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WliKl'IN't* WILLOWS.
it this pensive shade,
ires perplexed me,
mv aching head.
fl have l song
When petty c
nd rested here
When this cold world lias vexed me.
knd now again, beloved tress,
! Your branches weep above me,
tour mournful sympathy brings eus«
[ For thus you seem to love me.
iVbv do 1 turn with vain regret.
To those the world could
f)1i! why does memory linge
O'er pleasures gone for cv
•r?
ft,
m^ighscannot bring them back again,
•isbes e'er restore them,*
sc than îvi Vi,
Nor
h'licn
mrelv it were w
'Twcre fully, to deplore them.
■ÿ)ut ah! 'tis sad tf> feel that lift*,
la Hath lost its dearest hi-.
■W hile all its painful cares
H Upon the hear* are pressing.
H'T'h sad to know the charm is past,
H 'That bore us o > so lightly—
BTq see the ray is set at last,
■ That shone awhile so bright ly.
I strife,
rrhusT have felt, and thus I feel,
p. While fusing here in sadness,
Tor clouds fjf sorrow now conceal
I 'The sunn/, beam of gladness.
■Then weep with me, beloved trees,
■ And from this cold world shade me,
■Where all I've lovd, or strove to ])lease,
I Have slighted, or betrayed me.
m a
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' nd
Hut
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From the. Emporium.
IT love the solitarv hour
I When darkness snreads her ebon crest
|OVr dale and hill, o'er town and tower,
"'Hushing the busy world to rest —
to
deep,
—in shade
T.
r
"
that
No sound—tiooliject, breaks, anil sleep
Absorbs the power of memorv.
L That on tiie
tvlien each con-orling care is still
'er the brow of time,
That hovers
\nil tiie mind climbs the highest lull.
nto those realms sublime—■
■ That pcct
B Those realms Iteav
I To which our fathi
B fia/e on tlivh
E -And woo the
n's hosoni liordering o'er,
s spirits come—
ancient world once more —
coil hound children home.
vitli the dead—
I Oh then, communing
[ The sainted forms of oilier years—
[ T'p to the soul's high fountain lead,
! How small a thing this earth appears,
E We feel almost as we shall feel
I In vears to come—when to the brow
-soulsshall steal,
(If some bright star
To mark the globe we tread on now.
•rapt in clouds afar,
A dark, duff orb, slow rolling on,
Out rivalled by the palest star,
That glimmers in heaven's eireffng zone.
T.ead sorrow's frail and fainting child.
To scenes, to thoughts, o dreams like these,
And o'er the pulse with fever wild
Shall steal the calm of hearts at ease.
And lead the votary of pride—
The worshipper of pomp and nnwer,
From scenes oflinsal show aside
In the stiff, breathless midnight hour.
And ask him what Ins power is worth,
living, immortal and alone—
Ills pride—that soon tlm cold damp earth
He treads upon shall.caff ils own
Oh yes there breathes a sacred spell.
At midnight's hushed and solemn time—
Its insnivation who can tell—
I .ending the soul to thoughts sublime.
light arraved,
For this I lové the pensive gloom,
And so I'd court the deeper shade
That hovel's o'er the silent tomb.
And see it
!
j
Better than day i
From Bovt ring's Ancient Poetry of Spain.
I'LL NEVF.lt BE MARRIED.
married be,
No! no! I'll nev
But love, and love—and >et be free.
I will not wear a captive's chain,
Nor own a master:—they who wed,
First go to jail, and then remain
In everlasting'fetters led,
l can't imagine what they gain.
No! no! I'll never married be,
But love, and love—and yet be free.
_'t out of window look
Without a husband's grumbling loud;
I Each slip's recorded in a hook :
1 won't submit, l own I'm proud,
Too proud such busy knaves to brook.
I No! null'll never married be, *
I But love, and love—and yet be free.
^ Unmarried, I command at will;
J And youths press forward lo obey ;
j: I find them glad and grateful still,
I And who so prompt to serve :
I Will lords a bride's desire fulfil ?
I No! no! I'll never married be,
But love, and love—and vet be free.
I I often see a married pair,
I know they curse their luckless fate;
I've seen a woman tear her hair,
And of connubial* blessings prate;
Yet daily sink beneath despair.
No! no! I'll never married be,
But love, and love—and yet be free.
A wife
is they ?
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THB F33MAX.ES' MONITOR.
