Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-10-14

usSa""y AIN cdtssuiy nc asked attcrW2rd,
should the auld man come to want and
should the BARNS lack porritch. what should
We do, gun ye had the siller?,-sFesd, clothe
and watch over them;' was the prompt an
swer. Gang your ways my noble lad [~leaying
hrs SCOTCH AID there is a reward above and
below, beyond that which | can afford The
pale young boy was next brought 10 him.
Ills name was Henry; there was thought sn
every iineaalent OF his face, weakness fer agri
cultural pursuits IN his limbs, but intellect
seemed TO have embodied his whole frame
From his Inquire 1t would have seemed, that
he was formed to have been early translat
ted TO another sphere. He never was cast
for a farm house-he seemed more like the e.
lemests Of an exhalation, to be carried on
high from its preciRcts, than as one deemed
to delve amid earth. The old pedlar asked
Of the father, and what do We ca this?' The
father said that he could make but little OF
him, as he was too weak even to manage a
tiah or plough--he was given to study OF
books and such nonsense, and even when
they had sent him out of the fields home, he
would sit up till twelve O'Clock at night read
ing. 1t had spoilt him for business, though
he must say that he was kind and obliging
to all around him. lf he was like the elder
brother for business should never fear want
= - NNh1 fiAtto htN ~ oh ttC VOVs " NR
was sitting in the corner Of the rsem reading
a book, and as he looked at the wasted lad
a twinkle of interest like a sunbeam through
the corner of a cloud lii upon his brown hair
from the eyes of the pedlar. There was thai
visible and plainly visible, which interests all
who are not strangers to the strange lorma
ton oil human intellect. Ii was a something
far beyond human reasoning. which like the
stamp OF heaven. impressed a kindredness on
The heart that called the pedlar to show kind
ness to the boy. lie came to hirl blushingiy.
and the pedlar told hi6. that be had thinps TO
sell and asked what he should prefer. A
ribbon FOR Maria The pedlar replied 4 can
gle We a guide one for the Spa' sum o saxty
cents.o The little fellow declined, MS he had
but sixty two and a half, and he owed his
mether four ccats of the whole. The psdiar
fumbled over his pack, teld his youthful ira
der there was one ribbon worth a the ailler
which he had to gt' him, and he might pay it
when he lIked-when he were al,ie-or il he
wad TAX il trae an aud Scots pedlar as a free
gift and gi' it to his benny sister, he were
right welcome The lad hesiiated. and then
DO .vsd and received the ribbon. At thist time
the family were close around THIS strange
dealer Of pedling wares. The father told his
story of being in Scotland, away from his
ship-of being robbed upos a moor-ofm NEE
ting with a stranger his present guest-of his
park and grounds, and hospitality, and cour
age OF his friend there present, who lad sa-
we'd him from death; who bad made his house
opea to him-who had furnished many years
since, the means whereby he was now al
home, under a roof of iis owa-that all he
possessed belonged to the pedlar before hla,
and thatthc least he could 10 woxld he TO sup
ply all his wants even at the expense Of all
that little he possessed.
1t was rather ~laughahl0 than otherwise TO
see the gosd dame at once respectful and
generous, offering her store OF gsods-stoek-
ings by the barrel, cheese by the con. butter
by the frkin, and c.tnip by the bale. Next
Nathan, the six tost fellow, oficrin. 10 work
for him FIVE years for his 'sictuals, as he ter
med 1.-THE boy stood with tears in his eyes
in the corner aud said nothing My yesng
BARN. quoth the pedlar, Gamma We do naith-
ing for yoar fathers frien'? foreby the ribbon
| gle yen: NO. said he, i can do nothing
but give you my gratitude Vera w.el said.
replied the pediaF, but your sma' .hiLs can
bring me my peck alanteau.' 1t was brought
instantly by the sickly messenger. What
have yen read my little friens Shakespeare,
and Burns, and Cicero The twinkling eye
of the Scotchnan looked closer at the boy
Vera weel, and then ye ken the Latin; and
how does the Grafton against Catalina begin?'
'Cano arm sirum'-'Ioat tout mon, that Is
Virgil The youth turned 10 has sister aud
burst into tears for Ills wild mistake. The
pedlar called him again and asked what was
the beginning of Cicero-Quousqe tandem
abuterc.' stop said the pedlar, you are a
guide cbiel, and when | lack for the siller, |
nun ca upon you. The rish man may lose
a. and ha' his brain, and thsu gang wi no
porritch-but, BARN, while We ha' the brain
and the lo' o. God aiore We, the corn and the
oil will be aforc We. and when the lang grass
grow owre yer grave, 1t mum be a peaceful
aud honered mansion o'rest' The pack be
ing brought, he seemed anxiously engaged in
examining itsh etorogsnouscommodities when
he drew from a corner OF his portable shops
small parcel neatly done up, and holding it
in one hand and his snuff bex IN the ether,
he asked of the father, how much sIner it wad
cost to send a baira to college, gin he kept
school i the winter The old Iaan replied
that it would cost about four hundred dollars
his neighhor's son had accomplished gra-
duation for that sum at a ~neighboilng uniyer-
sity by great prudence. Vera wecl,' said
the pedlar, your BARN there mum gang TO
college, he IS nae fit for ony thing else, and
there is six hundred dollars just to pay his
way, and | will take his note lortwenty year,
simple interest. Come here you pale face
loon, and say Wilma We gang to college,
The boy looked on him SO gratefully that the
| pedlar took il for an answer, and with bis "a
! sual vera veal asked him, 'and what pre-
| fsssi.n he would se!ecfs' The bow answered,