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'S, GOD'S JUJSTJD TXIXT'X-XX
OKOLOiNA, MISS., FEBRUARY :J, 1858.
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VOL. VI NO. 91.
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Bv T I I Tlitur li.i it'itnll hinH ILhh 4I...S. .
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h ith mah us to difl'er ? . Who eAv
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iue oroaa laniw aim a WMe House,
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fur the Prairie N'i.
SIE MOt.NTAIN MAII)i:X.
BYEtVAO.
LlolV-i? K to tlmlr Uly Jove, iu pump ami prlilu
Be nilif1 yiask nilcqp, the little entintry ffilil ;
' I'or hei tie i.-y trczo (low, the floweri their frag
ility Alice fifgets nervously in' her chair.
ue, I l ne volume which Bhe at first attempted
the, to peruse lias long been closed, and now
to or her convulsive starts. , Presently she
tile ! rises, antl. oinir , soltlv to the window.
tl'OU hast no place for thy nightly nft J j peers forth' Darkness alone is visible to
J'-von lie stiull one, day require un e?ict tier strainet and unxious (jaze ; she can
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c And Ktui lier tctlva n.bil, iiiifultla mi ainnla flt-M.
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ii N Miitlinnltity Vm IIo, In yy en eon psre '
; With tti 4)T lit tin inliintlial brt'tlu' Ibe uiotin-
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Her inate1iHMfni U Nuturc'i urk, nntilti'il by rt,
.Atwt Hh iiw n'witty ton, uliilum t laij.y liwut.
1 wry fweiit, ir ! hnve heard l er
I know her
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A lovely tuiiMlierc k1i( atoudMieUe the inmmtbiu
uprlng;
It eryUl i' V.W.her feet, nnt(inly mid fr
1 lion bulitlliklulf t tli iiliiluV'Pluw, It formed 0
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r milium ri
Lml thrrc tti
I, found.:
fhl might lit
done w
ITiUped the lil
Jlt!-e forlorn I
Hie p to the hi
And II you do
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To peA tolicrl
kiuxl wild, lier r,wy noi k n round,
d 'i'.iilKV fiower a i iillnir nlui'c had
aMli Ith truth liltli wwihl have
1 of 'slain, tvoru lirt.lm i-liv Iwllo.
r, who lend 4u 1 etched life;
'tt, anil evk y ont awife,
there, ill beAiiiw you are
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lit loVty, mni chiiin lc iiicjuntain
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:' 1 : TH3 Oil FMM . IlOtJSE :
I , t .. I ' .1 v -A , , WV, (fentleness, andjivticss
r m 'w .ivT-i nAJ'-J : T; v-vt t. tiiuiiis.i, nun, riuiu Jitie auu smeeie as
iri'-'-iT-vr WJLftlB expressi,ii of that face is, a close oh
account at my hands. And, perchnhce
tlion in Ilissifiht, art richer than 1. ilie.
dower of intellect, the jift of, trenlus,
may be thine Then let us' be friendly,
knowiii-g: that all we have is received of
one benfictnt and all-wise Father above!?'
Hut, even as the iee began to niijlt,
and their good angel whispered thtjue
things, tlie departing t. iiit of evil glan
ces backward. ' Shortly ther is a quiik
return, and ': a closing of the avenues ko
the higher and holier, the more God-lita
attributes of the soul. Peace and light,
and joy have fled, and darkness has come
agiiiu. '. - '
Everything about the room presents
an air of busy, active, energetic, though
ut.iseless housewifery. Not a particle of
dust adheres to the smoothly polishetj
surface of the floor. The furniture of
Ilk house, though not' of the costliest
grade, is such as one would most naturil
ally expect .'in the home of an opulent!
fanner, who considered bis comfort ralli-i
er than the best means of acquiring pe-jile from bis father's home I'.nd from his
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cuniaiy wealth. Between two windows
stuntls a table spread with snowy linen,
anil i,n old fashioned family clock ticks
r.oisily iu the coiner. f
. The framed picture of a youth of, ap
parently, sixteen summers and no win
ters, looks down from the wall above the
fire-place.' 1 say no u iuteri, for only the
sutiidiinu and summer of existence Is writ
ten uiton his handsome, boyish fin
not see the street, even, und as she once
more turns Away, mid her eye falls upon
the portrait,; she clasps her hands wildly,
and a low lioan escapes her lips.
