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Post Offices. rost Masters.
Bethel Station. Enoch Reese,
Carolltown, Joseph Behe,
Districts. .
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CHURCHES, MINISTERS, &C.
Presbyterian Rev, D. Harbisox, Pastor.
freachiiig every Sabbath . morning at 10
o'clock, and in the evening at 3 o'clock. Sab
oath School at 1 o'clock, K. M. Prayer meet
ing every Thursday evening at G o'clock.'
Methodist Episcopal Church Rev. J. S. Lkm
hox, Preacher in charge. ' Rev. J." Gray,"Af
jistant. Preaching every Sabbath, alternately
t 10J o'clock, in the morning,, or 7 in the
evening. Sabbath'School at 9 o'clock, A. M.
prayer meeting every Thursday evening, at 7
o'clock. - .
Welch Independent Rev Ll. R. Powell,
Pastor. Preaching every Sabbath morning at
JO o'ciock, and in the evening at 6 o'clock.
Sabbath School fat 1 o'clock, P. M. Prayer
meeting on the first Monday evening of ech
cionth ; and on every Tuesday, Thursday and
Friday evening, excepting the first week in
each month.
Calvinistic McthoditTlr.?. John "Williams,
Pastor. Preaching every Sabbath evening at
laud 6 o'clock. Sabbath School at V o'clock,
A. M. Prayer meeting every Friday evening,
M 7 o'clock. Society every Tuesday evening
it 7 o'clock. '
Z)ijf(W-REV. W. Lloyd, Pastor . Preach
inz every Sabbath morning at 10 o'clock.
"Particular ItaptisU Rev. David Jsskixs,
Pastor. Prer.ching every t'abbath evening at
3 o'clock. 'Sabbath School at at I o'clock, P. M.
Catholic Rev. M. J. Mitchell, Pastor.
Services every Sabbath morning at 10 J o'clock
tnJ Vespers at 4 o'clock in tbe evening.
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nd Friday of each week, at 3 o'clock, P. M.
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COUNTY OFFICERS.
Judges of the Courts President, Hon. Geo.
Taylor, Huntingdon ', Associates,1 George W.
Easley, Henry C. Devine. '
Prothonotary Joseph M'DonaH.- ;
Register and Recorder James Griffin.;..
Sheriff John Buck. -
DUtrict Attorney. Philip S. Noon.
County Commissioners Peter J. Little, Jno.
Campbell, Edwara Glass. '
Treasurer Thomas Callin. . "
Poor House Directors George M'Cullough,
George Delany, Irwin Riitledge.
Poor House Treasurer George C. K. Zahm.
AuHtors William J. Williams, George C.
K. Zahm; Francis Tierney. '
County Surveyor. nenry Scanlan:
Coroner. i-James Shannon. , , : ". .
Mercantile Appraiser Patrick Donahoe...
Sup' t. of Common Schools -J. F. Condon. '
EBEXSBERG ROR. OFFICERS.
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Justices of the Peace David II. Roberts,
Errison Kinkead. ' '-' ; . r ' J :,
Burgess A. A. .Barker.-? ' -- ' t
School Directors Ael Lloydj Phil S. Noon,
Joshua D. Parnsh, Hugh Jones, E.' J.'Mills,
David J. J0ne3. !:T .:
EAST WARD.- ' - . ! " '
Constable Thomas J. Davis.1 : i: : ' '
Town Council J. Alexander Moore; Daniel
Evans, Richard R. Tibbott, Evan E. Evans,
William Clement.' .'.-. ;-4
Inspectors Alexander Jones. D. O. Evans.
Judge of Election Richard Jones, Jr.:
Attessor Thomas M. Jones. - - .
Assistant Assessors David E.Evans, Wm,
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WEST WARD. . , .
Constable William Mills, Jr.'. ,.'
Toicn Council John Dougherty, George C.
