Cape Girardeau Weekly Argus 1865-02-09

              cape girardeau argus m % v-/j-j xx „, t 3 r—fr rr-rt — poetry itii east india eeyelry ! the following remarkable poem ap peared originally we bciieve id 1 th st helena magazine and was after european journals p relats»,to,tlide^rly services of eng lish officers in xnb when the army was mowed down bjf pestilence ; .*• we meet'neath the sounding rafter i ; v and the walls around are barß '''.'. . . ' "''_'..' t as they shout to our peals of laughter ;. j >, ..* tt seems that the.dead are there „,-■• .■;•; ;-<;: f * :.'■ but stand to your glasses steady , .;■ .;,, - ■■ -„ .> :••. wd irink to otir comrades'eyes »: r ; l ;;, quaff a cup to the dead already • -'„ : , '■:'.. ■!.:-. and hurrah i for the next that dies " .> , not here are the goblets glowing ""_ „./','' : , not here is the vintage sweet .'.'..."" , tii cold as oor hearis arc growing " ; .. *: i ■ i va ; and dark as the doom we rheeti :: ,;' ; ■'• but stand to your glasses steady -■«'"• ' , \ and spdn shall our pulses rise • \\ ." .;""'"' , --; a cup tp-the dead already ..... 4 '•■'• t - . t /:':•".] ' nurrdhf for the next that dies ''.':\' ', 1 ....' not a sigh for the lot that darkles ; 1 ' '.\ not a tear for the friends that sink we'll fall'midst the wine cup's sparkles ; *-•■/,, as mute as the wine we drinks *• f ■ •'*- so stand to'your glasses steady v '-"> ;-~ -' ; tis jhisthat the respite buys one cup to the dead already i','!y:v '-"■-')» hurrah 1 for the next that dies i - | a time.was when we frowned it others \ *: ••;, c th.onghfcw-e.were wiser theng : ,| : 5 hi ha 1 let them tftink of their aiot.hara ... , - who hope to see"taein again l „„.."" i no stand to your glasses steady ' "" "' \ the thoughtless are here the wißeji j acup to tho dead already „ ■..■' " murrah for the next that dies > jf i f j'i.'y - h ; there's many a handtfiat's shaking j ; _!' there's m»ny a cheek that's sunk - i l but soon though our hearts are breaking ' ( they burn with tlie wine we've drunk | ' so stand to your glasses steady [ tis here the revival lies } j | ■ a cup to the dead already - [ hurrah for the next that dies ' ■ .'. i .--..-.,..*■ v *''■-' " j there's a mist on tile giasa corige,aung ; .^ ; ; ,-. ./■"" i t tis the hurricane's fiery bre&tiiic i '!'** and thus does the warmth of feeling :'" '"> x l turn ice in the grasp of death ! <"« ho i stand to your glasses steady j " \.' '. ■•■•,",- ti -. \ for a moment the vapor hiss ; [ ... a cup to the dead already „_. . . „ | hurrah i fjr the next that dies i who dreads to the dust returning j wh"3 shrinks from the sable shore t wjicre the high and haughty yearning - ,- of ttae^soul shall sting no more <•> ? -•* ■- ■ \ ■ '"• no i etanii'to your glasses steady f -••.-' the world isa world of lies ; a cup to the dead already ' x - ,-, f . .., hurrah i for the next that dies * . » cut off from the hud that borons • -''- ' - * . „. ' betrayed by the land-we find j where the brightest have gone before us and the dullest remain behind stand fe stand to your glasses steady t -- **; j airwe have left to prize i 1 . " "■'•' a cup to the dead already aod hurrah ! for the next that dies miscellany the unmeant rebuke : ; charles nelson ; ha.d reached his t,jbiirty-fifth year and at l£at jigeliei found himself going down hill he had once beeli o,ne of the..happiest of mortals arid no blessing was wanting to complete t|ie',sum pf his bliss he hj&do'ne of the best of wl,v ar ( d h^is children''were intelligent and comely he was a carpenter by trade and no jma,n\c.ould command better wages or be more sure of work ( if any mag attempted to build a house charles nelson must boss the job and for miles around the people sought him to work for t!i bct-t a i qhapge had come over his life a einpn a&il met him on his way and he had turn ed back with the evil spirit a new arid experienced c^rp^nter had been sent for by thoßß h:o cauld n longer depend upon nelson and he had set tled in the village and now took nel son's place • - - -'- 1 ...