The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1842-03-08

nau neW!
Il should think it hardly necessary to furnish our
rooms, Nancy. All our furniture is excellent of
its kind >
but our smooth carpets, white draperies, and
cane chairs have such cold look; do consent to
have the rooms new fitted, we can move these
! things TO the unfprnshed chambers
| And of what will they be in those rooms
which we never occupy Besides,it is spring
ana 10 Int up now for winter superauous.'
WE'LL would not care she persisted, only PEG.
| pie VIII call us parsimonious and ungenteeI.'
'oh' il that is oll he said gaily, Il will promise
TO expend thousand dollars on The evening of the
party, not in furniture, but in a manner which will
be far more grateful guests and prof table TO
ourselves, and which shall exonerate us f,om all
| imputaton of parsimony; and you ex2end in
dress, eatabes and dessert Just what sum Won
please
| And SO the colloquy ended. He resumed his
studies, and she gave her mi nd to the
| OF the dress which would be most becoming; and
the viands that were most expensive. The next
day she went busi!y about her preparations, won
dering all the time how her husband would expend
his thousand dollars, but she had discover some
thing OF the eccenriclty of his character she doubt
ed not that he meant to give agreeable surprise;
and her curiosity grew great that she could
hardly sleep during the interval.
Al length the momentous day arrived The ar
engagements all complete, and Mrs. N re-.
tired TO perform the all important business of ar,
laying her fine person in fine attire. She fingered
long at the toilette, relying the fashionable I'M
punctuality of fashionable people, and when the
hour struck, left the chamber arrayed like Judith
of old, gloriousiy, TO allure the eyes of all who
should look upon her, and full of sweet smiles and
| IL
ing of her shoes and corsets. Her husband met
her in the hall
'Our guests have all arrived he said, and open.
ed the door Of the reviewing room. Wonderful!
wonderful: What strange assembly! There
were congregaed the cripple, the maiped and the
blind the pasied and the extreme aged land a group
ofchildren from the aims house, who regarded
the fine lady, some with wide open mouths, 9th.
ers with both hands their hair, while some
peeped from behind furniture, to the covert Of
| which they had retrea,ed from her dazzling pres.
| ence. She petried with asonjsh mel then
a dash of dspleasure crossed her face, till having
run her eyes over the grotesque assembly, she met
the comica'ly grave expression of her husbands
coun enance, when she burst into n violent fit Of
laughter
| Nancy! at length said her husband, sternIy.-
She suppressed her mirth, stammered an excuse,
and added,
you will forgive me, and believe yourselves
| quite Welcome
| THAT well done,' whispered MIR. NJ,
'then,my friends he said, 'as my wife ia not ac>
quanted. with you, will make a few presena-
tons Then leading her toward emaciated
creature whose distorted limbs were unable to sup
port his body, he said, sThis gentleman, Nancy is
| the Reverend MIR Miles, who in his youth travel
! i
Master. A violent rheumatism, induced by colds.
contracted among the sediments OF the West,
where lie was employed preaching the gospel
to the poor has reduced him TO his present ccndi
ton. This lady, his wife, has piousIy sustained
him and by her own labor procured maintenance
for herself and him. But she is old and feeble
as you see'
Then turning to a group with silver locks and
threadbare coats, he continued, These soldiers
of. revolution. They were all of rich
They wen, out in their young strength to defend
| their oppressed country. They endured hardships
| tolls and sufferings, ~suchs deem hardly pos
sIbe Tor men TO endure and live; they returned
| home at the close of the war, manned in their
| limbs and with broken constitutions, TO find their
patrimonies DESTROYED by fire, or the chances Of
war, their property otherwise ilched and wrest-
cd from them And these worthy men live in
poverty and neglect in the land for the Prosperity
! Cf which they sacrificed their all. These venera
BILE ladies wives OF these patriots, and widows
| Of others who have .gone to their reward. They
could toll you tales that would thrill your heart
and make it better. This is the celebrated and
| learned Dr. B, who saved hundreds Of lives
during the spotted epidemic: But Ibis great sue
cess ronsed the luminosity of medical brethren,w
succeeded in running his practice, and when blind
ness came upon him, belwas forgotten by those
whom he had delivered from death. This lovely
creature is his only child and she is motherless-
She leads him daily by, tho hand and earns the
food she sets before him. Yet her learning aud &C
complishmeuts wonderful and she is the author
Of those exquisite poems which ,,near occasional
lily in the - Magazine. These children were
I orphaned in infancy by the Asiatic cholera, and
! their sad hearts have seldom been cheered by a
smile, their palates RECALLED by delicious food
Now dry your eyes, love land lead on to the dining