The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-05-03
VOLUME III-NUMBER SO.

say q holy purpose u seemed impossible, but
resolved to try i. That night hurried The young
folks of to bed, and having kndled a good pine
knot Light, picked up the newspaper and sat down
TO see is | could MAKE out aay thing In t. 4
smiled with unspeakabIe delight, "a Aiscoverinq
that still knew all the letters, except the capitals
But soon had cause to weep again; for, after
doing my best, and sitting up or daylight, every
line remained riddle. could not spell out the
meaning Of single sentence. : sseN - -,
About sunrisg q new notion entered my lead.
I determined TO osgsin shoftly % Little Rock
and purchase soma primers and spelling books,
which afterwsrd id then began to learn N
earnest II was very hard for while, bot i sat
up ate after Tom and the children were al asleep,
ana took my primer along with me when 4 sssns 10
=, aunt could stndy itras rode, especially whepe
The woods were open, and before got within
reach OF game and then, when was resting after
hhung neasJ deer upon my pony, on walking up
steep hill, would pull out of ) pocket which /
had preparsd on purpose in shs sids of my dress
and run oveE the pages, tIl at last souId simost
repeat the whole from memory. I then com
sfnenced on my large spelling book, and maslssed
that IN the same way All the while . wanted 10
be teaching the children, BIN afraid Of teaching
them wrong, intending first TO make myself per-
feet because thought it was Of 70 know
any thing at all, unless could know il right
hie thus engaged, a lost hunter stopped q
lew days at our cabns and discovering my studies,
Kindly offered % Assist me- had to slnlsaF1 the
sounded friehtfuIIy when com pared va sI rr-f
mode After got straight bought primer FOR
each one Of the children and colIscliKa fhen, 81
together one Sunday morning, told them thar
was going 70 teach them how to Fead.2 Il would
have done your heart good to see them. They ap-
peared 10 BE- running mad with in, for fb.g 1,If
Remembered tvhat i had ssid abo1f she aeyvsy,z
per, and had teased me much vuen ~ sabisrt.
Night after night they weuld SIT aFatill twelve,
studying their primers and sueIliur beoIs. aud III
day ON the Sabbath they tried more indusiFicnslv
than ever L had done in the school-roou, Until Il
abe, u iers 49,. ti.s "a ss: -
testamenf and the Lie of Marion and b,J ase
over both several times. In this way taught my
dear young ones TO read, having first Of an taught
myself ytl 4,
!. .s nsls, e.s sccelasy q n .ne le5sge
book on Terus, where she refers to Mrs. More, al
though in her narrative she only sets down tke ii-
tials Of her name.
And may we NOT well be permitted. to doubt
weeiner me annals o. the eieoe and ah ane ageset
nne present parallel 70 tins almost mirannlosls
case ne biographies Of me sell educated TEEN,
% 70 oe sure, WIN noble Examples among tae softer
ss anlong me sucnger seA. DuI uia any one ever
oetele, eitner man OF ~ehans go through tae
patent painful process y voluntary seit-eHltuEss
with the same definite and setred object Others
haye struggled with the terrible problem q unaided
mental development ifom the desire Of gam on
l. ~- -'-~3 --- t,- -.e--t- 80 - $50
D@ch WOODS atoisi paIef, Aotuers more angelic mo
uyes iron an innnitei tenaeI, Rory maternal love-
/ ahu VIVA tue soie view OF ntung nefseh % oe me
teacher OF her innocent oiispnngs cut on as tzey
were ~ hsnpefaDte eifeulnssAhces rom every
other means Oh instruction 4 makes one better %
leao o. such cifcuns.ances OF exalted oesotion 20
conscious 9uty, and mus % Know ana ieei altnough
1ue race Oh m1fai heroes appears 20 pe neariy OF
qIl.e e1uneh tnat 2, aomestc hsroines never can
wnoly persn, ~ne one mothef anah De en- 70
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~ sns AoAA Afivuns oa .Ae s&'n u'ts y pun
nsneo iepgsnT communicates IN regard 70 The
mysterious revelations in Connectieui, from one
who represents b;msalf 4 have hasn N s,s-,-;sl
ness of tbem PubI;cs,;,n. Z, ne -I,rh,,,,.. -.
= ~; ON
:. s'.'s nA.uie, we 20 NO. cOnsiael vsfg
| aulhotita.ivei out u Shows ulat tnere are those
who believe IN such things The writer says
One day early in March last, Dr.. p. whose
family has been the scene Of such strange vista
| ions called on a gentleman upon whom he fali
that his cSnfdence would not be ahropgn away and
asked if he had an hour te spare. sYes. wsIk uD
| TO my room.H No: but [ want Won tn 90 douv1,
to my house, There was nothing unusual IN tbe
Drs manner, and the two drove Oh together in bis
carriage. The said gentleman being an invalid
has made the town Of Stratford his retreat for three
or four years past during which time he has been
L knOWn anu yct uuknON4 turocRn the QfOouCtlOnS
Of his pen, having written for the most part aaoiS
1 mousy, and the past winter for a leading publis.
journal in this city. He is extensively known and
4 regarded in his profession Matter-of.faet GHOST
stories are SO repugnant to his taste and edueat;o
| that il he had known beforehand, doubt whetber
he would have gone with the Doctor, notvish-
standing that he he'd been, meantime on terms Of
| companionship with him. On the way Dr. p
said to him, Now you will think that we have
been in very foolish excitement at our house. but
want you to come and see il you can discover any
cause, and relieve our, .minds-n He spsns an
hour, returned and spent the day and the night.
and lived in the house nearly three weeks, duTine
which time all the inmates were on the ma siius.
| He classes the occurrences as follows. Il, Throw
ings. 2. Rappings. 3. Pageants. IA. Manilesta-
tions Of members Of the family Since the "details
are very numerous, and You consider those only
| important which show intsllgence ON the part
of those, body or spirit, .as yos please ; who
caused the occurrences, win not burden you
with many The witnesses were all the while
taken by surprise. Said gentleman and lady
happened both to be looking at tlle middle top
pane Of glass in window OF the parlef A round
ball struck it noiselessly In the cene from the in
aide and after two or three slow rebounds 44ainst
IT, fell dead down to the floor and rolled towards
them. 1t was tprnp covered with mjnute mul-
titudinous, and most beautifully formed mesmeric
characters. A like writing appeared on the wall
in corner, part ON one wall part on the other
The ch.y.c,ars 49,, g.r,,,.. x,.sth -.
curacv Of outline. An manner az tbines were
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