Nuhou, Volume I, Number 12, 4 April 1873 — Home and Rest. [ARTICLE]

Home and Rest.

In my hammockj>y the sca, l).rcaining of Uiv?>tery, !tockiug, rockiag, glowcr, sīov, cr Alone forlorn ! As llie buii «ink« lowc.r, lowcr f - A iu/now iias gonc t Wlu'le the uir is all aglo\v, Wiih n smlden <,'rimson ilq\v, l'lo(Kiing the \vcjU» Antl the sarf crestß hreaU, nml breafc <;.ea»eleHsly theJr volces spake, Of liome and rest. }.iHteniiig 10 lh"ir sou.Lthing Wak'ning meinory, relbttnd !ts childhood joy. Ming!ing with the s\uTs *ud r«mr Echoing along the shor« The merry boy. :->ang his happy songs again, Still ths surf, »ol)b'd its refratn To songs: of yore. llappy songs moaned forth the Burf, Fleetiug joys, &hd 6ilenced mii ih, No inore> no moie, Hocking, vockiiig slo\ver, Klower. Alone forlorn ! A§ the sun sinks lowei*, lower. And now hae gone. While the air is all aglo\v __ With a sudden crimson How Flooding the west. And the surf crests Ureak, and hrea?; Ceaselessly their voices spake Of home and rest. * Onee more amhitious fire, Seems to move, with mad desu Todoordte, Whispers stiU, the surf, >Yhat are all thy doings worth'' All vanity. sad surfj a vision hrigfit t v loats across my wearv sight, Aod aeema to glance Thr<mgh the crimson glory ther<\ Siini>y curls, of maiileu fair In merry dance ; A'/,urc eves look into nie ■■ ll.ilf in carnest, half In glee, Asiftosay Canst thou love me 1 \'e.A or NrKh;>ll it !>e for weal, or woe And day by day. Jlisning, sobbing, roaring on WailK the surf, like spirit wau Thou canst nor «ave One bright vision, of the paat, ilopea of love, and ]oy, all cast llowu to the grave. Uockiog, rocking slower, «lown , All alone forlorn, As the sun Binks Joiv*er, lowe)\ An<t now Uas gone. Whiie the air all ūg\ow With a »udden crimson flow Flooding the nrest, AnU the surf crests break and hi ōal LV»elee6ly their voices spake j Of homte and rest, O? hoine hot here, and rent fiot ><■; Wlfcre the sun, \\lll uever set, | A home above ! . Cii»klhood bliBS, inay stiU retur;;. I > url amliiūon, deathlCHS ,burn. And periect love. Fiit|thy heart with hwtiog joy, NoUle man and lovii\g Ik*v Combiued again. W'herc no hisBiug waters nu>an. .\yr ilte brf&kerī ceaselc*« moan, •* I n sad refrain. Sii inv hammoek by the sea Thou has learut life'« my»ter>, K«wking» rocki|ig «lower, *lower, Nx>t all forlitru, l tce the aun *iuk loirer, lower, But waii the daw n, Still the air is all aglow, W ith the Budden crimson flaw Flooding ihe \vest. Jftill the surf cr£«U bmk and break, But happiei thi>ughts 1 wake Of home and re*t, 0. M.

U ig a iact. oxsi!y accountod far> that at| pāHi*^—Rippor—fhr t»> fljrow ? : 1• 11 •

41 L Diek, that you are in tho habit ofj taking u)jr jokes and passing t!iem off ab your! own. I)o tou Cctil tliat gentlcmanly conduet ? M j 4t To be sure I do, Tom., A true gent!emau will 1 always take a joke from a fiiend," j

lf vour lips you would eavc froro ellpp, Five things obscrvc \vlth carc : Of whom you speak—to whom you epeak— An«l how—&nd when—and where.

An īndiana 'inan eflfected a ptrategieal: combination againBt the potato-bugs. Ile plant-1 ed a grain of corn in eaeh liill of potatoes. The ; oorn eanie up befbre the potatoes, whieh, of courBe, cheated the litt!e pests into the be!ief that it was a cornfield, and tliey never went near the potatoe« un(il it was too late to do any damage. f