Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-02-16

tsndy, useful 10 others oil his DAY. we've never 10
himself worth as many pennies.
la fact excepting AN hundred acres OF infeld, TO
which old Jasper had early seen the necessity oi
inltiig his labors, there of the farm
iii foe any thing hut TO break ploughgra,h aud kill
cattle And then, rs for the part which really
,iied with some profit, the expense of the farming
establishment al Iriptoemus, and his disposition 10
experiment, soon got rid of amy good arising from the
cultivation oft. The carries and the cart-avers Inc
confessed with sigh, speaking ot his larm-ser,aus
AMI horses make IT all, ami the cai les and
eat 1t all conclusion which might sum up the year
hook OF many "A genIleman-fariner.
- Matters would have soou been brought to :; close
win iiptoemus m the present day lie would have
got banl-credt manuuyred with wind bills, dash ed
out upon large scale, and have seen his crop
and Stock sequcstrated by the Sheriff; bat in those
days "a min could not ruin himself so easily The
whole Scottish tenantry stood upon the same lie, al
Hat oil poverty, 50 that ii WAS extremely difficult ind
any vantage ground, by climbing up which man
might have an opportunity of actually breaking his
neck with some ecIat. They pretty much in
the situation of people, who, being totally without
cred.i, may indeed suffer from indulgence, but can
not possibly become bankrupt. Besides, notwiih-
standing the failure Of rrptoemuss projects, there
was ~ Ire balanced against the expenditure which
they occasioned all the savings which the extreme
economy of his sister Barbara could effect; and la
truth her cxeriions were wonderful. She might have
realized, Ut any one could the idea Of the learned
phiosopher, who pronounced that sleeping fan
cy, and eating but habit, and who appeared To the
world to have renowned both until it was uuappily
discovered that he had Intrigue with the cook
mad Of the fimily, who Unidentified him for his pri-
va'o"s by giving him private entres 10 the harder,
ana TO & share her own couch. But no such de-
ceptsnns were praciised ly Barbara Yellowley. She
was up early; and down Late, and seemed TO
hs, oser-watched and over-tiskcd malens, TO bc
"'tSere as tibc cat herself, Then, for eating, il APP
rearcti that the air banquet to her, and she
would lam have taade her rctinue. Her bro
'her, who besides beng lazy in his person, WIS some
w"i'l 'uxnr'ous IN has appetite, would willingly now
~. LfsI t.,f.
hut 10 know how his sheep were fed on hui pro-
l,osn to eat a child could not have startled Mistress
DarbaI', more and, being Of compliant and easy
ui'Iosition' lnptoiemns reconcilcd himself TO the
necessity ola perpetual Lent, happy when he
couiu ger scrap oil butter TO lIis cake, Gas
iEey lived on the banks OF the Eske) escape the daily
necessity oil eating salnou whether in or out of sea-
SON. SIX DAYS out Of the seven.
g But although Mrs. Bailara brought faithfully 10
me JOINT stock all savings which her awful powers Of
economy accomplished To scrape together and altho
me uower OF their mother was by degrees expended
or nearly so, IN aiding them upon extreme occasions
The term at length approached W.T. il seemed n,pos.
