The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1824-10-14
A9isreiianp.
From the henton Emporium.
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,wee,sst incense. IL IL lovely tran 10 the
character OF the ssd-ior il stgues o tender.
| ness OF feeling, On xpsnslve mind, and ws IN
and beoevoleD, heab existing amid The desc
is,ion Of The winte Of years; snd by this we
know thar time witch wi hers end i'eszes up
ne flowers OF beatty, and the perennial fount
ofyou,h h, has not been able TO resch the springs
oi humanity which flow from he inner bosom.
We admire il In the middle.sgsd and sclive,
but fi1m these We cxpcct the ready aud active
benevoence which is due from mon 70 man
hoy a'o the bone and sisew oj society, and
owe duties from which their fathers are in
measure exempt. But the charity of the
young 10 that which mlngles present pleasure
with ell the iuiness OF future hope, and sheds
around tho character q more ihsn earthly
glory.
Every poor family in Ale.bury knew Lucy
Ma, OF the Sweetbiiat cottage, over The
book, by the meadows, where her father liv
ed on a snug little iarm which he had bough'
out Of the hard earnings of his young day,
snd whers he long lived IN good cncums,au
ces, honest snd industrious. were ms.
ny prery girls in Alesbury, 10 those times,
but they were as now, generally found too
dress, and gay company, and spent 100 much
ume with the besux, 10 have great desl %
devote TO other pu u'poses. Among these, Lu.
cy was called the lutte baske, g,rl. from the
circumstance of her frequently Bringing up 10
he village small piessnts in a basket, which
she carried found 10 those families who, III O.
misfort une, sickness, or accidents, wete ug
CLING with distress.
Het father, when she was quite child
gave her spo, Of garden s'ound Lucy, said
he, his shall be oil your own: II yo0 are a
good girl, and industrious, it will yield you o
grea, many good things, and you shall dispose
OF them as you like. Evey summer she
paid constant attention to It's tultvauo6a--her
b, others assisted her in the most labor,ous
part OF the business, and IN The process oftime
i, yielded sbundan,y. She had present also
once, OF two pretty 'snbs, and from this sma
stock IN few seasons came a line little hock
the woal of theyc she spun Tor stockings
snd m"'sns, for Tho poor. people about her
neIghbo' hood and IN tho village, to whose re.
lief, also, the produce Of her little garden
went.
From resources such as these, Lucy wss
many times enabled to cheer the spiIils OF de.
spending poverty, and often did het small
present., we'll iimed, always, in their spplsca.
ca'ion, dssIps,e the gloom tha, was gathering
ouDd a widowed or sn o'phsn family. Among
The ppot, and lheie were several families OF
such in and abou' Alesbury, she was ido!ized f;
and she eay, vey es'ly, had the Joy OF know
ing ,hs, il the prayers Of grcy.hesded, decrep.
I'd, desolsto ego were valuable, she was rich
10 such q treasure. Beyond her ciocle of
mise able dependant friends, she he'd lew
intimate companions and secluded amid the
,et,ted shades OF the Sweet briar cottage, she
passed the Gtn sixteen years Of her life, in
apeulily and innocence. .,
think Lucy was about sixteen, when the
lawsuit, between her father and the Lawrence .
took place, which ended in the loss Of his es
tate Tor the Couu decided that he had boug hi
he Sweet bria' properly under bad utIe. II
wa, a severe stroke TO the family for IN his
lam The good man lost all he wa worth, and
found himself involved IN debt be,Ides--hsv.
ing devoted ell that he had made TO- many
years TO enrich, and beau,iiy, the delightful
sa,ion--aud tho ezpenses oi the unexpect.
ed suir having been considerable.
When Mr.. Mar returned from the Court,
N the evening Of The day in which nj. fortune
Al Is lost, SAID the poor man, as his vile o.
,ened the door to receive h,m-all Is Loaf -
May, we must leave TO Others this pretty re
uesi which We have fixed upon so snug and
comfortable, for our old sgs, and on which
We SO long fondy hoped ou' children would
succeed US : but il is The will Of Hesven-we
mus, bear it with the resignation :hs, beesme'
Us,
Th. kind no,he, elasped her hands silent,
! y, and turned pole-bu' when she saw he'
| husband affected almost to tears, she put or
| he natural forlitude OF The woman, and en-
dssyored cheerfully TO encourage him undo
MS misfortunes. The children gathered
,und ,heir parents, and with tears 10 'hei
| syes ii.tened 10 the fsher's SD account AM
| I en- we must iesve tho SSee' 'brist cottage
I'D hey all, sobbing, end in The same breath
| -Ye,, repeated the unfortunate is,her. Th
| tear. r.r down his cheeks; and, unable to 70
strain the, feelings longer, the whole ami
were bath IN tesrs.
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