As late as 1840 the ruins of the Old Stone Jug were visible on what is now known as Schieffelin’s Lane; Rattlesnake Brook still flows on, but the rattlesnakes have long disappeared; and here and there stands an aged tree beneath whose shade Martha and Harry and Elisha used to play together in the days when George III. was king.
BROTHER AND SISTER.
Happy those turtle-doves that went, my Queen,
With you to the temple—tho’ to death they went.
Could they have known, they had been full content
To give their little lives. And well I ween
Your pitying hand caressed them; and, between
The turns you took with Joseph (favored saint!)
At carrying Jesus, you would soothe their plaint,