Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-08-26
RURAL SKETCH.

tour through tie Easiern States. um''p "a
e: ~ the Bo>t Eentinei 'a'
" We ought no 10 oni' he remark h..
no class'oi people appear more ham.
their labor, or more con,entetl Nh g.:
lot than The cui'iya'ors oI the SOL ami n,
they lock heyoui tie clouds Tor The >oo,..
OF be rain which truciihes their 6el5. 49,,
clio" the lurrow for the Great Spr;n, -
vegets,ion. In passing through any 49,.
OF New Engl4nd.
" VIII re Freedom thousands their ovn
h'i'S possess,
Where I rants awe not and no Lords m.
press"
the traveller will every where see wD,
lIInis and chaertu! hearts, culIya,iry
Some ime- hard, but still generou, snip
and in tne group, Will ind minister, and
people,, magistrates and yeomen, general.
an pr'a,es, al engaged IN the SANE field
-wb re no whips are used 10 comprl ev-
ertion; but " here toll is reciprocaly shared
and where
Landlords and workmen, each famili,.
greet,
Share the same BOWL. nor taste dIs,iD.
gui>hed meat"
We were invountarily led into hi, di.
erosion, Fy the recollection of the mapy
hundreds OF hay-makers we saw scattered
over toe extensive meadows which torcer
the Connecticut and among whom We re.
COgniZed many leg Slators, and generals
1t was about noon when we passed he
H'dlcy meadows. and the hay makers weTe
Col eCtlng in groups, unier trees and wag.
CONS, and hey-staCks. to take dinner. with
appetites which the sons and daughters Of
luxury and Incidence would give world.to
possess. The rich interval lands on the
Drerteid and Connecticut rivers are cele.
brated for their fertility, and il is well
known to history. that the aboriginals Of
the soil fought with more fury to relain
them than any other parts OF their great
patrmony. They are worth fighting lOr.
1t a very fine mn at Northampton we
noticed Q AGED case, in which were 1e.
posted many articles OF finely worked nus.
lin, and other household manufactures; aud
on enquiry was informed, that they were
placed there for sale, by a Society OF young
ladies, of which the daughter of late woE.
thy Governor of Massachusetts was the d.
rectress, who met weekly to produce them;
and that their avails are sacredly appropila.
ted TO the education of pious and In!l,eni
young men, to qualify them to beconie Mis-
sionaries. 1t was gratifying to travellers
to be thus able to contribute their mite TO
such pious and praise worthy Object; and
we learnt with satisfaction, tba' those rom
Boston are among the larges; purchases
O! the articles thus consecriled 10 promote
the salvation of souis.-They are pro-
nounced by judges to be excellent samples
of needle work"
From Barren's Poems, entitled Homnn."
FEMALE MoDESTY.
To guard that virtue, to supply the place
OF courage, wan ing in her gentle race,
Lo, Mod sly wa siven-n ysterous pc,
Whose blush can shame, whose panic ca
repel.
Strong. by the very weakness il bctrsy;
Ii sheds mist before our fiery gaze;
The painting apprehension, quick to leel
The shrinking grace, that fam would gIacs
conceal.
The beautiful rebuke, that looks surprise
The gentle vengeance OF averted eye;
These are its arms, and these supreme pre-
vail
Love pauses, Vice retracts his glazing talk