Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1826-12-30
MIsCELLANY.
THE BRIDAL DAY.

mas Deen Udue W hedNC WIN VIZ e'S" W.
dependency, and the tear of grief has
been found silently trickling down the
face of the agonzed parent, child, or To-
ver-how sorrowiul, yet how instructive
the task to call the scattered senses home,
and look back to younger days, and re-
view the past scenes and incidents of our
life. Perhaps some have been the wit
ness Of the departure of a revered father
to the world of spirits-some with silent
grief have been attendant daughters upon
kind and afec,onate mother, who was
about leaving this world Of probation to
surrender herself into the hands OF her
heavenly Maker-how many have wept
as they caught the last sound OF their ex-
hausted voice blessing them, and exhort-
ing them to pursue the path of rectltude
AMI virtue-how Oft have the solemn
sounds from dying bed knolled in our
ears the truth, that we all must dle-how
oft have we been suddenly alarmed at the
sorrowing intelligence Of a much loved
friends decease-and ali how over
whelming has been the shock 10 be pre-
sent when the soul Of lovers mistress
wings its way to heaven-when you catch
the last sigh and feel the last throb Of
that pulse which beat with so much fer
vour-these reflections were brought to
my mind by the recollection of the follow
ing tale:
On Little river was the residence of an
English gentleman, who left his native
country for the purpose of burying in the
solitudes ofIhe American wids the cause
of his unhappy grief-he had lost fond
and affectionate wife, and the memory Of
her whom he had loved SO dearly, preyed
upon his mind, and threatened such seri
Gus consequences, that his friends, after
much persuasion induced him to leave
his country, and take with him his only
child, "a daughter of fourteen and settle
on the shores of the above named stream.
Here in this happy seclusion did he
watch with parental solicitude DER the
expanding mind of his lovely child-he
spent his many leisure hours in teaching
her by his precepts, and assisting by his
knowledge in all the useful branches of
education. Thus employed, both with
the improvement ofhis daughter and the
cultivation of his small farm, the excess
of his grief gradually wore away. He
had the satisfaction to see his child grow
up in innocence and worth--he would
trace with fond remembrance, (as the big
tear stood in HE nyes) strong aud stri-
king resemblance to her mother--her
form was so delicately moulded, and her
ewes so beautifully mild, that she seemed
more like fairy of the imagination than
being Of existence. AT this interesting
period of Mary's life, circustance occur
ed that introduced into this quiet family
an inmate. She was one day strolling
along the shores of The river and admiring
the rocky scenery of this place-above
her was the remarkable and very roman
tic cataract of Little river, a rock ten or
twelve feet in perpendicular height ex-
tended quite across the channel ofthe riv.
er; DER this the whole river pitched its
volume Of water in one entire sheet upon
bed of rocks below-at the bottom of
the perpendicular fall the rocks were Gu
riously excavated by the constant pour
ing Of the water-the smoothneSs of the
water above its descent, the regularity
and beauty ofthe perpendicular fall, and
the craggy towering cliff which impends
the whole, were indescribably delightful
and majestic. Mary had seated herself
upon the projection Of a rock and was in
dulging in the reveries ofthought. She
was comparing the stormy passage Of life
to the roaming elemen, that came tfun.
dering at her feet, with the most violent
agitation from above, and then calmly
glided to the ocean of Eternity. AT thi
moment, casting her eyes upwards, SIT
beheld canoe, guided by one person
glide DER the perpendicular precipice-
chilling feeling Of horror ran through
her as she saw the fral barcue dashins
down the cataract-and overwhelmed b,
the deluge of waters, it passed from he
sight---her nerves we're unable to bea
longer this shock and sunk down motion
less. The canoe directed by more ab
and experienced hand than Mary hat
conceived, was seen at a little distance e
,ar,;,, from behind the thick shelves n