Martha sarls up as that sound reach
es her, and leads Alice to the tire, plac
ing her witiin the easy-chair' which she
has just vatated. David Granger's cold
grey eye isn them.
" You ai thinking of William !" he
at. length situ 1, in his cold hard manner.
" Woman, liive done with such foolery !
1 will endire it ho longer. Is it not
enough tha you make yourself ridicu
lous, but yoj must countenance. Alice in
her disoliodi. nee to my commands ? I
tell you 1 vmst and will be obeyed in this
matter!" 'j - " d "
The worinn trembled with surprise
and terror as! he pronounced these words,
und the gii'lid'aee was livid.
For seven long, weary years that name
had been an iueclioed sound within itsf na
tive home, lie who boreit was au ex-
bleak, dreiiv mWni of March, jfull of
telilpestuoui clouds, stormy winas and
driving ruiii. Within the f.iini-hoiise,,
nil the hill finder, lives David Granger
his wife aintme oiily 'daughter, who have
i.i in i t j. .
VS ' "Vl,(,iu ri til tue aays oi ineir jears,
I J' which are n a fe' to the old couple.-
I V ' The httrryii n vvrathful . '"stormy wiuds
1 I ' howl fearful! i, an the rushing, blinding
-Vi leet beats ii torrents against thf!,nn-
dow panes. Ngw,the cold-bearing ilio
reas bellowspis denunciations forth, .ml,
anon, the iiiibler Eiirus nudls int. re
proaclies, anl wails forth the suffe; ngs
of the carll-weary ones.'; .The ifeht
inbiroad, (nijJirtinliiij(ih; face of t he ejhj
is one oistai tess tiiacKnessi mo right
- within thfH! tiirobbmg huuiaii hearts n-
v hatming aoso time-worn walls, sciirrdlv
trt". "" Nd HIh wit hiri the fann-house eki
quers, witf lis cliccry beams,' theidark-
." ness that its upon the hearthstcif; bat
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iuiiig, joacueiiing emmrs iinr
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V i!c1Uie ark lifghi1 with their Aan.'S
' J cent ftleai . , Now they give onl quicl
v. I 'fi 'wnvulsivf rap for breath, due Ust, vig
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ViDon the luin-larv of the ctevnkl exis-'
lence, unti hiiiiks back, aflnirhlpd, from
lie wild rifling flood of waters, Aid vain-
tries' to lrtaiii his hold upon things of
ne yet l ittle Jontrer -and iflien dies
t into utr night;-: ' '4
Night,1 fcful in its torriffio iraudeuf,
dime, bi not beaiitiflil hrooflcth over
things. I Xo light upon the hearth, no
iit withiitlie human heartland none
ia-H,4um i ure's b.riii ! hat
.onderfn hamiouimttjifi of ;.(lto,irter
of Vjici creutinir 'with vthe inner
d of njai's ' formation. Tis seldom
Tf'r IMter so oftener.. 'Twere
m n fohsuml times. if the soul of
'would Itfcr tjlessitiL's. instead of a
nrulVi'a tnitc il
t iftns, wheiitho jm range of inanimate
foe, ami th w!Ak4 vast realnt of inferior
i K'n,i, vocal wii n uianks
iliiving to k grifari Father of all. '-if
yj xrom jiiiar comer oi rue apanmeni
we have eiiereif ; behold ii figure emer
ges, and, ajiroaolii g the tirfe place, takes
from the lelf il ive it a inateh' and
pdckl y strili a 1 iilit, ; Then,' stooping,
4 m collects louiiil Bho snioulilenng cm-
' ters some liy nwterial, antl placing
: thcreori the luge fcgs, " sets fire, to the
)l .whole, l Norn iiiiletd, the gloom ovcr-
l j h.dawing 11 roiiii like a spirit of evil,
i ; vanishes; thhctrijil, ruddy blaze shoots
' ; 'forth from tip burniig mass, and a pleas;
M iani gipw oif MinteiB, almost happiness,
penetrates t iwifsurrouiiding and en-
Aelopinff .thrflieifi .if. Martha C.