„ '. . , , "~ AT
^«a/y.-lleau y is. indeed an inestima
,),c P™»». jut Solomon who knew women
so well, hath said, "as a jewel of go d in a
swine's mouth; so js a fan* woman which is
without discretion." Something more is j
necessary than bare beauty. I would as 1
soon eat of the fruit which grows on the |
shores of the Dead Sea, which is grateful to j
the sight but rotton at its heart, as marry
the woman whose only recommendation is ;
external excellence. If nature lias not giv-1
en von a perfect form, and a face free from
every defect, do not. attempt to supply
these deficiencies or remedy these defect,
hv artificial means. There are spots on the
face of the sun. and there are blemishes in !
the countenance of the most beautiful wo
man.
Drroo .—Taste is as requisite in dress, as !
in adjusting light and shade in painting, j
There is much-art in knowing the colour !
that agrees best with votir complexion, and
li ot a little tact in arranging dress in neat
ness and effect. The régulât mis among the j
Athcr i ms were sufficiently rigid on this j
subject. "A thousand drachms were levied !
for the sin of an head-dress ill arranged; a |
rolv that was not stricklv comme it faut, in- 1
currcd a similar penalty, th- name of the
as inscribed on a tablet exposed ;
and such an exposure was !
rqiiit aient to a eomplcate loss of character."
is, also, character in dress that :
should lie observed. ,1 know not which is
the most ridiculous, the miss in her teens !
assuming the garb of age. or the matron]
dressing with the gaiety of seventeen. :
Love .—Young ladies are too apt to imag- ;
inc, that thev must follow the rules of court
ship as thev find them exemplified in the
Waverlv, and other fashionable novels; that ;
tliev must first treat their admirri s witli dis- ,
dain, then suffer themselves to be gradually
approached like princesses of dazzling
charms; that theymi.stat one time, lend a
i willing car to the vows of suiters and at an
other, startle at the slightest expression nf
feeling, and banquet nn the sighs and tears
of desponding lovers. But true afl 'ction
should not be trammelled bv such artificial.
rules: '
Marriam-. _Every woman, that has not
m a de a vow of r-lil. icv. siinnld begin earlv
rpare herself for the duties of a wife,
Do,nestle, education, might perhaps, be at-;
tended to with advantage, more than it is at
present and even to the neglect of some of
îhe more fashionable accomplishments.
q here is an excellent little tract among the
Miscellanv. entitled, Putir, tf\
W,vr.H which I recommend to the study of
females. I extract onlv one article, for which
alone the work is worthy all recommenda
tinn—1"A true wife should lie like a Tu,
quoise stone, clear in heart in lier lmsband's
lieaitli and cloudy in his sickness. And tike
a tortoise always bearing lier house upon
WvWk"
k '
off ndei
to p\i!)lic view.
There
!" summer skies;
From cold sud from winter he soon departs:
of good humoured eyes,
ormth of open hearts.
"Love is a bird
He basks ill the bea
' nd delights in the
Hut where he has once found chill and t
He seldom returns to that power again-'
nn,
to
Havh-lan
' —
'
!
;
us bis on earth,
A friend <»f man, for all die wodd he loved,
A hero, for he smil'd at death, i
And died to live farever Law son. i
AVe naturally seem to think that the scenes I
of past days were more interesting than are 1 di
those of tiie present.—Many reasons might !
be assigned fov this, and among others we
might say,that our memories only retain ! |
the' leading fe atures of past occurrences, [
and where these were pleasing—partially ;
at least forgetting all that was imperfect ami ■ n
CTlciil ated to destroy our enjoyment, to dwell !
. '. itli interest aiul delight. Be- !
sides this, past scenes, and especially those | j
0 f childhood make a imic.lv deeper impress
nu our minds, and are attended with | .
THE FAS 1'Oll'S GRAVE.
' her- rests
of Go-1, for heave
V
an
c vents
much 1- ss anxiety than those of our after
Hence 1 lovcdcarlv to recall tomind.
years.
and to dwell on the scenes of my childhood
! and youth.
j Among those whose persons I loved and
I sought, was the ltev.
His preaching I was taught,
ird with affec
whose company
Mr.-• ;
from mv very infancy, to t-(
tionate attachment, and I can well recol
lect the feelings of mv heart when on enter
ing 'tiie courts of tiie Lord's house,' on the
Sabbath, 1 have seen a stranger in the pulpit.
To the affectionate counsels of my late ven
erable friend, I owe, under God, m y pre
servation trom m mv dangers to which I
was exposed, and the enjoyment of mixnv
sources of happiness of the existence ot
which I had possibly remained in ignor
ance. . . .