K- Zahrn, Isaac Crawford, ' Francis A. Shoe
ker, James S. Todd.,- , . , ' -hspectort
G. W. Oatman. Roberts Evans.
Judgt of Election Michael Hasson.
Attestor-. James Murray.' " ' "
Assistant ejor William Barnes, Dan
,el . Zahm. ' ,
General Ulysses S. Grant.
' An,iritimatepcrsonal friend of Lieucenanfc
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General Grant, , who has known him from
hia bovhooi, turnishes the 'National Intel
ligencer an authentic! biographical sketch
of :thia distinguished officer, whose bril
liant and signal services, during the past
year, have raised him so rapidly,' as well
as deservedly, to his present exalted posi
tion. Hia present distinguished, rank
and great responsibilities impart a deep
and wide interest to the memoir of the
illustrious soldier, and ia sufficient reason
for transferring, the most salient features
of this sketch to our columns : - -
UI3 BIRTIT AND PARENTAGE. ' ; ,
GenJ Grant was born at Point Pleasant,
Clermont county,' Ohio, on the 27th day
of April, 1822, and is consequently only
in .his 42d . year. . His father, 'Jesse H.
Grant, a tanner by trade, tis a native of
Pennsylvania, and was born in "Westmore
land county, in 1791, and is" now living
at Covington, Ky. The Grant family ij
of Scotch extraction. In the early part
of the sixteenth century two- brothers
emigrated from Scotland to the. colonies;
one settled ia Connecticut, and the other
in Xew Jersey. From the one who loca
ted in the former colony have sprung
the Grants of . the North, and from the
one in thelat.ter, the Grants of the South.
The mother of Geueral' Orant was
Hannah Simpscn, a woman remarkable for
good sense, attention to her domestic du
tips, and serious Christian character, blend
ed with easy manners.'" She is a type of
the mothers who produced, the heroes of
tho Revolution. In -1818 she removed,
with her ' father, John " Simpson, from
Montgomery couuty, Pennsylvania, where
she wa3 born, to Clermont county, Ohio,'
and was wedded in June, 1821; with her
present husband. .Ulysses is the first
child born of that marriage, and the "S."
in his name stands for Simpson, the name
of his mother's family. It 13 significant,
however, that the initials ;U. S." stand
for the Uted States, and "Unconditional
Surrender," by which sobriquet he is so
well and favorably known in the army.
Jesse 11. Grant emiganted,-with uis
father's family, to the Northwestern Tcr-'
ritbry in 1779, and settled in what is now
Columbiana county, Ohio. . In 1S04, the
family removed to DeeriielJ, in what is now j
Portage county. J esse subsequently went j
to liavenna, and for a few years 'carried
on a tannery there. In 1820,, he located
in Southwestern Ohio, where, as we have j
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seen, uis liiasirious son was uorn..
. FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS: j . i
in father and, sou, that mixture of cor
diality with reserve, of resolution with
caution, and earnestness with soberness,
so prominent in Scotch character, are so
striking that one might reckon on a more
immediate foreisrn exti'action. . Like his'
traitorous opponent,' Joe Johnston, though j
American for several generations, uen.
Grant is Scotch in many of his qualities:
In his boyhood he - always exhibited a
business turn, and he was never without
some particular purpose in hand requiring t
responsibility, perseverance, and zeal ;
serious enough' for one mature in years. I
An incident in point will illustrate this. ;
At the age of twelve he aspired to the
management of his father's draught team,
and was entrusted with it for the purpose
of hauling some heavy, hewed logs, which
were to be. loaded with the aid of levers
and ' the usual appliances of several stout
men. He came with his team and found
the logs, but notJ.be men. . A boy of more
imaginative genius, and of equal but dif
ferently directed contrivance, might have,
laid down to listen or dream,' or build
houses with chips. Not so with this boy,
who, unlike others, acted ,upoQ tnc idea
that where there : was a will : there was a
way, and hesitated 'not at the undertaking..