Nbe that they could sustain the conflict any longer
AGAINST the evil star OF Iripiolcnis as he called if
'nsei, or The natural result OF his absurd specut-
uonS, as 1t was termed by others Luckily at this
sad crisis god jumped down their relief out of
machine. In plain English, the noble lord who own
ed 'i,ef ,arm arrived at his manson-house in their
ne'Shi'orhood, wi II Isis coach and six aud his running
io"imen, in the iul! splcndour of the seventeenth
century"
By this nobleman, who happens 10 hold the office
Oh royal Chamberlain OF the Orkncys and Shetland
am! rs like Irlptolemus himself Il great experiment
t,lis IN his way, the latter is appointed his factor IN
reside IN Letiand, and carry agricultural improve
men into the barren soil Of those storm and
reeiess isles lie accordingly establishes himself
anu Diy at the farm OF Stourburgh, or Haiia which
hes IN the dreary track between Burgh- Westra and
arlshoi determined TO introduce neW pouphs. new
breeds "i cattle, and innovations of every kind Into
this abode Aordaunt, in returning home from, y;;,
lIy sl,as,
dread which is not uncommon in these ten,pestuous
ATTITUDES:
lie " Ind not advanced three hours upon his Jour
nev, before the wind, which had been so DEADLY still
III The mornings began first to wall and SIGH ne If
henoanlng beforehand the evils which il misht nerpe
trait IN ITS fury like mailman in the gloomy state
Vi n'Jec"oh winch precedes his fit of violence then
gradually increasing, the gale Iiowled, ragc, and
roared witt the full fury Of "a northern storu, II
WAS accompanied 10y showers of rain mixed with hail
which were dashed with the most unrelenteg rage
'.t'"'sl Tue mus ana rocks with which the traveller
was surrounded, sisracne his attention in spite of
ms uiiermoSt eXertons, and rendering il very difficult
Tor him to keep the direction Of his Journey IN
country where rs neither road the slightest
rack 10 direct The steps OF the wanderer and wl,eI
he IS oen interrupted ly large pools of water lakes
and lagcons. All these inland waters were now dashed
INTO sheets of tunr!ling FOAM much of which, carried
OH ny the Jury oil the whirwind, mingled with
The lie, and transported far from the waves of which
ihey ha lately made part; while the salt relish of
me drii which was pelted against his face showed
ninrdnun that the spray of the more distant ocean,
ii eturbcd 10 frenzy by the Storm was MINGLED viii,
that of the inland lakes and streams
:" Annals, this hideous combustion of The element
ott'aun Mer'oun Struggled forward as one TO whom,
snch eieneni' war was familiar, and who regarded
the eSeronS which IL required 10 WITHSTAND its fury
but as marx of resolution and manhood He ri,
even, AS happens usually those VINO endure great
hardsh'ps, that the eXertion necessary to suhdue
Tn ~ Is ~ iisci n KIND of ee,aing triumph To
see and distinguish his path when the cattle were dr
ven IRON the hill, and the very fowls from the firna-
ment, was but the stronger proof Of his own superio
r'ty They shall not hear of me AT Burgh-
Ss.u lie 10 himself, as they heard of old dotted
i'ingan Ewenson boat that foundered bctwixt road
stead and Key. am more of Il cragsn,an than 10
land" -
His reception by the Yelowleys is whio,scalIy des
criheh whose terrors, paisimony, and selfish iuma-
my, however, end IN aiiording him n rather unw-
lmS shelter, and boiling sailed goose for his dinner
he table is just prepared for his repast, when nno-
" uh"eicome stranger cncfoaches, namely, Bryce
onaelsioot, pedlar or Jdgger, whose aIpearance
almost entirely overthrows the patience of the penu-
rIons Baby and her utter discontinue ensues when
? MIRO intruder enters, IN the shape Of Norma of The
-fedd-ihe most striking aud important person
age IN all the drama. Ii will not be easy for s TO
convey an adequate idea of this admirably drawn cha
racter Tor so much depends the nice shades he
tween insanity, actual power, superslition reality
ind deasion, that what might appear inconsistent in
\ sketch or part, IS possible, nay feasible in the
view of the extraordinary whole. With this pnartI
~ justice TO the author, present the 1--WE shall saw
heroine - ~
&" What new framper is this p echoed the distract
sd Baby, whom the quick succession of The guests
had driven well nigh crazy with vexation en- soon
'eide her wandering, sail warrant if my brother
ms but the soul OF man in him, il there be pais
Ji jougs AT ScaIlOway'
The iron was never forged on stihv that would
inuId her, said the old maid servant She comes
ne comes Gods sake speak her fair and canny, !
'r we VIII have ravecd hasp on The yarn winJles
" As she spoke, "a womap tall enough alnost IN
touch the top OF The door with her cap stepped into
NE room, singing The cross as she entered, and pro-
1omcIng, with = solemn voice The blessing of God
ma SAINT Ronald on the open door, and their braid
Madison and mine upon close handed churs .
Ana VIA are ye, that are bauld wi your bless.
ns and banning ia other folks houses3 What Kind