Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1842-12-09
MYSCELLA ".
ID iGBB BY YIL DE Il
OR THE FARMERS DAUGHTER.
BY SEBA SMITH.


THERE lived few years aso, in the interior of
one of the middle States, u sturdy farmer, well TO
do in the world, by the name of " lilIam Wilder.
He had wandered away from Yankee land III his
younger days. to seek his fortune and having
been employed by respectable Quaker To work
OIL his farm, he had cuufIved, with true Yankee
adroiInrss, 10 win the affections OF the old man's
daughter, aud had married her. His wife having
espoused one OF The worlds people, contrary To
the rules OF her order, was of course read out oi
the society ) bur William loved her none the less
for that; if anything, he et liule rejoiced at it,
for he thought it ed to bring her little near
er to him. lie had no particular objections to
them lheeng and thoulng sort of folks : lie had
always found them pretty good soIt OF people
but he had no idea that he should ever Join ,heu
himself and therefore felt sort Of reliei, some
thing that lie could hardly describe, when told that
his wife was 'rcad out
Mrs. Wilder, however, never ovcrcame, and
perhaps never tried TO overcome, The habits which
had grown up with her childhood and youth she
always called her husband William, and coun
ued through lie to speak the Quaker dialect Blu
this from her lips was never uHgraieui or unwe
come TO Wilders ears for one Of the sweees
sounds that DIV eli in his memory wns when he
asked her certain question, and her reply was
"William, Thee has my heart already, and my hans
shall he thine whenever theo may please TO take
it,"
William Wilder was thrifty and stirring man
in a few years he found himself the owGer of q
good farm, and was going ahead in tho world a'
fast as the best of his neighbors. Nor has the
whole sum of his good fortune been yet stated
lie was best with daughter-a bright, rosy
checked, healthy, rompng girl full OF life ant
spirits, ana in his eyes exceedingly beautiful
This daughter, NJ the period which is now TO III
more particularly described, mad reached the ag,
of eighleen years. Her complexion natural
ly fair, but little Drowned from exposure to the
rGla.a had
10 he much in The open air. II this, however, haI
deiracted aught from her beauty, il was more thai
compensated by the vigol and elasticity It had i'm
parted 10 her frame, and The bright and deep usir
1t had brought TO her dark hazel eye. She was al
object of engrossng love to her parents and o
general attraction III the neighhorhOOd.
"There's that Joe Nelson alongside OF Debbv
again, said Mr., Wilder 10 his wife, rather pellish
ly, as they came ont ofclillrch one warm summe
afternoon, and commenced their walk homeward
81 wish lie woulCln make himself quite 50 thick.
"WelI, now, my dear, | think thee has lilt,
too much feeling about it," returned Mrs. Wilder
Young folks like TO be together, thee knows, ant
Joseph s Il clever and respectable Young man
nobody ever says word against hun"
ayes, lie too clever to lie worth anything,
snid Wilder; "and, hy-lhe-hy, he'll take il int
his head il he hasn't already, 10 coax Dehby 4
marry him. I've no idea OF her marrying a pau
per I've worked too hard for what liue proper
bond, who never earnt anything, aud never will
don't believe JOEL ever b. worth hundred dol
lars as long ms he lives"
"We now, my dear, think thee a li,ile to
hard upon Joseph" said Mrs. W ilder ",he
should Iememher he is but just out OF his time
His father hus been sick several years, and JOSEPH
has almost entirely supported the whole family"
Oh, don't deny but he's clever enough, AM
Kind enough TO his father and m0lher," said Mr.
wilder; mi Is, don't like 10 see him so thcl
along with Debby How should YOU feel TO SCI
him married 10 Debby, and not worth decen. sui
Of clothes 2"
We'll, should feel" snid Mrs. Wilder, g al
though they were starting in life very much as W,
did, when we were first married. We had decen
clothes, and each of us good pair OF hands, mn,
that was about all we had 10 start with. | dou'
think, William, we should have got along any bet
ter or been any happier, il Thee had beeen worth
hundred thousand dollars when we were mar
RED"
This argument came home with such force Il
Mr.. Wildei's own bosom, that ne made no aliemp
to answer II, but walked oil in silence ill the,