The ladies' garland. [volume], November 18, 1826, Page 163, Image 3

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i respectable otlk-c, which he has since he-UI in
tile country o!' St. Louis. Mrs. F. wtio knew ;
the wishes of parents, labored the point with
her. that the prospect of trend sense, iideJitv,
tried affection, ami honorable support, were the
best guarantees of happiness in t lie wedded late.
It was not rasv to dispel the da\ dreams, ulneh
she had fostered from the idle reading ■•! the
day. Cut witli the growing iidluenei of r. bgi ui.
diere grew up also more s(,l" r and iusl -iinn -
of life, and its duties, and a stronger v, i-h to gra
tify her parents in the lust dmin: of tie ;r hearts,
she was engaged to this young loan, and on un
i••torn with mv lamily from Aik .:. 1 leaui
with great pleasina . that she was nils to re
ward his honorttble and perse-, ering aU.ielnnent.
with her hand. The wedding dav was fixed,
and all was 'uher i xpeetation of traiupiiliitv and,
happiness. The charming and ende.ua d eldest
daughti r was 1o In- li\ed nc.if the plantation of
in i father. Another square with its eomp.irt
moots ot verdure was to he struck out of the
'■rown ot the heath. I envy no man. if it lie
not the lather iii it so sitth-s beloved children
around him. 1 hi' young man, in view of his
prospect', probably envied no man .''he vv ■
suddenly seized with one of the tin rifle level
ol the country, which not so latallv m a frame
elastic and healthful as hers. It ought to
i I: nr us that we may lav Ik,Id of a resource,
which will enable it' to triumph over human
pa-dons and teal's, over love and de ath. The
Mite* rity ot her religion u:i' ti sted in this wav
• Hi*' called In r lov -i- to th - bed. and took ot
him the lenrierest parting. She sang with the
lamily the simple, but sweet livuni. si common
m that country, and in which she d.-lighted
when in health; -- lie- dav is past and g me,’'
Is She hade them fui-w.-ll, and closed lei
eyes in peace upon all the joyful prospects that
Were opening before her. ('ircnmstancr-.s. not
n*-cessaiy to detail, comp: ih d them to make her
fii'lal dress her shroud The father, the tun
ther. soon follovvi-d this daught -r. ton d> utlv
loved, t o deeply lamented. | havehien m
vie-.v of tins desolate habitation, hut ! have not
" -lied to enter it. I have lelt more intensely
than ever, as I saw ihrse cabins again, the pa
>hetio ei-ts'- ul the. story ot -- Haul and \ irgini.e'
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1« answer to xe iinuiit; •• v. !,'. -h have been
majle, c ; tc:::,;:; the uv.a !t-n■ i:i'< for the
’>'•' «!*>£.iiui •• •. i -v'; .ij) {or *;,, “ (» \ ;u. \ \ wi»
••Seem il proper to if m.eIf, that the attention of lb ■
•-■'litHi ae'nTHtoi' «nmf W eeks withdrawn from tin
-tibj, (•!, by hcumstuiices in'iroiy uaeontrollable
Many oa’iv-i have b'-cn receiv •■•;!, v.!iieh will niv et,
" a short t.aie, v, :th a proper con.- \!e:u'l <n.
I.riT.UAKV.
We >; in the Western papers the ji pectus
a: a new work about to be pubhaht il in (.'incinnuti,
: I be ent'lied “Tut U isti.iiv Mwuivi," n\
1 imntlu i'lint. The reader « ;!i have an opp tiu
tn'.v ot uie.e' • y of Vlr. I’.’s talents, bv perusing ' e
extracts win- h we give in this number from ti.e
A o'.lli \ite ; :tn th \ :rw.
An -tlier t-)u utei !■. lieview is spoken nt, to .
.sol.',1 from I’l.ilulelphi.i
The mere tier • : e-1 works ,n our eoontrv
is a f.iwiraole mur-tatiou ot the irient.il improvement
of Os C’tileT.5
THE MONITOR.
MINTS ON C ON V T. US ATI O N.
It is our v. i'!i to sec liic conversation ol' v. ell bve< 1
women rescu from tepid common place, from
nmntc-n .dm; tattle, from trite asal hackneyed com
mnn i at! .ns, from frivolous earnestness, fr mi i! 1 ,
sensib.l ty, 1: o i i i a warm interest about things- of no
n.nii.cnt ; ai.d ,m indilicrenec to topics the most
on;;. lit ; from a cold vanity, from the ovet flow
ing u an engaging flattery, ami from all the faeti- 1
w ■ mam; rs ol artificial intercourse. V. e if. wish I
t > see t'..e tune passed in polished and intelligent j
s-. i -.-idcrc.1 among the beneficial as well as 1
,'b 1 ■ t poti.ons of onr esistencc, and not roil- :
- g a d over, as it too freiiuenth I.-, to premeditated •
. ■ 1
t- g. or-i sten.atic unprofitableness. I.ctusnot, ;
ii.nvi ver, be nnsunderstoo j . it is not meant to pro- \
ini be that women should affect to talk on 1 oft v sub
jects, -■> much as to suggest that they should not
bring good sense, simplicili, and precision, ini',
those common subjects, of which, after all, both the 1
business and com crsalion ot mankind is in a great j
measure made up.