Observing; a fallen' tree, having a gradual
slope he unhitched hi3 horses,' attached
them to a log,:.drew it horizontally to the
tree,' and then :'drew one end .of it upto
the inclined trunk, higher than the wagon
track, and so as. to project a, few feet over,
and th us con tinued o' operate' "until , he
had brought several to1 this 'position'.
Next he; backed the I wagon 1 under the
rojecting ends, and finally,, one by - one,
itched to and drew the logs lengtnwise
across the fallen trunk on- the wagon,
hitched up again and returned; with hia
load to his astonished father. :;,-f;
EARLY EDUCATION.; ' ' . r.T
!. -In early life,;young. Gra,nt showed a
faculty for business; was fond of school,
and. learned rapidly. .Ilia opportunities
for Acquiring knowledge 'were, 'however,
limi ted. : His father's circumstances being
moderate at the j-ime, and aa Ulysses was
useful to him, he had but little more than
three winter months to attend school,' and
those only the common' ones kept' in the
EBENSBURG, PA THURSDAY, MAUGH
village whee be ' lived. , When ' he was
seventeen he manifested a strong desire
to receive ani education. Hi3 father sua:-
gested West Pint, which, meeting the
approval of hiffl j he at onco wrote to
the late Senator thoma3 Mortis, of Ohio
to gain -him admission into that institu
tion. -Mr. Morris replied to Mrv Grant
that he had disposed of his right to rec
ommend a cadet, but that there was a
vacancy in the district occasioned by the
failure of a young man by the name-of
Bailey to pass an examination, and advised
him to4 write to the thenTvepresentative,
Hon! Thomas L. Hosmer, on the subject,
Mr. Grant did so and was successful in
his application. Who knows but there
was a providence in the failure of Cade
Bailey in order to make room for hia now
illustrious successor? " i 11 ' . ' ;'v
, . ENTERS ACADEMY AT WEST rOINT.
j. On "the 1st of July, 1839, Gen. Grant
entered the Academy in a class of about
one hundred," and - while at West Point
did;not seem to be particularly attracted
by, speculating , philosophy, but was . re
markably fond, of the jinore solid , and
concrete forms ;of demonstrative mathe
matics and of the experimental exercises.
Uo was the only one that had not studied
the course at least one year, and many of
them had received a collegiate education.
Only thirtynine of the cumber graduated,
he graduating in the middle of that num
ber, June oOth, 1843, and was soon after
attached to the Fourth Ilegiment of Uni
ted States Infantry as lirevet Second
Lieutenant. , The regiment was , then
stationed at Jefferson Barracks, near. St.
Louis. : In the same class we find the
names :of fifteen others who are", now
Geaerala in the Uuion and Rebel armies.
SERVES W'TIl 'GEX. TAYLOR IX MEXICO
In the summer' of 184-1 the Fourth
Regiment was removed to Natchitoches,
TiOuisiana, and in 1815 to Corpu3 Christi,
where Lieut. Gen. Grant was promoted to
a First Lieutenant, on the oOth
of Sep-J
ternber. -: ne served under. Gen. Taylor,
and participated in the . bittles of Palo
Alto, and Ilesaca de la Palma and Mon
terey, and with Gen. Scott from Vera Cruz
to, the. City of Mexico, lie was twice
brevetted for gallant services, receiving
the rank of brevet captain for meritorious
conduct on the 13th of September, 1847,
at the storming of Chapultepec. He was
in all of Taylor's and Scott's battles that
it was possible for one man to be in, and
was eulogized by his commanding officers,
as may be seen by reference to their re
ports, and that of the Secretary of War.
BEITAVES WITH" GREAT GALLANTRY. .
Gen. Worthhighly complimented Lieut.
Grant in his' report. . Major Francis Lee,
commanding the Fourth Infantry, in his
report says : Second Lieut. Grant behaved
with distinguished gallantry on the 13th
and 14th." Brevet Col. John Garland, com
manding the first Brigade at Chapultepec,
says : ."I must not omit to call attention to
Lieut! Grant, Fourth Infantry, who acquit
ted, himself most nobly upon, several
occasions tinder my own observation." .
