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duties, and he feels himself connected by a link with those who fol- 

 low him, to whom he is to transmit a home. Perhaps a farm has 

 come down to him from his fathers; they have gone to their lon<^ 

 home ! but he can trace their footsteps over the scenes of his daily 

 labors ; the roof which shelters him was reared by those to whom 

 he owes his being ; some interesting domestic tradition is connected 

 with every enclosure ; the favorite fruit tree was planted by his 

 father's hand. He sported in boyhood beside the brook which still 

 winds through the meadow; through the field lies the path to the 

 village school of earlier days ; he still hears from the window the 

 voice of the Sabbath bell which called his father to the house of 

 God; and near at hand is the spot where his parents laid down to 

 rest, and where, when his time has come, he shall be laid by his 

 children. These are the feelings of the owner of the soil — words 

 can not paint them ; they flow out of the deepest fountains of the 

 heart ; they are the life-spring of a fresh, healthy and generous 

 national character. — E. EveretL 



( Oommnmcated.) 



COLLEGE HILL COMMENCEMENT. 



Mr. Ed : — Having been present during the annual literary festival 



of the two Colleges — I trust the twain are one in aim and object — 



permit me, through the Cincinnatus, to give a hasty sketch of my 



impressions of their exercises, especially on the first instant. 



The services were held in the Presbyterian Church. On entering 



the house at the time appointed, it was gratifying to see so large an 



audience gathered from remote points over the great West. Those 



composing the assemblage were of almost every age and every 



calling in society. Here were Students from both Seminaries, with 



faces beaming with intelligence, indicating high hopes and brilliant 



imaginings of the future. It is a cheering sight — we remember 



when ourselves were there, "just twenty years ago ; " other scenes 



may fade from our memories, but these never. Here were parents 



who, like ourselves, had come hither, it may be, for the first time on 



the like occasion. The antithesis was pleasing though calculated to 

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