The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1831-12-07
CORBETT,S FIRsr LOWE


COBBETTS FIRST LOVE.
We are indebted to the New York Sentinel
ior 1he 'olaMing extract from Cobbett's advice
70 1oeng Men, II is a .'round unvarnished
tale OF his whole course of loyen Thera t. !.
deal OF romance in the story which oives Il zc.t
ne reader will be much amused with the De-
the narration.
"nen hrst saw my wife, she was thirteen
years old, and was within about a month of
twenty one She was the daughter of a SER
!eant OF artillery. and was the sergeant ma
lor oil regiment Of foot, both stationed in forts
near the city Of ST Johns, in the PROVINCE Of
I'VE" brunswick. l sat in the room with her.
,or a9out an hour. in company with others, and
made up my mind that she was the yery girl
."r me. That thought her beautiful is GER
tam, i0r that had always said should be an in
dispensahle qualification but sa W in her what
deemed marks of that sobrety of which have
said SO much, and which has been bv far The
greatest blessing of my life 1t was now dead
o. winter. and OF course, the snow several feet
ueeP on me ground and the weather piercing
cnld IL was my habit, when I had done nv
mornings writing, to go cut at break of dav to
take walk on bill at the foot of which our
barracks lay. In about three morninvs after
nae hrst seen her, had, by invitation to break
.ds' win me- got up two young men to Join me
IN my walk and our road lay by the house of
iet iathef ano mother. II was hardly light
out she was out on the snow scrnbbing wash
iuO' That's the girl for me- said I. when we
got out of her hearing One aft these vonr,,
men came to England soon afterwards and he
nh1 Keeps an inn in Yorkshire, came over TO
Preston at the time of the election. to verify
"nether was the same man. When he found
was ne appeared surprised; but what was his
suIprase' when told him that those tall young
men "iloih he saw around me, were the sons Of
.iat pretty little girl that he and saw scrub
ping out the wash tub on the snow in New
Brunswick in the mornInp.
rom me DAY that first spoke to her. | new
er nae thought of her being the wife of an
other man, more than had of being transform.
ed INTO chest of drawers; and | formed NV
resolution at once, to marry her as soon as we
couu gel PERMISSION, and to get out of the army
as soon as l could. So that this matter was nj
once settled as firmly as if written in the book
OF late At the end of about six months. NV
regiment, and along with it. were removed to
ftvIe'!Thstewn, Distance Of about one HIM
afeo miles up the river ST. John and which was
WORSE the artillery was expected to 90 off 10
England a year or two before our regimpn,
ne aftiiiery went and she along with them
aud now 1T was that | acted narl heco,in,r a
real sensible lover. ! was aware that. when
sac GOT 10 That gay place, Woolwich the house
oil her tathe- and mother, necessarily visited bv
numerous persons not the most select, might
become unpleasant to her and did moi ike
6es des' that she should continue to work hard.
/ had saved a hundred and fifiv 1uipe,s tho
earning OF my early hours, in writing for the
paymastef, fhe qnaEtermaster, and others in
addlion 10 the savings of my own paw | sent
her all my money! before she sailed and wrote
her, TO beg oil her, if she found her home m
comfortable, 10 hire lodging with resncetabla
people, ana al any rate, not 10 spare the money,
oP any means, but to buy herself rood clothes
ana 10 1--we without work, until arr rived in Emo
land and IN order to induce her to Law on, Inc
money told her tha. ! should get plenty more
before came home
As the maignty of the devil would have II
we were kept abroad two years LONGER than onr
timei Mr.. Pitt England not being so tame
then as she is now having knocked up dust
win SPAN about Noolka Sound Oh how |
cursed Nootka Sound, and poor Pitt too am
iraid At the end of four years, however,
home came landed at Portsmouth, and got
my discharge from the army BY The great kind
ness OF poor lord Edward Fitzgerald, who was
then Major OF my regiment. found my little
glTl sergant Of all toOrh, (and hard work it
was,) at zee pounds a gear, in the house Of
Iap'. Brsac, and with hardly saying a word
about the matter, she put into my hands tho
whole oiuly hun ired and fifty guneas unbroken.
Need l tell the reader what my feelings
we!e' Need tell kind hearted English par
ents what this anecdote must have produced on
the minds Of our children? Need attempt 10
describe what effect this example ought to have
on every young woman who shall do me the
honor to read this book Admiration of her
conduct, and self graduation of this indnbitable
proof of the soundness of my own judgment,
were now added TO my love of her beautiful
person.
Now, | do not say that there are not many
young women of this country, who, under
similar circumstances, would have acted as nv
wife did IN this case on the contrary, hope
1 and do sincerely believe that there are But
4 when her age is cOnsldered-when we reflect
that she was living in place crowded, literally
/ cr0icd6d, with gaily dressed and handsome
! young men many of them really richer and in
! higher rank than was, and scores of them ready
10 offir her their hand-when we reflect that
/ she was living amongst'young women who nut
upon their backs every shilling they could come
st-when we see her Keeping the bag of gold
untouched and working hard TO provide her.
self with but mere necessary articles of clothing.
and doing this while she was passing from four.
| teen to eighteen years Of age-when we view
the whole of these circumstances we must saw
that here is an example which, while il reflects
homer on her sex, ought TO have weight with
every young woman whose eyes or ears this
relation shall reach.
MAKING MONEY RAPIDLY. Il have make ona
| thousand dollar dis morning before breakfast
said Frenchman who kept retail shop in Bos,
ton.
"a thousand dollars before breakfast said
neighbor with dubious air.
Out-yes sare,' returned the Frenchman, rub.
bng his hands with great glee--' have clear one
thousand dollar clear
You've sold all your goods them
fOno sare, have not sell one good have
all dc good in my shop
How did YOU clear so much tnonev than ~
4 have mark dc good all up
Marked them all up!'
'Oui. Monsieur, have put on dc high price, so
as make clear one thousand dollar, aud keep all
INV good in my shop'-Nsv York Constellation.