Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-05-13
AN ARKANSAS WOMAN AT HOMIE

fhoh "hAhAhN MAGAZINE.
While they were repairing the boat. I strollcd ,o , In, =,
oih a aii''lc distance, surrounded by a few cultivated field.
brisuing with dead trees, where | was frankly nnd conf.
ously invited in by a middle aged dame, catclc-sly. a = n.
corning u our notions, rather slovenly drcssed-hcr bend
IN picturesque disorder. and her shoes down at her heals
net eo"n'enance, however, was intelligent, agreeable, and
'ui' OF NNacity. The room was pcoplcd with children of
and yellow hair. ''
There Is mo- ceremony here. and in few moments the
niue woman gave me her history which was. to sny the
truth, rather more bnefthan n modern biogrnphy. ,hn, nine
Winnie tunes IN hundred reminds me OF Cowper's cpl.
gram
oh! fond attempt to give a dea,hlcss lo,
10 names ignoble. born To be forgot;
Thus when n child, as playful children use.
Has burnt To Under a stale last years news;
The flame extinct. he views the waning fire
There goes my lady, and there goes the squire
Ihere goes the parson, most illustIious spark.
Ana there, scarce less illusrious, goes the clerk"
Our heroine had been raised" ut Nashville, married n
gentleman who appeared in n carriage and four m , woo,,
ana afterwards walked on foot as n maried man. When
'e iIlue uaine came to this. she laughed herself fnily GU,
OF oTeath. From thence she was carried to Arkansas
where her husband had made a speculation with the pro
eeeus OF ms equipage, and settled down at a distance of
ten or hiten miles from any human hnbitntion U.,.
she ell INTO another tit OF laughter.
hethusoahdh had been absent upwards OF two months on
a uauhg voyage q New Orleans, and they would have got
On very eohiot,aoiy IN the mean time had it not been for
IN pears, winch came about ut night, committing depredn.
tons on the pigs and chickens.
y have nobody TO drive them away but the dogs and these
~ saiu sne, pointing TOT couple OF sturdy little fellows,
VI larger certainly not more than twelve years old.
,lhey were out last night after them, but they got off
win a Pig ana Two chickens! And this was the subject
. ano'nef laush' winch, like the rest, had all the charac.
'erisues OF genuine hilarity. | remarked the encnncb.
mems u ue nyer, Just in front OF the house.
lcs' said she, 'lnst year 1t carried away our barn and
ana good piece OF land. suppose the house will 90 NO y,r,
Ana once more she almost expired with laughter.
iier merrlment was not the result of folly or want of dine
feheenon' but the admirable product of the schooling of a
ne NclSsl'uues and exposures, that ever fortifes us A.
gainst 'hose eNcouaung rubs of life which, To those who al.
ways oask IN I'D sunshine and revel among its flowers, would
prove sntheieni TO wreck their happiness forever.
Our little woodland philosopher was neither ignorant
nor vulgar, and If any Of our fashionable female readers
VINO permit a precious bewhispered cosmopolite TO take
ulen round the waist and whirl them through the yoluptuo.
u maAes OF n waltz a moment after the first introduction,
shouldTeVolt atthis frankness in the lady of the forest of Ar.
kansas, must enireat them to recollect that she lived in ono
81 the most lonely spots on the bank Of the Mississippi,
talking for many day.