Northern star, and Warren and Bristol gazette. [volume] (Warren [R.I.]) 1826-1830, 1826-09-30

IL parsoa, who syss freQucally aar lriens
II guest, and was .aiws$s areated sy;
Z marked hosPitaKty, aud great 70,
e cheeS Tae hawker e1toI,cd On.
5 cearsc 10 ihe skies, ,ani asscye.atca n,
he had ncg God so richly since i've ba,
Is bis patron, Col II ---, good hyes ~
: he even acknoc edged thnt the Colo,
els friendly table exceeded h;s preser
4 'sre. only aa the superie. ity Of the de,
srt, which was ewiag entirely to d,
: aforementioned pear. He made
f. most eEormous meal, and if the swim
! idfd MOI f,aiew him, as they were VOL,
: TO baf afler an, odd schosimaster, who's
c'nef merit and quail coss;ste,
az an unarPeaseahlc appetite, IL snas
he attributed TO their bsang, at tha
fme. under The ,onstraint of dvresse a
uhe dealer in pcar-sIiPs comm eases
ne beverage whercwiihal ne assuacc.
h's !lErst, which was p,rtially crsatce
oy fluent speech so heartily laas he va,
Urged 10 'quaf q second and atAirl hot
de, aitcr which he proIated warm ;,ad
animated ranegyrick, upen the distia
gaIsbing r'ats OF kindness and libcsA.
,ty that runs in the bleaM of seme fam
i''es- plainly ;ninuatng that his hos.
ranked next 10 Col. H. ia that hon
leurabic class. and splemnly pa.sina his
word. thatsf bis iutere pereyrinations
should carry aaim TIN ough itis part Of
the conntry. he woalJ aot pass las acw-
ly acquired lriends contum elioasIy. he
for.hwith delivered the pear sciol,s. and
took ais Departure.
:; Our frierd imnyedateIy efrvcd TO
Forsyth, oss the iwiiclc,of gvafting, aud
also cenned-the directions Tor makirr
! the composites OF paste, to ensure the
sscccss N tlle process. afis knife rs-
acwca ats acquaintsnce with the p.ind
stoae, 4he hone, aud the razor. strop.
whcn accompanied by his wife, who
kindly bore all lAe materials, and fell
an equal degree .ofiniereI in the ok.
pertinent. he sanicd into .I,e gaAden aud
with the atnost care 3nd precision per-
termed the shepeiui operation. a'he
gratis succeeded beyond his most san
gaHe expectations. The following year
they grew isxussanily. aud he was en-
abled tostock lhe whole ambient ceun-
try with bnas and gratis OF the i,nprov.
ed variety (" from the gardens OF Gel.
II, nesc Hartford, some OF which
ewes found their way 10 The !" G Geae-
secs" The young shoots were eau.
tously watched and woe and wall usu-
ally selided the ualucIysacst Of cat.er-1
pillars, that located their habitaiioa A.
,neng the guarded twigs. Guapowetci.
and sulphur, are and s:nokc, ,&ere EN- !,
Pioycd to.exlrrate them aud their re-
membrance. -
A very fc-v years seemed to prom.
use our iiead an ample remuneration
for his care, and to,l, and tsouhie. In
I he sixth spring, the grafted branches
presented a plenEtnl and gratifying ap-
Pearance. From centre 10 crcumfer-
eu'e. from base 10 extremity, every
STEM aud limb us literally Mddea be- |
rcaih the icliatIon erthe most briHiaa !
blossoms aad to lis gre,a JOY. mol
blasting ~inds or frosts occurred Dur
ing tile setting time OF the fruit /; aud
immediately after the ialliag Of the
dowers, pears in superabandance were
visible ea every. tree
Much to the regrct efeux ftiend, cir
required his absence from
home during the whole summer. 1t
was h,c in September when he return
ell. lie had Toasted The appetite OF his /
fancy ior many weaty miles ofis jour !
ncy, ON the products OF his pear trees
ut home !; and when he arrived vi the
gate OF his domains, he neither salated
his family or inquired after their well |
fare, bu. FASTENED stra'ghtway into the
garden 10 regale himself with the supp. !
tuous' s'entertainmcnt, which his excited
imagiuatioa had pictured to him, as
waiting has approach. Lo 4 what wa,
the indiscribabic astonishmpnt OF the |
poer man, whca instead cf. beheiding.
his trees bending aud broken undec the
weight the most lusioas and delecta-
bic fruit, they presented him with
~onc ether than the most diminutiye,
6lthy, and sninviting pear, the very
crab apple G the species, gaarled, ,punct
ured, and wormcateo, aud altogether
as irnpenetrable toslhe teeth and unfit
foe digestion as canister shot, He at
first stood rs immovabie as " the sculp-
tur'd statute on the gates Of Altorf,")
when discovering the pliability Of his
limbs, be began to make the most vio-
lent and fraptick gestures. thrusting out
his foot in one direction, saving the air !
in another, cIencbing bis fist and punch
ing the atmosphere with fitful extrava-
gancc, splitting, stamping, and shaking