nd her 'daiijhtMMcp. ; For : a little
mpuo iney lorfet Vine olden time feel
ing or kimlnea Ajnfs creeping stealthily
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server could trace, in the compression of
the full red lips, au earnest of the future
man. 1 he daughter s attention is often
riveted upon that face. She holds in her
hrnd a book, but the portrait upon the
wall lias 'more of interest for her. than
those pictured within its pages. A half
supjucssed cry involuntarily cscMjies her,
and then she sinks lower over tlie book,
as though fearful of the consequences of
so rash an act. And, indeed, Duvid
Granger rouses himself from the (liowsy
slumber into which ho has fallen, and
Jjowus .forbiddingly ; but Martha Gran
ger, down lower in the depths of her soul,
echoes the sigh ; but it Is so very far
down that it does not rie? to her lips, and
is only manifested by thy quick, convul
sive heaving of her breast. ;
Without, in front of Ids dwelling, Da
vid Granger had .erected a lamp post ;
and on dark nights like the present, had
been accustomed to iiang up a lantern,
that the weary, way wmi traveler might
be guided tj a plains of repose ; but,
somehow, to-night, his usual cure for oth
ers and fore-tluiugiitjieenied to have de
serted liinC He had forgotten to hang
out his sign Preseiitly he remembered
it, and taking the laitern from its usual
place, , lighted it ait'd went forth, bare
headed, into the miving tempest, and
mug it Up. V. '!) '''!' ";, A.
i'xur und), iiiiuua iiic ifiui iu tuiu uain.
essi cue .solitary female figure toiled
t'cailiy, crouching on, sccminglyborne
o'vnby some heavj burden, which would
seeiliW sink her tii the earth. She rais
i herlenlaciated hands imploringly to
ward te hcavenV. Only the driving
sIoet bet harshhflttpiiir lier defeiici'less
hwtd. Only the Aljaroh winds answered
Iter niuttj appeal r aid, us they Went
wailing lu, rutbhiisly clutching at the
scant raiment so incomplete a protection
against the bitU inclemency of the
weather, and blow n her tottering steps
battwardiWlicneV' r she essayed to go on.
Surely, deserted b ' ; the God who made
her and forsaken man, , she could but
die.fho itfioOglitvi i, with a low wail of
suffering, she sank down upon the cold,
damp earth. f ;. i-;;i,.l'V .: :r.
11 she indi4;i forgotten by the Holy
One. Vho "remeini w even a sparrow in
iis fafe ? Had he voiceless cry of ago
ny no-power', to sinmon If eaven to her
assistance ? v ; j -l - '", -::
; i Far up on the aiill, "a light suddenly
sUnuMlfort.il,; likqa beacon fire, to the
oceart tossed marSuer. She has seen
that vision, and fti-evives her soul .from
the apathy of desiair, and bears ; up her
drooping form. , lli-avcly, now and with
blessings upon herjlips, she proceeds oiiv
ward. .Vt . I '
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' Within , the grt brown house is si
lelice. f There is i strange, undefinablo
father's bear lie had been the best be
loved of his -father his idol ; and yet,
sylu'ii he camlto him, telling him that he
had dared to lavish his affections upon a
poor but worthy . maiden, their pastor's
only child, ant now desired to ake her
t( his homo aiis wife, the father's rage
ijasincoueeivifjly intense. What! should
J-ioll of bis ' hean himself thus ? No,
fuee. Ither woubVlie urv him fifty fathoms
,,i hIsoJ Aej) iiUJj'iM-l J-t him do this,; an I lii
In vain iilie pVaded his rove; her beaui
tv und reliienunl; the old man was in
evorabl,
H) lisUuiftd caluilyttatiently.-Jill she
wns.; done. i. Not a ripple of feelinir dis
turbed tlie'ctiuanimitjr of his features.
ihen, in a cold, calm, hard tone, hj bade,
h' r rjsetand necer,' so long as they both
lived, let him see her humbling herself
aganj for . the ungrateful vagabond she
chose to call son.
" As for me, he is no child of mine ;
and never, God helping, shall he 'touch
bread of mine, though ho starve like a
dog for want of it !" ;
Wjth a low' cry she sank yet lower at
hisl feet.' f
" David ! I cannot, will not give up my
chili(!'''she .tied. " Unsay those cruel
words ! You cannot be so heartless !
Yoii,.f hi ' owi father, surely would not
see your boy, tWillie, starve, when you
have .enough.? 01 by the memory of
our early love-hy the love you once pro-
lessen, ior 1114 sane 01 inoso Holy vows
spoken long a'o at the sacred altar, by
my truth to tlimc vows, 1 conjure you to
give me back piy child our iuU !"
lint that bjld, bad man spurned her
with his foot. I lie the strong, white-haired
old eillain turned a deaf ear to the
inner voice turned away from the tear
ful pleadings'of the companion of his
youth; and w en she would not desist
from her cntrditics, he spurned her from
him as he' vsmild the veriest cur that
should dare gWl at him in the street.
