The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-11-03


! est. Come here you pale face loon, an sal
) Wilma We gang 10 college'' The boy lookeS
on him so gratefully that the pedlar took il fo
} an answer, and with his usual vera weep ask
ed him, and what profession he would select:
The boy answered, he did not know 'Whils
is the best-canna sc minister to the kirk
The lad replied that he never could be gooc
enough for iha:. THAT proves was,the reply
that We are amaist fitted already--but dinns
We mcddlc with physic and mems lives-if We
are too skil!u' We will run hazards-lf We are OF
flgnoradt, We mon poison Gods image; do be-
come Pnoenix they ca bird wi great
tai, and large nose-be an honest lawyer, and
We shall never pay the note for the six hundred
dollar The young scholar consented and was
sent of with kindly pull of the ear as hap.
/ ply as innocence and Grati6ed desire could maks
! him. Maria was then called upon who came
! siding up TO the travelling vender to whom in
broad Scotch, he said, Ye are a young lassie
and We mum play the very deevil amang the
hearts o the young chields, who viii say yer !
1 pretty things to ye-I nun gi' We something to
buy blankets when We shall marry some ane. II
is sealed in this parcel and nae ane shall ken
how mueh-ye mum a o ye say naething about
I 1t. The rich may come to ye Maria-and
The gold and the land nlice We. The fop and
the fule come, and by their gaud and finery de-
ceive ye-iet them alane lasse-chuse We ane
oil Your sphere and nae matter for his poverty,
gin he be rich in his mind and pure in his NOR
ais, and mair than a that he Ices We weel-tak'
him, TAX him, if he be poorer than the pun ped
lar seemed when he came for the water oiyour
door-lasse the heart o sic an anc, has mair
! riches than is contain in that ragged pockman
teau--tak him lassie, and when his hair is gray
as mine, he will still seem TO you young and
beauiifn'-tah' him lassie, and whom We are
agld yoursel and die, the prayer and the tear
will gang up like pure gem to bs worn on
your brow in Paradise, and We will look kindly
down on the spirit that nun follow and kiss
thee in the bright country above us He then
called Nathan and told INN in his original d5oli
manner, Nathan, We lang legged turf digger,
vi big calves and TWO hunder dollar ser, ye
can get fodder enough and dinna lack the as
secstauce OF puir Scotch body. Nathan told
him that he had already overwhelmed the fam
( lily with benefits, and he least required money.
Gang ava, gang ava, ye LOOM, said the ped
lar, when We lack the si!ler some ither aud
full o pediar Ike myself will come alang and
81 il to ye'
The farmer began to make his acknowledge
menis for the fayors received, and even begun
to get out his pen, ink and paper, to give notes
for the amount, when he was put down by the
! Tout, tout man, ha nae kif or kin, and / hae
liberty to do wi my money as like: gin yo
want to be grallu' just yere ain sci, bring my
pack, for nun be ganging.' In spite Of en-
treaty, the offer of a horse and every thing
else, h. buckled on his pack, took his staff, aud
said gud even, will gang this way some it'll.
cr time and tax drap o pour vine-cider,
think, gud eddy, ye Ca H.
Years rolled on with their feathery tread, and
like mountain streams passed uustamped with
any remaining impress eff event The boy had
become a mana young brideTroom-a law
yer of rising fame aud distinguished talent.
Maria was the BRIDE nt virtucus we'll educat-
ed farmer, and on the eve Of their marriage
broke the seal of the 'pedlar's 81 t. as il was
Familiarity called, and found draft of GG0t on
! Scotland, which cashed instantly BY
broker. On the eve of Henry's marriage,
loud rap was heard at the door, and IN walked
the Scottish Pedlar, somewhat more grey but
still as hale and hearty as ever. How is a
wi ye the night 2 was his familiar address, as
he deposited his pack the floor of the wed
ding room. Earnest tokens of efFectionate re-
meHoTance we're poured upon hun, which be
seemed to endure rather than receive. It's
a vera weo, sGid he, and now Maria re ha'
[ lessened the pack o the Scotchman, and can
you pay the siller o your wedding git ? The
husband stepped forward and said, tina. by
the prudence of his wife, he had become able
/ to pay half, and give him security for the re-
inainder in an estate worth treble the amount
Of the whole debt The Scholhman surveyed
I him from head TO foot and in answer replied
Y Umph,' land lie took long pinch Of snuff
! 8 an honest chIcl thai-Naria remembers The
direction Setting himself in an arm chair,
unnnGfHl Of the minister, he asked Henry
( (who had married) TO step ferth and send ava
/ his bonnie bride. 1t was done. III but the
family left lie then in the fitness of an
unassuped voice, aud in broad English observ-
ed, Read this-by il You will find that a,n
/ | am no pedlar--that | was alone and rich in
the well thronged streets of Edinburg-lhat
! was eccentric--that | saw fit to leave the
land that called ne its own. My Scotticisms
/ in this couatry were assumed-mHssT is my
| own-the ship waits to carry me to the land of
my birtiI-I have become a baron, and 10 the
duties Of the Discharge OF its Office have de-
voted the remainder of my DAYS. have known
only one, and that is Henry, that look upon
as worthy to inherit possessions, which to me
are pain. Henry, you and your bride must
| see me across the water, and when Won come
there you will meet with not only hospitality,
but moro than a father-you must come within
year, for find hat the fountain Of life is be-
coming dry, and that age is sending to death
the poor Scotch Pedlar.' Henry and his bride
gave the pledge, and they went over the wa.
ters soon after the pedar. Nathan went on
with the farm and was comfortably rich Maria
and her husband had regular annual from
Scotland in tho shape Of good sound guineas.
the old man and his wife were comfortable and
quiet in their aged hours, and the pale boy
is now noar the Golden Fleece in the good city
Of Glasgow, the newer out Of his own high
legal fame, and the Successor IN the fortunes Of
tho eccentric baron and the Scotch pedlar Of
! America.
/" Pooh DrvrLs.' This was tho designation
which the Hon. John Forsyth, of Georgia,
chose repeatedly 20 apply TO the Cherokee
Indians, during his vituperntive speech
against them on the floor of the Senate las.
! winter The best commentary upon this I'M
feeling rudeness is furniscd by the Cherokee
( Phenix Of the 9Th instant, received this morn.
ing. II contains an interesting account of the
I celebration Of the hlnunf Weainu Snndau