The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1915-09-02

peared IN his vision one is depicted of
most wondrous beauty of form, features.
wlnsome look and adornment. 1t ID
Dame Nature, whom the four hermits
OF this enhancing wild had SO long
wooed.
The second part of the Canto, The Elk.
hlbltlon, opens with description of the
cabin OF hermit Lowell, as remembered
by the author from boyhood. It runs
thus:
''The little Lowell house stood lone,
Back in the field walled with stone,
North of the towers of Ferdinand,
The noble Baron of the land.
The little house, few knew it's name,
No living man told whence it came.
1t seemed to come when Lowell died
As ships come in by wind and tide.
Twas very low, Sir Ferdinand
Gould touch the caves with appraised hand,
One little window east, one west.
Gave all the light it had at best
One room it had, one little stove
To warm the air below, above;
The stove was just sheet-iron thick;
Iwould heat the room, and heat it quick,
When draft was oped on hickory dry,
And sparks went shooting to the sky.
About the room on little shelves
10y ships and trunks there showed them
selves,
VI varied Kinds house furniture
BY skilled hands wrought in miniature;
A vice was there, joiner's bench.
Hammers and saws, a monkey wre1 ch
Bits, gimlets, screws, and slender brads,
Concomitants of toys and fads;
Thin boards of cedar and of pine
Balanced the splendid limerick line."
Then follows one of the uses made by
the boys in the time of the author s
memory. Space here will admit of but
snatch of it:
"Young James and Franklin there repaired
Oft times, and varied pastimes shared;
And on the night of which sing,
When winter sought the lap OF spring,
An Indian exhibition then
Was there essayed by these young men.
One that eclipsed by much and far
Big Fhunder's famous troop and star.
Early in life boys will be men,
And late are back to boys again.
A stage they built back from the door,
A foot or two above the floor,
And stretched a curtain on the 'front.'
Drawn till the signal for a stunt;
But wonder of this wondrous lay!
While one upon the stage would play,
'Tother sat back with look intense,
The sole inspired audience"
In the course of the evening the Presi-
dent told his usual batch of stories, the
points in which seemed to fit. There
was also spirited singing, especially of
America. A vote of thanks was given
for the entertainment. The children had
their usual sweetmeats.
My humble valedictory to the Dale,
the home Of my childhood, must again
be said. After delightful summer So
journ among scenes so familiar and asso-
Citations so heart appealing, l must again
say farewell. The hillsides of command
ing view, the farms so fair beneath the
hand of husbandry, the homes so grace
full in setting and kindly keeping, seem
to echo a sweet, fond farewell. The
heavy rains of the summer have not been
without compensations. There is Won
drous freshness and verdure on hill, dale,
field, pasture and woods. The meadows
wave in wondrous profusion Of the queen
of the meadow and all of the worts, and
the fields with all of the herbs so helpful
in cases of common ills. 'Is there no
balm in Gilead, mo physician?'' Yes, there
is, The divine writer of old made this
test question in matters not physical,
but spiritual; and again we answer, yes.
How marvelously do blade and leaf and
bloom in all of their profusion, design
and artistic beauty bespeak their coun-
terpart in the reverse side of the uni
verse, the world of spirit. These appeal
to the natural senses, which exist be-
cause of them; and hence the adaptation.
What is that sense within US that will
not down, that these are but the vesture
and artistry of mentality and heart that
fashion and fondle them? That sense,
too, must have its counterpart in the
realities of spirit world. Greatly have
its tides swept through the Dale of late.
All stations in life, all grades of think
ing, in the right of private judgment,
have been suDordinated to deep, rich,
hand to hand, heart to heart, spirit in the
community. Intellectual tests and not
heart test would have signally failed of
this benefcent result. The lowly spirit
is the one that finds the kingdom of hea-
ven. 1.-THE kingdom of heaven is as a
little child" 1.-THE kingdom of God is
within you." The Christian father and
mother of the Dale are gone from the
natural sight, but their spirits are po-
tential in these days of soul power in
this, to me, ideal community. Never
tairer than now, never seemingly more
thronged with rich heritages of heavens
gifts than now, the Dale of the Georges
has my lingering farewell, my hope Of
glad reunions in days to come.
HAIRBRAIN.