She moved not after he thus rudely re
pulsed her. jIo did not stoop to raise
her, but composedly Walked away.
Alice ocm iiown over ner moiiier.
I low still th repose'-enwrapping her
form ! Wasi death ? If not, it seemed
very like. Itfls even so. In that wild
burst x,f grie her spirit has fled. Do
not wake her j Ah ! ve cannot. Those
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back again,' uithi conhl almost clasn 'expression resting eporf tho usually; pla-
heyhole word iu-a wide snr.M.W :t-id countenanced Martha Grantrer.l
i.rms m ineir inpiiv and ove. and
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WW t wsr tho tulnt of dust finer 1 atwlyzed.by ,bw. LI : 0, -
nr a 'time Wi
fcterl may live
i.'im iiimriir Kniinnwl
to yiel; that is, V waited in hopes that
his fating heart imld soften towards
the womaitttf his ( Vice ; :: but at length
her father diet andVie whs thrown help
less ujion the vil'V Then it was he
chose between the Jolt 0f home, and ear
ly und triad friends,-. the new love j
ami 111s neart. stiiu '
' Father mother and
without, but thee never
f L hey were, married, anilyom that hour
he was banished from his itther's house.
For a time prosjierity smiv,, and then
came sickness? and with sitWss ad ver
ity and wan't, wereUho chiu guests.
He could 4ot Support this adi(M,inal bur
den ; "'and, j therefore, his beaiVful wife',
on this "wily night, while he layU-lirious
with feverj sought his wealthy fYlier, to
entreat fojf her husband, those eViiforts
which were ileiiied him, althoiijh his
Martha ;sd been a good wife to v-
id Graugcif ill . the davs of her wet!
life. When'two beautiful children trl
dened her jieart, she had been a go
mother to Jioth ; though, as she bean
to descend the hill-side of life, Willii'
was the oil' upon 'whom she begafc to
look as thelnain support of her declinuig
ge-r4'-""" f; : V-i. ,, -':: ;:-
, David Granger iiad been a tyrant ill
the days oiJ touth and single manhoodV
nor had helforgotteii to rule - others ever
when he tftok the gentle Martha to his
iis such ufiature of hisso inordinately
nvrvr a trs 0 man, and the love of a true
manly w t could not bo exacted from
Jtini ; tier; cf the respect and deference
which a tAie man ever pays to woman ;
for stub cone remembers that his moth
er was a woman i 'ami. for her sake, all
wearing Ike , forms are dignified in Ids
eyes. ,;5fartha should have known this,
but she (lid not. Every woftian shoubl
study tlA'pty the character of him to
whom she consigns ber life-long happi
ness. . "'.;.. v '.,..'.'., :
' For 'ven years one name, in that
household, had been forbidden to bo men
tioned, j Ho, the-lord of that, mansion,
hud prohibited it, and they dared not
disobey. : But now he had spoken it him
self, perhaps be W ould hear it from 'oth
ers." And a bright , gleam of hope pene
trated their tcV hearts. Martha Granger
would pt to him -she, his once loved,
still loving willv-and en bended knees
sho woidd jmplore Lim to give back her
child,.1 ler tirsf-bom Willie ! If she
might behold him once again might, be
permitted to" fold him within her embrace
and feel that ms own warm home would t
hencrforth shield s her darling boy.frfiin ,
the niutth usage of theiVorl.l then lift ;
wnii lil li:ivii fur her m more tailors : llir
ius are forev mute on earth
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I he sequel to our storj is summed np
in a tew words. 1 lie old man is a ma
then swore ho would serve "every' living
creature in the same manner, not except
ing his horse, which was, the ouly one re
maining to him ; then having killed his
horse, he came back to tho table with his
sword recking in blood, and seuing no
other animal to kill, turned las eves on
his wife, and cried, with a furious tone of
voice, 'Get up and biing me water to
wash my hands !' She immediately arose
and brought him water. Then he said,
'If you had not done it, I would have
served you as I served the dos and the
horse.' He then ordered her to help him,
which she did, but with o horrid an ac
cent that she still expected to have her
head cut off. In this same manner they
passed the night together, and she never
spoke; and when they had slept some
little while, he said to his wife, '1 have
not been able to rest for rage to-night.
