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VOLUME 5.
rIREGTORY.
TmST-' OF Pix OFFICES
Post 0ea. . Tost Master.
jethel Station Enoch Keese,
Carolltown, JsePhe'
fess Springs,, Henry utter,
Districts.
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Chest.
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G. AV. Bowman, "White. 1
Stan. "Wharton, Clearfield.
George Berkey, Richland.
B. M'Colgan, "Washt'n.
B. F. Slick, Croyle.
William M'Connell Washt'n.
JIorri3 Keil, S'merhill.
ciirnciiES, ministers, &C.
Presbyterian
Key. V. 11AKBISON, raswi.
Sabbath morning at
S and Id the evening at 6 o'clock. Sab
a:h School at 1 o'clock, A. M Prayer meet
in every Thursday evening at 6 o clock.
MhoLt Episcopal Church-Kzv.J . S. Lem
J, Preacher in charge. Rev W. II. M Boide,
'-slant Preachingevery alternate babbath
S at 10 J o'clock. Sabbath School at 9
ocIockr A. M. Prayer meeting every Thursday
veninT. at 7 o'clock.
Wdch JndepenJent-Kzv Ll. Tt. Powell
PastorPreaching every Sabbath morning at
10 o'clock, and in the evening at 6 o clock
sabbath School at 1 o'clock, P. A. Prayer
meeting on the first Monday evening of each
southland on every Tuesday, Thursday and
Friday evening, excepting the first week in
CahMstic XethodUtRzr. Jons Williams,
PastorPreaching every Sabbath evening at
land 6 e'tlock. Sabbath School at V o clock,
A M. Piaver meeting every Friday evening,
tt 7 o'cleck. Society every Tuesday evening
at 7 o'clock. ,
Z)irIiM-7.Ev,W.LLOYDlPastor.--Preach-
ti t rorv SahVath morning at 10 o clock.
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Saturdays, at 7 o'clock, A. M.
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COUXTY OFFICERS.
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""tor, Huntingdon ; Associates, George W.
llSlev. Herir-r C. Dcvinp
Prothonotary Joseph SI'DonaH.
Agister and Recorder James Griffin.
Sheriff John Buck.
fatrict Attorney. Philip S. Noon.
County Commissioners Peter J. Little, Jno.
-fflpbell, Edward Glass.
Trtasurer Isaac Wike.
Poor ITo
Poor House Treasurer Georcf-e C "K. Zahm.
IJuiitors William J. Williams, George C.
-Zahm. Francis Tieruev.
County Surveyor. Henry Scanlan.
kroner William Flattery.
Mercantile Appraiser Patrick Donahoe.
Sup't. of Common Schools J. F. Condon. :
PEXSnrilG JJOR. OFFICERS.
AT LARGE. ,
I. J VUCIIS
Tgwt A. A. Barker. ; . '
T School Directors Ael Lloyd, Phil S. Noon,
xj. rarnsu. hul'u juxics, i. f. alius,
id J.Jones.
EAST WARD. ;
tlahit Thomas J. Davis.
iotrtj C . ' :i t i i i r t r-i
Evans. Richiirri Tt TihKff Vvan V. V.rnna
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Rectors Alexander Jones. D. O. Evans.
Jud,
Ill of Elrrlinn P.V,o,.,l T-
7'r Thomas SI. Jones.
D r 7 1 -assessors-
-David E. Evans, Wm.
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WEST WARD.
r"aJZeWilliftm Mills. -Tp
tzTi!1 Coun' John Doughertv, George C.
takt t IsaaG Crawford, .Francis A. Shoe-
Zetl'ZG'W' atman, Roberta Evans.
y oZecttonMichael Hasson.
I J, rS&m Mnrray.
Zahin " luULm Faroes, uan-
Particudar -jnpui ivtT "- -...-
tud Yespera at 4 o'clock in the even!
nivm .Twciva.
June Is Here.
June, fair noontide of the year,
Joy is in thy atmosphere,
Flowers and fruit, together born,
Pour from thy prolific horn : ' .. .
Perfume, beauty, light, and song
To thy golden reign belong
June is here I
Strawberries in the field are seen,
Blushing 'neath their leafy screen;
Ripening cherries in the lane,
Glow like painted porcelain ;
And in yonder meadow, hark !
