The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-03-30
From he Trenioa Emporium.
TIE SpROUT FAMILY.

.z.c;tnate1 about fifteen miles above the
,1esb,,ry Falls, and was quite wealthy
49, md settled this place prinei ,1ally,
TIM removed from the eastern put of
,s.,ns,l.aai,. so,nr twenty years before,
,4,,,ii,ar thea about half Il dozen families
'4irb Ind increased and multiplied unill
.l,o.t every respectable sig board n the
be- had the name Of Sproat on il, and
,,,,ihirds Of the FIRMS around wtre called
e.reut firms, IN consequence of their he
-, ar having heru owned by them.
,fIpy were thriving bit close dealing st
,fn.n-aI.yays active aud enterprlsin5 in
,,,ffprs relating IL their own interest-hu-
II hlt exceedingly eNaG IN Their deal
,ass with Others and With each other and
na.scs,ina lnst aboAt As much public spirit,
,,.,.ro,ity and charitable feeling. AS is
,,.,,non in that class of men. In their
,.5,;gr,iin they had left behind them but
=, .,itary branch Of thu family, and that
one J. ing. R4,pr and unabl" to oin with the
,,,,re C,rfanAte was OF course snuH forgot.
ton 50 that in the lapse of So many years,
;,h,d grown ii most out of remembrance.
The original settlers, being brothers, I'M
el.s and copsils ~ each other, had now
nrrlf, gencI diy disappeared, and the young
ir1nr,trs, in pursuance of their fathers
original plan, We're adopting the rule of
ialrrmarl ying, for the preservation If the
flnlly wealth. One of these affairs IN
which lose aud interest were 81 intimately
connected, that the reader would feed little
pleasure IN being Introduced 10 the parties,
was in preparation ON fne summer morn
lug uhra happened to be in the village
on bu,lncss. Tn birds were hying about
-, Ia h., l,,Iy
the walk before the duor WIS swept
cIran and booked neat, and the girls pecpcd
oat of some Of the windows in clusters
,hpir checks hearing visifhr marks of the
ioAustry of the morning, some of them
Ioki : indeed as thoagh they hnd been
r,bbcd with coarse towels, or had been in
contact with rough faces. Every thing
.a.,ncd lively aud cheerful and took my
4 r..t NV the front Window Of the tavt1u
4 h,r.ron,n that | might mark nj once what
w. cong forward within aud without.
IN. landlord happened to be the brother
If th, groom, aud in the course of the
,,orning the Spro .,is assembled there pref
* generally, To drink punch aud smoke II
,i,ar with the Vas to be happy man, who
had chosen thai also, rs his post, probably
from considerations of superior gentllry,
4 for no place in Il village IS 80 respectable as
H hr,iIIage inn. especially fit IL kept hy Il
man we'll vrreed in his business. They
n,rra well dressed, decent set Of people,
With a good dead vi apparent family pride,
4 aud remarkably fond ot the t'i ms uncle,
ron.in, sc. if one might Judge 80 from
tber endless use of those cuZenlng appella-
TONS.
Towards noon, a venerable pedestrian,
I'D in "A thread BARE coat, stained velvet
brrrchcs, sui'rd WASTE odt, and hat and
NE, AZ leas, as venerable III appearance
=, himself, urmrd with a ranah walking
,frl and src,nln@ much ldti 5rtd, atsrFm
t,,llun down the street towards the lam,
m. uoyelty Of the sight attracted eNriy
pyr hnt the uuknown, having arrived OPP
rosie the ian, deliberately mrastd par
nrold speetacIcs, and hdsing atr vcNtd the
/ avn A lew moment, IN DE- for the house.
1 Tn wax MS cleared for hun, aud when
hc reached e middlc II the bar room, he
iaoairrd nr Charles S,,rout, the lauilprd-
e. rIrs came far"p .-"C ousn Charles
sui ne, s." am very glad Ia see ypn =
reaching forth las hand II the same time.
Cousin Gharrs, hoNtvrr, appeared wholly
atispused with It's famllIulty With one
uao did not Innk like ha> ing a Loose five
ppany Niece in lbs rurset. and replied. alb
rIntly drawing fack--.' " no are you |
dan't know Won" - Not know NE re-
1lef the old man ~ am Nicholas Sprout,
ynar fathers own bother, aud am com"
i down that may see my dear rel'tlots IN
IN rlrasaat town before die. 81 Guess,
says Charles, smiling contrmptuousiy, " 1t
would have been rs well 10 hae" died az
i kamc--bai how are we IN know who You
,r : ,c.,r.i,,,s ia NOT mss ciIrrt mt here,