But alas! ns the youth vises to maturity,
the Hoarv headed servant of Christ, who set
his feet in'the way of peace,' descends to
the grave. Thus was it with my venerable
friend; he 1ms long since left a world ot
sorrows, and entered those celestial regions
where the visits of grief are unknown.
Where many ot his children in faith had
gone before him, and where many more ot
them are still travelling. Oh ! I Imre is
something calculated to give us comfort un
der our present trials, and to smooth oui dy
in 0 - pillow (it the last, to think of meeting
ith those whom we loved and
I often dwell oil the
in heaven
honoured on earth,
thought with pleasure bordering upon rap
ture, that in that Happy state 1 shall meet
with some one who I trust, by my feeble
instrumentality, were conducted there; and
that I shall see and enjoy the company c
those holy men, by whose valuable labours 1
have profited, and with whom
•I'd spend a long eternity
In pleasure anil ill praise.'
As I had occasion a year or two ago, to trav
ol
el through the town where the mouldering
ashes of my friend repose till the morning of
the resurrection, I resolved, if possible, to
vihit his Rrave; an d finding that the stage
wl)i c.h wa , to convey me to the place of my j
destination, would not start for two hours
r tpr mv arrival, I walked with feelings of
nielanchol v pleasure towards the spot con
scrratPf | \ )y the bodies of many of those
w } 10m God regards as his jewels, over whose
rema ius the Saviour watched wKh peculiar
c:(1 . Pi a „d where a thousand little hillocks
,. em5nfl thc passenger of his -mortality. I
Iooked at t , ie ' tomb-stones. amt read their
var j ()US expressed momentocs on the short
LJ,, am , „^ertaintv of life, and thought of
that after-state to which both Itiy reader and
mvs .. lf „... ra „i ( u v hastening and in which
shall t, c soon found happy or miserable
forev ,. P '
While thus strolling about almost forget
ti ■ th( , nmltitude'of mv'rellections the
nbjert l en. ue to seek, my eye caught
! the -»»m-on which was inscribed a short me
mo ri:,l at the virtues, the piety, and the
L sf f n i, less ,,f ., lv honoured friend. 'I am
j , la(li > said I to'mv.self, 'that this stone is
j j,| acP ,i here to mink the spot whore his
! | J0ncs n . st i,„ t thev need not, mv departed
| minister, have cut in stone the remembrance
1 n f thy virtues ! It had been enough that
t]ie monument should have marked the spot
; w iicre tlmu liest. 'Thv record is on high,'
! nn the pillars that shall exist in the temple
of mv f; 0 d to eternity, showing the honour
: t hv great Master put upon thee in
a iio\virnr tlice to conduct many pilgrims to
! rc £ stia i cite. '
\Vliat mv feelings might have been, had
: I been left to m.vsclf, I know not, but they
; su flV,i. e d an interruption by the appearance
of elderly female, with whom I was to
t: ,u v ,m ictpiainted. Siic walked several
; t ; al( , s roum | the grave and then laying her
, tian d the stone, she pi iced her head up
on it and wept. 'Have you, my good woman,
: j ;iskc( i q os t a friend?' 'No sir,' she i cpli
...1,'I have not lost him. lie has gone-before
1 mc< an d I hope to see him again in the world
j n f blessedness. * All ! thou dear saint.' she
continued, looking on the tomb, 'Ah! thou
dear saint, thou iias gone to heaven—thou
|, ast triumphed over aM thv enemies—arriv
I ed at the end of thy suffer-ngs-hast finish
! cd thv work—ami gone to receive thv re
I ward.' 'And did you know,' I asked, 'the
j good man who lies here?' 'Know him? yes
I sir, I did, and I loved him, mid you would
! have loved him too, if you had known him.'
| That witness thought I, is true; it was im
] possible to l.avc known him without giving
him vonr esteem. 'Hmv long did you know
him?' 'Twenty years, sir, w ,s lie the p .s
tor and the friend of my family; hve of my
; children have haded Ins entrance into the
j heavenly world, for they were led by him to
I the throne of God-Tbcy have all been
! dead for several years and through sr.ice I
hope to follow then. all. lint it is hard work.
