Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 September 1885 — Keeping Old Letters. [ARTICLE]

Keeping Old Letters.

A plea for the keeping of old letters contains these sentiments: “In the stilly night, ere slumber’s chain doth bind, an inspiration unbidden seemingly guides the pen while those exquisite thoughts that come trooping through the brain are written, and on the moving train the whitewinged messenger takes its flight, bearing to some dear friend tokens of precious remembrance, words of lig htand beauty, words that will grow brighter as years go by. ” Now, a grown-up person who can recommend in such a simple style an incendiary course like that, ought to know that it would bring about a good deal of discomfort and neuralgia in the stilly night, to get up and jot down those exquisite thoughts before they trooped off down into the back yard. It won’t do. The unbidden inspiration that most usually gets under way ere slumber’s chain doth bind takes its precious flight in the gentle murmur: “Ouch! Keep your great, cold, clammy feet on your own side of the bed.” New York Commercial Traveler.