The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-08-14
rae TEXAS ExIcRAI
M kRs. Horsros.


en'er npon bis sacstion withcrAsinw
On hand an immsnss stock az s<ss,.
snce. Pslenfe. sndef sieknsss a di,.
'rtss. 70 also smother insslusble slt,.
ihe srsrrise Of which ell IL of,~ ma
Tor IN The lie af an eaigranl Iseone
expect inst his bed 10, the wlIrsess
sIll De one Of roses; The ehsrms his
wild life wilI. on he contrary, N b
sansd by eonirefanps and hsrdps Of
every description.
sss much interested By m scsnt I
hesfd OF young emigr.nt. Who he
oulsst Of hs career, afforded 4 BOZ of
the ruth Of nv remarks.
Ihis sei'lrr ass . yong Seoansn,
sho. having saved . fsw hpad.ed rpads,
400 sreing no ''opening" IN his on toun-
Try. decided upon trying hi, Ior,rnsa The
plsias and prsines Of Texas. Ills Howl.
edge consisted Of some praeneal INNS.
sion on agricultural subjects, snd The
pr'ce Of stock in England. and, inIhort,
OF farming details which apply sIcsiss-
" 70 practice in The .0Id Cmniry'
MLeod, Tor 80 will call hid had
married pretty lrish gill. Of l.s.sbls
connections and good education She
possessed. si,hal. light heart aad hap
py temPef--no irnrng recommend lions
Tor domestic life in the wilderness. Land,
40 ! have slsswhere Observed. 10 lmpl.
inely ehesp far up tie counlr,; The
seoiehnsn EASILY made . pvrchss, ef 4
considerable tract; and he and his hung
vie with little helpless child, irsslIed
BY Sow degrees. bu, eheeffully al full
Of hope. towards the rolling eountylbose
Washington. They had NOT beenlone
IN their new abe when they d.cos-
cred thai the location was III cbsen.
They bad built their log house in |. hol-
low, instead of on rising ground, shieh
10 everywhere Of something lees han o
mile ds.snt from The river; il was, here
fore. damp and un~ holesome. In hort,
the M'Leods. like many other sellers,
had rashly followed their own ideas, and
nselsesed To ask the advice Of eIpeien.
eed jewellers in the country. The conse.
quenees Of this imprus. nee soon made
themselves spparsn,; and in sbort ZINE
MLeod was stretched upon his bed ui,h
. low lingering lever. Nota's heipfuInes.
was now OF essential service. Strong ia
ssnsins i'ls6 'i spiris d Isiooa.hauor i, and
nushneness, she nurssd her sick husband
MIXED the eo~s. minded The house, and
took care Of the baby.
Fortunately. in This rich soil and land
Of prolific produce. the mesns Of exis,enes
were essil. produced, ., less, for . Sea.
son. Nors's stock Of poultry vas no, Ca
silly exhausted. for The domestic fowls
breed and rear their young much more
frequently Than 10 mos, c,her countries,
or the pigs snd other snimsls. the same
may be safely aveired; and Ihus Nora and
her little family continued TO live on,
But M'Leod's was not a mporsrh maIa'
dy; week after ~eek sped by. and be lay
there sill, useless, po~erless man. The
nature &C his complaint affected his spir.
its. and he seemed fast sinking into state
ol helpless despondency. 10 vain did
Nora. wmh her bright face snd cheerful
voice, slightly indicative Of her Hberni'
IN origin. endesvor 10 console him. When
The sick man INDUCED in sad prophecies
Of the poverty which he insisted would
ere long come upon them. Nora would
gaily repeat to him the Irish proverb,
/" Cheer up. my darling. there's a silver
lining 10 every cloud" But they could
not live upon smiles and cheering words;
and proverbs, however true. are as un-
profitable as thew are stale. By degrees
their livestock diminished; some sirayed.
others we're shot by some wandering n
fiemsn, = lew fell sick. and tribe OF In.
diane, who we're encamped near, did not
'cfUple 10 lay their hands upon such as
same within their reach. Happily for No
"a. these Indians belonged 10 a friendly
.ribe, Otherwise her E. az Of them would
have been still grestsr than it was. She
.ould not accustom herself 10 their wild
and savage appearance; and the dread
seemed mutual, Tor the Indians seldom sp.
preached The abode Of the white men.
M'Leod had sunk considerable portion
Of his lutte fortune m The purchase Of
and, stock, &C.. trusting to hIs own in.
ius,ry and exsr.iops for the future sup.
por, of his family. After q time, then,
he desli,u,ion which the sick Imagination
,f the poor Scotchmsn had so long an.
.icipa,ed. stared them in the face. The
wife, Notwithstanding her hopeful spirit.
began 10 desponJ; aud her husbaad's
health grew daily worse. The feelings
IF sadness and gloom was new and un'
one TO Nora; so new. thai at
first the UNIV. leone tenants could 6ad no
sb,ding-plscs in her heart. She vac de
however, to hope. though ste
saw her husbands face gov paler and
thinner, day by day; and she would otsli-
na,ely look foI ward for better times, though
heir supply, even of daily food, wssfsst
winding away, and though she saw no
present means OF relief from their present
lisresses. Nora ceased no, TO exert her.