Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1827-12-26

A BED QuILT. Sitting the other night by
the fire-side, overhaulins u mass Of newspapers,
we accidentally took up the Bucks County Pa
triot, and read the following paragraph.
owe were informed the other day, by a
friend of ours, not far from Doylestown, land
a right clever Bachelor he is too,] that a BED
QUILT, ma nufa ctured by Miss F., a lady
Of his acquaintance, in Buckingham township,
Bucks County, for curiosity and ~noatness of
needle-work, surpassed any thing of tho kind,
he had ever seen. 1t was composed Of t,cen-
ty-seren thousand SIR hundred and .Gty-sir
pieces! Worthy of recommendation"
Cousin Julia sat at the side of the table read
ing Theodore Syphop, and asshc read of the suf-
ferings of the Inflated hero, a tear stole from her
soft blue eye, and her gentle bosom gave utter.
ance to an involuntary sigh. ALAS poor girl
we said to ourselves, if thus your gentle heart
feels for the imaginary sufIerings oflife, what
will be your feelings, when you feel the horrors
of their dread reality! Aunt Hannah had Just
closed the bible, and read the ifty-third chapter
Of Isaiah, which in such eloquent language, de-
picts the prophecied s%ufferings Of the Saviour Of
mankind, when she said to US, come child, tell
us what you are reading, that so Interests you!
ave We're reading" aunt Hannah, we re-
piled, ''an account of a famous bed guilt, which
has recently been manufactured by a young
lady in Pennsylvania, which has excited our es.
pecial su~rprise-such industry-such enterprise,
and such patience, aunt Hannah, is deserving
Of especial commentator, and happy indeed
were the world, if all young ladies were equally
industrious and pcrsevering." "Read the par
agraph aloud my child" said aunt Hannah,
" that may see if ii be worthy Of thy extrav-
agant commcndation." We obcyed the wishes
Of the good old LADY, and when we had finished
it, sue exclaimed" Oh! that the young ladies
of our town wero equally Industrious, and, Ju-
liza, she continued, hark'ce, my child, whilst |
read TO thee the account of the wonderful bed
quilt"
Julia, still absorbed i'll perusing the sufferings
and Affections Of Syphon, looked round with an
air Of impatience, whilst the scalding tear still
glittered in her soft blue eyc-that eye, which
so often emitted the rays Of woman's tenderest
love Listen TO me child, said aunt Hannah,
" and | will read TO thee the account ofthe Won
der!ul bed quilt" For n moment Julia listen
ed but her patience was already exhausted
such vexations were not TO be endured, and un-
able TO contain herself any longer, she exclaim-
ed, " pray aunt Hannah, why will you vex one
so "a fg for all The bed quilts say I-give me a
novel, and a rush light Tor your bed quilts"
This was too much Tor aunt Hannah; and,tak.
ing her specs from her nose, she carefully wiped
them with her checked apron. and addressing
herself to the lovely J ulia,sail to her, "my child,
when | was o! your age, a young lady's merits
were stimated by her talents, industry and edu-
cation; and then, she who spun her fifteen knots
n day, AMI, wove her ten yards Of linsey wool.
Languages with facility, was considered a lady
of fashion-a lady of merit"
But hey day Miss the times are vastly chang
ed-.and my young Lady Smart, the moment she
escapes from swaddlirs clothes, and has heard of
Mrs. Cantello's %corsets, sets herself up as n lady
of Astronomers at the spinning
pises the loon,-drcnms of nothing but romantic
elopements, amour., beaus and bellies qua.
drilles at Franklin Hall, strolls through West
minister, Hirts at the Theatre, ogles at the
Church, and lounging at Robinson's Library, in
lisping numbers, asks in an affected tone, with
apparent impotence, as If che were the Minerva
of the agr, for the last Waverly. and wonders
why Sir Walter, does not make the necessary
arrangements to have his works published ST.
nultausously in America and England
"WhenI were young" continued the old la
dy, " these ridiculous fashions were not known
then, in those golden days, we read the bible
1T was the first book that wa, put into our
hands ION the sabbath, we went up TO the tenn.
pie Of the Lord, aud with the venerable patri.
arch, who administered the words Of consolation
and Of mercy, we assembled our prayers TO tho
thrones Of mercy, and Of Grace, and in the sim
cerity OF our hearts, prayed HIM, who temper.
into temptation, but 10 deliver u, from evil.
We knew not Of the follics of tho age, but de-
pending upon the mereies Of Jehovah, and con-
filling in his promises, we were industrious, tenn
perate, frugal aud happy, and each returning
day, brought forth a hlissful morning. When
autumn with it's sombre aspect, yisitel US, we
visited each other had our cuttings and our
sparks, cracked jokes, chopped more cabbage
than logic--drank cider instead of wine, AMI
we're blcst, happy and healthy. History, Geos.
rsphy, A.irouon,, Botany, Zoology, MiasSslc.