Sings the yellow-breasted lark
June is here I
With their blushing burden droop
Rose-briers by the cottage stoop .
Honeysuckles spice the air, . ,
Blooms are opening everywhere, . ,
Round whose nectar-cups the bee
Pours his maudlin melody
June is here I , -,
Stars, bright isles of heaven's blue sea,
Te may homes of angels be,
And this planet's landscapes cold
To the scenery ye unfold,
Yet this world to mortals given
Is to me foretaste of heaven
When June is here I
The Peimsylvajiia Iteserves.
THEY 8 AY "GOOD-BY" TO THE REBELS AT BE
TIIESDA CHUBCH.
The following graphic accoant is given
ot the last battle in which the gallant
Pennsylvania Reserves participated before
hrin.r mustered out of service, and in
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which they punished the enemy most se
.e.relj:-iiy a singular TeKcity, the cas
tiafcJin -was aduiinstered on almost th'e
"c,Jl'Cdl ground whereon the.divisioo.jfe?
thus demonstrating the truth of the axiom
that "time at last sets all thinsrs even:"
On the COth May, they'were marching
from Ilawcs' etore towards 3Iechanicsville,
and at noon passed Bethesda Church. y
the middle of the afternoon the First Bri
gade, under Colonel M. D. Harden, con
sisting of the First Regiment, Cobnel V.
Cooper Tully ; Sixth, ('olonel Y. II. Krret;
Eleventh, Colonel S. M. Jackson; aud
IJucktail llifies, Major Hartshorn, with the
Bucktails in front, were skirmishing with
the rebel skirmishers. The Ileserves fell
back, making but little resistance, until
they reached the road running from Me
chanicsville to Hanover Court Ilousa.
They at once commenced to throw up
breastworks, but had been there but a few
mioutcs, probably half an hour, when they
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mem mat it was jariy s xivision oi row
el's Corps, and the order to fall back upon
the main body was at once given. They
fell slowly back about three-quarters of a
mile, firing go steadily - upon . the rebels
that they did not follow in any force
The . Brigade was rallied and formed
a new line across the road and through
some fields into the woods. Tho Third
Brigade, Colonel J. "YV". Fisher, consisting
of the Fifth, Tenth and Twelfth Reserves,
were upon the right of the line,' the First
Brigade on the centre, and Kitchen's
Artillery Brigade on the left, in all, num
bering not over six thousand men. Xpar
the centre of the line were two sections of
a Michigan battery, which, for two hours,
threw an occasional shell in the woods to
our front, which soon elicited a xeply from
the rebel artillery.
A small house near our lines had a man,
his wife, and a large brood of young rebels
in it, who were advised to evacuate but
declined. Soon a rebel shell stove thro'
the room in which they were gathered and
exploded in their midst, setting the house
on fire, when they at once took to the
bushes. Strange as it may appear, not
occ of them was hurt, but the house was
soon burned up, with all its contents.
Our men worked vigorously, throwing
up breastworks, and sought to conceal
them as much as possible from the enemy,
Towards sundown Ewell's whole corps
emerged from the woods, and climbing
hastily over a fence formed in three lines.
They had scarcely moved, when the Third
Brigade opened a severe cross-fire upon
their; flank, which turned them oyer upon
the First Brigade and Kitchen's Heavy
Artillery. About twenty-five yards in
front of the First Brigade's rifle-pits , was
a fence and some bushes that concealed
our works as well as the men. On the
rebels came, with closed ranks, and as
they reached the fence, our men, who had
not fired a shot, opened a blaze of musket
ry all along the line. The artillery, com-.
I "WOULD BATHER BE RIGHT THAN PRESIDENT. Hek by Clay
EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, JUNE
I menced on canister and one-second iu.se
shells. ,The rebels fired a few shots and
fell on the ground. f In vain their officers
tried to rally them. It was of no avail,
And they soon fled in perfect rout.
