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Pss.. sx< Ls-s-I.~ss F~.~r
fiiiov, without feeling thaf sAss.i.g picture u
rrtis h.pp;ue.s 81 krnh3s Rfe, 10 skeesIssd IN
manner uh;ch Cosssmith q Baras would have
s~cn fsrsard IN praise. sad psood To iniese.
Bob FLETCHER.
7 oose kp~~ aplouEhman, Bob Fletcher HE uame,
Who v~s old, md vss ugly, md % was his d.mc,
Yet they lived Saisr eos,rsted. md free from al
sfrsfc,
Bob Fs<s-her the plosshma. and Judy his wife.
AZ the morn arcaked the eas, and the night aesl
swsy,
They would rise up Cor l.hor. refreshed Tor sss
day,
The sos.g of the lark - 4 rosc On the Eale,
Fossd Lob n the plough. aud his wife a the pail
Whcrc in youth tiscy 6rS gave their young hearts
Was The soisse Of .xr. and to them slcs,bly dcar,
A Il called up the ps-s With . smile o. trsr.
Each uce had its thought, and the vow could inn
Thss mingled in yopsh the warm wish Of the heart,
Ihr thorn -til herr, mud the blossoms /, bore,
And the song from It's top seemed ths alnc a. be-
fore.
When the curtain &c night over nature was .pr-sd
And Bob hal rrturued from his pioughso his he'd
Like the dove on the ncs, he IMPOSED FROM all care
his vile aud his youngest eoaecused were there.
have passed by his door when the evening va,
grey,
Aad The hin and the l.n.,.sape VA. hdipx away.
And have heard 1fSom the soti-sr, with grateful
surprise,
The voice Of Thanksgiving. like isoen.s, .risc.
Add J thoaght on the proud, Who would look
On the neat little cottage, the gruve an the thorn
And fclt that the riches and foliies of life,
Were dross, To coaiensment like Dob and bis wife.
necticut Daily Review. In the name Of Miss
Webster. ~e yield the palm for strategy to the
ancient Conuectieut spinster. Her powers Of
~ooiug were eesaaiaiy Irresistible
Wei US time sow had Miss Sarah Ann
Webster Of Philadelphia, lately communica-
ted to tho editor Of the Philadelphia Gazette,
the fact Of her marriage with MIR. Jonathan
y. Paul, gentleman Of that city On the
publication Of the notice, Mr.. Paul immedi.
ately made public statement that no such
marriage had, or was likely 10 take place
We suppose Miss Webster was actuated BY
the same motives, rs Miss Ursula wolcoti,
but her efforts were not crowned with the
tame success. Between the wolcott and
and respectable in Connecticut, there exist
cd remote relationship. Ursula wolco,t,
afterwards the wife Of the frst Gov Griswold.
was lady Of superior intellect and accom-
plishments, and perhaps unequalled in the
state for sagacity and shrcwdness. Notwith-
standing the superiority Of her cndowmepts
and the shining excellence Of her character.
abe remained unmarried until about the are
OF thirty. Finding il at length Indispensable
necessary to turn her attention to Matrmo-
ny, or become in fact, what she already was
In name, an old maid, she remarked 20 her
friends. that she had come to tho conclusion
Of spending few weeks at Lyme, fo- the
purpose Of counting her cousin Matthew.
On her arrival at Lyme, she found her cou.
ain Matthew, who was considered an old
bachelor, was more disposed to devote his
attentions TO his Coke and Littlctou, than 10
his cousin Ursula; but she was determined
Mt all events to bring him 20 the point. She
would occasionally meet him in the hall or
ON the stairs, and after carelessIy passing
him, would turn round and eagerly inquire.
" 1hai's thai yos ssii3" 10 which he would
reply, that he hadn't said any thing. After
several unsuccessful attempts to make him
understand, she met him one day on the
stairs, and after making the usual inquiry.
and receiving the usual answer, she hastily
replied, Wei fhink IFS time yo~ lad w
Matthew could not avoid taking the hint. and
short time after, they became one Of The
most happy and respectable couples la Con-
necticuf.