Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1837-04-22
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From the Ladies Companiou.
THE RN.

a3a - - scroes the mind, with all the vivdness
1T esssst! BY what hidden chain Of assocja-
3Ai bs0ughi about, that when the thoughts
3ss10 ~ sad wholly occupied by the matter Of.
iasnissss Il our own ripper years, these delight
Il sO q the psst will oiten visit u, accompan-
~ naia Of fond imsginings, and tender recol-
n mnos
1hsss ere certain periods in the life Of everv
go which memory loves to dwell Perhaps
6sfsiae, like distance Of place, BY softenine
T kaoasiaiss Of the view may he,Qhien its lowell
/ - he little annOyances and d,scomforis COM
sas0Gesy situation and every period, and which
eDDdy swell the amount Of human misery, are
kess-the happiness alone il remembered -
Msthss seem I" look back ~ . period of perfect
-, end wosder NJ ourselves that We were moi
- ahes more sensible Of enjoyment
hwss wi,h these feelings that George Elliott re-
aosd - revisit the scenes Of his youth and early
jaahsed. Long wandernr from his native home,
4 y - tsavessed the burning plains Of India and
06rzen regions Of tho north Wealth, the object
dhsao'Is. he had At length acquired; aud in such
A aesdsncs as more than to satisfy his desres-and
-, with his lock-, once black az the raven. dis
HabDssd and paschcd by exposure, his COMPLEXION
slowed by the sun Of the tropics, with no vesfiye
#dthe life and yigOs which once flashed in every
Bbnce u the eye. and swelled IN every muscle Of
\ - form. behOld-!he wandercr returns 10 ri.
NJ England village.
vas . summer sunset, such as in August. af,e,
- meridian heat so calmly, so holly, closes a dav
ahe Country; aud never did those, se,.;n. IN, .
Ahne 80 beautiful landscape. Tn, ;Il.oe ~,
y tasteful mansions, and pe.t, but humble. Gotta
Cs-iis rising spires and busy mill, th. mountain
&ecty IN the back ground crested with a lake. or,
ssoss blue waters was disccrnIb!e 4 lph, b,,,
wNjy skimning over the waves: the farm, vares
aaA their lowing herds-togcther formed q picture
dmsai quiet and refined elegance, perhaps ONLY 20
smet with IN our eastern states
Travelling without the este ton to which b,s
sanh might have entitled hmm, George Elliott a.
ed from the dusty Stage, and entered the princi-
~ nsaeI. u was long SINCE he had heard any I,
tsgs from his family, and now as everv ob;ec,
oght fresh 70 his memory the scenes Of bis youth.
- crowd Of happy recoIIcciions pressed uoon
= mind, he almost feared to make injuries after
eosc - deeply endeavcd to him. There was tho
ne Old church, with its slender spise and plain
e-wosn entrance. within whose walls he had 80
80 listened to the venerable pastor. The nea,
- unpsesend'ng academy, where his mind had
- seceved the elements Of classic lote-,I,e play
ese"d, once the scene Of his lid gamtols-and
~ Oh, among the trees. the chimney Of a house
Ne better order, hut falling gradually 10 decay
- was once HE home. The wanderer pressed
= hand TO bis brow-l thought he brushed = tear
IN his iurvOwed cheek.
- strange feeling, that ~hich comes scross
= vnen alter heightened absence, first revisit,
- the scenes Of chi!dhHd-the abode ,,f all 80
Ss-what fears and anxietie> crowd on the mind
SEEMS almost impossible that we can find all "a
could w'sh--se pause at the threshold Of the
's'sed home-we fear to enter, lest death or DIS
: may have visited those forms which are all
cannot inquire OF ssiangcrs-it seems
" psoianaiion.
Ososge CIIiost LETT the hotel and walked r.o;d,v
s.asds the aforementioned dwelling To reach
vas obliged to pass through the principal
- q the village. and every object on his way
.a'.dsd him of BY gone days. Bot where wer,
"@"'as faces he was wont 10 recognize. where
me esopsn'ons Of his youth. where the instructors
- - e"yhoods All seemed strange, and The wan
ss' =" s'onc-at last he reached the parsonage.
- Tue e~elIing o. the venerable pastor-h,s well
- moesed friend. lie certainly could no longer
".'es-sos twenty years before the wandeee,
a,. "m an aged man. But he had then a
sn only daughter, about ten years old. She
~ ss'. survive; ana undefinatle feeling
sp'ed him 10 enter. He was received at .hc
nne looking man. apparently between
sno forty. Who requested him 10 enter with
s.seess and hospitality. After a few ar,emn,. =,
x'sI conversation, which Elliott felt To-, deen!v
sssed to sustain, he proceeded 10 innu;r. ,f,s,
"s"es pastor, and learned that ten wears before.
taken his last leave Of earth. lie wac suc
80 BY the present clergy man, who had married
- o'd mans daughter
there not" said the wsnderer, s,rivipc 10
-. cea! his agitation, "a family Of the uame oil
'-. ~ ~ your ne'ghborhord!'
~, yes. ss." replied the clergyman, s.,hey live
~. Old msnsio" among the trees. Indeed am
pr 1M one OF tia, hmiiy-l am a son Of old John
Aaou Who lives in tina, house,
-A"d - he then skill livinx!, eagerly manfred
= Stranger. '"f''eo
s"' but quite advanced in years. You
ssxyman. ~o"'''uco Tue
~aodeser looked steadily and wis,fu,ly in
~ p."or' lace. civilian, my brother! have you
gestcn mef' ~
4 otneF-are you my brothcrs Can you be !
.ser And In spite Of the change Of twen,yl
we brothers recognized each other ard ten
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