Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-03-13
DLBBY WILDER.
THE FARMERS DAUGHTER


bilnN o. w lllNlU w ilItf TIC iau Nau-
dered away from Yankee land IN hl, youn
get Iayi!1 seek trs Grune anu having
I.eL employed u.s. = tcs2.c,lble Quaker
~ work GA hs fam he had con,u,ed with
true Yankee adtoHncss. TO Nin the affections
vi the old mans daughter, and had maff.
ID hct It's vic having c.pousod one 81 the
worlds people contrary 10 the rulcs, was
Of coufse read out Of society = but William
loved her none the les for lha, il any.
thing. hc ( la l.ule ri liccd a, il, Tor hc
thought u sccmed TO bune her liulc neat.
,tto him lie had ~ paulcui,t oljrc
ions to chem thccag aud thou,ng sort of
folks he had always found them rfctly
rood sor Of peopl~, bot he had no il~a that
hr should ever ,in them himself, and
therefore BE- irlt Sort oi rclri a something
he could hardly describe, when told his
NIia was read out
Mfs Wilder never ovcfcame, and per.
llps, never tried 10 overcome, the habits
winch had grown up with her childhood
and youth she always called her husband
William, aud coniinlcd through life 10
speak the Quaker dialect Bu this from
Lcr lips was never ungrauiul or unwcl.
come to Wlier's ears: for one Of the
sweetest sounds that dwell 10 hls inemor,
was when be- asked hcra certain question
ani her reply was, William thee rs my
heart already aud nv hand shall b. thine
whenever thee shall please 70 rnkclt'
William Wilder was ,hrlfty aud SIR.
i.urmau IN i few years he found him.
sclithc owau ola good farm. aud was go
lrg ahead IN the worIi us fast as the best
o, ms nclghbors Nor has The whole sum
q his good fortune yet been suited IL:
was blessed with daughter; n brirh, rosy
checked healthy, rompng girl full Of life
and spirits, and IN his eyes exceedingly
beautiful
This dlughcr, al the period which is
now 10 be more parIIcularI described, had
reached the age Of eighteen years Her
complexion was naturally fair, but a liulc
Drowned from exposure 10 the snn, for she
idI been accustomed from childhood to be
much 10, the open mir II this however,
bad de,rnctcd augh from her beauty, II was
more thrn compensated by the visor and =.
lls,icl,y i, had impaired TO her frame, and
the bright aud deep lusrc i, had brought to
her dark hazel eye. She WIS an object Of
cngrossing love to her parents, and general
attraction IN the n'lghb1ThoOd
There's that Joe Nelson alongside Of
Dolby again SAID Mr. Wilder 10 In, wife,
rather pcurshly, as they came out o. church
one warm summer afternoon, and ctmnen.
ccd their walk homewarl Il wish he
-would'n, make himself q1ic so think
>'Wcll, now, my dear, | think thee has n
liNc too much feeling about 1t, returned
Mrs Wilder. Young folks like TO be to
Cc'hcr. thre knows and Joseph is clever
respectable Young man nobody ever says
word rllnsl mn
Yes he's too clever TO be worth my
thing. sad Wilder nod, bv.an1.by. lie II
take /, INTO his head, il lle hasn't already
TO coax - bly, to marry him. I've no llc'
Of her marrying pauper I've worko'
too hard for what IHIle property I've got 4
be- wiling 70 sec 1t 90 to feed vagnbonC
WHO never oarnt ANYTHING. and never vii
don't believe DO Il ever be worth hun
died dollars MS long a. he lives,
We'll nov, my drnr, think thee Is
lrtlc too arl upon Joseph s1id Mrs VIII
RI, thee should remember that he is bu
M. o1l OF his time, His hther has beer
SICK several years and Joseph has almos
entirely supported the whole fimly
oh, | don't deny bu, he's clever enough
- ~ lthcr mud mother sad Mr. Wrlier
Ill Is, don't like TO sre him 50 thick aIon.
~ h D"tby How should YOU feel to Sc
lln married to Dolby aud not worth dc
cen. slit ofco,hc'Y
Well ! should feel sljl Mrs Wilder
rs though they were starring IN life ycr
much as We did Whrn we were first mar
ricd We had decent clothes and each q
VISA 90 pair Of hands, and ,hs, was abou
r'l eb.I 10 sl5r with don't thin
William we shoull have got nlong an
l,p.r. or b,on any happier, # thee ha
ben worth a hundred thousand dollar
when w wee married
Ihsarcumen, came home with sue
force 20 W,ucrs own bosom lha, he m al
10 attempt 10 answer u. bar walked on IN 5
l'ucr uIi they reached thor dwelling D,l
ty and Joseph had arrived lhero bcfor
incm, mud were already seated in the pal
Tor. Seeing Joseph ~, the, nlssed the VIZ
dow. Mr. Wilder chose no, 10 90 No. b,
confined b.. walk IN the road 10 the h,o
ground that riook al some Of his he ID
where "c "o'i rumuluug FOR hall a
holf upon me prospect oi his crops, an
moro pi"'e"'hi'y uPpo The unpleasant slt
Jrc' OF l)'hoE aniIae Nelson The youn
man had becam - ianliiar AMI 50 muc
nj h0me Al An house hat he could hardl
doubt there Was strong attachment grown
up bfwesn hin snj Lebby, aud be bern
10 ircl very uneasy abou' Il Tie had /,
ways been 50 toad OF bn d,ug,per. sni h,
presence was 50 necessary 10 has happ.ne.
thai the ,ica Of her marrying Mall. was
,al thought TO him bu, itsho mln mar,
he was determined should BE-, Il 7ls.ibl