In the same memorable engagement Grant
assisted Capt. Horace Brooks, Second
Infantry, to carry a strong field-work, and
turn the enemy's light. F6r these meri
torious services Congress awarded him a
brevet captaincy in the. regular nrmy,
which" was confirmed in January, 1855.
After the conclusion of the warj the
Fourth returned to the , Atlantic States,
with headquarters at Detroit and Sackett's
Harbof. Grant was retained as quarter
master of the regiment.
MARRIES
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MISS DENT PROMOTED TO . A
J ..:)-, . CAPTAINCY, &C. .
' Soon after ' his return from Mexico,
Lieut. Grant married a Mis3 pent, of St.
Tiduis, (Mo.,) a. lady of refinement and
'clegaut manners. . ...
! In 1852 the Fourth Infantry was order
ed ttt Oregon, where Grant was promoted to
a full captain in the regular army,- aud as
signed to a company stationed .four hun
dred miles in the interior of California.
After two years separation , from his fami
ly he resigned and came home, settling in
St. Louis county, Mo., but in 1859 remov
ed to Galena,- Illinois, and entered his
father's leather and saddlery store. 1 :
STORMING "IF FORT SUMTER RAISES A
' -ci I :f tCOMrANYn : . : -!
'When the first news of the storming of
Sumter was received, sounding liko an
alaTm bell over the ltepublic,'hg remarked
to-'his' family that' the Government had
dducated him for the army, and its claims
upon him were paramount to anyptherf,
He directed the raising, organizing, and
drilling a company, 'and went with it to
Springfield, where he mustered it into
service. Soon after, . he. was appointed
Adjutant : General and mustering, officer
for S,tate troops.) .; f . "V ..
IS, COMMISSIONED A BRIGADIElVQENliRAL.
' ; About thc;middle'of June Capt. Grant
visited his f ether's family at Covington,
Ky., and while there Gov. Yates appoint
ed him Colonel of the Twenty-first Illinois
Volunteer Infantry. This regiment was
eomposed of three months' men.' They
said that with Grant for commander they
would re-enlist for ' three years, which
nearly a thousand of them did; Col. Grant
took the regiment and drilled it for four
weeks, w"hen he was ordered to the field.
He marched his men one hundred miles in
six days, and then put them on a train
for the remainder of the way to northern
Missouri. Several regiments were in that
part of the State at. the timev but no
Generals, and although Grant was the
youngest Colonel, ho was' requested to
assume command. On the 9th of August
Tie wa3 commissioned Brigadier General
and ordered to Irontoh, in south Mis30uri,
where :an attack was threatened by the
forces under Jeff. Thompson. He soon
put the place in a state of, defence, and
was then ordered to Jefferson. City, which
was also threatened with an ; attack. Re-:
maining there about ten days he was
again ordered to the sputh part cf the
State, and put in; command of a district
composed of southeast Missouri and south
ern Illinois, with headquarters at Cairo.
On arriving at that place he found that
the rebels had possession , of (?olumbu3;
eighteen miles below, and were coming in
large force to occupy Pad ucah,J Ky. He
immediately loaded several steamers with
troops,. and arrived there in time before
the rebels could get 'possession, and thus
saved the place, which he put in command
of Gen. Smith, and turned hi attention
to Columbus. Before, however, being
ready to move cn the works at that po.int,
the Government callei for five regiments
of his troops, which left him without suffi
cient force ti successfully assail them.
About the first of November he was or
dered by Fremont to make "a demonstra
tion on Belmont. The object wns to pre
vent the rebels from reinforcing Price or
JefL' Thompson. Grant, 'however, was
not responsible lor the attack: except as to
the time and manner of it. In making it
ho only obeyed his superior officer.
