The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1826-06-21

n To attach man to bis home, 1t il
: necessary that home should have
attractions. Harry HemphilI's had.
There ne sought repose after the toia
and WEAKNESS of the day; aud there he
found it. When perplexed, and low
| spirited, he retired thither, and amid
the soothing influence of its quiet and
peaceful shades, he forgot the heart
lessness of The world, and all the wrongs
of men. When things went i'll with
him, he found always solace in the
sunshine of affection that in the domes-
nc circle beamed upon him and dis
PEELED every cloud from his brow
However others treated him, there all
was kindness, and confidence and aGec-
ton; if others deceived him, and hy-
pocricy, with its shameless face, smiled
| on him to delude, and injure him !;
there, all was sincerity that sincerity
suffering, and wins the troubled spirit
from nisanthropy.
Nothing so directly tends to make a
good wife, good housekeeper, a good
domestic economist, as that kindness on
the part Of the husband which speaks
the language of appreciation, and that
careful and well directed industry which
thriVes and gives strong promise that
her care and prudence will have prof.
liable issue. And Mary Hemphill had
this token and this assurance.
Harry devoted himself to business
with steady purpose and untiriDg zeal;
he obtained credit by his plain and hon
est dealing; custom by his faithful pune
tuality ard constant care; friends by
his obliging department, and accommo-
dating disposition. He gained the rep
utation of being the best workman in
the village; none were ever deceived
who trusted 10 his word. He always
drove his business a little beforehand.
for, he said "things go badly when the
cart gets before the horse.''
While Harry was prosp ering in. his
business, all went like clock work at
home; the family expenditures we're
carefully made; not farthing was
wasted, not a scrap lost; the furniture
was alt neat and useful, rather than
ornamental; the table plain, frugal, but
wholesome, and well spread; little,
went either 10 the seamstFess or the
tailor; no cxtraTagances in dress; no
costly company keeping no useless
waste of time in ceaseless visiting; and
yet the whole neighborhood praised
Mary HemphiIl, and loved her; she was
kind without ostentaioD or sacrifice /;
sociable, without dissipation. And while
few people lived more cor.lfoItas!y;;'
gone lived more economical.
The results of such management can
never disappoint the expectations to
which it looks.-Eyea the angry frown
of misfortune is almost put at defiance
vantage ground is soon gained which
the storm seldom reaches. And the full
reward comes in its proper time TO
crown the need of lives thus spent.
The music of Harry's tools was in.
full play on the morning that left the
village, for distant residence. 1t was
not yet sunrise. And az the coach bore
me rapidly past the COO! and quiet resi-
dence OF the S.ilsger, saw the door
was open, and the breakfast smoking on
the table. Mary, in her neat morning
dress and white apron, blooming in
health and loveliness, was busy amid
her househould affairs; and stranger
who CHANGED to be my fellow passenger
to the city, observed it, and said
. there is thriving family; my word
for it," And he spoke well.-There
are certain signs always perceptble
about those who are working things
tight that cannot be mistaken by the
most caususl observer,
On my return to Aylesbury, many
years afterwards, noticedce beautiful
conDtry residence on the banks of the
river, surrounded by all the elegance of
tasle--Richly cultivated fields stretched
themselves out on every side as far as
the eye could reach flocks and herds
were scattered in every direction--It
was splendid scene--the sun was just
setting behind the western hills-and
while group OF neatly dressed children
sported on The adjacent schooLhouse
green, the mellow notes Of the flute miu-
gIed with their noisy mirth. I" There"
said an old friend, i" lives Harry
Hemphill; that is his farm--thcse
are his cattle here 10 his school
house, and these his own, and some
orphan children Of his adoption, which,
he educates at his own expense
having made a noble fortune by his in
dustry and prudence, he spends his
large income in deeds OF charlty-and
| he and Mary mutually give each other
the credit Of doing all this"
Ny heart expanded theu--it expands
| .:Il ,boc I ,h;nk of tbarn-and 4 nsta