Lewisburg chronicle, and West Branch farmer. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1850, 1850-02-06

" Take no thought Tor the morrow was 10
be interpreted literally. And as this IAN
tastic idea exactly suited his constitutional
lsziness, he al once abandoned all labor.
and neglected to make any provision
whatever for his family. The tears. argu-
ments, and remonstrances Of his wife all
ended alike, for he would not bulge peg.
Fanny's case was now critical in the ex'
treme, for. strange to say, she still loved
her husband with love that, in spite Of
every imaginable damper. continued to
burn on ardently in her affectiona,e heart
ill death. Hence she could no, make up
her mind to leave him. Besides, they had
now five children, and it was absolutely
impossible to supper, such family on the
produce of their pal,ry, stony farm. 10
this emergency that weak woman sudden
ly developed an energy and inv'nc'bi'lty
of lofty purpose which the annals OF the
world can not surpass.
With indefaigable patience. she prac'
,iced and learned 10 shoot, till no marksman
| in all Missouri was her match, and then,
as solitary hun,ress. took to the forest,
and soon supplied her husband and babes
with choice abundance of meat.
Toe wild region of Missouri at last SET
tied up. Sunny fields. waving with gold
en- grain, stood in the place Of the old
green woods which had furnished shelter
and .ustenance for the copious game. The
bufIaloes fled farther of, deeper into the
grand .praires. nearer to the Rocky Noun.
,aius. The moon beams fell broad and
bright on the open bottoms where the brown
bears used 10 nestle among the matted
canes, The red deer had been scared
away by the sharp sound Of Collins axes.
| 1t became necessary that Fanny should
more. She sold their improvement On
the banks of the silver Usage, for cart,
"a woke of oxen, and small sum Of ready
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money and loading the crazy vehicle with
SIX children and her lazy, worthless hus.
hand, she started for Arkansas. ln this
new country, then territory, she selected
a locality fifty miles from any settlement.
Here wild animals roamed in the greatest
plenty, and her rude board table groaned
beneath 10 them heaps Of savory luxuries.
The wonder OF wife now added rapidly
to their humble property. Her care-worn.
wasted figure grew rounder; her step. as
she sadded the black pony, more ells'ic !;
and The whistle blilher by which she sum.
rnoued her wolf:dog 10 The daily hunting
foray. Even her laugh sometimes rang
ou, as in the merry, ,houghtless hours of
her early youth, loud, long, and clear as
The sweet tones of bell metal.
One thought Of mos, gloomy character
alone disturbed The calm flow Of her JOY
Gus reflections. Her children were grow
ing up with the rapidiiy Of hasly summer
weeds, and utterly without education, or
even the prospect Of any opportunity to
obtain it. Theiidea haunted her day and
night. She turned it over in her mind in
every conceivable way, but still could find
no solution for the torlurng problem. She
had learned 10 spell, when child, at an
old field school-,hat is TO say, she had
goue as far in Dillworth AZ three syllab'es.
which, by the way, was NEARLY the extent
Of her lame teachers accurate Information
10 the pedagogic art. But her memory
had long ago lost in the inverse ratio of lis
acquisitions, till she could scarcely be said
TO know her letters. Oflen did she bitterly
regret her idleness in the early school,
house, and exclaim. as she fondly kissed
her children on returning at night from the
toilsome hunt" If had only learned to
read, then | could now teach you. my
dears.'' And her Tears would drop like
rain.
AT length an incident occurred that
brought with it suggestion shaping itsell
into fixed plan. which enabled her finally
to vanqush the perplexng difficulty. The
author cannot do better than give the anec.
dole in her own artiess words. as related
to him, in Texas, some twelve months
ago.
"I used TO cry about it every night,
said she, &" before going to sleep, and then
| would dream i. all over again for indeed
i, was sad to think Of: | knew that by hard
work we would. after a while, be well
enough off 10 moue into the settlements
where decent people live and then tho'
how shocking it would seem for my young
ones to have no more learning than tht
wild Indians. The boys were getting
more than half as tall rs their father, and
Peggy's pretty head was even As high Al
my shoulders. Ia was enough ormake a