In a few days after Gen. Grant took
possession of Paduoah, at the mouth of
the Tennessee river. September 6, 1861,
he occupied Southland, at the mouth of
the Cumberland, ' aud "garrisoned both
places. By these Timely and judicious
movements he blockaded those rivers and
opened two important ' bases for future
operations. -s 1 ' . '
Now it was that he started upon that
splendid career which has conferred such
imperishable glory upon his name
We pass over the intermediate details
of a series of brilliant operations, which
are familiar to the. reader, and which have
thrilled the heart of the nation with joy.
GEN. GRANT AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN. '
r In i85o we find Grant a private citizen
on a small piece of ground near St. Louis,
from which ho was often seen to haul
jvood, dressed in. a farmers garb,' to sell
at Carondelet, a village adjoining that
city. .Many- citizens there recollect the
delivery by him, at their wood-houses, of
the honest load. In the summer, he had
recourse to collecting for business houses,
but does.mot seem to have shown any
great skill in. the arc of" dunning. The
father a tinner, the son rately comes
nearer to a joke than when he expresses
some pride in his knowledge of hides,
leather, and the art of tanning, while the
nation praises him for what he knows ;of
the art of war. Roger Sherman was never
ashamed to own. his trade of shoemaking,
and his knowledge ct leather, cn0nc oc
casion, served an important public pur
pose. So with Grant.: In his' hour of
greatness, he docs not disdain to ackuowl
edge his earlier associations, which men
of far less merit and more pretensions
would1 do. Ho is humble, plain, and
practical, and perhiits no fame, dressed in
dazzling and bewildering allurements,; to
obscure or destroy his simplicity and
usefulness as a man or agent. y
,HIS HABITS. . v . .-.
-' -Tho public have often heard the charge
that Grant is a dissipated man,' and how
desirous "the President was to give other
Generals some of the same kind of whisky
he drinks, that he is an inveterate smoker,
dresses like a laborer, &c The first of
these accusations is happily entirely un
true. As to the rest, the public very
naturally, in the absence of . authentic
particulars imagine the frequent counter
parts which go to i make up the' popular
notion of a. jovial i good fellow' ot the
sporting sort, with that peculiar swagger
of- good ' haturcd demagoguery. which
makes so much 3puiious eminence in this
country,, arid i which covers itself from
damaging' scrutiny hy; some contagious
joke or jolly buffoonery. -Nothing could
be more mistaken. General Grant, like
his mother before , him' never, jokes and
rarely laughs.. Ho never :uses a nrofano
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or in'decent word, abhors dispute, and has
never - had a personal controversy in his
lif with boy or man, never made a speech,
led a faction, or engaged in idle sport;
never sad, he is never gay ; always cordial
and cheerful, yet always reserved. If he
cannot be perfectly sincere, he is perfectly
silent. Tolerant yet enthusiastic, he is
always moderate, alway3 earnest. ' He
seems destitute of ostentation and totally
unqualified to display himself even to
gratify reasonable curiosity, yet ia not
ashamed of himself, and appears to con
template his early and his lata career with
equal and simple satisfaction. In a word,
there appears, nothing of him that is not
sterling, rather than shining the solid
Partheon without the false gods who
lodged in it.
HIS ABILITIES AS AN EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Gen. Grant is the best executive and
administrative officer in the army. His
Department has certainly been conducted
with remarkable ability and skill; Gen.
Lander onco sail be was the best fighting
General in the world. Gen. Uallcck says
he is" the best field officer in the service.