-; i „ on 4 ack stf-eot wfcere the great : trees threw their branches over the wa;y stood a small cottage which had been the pride of t&o inmates be fore it stretched a wide garden but tall rank green grass grew up among twfchoking flowers nd the naligg of the fence was broken in many pla ces the house itself had once been white but now it was dingy and dark bright green blinds had pnce adorned the windows mi how these had been taken off and sold and the windows themselves bespoke poverty and neg lect for in many places the gto^wei't gone and shingles rags and old hats had takon its place a single look at the house and its accompaniments told the story it was tie drtfni'&d'tf home :.. r • " .-. ■-, ■■■ ■■• within sat a woman yet in her ear ly years of life and thought j she was still handsome to look upon but the bloom had gone from he^ehoejr and the"brt^tijdep had faded,from her eyes poo marynelsou i once she had been the hap|>i^t,4'm^g the hap py but now none cq'tiid 6 more mis erable i near her sat two children both girls and both beautiful in form and feature j but their garmeats were all patched and^wornj and their feet ■ ifare shoeless , the eldest •; was thir teen years of age and her''sisteiv a few years younger the mother was rearing them recite a grammar lesson fpfshe a 4 resolved that hfeif ehiida-gn should bovergrow...up in ignorance they could - not attend the common school for thoughtless ch|j4ren snee.r j-fijd at them an m&ss them we ob ject of sport and ridicule j but in this respect they did not suffer for their mother was well educated and she devoted such time as she could spare to^their instruction ... [..":'!:.. r for aore thaa-4iip ye^iv.,kary j^els,on ihad earned all the money that had been,used in the house people hired her to wash ( and sew for them and besides the m'dn&y paid they gave her many articles of food and clothing bo she had livedo on and the only joys that dwe'lt'^frlier now ( were teaching'her children atid praying to god ■•' '■■ v 7 ■ | supper time artived fend charles ifelson came reeling home he had worked the day before at helping to move a buildings and thus had money enough to find himself in ruhl fdr sev i-al days as he stumbled into the house the children crouched close to their mother and even she shrunk 4-way for sometimes her husband was ligly when thus intoxicated : •■•": vjqhvi jiow that man changed within t|wo;-yearal jn tß^te w^s not ai finer looking man in town in franie ho had been tall stout,/compact and perfectly formed while his face bore the very beau ideal of manly beauty but all jwagnpw fc^an.g|d v * ijis noble rbrm^was befit mi lj^.-awnsett and tremulous and his face all blbat s and disfigured.';.,ho was the man who had once been the fond husband and doting father the idvlng^wife had prayed and wept and implored | but all to no purpose the husband irea b&u&d to,ibis drinking compan-i ions of'the ' hnv-rmm and he would not break the bonds ,\;/ /,;:>:,;,:' i that evening mary nelson ate no supper for of all the food in the house ihere was not-more than enough for husband and children j."but when hei ss'smiil had gl*as.sb.e v went out and picked ! ji fsw be;r«ies tlius keep ing her vital energies , alive that night the poor woman prayed long and earnestly and her little ones pray ed with her ,;'/;*'-; ■}■:'■;"' ■ i oil the fbllowjng morning nelson sought the bar-room as soon as he*rose but he was sick and faint and the liquor would not revive him for it would not stay on his stomach he had drank very freelythe night before and he felt miserable after a time however he mail aged to keep dflwri ft few glasses of hot sling hiit the close atmosphere of the bar-room ieemedto btifle him andlie'^o^t out ,| the poor bad sense enough to know,that if he qq/uld sleep lie should feel better and he mm jiist feeling enough to keep awayjroift bp epie^so fta.-^afll^'^d off tioj a wood not &?• from tho village and . sinking down by a stone wall was soon in a pro found u^ber i?en he awoke v th,e jstf i-^shinjrsg down hot upon h'ijjf and raising to a sitting posture he ga zed about hinx i^e t tw&b justin the point of rising when his motion was arrested by the sound of voices near ftt ii#tid ke-joofteci ts£q'u'gh a chink in the wall and just upon tho v q,ther side hie saw his two children picking berries while a little further off were two more girls tho children of the carpenter who had lately moved into the village o ■•' v ■ v "\': , "-; ' j j , t c7 t .. v ■' s ■~* ■•' i conic jthti&i said one of the lat ter girls to her companion tl let's go | way from here because if anybody h'ip-ijd po t£s r w!th those girls they'd thin^.