Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1836-09-27
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HnioRATIoN TO TYF WEST


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Get iof The psrposo Of s.cting .siss,ea 90 ~hgeh
- lotss myssf COT lie tet bibcf - ifstcilrr.
shs shss pufsv,ng The beat u bis eGfosns tho
q ls od rsptesenses ss 6o-ihg ~Ith u4lt and honey.
wts o. his return 10 Li' fpends. ~lth the fuiicst
torrotioz, from Mai lie sa~. thsi, NHh al ts
Iapsrfsctous. there VAS 10 place lac hoa.s. !
tao 4hserssood that a geu,lcInss. fofmsHg ~ my
tsUts eosntry, sas hylng .boft essiAncc ison
~bss msde stop. sad eoncisd.5. 90 II ~ss
nc; mech cot Of ny SA', that would cal aud
zee hsm. Accordingly sei osi fuf the res'dcnce
ufths eslgrspi, With a tetire to zee boz bc vas
est,tlshed, and to gi.e hin such information %
passessed 10 relation ~ biz friend, Acfoss the
raoonisp.. ] fouod my host engaged va tepaifing
TIE Gree thu, had been bs,lt around bee dAeilug
81 .Aof, distances. to pfolce. The cattle from tvs
annoyance Of the musq alice add Al Vas s.ugular
a. no, seeus ossed to toe .igh'. 10 &c how ~c
tie domb brutes Understood ihs pfeoAutlon 10 their
hshsL They SAlked TO and ffo through The
spaces between lhe Gree, lashng themselves With
their brushes, aud rubbing each olhci as they pas-
,ed. With an ins,iIcl slaosi remarkable.
Amer contemplating this scene for some
renls. VAS usbefeJ into tht-uut house--but
log cabin Of the eulgrani, with cordially that
told me where he was raised. lie had been teS-
dent Of tins spot about 3 yeafs aud afor inces.
sAn, to, and innOmerable Sexations. had succeed
I'D IN building the cabin IN which be lived. aud had
cleared sbou, ten acres OF land. lilo hsd also got
some stock around. bot tie Iornontng infections
81 the musquitos had go worried the cattle that
their appearance Indicated the greatest slilering.
He Informed me thgt the pure base OF his land, ana
the expense Of his family, come Of ho,n had becn
sick most ri the time together With expense, in-
CURED in improvements ou the place hsd cxlaast-
- o h. n. tkg g t....s . "a,
bihty to remove sl,hough he wac anxious to do So
The residence Of our eng ant about hity miles
from any other human hsaitauon. ~as accessible By
only one wtetched road, aud was rendered still
moro Noticeable by the unpleasant notes Of the
whp-poor- aud ffoss,--bIs family gcquaut-
snce. And here, IN tins droary solitude, cot OF
from society which they loved aud by which they
were beloved. dwe!t as excellent Gsan and Us Gd.
nirsblsa woman as ever fnrsuuk abundance and
happiness ct home. among their friends 10 tern
them In . fuller measure among strangers. lie
was OF respect able connexions had receive good
education. and studied Law for a considerable lime
with q view OF making II profession bu, dis
trusting his abilities, finding the suit hsckney ed
OF overdone, and it's rsnas filed up with doubt
fol mixture Of materials he determined. like a wise
man, TO embrace the profession of bis fathers. and
follow the plough for living. lie married beau
the neighborhood IN whle5 lie vac born, aud With
his application and economy, would no doubt, have
succeeded TO wealth. Bot the eingtatiug mama
broke out in his neIghburhpod and he fell victim
TO IL. lie solj out, and with two or three others
bent his way to the land Of promise. Three years
had now rolled round since his departure from his
home, and he assured me the hole period had
been one Of knees and disappointment. lie had
not despaited. for he @ss not Of temperament to
dsspsr but he had lost much o. his uatOrsi ,heet-
folness &C his disposition; was driven by necessity
into a sort of stoiesl school Of philosophy though;
the world by nc means poetical butia plain matter
OF fact concern. and that part oft called "the west
in particular, not the thing it was cracked UP to
be.
In fact, our hero was IN the scar aud yellow
leaf not Of years, but OF feeling aud II vas m
some such mood this. while sitting al the table
on the second afternoon Of my arrival that our
conversation turned upon hoo,e aud the thousand
associations connected with IL. 1--WE have 10,
found tbings ss We expected" .sid the emirfani
In . subiued tone, ''5u, must bear With then
and hope for something better fur the futu5e-u is
Q long lane that has TO turn. and our prospects
may yet brighten up and leave US nothing To be
cory for "rbey may brighten up" Sad The
wife, "ba, II will only BE- Rhtn you snd are in
the grave, or too old TO enjoy them. What proc
peel nave VIC mere ~ lh4e WILDERNESS, deprived W
even the 81 h much less Of the intercourse ofneigh.
bors ,ha, eau compensate for the sacrifices we
have endured : Yes. cur prospects msy brighten:
NC may not always be We nov are, without
ne.gbbors and the pleasures of society, but We
shall always have something to be sorry for. = be
the friends Ne loved aud scenes We delp hied IN
are stricken ifoa ght and to more to DO en-.
joyed forever. 'llere her articulation became Oh
s;rucied-aer heart was fuil-snd she gave ~ay
toa food OF tears. AZ soon as conlJ wipe away
little drop that had gathered In NY own eve. in
spite Ct all could 90, turned 10 look al her sio-
&c philosopher, bot there nnth,oc Of Tie stoic
40 him--as visions u ~eshh and all his an,ciDa
uoht OF the future. had suddenly gi,en way befufe
the simple bat affecting e9qsenoe " bis ~ife-he
melted into tears.
The scenes that began, cod the associations
ths, eemen,e5 them are no longer pretoot 10 the
senss' aud wanting these dis,ulerestcl and iadis
soluble features our amer attachments aie eenef,
ally any thing bot u the heart there are prssons
Il. une. TO whom one place Ia as dear as another.
and ~ho care but little for any one else. 90 that an
goes smoothly with themselves. Such persons
are to be Pted-ihey are strangers 10 the world.