sir, to part with friends that we love though
they go to a lietter place; I a.w ivs hoped
that I should die first'—'It matters little,
I remarked, 'who among the crowd steps
; first into the mansions ot peace, since each ot
; the people of God shall occupy disown place
1 and spend an eternity in the presence ot his
I Father.' 'Ah, sir' she replied, that gives
me pleasure. 'I think, sir, I have seen you
before?' 'Perhaps so, 1 knew your worthy
! pastor, I loved him, and have often occupied
; ids pulpit.' >Ah,' said the good woman,
whose countcnunce had brishtenecl us I spoke
rcS p CC tfullv of her friend, 'I rem-mbei now
i who vou
('hanging the subject, I asked: 'did my j
g00 d friend enjoy in his last moments the .
di v ' m e consolations o: the gosi>el?' 'The a
tempter: sic was permit' cd to harrass him
at times for several weeks before his death, |
)Ut at some times, thedcar man was enabled .|.
to triumph over all, and draw water with U
jov out of the wells of salvation.'-—The last I
n ; g | U 0 f his life was one of mingled joy and ! s
sorrow t0 all of us wlo were permitted to
surround his bed. Wc saw he was rapid
j v hastening to his ctal, and we couiil not
Lein being sorry, for vou know sir, he was
. a ' faitlifni man, and Aired God above ma
. j! u had given ns all good advice, and
'held sweet counsel vith us;' 1 am sure I
never felt more at the death of my children |
h in I (lid when 1 saw the good pastor lying
and easning for breath. But then.O how
Seuv^y wls his language, and how delight
ful'must have been Lis feelings! He had
how to live, and now he had to
taught us . , ,.
show »show the religion of the gospel would
enable him to die. Oh, that my last end
:nav he like his" As she uttered the last
sentence she wiped tie tailing tear, and the
feelings of my own br-ast were almost ready
to give vent in a similar manner. 'It is a
mercv.'I remarked,'that though ministers
die. Jesus the Great Head of the Church still
ami raises up other servants to feed his
people.' 'True, sit ' replied the old lady,
• hut we cannot, somehow like the new min
isters so well as we did the old one.' 'How
happy will it be, 'I observed, if we are not
'slothful,but followers of them, who through
Gith and patience inherit the promises.'
•True sir,' was her reply, 'but I conic very
far short of them, and can only hope tor sal
vation, as a poor guilty sinner, through the
T >5 hnnk hinds with the mourner over my
dl ™ who told me she often went
to look at it âiTd to meditate on the jovs he
has gone' to possess, and to cherish the hum
hie" expectation of seeing him, where a sep
me expcLidu o
ar "r he memory of'thejustis blessed, but
the name of the 5 wicked shall rot,' was the
li\
May each of mv read
11ÉTA.
the true Christian .
ers possess it.
,
nn tv
. MATRIMONIAL HOAX.
I he increase in the matrimonial adver
tisements puts us in mind of a boax of tfm
sort which was successfully played oft a j
short time since. It was agreed in a gay ;
party ot ladies and gentlemen that anadver- I
tisement should he inserted in a London
Morning Paper, as from a lady who felt itu e
dined to taste the joys of matrimony, more
speedily than to all appearance the ordina
ry way would enable her to do giving the
longing maiden a fair portion of beauty and
riches. I.etters were received m reply
from between fifty and sixty swains of all de
scriptions, to each of whom an answer was
addressed; that so far the writer was not oh
jeeted to, hut that the lady would like, pre
viously to his being introduced to her. 'an- j
seen to him; —at the same time itc|u< stmg ,
each to be in the pit of Drurv-lane heatre ,
on a certain evening, dressed in a particular |
way and immediately on the conclusion ot i
the first piece, to stand upon the benches |
and apply a quizzing glass to the 1 ight eje.,
All succeeded so well, that as soon as the
curtain fell, above fiftv, ot all ages, mounted ;
the benches—from the smooth-chinned Ad
mus of filtcen, toitbe sleek, pm tly,, selt-con-,
fident widower of nttv ,^and tue sn 1 * *
worn-out, and H
: all adorned accoi dmg t _ . 6 J . , !
I style, and with the utm • ' f ,H
l J'- dc ? ,K ' r m the r bosoms wdth !
j P" ! "'. High swelletlUt ' ' ... ' ;
. hope, as with studied a . j J , j]
I «loss was raised to uic cj >
pamt the astoinsiimen , _ ■_> a ■ * ' e '
I alternant ly depicted ni' ^ ,
mi discovering the sudden fail 1
hopes.—\\ 'th such 1 V .... A .
descend from the > " er 1 '
n'de their dimmislu l ■ t
crowd, that the dec cpit Icac ot s' , xt >
have fancied lus knees once mine \ ■ a
ot the pliancy ol tw enty .
