. The New England magazine . written at Texil, where hewas buried. Buried in Texil! My dear doctor,you take my breath away. You reallydont mean to say he isnt buried here? I attended him in his last illness,and he requested to be buried in Texilchurchyard. I carried out his wish, wasat the funeral myself, and have placed amarble slab on his grave. Go and see. Well, well, well ! And so weveplaced his bust over somebody else? His bust ! He was no more like thisthan like me. Thats a bust of Emer-son ! We had it made from a photographthat had his autograph on it. Yes, I remember the picture. Hewas
. The New England magazine . written at Texil, where hewas buried. Buried in Texil! My dear doctor,you take my breath away. You reallydont mean to say he isnt buried here? I attended him in his last illness,and he requested to be buried in Texilchurchyard. I carried out his wish, wasat the funeral myself, and have placed amarble slab on his grave. Go and see. Well, well, well ! And so weveplaced his bust over somebody else? His bust ! He was no more like thisthan like me. Thats a bust of Emer-son ! We had it made from a photographthat had his autograph on it. Yes, I remember the picture. Hewas an admirer of Emerson. But we can get a picture of him, andhave it altered. I will pay for it. Claflin was eccentric, and never hadhis photo taken in his life. My dear doctor, does any one elseknow about this? No one, to my knowledge. I washis sole friend. Well, doctor, I think, on the whole,it would be advisable to say nothing atall about it! The doctor assented, and the monu-ment of Phcenixvilles poet is still THE BATTLE AT HIGH BRIDGE. By Edward T. Boitve. WHEN the last days of the greatrebelhon had come, and theremnant of the once magnifi-cent army of Northern Virginia was reel-ing towards the mountains, striking everand anon despairing blows at its relent-less pursuers, great events crowded eventsso hotly that the muse of history wascompelled to record many a deed inshorthand, which he who runs finds itdifficult to read. Among these recordsis one short page which is worthy of moreconsideration than it has ever it is found the story of the exploitof a handful of Massachusetts cavalry,who, led by their heroic colonel, devotedthemselves to certain destruction in deal-ing to the rebel army so heavy a blow,that there is no doubt that the greatsurrender was materially hastened by theirsacrifice. The Fourth Regiment of Massachusettscavilry, raised and commanded duringthe earlier period of its service by Col-onel Arnold A. Rand, of Boston, had beensubje
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