THE DEMOCRAT, The Largeet:Steentetteis ha. Northern . ..I"ethrsgivastia-10321cop.les"Vreekiv" , • - S:: . , i!:: : k.V.:: 0-c4Ag,'.*i:;=.;.'as;'.';,;',...l • ,TilafilraOSlEs DECEMBEIk /0 A The Mother's *aim Silentlya.young andgentle mother bat kick. higher oaly.ehild.; her work had fallen fr`olh her hands, and ;partly elippekupon',the,lloor ; while the dim _ light of the hing'inisnUffed can dla scarce changed the ruddy,hue, of ,bitrning enibers. , , •. ' - TWAS the birthday ofilowardt_ • In beauteous light scene :after- scene of a long lifeswept inpanoramie view befere)ier dreamy eye ._. , They passed, and -the Mist l of darkness rested upon them. • -; Oh God r stie murmured, ' that such.haight be my child. :Take, oh take, and' seal' him thine. ' Again she dreamad! *Rhin -a lovely cot tage, surrounded by the wide-spreading beech and stitely elm; sho stood and hcaid j the Vieeza . playing . With the echo of a . bounding stream; or, rushing up the mountain side; lapgh,. ing:at..tite barriers time .had placeil athwart bermay.. Daylight had faded,' theslisoir . and. glimniering tttilight gene, : andtwilikling stars looked out and smiled.. A ciadietviih.its holy treasure slowly rockod before her,— is looked -- nithinher . babe was ',there 1,1 &smothering cloud sloWly settled upon the cradle tand there , the vision 'ceased; she slept and' dTcamed no more ' A few short months passed rapidly away. A; an the " Mother sat beside her babe, but Oh, how changed l No more sho dreamed; no more her infant sweetly slept, but tossed its!pt tic arms in ,untolled pain. She knelt beside her babe, watching its restless motion; hearing its moans, and trembling for S its , Then came a moment's pause e —the little arms laid still upon the cheekard sheet; 'Father; 'she \ cried, spare', oh spare my C.bild: my darling and my only child!' • •In vain! for with a piercing shriek of pain her idol stretched its arms to her; shO caught it to her breast; it's head fell back hott babe • vas dead! • Two long days in tearless agony she watch ed her child and then they bore It from her the cold grace; There was no pomp, no ceremony 4s - when a man of wealth or :rank is 'hurried ; ah no! it was only babe they bore Few u ire the mourners, few were the- words' there spoken ; short the prayers ; 'twas only a babe thec=Varied. 'roe Sabbath came. Long. and .elognently did the than of God portray the benefits of Cori§t's atonement ; how daik Our state by -niture is haw aterly depraved the heart' how gracious God, how bright the gospel, how glorious the Christian's life, hoci rapturous borne. But - oh my friends, he cried, • not all Shall ' enter in r then hdw fearful was the. final doom he fired upon the sinner's course.. In words terrific. he painted theit home; he gave them nu peace, no liglit",:thelitriedfiames flashed up, and ooly painted' hollyl . `And Who, he asked, in slow and thrilling tones,' and who shall slumber there/ . Not hoary beaded vice alone, that for kit years has been adding sin to sin until its crimes sur. pas.s-lbe power of men. No !--not age alone bat w 9 sec 44 infant throng thieadini the sul4 priory streets and flaming igslek lof hell, and, amid the of the damned we hear their jiiereing, cries: A female Toice.came 'ringing through the Itouse,ol. God. like,a.'shrick of iiespir--the groan owe damned:—and they bore the half crazed mother to her desolate home. 'rho brightsun sank from . the: cloudless' 'sky' , into a sea of gold; the hill-tops became the blushing brides of evening and as the light, dappled with crimson rays faded away the lustrous stars shone brighter than barore. , the gentle moon poured a richer flood of !hill IA& cldianeP., and the soft breeze whisPered a sweeter song mid a mellower note in the weary. Beside the silent -knelt the stricken =. 'mother in prayer.. Darkness enwrapt her sawnoethe tablets of the' dead arround her, she felt not little mound before her, she only knew her babe, vinicilead drag= -;,, , ed heavily; each second- seemed en age, ,each breathing 'an etenrity. .But Suddenly d light dawned upon - her; the kind, zephyr breathed softer,-the mellow moon grevi =morn Gentle, the pearly, stars more,. lustrous. She ,acard a chime softer than . a be!p Miii,,Sweeter than the xolee of sour; it tuns arr nnge . l throng chanting Holy, Holy, Holy r 'and in their andst she saw hc . .ehild, 'and heard" its voice - joining the _ . street) elievita of the heavenly son. ' - It was enough if her child was safe ; she feared no morel . • • • . She hastened from the cold and detvy grave •With a luoyant spirit unto hex. tiothe; tie era rile still was there as when her infantdied 0.6 pitthing,s lay beside, as if to %MIN the wearY hour at ,every;_styi - she:recnl#zed her dar ling had 4erxtbote, but now. was gone; she fhlt the'Yeis' 3. but yet she did not murmur .trhe Morning came, and carefully ered np i the littlethiugs and strewed them aciay resting npUn her pale cheek Intl thr FtiCtelis Ito good tlie gre.4 doge, but: not she tad Seen her ail&.and'' learned pinn its own lips t.ttnt:ykintB:4re:yo God S 'AL= ri,sulliconar th ) SserzlePzelsirsi • Some two Years 24 E4: thPlowOryatOie of IL ID. Br:tried, ofßratieberorVenOont, was bio heti opeua,udrobbed 036 hille rim6iiatin watch es aud miscellaneotuijeweityesthi l :utted at the %Ake about $3O OO . - Foilm that day no trace of the etoleit,property. hae-,heen discov ered. Snspieioii however 'fastened - Iyou an indisidunl who .kis-all Aids time- been eleiiety oratct - ed, and as 1. 4 1.15. Oc i ired; 10' croseti thzt h would net Move or dispe,So ;of his Alto* treasure. , --Ailhort time einceherestored froin realdo* ana"* o # l er- ‘C mi4l7 ' eitered (43 , - , A few days ago,' iba= asjy f tub new:fait* soticed,fs one roots,:tliatibe" paper was lois. ' O4 Putting it haai to Phteel she 14 - • „ turbed the wall,mdn uttinlier'.of, gold watch es bars dut , Upoti - difloor ; and "hir6; the whets 4ittli l kiltolpti jeweliy to 'he.iirigina' ll l' , estrl!fat,e4.loE4, , • . . . :j• --:,Hotultollardiungreg - 1 , -• . . - - . ... , ..Tiati prac.ice.ofgethering,-,pears.:whilia hard . and ripening them in suitn!ble places undereov. , t. i'ii' - ' ll ' llll ik r- r