and found On exit through
tho point Of pen OF penciI2 How en-
dearing they become - they ere stamped
upon ; bit Of paper and sealed with ths
seal Of Affection and transmitted through
our wonderful post Office syslem, TO b.
read and re-read, with glad heart, OF
moistened eyes. and then laid aide q I
fn tnrs reminder OF frisDds most dear.
Who has not 10 looking through %
old trunk come across IL some nook o.
corner . package Of letters, worn with
time aud covered with dust. tied with Z
bit OF ribbon, or held in close embrace
BY silken cord. the opening Of which
brings many pleasant ss we'll unpleasant
memories back 10 the mind ? Pleasant,
in as much % some Of them will tell the
same story Of true devotion Of friend 70
friend; unpleasant, or with : spirit OF
sadness. o. one picks those which have
marked upon them the Tireless Reaper 9
Footprints. which nnmistakably shows
- essc essssso " &hU sSeAcs tno subs tuueo
snd frailty of human life. and the be-
reavement and parting Of friends.
How closely We trace the dim ont
line Of the superscripture Of those that
tell Of our fallen comrades. whom We had
many times walked aud talked together
with % only true friends can. How
fleet ID glance OF the mind compared
with The speed OF Its flight. The TEN.
pest itself lsgs behind, and the "sWift-
winged arrows Of light" Our hearts
are filled with emotion at the thought
that those pleasant and familiar faces
are covered from view forever; those
voices. which were sweet music to our
ears, can never more cheer rs THE side
OF the grave; those hands which We
have 90 often grasped. and which have
held the magic pen TO form the words to-
give us their heartfelt wishes and loving
are folded from their labors
and lie quiet and cold In the narrow
OF the tomb; aud those feet,
y hich had trod the thorny and uneven
pathway Of life. and many times had
goDe into the by and forbidden paths OF
sin and folly, will 60 no more in their
sccustomed hsnnts, but are now bound
BY the icy fetters Of death.
But others inform me OF the honor and
earthly glory Of those who were reared
from the lowest depths OF poverty; that
by industry and perseverance, they have
at Iast attained % exalted position|
smong their fellows.
So. after I'll, I consider the "PAckage
% Lettersv % 90 many pages written iD|
the "book Of Iife." some with bIurs and
blota. some with tears and sighs, and
o. hers recording the good fortune. hap
pinesss end prosperity Of the writer's.
While the Recording Angel is keeping
our record. as We live Il, LEI Us be care
full 10 have II clear Of blots and ugly
stains, remem herring that We are not
only living for time, but for etersity.
So when you get old, and % natural
consequences many and varied scenesl
have paesed before you, nothing, II
think, will bring more sober rthectionsl
10 your mind than the perussl Of thel
pages Of package os letters.
JAsPER, INDIANA. 7. X. d.