Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-05-17

had d:s,ur5d h;m.
/ To.nmy'S hint, however. was moi lost
rp n t'r. o,,;c!s. wi;cL iris'l woman: parity
ay threats, and parity BY large brib"s-'n
tie s.s@pc Of hug pieces OF 'whIe bread
and irsl b;,ter'--Tommy w;!s induced 20
IL! al: that Boiled Jack had succeeded ID
nnroof.ng portion Of the IowI-housc tina.
he rpJovd the ness every morning at day
hrcai,--:.,la, the hens, WHO knew hlm, made
no noise. IN lt:"t, carcEv replacing the
SI"tos, he proceeded wiki his prize TO il sort
Of Gen he hal formed in TIC turtr:ck, and
ttcrc sat quietly sucking some two or three
Lnzen of his delicate iavoriicS, invariably
cutting tic shells. 10 prevent detection.
Boiled .iac;; w&s watched the statement
Was found 20 lie correct. a!.d Boiled Jack
was tcr nd,icn by all the servants 20 dark
on t,r. doors wild his ugl curcasc any
r!orr.' Moa:hs passed, the hens behaved
IS wc;i f.! hens should, AID Tommy took
Bo!cl Jacks place, increasing in favcr
with iacrc;,s ng years: but The Natural
had no; forgotten his denounccr, and one
morning wAcn poor Tom w"s helping the
shepherd 70 wash his sheep, the IDIOT sprang
upon lim from tic banks of the river, and
Lodng h; boys head under water, kept
singing II - -'Suc5zing cGcs makes sweet
vo'crs--Nh! ali Suckiryrrggs makes swcc;
vo,ccS-A%! a.! ahn
is ccraia that I'omMy's singing days
wouli have been soon ended. had ro the
shepherd ,X'rcacI Ii" unfortunate boy
from the grasp Of The rcvcngetul lido.
Ii TIC retired village OF BuIivnliuy, there
lived Il poor widow whose name was Jacob.
Sae Was dcc2n', sober and industrious,
much b. loved by her ncighbors, and UNI
vcrsu!y respected by the hi g,lcr orders Of
society. This woman had three sons-
all "bo:n Naturals als'--handsomc fellows
thy were, s;nguIarly we'll made, and finely
proPo:,ioncd, good tempered, gentle, and,
what was very distressing, painfully alive TO
'heir iulirniiy. They had been sent TO
school, but lad 10: the power Of acquiring
either rra,ing or writing. Oae of them
had tbs c tor, Q: rather love of draw
ing: AMI would set for hours on his moth
cr's ncaiiy sanIcd loor, skcc!lins with Il
piece OF sick trees and rivcrs-but, above
all, Angels. Whenever his mother was
sick, nc woulI draw her, with monsirous
pair OF wings, that she might, he saia, 'thc
easier fly 20 Cod indeed, all his IDEAS
and feelings were dirccted hcavtnwarI !; he
wou.d sit outside the doors for hours on
moonilgh night, caling the moon, Gods
) 5lg candle, and The s,asS, Cots Eule
candle. Another, the vo INCEST, bcl!c"c,
w.;s ccicbrlcd all over the country as Il
stone, mason; he had picked up the busi.
a"ss without receiving any It's ructIon; and
Whenever he could be 60; to work would
do wonders, bui no car;hy power could in.
dlce ham 20 be industrious lor more than a
) fortnight at q time.
'Larrr--i want you to build nc a wall. ,
- How biz, yer honor ?'-'I will tell YOU
]; whca YOU e. Can't build the wall
unless lis done in Il fortnight, yer honor.
Can't work for more; all the brains 90 out
Of my head every fortnight. .'-'And yell
give me- now blanket for my mother, yer
honor !--'lcs, Larry, and new gown.
All, ali! God bless Yer lonor; new
green gown without a tasle cf orange III it.
InaLk yer honor-God bless Yer honor;-
may he never want a blanket nor a new
gown Then he would rush into his
mothers cabin, dance over all the pictures
his brother had been sketching on The sand.
ed t!oor, hurra. jump, give loo c to all moi.
sv demonstrations Of JOY, kiss his poor pa
rent tcl! her Of the treasures he had secu.
rcd. go Off the next morning to his work.
remain fixed at it for tho exact fortnight,
receive the stipulated Clothes as payment,
oai y excepting two pence in money to buy
gingerbread: he set OIL 10 the country town
to purchase his cakes the mex. morning,
and tlca ram5'cd almost without covering
through the woods and the mountains for
about 4 week: he would then return home
ana be quite ready for ano;hcr Ior;nigh,'s
employment.
Those three young mcn were s;ucularlv
attached TO their mother. She would of,cn
say, My poor foolish boys arc better 10
ne than nany wise children. they never
cross OF contradict me in any thing; they
, bring me all they gc:, ard have wit enough
, to do Ii e good and keep from tie bad
This was all true. Bat sorrow clmc upon
them. The widow died, ard was buried.
Some time after, there was great constcr-
nation III the neightorhooI; tor the sancti.
ty of the grave had been r;olated-The
widows dead body had been stolen. No
trace Of it could be discovered, and the
occurrence was nearly forgotten, when poor
{ Larry, who never either sung or worked
after his mothers death. soon refused food,
and took his bed; and the artist brother was
> often occupied in skctching his head, with
huge wings at the back, il sort Of present..
ment Of his death appeared 10 occupy the
mind Of tLiS Nnllnr na:,n lar u:hnn moi