Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1842-09-15


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| never met n person who confessed
the sin Of hating roses, though it is not
probable that all feel like admiration
for this beautiful flower. For my own
part | love them dearly, and my car
hest recollection Of childish delights is
connected with bed Of roses, which,
in their season Of bloom, ] used to ySil
every fair morning TO see how the mum
bcr increased aud no Shy lock could
lament more heartily for the loss of his
ducats, than used to gricye over my
decaying flowers, when | found their
number diminishing in good earnest
How fast the blossoms would fall If,
after the bed was fully blown, there
came a long, heavy rain 1t was like
the cholera in crowded city. Those
that did not Weld 10 the storm, seemed
changed and bligbted by its influence
rs those who do not die by the pest-
lencc, suffer by its fears and sorrows
The buds would be backened or blasted 4;
and when any did open beautifully red,
they looked so lonely, that | always
gathered them out of pity. never was
willing to have any pluckcd when the
bushes were full.
There is sound philosophy in the ro~
mark, that the more we have of any
possession, the more we want. Ii Is
our nature. But we need not have this
tendency directed towards riches or
power. Let the object Of desire be lib
erty, knowledge, goodness, religion,
and then we may 60 on seeking, gam
ing, improving, and laying uptrcasures
as eagerly as we please provided we
do not seek to hinder the race Of others
in their pursuits.
\ | have another pleasant recollection
Of my childhood, connected with roses :
1t was the pleasure Of hearing, from
my mother, that curious fairy tale -
Beauty and the Beast The choice oI
the three roses by Beauty had a W. wonder.
ful effect on my feelings. was so GLAD
she chose them and the folly of hel
sisters IN preierring fine bonncts and
gowns was so glarng, that II may have
Influenced my taste, which, since
could Judge Of colors, has been decided
ly averse 10 show and finery When
ever see young lady cXtravagantly
and gaudiIy dccked out, think some
what of her as | did of the sisters OF
Beauty when they chose the fine clothes
that she is silly.
+ was told some wears ago, another
story about rose, which interested me
much and as it is connected with the
early incidents IN the history OF our
ioreiathers, it should be preserved.
Something more than two hundred
years ago, when the now proud city OF
Boston was an humble settlement, and
the scattered and lowly habitations, SO
coarsely constructed that wainscottng
with clapboards was accounted sinful
extravaganza, 10 be reproyed from tho
pulplt-tLere stood not far from the
head of State street, small tenement
whore lived Giles Firmin, Jr. His IA
ther was Of some consequence, as hi'
name is on the records of the first boarc
ofSclcctmen H. Boston. He must have
been somewhat advanced, for Giles Jr
had been married number Of years
before they came 10 America. The
wife of Giles was lovely, plous anc
devoted woman. Ii was her ardent
zeal, and the elder MIR Firmin's stern
puritan principles, which induced Giles
Jr., to cmigralc. lie would have pre-
ferred his pleasant seat on the banks
of the Wilham, even at the ha2ard o
his faith. IN listening to u sermon irou
a preacher in lawn sleeves, to the lane
Of woods and Wild Indians
Mr.. Firmin, MS ito soften her hus
bands regret for hi. beautiful estate II
England, had the iorcthought TO bring
a number of choice plants and seeds
from thence ; and she employed all hc'
woman's ingenuity and taste To culii
,atc and arrange liltlo garden to or
namcnt her new home Among he
/ treasures shc reckoncd moss rose
which plant was then rare ~ England
Her specimen had been uucommobl
nourlshing, and as she carefully tran,