The first line which had. reached the
fence were mostly left. Our men slacken
ed their fire a3 the rebels ran away, and
whenever one of those, left would try to
get up to run, a bullet went, crushing
through him. Finally, one of our officers
singing out that if they threw down their
arms, came in and surrendered, they
would" be spared, about four . hun
dred of them gave themselves up,
including two colonels, three lieutenant
colonels, one major and twenty line officers.
Our guns. covered the battle-field, and
night closed the scene of the conflict.
Next morning the enemy were found to
have retreated near two miles, leaving
their dead and wounded in our hands.
A prisoner sa3's that General Ivansom
rode in front of their line? before they
came out of the wvd3, and told them in a
short speech, addressed particularly to his
brigade of North Carolinians, that there
was nothing in , front but the enemy's
skirmish iine, and that they would move
out at a slow and easy pace, and at right
shoulder shift, and when they reached
the edge of the wood-, form and double
quick upon the Yankees and take them
prisoners.
General Ilansom was left dead on the
field, and. his sword was presented by one
of the private soldiers to General Crawford,
and another soldier cut off his coat collar
with the stars upon it.
. It ia estimatau taat the rebels lost one
thousand men in this; assault upon the
"Taukee skirmishing liues' Prisoners
ell a;rree that they never knew such stub-
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Dorn resistance as our army nas
shown, and that it tells fearfully upon
their morals as well as their ranks. They
sav they are: worn out with excestvo
marchin. toil'-anti frzutinar. bu all f cell
confident of tlW-v'vr:-rsi. 7
ZTteHZifTtMe rEWll's eort-CwltWucV
dreadful slaughter, by a force ltss than
one-third of their number, is one of the
most gallant affairs of the whole campaign,
and is a fitting close to the glorious career
of one of the best divisions that ever fired
on an enemy. The reputation won by the
lieserves will live for all time to come.
How well they were appreciated is shown
by the following orders issued on their
departure for their homes :
GE.NEItAL WABKEN's TAKEWELL TO TUK RE
SERVES. HeadQcabters Fifth Army Conrs, Slay
31, 18G4. Soldiers With this is the order lor
the return of the Pennsylvania Reserves, whose
term of service expires to-day. The General
commanding b-gs leave to express to them
his great satisfaction at their heroic conduct
in this arduous campaign. As their com
mander he thanks them lor their willing and
effective efforts, and congratulates them that
their successful engagement of yesterday,
closing their, term of service and' being
the last of many battles bravely fought, is
one they can ever remmeuiber with satis
faction and pride. By command of
SIajou General Warres.
(Signed) A. G. SIaxx, A. A: G.
GEX. CBAWFOBD'S FAREWELL TO THE RESERVES.
Head-Qcarters Third Division', Pennsyl
vania ueserve Volunteer Coups. I-ifth
Army Corps, June 1. 1804. Soldiers of the
Pennsylvania Reserves : To-day the connec
tions which have bo long existed between us
are to be severed forever. ' I have no power to (
pxpress to you the leehng of gratitude and
auction that I bear to you, nor the deep re
gret with which 1 now part from you.
As a division you have ever been faithful
and devoted soldiers, and you have nobly
sustained me In the many trying scenes
through which we have passed with an un
wavering fidelity." '
The record of your service terminates glo
riously, and the Wilderness, Spottsylvania
Court House and Bethsaida Church have been
added to the long list of battles and triumphs
that have marked your career.
Go home to the great State that sent you
forth three years ago, to battle for her honor
and to strike for her in the great cause of the
country. , . , -
Take back your soiled and war-worn ban-?
ners, your thinned and shattered ranks, and
let them tell how you performed your, trust.
: Take back those banners sacred from the
glorious associations, that surround them,
sacred with the memory of our fallen com
rades who gave their lives to defend tnera,
and give theoi again into the keeping of the
State forever. ,
The duties of the hour prevent me from
accompanying you, but my heart will follow
you long after your returu, and it shall ever
be my pride that I was once your commander,
and that side by side we fought and sulTored
through campaigns which will stand unex
ampled in history. Farewell. ' '
(Signed) - W. Cbawford, ,
Brig.-Gen. Commandintj Division.!
. R. A. M'Coy, Lieut.-Col. and A. A. G. .
