The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1822-07-31
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I'vm" q" aud SaaaD,,, Of Sssn.h LIFE"

Gays Ct he, WaiCn we've Oot lew, TOT MS
,hin hair as now wsxing grey. lie hsd
been born pd bred on the small moo:rlsnd
larm whic he rev occupied ana he hoped
10 die lhet as his ia,hsr aud grandfather had
done beiorVh'm, leaving a family just above
'he mo'c yer wants OF this world. Lsbuur,
hard and osemit,ipg, hsd been his lot IN
life but RI0cUgh sometimes severely tried,
he had ncSf ispined (; and through ali The
mist end gtvDn, and even The s,or us that had
assai!ed hi he had Ived on from year TO
year in tho1 Nm and resigned con,en,ment
which uneonseices'y cheers the hearth stone
ol the bl ssneiess poor. With his own hands
ne had p,oushed, sewed, and resped his often
scanty harvest, assisted, as they grew Up, by
three sons, who, even in oyhood, were hap.
Tyto work along with their father in the
fields. Out oI doors or in, Gilbert Ainsiie
was never idle. The spade, The shears, The
plough shalt, the sickle, and The ilaii, ell came
readily TO hands tia, grasped them well and
not morsci OF food was eaten under his roof,
or a garment worn there, That was not honest
iy, severely, nob'y earned. Gilbert Amslie
wss q slave, but u was for them he loved
with sober snd deep sfection. The ihral
dom under which he lived God had imposed,
and il ony served TO pivc his character a
shade OF silent gravity, but not austere TO
make his smiles fewer, but mere heartfelt;
to calm his soul s grace before and after
meals and 10 kinJic a in morning and even
.ng prsyer. .,.
the wife Of such a man. Meek and thought
iu, yet gladstone and gay wilhal, her heaven
was ~ her house; end her genle and weak
ei hands helped TO bar the door against want.
Of ten children that had been born 10 tho IN,
,nry had lost three and os they had fed,
clothed and educated them rcspec,sbly, so
did they give those who died o respectable
funeral. The living did not grudge TO give
up, for whie, sorne oi their daily comforts,
Tor the sake OF the dead and bought with
the ''ttle sums which ibeir industry had say.
ed, decent mournlDgs, worn on Sshbah, end
Then cafetuiiy laid by. OF the seven tha!
survived, two SOM were iatm-sctvaDts IN the
peighbofhood. while three daughters and Two
sous remspsd =. lone, ssowinG, 4. Or e,0wn
p,ss s~N< 10y, nrAe 0sk16E 6onsshoid
Many cottages are tbetc in Scotland like
Moss.side, snd many soeh humble and ,iru.
Gus couaEe,s as were now beneath It's root ci
straw. The cye OF tho passing traveller may
| ma,k them, or tna,k ,hcm not, bu, ihsy'slaOd
| peace ioily in thousands over ell tho land and
most beautifully do they make it, through all
| is vide valleys and nafrow gicn.---i's low
hoims encitc!sd BY the rocky wallis Il some
bcrny buto-ns green noupts e,a,cd wi,t
their little crowning gsoves OF plane tr,es--
| il. yciow corn hclds--i,s bate pastoral hill
sides, and all rs healthy moor., on whose
black bosoms lie shining or concealed glpdc'
! ,s,ka ah.,- IA H..
! aud visited only By the far-0ying bees
Moss.side was not beau!iiul to careless o
has,y eye /; but when looked oo and surveyed
i, seemed pleasant dwelling. It's roof, over
grown w,ih grass and moss, was almost q
green ss the ground 90, Of which It's westhcr
stained walls appeared TO grow. The mos
behind IL was separated from little gatder
by a narrow slip Of s'abe land, the dark col
or Of which shewed that il had been wo
from The wi!d by patient industry, end by po
ten, industry retained. IL required a 5rigt
sunny dsy 10 make Mous.siGe fair but The
il wss lar indeed; and when the little brow
moorland bird, were singing their shoI
songs among the rusbes and The heather, O
| Ia,k, perhsps iured thiiher by some gree
ba, lev field for its uDdisurbed nee, rose SIM
ing all over the enivened solitude, the l,ui
bleak farm smiled like The paradise Of pove
7 ", sad and aTecting in It's lonc sDd cxusr
simplicity. The boys and girls had MAD
some plots Of flowers among the vegetable
tha, the little garden Supplied for their hom
Iy meals pinks and carnations, Brought fro
vailed gardens Of rich men, fa',ber down
tie cultivated sra,b, grew here with sem
what diminished iusife; bright show OF q
lip. had 3 strange beauty in the m'ds, OF tn
r,ootlspd /; and the smell OF roses mixed w
with ihs, Of the clover, the beautiful fair cl
yer tina, loves the soil and he sir Of Sco,lsn
end gives the rich and balmy milk 10 the po
mans lips.
10 his co,isge, Cilber's youngest child,
girl abou, rine years Of age, had been Iy,I
Tor q week in fever. !, was now Sa,ofd
evening, end the ninth day of the dssss
Was she to live or die II seemed as II q We
few hours were between the innocent GRE
ture and Heaven. All the symptoms WE
those Of approaching death. Tho pare
knew we'll the change thet comes over.
huf,sn face, whether il bs 10 infancy, GOT