The ladies' garland. [volume], June 17, 1826, Page 74, Image 2

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iI'ruis Hie wished much 11> explain t.i Iht sun
lii" r-ui'i- ill I hr fatal presentiment. 1 ha t he
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"i Ins ini;io-t■ i;<tion. riiT to In- removed.'he
welded lirr i.iwti jndpnirnt to her dan/hter's .
wishes, iiinl w.iteli'-il in silent npinv tin- [mi
^ii s - nl hi' \ ii i .
At the close el 'i v m intin', 1m-in»*~s ami pb a
>ire dispersed lor a week nr tun must of hi-,
•mumU. companion ami restored I larrv D— to
the 11os'1111 ol his lainily. lb gular hours ami
ce-.t, braced hi' languid frame. ami new
-tiling Ins shaken nerves. His .spirit, too, as
siiiueil a healthful tone ■ ami tin- ilrnss. that for j
months hail been gathering rnaml his le art. In
pan to tin'll before The genial warmth of the
pare sympathies of his nature.
Where,” thought lie, •• have tlm afirrlinns
of my heart been Hnri. il as lie ran-sseil bis
cbilil. anil looked with admiration on Ins lovely
wife ; pleased, as formerly .with little attention,
and expressions of alleetion. yet appaivntlv un
eouseinus when tlmy were withheld. •• Have
th'-v then re animated to life, only to add to the
bitterness of my regrets.’ lint it is all in rain to
strum'll.; against the temleneies of tn\ being;—
I might resist them now, yet must ultimately be
their i irtnn."
11'* pi teed his child tijirm the floor, took his
li.it. and 'vo' !*_-;>vintf tlio house, when liis wife,
who lt:u! watched lo' motion.' with hrcalhless
;m\i.'ty.']imn^ to him. pale itnil tremhliii.; : —
■•Ilit i v. von w ill not go —•• W h it u .oilil \ on,
Maria.” said In', laving down hi'hat; •• Whv
thi' agitation ’ hot 1 .In no! ivipmv an answer.'
“ \ on do not." returned 'In-, •• ami it vou now
go to join lln-in, I non indeed say. t'lrewrll to
|ii :o'i- ami comlm t : taivu ell. even to the little
hope that 11 1' neVi r vet (juitn. drsCl toil llln I
"null! not, ‘ 'tie continued. “ seek to | laer tin*
slightest iv tiaint on vonr inclination. wt :v I
only ronroian il ; hut In lievr ini', miserable as I
nui't lie. you v our' -IT will not hr lia|>j>i< r."
llr turncil Iron) hrr. ami lor sour- minute'
pared the room in silence At lu't. pnU'img lie
lore hrr: Mravru know'. Maria, ! would not
c.au'e you oik' inoiiii'nt's ii,i'.■ ia . yet h onul In
the tie' you are, to a h ing, luted like me. i
know not li.sw it ran hr avoiih .1. M\ lir-t mi
pulse was. to hnl you th'r.r'il iw lrom \our
heart; hut that 1 ran tirver i!o-- I "on!,! -tar
there, even in ruin' 1 had mvself made. T II
me, my ih .l. -t liu'h.tml,'’ asked 'he with a
quivering lip. “am I the eause—the remote
cause:’ I am awareriiniimird 'lie. interrupt
iug him as he u as ih'ut to 'peak, “ that my rr
infs, my weakness. must have excessively an
v* * .'mi, mu no noi i«';ir Uicir iveurrcncc ;
ViS -'I'll tlihii11JS llii-in now, as flic fullirs III a
ii I. 111\ j>• i ii'iii*i•.I in till', ami imai ijuaiiiti iJ
«iili hi ricll. ’
•• v'ji;ui' nii- ilif' pa in. of lioni intin"a; caiiM
i i.'pioai'hi's ol yourself. Matin; anil lie a*
sun il. (hr caii-o \ on triplin', is no where. Imt
in tin: c 111 mi'll I s of inv In ilia’—1 nprat what 1
havo min' saiii ln'foi'i- : 1 caiiiiot reniciuhri' tin'
nun', u lit'ii I u a- i..,t haunt' il with tin- coin-riou
in.u i ■ v nnrii id pc ;p fiirMrr i
:'> i ■ 1<■ in <1 this i.i s liit* secret |»i*iiiciple ; lint
Ii'.' vi mi . Mil.-.' ~ • ii• 11<• i■ has thrown so mill'll
I mlit < n llin nrif.iii i/at ion ul' our fra tin s. and 1ms
•i rl' itilv i!i*\eloped tli" loive ul untiirul pro
i>• ■:i-11v. my i,omvi;•!ion i T the strength ol’ this
I" ' 'ili.ii't• ■ n*li'ivi- v in im-i'li’, is mi >I ismiji’* lli.it I
iii* n is all in lain to think of resistance.-’
■■ W .ml,I y in;' faith iii these scientific discov
• • i ii•' continue *-ti'i*i)<r," said the elder Mi s. 1)—,
" ho had ii it In 111 > 'at sihiit. •• it you rouSil triu'e
this presentiUH'iit you speak of. to an aeciden
lal call'"-’’ •• Show mo Iml tin' slightest
to which it may In' traced, ami 1 reject it
i'Ui i i " I hrii listrn lo mo ail' nlivi lv," saiil
sho. “anil m o il memory will not rest on some
1 it 1 circumstance. of what I am about to h II
you Siio ai'i'orilitm'lv related to him miiiuto
ly tin- iiu'iili-nts connected with hi- pin lottery ;
hor own unaiiai'iloil expressions, with 11n■ i flict
they produced upon him at the timo. •• \ml
this, my ih.*ar mothor, was so, ' saiil lo*, alter
liiusiiio- some timo, "it was. upon mv saoroil
word. It is enotitrh. I holioro il—loisorahlo tool
tli.it I have hoon ; to ho the dupe through lit*,
o! an illusion ul iuv own hr.",in. am! of (ho wild
theories ol others. Were not m\ tn'kots laid
out on the old iii.irid. tahle ' continued ho. a
sudi'i-n roooU, , tion stnMi^intr in hi- mind.—
"'liny wi'io." ri-tiirncd his mother. •• Tis
oloar as noon day now to tin ; and fear noili'mit.
nn love, 'contimioil ho. kissing the tears limn
his w ito's olioi k ; t In- illusion has vanished ; i
am master of invsell’ airain. ' A I, I).
