Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1838-09-07
NJ PHOENIX.
EVERY FRIDAY MORNING, BY
WIN. Il. RYTHER.
From the Boston Morning Post.
THE COUNTRY
lBY RIP
would rnfher share

His lowllest lot, walk by his side an outcas
Work for him, beg with him ; live upon tn
light
OF one kind smile from him than wear III
crown
The Bourbourn LOST Lady of LYONS.
No event in the juvenile history of m
conng men and women who people the de
ighliul country towns of New England
stands out in holder and brighter relief tba,
that which commentaries the lawful milo,
Of their hands and hearts How often d,
= we hear the elder portion dating events Il
"a year before we were married. or tw,
q years after we were married. as the cas-
may be. All holidays, and even such a,
Fasts' and 'Thanksgivings,' dwipdle inf,
utter insigni6cance in the scale of comoari
son. The writer hereof hath spent botf
summer and winter in the Farmers circle.
and so far as observation concerns this pre
sent story, is amply qualified for telling.
The young Mr.. Hopeful has twice called
on Miss Julia Simperkin. She is all sweet.
4 ness, and keeps her hand in a soueezeab;e
condition. Whether intentionally v. or mad.
vcrently, we are unable 10 decide, but the
fact was soon notorious throughout the vi.
cOage that these calls had been made on the
significant evenings of Sunday and Thurs.
|%dav-aud "a, the tnbie or rne next TEA party IL
4 was very quantity remarked, that some folks
Mad something more in their heads than ev-
|ery body was aware Of Whereupon, Do
HE'LL | want to know How you talk,
1 You don't say So and should't wonder
was heard from all sides of the table and
sNer a little conversation upon the point, it
WAS settled that They say it is true
10 less than twenty.iour hours from this
maternal session, it has become what they
hall town talk 1t has already been hint
sdto Miss Julia as being a good match-and
young Hopeful has been more than once
Dd that she is a smart likely gall She
bushes at the compliment-and he replies,
What every body says, must be true.'-
The old women all declare j, 10 be one Of
those matches that are made in Heaven ,
aMd, in fact, the desire for one Of those illus
riOus country carnivais, called "a wedding
Is 50 universal, that not only those who ex-
pet an invitation--and all within two
leagues circumference, without distinction
dbOod, class or condition, are usually in
Ued-encourage the courtship but every
body, from the cowboy upward, praise the
parties to each other, and endeavor, by eve
" species Of hint and wink, TO hasten a con.
summation so devoutIy to be wished" Even
the disinIeresled and sober looking shepherd
dlhe pastoral hock-he in whose heart ev-
cry body says there is no guile'-takes oc-
asiQn, g%enteely, to joke Miss Simperkin on
her good fortune and 10 her face incident
ally paysa aatlering compliment to the good
judgment and correct taste of the promising
son Oftbe faithful Deacon Hopeful.
That they are engaged falls from the
lips ~9fyeyery spectacled-nosed matron that
surrounds The table at the next tea parry
We'll, said Mrs. Reserve. since there was
10 other secret in the matter to guess out, L
think he's plenty good enough for her
And replied Mrs. Equity, who liked TO
see all things as square as a brick, Il think
she's plenty good enough for him Don't
you think they have had a very short court
MiPF enviously asked the sapient Miss
Singleton whose maiden charms were al
ready in the scar and yellow leaf and
whose virgin bushes had passed off in the
common current Of departed things. Mar
YIn haste and repent at leisure was the
significant reply of Miss Fastidious, who in
,e course of fifteen years of single solitude
lS been as many times courted without ef-
ha WeIl,' added old mother Rallle,
whose forte always lay in Gaping the eli.
max with something smart, a. can tell
9en Just as | have told all my sons and
Galers. lfthey make their bed hard, nobo-
will be 10 blame, for they must lay on 1t
Themselves. That's all I've got TO say
These ambiguous remarks, with numer-
U' others Of a similar character, lead to a
Conclusion in the opinion of the good old
'GoeIle, that the match is at best a suspi.
H%' one. The opinion takes wing, and
Tofe another revolution Of the earth takes
pace IL becomes subject-matter for ommon
SSua1ng-a part of the current gossip
lou may the next day see Mrs. Rattle sip
p9s cup Of souchong at the hospitable re-
sOvnce Of Mrs. Social, and as she holds her
aucer on the lips Of the fingers of her right
gand, aud moves it round and round In a
Veular motion, until her worshipped bever'
'e becomes as cold as ice water. she is
IIarsIly telling her inqulsiiive hostess all
'OOOr the conversation of yesterday-the
uos' distinct and emphatic passage OF which
narrative is She she and Sell and then
cue she and then SELL k
dosslp has been busy. And it has be-
s"ne a common rumor that neither of the
PPfNeS =" are any better than they should be-"
Every body says she was too hasty-and
%'Oo inconsiderale.' Mrs. Caution thinks
Kan essential part Of poor policy to catch a
SnS before You have a cage to put her IN
Su Mrs, Fluttergum r%evolts at the hofrid
usa OF marrying a professor of orthodoxy 10