The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1841-08-27

and she is at all the expense OF his cdu
cation
"What undetermined girl she mus
be, 10 submit To a life of drudgcry lo
such purpose.
"She is the more praise worthy, Fred
because she could have obtained a situa
} ton as nursery -governcss, which accord.
ing 10 modern notions, would have been
far less degrading; but she refused i
because it prevented her from returning
every night to her MOTHER
''ls she always cheerful and good hu-
morcd ,"
"She has one of the most winning
manners | ever knew"
"She must be a lovely creature"
eyes, ii is a pity TO see SO much beau
ty and grace wasted in humble life"
"But why need it be acastcd, Julia 2"
"Bccausc she will, in all probability,
marry some rough mechanic, who will
never perceive her grace, and scarcely
appreciate her beauty"
"Do you suppose, then, that personal
beauty is not appreciated by the poor as
well as the rich, Julia ,"
eyes but only certain kinds of beau
ty a healthy coarse red cheek, and
bold bright eye, are the charms most adj
mired among the plebcians.
"Julia, what are you talking about
Are Americans running mad Here
have returned to my native country
after an absence of only five years, and
while my love for republican institutions
has increased ten fold, find my country
men have become perfectly beside them
selves in their aping of foreign iolIies.
P|c6ciGRs - iorsooth and pray, who
are the pGtricimls OF this most democrat
tic community ?"
"Why, Fred there mus! be differ
cnce between the upper and lower clas-
SEES in all communities.
Eyes, Julia, the difference between
the good and the wicked, the honest and
dishonest, the educated and the ignorant,
the governors and the governed-'
"Iou forget the principal distinction,
Frederick: the rich and the poor
"Aye, | thought so that is the ptinci-
pal distinction in modern times, and of
course the rich is the patrician, though he
may have raked his wealth from the ken
mel; and the poor man is a plebean,
though his ancestors should have been
among the only .Rmericn NOTES.-The
signers of our independence"
"Oh, no, brother, you are quite wrong;
a mechanic, though he be as rich as
Crwsus, cannot get into good society ;
but if he abandon his business before his
children are grown up, they are received,
and his grand children finally rank
amongst our first classes"
"Providcd they retain their fortunes,
for which their grand father toiled, sup
pose, Julia. Well, am glad to have
the matter so satisfactorily explained, cs-
pcciaIIy as we arc the children of a me-
rhanjc."
"llcaycn Fred, how can you say SO!
Our father was an India merchant"
"rruc, my high-minded sister, but he
began life in a cooper's shop down on the
wharf, where he afterwards built his state
Iy stores. Many good barrel has he
headed and hoopcd; and | remember
when very little boy, how loved to
play in thc shavings. But that is thirty
years ago, Julia, and suppose you think
other people have forgotten it,
81 wish, Fred, that you could forget
tit is not pleasant to have such things
brought to light so late in the day. They
cannot ijure you nor me, but they may
mar Lizzy's prospects"
"Truc, Lizzy might not be allowed to
marry a mechanics grand son, fit were
known that she was only mechanics
daughter"
Frederick Carleton, with some ecccn-
tricity, possessed many excellent quail
tics. His father had bestowed on him
all t.9 advantages Of liberal education,
and after completing his studies he had
spent several years in Europe. While
abroad his father died, and his eldest Sis
ter married, so on his return he found the
old family mansion passed into other
hands, and his lavorte sister Llzzy, an
inmate of Julia's stately mansion. His
paternal inheritance insured him comp
etencc, and he resolved TO marry as soon
as he should meet with woman capable
of realizing his notions OF domestic hap
piness. |, is not to be supposed that the
rich and travelled Mr.. Carleton, Whose
three thousand dollars of yearly income
was more than doubled by many-tongucd
rumor,) lacked opportunities OF selecting
a companion for life. But among the
manDuvering mammas and displaying
daughters, he had as yet seen no one
who cquallod his ideas OF womanly love-
Illness A true American in feeling, he
had lived long enough in foreign iollics
! ia dcspiSr them most heartily and CspcCl-