See that nobody disturb me to-morrow
morning, and take care that 1 have a
good breakfast.' Early in tlie moVuing
the parents of the bride and tuilegoom
knocked at the door, and as no one. ans
wered, they concluded ; that the bride
groom was cither killed or wounded, and
when the bride came to the door without
her husband, they were confirmed iu their
suspicions. As soon as she saw them,
she began to call them traitors, and ask
ed them how they dared come to the door
without speaking. Make 110 noise, or
you are all dead men.' This astonished
them still more, and when , they knew
how the night had been spent, they tho't
very highly of the young man for bis
great skill in governing his wife, and ar
ranging his household ; and from that day
forward she was so well managed that
he lived perfectly well with her ; nd the
father-in-law took a hint front his son, and
killed a horse to keep his w ife in order."
gether watch at the tomb on the morning,
of the resurrection. . ' "
And w hen she is again left In her lone
ly cliamlrcr, she is not. alone. .As her
visitor retires, grateful thoughts of human
sympathies linger behind, like sunset, in .
the air. The sense of God's kind provi-,
dence rests on her soul. To her. faith, ,
the distant are brought near, and the ' '
dead live, and await ber coming to abet
ter land. ; Jlcr mind goes forward to th .
future. She rises above thfcclonds. .
Serenely shines the sun. Gently falls tho
love of God on her heart. Sitting amid -trials
and darkness, and the' ruin of earth-- -jy
prospects, with a calttj spiritl,".sho '
builds her hope in Heaven." , ,
The prosperity the adverse fortunes v
the joy the grief all this might, be
seen in every age. "It 'js Christianity that ,
has brought sympathy to suffeiinsr, hopw 1
to the bereaved, and resignation to tho
afllicted ; which has brought light to dark ' ;
hours, and faith in Heaven to those that
dwell amid the, sorrow of earth. It Is ;
('lirwti'.initu thut. tiuu u..tV..Tn..l oiwl
....... j n'jiviU.M miu mnivu j
the ice of prosperity which has etirittcn .
that rock and made it a fountain of living
waters to those that dwell in valleys be
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From tlie V icksliutg WLig.'
: F.dai-Rilea.
Mr, Editor ; I am not in the habU of .
wriiing on educational subjects, but'am
driven Ui it from stern necessity. , I have
a daughter to educate, norq'cwhcre but
feel that notwithstanding tlo verynag
uiticent ; advafltasres whica are claimed
for the fcmalcseiuinaries ff the da, nouo
of them with wbich I auLtuaintiid fully
meets my notioiigj)f .
should be.' That
to w'ldch, I.have r
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tCi 'iiaie scuoo
i&titutkjns
jnac. lie wanders about the house niur-
uiiiiinJ such words as these:, "I tc
Vu slit? is not dead ? Do you hear mo ?
Se has only , swooned ; she will revive
presently ; and kindred sentences,
What of his son's wife, who was seen
eoniitig to them in the storm ? She and
her hVsliand now reside' beneath the pa
tcrnalyoof. They cherish 110 enmity to
ward lljin, for they know that they, also,
are hmktn. " 1
Tamina 01 J-hrew. '
- The origin of Shukspeare's idea for
his drama of the. " Taming of a Shrew,"
is to be found in an old Spanish chronicle,
a translation of which 1 now present to
your readers i
"' In a certain town there was a Moor
of great respectability, who had a son,
the best, young man iu the world, full of
great firojects, bat so poor that he had
the will, hut not the power to execute
tlu'in.' In the same place there was
another Moor, very rich, t;nd be had au
onry daughter, but she was a devil, and
nouody would marry her. Tho young
niun elta j one day to his father and said :
Father.NJ um weary of the poor and
wretched liJ lead ; I wish to marry.'
The father siV he' should be delighted if
his son could hfw a part? that suited hint.
pou which tho Vonng man name! his
lghhor s daughter. On', hearing this
lather was much sWisod ; but the
so persisted 111 ; desmuhis father to
spfcik to the 3Itior, who w.i,js intimate
MA
iif, and asii liim lor his V,,n.-liter
home,' Ptfhaps he may have loved herlTbAMoor said, when be was Jvpiied to.
vuat Lo had no. objection, tmt tlhho.
