Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-02

Mrs. Kate Jackman-
The windf1ower and the violet, they
persisted long ago.
And the brer-rose and the orchid died
amid the summer glow,
But on the hills the golden-rod. and the
aster inithe wood,
And the yellow sunflOwer by the brook
in autumn beauty stood.
Mrs, Jean" I. Whitcher-
oh. deem not. they are blest alone
Whose lives, a peaceful tenor keep.
The Power who pities man, hath shown
blessing for the eyes that weep.
Miss Ida Crossman-
For God hath marked each sorrowing
And numbered every secret tear.
And heavens long age of bliss shall pay
For all his children suffer here.
Mrs Nellie Mullins
When all shall heed the words He said
Amid their daily cares
And. by the loving life He led,
Shall seek to pattern theirs;
And He. who conquered Death. shall win
The nobler conquest over Sin.
Miss Jennie Woodbury.
Peace to the just mans memory; let it
grow
-Creener with years, and blossom
through, ,hc fight of ages.
Miss Mary Fo>Scman-
oh, Str am Of Life, the violets spring
But o"ce beside thy bed
but one href summer. on thy path,
The deWs of heaven are shed.
In the current events discussion Mrs.
s|.evens had charge. The death of
queen Victoria. or. rather, the effect 1t
would have, and the lecture of Prof.
Traphagen. We're the prncipa; sub
jects discussed. Miss Fosselman spoke
of ArizOnas desire to he a state: also
of immigration TO the United States the
past year.
Mrs. Mullins read of the death of
Verdi. Mrs. Nuckols brought up the
subject of Mrs Nation and she was
discussed for some time. Before leav-
,1ng. the committee on questions gave
each one present a question relating
TO Shakespearean plays.
Miss Woodbury., in her paper. first
gave sketch of the early life and en-
,vironment of Bryant, and then con-
cluded:
William Cullen Bryant owed the valu-
able training which he received to the
strength of character and literary Gull
ture of his father. worthy physician
OF Cummington. Massachusetts. Iiis
ancestry may he inferred from the char
acter of his writings, which reflect what
ever is noblest and best in the life and
thought of New England.
In early life he was encouraged to
rhyme and tells us
1.-The time has been when free as air.
I loved at morn the hills to climb.
With dew drenched feet and bosom bare
And ponder on the artless rhyme,
And through the long, laborious day
tFor mine has been the peasants TOLD
I hummed the meditated lay
While the slow oxen turned the soil. -
At the age of sixteen he entered Will
liams college where he distinguished
himself by his devotion to the classics
ard other departments of learning After
remaining here one year, the family
purse not admitting of further expendi-
ture. he returned home ana devoted his
energies to- the study of law
Someone has said: I'VE only feel the
lack of what we have no5. overl ,,ki,.* ;.
what may have hean subs.l. lte'l in its
place. and Bryant regretted his ig-
norance of what might Ara We ,been teamed
active open air life on the farm were of
more Importance to him at this time.
During his first years study of Law,
he found It very irksome
ITO drudge for the dregs of men,
And scrawl strange words with n har.
barous pen,
Ana mnS:.e among the jostling crowd
Where the sons of strife are subtle and
loud"
At the time he met "a maiden shy, witt,
deep blue eyes," but of this there was
nothing remarkable except verses. Afte,
two years. he writes:
- know thee fair-I deemed thee free
From fraud and guile and fathless art
Eut had 1 seen. as now I see
rhine image ne'er had stained M,
heart"
IN 1919 ne was admitted to the bar nd
commenced practice al Great Darlington
where ne was soon afterwards married
Enough successful. his work was no.
c"nEenial. he says that his love of NAL,
ing verses had caused him to look coldl,
en- the severe beauties of Themis. bu
a man in any position finds it an cas-,
matter to plan more eligible mode ri
life. and Bryant little realized that RI,
Rates were spinning for him the threa6
out of which quite different destin,
was 1" be woven than was yet in sigh,
HIS father one day in looking over hi.
desk found a manuscript bearing tn,
title Thanatopsis. which had been writ
ter four years previous. This he sen
To the North American Review for publi
cation. After this he wrote for severa
pre- minent magazines, becoming edito
ct the Evening Post. where he did -;
great deal to elevate the general ton,
Of the press.
Rryant's favorite and chief recreatio,
was travel. which by his mastery Of tn,