Gen. Farrsworth says he is no ' carpet
knight.' Generals 'Logan and Blair say
he has strategy and more military judg
ment, genius and caution than any other
officer. All these eulogies, coming from
such high authorise.", do no more than
justice to the man, and prove the appre-
tiauve capacities or uieir autnors. J.nc
amount acd varied duties and labor
voivmg on -a general witn sucn a com
mand as he ha3 is incalculable, arid yet it
i3 said by his staff, several of whom are
first-class lawyers, that he has nev?r made
a mistake or blunder or made a decision
that needed revoking. . His military cor
respondence has cost the government far
less than that of any other commanding
General who has done one-half the amount
of service. Besides no other one has been
in half so many engagements.. He has
participated in thirty-one battles, fourteen
of them in. Mexico, while he held no
higher rank than Lieutenant, and seven
teen during the present civil war, in which
he .was commanding General, and baa
never been defeated.. If he ever is defeat
ed, it will only be -when no pcssible
human agency can avoid it, and then it
will be a terrible and bloody defeat to oar
arms. . He has been sworn in and com
missioned thirteen times a1 a military offi-
cer probably holding moro commissions
for brave and meritorious conduct than
any other man ever did.
Plot to Assassinate or Kidnap
President Lincoln. .
A correspondent of the A7! Y. Tribune,
lately ; escaped from Dixie, gives the fol
lowing startling account of a rebel plot
laid for either the abduction or assassina
tion of President Linccjn, in November
last: - . , :
"In a former communication I stated
that a plan had been submitted to the
Rebel War Department, by Col: Margrave,
who hid been for a considerable time an
emmissary in the Norths to kidnap Presi
dent Lincoln, and carry him to Richmond,
or-if it should be found impossible to
escape , with him to the Rebel lines to
assassinate him. Owing to a change in
the position of the armies about this time
the plan proposed was rendered impracti
cable. .
"In the early part of November and
only a few days before he was sent Xorth,
Col. Margrave submitted another plan,
tho details of which may be interesting to
the reader. To give the plan in minutix
would occupy too much space, and a
digest of it will prove quite intelligible:
"One hundred and fifty picked moo
were to go secretly North, and take quar
ters in Washington, Georgetown; Balti
more, and Alexandria,- so as to be able to
communicate daily with each other; and
upon a day fixed by their leader, were to
assemble in Washingtontor the purpose
of making ths seizure. . The Presklent, it
was claimed, could be easily seized at a
quiet hour, at the White House, or in
going to or returning from church, or on
eomo other favorable occasion, and thrust
into a carriage and driven off. The car
riage was to be joined, a few miles out of
the city, by twenty-five or thirty armed
men, on horseback. It was proposed to
drivo to Indian Point, about twenty-five
miles south of Washington on the Potomac
' -two or three relays of fleet horses' bcins
stationed on the way where a boat was
to be in waiting to cross the river, and
land the captive a few miles south of
Occoquany when it would be' an easy
matter for his captors to work their way
with him through the woods by night
into the Re bel lines. To prevent pursuit,
every bridge-between Washington and
Indian Point was to be mined before
hand, " and blown up as soon as the cap-
uvu auu uja cuuiura uau crossed. UUe
trees were also to be ready cut and thrown,
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across the road in various places,' as- sooa
as they had passed, by men stationed
along fof the purpose', wh.tr were' after
wards to separate and escape as best they
could. '--J.:
"The Secretary of War thought this
scheme might succeed ; but ha doubted!
whather such a proceeding would be of
military character and justifiable under
the laws of war. He promised, however,
to consult the President and Mr. JJeoja
min ; but what conclusion was arrived at X
am unable with certainty to say. About
a week, however, after the plan was sub
mitted, and the same day that Col. Mar
grave left for the-North, I asked i Mr.
Wellford, who is familiar with : all the
secrets of the Department, if the plan had
been adopted, and he answered, "I ou will
see Old Abe here in the spring as sure as"
God" A few days afterward I was sent
to Atlanta, and never retnrncd to Rich-
mond to hear about the matter.
"But this is not the only scheme by
any means that has been devised for kid
napping our President. Last summer a
club or society of wealthy eitizens of Rich
mond was formed lor. the purpose of
raising a fund for this object , Circulars
were sent to trustworthy citizens in every,
other city and town in the Confederacy j
inviting co-operation in the grand under
taking, and an immense sum of money was
subscribed. The fiim of Maury & Co.,
bankers in Richmond, subscribed 10,000
de-lanc Summer & Arents, auctioneers, sub"
scribed $5,000 : and I have heard cn good
authority that there were several in thrf
capital who subscribed exen more liberally
than the parties named, but who thej;
were I did nofc learn. One man of.
