The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-08-31

| It was net little strange that "Ohcie NoDO,
| though a confirmed old bachelor, was g!ea'
promoter fTaatrimony in others. lie haa poi s.o4
ed during has long NE various nieces ana cousins,
who needed such set-of to their personal charms,
and every lass in the village having attalhed the
age of seventeen, well knew that She was on
| GtUncIe Cebb7sn hst-for husband
| 1Ab. ahw he would exclaim to . eottager's
| wife-ttAh! ahl ali! so Lucy is growing up
sixteen last birth-day-don't blush Lucy, but
learn to bake. and mend stockings. Pll find a
husband for We, lass, when you're turned seven
teen. I like my girl's.6o marry young, for who
knows but may then live to marry their chill
dren?-Pve done. that before now; why, there's
my sisters daughter, Julia, her eldest girl is now
at the very head,of my list. Well have rare
| feast the day she marries-and, Lucy, promise
(if you learn to bake bread, and mend stockings
weil), qou shall he one of the flower strewers-
all! ali! Tobvss Toby! let the widows cat alone,
never mind her back, Tobyl don't you see the
creature has got kittens. There's one thing,
| Lucy, you must prsmise me- that VIII en- you marry
and have cat ofyour own you will neoeT drown
its kittens. A mother, who browns lind klttens,
is without heart-the creature loves; her kittens,
Unless you promise me that, Lucy, you shaIi
have no money ofme." And then Lu cy's mother
curtsies-and thanks CHS worship" and says,
what is true, aSIucy's soft brown ey es testify
eethat indeed she need not promise, except gust
to satisfy ehis Worship for she drag ged farmer
Jolliffss pup out ofthe ditch and gave it to the
cat, who is bringing it up with her I'm KITTENS
as his worship see, if be is good as testsp
into her epoor place. and lock at I ne whole
family, cat, kittens, and pup, in harmo ay te3efA
err" 20
And CHS worship" who, forgot to sayois. a
country Justice, does so; and after being greatly
delighted with the exhibition, he is still noreso
with nest of martins that the storm di slod5ed,
and which Lucy placed in basket close to a mole
IN the wall, where the parent birds come ana
their callow young; and the bluff rosy ola genie
man, watched on tip-toe, for full ten mlnu tesD ana
had the satisfaction to see papa or mama martini
drop an insect into the gaping beak of the yeungi
bird whose turn it was to receive food; a. I'd this
gave him an opportunity of making 'undrT
observations on the wisdom and goodness OF the
Almighty; who not emily teaches the weakes tot ms
creatures their defence against the stronges T. but
implants the wonderful love of offspring In every
hearts ay, in what is not bigger than an atom
And then he went on to show that we Dug mt 10
treat all living things with tenderness, bee ause
the ALL WISE clothes the lilies of the leld.
and careth for the sparrow3 and he might ave
so talked till now, but that the Newtoundl and
dog had serious disagreement with the wafer
SPANIEL concerning stick that one OF the villa sc
bows had thrown into the great pond, and WIN en-
both dogs having brought out each CLAIMED p IS
session of esUncle Cobb" was the only one Wi 40
could separate the combatantss and knowing iro
experience, that In a dispute, though the mrs
aggressor is the worst, both are somewhat to
blame, he thrashed them both ia his passion; then
reasoned with them as he would with quarrelllng
boys, and gave Lucy golden guinea to buy her
a new gown
This was one of the daily, may, hourly occur
rences in the life Of efUncle Cobb" he was loved
and feared at one and the same tlmes every one
feared to offend and loved to please hun; his habits,
manners and customs, were those of the good old
English school; he patronized horses and 1ox-
hunting and got over the alleged cruelty OF the
sport BY declaring sfIlat the horses lted It" and
that foxes did not feel it mach Wrestling, loot
ball, cricket, and archery he gloried IN; shooting
he grumbIed at, having trick OF feeding the
pheasants in the preserves until the birds knew
him. And as to the fshponds, they became SO
overstocked that EtUncle Cobbp was Obliged to
order fresh ones to be formed, which answered
the double purpose of giving additional employ
ment to the peasantry, and saving fhehsh- Inc.
Young men in the neighborhood often rallied "his
worship upon the fullness OF his ponds, and ''hs
worship" invariably stammercd out as an apollo
ey that there was an old carp or TWO that had
be1, fed by his grandfather, and he would not
have one Of their fins hurt for thousand pounds.
The pheasants multiply to the great profit Of the
netghboring farmers-I say profit, because, tho
their crops are invariably destroyed, they are
certain to receive double their value at first
With round dozen OF oaths from "Uucle Cobb"
mast certainly followed by round a number OF
kind words, crowned by foaming tankard ofithe
best ale in Cobb-ball.
who thunders against tlthes all the Zinc lie
paws them?-e'Uncle Cokb.n
who added at his owH expense, a room TO the
Parsonage, that the delicate curate might have
a window with southern aspect to SIT In, and
insisted on his accepting horse which he decia-
red could only eat the hay and oats grown on
the farm where he was foaled, and was quarterly
supplied Herewith ?-"Uncle Cobb"
And who, the very next day, told the aforesaid
son that he was a-rascal, but should have chance
of reforming, and set him up again in business
having first paid his debts-that he might not
begin life with log round his neck?-Why,
ssUncle Cobb"
Who marched into the very midst of the poor
law guardians-with the pauper's allowance OF
food ready cooked in his ample pocket-and then
demanded which OF them would like such fare!-
eeUnc1e Cobb"
Then. aeain, who announced that, every day
from December till March, an ordinary for the
poor would be opened in his barn, where every
man might have one dinner, and every woman
tsco ?-tsUncle Cobb"
The blind said his step sounded like blessing;
and even sinners-creatures whom the world
first bligllts, and then bans-knew that though
his reproofs were sharp, his acts wsrefulI to
everfowing OF mercy and charity. |
remember once passing some days at Pet
vorth-P etworth, hallowcd by the remembrance
of the most liberal, most noble, most God-serving
man that ever dispensed the treasures of the AL
mighty to those whoneeded. He, was not at all,
either in person or manners, like 'Uncle Cobb"
for his mind was too highly polished to be distur
bed by the turmoils of everyday life; whereas
the master of Cobb-hall, the worshipful justice
of the peace, entered into every village quarrel
with the greatest earnestness. But there was one |
paint of Resemblance between them--they enter
tanned the most afectionate desire to make every |
thing around them happy. I saw troop of very |
shabby, dirty, gipsey-like donkeys luxuriating
beneath the trees in the noble park at Petworth,
and took an opportunity to inquire ofthe house
keeper how they came there "Ah, madam"
she replied, ssmy lord likes to see every thing
enjoy itselfs' Now, this was precisely the case
with ssUncle Cobb;" he liked to see every thing
enjoy itself; but he sometimes wanted things to