Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-10-16


feminine grace as shall contribute TO the lorna
ton of a yery pretty picture Of Miss ndmira-
bic Potts. Under such circumstances, II De-
hooved The three aunts t. be especially scruPu>
lous in regard to the behaviour OF their ward;
a duty " hich they resolved to exercise with
the utmost vigilance and rignr
Long sanctioned practice among matter,oi
fact noveli,ts, demands personal descrlP-
ton of those characters whrrewith the writer
choosrth t. adorn his tale. AS for the Colo-
mel, his demise is ready recorded land no In
tcrest in what he wa IAN be supposed to en-
gage the present generation. The heroine
h rsef, as hath before been remarked, being
wholly inde,cribab t, is aband ned to the
dreams Of fancy. But there was triumvira'e
of responsible spins'ers, with whom the world
loageth to become acq ainted-lo wit: III
chronological graduation, Miss Experience
Miss Wal still and Miss Silence, daughters al
the once lat. Faithful Potts, Esquire, and De,
liverance his wife The lest was prim,
sharp-nose fidgetty Antique, who took much
pains and some sn fl; he ext comfortable
round faced. solii body, with pl asant tim
per s. good appetite; the third dried poppy,
wrlnaIed soporifc, taciturn and torbiddlns-
Such were the remnants an ancient race
the ultimate fragments OF the Pottses
Hard by their family residence, lived the
Rev. Jeshuron Snarl.ex tough, long Iimbed,
gaun, bachelor, oftwo score years & upwards.
! This gentleman, BY reason OF numerous aocl~
| dental calls, and divers voluntary counsels in
domestic matters, had succeeded in fascinating
nearly all the old ladies in the parish. 10 this
charming faculty he added literary Taste -sers-
ing up his homilics TO the highest qualification
Of his auditory, being graci2usIy assisted there
unto by certain devout and learned divlnes.
whose accommodating folios and quartos per
formed wonders similar TO that which the an
gel wrought upon the beast OF BALKAN. More,
over, his reverence relgious'y remembered
many rare scriptural injunctions. considering
himself worse than any in6del, should he ne
elect aking provision for his own bodily
| comfort: and deeming IT above all things pru-
dent to make to himself friends Of The man.
mon of unrghteousness. Moved by consider
atoms so weghiy, he had long gloaled ascant
upon The person and supposed oha':cls Of Miss
Silence Potls-which She, ~othing loath per-
ceived with all due quietude and compllcency.
But, when this project had neatly re ached its
con,emp plated crisis, parson Sn"rtext, in con
versation one dav with Deacon Adoniji Pitch
er. rrand-uncIe Of the celebrated Mary Pitcher,
Iascer,ained, TO his unsPeakable horror, that
the whole Potts estate was en'aI!ed upon Miss
Admirable, The Deacon, All honest, substan-
,ial, straightforward woman, unconscious oil
the terrible blow already inflicted by his dis
closures, proceeded 10 desclnl largely upon the
charms, both inherent and acquired, of the
Young helress, finishing his eulogium with a
yshrmen, hope that she might never become
in. prey Of for,une-hunter, nor marry Tor
augh, but love. The astounded clergyman seiz'
ed with f. Of ruina;ion, stared through his
spectacles, and went his way.
Deacon Pitchers seventh son, Rejoice IIar-
dy, .. an.r had for
some months harborrd a prediction towards
Young Miss Potts. The sentiment was reciD>
REGAL, though no one, as yet, but aunt Waistill,
possessed III" nomentous secre.; and, in what
manntr she became its repository, is not mate.
| rial 10 relae. Tha' she did obtain il, is be-.
You'd doub', yet, il hath become matter Of
history, that shr KEEP: il for whole week.
And why? Because Rejoice, in her opinion, was
a very proper, fair spoken youngser; and as
earlier development nigh, have retarded that
union which she hoped to see accomplished.
fhe parsons exclusive attention to Miss ST.
lence had CEASED, and Miss Experience was
busiy plo ting match between his worship
and the heiress; but. pdrenrne,ically speaking,
she nigh, haze plotted iii This very day: for
! Admirable was memorable.
One Sunday evening, the Rev. Mr. Snarl
tex, was gos>iaping as usual with the ladies
a, the mansion house. AS The evening wancd,
Miss Waits'ill Withdrew to an adjoining apart
ment, whittier She had privately invited the
Dearon's son. Through an opposite door,
Silence retired from piquc, and Experience
followed from design. Slowly they ,rapsed
onward in solemn sla,elIness to their respec-
tive couches-and s,raightly ali was still. The
tall clock at the staircase had told eleven, and
the NOON reflected mysterious sort of brillian.
cy. Now for love..scene. Mr. Snarlext
commenced discourse on the subiec, of
ghosts, averring that, for Two nights in success.
sion, precisely at midnight, he had distinctly
observed huge a2pari,aon marching round
and round little hilloek then visible. lie then
amp!ltied on the inconvenience and dangers of
soli'ude-on The advantage OF coniugal life,
the dety Of young ladies to provide themselves
with protectors, and all that sort Of interested
augmentation; taking, without interruption,
Tor the space Of forly-fve minutes, when he
departed in high splits. All the harrangue