Charleston, S. C., whose name I havo"
forgotten, subscribed $20,000. It was pro-'
posed, when all was ready, to obtain a
furlough for Mosby, and make him leader
of the enterprise. . . -;
"Whether these schemes have beert
abandoned, or whether the kidnappers are'
only awaiting a favorable opportunity td '
execute theci remains td be seen ; but'
certain it is that too much caution cannot
be observed by the President, or tbemili
tary commanders stationed at the Capital.".
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The Legend of Easter Eggs. -
Trinity bells with their hollow lungs, : . ; ..
Their vibrant lips and their brazen tongues;
Over the rodis of the. city pour . . .. c;
Their Easter music with joyous roar: . ' ' .
Till the soarinsr notes to the sun are rolled.'
As he wings along in hi3 path of gold.
"Dearest papa." says my boy to mei. ' '
As he merrily climba on hia mother's knee,
"Why are these eggs that you see me hold
Colored so finely with blue and gold ? v
And what is the wonderful bird that lays ;
Such beautiful eggs upon Easter days ?" ,
Tenderly shine the April skies,
Like laughter and tear3 in my child'c blot
cres,. - -
And eTery face in the Street is gay ....
Why cload this youngster's by saying nay ? -
So l cudgel -my Drain lor the tale he begs, ;:
And tell him this etory cf Easter eggs :
You hat2 heard, my boy; of the' Man who died, ,
Crowned with Keeu tnornsj and crnciued; "
And how Josepn, the wealthy whom Goa i
reward 1 -
Cared for the cordge' of his martyred Lord,
And piously toraWed it within the rock,.
And closed the gate with a mighty block.. ,
Now, close by the tomb a fair tree crew, , :
With pendulous leates and blossoms of blue ;'
A beautiful singiug bird sat on her nest, .
Which was bordered with mosses like mala
chite: . "
And held four eggs of an ivory white:
When the bird from her dim recess .
Beheld the Lord in his burial dress, ,
And locked on" the heavenly face so pale, :ii '
And the dear feet pierced with the cruel nail, ,
Jler heart nigh broke with a sudden pang,
And out of the deptlis of n.er sorrow Bbe sang.
All night long, till the sun was" rip", "
She snt and sang iu ber moss-wreathed cup, J
A song of sorrow as wild and shrill ;
As the homeles3 wind when it roams the hill " :
So full of tears, so loud and long, . . ..I
That the grief of the world seemed turned to ,k
song. ' ' " 1
But soon there came, thro'' the necpidg-night,-A
glittering angel clothed in white ; "j ' ' J
And he rolled the Stone from the tomb away, j
Where the Lord of the' Earth and the lleav-
ens lay j . ' - - ; r
And Christ arose in the cavern's gloom, ,.. .,.
Aud in living lustre came from the tomb.
Now the bird that sat in the heart of the trea.
Beheld this celestial Mystery, - ; - '
And its heart was filled with a sweet delight,! j
And it poured a gong on the throbbing night: ,
Notes climbing notes, till, higher, higher ''
The shot to heaven like spears of.fire." j: ; : ;i
When the glittering, white-robed angel heard! j
The sorrowful song of the sorrowing bird,
Arid heard the following chant of mirth "' ; ''
That hailed Christ risen again on earth, c ' i
He said, "Sweet bird, he forever bleat.
Thyself, thy eggs, and thy moss-wreathed
nest I" . v . t
And ever4 my child, since that blessed Bight,1; ;
Whea Death bowed down to the Lord of i
Light, , " .
The eggs of that sweet bird change their hutrf 'T
And burn with red, and-geld, and; bl" ;
Reminding mankind, ia fho; ,
Of tho aoiy marv - " - "C 1
- " him pl 'wvr '
t. vi i-aster dy.
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