^a^.pl-^od with em , come i but the berrjes arja so thick here remonstrated the pt&er v , | n&ier mmd we'll come cut some time when these little ragged drunk ard's girls are not here a 1 . . :, ; } so the yvq favored ones west away hand in b i46d/ana-^euy l fndc^i.'?icy nelson sat down upon the grass and cried • - i idori't ery,nd,;ncy4f v bft.id the eld est throwing her arms around her sister's neck " but you are crying nelly , ; qh,l jc^n't jielp it sobbed 1 tie stricken one ..." . . i „ " „.'. ,-.... j why do they blame us mur mured nancy gazing tip irfto her sis ter's face oh we are not to blame tve are good and kind and loving and never hurt anybody oh i wish somebody would love us—l should be so happy ■•''■■ \ , '..<■' ;*< and we are loved nancy only think of our noble mother who could love us.as she d<->es v ■ •'. \ -'. ) '•'.', f i know^t know aelly^but that ain't all \ why don't papa lovewm he used to dp ? don't you renifember when ire used4o kiss us and make us so happy ? oh how i wish ho could be so good to us again j if he knew how we loyed him i know he'would and theh-t relieve gpd..is good anil surely will help us/«-eoj&6 time for mother prays to him every day •'. yes answered nancy i know she does arid god must be our fath er sometime " f v l \\,'.',.'.,.!-.."'./ ■'.' he is our leather now nancy i " i know-it and he must be all we shall have.iby-and-by for ( don't youi r,emertjber l that i|iother toldus l.fch&t she m;ight leave;us one of these days she said a cold dagger was upon her heart and—and ./. ■ •* : . 3 .;'.'., uv^-sh don't nancy you'll '■'", fthe^worcls s*e>hpke up'.^ith sobs and tears,-and the sis tors j wept ; long together at length they arose and went away for they saw more children-coming 1 y ■'„'-*"■'•' '''•■ 1 as soon as the little ones were out of sight onar^i.n^sp started to 1 his feet his.hands were clehbk&d his<eyes were ; fixed upon a vacaht point with aii eager gasje { i^'a k ■ ■ "-* ';:" . ■ ■ i"my gcd !" he gasped what ] a villian i am ! v lools".at me now i what a state i am in and what have i sacrificed to 1 bring myself to it i and they jove me 1 yet and pray for mci ; v : ;:" t^s : he said fid more but for a few mp ments he stood with his hands still flenched and his eyes fixed i;|at length his'gaze was turned upward and bis claspod hands were raised above his j head a moment he re mained so and then his hand drop ped lay his side and he started home-1 ward v '„'■': '■■" ■ \:": j "-■ *. l *".' i : when he reached hishome he found : hia-iwife add children in tciwrs bat he i affected not to notice it he drew a shiitisg.^rom.lm pocket-—it''was hisj last—and handing it to his.'wife he asked her if she would send and get hini some porridge the wife wasi startled by the tone in which this was epo'kejs fb'r it sounded as in days gone by^".v'/.s w , ::„ v.;/j ; thei porridge was made nice and nourishing end charles ate it all.—l he went to bed early and eiivly n the|.fs"llpwiog $ riy he was ( ip he ask ed hls'-wil^if she had milk and flour \ enough to mako him another bowl of porridge ' ;- •'-•■: : •-**.-'•>/•:* v ,; j ■ yes charles she said/v^w have not touched it „ , ,"■'..?,-- >/-! " then if you are willing i should like some more -•"•■■•/••*:.•;' i;.?r ">■?.,;.,< „; the wife moved quickly about the work and ere long the food was pre pared . the husband ate,it and he felt better i he washed aftdydressed and would have shaved had his hand been steady enough he left home and went atonce to a man who had ju commenced to franie arouse ... ; mr manly iio's^t addressihlg the man;alluded to i have drank t|ie:;last drop of alcoholic beverage that ev'ef passes mf l'.j t . • ask me no questions but believe mo no while you see me.true will you give me work "\ :/,'';".;.':'.'"" 