Litchfield enquirer., 1838-06-28
nowTo MAKE YOUNG WIFE OF AN OLD

HOW TO MAKE YOUNG WIFE OF AN OLD | MAID.
 The following true story might perhaps furnish matter for a little comedy, if come dies were still written in England.
 It is generally the case that tile' more beautiful and the richer a young female Iis, the more difficult are both her parep,s and herselfi in the choice of hnsbanL, and 1 the more offers they refuse. The cue k too tall, the other toe short, this not weal- ity, this no, respectable enough. Mean while one spring passes after another, and year afier year carries away leaf after leat of the bloom of youth, and opportunity af- ter opportunity. Miss Harriet Srwood was the richest hei,ess in her native town but she had already completed her lwcn- l fy-seventh year, and beheld almost all her young friends united to men whom she had one time or other discarded. Harriet bee gan to be set down as an old maid, Her parents became really uneasy, and she herself lamented in private .sa position | which is not natural one, and to which those to wllom Nature and Fortune had been niggardly of their gifts are obliged to submit but Harriet, as we have said, was both handsome and very rich. ...l' ... Such was the state of things, when her uncle, wealthy merchant in the north of England, came to visit her, parents. ile was a iovial, lively, strait forward nan, accustomed to attack all difficulties boldly and coolly. sYou see,' said her father to him one day. Harriet continues single.- The girl is handsome what she is 10 have for her fortune you know even in this scandal loving town not creature can breathe the slghtes. imputation against her; and she is getting 10 be an old maid ! True,' replied the uncle 1; but look you, brother, the grand point in every af-
 fair in this world is to seizs the right mos mcnt this you have not done; it is n misfortune, bu, let the girl go along with
 me. and before the end of three months l
 will return her to you as the wife of a man as young and wealthy as herself' la | Away went the niece with her uncle.-
 Onthe way home, he thus addressed her l' Mind what an going to say. You are no longer Miss Selwood. but Mrs. Lumley, my nieco, 9 young, wealthy, childless wid- ow; you had the misfortune sto lose your Ihusband. Colonel Lumley, after . happy -union ofa quarter off year. by 2 fall from This horse while hunting. z \ f3i'sS | But uncle-'~ T baR <-tg tssaYf
 Let me manage, if you please. Mrs. Lumley. Your father has invested me with full powers. Here, look you, is the wedding ring given you by your late hus- band. Jewels, and whatever else you need, your aunt will supply you with. and accustom yourself to cast down your eyes | The keen witted uncle introduced his niece every where, and every where the young widow excited great sensation. =. -. The gentlemen thronged abont her, and she soon had her choice out of twenty suit CTS. Her uncle advised her to accept the one who was deeply in love with her. and a rare chance decrecd that this should be precisely the most aniable and opulent. 1 The matc, was soon concluded, and one day the uncle desired to say n fey words 1 to his future nephew in private. dF
 My dear sir hs begun, i've have told you all untrutl.' .'.'s 'aa .fIow sol Are Mrs. Lumley's affec- | tions-- ..i,t..-l.
 l Nothing of the kind my niece is sin cerely attached to you. .g,,. a7 4g. ! linen her fortune, | suppose, is not equal to what you told me.
 sOn. the contrary, it is larger.'
 'Well, what is the nsattess then r .1. A joke, an innocent joke, which came 1 into my head one day. when I was in . l good humor we could not trecall 1t after. wards. My niece is not a widow 3 sWhat is Colonel LunIlsy livinga { ! sNo, no {; she is a spinster.' 4 I The lover protested that he was a hap pier fellow, than no had ever conceived himself: and the old maid was forthwith
 me.a,norphosed into young wife.
 Miss MARTINEAU in her new work or this country-Sketchss of Trayel--intro. duces portraits of our leading men. OI President Van Buren she says:
 | was often asked whether I die moi
 think his manners gentlemanly. There is
 much fricndliness in his, manners. for he is a kind-hearted man; he is rich in informs ton, and lets 1t come out on subjects ig l which he cannot contrive as0 see any 'dnn- ger in speaking. But bis manners want t,e frankness and confidence which are essential to good breeding. He questions closely without giving any ysthing in return. Moreover he Aatters 10 a.degree whicl, so cautious man should long ago found to be disagreeable and his 6aitery is DOt mere- Iy praise of the person lie is speaking 10, bui worse kind s,ll--a scepticism and ridicule of objects and persons supposed io be dis,asteful to the one he is conycrsiDe wiib. 's s2fs l Tine following was written after she had
 visited tbe Senate Chamber at WashingtoE: The American Senate is most impos- ing assemblage. When ! first entered il ! thought never saw finer set Of heads than the forty-six before my eyes ;--iwo