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and bathed the limbs of the feeblest child. I have nourished with care the tender exotic, and aided the growth of the lofty oak. Have been hailed with joy by the fevered lips of the maiden, and proudly scorned by the reckless youth, who wished for something less pure but more stimulating. Have rested on the bosom of the fair white lily and been found in the gutter by the wayside, as well as in the cooling spring and rippling brook. I have aided in extinguishing burning flames, and in saving the lives of those who seemed appointed to destruction. I crossed the ocean in a mighty ship and returned in my air canoe. And now I've come to your window to bid you good morning, and having done the same, will soon mount to meet the sun, and continue my course ever changing till time shall end. Mary H. Everett. M.H. F.S. April 2. 1858.