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His Death. 



On September 17th, 1832, Lockhart (Seott's beloved son-in-law 

 and accomplished biographer,) was called into the poet's chamber. 

 Scott had awakened from the deUrium that had clouded his 

 senses. " Lockhart," he said, " I have but a minute to speak to 

 you. My dear, be a good man — be virtuous, — be rehgious, — be 

 a good man. Nothing else will give you any comfort when you 

 come to He here." He then sank into a tranquil sleep, from 

 which he only awakened on the arrival of his sons. About half- 

 past one, on the 21st, Sir Walter Scott breathed his last, in the 

 presence of all his children. It was a beautiful day — so warm 

 that every window was wide open, and so perfectly still that the 

 sound, of all others most deUcious to his ear, the gentle ripple 

 of the Tweed over its pebbles was distinctly audible ; they knelt 

 around the bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes. 



An after thought. 



I will conclude my attempt to sketch some of the features of 

 this great man's life with some words ot a distinguished great 

 feUow-novelist who used her talents for the benefit of mankind, 

 Mrs. Beech er Stowe. She thus describes his grave. " Under- 

 neath these arches he lies beside his wife, around him the 

 representation of the two things he loved most — the wild bloom 

 and beauty of nature, and the architectural memorial of bygone 

 history and art. Yet there was one thing I felt I would liave 

 had otherwise ; it seemed to me that the flat stones of the pave- 

 ment are a weight too heavy and too cold to be laid on the breast 

 of a lover of nature and the beautiful. The green turf, springing 

 with flowers, that lies above a grave, does not seem to us so 

 hopeless a barrier between us and what was warm and loving ; 

 the springing grass and daisies there seem types and assurances 

 that the mortal beneath shall put on immortality ; they come up 

 to us as kind messages from the peaceful dust to say that it is 

 resting in a certain hope of a glorious resurrection." Adieu, Sir 

 Walter, pride of all Scotchmen, take our proud and sad farewell. 



THE RESTORATION OF THE JOINT STAND- 

 ARD OF VALUE. 



By ELIJAH HELM. November 29th, 1887. 



Mr. Helm said the subject of his address was '* The proposed 

 restoration of the Joint Standard of value." The proposal in- 

 volved, of course, a change in our Currency laws. It was 



