The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-02-10
Miscellaneous.
From The American Metropolitan Magazine
THE JURY MAN.
~ h. MANA cum.

o,her men. Len an orphan IA his infancy
,he pAns olliIe were rough and lonely aI the
outset le had violent temper nnd good
heart The fret was oilen reused into Actiy-
iypupisbed with energy Kindred To liz owns
die last femniped hlnloaI undeVelOped, for
want OF genihl circumstances 4 TeciprocAied
Affection. One sollening CLEAN fell upon his
earthly palli,nnd he loved IL like the sunshine,
Without eomprehendIng tho greht law Of nj.
Uaellon that mudn II So very pleasant. When
Ne attended school IN the winter months, he
LWaya walked homo with little girl named
Nary Williams, On the play ground ho was
siil her, always rrndy To do bnlllc with any
body who disobliged her. Their eomrnds
laughed, md called him Mays benui and
gey hlusled aud lelt awkward, though they
mad no idun what cOufling meant. Things
lad arrived az lhH slnle OF half revealed con.
srlousucss, ho being fourteen years old aud
Mary Iwcye, when her friends removed Ia
the West, and the warm, bright influence
passed out Of his life. lie never rightly knew
whether lac wnH iu love with Mary, lat years
afterwards, Whrn people talked Ia lin about
unnrrying h. thought Other, idcriUg where
rhe was, aud whether she remembered him.
When he drove hlr cows home froIU pasture,
ite blackberry bushes on the wuy, brought
up Visions Of his fagoritc- rrhUOimutr, with
ber eeaH cape bonnet thrown back, her CLOS
y brown hair playing with the winds, and
W. Innocent tnce Smiling upon him with
inUlIy greeting. "She was the best aud
JeHssI child ever saw" hc ollon said 10
hnselG II wonder whether she would 6e ~
pleasant now" Sometimes lao thought If
going to the West aud seeking her out. But
be knew not where 10 hud her;lis funds were
small, aud his courage fell ~ the thought.
'Oli,ii IN nnny yenrs ngo since we were chill
drcn together. Perhaps should find" her
married" Gradually this one ray Of poetry
faded out Of his soul, aid all Ibis thoughts fell
into the common proSnic mould. His lot
was east WIN rough people, who required
much work, aud gave llllle sympathy. The
iu,apc OF his l'uln mate noaled farther mud
Gnihcr away, aud more md moro seldom her
clear blue cyrs smiled upon ln, through n,e
rliGhow n,i,ls of llio IinsT, or FROM The mir
vsleH Of The future. la process oflinc hu [
60 married, alter Ihe same fashion thiu large |
prnporioh OF men do;hccause IL was couvev- /
TENT Ia have n wife, aud there wus a woinnn |
"lglcd character ia the ueGhhorhood will !
ing to marry whoever first offered her re- |
Specialize home. Her character boro the
stamp oi'lnruIless mediocrity.She was indus.
lfIous aud patient, but ignorant, dull aud qui.
city obstinate. Tie ncighbors said she was
well suited to hun, he was 50 rough aud pas.
slonac; aud Ia the main he Thought so hln-
times iretled HIN NJ rock ohOles the flashing
ocean into loanL The dhild that wns born
10 tbem they both loved better than shcy had
ever lpyed; mud accordingly To their light ,d,cy
sincerely s,royo to do their duy. Ills bodily
wants were well supplied, often To lhe cost
Of great wcnrness aud self sacfifcc;but their
avn rude rninin ing had given them few good
IDEAS concerning the culture of mn IMMORTAL
soul. Tho infant did more for them Shan
uey Tor 'lin. Angelic in Influences, unst en-
Ahd unl,eard AMID the lirrd struggles OF their
outward life, became visible aud audible
ihrongh iheS.ilcOnscious innocence Of their
ll''ie Que. For the second IHse il his life. n
VISION OF beauty aud love CLEANED across the
rugged path VI that honest man. Vague inn
PrrsN'nhs OF beauty he lad constantly rrcriv- Z
ca rom tho panorama ofthe universe. His !
I,eHr' sometimes welcomed bright flower in
''e sunshine, or n cluster of lilies on the I
Alrnai''i he ftirrvufiCf al The splendor Of the
Ia'h"owi ana sometimes gnzed revcruuiY at :
'"c sun SINKING TO rest IN his rich drupery OF
purple nnd gold. But these were glimpses
OF the infinite; their beauty did not seem to l
IpPetIaIn 10 hIm; it did moi cnler IKE n HINV- =
&c charm into tho sphere Of his own exist ,,
encc, MS did the vision Of Mary Williams and
us own little Joe. Tho dormant tenderness .
mere was in him lenped up at Tho snilo Of !
"'h NNtll llthhllIt Oh lllt niue Iltl-
GERS MAIDEN dimpfu IN tho fathers heart =
Ike the ouibursts offspring, after long cold =
,w,lh'er, was the revelation of infancy To him. l
4" men he plolded home, after hard DAVIS I
WORK, u rested MN body unh soul 10 have The ~
luie one spring into his arms I;,r - liss ~, i
,9me. t9ddling uong. fitting his Ii,,e ,,,,,r;t c
ger OF mlk, IN eagcriess To cat his s,,r,,c, an !
his fathers knee l'l''' VI" r
But though this new influence seened - !
lnVnu min ~Va.t.r sx..N
nature, II could not quite subdne the uo,vor ,
Of temperament and hnbt. AS the dnri;ns I
babe grew. into boyhood, nc was sometimes I
cherished with injudicious fonduess, nnd ]
somellmcs repealed by bursts Of passion, that !
made HIM run and hide himself from the o.
'et lndulgent fnher Mr. Barker had him !
sell been educated under the dspen.aIieA of
punishment rather than attraction, antI be be !
ie'sd IN IL most iirmiy.-i 1T hrs son commit &c
'eu multi, he thought ofuo other punish. =
' \, 'han severity. ifaneiglbor did him nm y
~ Wrn' he would observe in presence OF the d
, " WIN wntch my chance TO pay him for
,. II me uog stole their dinner, when they ~
'n al work IN The woods, he would saw. u
i'nn after him, Joe, and give the rascal n ]
onhd beating" When he saw the child a
;g"ung with some larger lad, who had Of a
g",'eu MN. he would praise iis strength and
, ""age mud tell him never to put mp. with an q
,su'' lie WIS not aware that all these thinps nj
gre education, and doing far more to. form p
70 sons character than any thing he learned lc
h y sonoo' lilo did not know il, because his !
rL gus mad mover boon directed towards II. a'
,ou, my moral Instruction ho received wns &c
ny u'o munster of'th6 pArislr aud lre usu ~
P'uNe"ed about the hard heurtcdness of
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