Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-11-22

cci,ing aud accepting very pressing invita-
tion from Mrs. Olis, iu which her daughter,
Of course. mojcstly ioincd, to call again.
lie had no sooner lcn the house than Mrs.
Otis embraced tn, occasion to draw lively
comparison between him, as enc 1.-THE learned
professions, and mechanics. With an ait Of
self satisfaction she said
"Show me your mechanic, Mrs. Lincoln,
who is able 10 cou,crse With Dr. Williams.
Did you no, observe the variety ard cNicn, OF
his knowledge, his happy faculty Of eOmmn-
nica,ion aud polish OF mSnuors. lalk uo, TO
tue Of your mechanics 10 point or cycry-
thing plclsau, and aerccablc-uay. even val
liable in a gcullcman. Will place Dr.. VII.
liams, litlc 90 | have seen Of him, against
any dulru mechanics YOU can produce 80
Mrs. Lincoln, ur, disposed To continue the
controversy further, and ever willing to ac-
knowledge merit whenever she saw u, very
chccriully concurrrJ iu the favorable opinion
expressed Of Dr.. WilIilms-addlnr, howe,-
cr, that there were many mechanics fully
equal To him iu cN,rn, ur knowledge, rc1di.
nc,, Of communication, and polish of atlJrs,.
Il IS proper 20 r,mlrs here, thar Augu,,u,
Ou,, E,1, the husband Of lady Ous, was O
gentleman uf Crca, gurl sense, and a lawyer
Of distinguished ability. llimSelf'he son Of
a worthy mechanic, he ~1s never hr7rd TO
speak OF mechanics 900 a"y other than terms
of the greatest respect, Moreover, bad be
been pr.,sa,, there s ltlc rss BOO saying
Mr. Lincoln would hayciound him heartily
c'uruuur with hcr 900 support ui h'f cause.
d. Williams soon became iH',m1ic 20 the
house OF Mr uu,. Who with bus lady sFarrI
no pa'rs go snake h.,'i'''s agreeable '' h".
TWAS a'-o quite arTar'n' 'ha' Mary ''n'''..
u'rd her rar towards ihe 'm' end, With 'he
'amr perfect ch''rlnInr-s 'Hd g''d "'''.
Asthe ou''r r 40 AZ liberty 'o disclose
further what u1n'r'''d 900 i.' '""o'e'' '"'
iaeaa'y 'n,''''s''' between MARY ''' '''' '''
o'mplish'd Young '''''', 81 '''' i'''''
" Who're haush' u.''' 'h"usht. ''' h'" h'- 'i'
AL ,,,b y,m urb .uu., rsl,u4l aua ,h,
sraus"
iua,ur ih,. past oi ihr picture Q" thr nmar'n-
a,lpu ct ,hr r-ldrr--vc com. directly 'o lh'
fac, that. aII rarur, ioyuIly aa-rnunr, thr
bau, were dul, publl-hgJ, and tl,r dag im.r
rlrr agreed un.
Mar, never luus,I mnsr beautiful ''an 600
r.r mm1as ol hrr "a'uacg ta'--s s"s.i
uounr 900 May
.u.yya 80 iaiurr,e
Ia,,rn -r,,n,. dignity aaa a'r.'
At tur lppwuiDI lusr, iUc rr'' Wd huh".
r.ram-Nar Ou, aud ,oaur WIInm,, .l-
tended los bcrcou,.n l.oyaso and o. Young g..
NAL. a>,r.ai. o. stepped into o carnage, 900
readiness, "a, the door. spg ha,icucd ,u asii
.ror the m.aarr ct hc PARISH. residing d,
,le village. abou, rrsb, m0e, distant To- ,hc
m,autmc. .ma.l party 'i iurud'' Mrs. Lin-
colin amuu- lhr r.,'. a,,.wn,.l a' t' "'''e
of Nr n,' o. oacT u,as congratulations To
,h- happy couple uu tHrI ntum, aud t.udrr
,hr u,ul. cu..u., of aIl such JOYOUS uccl'
,.uu>.
The minister soon FruurmrI is part Of
,lc o-.emyvy. when hu-taut aud wife, VII
their attendants, immediately returned and
were meta, the door by Mrs L'oNolo' who
hld volunteered l'"n''l' L. ''''''"'l ''. "."'
!, married couple 'o'bUse lu waiting T. greet
ih,ls
Conducting them n once l',1 'hc presence
or the company assembled u the drawing
room-
"Npua mr, Ladies' and gcutsmon,' SAID
NJ. Lincoln, " To iuIpIucu you To Dr. vii
ltams, better known a, Mr. George llam'lcn,
the ncchauic-einor priu,-r, and Publisher
of the Village Chronicle, - aud hi- lady
hitherto the accomplished Miss uu'
an syes Urrs fNtd on Mn. O,.s, wh,
.,ooJ half amazed. IN doubt whether io credit
what she had iusi heard, a. the sober reality
or whether the occasion had bccu seized upoI
by Mn. Lincoln to play OIL an innoccn, hoa,
n her e,peu,e. She was soon, however
convinced that the gentleman, now her SOU
,n.lav whom she had known and so highl,
esteemed as Doctor Williams, was indeed
NAM. other than plain Nr. IIamblon the inc
rhanie
Coll.c,,ng herself, and resolving to max,
III, host Of the soneshat awkward position
IN which she ionnd herself placed,
Ill, q, s,,J she TAKING by the han,