Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1851-10-09

Quilted Hollybush House that evening. after
having passed a most pleasant hour-neyer again.
as 1t proved, to see its occupant, who, full of
years and honor, died recently. leaving name
which shall ever be an honored one in The list of
our Literary Women. :
MISS HARRIET LEE.
Every one has read that magnificent play Of
Lord Byron's entitled "Werner,' and every one
also IS aware that his Lordship condescended to
borrow from the Canterbury Tales-Kreutzner.
the main incidents of the plot. albeit he once de-
clared that he held 'she-5ooks'' in adherence
These said Canterbury Tales were written by
SOPHIA and Harriet Lee, many years since The
former lady died some time ayo, and the grave
has within the last six weeks close,, over the
mortal remains of her accomplished sister.
About three years since | had the honor of an
Introduction to Miss Lee. She was then residing
at Clifton, near Bristol, in England, for the bef-
eft OF her health In respect of personal appear
ance there was nothing about her remarkably
striking. She was of the great age of ninety
four, but her vivacity was great and her facul-
Ties but little blnnted by time. Her face was
animated IN ITS expression, but should imagine
had never been handsome, if we except that
beauty which superior intellect almost always
confer on it's possessor
Miss Lees conversational powers were very
great, and she aboandei in anecdote. well re-
member being one of circle who were delighted
with her "reminiscences Of Mrs Siddons and John
ketnbe, who were her intimate friends '.Ah!''
said she, with sigh after their narration sIonly
one of my old friends survives-Samuel Rogers"
Long, say |, may he who sang the ''Pleasures of
Memory survive as the happy conversational
memorialiat of that brilliant era!
Mrs Lee and her sister were the first to pre-
diet the emincnce of Sir Thomas Lawrence. who,
IN his after life, in acknowledgement of :heir kind
ness, and as a memorial Of their regard and
friendship presented to them portraits Of Mrs
Siddons and John Kemble, and the more valuable
pootrait Zone of his very best) or General Paoli.
As said Mrs Lee died very recently. Long
ago she said she well knew that death was al
work within, and that she submitted to the stroke
with humble hope and resignation. and thankful
ness ness for not unhappy, and perhaps not nnusefnl
This inadequate tribute to her memory il paid
IN confidence that before lonr an abier hand will
give memoirs of this remarkable woman to the
world.
II. #~a@
In my next paper I shall Introduce to nv read
ers some of the authors and artists who do Tie
London Punch.
Ghosts On Long Island ..E a ....
81 had been ont fishing in the ..Old South
Bay" said Long Island subscriber tho other
day, with one of those crafty fisher nen 70 whom
no days, on which the water may be t.mpted. are
considered days for ''bad luck - "des infaustus,
being term unknown In his caander He was
one of those s.iong -necked clam eaters. whose
stomach rose and fell with the tides which made
them plentiful or left them scarce. As we were
coming in our boat, after successful foray up
on various matters which were neither pisca atory
nor akin TO it, As Boswell would say of the col
loques Of the Great Leviathan ave spoke Of
Ghosts 'Yousay ghosts have been seen on Long
Island, but you never have seen 'en, and don't be-
leye in emf "Wal yes, l can't say do believe
in 'em, eff had such luck in gettn' sight on 'em
as man did down to jerusalem South a good
many years ago. The way of it was this You
see it was dreadfu! cod winters night, about
n n, O'Clock Chow the Old South Bay reared
that nigh'D when there WAS sleigh with three
fellows into IT, druv up m Ter The hoss shed at the
tavern. Two on 'em cot ont and as they got
ont they said 10 'tothcr one, Jim, ist you sit
there while we go in and git somethin' warinin':
we'll be right ont agn.'' They went into the tav-
ern, but they didn't ''co;ne right out agin' by a
jngfull, though "hen they did come out they had
more than jug fall apiece into 'em-boh on 'em
haG-ha ,-ha Pore the come out, though, Bill
the 'osiler said 10 the man in the sleigh, "Ef was
you W uldn't sit III the cold as long as you're a.
sittin,' blamed il | would why don't you 60 IN
and get somethin' too?" The man never said
no'hin', though in answer but sot up as strait as
er bosses under the same shed, after while said
somethn' more to him. but he was as still as a
'yster. Pooty soon Bill said to hisse'f, "Goy-
blamed ef dom .hink he's friz to death or else
he'd say somethin'r So he went UP to him and
shook him and sure enough, he found him fruz
as stiff stake; and when he come TO hold up
his lantern to LOOK, he found him propped up on
each sde on the seat the lines was wound round
his hands he was unified up with comforters
about his faee-and he was stone dead!
"BiIl wasn't nobody's fool eff he did attend TO
bosses. He smelt the whole thing ont to-once.-
Two or three graves had been robbed about there
only little while before, and the two chaps in
the tavern was two body -gatherers that had been
paid by doctors to get bodies for 'em. for to cut
up, and they'd been and robbed new grave that
night; and here was the corpse, wrapped up and
propped up in that sleigh, so that folks wouldn't
suspicion nothing about it! Now what d'you
'spose Bill does? He goes and takes, that body
out of the sleigh for he vast afraid of the very
devil) strips off the clothes, and puts it into the
oat-bin inside and fastens the door: then he puts
on the dead mans clothes hisself, and hs goes
and gets into the sleigh with 'em on to him
puts the lines round his hands, props hissclf
mp, and waits for the body -snatchers to come ont
from the bar-room. Pooty soon out they come,
got in on the wide seat along side OF him, and
druv off. There Bill sits as stiff as a rail
but 'twasn't long fore one o. the chaps SAYS to
tother, feelln o Bll's leg little, why the bo-
dy's gittin' warm! Feel O that les!" Tother
one put down his hand and felt o Bills legs and
then he started back and said: It's fact, by
Thunder! it IS warm and no mistake! Twas
Bll's turn now so he turned his head ronnd stiff
like and strait, without moving hi body, and says
be, {. Uarm wal. guess yoa'd be WARM ef you'd
been TOOK out of as hot plaza Only little while
ago as IwasH' @" -.t
'Bill says ii vast half second fore both o.
them chaps had pitched head-frst ont o. that
sleish and nther on 'em stopped runnin' till they
was clean ont of sight. Then he turned right
square round and druv back to the tavern. There
he told the whole story and he made good spec
ont o. the thing too. in the end for you see. the
friends O. the man that was dug up guy him fifty
dollars for savin' of the body, and nobody ever
came back alter the sleigh and hosses, he sold
'em TO Captain B., down on H--Plains
for nigh upon three hundred dollars. Twas a
irst-rate :cam-so they said. That's the most
profitable and about the only ghost that ever
heerd tell on! Good many folks TALKS about
seein' 'em but expect they never dd-not reilly"
--Hurper's Nem Mon.hly Maga.ine.
The NIGHriNGALE's New Voc ocArIoN.--Sweet-
er, clearer, and more heavenly than her own
most enhancing strains are the Kind pnlsations Of
Miss LIMBS heart. when its chords rihrate to the
ouch of the beautiful and the holy. The follow
agis among the most recent of her kindly Offices
The servant-fnaid who had charge of the rooms
she occupied at the Clifton House. Niagara Falls
attracted her attention by her simplicity and her
beauty, aifahility and fidelity. 1t so happened
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