7 '^ v-v 7 i chs,i?.les i^ejisouj are you in earn est askedmanly y in burprise.uv , so much so sir that wera4eath to stand s>,p&my right hmsl and yon der bar-room-iipm my left i v would go with the grim messenger first ' : then hero is ray house lying about us fa foagh timber and boards i place it ail ia yotir hands*j atid shall book to you to finish it wjbile i can trust you can trust me come into my office and you shall see the plan i have drawn *•' *. c ; we will not tell you how the stout man wept nor how his noble friend shed tears to see jmi&u<thußy but charles nelson took the plan and having studied it for a while he went out where the men were at work get ting ' the timbre h^together and mr manly introduced hizat as th'e,ir mas ter that.dayhe worked but'little for he was hot strong yet but he ar a%ge(|.,the,.,tiniber and gave direc tions for framicgv . at nfght lip asked his employer if he dared trust him wita'i dollar 1 '„.;./ ' '■_.- *; s *; _ why you have earned^hreo re turned manly , nd will yotc pay c three dollars a day "• -;"" ; '•'_. y '"' if you are as faithful as you have been to-day you will save me money arthat "■/••;,.'- :.',._; «- -.-. .■ y h the man could not eak his thanks in.yeprd btit his looks spoke them for hicjjj aijd manly understood theml he reeeive&vhls three dollars and on his way homo btopjedcand bought first a basket then three loayes of bread a pound of butter sortie tea sugar and a piece of beef steak and he had just one dollar and seventy-five cents , left with this load he.iwent home ifciivas some timevbefore he tould dpmposo him self to enter.tla'q h'otifee felt tot length he went in and set the basket upon the table •■" '■■*'*■;, ";,'' '.'' y '"' "!': < come,"fia!y,'-\'he stiafy 4'have brought something home for supper here nelly you take the pall aiid run over tp,mr ; brown's and get two quarts of miliv y-il i 4 °: /;-/^, ■'■>,•; ■>, he.,handed the child a gbiliine « 3 he sp'okej and in . a half-bewildered state she took'the mo'risy and hurried away vi y ■{£ ■'*■ -/"- ■•<?•-; ,• y - t the wife s"ta?h.ed when t bhp raised tjie ppver^pf theihasfeet > but she dar j 0a riot speak shemoved one in a dream and s ever and anon she would cast'i.furtiyi glance at her i husband he had not been drink ■ ing—she knew it-^-and yet ho had money enough to buy rum if he want y4 i . what iioald it mean j had hirprayers been sasw^f ed ? on how ■■ fervently she prayed theni ' ; *'» soon nelly.'retuhie with^thwmills and mrs nelson set the't4blo 6u aftor supper charles arose whd-isajud td his-wifer'^ltiiast'go to'mr/mart 1 ly.-'s to help him arrange some planaifor his new house hut i will be at home early h y •:<"' i i v i *> ja pang shot through tfc wife's heart as she saw him turn away biit jtill she was far happier than she had been before fp'f i-jong time there was something in his manner that as sured her and gave her hope ■ : ' t ; just as thb'cl6diw^.tt!4ck njne the well-known footfall was beard/'ptrong and steady the door opened and c,harles ( entered h|s ¥ wifa v cas < - a quick keen glah'ce into his^'fade and she almost uttered a cry of joy wh'ev she saw howlie wis chaaged^for the better he had been to the barh^s's and hatter's yet nothing was said ofi the all-important subjeec r charles wished to retire early and his wife wentwitb^hjmu in-the morning the husband arose first ft|jd,htiijt*theifi?e mary had not slept long aiter mid night having been kept awako by the tuiiiultuous femo*tib,!3vs that had started up in her bosom and she a;woke fipt so early as usual;.but she camp but just as the tea-kettle and potatoes be gan to boil and breakfast was soon ready "■ ._' v .. ' '"■■■ '"" "■"' /"' after the meal was eaten charles arose put on his hatband then turn ing to his wife he said : , . " • what do you do to-day / - i must,wa|3b for mrs bixby '".,*, ;" are you willin lb pbey me once more ," " ;'' " ', "* ' '''",."" ;'";:''■ : '■/ t '' m ' ' ''-' '■'*''• f ' • ■ •■■ "- ■•.'"■ v then work for riie''td>day send word over to mrs bixby*thit you are not well enough to wash for you are not -, here is a dollar and you do with it aß^yoii'please buy some thing that will keep yoti tiduf for yourself and children .•.*;*-•* •■•'- "-"'; mr 35felspn.rturned . towards the door ahdijihisvhfch^'./w^l tipot the latch he hesitated and turned baok he did not speak but he opened his arms and hil/wife sank upon his bosom . he kissed \ her * and then gently placed'>fcer id a seat jsmi le.ffc the house when he went to ms work that morning/he felt very well and happy mrj mkuly tfa's by to cheer him and this he did by talking and acting as^though charles had never been uufoftunate,at all%h ; ? ■'