Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-08-26

Aor The atcurac, ofhi4 age.
N 4 ersny or rHE NrvotuTloa-DH
I.Ittr NATIVE rErpER Asp saLr.-lht
E,llov'rp 10 a bonn fie fact. taken with
9nnt autcndaI,on from The life If n mother
lin IArarL II will Altnw that there wa7 An
Nauti. British spirit IN the wotne" ns well as
Fthr nrn If 70. | hone I'll The gitls IN
L Franklin vii read il. III nrh ! am nj aid
santia uf tlom in the nar'irl # III" county
L will need q dtrtinnnrv ~ find ont III. mran.
Ainr of the ( IN. wheel, Il ON, g.. The fret
liza The nat,r # ~ old fashioned rlnnn with
srne string. he other ia II big hotIse organ
with bnt + W rfnrs. But 10 the story.
\ Int IN the nf crtnon nf one If the last
4 dave IN May. 10. when | waaa few months
4 ~hrrt 81 fifteen wears old, notice calna tn
Tow nsend Mass.. where my father ,ised
to live. that fifteen Hull,ers were wanted.
The training hnnd whs ! siant'y called
aout. aud my brother that was next olde'|
than |. was one that wns selected, lie
did nnt return IN late ut night, when MI
were IN bed. When | rose IN the Morn
ling | found my mother in tears. who IN
atsrmed me that my brother John was To
zmarch ncst dHv after TO morrow morning
nj %snnrisr. NV father was at Boston IN
s'hn Maasarhnartts assembly. Mother sa,a
|,ha'. though John waa snprlled with atm
met clothes. he nnat be absent seven ofl
eight months. and won'd sntl"r Tor want
IF winter garments. There were nj thiH|
time i've stores md no articles to 'e had
except such M each FIRMLY could make It
elf. The sight If mothers trnrs always
all the hidden strength 1T bndv
and mind into action. immediately
asked what garment was needed. She
|sepl,ed "rnnialoonR.'
"Oh. If that Ia ALL" saih !, we will
spin md weave him n pa,r before he goes,
.Tut," said mother, the wool in on
The sleeps backs. and tho sheep are IN
pasture"
immediately turned 10 n yo',nget
brother aud babe him take Il salt dish and
call thru TO the yard.
Mother replied. " Poor child. there are
no sheep shears within three miles aud n
=" have some small shears al The loom.
said |.
But we cant spin and wenv" 1t in so
short n time
am certain we can, mother
How can you weave III there IN a
long web of linen in the loorn.'
mo matter, | can find "n empty
loom
By this time tho sound of tho sheepD
made me quicken my steps toward the
yard. | requested my sister to bring me
The wheel aud cards while ! went for the
wool. went into tho yard with my
btothcr and secured n white sheep. from
which | st,eared with my loom shears
half enough for a web we then let her
with the rest OF the fleece. sent the
wool in BY my sister. Luther ran for a
black sheep. aud held her while | cut off
wool for my filing and half tho warp. and
hen we allowed her TO go with The remain.
ing coarse part Of the fleece.
The rest Of the narrative the write,
would abt,dge by saying that wool thu
obtained was daily cntdrd and spun, wash.
I'd, sized and dried n loom was found u
few doors off, the web got in, wovc, and
cloth prepared. cut and made two or three
before the brothers. departurc--that
IS To say. in forty hours from the com
Inenccment, without help from any mo
dcrn improvements.
The good old lady closed by saying. II
no WEAKNESS. wei t not, | was serv.
ng my country, | was relieving poor mo
her, | was preparing a garment for my
brother II
1.-THE garment being finished, | rctiredE
md wept TIL my overchateed and burst.
ng heart was relieved y IA
The brother was. perhaps. one of Gen. "
Stark $ soldiers. and with such y spirit toll
,ope with need we wonder that Bu=govncE
lid not execute his threat of ma,ching N
through the heart of America! 4
-~Greenfieid Mercury. N
An Amusing FIRE in Rorbury-On Sun =
Law afternoon an IriShman who was left al
he house of Mr. Dove, in Warren street Rox- 81
'ury. with orders 10 put on the lea-kettle at
he proper time, oheyed the instructions. bat
such a large fire that the SCOT in the
Kinney caught tho flame, and, as usual IN