Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1848-08-18
The Yankee Girl.


oil the noble bearing, the beauty and do
nestle virtues of the danes Of England
or the sprighlliness, grace aid fascination
OF the ladies Of France How have the
light footsteps Of Spain, the melting eyes oil
Italy been said and sung. And to this flo.
rists least OF nations, may not the plain
old farmer, of New England, come, spade
IN hand, and bring the flower of his own
landi Let the English lady be enihroned,
hl-the French, the ever bright and vary.
lHg tulip-the Spanish and Italian, the full
moss rose the richest and most yoluptuous
OF flowers. The Yankee girl is the rose
laurel, whose blossoms no garden flower
ever excelled in rosy delicacy aud graceful.
ness of form, but whose root asks neither
garden bed nor gardens care, but will take
TOR iisel strong hold where there is a hand.
iul OF earth in the cleft Of a rock, whose
polished leaf shakes green and cheerful
over the SHOWS of the keenest winter. In
her you shall find the union Of womanly
delicncy and refinement with manly energy
and decision, womanly ingenuity aud versa.
tility in continuance, with manly promptness
and efficiency in execution.
While some ladies found their claims 10
interest on delicate ignorance aud inabili-
ty as 10 all the practical parts of life, the
only fear of the New England girl is that
there should be anything that woman ever
did, which she cannot do, and has not done
little better than ever it was done before
Born Of frugal parents, who, with any 9th
er habits would be poor, she learns early to
make energy and ingenuity TO supply the
place of wealth. Born in land where all
are equal, no princess could surpass her in
the feelings Of self respect. Born where
the universal impulse OF all is 10 rise, there
is nothing in the way of knowledge and ac-
complishment which she does not hope
some day to acquire, and even without any
advantage of culture, womanly tact, quick
ness Of mind, and lady.like self possession,
add the charm OF grace to her beauty
Now II you wish TO find this lady of our
fancy you must not look for her in our cit
les, where all the young ladies' speak
French, play on the piano, and are taught
10 be as much like one another as their
bonnets. If you wish TO investigate the
flowers OF country, you do not look for
them under the shade Of damask curtains,
in the windows Of drawing rooms, but seek
them, as they grow free and individual at
the roots Of old messy trees, and in the
cleiis OF overhanging lodges Of rocks, or
forming eye-lashes TO the thousand bright
eyes of merry brooks So if you would
see this Yankee girl as she is, take flight
with us, up-up-not to the skies, but TO
the north Of New Hampshire. Alight with
us now, in the cosy little nook, where the
retiring mountains have left space for cult
walton, and hard hands have been found to
improve it. There, on the green breasted
turf, have been dropped some dozen or so
Of dwellings, a meeting house, and
school house. all in very nondescript and
unuIterable styles Of architecture. There,
in that village which never was aroused by
the rattle and tramp of The mail coach,
whose only road has green rbband of
turf in the middle, with a little turfy line
on each side, you will perhaps find what
speak Of. How still and sabbath.like seems
the place to day-does anybody live here
There is nobody IN be seen in the Streets
nothing stirring but the leaves Of the dense
heavy sugar naples, that shade the old
brown houses, and the blue flies and hum
BILE bees which are buzzing about, with
great pretensions TO business, in the clover
fields. But stay there are signs of life
else why the rows Of shining milk pans
and bark by the loud drawl from The open
windows of yonder school house, you per-
ceiye there is rising generation in the
land. Come with us, where large, moth
erly, old fashioned house seems TO have sci
down TO cool itself on that velvet slope o.
turf, while the broad masses Of the maple:
and the superb arches Of the elms, form ar
array of foliage about il, truly regal. Ths
house is the palace royal of one Of the SOW
ereign people Of New Hampshire, to wit
Jonathan Parsons. Jonathan is grea
man, and rich in the land, a wise man, anC
a man Of valor, moreover. lie is great
politically, for he keeps the post Office. He
is rich too, for he is the undisputed possess
or of all that he wants. lie is wise, for he
knows more than anybody about him, anC
as TO his valor, il is self evident from thu
fact that he has been promoted with un
paralleled rapidly 10 be Captain, and Colo
mel, and finally General Parsons. Accor
dinghy he is commonly recognised by hi
martial title, "lhe General" He is a hale
upright, cheerful man Of fifty or there
abouts, with bluff, ruddy face, and voic,
as cheerful and ringing as a slegh.bell.-
He turns his hand TO more kinds Of bust
ness than any one in the village. and, wha
is uncommon, thriyes in all. lie keeps tn
post office, and herewith also small as
sorlment of groceries, thread, tape, darn
ing needles, lin pans, and axe-helves, AM
the usual miscellaneous stock Of countr
store. lie has thriving farm, -possesse
legal knowledge enough to draw deeds an,
contracts, and conduc, all the simple la,
business of his neighborhood, and beside
this he attends, in general way, not onl
10 the government of the United States
but of all the countries in the world 70
Jonathan takes a weekly newspaper an
makes up Ms mind once week as to a
the matters and things The world around
aud his convictions, doubts and opinions o
these points, are duly expounded TO hi
iownsmen, while be is weighing out suga
or tea, or delivering letters in the course {
the week. 1t is a pity that the Presider
of the United States, or the crowned head
, of Europe, never sent to Jonathan for h
opinion,-lo they would always find
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