H ii too well known how much the dread of inn :
• utvd pedantry keeps off am thing- that \e:\;v.sto- i
w.uds A .«/•'. </, and the terror of imputed enthusiasm j
>t.»ves o;i any thing that approaches to r;<>u • con- !
v c: -alion, so that the two topics which peculiarh
1 -'.ngu.sh us, as rational and immortal being*, arc
by g .-neral consent in a good degree banished from
tin- - . t\ of ratiott.il ami immortal era uturcs. Ih.it j
v. c m.ght almost .1.-, consistently give up the* com- j
torts id hie because a lew jn b.ivc been burnt,
and. l!ie bene lit of water because some other* have !
been drowm as rchmpii.sh die < njo\ nie.it of in- I
tcilectual, and the blessings of religious intercourse,
bccatr c the leanu l world has sometimes been ;•).
t ".d. v. .tl: pedant . and. the* m l gious worl I v. 1th
t.natic-.
I i lies com.n -niy . ... .. to good i ^mpatn.,
minds ;dr-•.» U loo inue.i relived h\ p:*t?v [uu **nt.-,
rather tl . . ver.slrained by mtc n*e an->1 at on ; t!ic
hu'ene-- ot the < mph»yme:.ts in wh.eli tlw\ are
im'.j.il’y ■ ' . ' •, does not so ixiit.it th ir .lists
as to it:..-. ’ min stand* in need of i..at relax thon
ti :n e .. .e ., n.rli sc\ Ci'C apph-. at.on or over*
v. b.elmn g b'> :; .> ;n:d; r« em-lie foj -1 n<]; 11> (f
public ;m n. I'he doe r n*. 1< ration of tills ciictiiv.*
s’.toC'- n g!it s; rv.j to o.,ng t ;e s- xes m* re r, amv
nale.-l in socle’;. , and each might meet the
'net hail way : tor tnut uegree of hvcb ami ea-\
conversation, winch is a uecessarv rctr • diiv.cn! to
the learned and the busy, would not decrease in
pleasantnesa In being made oi so ratioiiul a cast as
won!.I yet somewhat lane the nun Is ot women, w!io
commonly seek society as a -cene of pleasure,—a* !
a ; .bige from intense thought or exhausting labour.
It is a disadvantage even to those women who ■
kwp the best company, tha* it is unhappily ulmo.-;- :
e-taid.-litul inn- a gvsiem, by the other .«« x, to post- 1
p >ne even *.h ug I ke instinctive dm our-e t.II the j
ladies are v. Itkdrawn ; tbe.r? -treat serving as a kind
( I >igual for the exerc'S" of intellect. And in tie 1
i w e.:s.■* in which it happen* That any impoitant
t'duiv.i'i) takes jd i.ee m tb.eir presence, they air
t; tee most part considered as having hltle interest 1
:i serious suu’ectc. Stm .g" truth*, whenever such :
happen to be addressed to them, are either diluted
with Hatter., or kept hack in patl, or - iflemd to
their taste ; or if the ladies express a wish tor it,tot
matioti on any point, they are put off with a oomph
uiC'tit iiistca i i■ I' a reason ; and are considered as
heiii|!fs u ho are s.u e :petted to u- and to judge ot
things as they real!) • .i-t.
VARIETY.
1'; ..rf "* n I tti r Jroil' i: i/iiuuwu. h.'!. ."h't vi; <!
til tb !i .Voii.i/di/is (i Jt tr njl rib
l.itt nil'iiflrujili, , hi.s friend in linrltm.
“ I had a very romantic excursion to the
W lute Mountain . and can truly -av the scene
ry is tar superior to any thing I have ever seen
elsewhere \\ ho can look at these •• piles jl
iw erlasting rock." whose hoary summits are
pillowed in clouds, and not feel the sublimity
and grandeur ; l’ the scene ':’ Who can view
Mount Washington, towering 70;t feet allow
him, without admiring the majesty of that pow
er. in ■■ whose hands even these mountains arc
as the small dust in the balance”! \\ hen we
stand in the midst of this mighty display of tin
C rcator's power, how small, how insignificant,
does man and all his pmu works appear .’ Are
any proud ' Thither let them stray—here they
may learn lessons of humility. Are they putted
up with vain conceit at their own consequence ’
let them journey to the \\ hite Mountains. ‘ anil
arrogant pretensions and insulting sell conceit
will instantly subside '
■■ ! Inn- brought In line some sketches w itli
mi', which pci haps will aite vnu ;i hrtti'r idea
id' tlic-i' '•iviii'-. tlirui can be obtained from a 11\
written <!.•• crip!’.on of mine.
'■ 1 con; I in.l possibly hate been there at a
more interesting 11■ ■ ri■ >11 Me first view is of the
■ .Notch,' inle ii on the -;n»t where those nnfui
innate tv.-re oventln lunai be tin; -1 u
■ In uii! illinitriilrm.— A per-m asking hott i!
liappenid that many beautilnl ladies to d; up
with but indidiTi'i.l husbands. after mam fine
irt's. was thus ap'le answered be. a n. innlain
maiden. \ tv.nnu, lii nil of'hers reijuested lie:
to ei) inti) a ii•-1.a!*t•11i catlein nke. and tln-re net
him the handsomest reed >b,e mu t eet ,t m
once o-'ind tlinmo'li without tmnin.t She went
and coil.i.u.r out. brought him quite a tin an reed
\\ lien be a-ki d lie; it that was the hundsowr -t
-lie saw 1 •• ( Mi no." she replied, •• I sate mane
finer a' I went .liona , but I kept on. in h >pes ol
a ititti'li b t ter. imhl ! had ^ it mi nem It- tlirou^li
and then I was o! !w d to take mi with :.nv urn
I could find
Anionir the silly I iineinea's till" h wore min,
ib if. d. in lie. idle air I |i i \iirn >ns bill's ot Charles II
a u- tb a it a I i one 11 ait st, \t In i, fur the cons., bo:,
mei ot t'n11 sb llnvs. initiated ins pupils in ti e
n.tstert o| folding napkins in eighteen difberee
thrms bur t!,o d m • r t.ed.