Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1839-11-15
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I'M, o,,,bf,l otf,n.rr m,slts into contri,ion.
nnd en- onlv dsv m his tears in the sunshine
acsosr;.onass When he beholdsth. smile
ot;os,;.a sa,;s fad or hen.yoIence kindly ex-
,,3J,,j -, Ill f,.l,s Re endeavors 10 do bet
a,,d dosa,,s ,be L;ndn.ss he receives. -
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r.n,,I charac,.r there Is a 6igh accounta.
h;i;, . 10 ,,h;eh ,nanv are altogether insensi-
III. TN, hah;,s of Tho m rent are loo Oft the
sal, ;ohsr;,ance of ,be child-aud his tastes,
"s;s,s;,,les and nnrsn;,s are often fashioned
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- WIZ, !. more ,o,,b The curiosity natural
N aIIcb;Idren fr,onen,Iv led me beyond the
i;m;,s ofnoren,al l;cense One afternoon, as
wandered into a neigbbofine cburcb.yard.
10 scnnf The Monuments that told The brief
story OF its silent inhabitants, the sun had
castbis last declining rays upon the tai trees
beside me, ere thought of returning home,
or oftbe command ireceyed at my depart.
ure The sense of dsobcdience confused
me---and sal down silen, as the marble nj
nv feet From this reyerie was aroused
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willows on one side OF the graveyard and
had not time 10 answer before she stood at
my side, an aged domestic OF nv fathers
dwelling, clad in an unusual gerb, which |
should know better how 10 compare with
some of those female sinpulnrities that the
master.spirito OF Scotland 50 faithfully portray
ed. She led me hastily towards home. be-
,raying at every turn evident fear of the
ghosts s. spirits, the most marvellous stories
OF which she had been WON'T TO pour INTO my
ear She led me by the hand, now wonder
ing at nv temerity, now chiding me for dis
obedience to my parents, and now plying
me for the punishment so richly deserved
for having frightened her almost out Of her
little wits She wound off her lamentations
with an emphatic charge "Neyer TO 90 there
again,
"Don't 20 therel' said she, as we passed
gang of wrestlers-~,here will be broken
limbs and bruises don't 90 lhere.i' We
passed excessively the retreats OF the idle
The haunts of the dissipated, the assemblies
ofthe proEane--and nv guide. as she hurried
onward, earnestly repeated the Injunction
"Don'l 90 there II
In the course of long life. have wines.
sed the various Characters Of men, and won
dered atthe facility with which passion and
folly lead them astrap---and have a thou
sand times thought Of the simple warning Of
my guide and longed 10 whisoer il IN their
ears. When youthful companiops URGED 10
the hayward chase 10 some evening ROME
or revel-the withered form of the cid en-.
chanlress stood before nv Young eyes. and |
could no longer weld 10 their sol;ci,ations
And now, when / see Young man about
Ia enter tho oavoss.n,blv ~ ,bs ,honob,Ias.
and vicious, perhaps 10 ioin in riotous exces'
SEES, debaucherv. and gamblinc-.I conld |
wish 10 avert he evil. and iell him ..Nsy.r
10 60 there
When see the YOUNG mechanic d.nend-
ent on his daiIv earnings liz msrcb an,,s
clerk, whose salary will scarcely keen him
in decent clothes, nightly wendi6s his war
10 the theatles, Icould wish 10 whisper in his