THE REFiECTOR.
l’liOYHM'.NCi;.
“-Nought so vile, t!;:it on the earth doth live;
” Hut to tin* earth some spread good doth give.”
The various order' of vegetables which have
lieeti jU'ov ided tor the countless forms ol anima
ted existence, in the different quarters ol the
globe, are pro eminently illustrativ e of the prov i
dent care ol tin* creator, and show us how great
and h >vv good is the Father of tie* families of
the whole earth. The f blown g pass;..; e from St.
!’i are is so well calculate'; to impress this truth,
that it F unneees'iry to apologize lor its intro
duction. “The do mi'll con p i'turcs in the
eav itv of the v alley ; tin* hounding sheep on 1iie
declivity ol tin* hill; the sc rand'ling goat blow—,
among* tin* sliruhs of Un* rock ; the duck feeds
on the water p! nits of the river; the hen. vvitii
attentiv e ev e, picks up cvei v gi am that is seal
I tcreil and lost in ti e fi,-]il; the pigeon, of rapid
\ wing, collects a similar tribute from the refuse
| of the grov i ; and tie* frugal hce 1m ns to aeemmt
i e v eu the small dust on tin* tlovvi r. There is no
I corner of the e-vrtll where the whole vegetable
j erup may not he reaped. Those plants which
i an* rejected hy -ne. are a delicacy to another.
■ and even among tin* my t i!"*s contribute tu
1 their latness. The hog devours the hog tail and
henbane; tin- <coat, the Hustle and hemlock.—
Ail return in the evenin',; to the htthitatioti of
man," if!i murmurs, bleating, *ith cries of jnv,
l>riniiiiiic back to him, the delicious tribute ol
iimumernhle plants, transl'onned bv a process
the most inconceivable, into hosier.miS\' butter.
I'r.s ami cream.'’
Tin: m\ r.it mi r,
Or Spcc,nitu of Sttcitil Juitriiciim.
The Hivi-r Nde rises within a few degrees of the
equator ami extends beyond the tropic. Its cotirst
i-. such, that it is Spring at its head v. hen it is Win
ter at its mouth. The fertility of the country de
pends upon regular ovei Mowings of the liver which
arise from the ruins that fall in Kthlopia, and carry
inundation m cr the level lands of l’.gypt. So in.
portant is tins annual inundation general!', deemed,
that when the water rises to the height which indi
cates a productive season, the natives, knowing the
consequence, rejoice as much in Spring as nav
nations in harvest. The inhabitants of lower Kgyj.t
send boats up to the head of the Nile. There it ...
•V’."'e- ,—each boat being loaded with Hoc II \c
regularly placed and numbered, the bees are set at
liberty, and gather honey from even flower. K.ery
bee teUtrns at night instinctively to its own, a-if it
knew the nuiiiiier. ft hen th.e spring season be
gins to change, ami the quantity of flowers mate
rially decrease, the manners of this.-w-M/ navigation
move lower down, gradually, in the night, when
the bees arc housed amidst their honied treasures—
anchoiing in the day and allowing the active travel
lers to take their busy range and colh cl theii honey
from my rira’s of flow ers, for the fields in an Kgvp.
tain Spring wear the crotvn of beauty, and tie
w hole atmosphere is filled with fragrance. The
viiitcr <u ci i aseS and the dowers diminish,and again
the marinei s move on and halt again, and again t!n-\
move on till they arrive to greet the Spring, in tin;
Delta, amidst the mouths oi' a liver which during so
long a course, from every little flower, ami sweet
heih, and even pc' onoes beauty, and evert ioveiv
plant, lias rendered them nothing hut the sweetness
oi Imncy and the hone) -comb.
The boatmen now return the hives, as numbered,
to their respective owners, receiving front.each a
small piece of mom y, wliieh amply rewards in the
aegis gate the V care and toil.
1 his account was once related to a number of in.
tele sting y oung pet sens, by a ti iend of y outli. Tlicv
hung on h slips, and were delighted from the ex
pectation wh’u h its unprefaced imtoduetion had i x
cit'd, fur attei lien was laisid only to contemplate
industry, and be rewarded w ith i' instructs e ks
sons. Hut the inference drawn by the relator was
!i«; It to leave a lusting impre.-sion. Thus, savs lie
*• my dear young friends, y on are now in the spring
of life • make tt- ■ of that energy in which industry
deltgli-s ; seek that serenity wliieh religion alone
can give. Thus as y on move on through lif , von
w;U gradually accumulate in incut .1 good, the
sweetness y ou liv e bet n contemplating amidst na
tive treasures.— \ ou will from every adverse cir
cuit.staoee, from every p> isonous, biltet a pk asaut
flour, gat lie ., long". — and increase ui.s'ivngth,
know 1 'g ■, ' r or and piety ”
Solemnity closed a sen lie simmer’s evening. and