Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1838-12-28
From the Baltimore Monumen, for October.
A FOLLY CURED.
BY MISS A. NJ. F. BUCHANAN.

BE all unmeet Tor song or slofy.-NE" ooN"'
Ned ! brother Ned just listen here
Married. at - on -. Jonas jenkins. |
ESQ. to Miss Helen Scott Jonas Jenkins!
ha ha! ha! who would have ever dream
ed that girl af Helen SCOTS taste, could
marry man with name like that! Jonas
jenkins! Mrs. Jonas nkns!-how it |
sounds!'
well Clara whats in a name,'
Shocking If there's any thing | do
de,est as much as vulgar name, 1t Is
hackneyed quotation"
'Humph - | was going to add, however,
that your friend Helen has made what her
circle would call an excellent match.
know Jenkins well. He is a man OF fine
person, fine abilities, and, yet more fine
fortune.
And what Of all that, with such name?
! would not marry on Apollo, endowed with
Fortunes purse, If he bore a name like
Ia, :
'Ahem!'
You need no, look so quizzical.'
$, what?'
You knew my notions about names,
long. ago Edward
i though, l had cured you Of them long
ago, Clara
No. indeed! I dent intend to be cured
az long as have reason on my side. Such
names as Johnson, Jackson, Thompson, to
say nothing ofSmth, Greene, Brown, and
Black, which can be SO readily traced to
their sources, are my aversion they are so
verv paruenu.'
'Parrenu! what word for an American
girl! suppose, then. that such as Delmot,
and Mortimer. and Montague, and Fiiz
this. and ST. that, would suit your fancy
better 7?
Nonsense am not SO silly as TO 60 TO
trashy old novels for names. | would as
soon think Of selecting Belinda and Dorm,
tina aud Melissa for Christian names. like
! those hat bear something consequential in
them. hing respectable, something
something's
'.4ristocratic, that's the word you are
ashamed to let out :-something like How
ard or Sidney, or Herbert would do?-ha
In ho u
Exactly! and Clara Calvert ian out Of
the room to escape her brothers. railery
we must rid her Of this foib1e.' rema rket
Edward, gravcly, to his elder sister. Ger.
'rnde. who was now at home for the frs
time after leaving It as a bride, and whc
sat smiling at The colloquy.
Il had intended CARA sHlu EDWARD, nc
invite my friend William Benson TO visi
me this summer, but am now induced Il
change my mind
} You mean the young man who took hal
the honors from you at college, and witt
delivered that Grafton so full of every thing
sublime and beautiful, and orignal. which
admired so much when ! read it!
THE very same, but I have concluded
tina, his common name might prevent yo,
from receiving him as lie deserves. You
chronological skill might make the disagree
able discovery thrO' it. that one OF his an
cestors was the son Of man named Ben
Clara looked a little confused :-'Yo
know I wouldn't mind that in your fren
. ,hongh.'
notwithstanding, shall not subm
him to your condescension : returned Ed
ward, as lie left her.
The next evening Clara and her sis,e
were sitting together in the parlor,-
"ln dusk, ere stars we're lit, or candles brought;
the latter looking musingly upon the tw
e light. and the former though Iessly twang
ing her guitar. IN play that old draw
Days OF Absence for you Ger said she
| know you are thinking about Henry
ant you'
As she spoke, Edward ushered a gent
man into the room, Introducing my sis
!. ,ers Mrs. Huntly and Miss Calvert m
friend Mr.. Dem Ohm.
Clara sat for moment as If thunder
struck, aud then gave nudge OF unmisla ak
able import to Gertrude, who with he
usual ady.like composure had commence
addressing the stranger. i wonder wins
he can look like ); thought she; his voc
at all events. does not sound as if it cam
out OF a demi john 1t was very melodiou
uud is -opIy To her e,e'c- ra,,.o.l., II
graceful, yet still she feared to speak, lie.
a word might bring her i'll suppressed laug
altogether out with it.
AT length the lamps were lighted an
Clara eagerly surveyed the vister. II
was what her young lady friends won
lent looking fellow phrase of course tc
hackneyed TO be taken up by her fastdlo'
lips. HIS features were remarkably bant
some, and wore an expression which PR
we'd the bump of mirth conspicuous on h
we'll developed forehead by no means mi
placed, and which could not fail to be a
tractve to a damsel as vivacious as the OF
engaged in the scrutiny.
The conversation of the visitor was
fascinating that Claras visibility soon yiel
ed to it, and before an hour. she caug
herself regre,ling from The bottom of h
heart that there should have been cause
Just TO give it rise. Poor man how mu
'u he is TO be pItied!' she said to herse|
er with conceptions and sensibiities such
''s he must have TO talk as he does, how VI
'g he must be aware of the righteousness
,r, his pama n nd ho ~ u ga 10 ha muLt feel il