Northern star, and Warren and Bristol gazette. [volume] (Warren [R.I.]) 1826-1830, 1827-01-06

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's whar iDdia beyond the Gap,es ;s. m,
's the natural features Of the next cou,
n " or even the next parish.
y lhe honeymoon commenced viii
ID rapture, and every thing passed o
At IKE 4 dream Of delight. The Yum
> bride was in the habit of taking a wal
= out IN the morning, daring which tim
dteae frequently entered the woods. bu
q took especial care not to loose her wa
: beyond retrievement. One day Sin
+ expressed desire to walk about
e mile ny footpath through the woods
b TO see an old relation of her husband,
who could not call upon her. In Dur.
r stance Of this determination she So,
r"ut, aud by her friends at home wa,
supposed to have reached the place,
ln the evening the young husband
went 10 escort his vile home. but on
reaching the place Of her supposed
VISIT, ne was alarmed to find that ,hey
had neither neither seen nor heard Of
her. Opinions were formed that she
nad called upon some of the other
nelshoors' hus son inquiiing it turned
out not to bc the case. The husband
then said that his wife must have lost
herself IN the woods. and the terror of
himself and his friends was excited TO
'be utmost. Noaccounts were heard
OF her, and se,eral days were spent
nsSea,ch. The husband became in
consulate. Tie dreaded the worst :.
The whole settlement became excited
on the occasion, bot truitiess every
search Was found. A week "a fortnight.
and a month passed. The unfortunate
Young woman was given up for lost.
The young man (her husbAnd) made
every search. II was uf no avail.
W about year aztec, at the distance
"i five nnle' from the set,icment,a wood
culter one day fell in with n skeleton
ot some curious crcaturc,as he thought
which excited his curiosity, On one !
oi ihe su'all bntes Of what appeared 20
be ii'ger,he found gold ring, which.
on beng showed 10 The young widow.
sr, hc recognized to be the wedding
ring o! his long lost bride.
Close Preaching. A Scotch preach.
er IN .nSlaud, ha, ing unc day Ice.
'urcd his audience severely for their
'ir"wsy habits at church, une of his
congregation met him day or two
after, and complained Of tie scyeri.
y ~ his censurts reminding him
hat he ought FIRST to look at home,
'or his own wife was observed Ia he
'"nnd asleep almost every Sunday.
. W hat J" said he, f" DIES my Jen.
ny sleep in serna,n time (? l will
,eep my eye apon her in future."
lie did so indeed, and the next Sun
lay. soon after The introduction of ,
lis discourse, his wife was seen to
continue nodding till she fell into a
leep sleep. Stopping suddenly in
hc midst Of his discourse, and turn.
ng his eyes directly upon his sIum-
'ering companion. he vocifcrated 8 /,
lines in n louder tone "Jenny +! i.
enny !! Jenny I" She started .
rom her browse, While with a vsice
.hich must awakened attention, he y
xpostulatcd thus. /" My dear; said
y, | dinna marry ye for riches,
Dr. ye had none--l dinna marry ye l
'r beauty, as a. the congregation l
lay witness--an' ifye llae. no grace 1
made but a poor bargain out ~
A man, plagued with an ill temper !
] wife thre himself into the water, y
by drown ing, TO avoid the
lserics of being daily subject to her
,olding tongue. When ho was taken u
?. the expression ofAis feelings, was
und in his pocket:
Let lish,uings fash, let thunders roll along,
Il hideous night iends join in awful song, N
Of earthquakes shake the earth from pole TO tC
pole, cl
i'd hell stand gaping for my SHINING soul,
1t elements contend in endless stIife,
l are not equal to scolding Wife," "a
bt
Dress the Mind. On the Sunday
orning before going to church, what
dressing there is among all classes, n
ID what stir to appear gay and te
easing Is it quite sufficient for
G great purposes of our existence to
ash the outside Of the rlatterl Curls an
ay be arranged. fine tortoise shell vc w
mbs fixed, sparkling ear rings hung, M
Iendd garments displayed, and yet r
,rl,aps the gay fair ones mind n'sy
poisoned with eonceit, troubled
th rivalry. and kept on the torture ,e
ignorance and vanity. Windsor isl