Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-07-30

but we cold western people can tell siori,
too. Poor dear Scott was the greatest stor,
teller among ", Of course We mean =" =
Walter, - butNhcc'cr ever drclmpt Of" Sir
mAklng such nan as that the greater
man upon whom every one Of warm frcln,
looked .. : p'r>onal friend. 80 We suppos,
that there is S,n'Ihinr IN storytelling tina
comes home ~ hc heart Then there Va,
honest ~ Oe F,,S- hu, friend io p,nki ind
,.ts ~ @'n rs-ri-r .a., 's,..' -'-'.'''-'
y,r,uuaran,-if We rr,y tr allowed IN,
cu,n1rr-,hal they -, their faces against d.,
uscofihc Imagination altogether Give them
the figure, of arithmetic, and thcy will GIVE
up ,he figures Of spccch. They look upon
poetry as something akin N. black art, aud
carr nothing ior cycu lines and capital letters
c,ccp, a. they arr,ar .a the ledger. Now
"a, co1ir,, w. are uut % CHI, ,pint, arl vc
can l'ok with deep respect upon The cIo,c
rrasonc-. but we have ,o.t OF familiar fond.
us., ior ,hc rood s,ory.tcIlcr.
With vha, lively Indignation have uc uo,
regarded the a,rcci,y committed agaiu,, some
of orr juvenile a,ouio, in TIA, iasutIcrablc
al-1uun-
"Iut-u $50 .ro, ,I.g, JasI, on, Nar,,.'
Ju,, l, the bright blue cyc, have begun to
rIt,,cu. and the lrly rosebud cr a mouth has
began iu open. and the chubby chrrub face To
glow with al lhc ordor oi lnlcn,c attention lt
thc r,ciuug ~oOls-
. Nul no- u, .,-r', '-s'r,"
To- have ,ha, cnccrably chrlIiug coucluNou-
TItrU ,ua auulhcr,
AbvuJ Ja,A ,n hi. buothy-;
Nli nH~ tu, .JnN'' .oae
bon, but oc rrprr,, our iudignan, emo
uou, AMI return To the position ,ha, oriental
imag.uai.ous ou.h, no., ,o have tall their own
way We arJ going ,o au-,d,Hia.,,s one OF
thc Arabian Nirht,-uoi that vc cNpcc, To
Improve upon tho,, drliciou, eN,ra,oranns-
iha, we're presumption iuJc,d-bu, since It b,
% r.tuu,'.,irc age. We would b, lu ,h, tl>,.
ion. Another thing .,, that We have often
found that hjry, jn not liA, Arabian Nights,
ta.y ars apt l., call thym "sluil =" they seem
Gee uAc thing, 'uo seriously, and ,hinI 1t no
rrAc iur luun, princes, iu h' Whl,Ard away
vb,l they nr- un 'hr point uf mrrrarr, sod
n.ur, aud ogre. Co In,g,i,r, with lhc alice
uua, uf youuc people. Topics, lhe ladies',
iu.u. vc would iau try ,u hud oct sumy ,eus,
300 ,b. qlT abou, rrui and magiriau,-aud,
,u short, tu give them ,tc ,.u, ,Iur, of AIat-
dan laI ,bc Wonderful Lamp,
There lived A lad in liuJun-,ach lad o.,
enc sometime, sccs d-cy1, people troubled
vtHll. and whom sc lrg disposed To class
with goat, ard mos jur,o.s 'i,, ari Gels, and
aIl ,huss rcublr,op. tribes Uhusc whole
business and occupation ii seems 10 he To make
,h.u,slys, disagrcclblc. sam wtIful had
Jyra bound apprentice To a lampirhicy, that
bgir. the ouly iridc-or, Ne be- pardon
profession to which be- scented ,o haze the
sT.g,sc,i inclinl'ions sod q was shrcWdly
suspected by these wl'o kncW him hc,, thai
h., prrpo,Sr .,,ou for this rcuirel pursuit
arose from the delight, thai be- tcl,i droIq,ul
th, u.I ont or his can upon the person oi slow
pa>,snr,rs-sn opinion tha' seems ccon,sU
anc,d by the fact that he gave up his occupa
ton upon the introduction ct gss, that -
f, when there was ~ cil can 10 carry. san
WIfgI was indeed the pg,l aaJ plague Of ,h,
whole alley IN which be- Ja,ii H. whistle,
louder through his fuccr, thau any boy iu th
PARISH. broke more parlor W,utovs with hr
3. .aIl. ard arcl-panc., With br' marbles, pslto
.1.rsilu.-drt,cr, with ,noN-ha..- more rcrse
ycuarl,. tuvIcd iron tcol, more assiduou,
ly, pinned more people together on tweii'I
night. frightened a greater number OF horse
nu the 9Th OF November, and made q create
number OF fools on ,he dr>t day Of April, iha
any lad of his age ~ l,,udon. Ia short, b
wen, as much bcyoud his oriental pro,u,yP
in active mischief as the active energy OF tn
west exceeds that OF the east, while By rc
markable series OF coiRcideuces, his loriun
a, oar yeuug friends will see) bore sirlk
inr rc,emblsnc, to that Of then AsiaIlc iaNor
uc.
wliuls father was an honest, hard'worI
inr tailor. and wished TO bring sam up to III
same business. but sam had a soul aSo'
buttons. or rather a spirit above work
WIS said that sans conduct broke h's father
heart. and cos, him his lite f; but ih's wan
confirmation. bccauSe. ia that ease, Sa"
eonduc, mus, have operated ~ the shape oi
quin.icd sore throat, Uhieh griet seldom give
and therefore we acluii our hero OF the gul
I a pa,ricide bet 1t Jaa shoes ihs erii
,,i,,sr tad nans, which hears the burd'
Of improbable in,quI,les.
Sans mother, mother-like, seemed to lo'
him tho better Tor his faults that -, sho 10
ed him the norc that nobody else loved HI
ataIl She had sold the delunct tailor = sto'
IN trade, but she Piled her needle with inee
sant ass,duiy 10 keep her thrililess son' ra'
er than herself, irom want. The nelgho'
IN. hoped lha, sam would run away, go to &c
4, and ge, drowned, thinking how MITCH be,l
ms widowed mother would do, how mu
happier she would be, with him-a ,houg
IN. which Just shows how much they knew abc
the the matter.
.ia- One day when Sam was playing with
- ,dle companions in the streets there ehanc
70 pas ,hs, way ~ oH Jelr cloiNssD'dH.