Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1838-01-26

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Died ut Groton, Mass. on the LIST inst. Miss
NAOMI FARwELL, the celebrated HeTmitess,
aged 6S years. Since the death Of her father,
William Farwel in 1919, this eccentric woman
had lived entirely secluded from the world; no
other human being dwelt beneath her roof, for
her cold and decided reply to female who Of
fercd the services Of a companion, put to fight
even the affection of ffiendship-'l' n keep no
one for their pretty looks" dirty adding, friends
have large mouthsp The estate which she in
herited consists Of about seventy acres of excel
lent land in the bosom of Chestnut Hills" to-
gether with fifteen acres of meadow in the Vi
cinity of Half Moon. She has kept usually
about ten head Of neat cattle, and other stock
in proportion, of all which and other domestic
concerns she had the sole care. Her agricul-
tural abors were constant and unremitting,
hiring no aid but at the season of ploughing
and moving. The secusion of her abode, be-
ing half mile distant from any other dwelling,
her eccentric habits, and the romantic beauty
of the walks over her domain, altogether rem
dered q stroll through harmonious grounds the
favorite promenade of all the sentimental lads
and lasses Of Grotnn Academy. Ii was seldom
she noticed any one, farther than by cold
glance from beneath her brows.
The writer of this sketch well remembers the
first visit which he paid her. In an unwonted
fit of kindness, she invited him into her kitchen,
and as an nestimable favor, bestowed upon
him a handful of chestnuts! Long did the
writer's grinders give twinges of keen remem-
brance of that gift, for the nuts were veterans
of half century! Still, down they must go,
and down they went, though with many
dreary pause between She would hardly be
considered as misery in her disposition, but
rather strictly economical by which means she
soon cleared her estate from the mortgages
with which il was embarrassed at the death of
her father. She seldom left her own premises,
having never been seen out of Groton but once,
when she was persuaded To visit cousin in
Harvard; and but once only had she seen Nash
ua river, although within two miles of her cot
tage. Her reverence for the memory of her
father almost approached the superstitious.-
By her desire, his remains were buried under a
fayorite peach tree, within rod of her dwelling;
yet still, as if in strict keeping with her odd
character, the fragrance Of her pig -stye breath
ed forth from the one side, while the odors of
her cow-yard were waited from the other-both
in immediate contiguity with her hallowed spot
Thus she lived until the last severe winter,
when not having been seen for many days, her
cottage was forcibly entered, and she was found
to have been i'll and helpless; and in this condi-
ton her extremities were so frozen, that she
would have died, had not aid arrived. From
this exposure she never fully recovered. Her
broken constitution yielded to late attack of
cold, and her days Of cherries solitude are
ended. Poor Naomi! You reioiced many young
hearts with fancied views into fnturty ;-may
your now actual view be the fuIIness of rejoic-
ing.-Boston Com. Ga=ette.
Misunderstanding LoNGsTEET, of Ceor-
gia, says:-"Small is the sum required to pat
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the patron. | care not how humble and unpre-
tending is the gazette he takes. 1t is next To
impossible TO fill a sheet ffty-two times year,
without putting into il something that is worth
the subscription price. Every parent whose
son is off from him at school should supply him
with a newspaper well remember what
marked difference there was between those of
my schoomaes who had, and those who had
not, access to newspapers. Other things equal,
the first was always decidedly superior to the
last, in debate, and composition at least. A !
newspaper is a history of current events, as
well as copious and interesting miscellany,
which youths will peruse with delight when
they will perqse nothing else"
A very sensible man is Judge LoNGsrREET.
He never delivered any thing from the Bench
more true.-Nat. hieH p5-We go the same.
The New York Courier states that some no.
lice officers had occasion 10 visit a house in
Cross street, a few DAYS since. They found
that it was tenanted by 70 women, So men and
1856 children, exclusive Of the live stock attend
ant upon such family.
A distinguished maximist says that, when
ever you ask lady to take wine, you should
fill her glass to the brim, in despite of proiesta-
tons, and look the other way till she has emp
tied it.
A school boy being asked by his teacher how
h. should fog him, replied, ''ifyou please, sir,
should like TO have it upon the Italian sys-
TEN Of penmanship, the heavy strokes upwards,
and the down ones light"
Extraordinary Marriage.-A sprightly cou-
pie appeared before the hymenial altar at Crosth-
waite Church, Keswick, on Monday last, and
when the ceremony was performed it proved to
be the eleventh time they had between them,ap-
peared for the same purpose; she being TO him
afourth wife, and he to her seventh husband
he having actually inferred three wives, and
she having done the like to six husbands.
at .- tf t Whiteharen Herald.