Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1845-11-06

ihese are such accomplishments as grace
woman. Call country people ignorant! VIII,
there Is not farmers child of ten years oil,
that does not pity the deplorab'e ignorance O
city belle. Nor are the minds Of the coun
try people inferior in any respect, and mos
OF them are well cultivated. Do you remem
Der those lovely poems which we so mucl
admired in Peterson's Magazine! aud how
we wondered who the fair author who signed
herself Ellen, might be I Well, it is my yer,
little country cousin here. Does not this set
tie the question as TO intellect? And ther
you know that most of our great men were
farmers sons, brought up to work ill they
were sent to college.
Apropos. Do YOU remember the cn,husias.
tic prais2 which the Rev. Professor d. smoke
Of y?Ing Mr. Gray, a student in the semi
lfnrys Well, that. Nc. Gray wassvour broth.
er's son. wonder you did no.Sinauire him
out, and invite him to our house. He came
nome Just IN the merry time Of harvest. He
IS handsome, genteel and highly educated /:
now ne did surPass any of my former ac-
qua'ntances and particularly that mincing,
delicate Mr.. Lassoons, of whom once fan
cied myself desperately enamoured, and 10
whom was owing in part my terrible illness.
In part say, for idleness of mind and body
mad good share in producing il. I could
have kuelt to him on the first evening of orr
acquaintance, and when the next morning he
put on linen frock and large straw hat.
and took down his sickle, thought him. #
possible, more captivating than before. What
comes next3 Why, he says he will be far
mer, an independent happy farmer; and, dear
parents, with your CONSENT your daughter
Louisa will be mistress of his farm, his house
and heart. Do not get angry, dear mother.
but come, you and father, and see how happv
we all are here, and how good. know YOU
Will approve my choice and bless your affec-
tionate daughter.
LOUISA NJ. HENSHAW.
ala hal" laughed Mr. Henshaw, 81 agree
with you wife; there is amusement in that
letter. always told you you would get
your reward for cutting your good brother SO
Your cherished onlv danob.
ter, who was TO marry titled foreigner at
leas'' VIII now become the younger Mrs.
Gray, the farmers wife,"
'She shall not, indeed she shall not - cried
Mrs. Henshaw. sit would kill me outright.
and she wept miserably.
'But," persisted MIR. Henshaw, GIou;sa
will do as she pleases. She is her own mis-
tress and our only child. And doubt moi
Will be much happier, useful and respectable
woman with your nephew Gray than as the
wife oil the first lord in England. We will 90
and see them married.
I'VE will go and take our poor deluded
child home," sobbed the lady.
"But you know" said the teasing gentle
'I''sI, '-,fsfss .l ,.S. So, IL.
the country six months. You surely wou]d
not defy the doctor? Louisa would certain
ly die if we should take her away before The
SIX months had expired''
MIR. and Mrs. Henshaw left town the next
day, and alter pleasant journey came in
sight of the shetering elms, noble orchards. |
and extensive fields in which the lady was
born, and where she spor,ed away her child
hood but which she had not seen before
since she was in her fourteenth year. Now. |
as she looked upon it many tender memory
arose from every pleasant spot, and she went
Tor very tenderness and fond regret Passing
Inc orchard, they saw group of lovely girls
chattering and laughing as they gathered the |
large fair apples into baskets, while noble
looking young man carried and emp.ied them
MO wagon for use.
"There is our daughter ard son.In-law.o
MIR. Henshaw with assumed crawl |
".
.God bless them ~ cried Mrs. Henshaw
with energy. 81 have been fool, and now
eel that sixty years of artificial life in city
were well exchanged, with all its pride and
circumstance, for the happiness which that
lear girl has enjoyed during her six months
IN the country.