The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-10-12

meant u Tor ny gOslf furrife me- hl VA /
thcr, all that have done tp griefu you thrn' !
my childish folly, Oh, God. do thou reward
nm lur all lir love OIL ny Con iof my lHf Z
ter end bo like his
The bystaudrrs al wcpt Al length the
farmers wife, with tears and ontroauss, per
suaded Maria "a go with her from the room, I
but Maria was not "a bc wcaIird, The fol-
lowing DiRht she watched by her fathers
corpse, aud read, and wcpt aud prayed hy
turns until morning Before the colin was
clnapd, she looked oncr more a. the body,r-
'Ah said She, 'tho last time ! saw this ven
rraiilr tutintrnancr, how bratiiiiHl 10 Wa ~
How swoctly ho smiled, ~ IT, already sur
rounded With the l-,aiHs ct f,lturp glnp.. Oh, ,
farewell, farewell, my dear father MAY thy
bones rest ia peace, and thy spirit rejoice in
that heaven Tor which thou hast 20 oAon long
ed
Amer tle melancholy duties Of the funeral
we're over, Maria epdcay0rcd to apply hcryrlf
IN her old occupation; but she was for some
time very -ad, and Often went a. weep and
pray by her fathers grave, 10 hcr every
flower seemed Ia have Lost beautiful hug
the trees OF the forest appeared black aud
gloohy, o. IL olollot IA the sable parb Of
mourning IL is true, time alicyiatcd her sor-
row, but new distrcsscs were in store for her,
Since her fathers death ihings hal hccn
NlillN iNNUHiNl ~ llf I NV lhINlH ! lf Nlil
farmer had given up his farm to his only son,
quiet ami pCHCahio young man, Ills young
wife was very beautiful, aud also wealthy but
excepting vanity other beauty and love for
her riches, She pns;csscd nu other qualityhud
at length pride aud ayaFicr took such hold on
her that her original beauty hy degrees dis
appeared When she perceived that any
thing would bc agreeable Ia her father or
mothcr-in-law, she was surf not 10 do il; aud
At last paid the stipulated sum for their sup
port with great reluctance; they suffered u
Thousand harl-hips, and she almost counted
every murscl thvy put IN their mouths. The
Kind old people we're removed into the hack
apartments, aud were rarely allowed to ap.
pear in the ma'nhousc. Things were not
much different with the husband. The rude
woman, With vulgar tauus aud rcproachcs,
uphraidrd him with The, gurai wealth she had
brought him; aud the only way w prevent
mischief the whole day long wti hi, patient
submission, She would not 20 much a. al
low him to visit hi. pap'nt,, because, ~ she
--i.l,l.. "a gI.l Llkn-hniu- something uriAni-
Is. IL was only after hi. day. labor that hc
,cuturcd Ia sprhd q few minutes With them,
and then hc usually complained oi hs.uuhap-
py lot
lus, yes the olf farmer would .ay, your
mother was tup much taken up with lhr glil-
ter Of tho gold; YOU, NY son, were too easily
deceived hy p1ir.ot beautiful olI,cks aud /
have yielded myself too casih up Ia you all.
We are all three punished; We -luuld have
taken tho aoNriuc ct ppprhuue.t Jacob. This
marriage would never hav, pleased that pru-
dent man. do YOU remember What he once.
,.llu, Wiic, when you satu tf,s, uuHIs.,..s
pound. was great and beautiful ,uIu gtfun-
uyy 'lcs said Jacob, 1T !. great sum
ut money, hut il b. not beautiful ;thv flowers
in that garden are ten thuu-and time. more
beautiful. Had you said heavy SUM. you
would be- right for 80 II is, aud requires
5ir1- 7if1ufJi1F ~ irfF ~ ssJvigr1sst
will pres, one to ia earth and make him n
poor, crippled, worldly minded, wrctchcd be-
ing Why strive alldr 80 much money You
have never wanted lct--yuu lad always
something over Bchc,c mc,tno much wealth
produces haughtinc,s and yanity. ~ great
and necessary "A blessing a. rain j., yr, too
much OF it will destroy the finest plant that
cNtr grew These were the words utpifIs ia
cob and 1 titiuiS hear itirif vet Iucc, ,s'y
son, YOU had said that beautiful woman was
like the blooming rose. But, said the rca-
sunhblc old man. "a flower is not merely bcau-
tiiul--it unites usefulness Ga It's beauty. IL ht-
f0rls the richest of gitls-thc pure wax and
the precious honey. A beautiful person, with
out virtue, is but paper rosc--a wrctchcd
dead thing. without fragrance or vitality,
Welding neither wax nor honey Thus spakc
honest ia ob. but we would not listen, so we
must now suffer. What once appeared to rs
the greatest happiness is now our greatest
misery. God give rs grace to bear this aud
all our trials with patience and submis-
sion
Things went very hard with poor Maria.
Because the old people occupied the small
house the young wife ordered her out into q
wrctchcd place, although there were several
good rooms standing empty; and, out of NAL
ice, she inflicted upon her every imaginary
evil. The whole day she quarrrllCd win her
and Maria could neither work -eaaueh,- mar
do ANYTHING to please hor. The poor orphan
now found tLat she WIS looked upon rs ycr,.
troublesome. The old people could give her
no comtort-thcy had none for themselves.
/ Oftcn she thought to 60 away altogether, hut
where TO 70 or what TO do she knew not. She
went aud asked the advice of the pious clcr-
gyman at Ericnbrunn.
| Your residence at Pine Farm, my dear
/ Maria, said he, is nearly closed. Your la
/ thct has given you an education fit for any
city family AT Pine Farm they re4nire- 4nu
to labor AS a rude country girl, and lay bur
, dcns upon YOU which YOU cannot-bcar. Still |
cannot advise YOU TO 20 directly out into n
strange world. My best advice is to remain
! for the present, while endeavor. To find out
I some pii0us Christian fInIity into which you
can enter; but above all, pray TO God for
grace to enable YOU TO sustain this trial, and
/ He shall eventually make all things work to-
gether for Your good.
Maria thanked him for his good advice and
promised to follow it.
In the midst of Marias sutfcrings the Hnni-
vcrsary of her fathers birth, the 25th of Ju-
", came round. Till the present time this
had always been Joyful day with her but
this time she greeted the golden beams otthc
sun, which were streaming in at her window
with tears Formerly she had been accus-
toned Ia make.a little present 70 her father
which she had secretly prepared. She had
always made ready some little extra dish for
him, aud placed a bottle of wine upon the
clean little table, carefully DECORATED With
flowers. How gladly would she have mani
tested her love To him on this occasion had il
been possible The people OF the country
were accustomed 10 adorn the graves of their
deceased frionds with flowers ON each ami
versary Of their birth, and Maria had often
n