The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1820-10-25

Oihere litcrafy miscellany, pctiodicei
work, which has iatoly made its appearance
ah london.
TIE CoNTIcr.
Robert Wilson was market gardner.
N--Early in lie he married deserving
young woman whom he loved with ell
tire tenderness, and by whom be had
several children. No man on earth
could be fonder of his iittle ohsprings
than Wilson; and thev, on tho other
liand almost worshipped their father, tax.
ing delight in nothing so much as in do
ing what he wished Wilson was not
very WISE, nor wa, he at all learned (;
but his heart which as have said was
all tenderness, told him with uneTing
f.. snsiinct thai his children would be gov
Gned more perfectly and with more
wholesome effect under the dominion oi
love than rndcr tha; ol fear; aud N, was
indeed a happy family, where Affection,
pleasure, Obedience, and laith, (taitlI II,
each othcr) went hand in hlnd Wi
son was well situated ior p.,,r,g his lie
comfortably, and rationaliy, ms grden
being just far enough out of l.ondon, to
fender inconvenient III, mixing III the
squaIid prohigacies OF town (iad Ire been
sD inclined and yet he VS. not so en-
tirely in the country as To harden him
3nto the robust callousncss AID ignorant
Vices OF village lie. lie could just hear
anough of tn. " stir Of the great Babel"
60 interest him in it, and to keep his fac
uities alive and awake to the value of his
own quiet, and to the unaffected carcsses
of his dear wife and children, which al
ways appeared more and more precious
after nc had been bearing in hi, Weekly
visits to town, some instance oi merce-
parry hypocrisy and false -hcartedaes..
lodged two years 10 his house, and
have often seen him OH summers even
1ng sitting in an open part OF his gar.
den surrounded by his family. in uncon-
scious enjoyment of the still and rich
Sun set was his CUES, the last time
saw him, poor fellow, in this placid hap.
Piness. Ne drank tea in the open air,
aud amused ourselves afterwards re
collect with reading the preceding dAy'.
newspaper, which Wilson used 10 hire
FOR ths evening. We SAT out oi doors
later than usual owing to the delicious
Dess o! the night, which instead of deep.
ening into darkness, kept up mellow
golden radiance sweeter than the search
ing day light; for before the colors of
the snn had entirely faded in the west,
the moon came up over t,ic eastern hori.
.zoa, and the effect was divine. Nv
poor host, however did not seem SO hap.
py as usual. He had been thoughtful
the whole evening, and now became
snore pensivc ; and nothing reused hi u
even into mrmen;ary cheer, except the
playlulness OF his eldest daughter IA
merry httle girl of about four or five
years vt ace. Ii was sad to see him,
with his dcJected face, striving to laugh
and romp with the child, who in a short
time began to perceive the alteration in
her fathers nlnner, aud to reject in her
smooth face the uneasiness Of his. But
their pastimc was of short continuance.
IL WIS melancholy pretencc. There
was nothing hearty in 1t, except the
t'ncc oil the chi'd's iarchcad locks tossed |
10 and iro in the clear mooushine.
soon found out the cause of this de-
preston. He was beginning to he
pinchcd under an ug.y coalitionL-,a in. |
crca'iag !anily, decreasing business, and
times taxed TO the uitermost, The
gentle folks living about the great squares |
cid not spend so much money as former.
" IN decking their windows and balco.
lies with carly flowers and rare exotics
aud this was an important source of
Wilson's revenue. He bore up. how.