. The Wilson bulletin . ated August 6, 1800 : Time has always been ac-counted among wise men the most precious gift of God toman; and has been, generally speaking, received and used asthe most worthless and despicable. . Rose half an hour be-fore day. Sauntered abroad, surveying the appearance of thefields, and contemplating the progressive advances of morning,the appearance of the mcoUi etc., without suggesting or havingsuggested one sentiment of grateful adoration to the greatArchitect of the Universe, without learning one truth that Iwas before ignorant of. Wrought one solitary problem befo
. The Wilson bulletin . ated August 6, 1800 : Time has always been ac-counted among wise men the most precious gift of God toman; and has been, generally speaking, received and used asthe most worthless and despicable. . Rose half an hour be-fore day. Sauntered abroad, surveying the appearance of thefields, and contemplating the progressive advances of morning,the appearance of the mcoUi etc., without suggesting or havingsuggested one sentiment of grateful adoration to the greatArchitect of the Universe, without learning one truth that Iwas before ignorant of. Wrought one solitary problem beforebreakfast, composed eight lines of rhyme at noon, and am nowwriting these observations near evening. Thus fourteen hourspassed almost unimproved away, and thus have thousands ofprecious hours perished! Niot one prayer said, not one thoughtof matrimony entered nif mind. An old bachelor, verging tothe gloomy region of celibacy and old age, and clusters ofdimple-cheeked, soft-eyed females in every log hut around, and. THE BARTRAM by Mr. Henry T. Coates, April 4, 1882. 13-1 The Wilson Bulletin—No. 64. for a husband. . Mr. Sterne says, devoid of, a hu-man being is undeserving the name of man. That is. to writea book, plant a tree, beget a child (I ought to have said, marrya wife first), build a house, and learn something every day thathe did not before know. A short time passes before he writes in very different strainto his friend Orr under the date of May 1st, 1801: I havematters to lay before you that have almost distracted me. . .1 have no friend but yourself, and one whose friendship hasinvolved us both in ruin, or threatens tO do so. Three separatepoems of no merit whatever, in which Lavinia seems to bethe inspiration ; one boldly addressed to a young lady ; andhis sudden withdrawal from Milestown, follow. It is evidentthat his afifections had been won by a lady already married,whose name is carefully concealed by the Rev. Grosart, but asDr. James So
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