When the Reserves arrived at Harris
burg, on their way home, the corporate
authorities of that city tendered them a
public reception. " Several speeches were
delivered, among them the following by
Gov. Curtin: , . ,
t "I thankyoUjMr. Mayor, of Harrisburg,
and the people of this city, for this most
hearty welcome to these brave men. The
hearts of this great people have been
stirred to their depths by the presence of
this shattered remains of a once mighty
corps, and I cannot .find language to- ex
press to ..you, brave soldiers, the senti
ments and feelings of Pennsylvania more
properly than in this brief sentence: You
have done your tchole duty to your country.
"It is nearly three years since you left
this city a mighty army. Nearly that
length of time has jtassed since I had the
honor of handing to you these standards,
which -you are now here to return in
honor to the State to-day. You have
never jVisited the State since then save
once. Once you came back to Pennsyl
vania, and then we all heard of "llouud
Top" at Gettysburg. When the rest gave
- lit.
way, we ;liearu your 6houts arounu me
strongholds of the , foe in that devoted
country, and to you to the lieserves of
Pennsylvania belongs, the honor of chan
ging he tide of the battle there. .
" cannot speak of your deeds they
have' passed into history already. I have
not time to enumerate the battles you have
been inl History will record all you have
done fpr j'our country. But there are
timpswhen I feel proud of my office, and
sDckkincr in mv place here for all this
I State I bear record of the brave Pcnnsyl
I vaiiia Reserve Corps that it is without blem-
1 ish n nnt! T tlii.o ilav thank God that
. v"; r J
jve ever armed the gallant .lieserves 1
cannot, ! cannot speak in the perilous
times "ofwar with these surrounding; I
a"mtxit -oualifled to sceak of the heroic
dead rou have left upon every battle-field
or .me juepuDiic ; upon tueir graves ceu
tmthe gratitude of this great people.
'But 1 can welcome you to j'our homes.
From the 2sorth to the South, and irom
fcfre last to the West, the voice of the old
iCniminj wealth bids you welcome I
auua't
press my gratitude to your carp's.4!. ?
"We did not know three years ai tlrat
you would remain so long in the public
service : and yet it is so. But I can refer
with pride and pleasure to the part this
great State has borne in the contest
from Brainsville down to last Mouday,
when you struck your heaviest. blow.
"May you all find a happy welcome to
your homes ! May yon ever be marked as
brave men who served their country faith
fully in times of great peril. May you
never regret that you belonged to the
Pennsylvania lleserve Corp3, fighting on
every battle-field of the Ilepublic.
"With thi welcome, I bid you farewell :
I had something to Jo urith mnkinj the Rt
hcrvc Corps God be blessed !
"I am not ashamed to boast in this 'mul
titudinous assemblage of sunburnt, bronz
ed faces, that I have stood by the lleserve
Corps in all their history. I bid you
welcome ireeiy."
The following is a record of the en
gagements in which the lieserves took
prominent and effective part :
iiumcswiii, lueciianicsviiie ana tne
T-: ..:n t.-i n i .t
remaining six days firht, June and Julv
icu: seconu battle ot Bull Bun. South
Mountain, Antietam, t redencksbursr. un-
dcr lurnsido; Gettvsburg, Briaiow Sta
tion, New Hope Church. "Mine llun."
battles of tho ilderness, Spottsylvania,
ana an tne engagements of the Fifth
Army Corps to the 31st of May, when
they took up their march for White House,
where they embarked for Washington on
on the 3d of June.
The New York press are generally
somewhat averse to conceding honor to
Pennsylvania soldiers, yet the Tribune
finds it incumbent upon it to speak as
follows of the Reserves:
"The Pennsylvania Reserves were orig
inally, three years ago, fifteen thousand
strong. ; They returned on the Cth inst.,
to the Capitol, Harrisburg, fifteen hundred
strong. One ia ten. Almost a Marathon
the difference being American thou
sands seven fold greater than Greek hun
dredscounting thirteen thousand five
hundred modern democratic to two hun
dred ancient. To swear by the manes of
those that died at Marathon was for cen
turies the most sacred oath known at
Athens.- How hallowed shall that adiura-
ttoo be whicjj takes tho bone3 of the
Pennsylvania Reserves for its sanctities."
m m m :
The last mot of Auber is, that hear
ing two ladies at the opera sing in dis
cord, he exclaimed to a friend : "How
difficult it is, my friend, to keep two wo
men in accord !"