. ,
I nc follow.ng ace i l
incident, which lately took I' 11 " ; ' f
din des Plantet , which a, ''f "L
wudI animals is kept, is copied horn a la t ;
1 ans papei: !
; A.man hud intioiluced i" 4 "j
, interior of the manage. le. 1 hc *'**P*' t
| perceiving him, ran towauls him, \he Hon i
him go out; but at tue samt , f. 1 '" 1 ?
j Allas whose cage was notiwelJ closed . M
, the gi ate. adioitly, an 1 1 î.SnVudent
j kee l ,c :;^*™" f ^i 1 the wall and I
man, c > ou ',^ U '"f It "s ' well
j keep still or J 0 '- l ' el °st « w '
known that , is ncMbsu vy Ho show firmness
! and courage befiu'ethe king of animals. j
I , man obeyed, the keep, i loUowtd h
, ample I he 1.
l> r miçhet h st the' keepc . mt
ted the f l p. ? munner and
; resset him : c ^™r Vri- vcd" before
passed o. to the sU anger. A, ed beta c
, him, tl e ey« of the^ anima ( them
îaisul lus ' p 1 moments
on the man s sl o 1 e. s. I a
the lion remained in that position,^ ne sei i
pulousiy examined the m'm. w io al ea 1>
j thought himself lus yctim, smelt ° l ™
from head to foot, and afteiwa d 1
j mechanically to lus cage. I lie S ate was
| immeduit'ly sliut. nut th . . a * •
I not vet recovered from his tii^ht—nib me
J is dispaircd of.
'
COLLECTAÏTEA.
j '
. From Ihr Saturday Herald *
a srilK PRoUNOS'I'IC OF KARLV CKMUn. j ;
8wcct was t i, c | lmir> w i, cn Tommy Horner sat
| judging in the flow of social chat; ' "
.|. h( , tc . arsto „d trembling in his father's eve, .
U V | len to his hand lie gave the Christinas pie.
I qq lL . p ov onraptui'M at »gift so rare,
! s „ frosted o'er with sugar, white and fair,
Applied it to his moutli and made a wake,
Right through the very centre ot the cake—
As lie devour'd the present with delig.it
The crust still standing on the left and ug i ,
Seem'd by the yawning chasm to disclo«,
A turnpike r an new cut from tommy s nose.
His father saw the breach and smiling saut,
| For golden visions hover d o er us head
Thus shall my son when he s , ll( " ', "^' arc '
The common evais which in Me welt ar
Behold fhem I™£ ™ I » ^ ' , e , '
,l '> 1 ™ Tommy wifi, his
htaice . I |
» mi 'his irmn" lips a large blue
,1 3,—
kurvev il it o'er and o'er with curious eye,
Andvri'd in self-applause, how {treat a boy am I?
Tim father cried with transport in his heart,
Vos Tommy, a brave boy thou surely art—
A «'cnei'td vou shall be, our foes to kill,
Quoth master Pom, delighted, so 1 will.
Yes, cried the wife, enraptured at the lot,
And lie shall wear a pretty shoulder knot
Delighted Tommy strutted round the room,
Mounted triumphant on the palour broom—
s papa, cried the hero, will I ride,
And have a sword to dangle at my «Oc, .
foil look, exclaimed the wife with angel hot,
Our hoy has overset the coffee-pot—
An.l such vindictive rage usurped her head,
She spank'd aiul sent the genual off to bed.
