Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1841-06-01

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objected MI>CELLAs\ Y
.ra ta. paId.a.a saturday Council
....N IIu Or PLAN, OR TIE
FORCE or PRINCIPLE.
rAtauy or til. c5.srtY.
.aai procession pissed s.9~jy 0p
"a. street, and cuteud tine Venerable
place saacIcd % aIa Stone Chapel
.. MAS dcp1s led sho remains al MIS-.
"a.e, aud Wuh them tae p,e1uarv
....ce O. tvo Orphan daas rs
Mrs. Lawrcncc, until Il year previous
+ Lcr death, had lived in the creates OPP
rncc; bat unfortunately her husband be-
amc surely for friend roa large amount
hjch hc vas obliged to redeem. This.
d ood to many other losses, left him with
comparatively small pittancc Tor himself
A,tum;'v. his blow was too great for
81 WhaH give up his fuc rc>idcncr.
splendid furniture and cnrringr, and
ume down 10 the vulgar method of living!
No! be- could not-hc would not and the
-rcf cccasoncd. by This Change in his for
lncS, soon caused his death
His wife bone her trials with Christian
Re fOrwtuGc. With the small life aunui-
y whioliA she possessed, she found an
grccab 10 home III the family Of distant
relative. She devoted her time II the i'm
roycmcnt Of her eldest daughter Eliza
e,h, and in watching the unfolding beau.
s Of h'r little rose bud, rs she fundIy
,rmcd Maria.
The struggle Of a noble soul, against af-
.clion is often too great for It's frulI ten
mcut. VITA Mrs Lawrence. the cords
which had ben 50 tightly strung. snapped
.4LLcnlv asundcr; lis clhcrial tones still
Milling the hearts of It's auditors. Fin"
,nily with whom Mrs. Lawrence resided
ndIv offered 10 take chrrgc "f Elizabeth
low nine years OF ago. nnd bcstow on
her good education. But Maria. who
noa,d supply tho place "t' mother to
herr No on" seemed Inclined To- take the
care If a child Two years old.
How cnphrm raj the friends Of the pre-
sent day. They nuiter around the glare
land >pIcndor OF wealth, aud ba>k IN lis
sunshine; but. eNtlngu sh lis blaznnry and
where are they! Like the insect. they
,orsauate, they fly Ia some new IIIumina-
on and arc seen no more.
Accordingly, nouo Offered t" supply the
ace of mother to Maria. until M. and
Mas. Harris, who hid been brI'iended 10y
Mrs. Lawrence IN her days of prosperity,
and were d;slan,iy related. Iacy rcsid, d
about thirty miles from Boston.
'ruiil bc but a poor place for gen
em,n's daltcr,' said Mrs. Harris; bat
.rhaas when she gets bigger. some Of
ar Boston relations will make lady OF
he's
Naria was happy in her new hom".-
rid, in the wagon was as agre"able as
carriage. Aunt llannah's turnover, and
tie cake on baking day. Pleased her nS
we'll as the rich Confectionery her mammn
scd 10 give her. The check Ilnc:. trock
q summer. the red and b'ue w"rstrd IN
|vin,c,, were quite Is comic tabl' a> the
|l;jn and mcrlno 10 which she had been
accustomcd; aud though she said Stick
stick aunt lannah,' when the coarse
Stockings were put on her deIicai" feet.
she forgot II, in looking Al the boys a> they
coasted dove tho steep hill at The back OF
aunt IIannah's house.
In childhood. the country seems pcculi-
,-ly adapted To the unfolding capacities.
Tho vouthfGl cXuberancr OF spirits has free
scopc. Al nature, animal and vegetable
bursting into He and activity appears 10
coincide with the expanding mind better
than the confined limits OF the city.
Maria'S growth was remarkably Tor
ward. She pursued her studies nj the dis
irict school from books furnished by her
,is,cr Elizabeth, who regularly made n
nng visit nj Aunt Elannah'~ in the sum
mer sc,<an.. and impaired all the knowl
cJgc her sisters mind could r"crlv" -
These visits proved OF great benefit L
Maria, who, though unacQua nted with CT
life. was an elegant ljttlr grr'; and rra.
ty distinguished from any child IN the
'aEe.
40 change occurred in Ma,ia's situa-
..n, until the summer in which she COM
n.a.cd her eleventh ycar. During the re-
..ss Of her school. one fue afternoon IN
August, splendid summer carriage lels-
roy passed The school house. The chill.