EJSJJu A husband telegraphed to his wife:
"What have you for breakfast, and how b
the baby The answer came: "Poached
eggs and measles." ;
"itJYr V ""LV'--,r" pd. the-chicftairj, anui nquucd.of him as
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10, 1864.
Campaign Miscellany.
GENE3AL GRANT'S POLITICS.
The New York correspondent of the
Boston Journal tells the following story :
"Many inquiries have been made about
Gen. Grant's politics. I am happy, to
inform your readers, from his own lips, to
what party he belongs and under what
banner he marches. A near relative of
his has been passing some time in this
citv While with General Grant at the
West, before he was made Lieutenant
General, the friend said to him : 'General,
I have been inquired of to-day about your
politics 'Did you sive the parties any
information V was the quiet query. 'I
did not,' was the answer, 'for T don't
know what your politics are. Knocking
the ashes from his cigar, the General
continued : 'When I resided at the South
I had the opinions and prejudices of
Southern people against the Republican
party. I brought those opinions and
preiudices with me when I came to Ill
inois. Had I taken active part iu politics
I should have been with the party opposed
to the Republicans. I watched Mr. Lin
coln's ; course, and was Satisfied with his
patriotism. But these are not the times
for parties. Indeed, 'in this crisis there
can be but two parties those for tne
countrv. those for its foes. I belong to
the party of the Union,. Those who are
the most earnest in carrying on the war
and putting down the rebellion have my
suoDort. As a soldier I obey the laws
and execute the orders of all my superior?
I expect every man under me to do the
same.
"THE SITUATION."
A erentleman Irom the iront tells us
the following good storv of Gen. Grant
A visitor to the army called upon him, one
morning, and found the General sitting in
his tent .suiokingand talking to one of
his staff officers. The stranger approach
pOVuntovcr A ashincrtDn'-and" leave -it
J4mJ' l -Jj ucn, u-ranx qis
cnargmg a ciouua
ng-'S cloaud'of smojfe fconfc hh,
, indifferently replied' Yes, I reck
' . The stranger, encouraged by a
mouth
on so. . lhc stranger, encouraged by
repjv, propounded question number two :
"General, do you not think Lee can de
tach sufficient force from his army to re
inforco Beauregard and overthrow But
ler" "Not a diubt of it," renlied the
General. Becoming fortified by his sue
cess, the stranger, propounded number
three, as follows : "General, is there not
danger that Johnston may come up and
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reiuiorce Lce, so that the latter will swinjr
arounu ana cut ou your communications,
and seize your supplies ?" "Very likely,"
was the cool reply of the General, and'he
knocked the ashes from the end ot Lis ci
gar. The stianprer, horrified at the awful
late about to befall Gen. Grant and his
army, made Ins exit, and hastened to
Washington to commuuicate the news.
PLAYING CHECKERS.
The Watertown (N. Y.) Daily IZeorm
cr relates the following characteristic anec
dote of General Grant. It says: "When
the General was a young Lieutenant, he
was stationed for some time at Sackett's
Harbor, and in thoe days paid frequent
visits to our village. He was a famous
checker-player, and was wont to spend
many an hour at the old American Hotel
in tnis aosoroing game. iut there was
one of our citizens (ho?e name we are
fjrbidden to mention) who could beat the
Lieutenant at his favorite game. But
young Grant would never give up, and
would insist on his couipetitor playing
with him till became out ahead, which
he would, at last, always do. To secure
this end he sometimes kept his friend up
nearly all night, and would stay ia town
three days studying his long-headed moves,
and forcing his opponent to play until he
beat him in tho end. Grant is now play
ing4 checkers in the same style with Lee
on the Virginia board."
, RALLY ROUND TIIE IX AG.