one equally distinguished by lus daring sptyt
of adventure and unhappy fate, » greatly
interesting. Of his fondness fo/lte pU
which, at this time, has be " m * *
most persons and a "ecetsaryofl.fo to. urn
bers. many records arc pieseiveti. in
letters which arc ascribe
writer remarks oil the domes
T
the whole world is two narrowe for his
thought; which I hear helpeth it much, and
may be said for a truth, to enable him to
draw light trom smoke." The story of the
servant is well known, who approached his
master's study with a tankard of ale while
he was regaling himself with his pipe; see
. _ ir,*
ing the dusky wreaths of smoke fredv issu
mg from the mouth of the gallant Knight*
and seized with consternation at the strange
appearance, h *
his head was on fire, and toi the purpose ot
e x 1 1 " RU J'j h ;' n ?• , h /. panc ffl e d 'More satis
beverage in his face, and. fled. More satis
factory testimony of us of the
weed is furnished by the dimensions of the
box used for its reception, so ample, that he
most inveterate friend ot the weed would
have no necessity to replenish the maçasme
more than once in a week, should it be stor
ed »otlie brim for Ins accommodation, t his
vessel is about four mches in diameter, two
d'-pth and of the pound
of the hate f , m U defended by
measure. A : the top, . i SS ecur
an embossed c » „ iect " on
ed and ornamented by a
of chased and g ^ • massive and
is of lead, and its appearance massive an
singular
Whe|| j ames the second, abdicated the
crown. Lord I). who was strongly attached
to that'monarch, determined to share his
fortunes, and become a voluntary exile fron
his native country. An amiable wife, and a
numerous family of children, consisting of
one son, the heir of his titles and estate, with
five daughters, for whom, a taste foi the
reigning pleasures of the age, and a constant
attendance on the court, prevented his mak
j n5 t j, c provision to which their rank in life
entitled them. Ilis lady solicited his re
turn with al 1 the energy of conjugal affection:
she represented to him the necessity there
was fov bispcciing his affairs, as his son was
V et a minor, and the ill state of her own
)|ea)th ma(le it too probable they would
[ry soon need his assistance to guide them
tlirough a world beset with many dahgers
to inexperienced youth. Nature had been
lierai in htr gifts to this nobleman; she
h . ul endowed him with true courage, a
st1-ict sense 0 f honour, and tender feelings.
The first of these qualities had led him to
defend the unfortunate king as long as his
t bravrvcould be of service ;—and the high
i notions lie held of honour prevented his de
sorting him; when regard to his own interest
W ould have dictated such a step as h'ghly
Prudent. The just idea he hail of what was
I dac to a deserving wife, and such a numer
ous offspring, occasioned many struggles m
his breast, and at length he determined to
# ^ whicU he could no longer be
j [{seful in order to retrieve bis own affairs,
wWc h be was too sensible were in a very un
promising state He quitted the unfortu
natc king with assurances that lus sword and
fortune were at lus devotion, whenever his
aff airs required the assistance of either ; and
vctul . ned t0 h - eat at where lus lady
informed him she had retired. I o his
great concern, he found her in a state that
threatened but a short continuance in life.
She was sun . ou „ded bv her children whose
innocent pratt i e served to amuse the hour
0 f so ij tu de. The sight of those so dear to
hinl , for some time deprived LordD.ofut
tcrance . and though his wife had reason to
expect the long desired interview, when it
, u<rivcd she was una ble to support it, and
fainted away before she could express the
pleasure she felt at his return. I he usual
methods restored her to life ; but it was not
j ; n the power of medicine, or the tenderness
of a husband she adored, to repair a consti
tution broke with the long and unremitting
solicitude she had felt during lus absence,
In short. Lord D. had the affliction to lose
his wife about two months after lus return,
This misfortune sunk very deep, and lie de
termined to alleviate it by a close jnspec
tion into his affairs, and a strict attention to
forming the minds of his children. An ex
amination into the state ofhis fortune, con
vinced him that it would be highly neces
san , t0 sequester himself from the world,
in drder to secure a decent competency for
h , s daughters, the youngest of whom was
now about sixteen. To make retirement
pleasing, he endeavoured to cultivate m each
' o{his children, not only a taste for painting,
music, and reading, but fondness for observ
ing the productions of nature, and improv mg
her works, whenever her liberal band re
quired assistance. They imbibed bis taste ;
and he observed his son advancing towards
manhood, with a promise of every virtue
that could render him worthy the esteem ot
g0 od men. As the ladies divided then- time
between the inspection of their domestic at
fairs, and imdrovement of their minds, the
evening never brought langout* witli i.
nor the morning a wish for the return ot
night.
One day, as each were
Moved a servant informed my Lord that a
> ; w ' hose ap p ea rance bespoke him a mil
desired to be admitted to Ins presence.
I ord D supposing it to he one of the neigh
bom .hond who had some favour to request,
m . derctl him to be shown into the room.—
'Lite servant announced his entrance ; which
indeed was unnecessary, tor he stumped m
with as little ceremony as if he htul been en
térine the cottage of a ploughman, made an
awkward bow, and then twirled his dusty
hat.
A NOVEL COURTSHIP.
ve
fil >» inquired my Lord, observing lus
™ fl . icnt | was in * no haste to speak
f^Vliv, and please your honour, I'ze been
told your house was main vine, ami I z.e
^ tQ gee >nd ,f I thought you'd no he ,
„ t* There is nothing curious (re
plfed Lord D.) in my dwelling; but if it
Jwill afford you pleasure friend, you aie
differently em-