Reminiscences of Youth. 411 



Not long before his illness, he had received letters 

 from Milestown, Pa., which interested him greatly. 



While a student of Theology, he had taught a year 

 at Milestown. 



We give extracts from two letters in reply to Mrs. 

 Annie de B. M. 



Your letter was a great cordial to me, and I feel 

 haj)py in being permitted to answer it. Writing is 

 no fatigue to me, as I have always willing hands 

 and affectionate hearts to assist me. h^ * * 



Your second letter informed me that nearly all 

 whom I knew and loved in Milestown, have been 

 called away : yet the scenes of my youth are still fresh 

 in my mind and your letters have, in some measure, 

 enabled me to renew the enjoyments of other years, 

 and to look again in thought and memory on the 

 countenances of those who were dear to me in youth. 



The older I grow the stronger I find my attach- 

 ments to early friends — A voice from Milestown, has 

 opened a new fountain of tliought and pleasure. I 

 liave fancied myself again near the old school and 

 along the Milestown road, shaded by immense 

 <:herry trees which, I presume, are no longer there. 



The little Paradise — the home of your grand- 

 parents, wliich you now occupy — the large and beau- 

 tiful garden where your grandmother cultivated her 

 flowers, the roomy house where she welcomed her 

 friends, can onl}^ be erased from my mind, when 

 memory shall be gone and thoughts of earth have 

 passed awa3^ 



The garden was close to the dwelling, and one of 

 the most beautiful I had at that time seen ; her 

 tulips, narcissus, anemones, etc., cultivated by her 

 own hand, were full of fragrance and beauty — the 