During one of these eventful nights,
when the troops lay in line of battle behiud
their temporary fortifications of dirt, logs,
and rails, and the continuous crack of the
sharpshooter's rifle rolled along our front,
a solitary voice struck up the patriotic
song, "Rally round the flag boys," and al
most instantly thousands cf men, who
seemed to havebeen waitinsr for something
to dissipate the gloom which thoughts of
the day's carnaae had enjrendered. were
iting in a chorus which "shook the
depth of the forest's gloom :"
"The Union forever, hurrah, boys, hurrah !
Down with the traitors and up witn tho stars."
As down tho line it went, the refrain
swelled into one vast roar, exultant, tri
umphant, and breathing defiance to tho
wary enemy, whose only reply was the
ppiteful whiz of an occasional bullet.
NUMBER 38.
Educational Department.
fAll communications intended for this column
should be addressed to "The Alleghanian"
Teachino. It is a prevalent notion,
and as pernicious as it is prevalent, that
scholarship is the great requisite neces
sary to constitute a teacher. Such is not
the truth. A teacher, to be successful,
must thoroughly understand what he
teaches, but he may be a thorough scholar
and yet unfit to teach. Teaching is itself
a business, just as much as any other
occupation to which men apply them
selves. They wofully mipfake who seek
even for the commonest of our schools
one who can "cipher," arid who "koows
something of grammar," and is "good
enough for a country school," on the score
of cheapness - a3 regards wages. So far
from any one who "knows something ot
grammar and arithmetic" being capable
of taking charge of even a very backward
school there is no one fit who does not
possess a good knowledge of the branches
to be taught, and also the true way to
teach them. It is a conviction firmly
rooted in our mind that there are few cal-
lings, whether of one kind or another,
more difficult to understand and put ia
practice than that of teaching. , Every
person acquainted with the subject will
recognize the following attainments and
qualities as essential to form a true, teach
er : scholarship, capability to govern one's
self, capability to govern ethers,, kindness
command of good language, the various
methods of teaching, and aptness to teach;
To these, might have been added another1
a knowledge of the human mind. ., Let
a, teacher lack only one of thesje. and. he.
rtiii i v-r Attn ' -r. i '! .
If-e Tanry5tgovern Mmself-neat can ie
' . . , t .
ntrpT tinpelfaud still he void of the . . .
rower to control those arounivh.im. But .. .
r-, -' vui.i o i.
rrfttrnrn nfiArc f
iut lis mary be ablai toi
suppose he has the first three requisites"
and lacks kindness with which to temper
firmness. Is he fit for a school-room ?
But he should U3e his mother tongue, not
as a bungler, but in a manner worthy to
be emulated. He should too be acquain
ted with the different methods of presen
ting a subject, for sometimes he will fail
in one and will need to resort to another.
Lastly, he should have aptness to teach.
That is, he should have some of theceniua
requisite for a successful teacher.
Though we should take for an example
a primary school, the object of a thorough
teacher would not be simply the learning
of the lesson in hand. There is a process,
sometimes called "cramming' by which
a certain amount of knowledge is laid
away in the mind pretty much as we lay
away books on a shelf. Knowledge is
forced into the mind almost in spite of
itself. No interest i3 created, no thought
raised, ko ideas awakened. During reci
tation, the first step of a good teacher is
to secure attention- The result is con
centration of thought. Attention secured,
his whole effort should be to make the
i exercises interesting. See to it that
the lesson in hand receives tho greatest
amount of attention possible to be given
it. AY hen a child has learned to read, it
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has mastered an art of great utility. But
if the teacher who taught the child has
failed to make the child'? efforts to leam
conducive to the development of its men
tal powers to the greatest possible extent,
tLen certainly he has fallen short of the
true aim of teaching. To develop mind,
not simply to impart information, is the
teacher'a true object.
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J6y How idly and flippantly the word
leaih is said. Who can tell what a day
will bring forth' We are hereto day,
aud to-morrow numbered with the dead.
Our fathers, where are they? To use a
correct figure of speech seventy graius of
sand taken from the mighty ocean repre
sent the usual number of years allotted to
man. But what mortal can compute eter
nity ? The sands ot the boundless deep.
aye, and ot countless worlds, in the im
mensity of space all would be exhausted
in computing annual periods of time, simi-
ar to this material world. Reader pause!
Every pulsation of your heart is a quick
step toward eternity. ,
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