Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-01-04
THE sTAGE.DRIvER OF OLD.

A new work from the pen Of the Rev. SYLVESTER
JUDD has lately issued from the Boston press, by
the title of Richard Edney, and the Governors
Family" The Boston Daily Advertiser introduces
the work to its readers in the following terms
Every body knows that Mr. JUDDs powers Of description
amazing The wordpanting with which be porrays the
natural scenery Of New England has life and dsnctness
unattained believe, by any beside who has attempted
it with pen pencil The Snow Storm with which this
book begins the eshe the running of the iee the lake
which the Governors family sail upon, and the sky which
they sail beneath and beautiful instances Of this won
derfu power.
Then he has seen New England life, and understands it.
Some critic says that taste is to be acquired for such read
ing Our feeling has been that only those needed effort for
who had long asted foreign classical dainties that
they wholly unaccustomed the home Dishes We do
doubt that there in Boston people who do not know
how and live in Bangor, in Montpelier, or at
Moosshead Lake. When such persons, however, read the
novel Of such life they must blame themselves and
not the author that it is strange queer to them.
That essential peculiarly Of the genuine Puritan born
and bred Yankee, his sereance and seposseson is ex-
actly illustrated in Richard.
Then have neposed essays and suggestions Of
tca good and thorough philanthropy which will
mend themselves to all who love New England and would
have her improve to be more than she 10.
The book is very interesting from the beginning. story
well wrought-whch turns out very, break the SEN
tence without telling how.
But shall break in the interest Of the tale by
copying the following description Of Mr. WrsKLr, the STAGE
DRIVER:
We promised say something of Winkle and this
is the chapter TO do 1t and what would say is, there
no such man. This statement quite true and quite false
Such is the nature of human language. The truth will be
understood by Wrinkles friends Isl convertible in the Tartar
tongue Let explain. We suppose and the calculation
s based unanimous popular sentiment, that all the
Stsgedvers on the North American Continent
and made into one, that would be equal to Wrinkle.
Or thus if the of all good stage dversm the
aforesaid territory were extracted 1t would not compare with
what could be got out Of the smallest fragment Of Wrinkle.
In the first place. Winke knew every body, and every
thng and every body and thing knew Wnkle. He knew
all the girls and the school children, and the old men, and
the young and bowed to them ALL he rode by and
they bowed him. For forty miles, he knew where every
body lived and who every body that lived any where
He knew the tall white house the hill and the large
house with pillars in front among the trees and the little
black house in the field and there always
body standing by all the houses, whom he bowed Some
times he bowed to the wesweep that happened to in
the wind; sometimes to dog that sat the door-steps
How many smiling ayors he got from the girls, who after
dinner and after dressing for the afternoon, sat by the open
front windows how many from the children that swarmed
about the schoohouses In fact, every body smiled and
OOWeQ Wnen ne pdSScQ-DlaCK
and obstinate men coarse and awkward men. Every day
hs had sort Of Presidents tour
Then he pointed out the tree where man hung himself
and the woods where bear shot, and the barn that
struck by lightning, and the stream where drowned
And this in the second place because Of his unbounded
good nature. He did euands for all those people he ran
of express to the city express too from neigh
bohood another Then he did his errands correctly
promptly, and genay. Ifthose for whom he acted
poor he charged but little. Heknew every place in Woody
and from,
purchasing gimp, and matching paper hangings and de-
verng billetdoux Furthermore herein the beauty of
Winkle was seen-he express between hearts Nothing
pleased him better than to have ovecase in hand between
persons different parts of his route there such
carrying Of little notes. and little remembe-mes and little
aods and signs and then he could drop big bundle of ten
lerness in single look, he passed the sweetheart hang
ng out the washing Of Monday morning. Then of the
widows whom he carried to the city some five years be-
oe and who had been all this time at sea, he got the first
Intelligence and he walked his horses up long hill and
he mother rocking and knitting by the roadside he told
that her boy had been spoken off the Cape of Good Hope
'r that his ship had been reported from Ro When any
body along the road he bore the daily intelligence
iends who stood at their doors waiting for it by what d.
vnaon communicated nobody could TELL but the effect
instantaneous SO, by an invisible, and, as it were
potent hand he dropped smiles and tears, joy and
wherever he went and his own heart was SO much in 1t ALL
hone could help loving him. 4
In addition and notwithstanding Mr. St John, he gave
title grautous rides he let the boys hang on behind and
the winter have heard Of his taking up half dozen
chool children with their mistress and helping them through
now-ds Then he carried the mail, which is itself small
Universe in leather bag here sweet spring to some bleak
md icebound soul the next turn black thunder
some tranquil householdnow singing at corner Of
mouth as If was full of Jenny Linds-anon romboning
,ut its melancholy intelligence and like Leyden jar on
Wheels giving every body shock it passes making
augh and others scream Wnke carried this, and it was
Winkle himself it and people, notwithstanding
hey loved him s hardly dare see him. or have him open his
mouth; they didn't know, any than Aunt Grint, what
lad happened, or what might happen. In addition he
ought people home and he drove on, he got the first
light of the old roof and chmneys he got the first sight Of
he rose-bushes and the acs in the yards he saw too from
he quietess about the house, that surprise hand
knew perfectly well that the daughter whom he was bring
ng not expectedthat she meant to surprise the old
oks He did not hurry his horses he did not make any
ign He landed the young lady at the gate, and was taking
if the baggage when he heard in the door, He
lad expected ALL and looked SOBER be pulled at the
trap with one foot the Wheel and his back bent to the
round. "Naughty, naughty Wrinkle - cried the mother
why didn't you tell US Susan was coming You have
lmost killed me-" Wnkle loved to kill people SO.
In the third place. there is magic in the calling Of stage
river Every body knows and aspires to know the stage
river every body is known y and is proud to be known
" the stage-drver. The little boys remember 1t month
he speaks them There is particular salts
action to be able distinguish, among drivers, and say
vas Winke or it was Mason, was Mitchell The stage
lriver is prince of peculiar realm and that realm consists
and his four metlesome horses and forty miles Of country
road and the heart Of several principal roads, not to speak of
thousand little matters Of interest and pleasure, business
and profit news and gossip with which he is connected
Hence he like PRINCE is held in reverence by the Popu-
lace OF all the people the earth he is the who rolls
BY in gded coach he is the who sweeps it high and
dry the world he is the who rides through his inn