Litchfield enquirer., 1842-03-03

IN the windows OF drawing rooms but Scel
them, as they grow free, at the roots of oil,
messy trees, and in the cleGs of overhane
fng Lodges of rocks, or forming eye-lashe.
to the thousand bright eyes Of merry brook.
so it you would see this Yankee girl a.
she is, take fight with us-up not to the
skies, but to The north of N. HAMPSHIRE
Alight with US now im this cosy lille nook
where The retiring mountains have left
space for cultivation, and have been fou nd
to improve it. There, OH the green breast
ed turf, have been dropped some dozen OF
50 OF dwellings, meeting house, school
house, all in every non-descript and unu,-
lerab!e STYLES Of architecture. There, in
that village which never was reused bv the
rattle and tramp Of the mail coach, whose
only road has green ribband Of turfin the
middle, with IA turfy line each side. YOU
will perhaps find what speak of. How
still and Sabbalh-Iike seems the place TODAY
does any body live here! There is no.
body to be seen in the s;reets-pothinp
stirring but the leaves of the dense heavy
sugar NAPLES, that shade the old brown
houses, and the blue flies and humble bees
b"zzlng about, with great pretensions to
business, in the clover fields. But stay {!
there are signs of life: else why the rows
OF shining milk PaRs-and bark, by the loud
drawl from the windows of yonder school
house, you perceive there is rising gem
Grafton in the laGd. Come with US where
large, motherly, old-faslioned house
seems to have sat down to cooi itself on
that velvet slope Of turf, while the broad
masses Of the elms form an array of foliage
about it, truly regal. 1t is the pa royal
Of one Of the sovereign people Of N.
Hampshire, to wit, Jonathan Parsons.-
Jonathan is great man, aud rich in the
land, wise man, and man of valor
moreover. lie is great politically, for he
keeps the post office. lie is rich TOO, for
he is the undisputed possessor Of all hs
wants. He is wise, tor he knows more
than any one about him; and as to his VAL
or, it is seIl-evident from the fact that he
has been promoted with unparalleled rapid.
ity to be Captain, CoIonel, and finally Gen.
Parsons. Accordingly, he is commonly
recognized by his martial title. the Cen
eral.'
lie is hale, cheerful man Of so or
whereabouts, with bluff, rudy face and
a voice as cheerful and ringing as sleigh
bell. He turns his hand TO more kinds of
business than any one in the village he
keeps the Post Office, aud Herewith also
small assortment Of groceries, thread,
tape, darning needles, tin pans, and axe
heads, and the usual miscellaneous stocks
Of country store. He has thriving farm,
possesses legal knowledge enough, to draw
simple sS% fJadH s,Gagss OF his neghborhood,
and besides this lie attends, in a general
way not only to the government Of the U.
States, but Vi all the countries in the world;
for Jonathan takes weekly newspaper
from Boston, and makes up his mind al
once as to all matters aud things the world
and his convictions, doubts and
opinions on those points, are duly ex.
pounded 10 his towusmen, while he is
weighing out sugar, and tea, or delivering
letters in the course Of tho week.
We have only to say in addition, that be-
sides the pa,riarchal wealth Of hocks aud
heards, Jonathan has a patriarchal compile.
ment Of sous and daughters, among whom
we introduce one Ivy the ever verdant
name OF Mary. Tue village had called
her mother Il beauty before her, and Mary
had borne that name ever since size took
The golden curs Of careless childhood
Yet it is not the impression Of mere physi-
cal beauty that she produces upon you.-
There is both intelligence and energy in
the deep viole. Of the eye. and decision as
well as sweetness in the outline of her beau
liful mouth. Her form, naturally slender,
is developed by constant and hcal.hful ex-
ercise, and displays iu every motion the
elastic grace of her own mountain sweet
brier. Aud more Than all this. there is
certain cool, easy air, "a freedom and nobil-
iiy Of manner, good taste im speaking and
acting that give 10 her, though untaught in
the WAYS of the world, tina; charm beyond
beauty which is wOman's most graceful
Gift. For this instructive sense Of what re-
ally is due to ones self and others-this
perception Of times places and properties,
which forms The highest attraction Of the
lady, though il may be wrought ont Ivy la
borious drilling and the tuselags Of ctiqueI-
te, is often ,hs free gill Of nature, poured
on the fair head Of some one who has new
er trod carpet, seen a piano, or taken
one step 10 the labyrinth OF artificial life.
Marv's amount Of accomplishments, so
called, was small, Including meta word OF
French, and no more music than was COM
prised 10 the sweetest Of natural voices,
taught in the common evening singing
school Of the village. But as daughter
aud sister and housewife, her accomplish
meals were innunerable. Enter the cool
quiet house, not a room of which boasts a
Garnet, hut whose Snowv Huor needs no