CTiVTia'a his 'daughter ; Would Iie.(Jer
dead (Lull alive. .T'J-h'e.Wedtltng'dav
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ever, was nxcti, ana tuo ornio was
a Way il her husband's house, and, ac
cortimgtto tne jioonsii custom, a slimier
was' priWred, and the fathers and moth
ers bft fiie brklu and bridegrwoni togeth
er till tn uext day, not without great fear
and skspWiou that they should find the
bridegjotni Li the 11101 niug dead, or not
far frotfi fr; As soon as they were gone
the new iiarried couple isat down at the
table,' ail bt-fore she could speak, he,
lookiug ntout him, saw onu of his house
dogs, aihl calling to him with a lout1
Voice, ol'.lercd him to bring water to jp
Lis huhis, which the dtig not ,d'
got ip 111 a age, And drew hi '
this thunlog Seeing, un away
ter hiiiji till be caught bin
his bead and legs, and his.
and dashed his Mood ov
all ove
himser
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, The iilaxin of CljrUllnlty
Go abroad in some great city in toe
m'ght. Uehold, before you brightlV .shin
the lights iu that stately mansion where
pleasure has collected her votaries. Til
dance the song are there ; and gay voi
ces, and exultant hearts, and fair lcat,Bt-
es, that grow fairer in .the-excitement,
and all goes merry as tho marriage bell.
And most, natural and fitting, is it that
t he hearts of the young should glow w ith
vivid pleasure in the whirling cud daz
zling scene. ' . ' J v ,
But here is but a part of the scene.
At this very moment within sight of the
brilliant windows within tho sound of
the rejoicing music, sits in her dreary
room a widowed mother ; and . to her
frame consumption lias brought its feeb
leness, and to her check its flush, and to
her eye its unnaturalligbt. Her children
sleep around her and one that ever stirs
With the low moaningsif diseases slum
bers fitfully in the cradle at her feet.
Her debilitated form craves rest;' yet by
the light of a solitary lamp she still plies
her needle that her children may have
bread on the morrow. And while she
labors through the lonely hours, her sink
ing frame admonishes her that this re
source soon must fail them, and she be
called awav and leave Jier children alone.
And while her heart swells wkh anguish,'
tho sound of rejoicing comes on the wind
to ber silent chamber. ' Js'ot one of all
t hat gay circle whose eyes will not close
before hers this night! Onby one the
wheels that bear them to their homes, de
part the sounds of mirth and pleasure
trow silent in the nudniirht hours the
liirhts of the brilliant mansion are ex
tinguished but -still from her chamber
shines her solitary., lamru The dying ji
mother must toil and watch! aj"
H ,11 Hill! 1), Ullt.wf Tltll.Ot- 1W.
en before Clirislianitv..
But there is""
iiru.v bo seen.."'
1 1 i lil 1 1 V , J J A"
'"'"VV-VlU V
has moilr.iJ
ing the pr
tempt-
get
to
f . I
in addition
.iris who a
ei,g-,v fiey
parler at'
tore tb1
jeavellle
They not unfre
face of things:, v
there is soiiieLhiiig.
sooner or later they h.
khow nothing of domesi
to the poor man that takt.
. " But us . above remarked,.
do for tlie ri. h. AVe, thoitgllV.
no parlors for our daughters to.
do not wish to pay an institution k
them the art. Such knowledge to t.
after they had returned home,, wouid be
about as beneficial as if they had ''been
taught; bow to "eteer a ship across tho
trackless deep They would. have no us
for it. I feel, therefore, that weJieeiT ari .
institution for those who not only wish
to teach their daughters the sciences, but "' ,
the art of doniestic economv.' Lnder .
these circumstances, I propose to suRniit
a lew thmiglits relative to tho plan M an
I.- .ill. .a! 1 1 1 I ' . , k
uisiiLuuou wwch 1 iwve m my mind, f 1
tho consideration of those who may b : '
pleased to favor my views. .. y , . j
1 propose to build a Kirge' and hand- ' : .
some female academy, ,nnd around if, in x
a square, to build:' beautiful little eottag- '
es, on the gotl.is style, with a vegetable
garden outside of the sqttare for each
tage. J lie academy 1 wish to farnM
with two good and experienced Sontfrr '
teachers, ljie cottages 1. wi!l.i'rtiu . j
with beds, cooking utensils, ww'a
cards, needles and tbimi !s. enj ' cj-jtv.,i
t hlng w hich 11 do r sC. r
to use iiv.rWnW
wl.i
look 01 attentioKjiand atiout ner tonn she. would die; sua would, trouble ni
there is an attitudebf listening, aa though : nevennoro 011 cart jl - -- 1 ' ' '
from ' afar sounds 'were borne upon the And thus ' she 1I7 plead, wildly, p
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w?thiii her own
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