Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1851-03-20
site Pray, Miss said Aunt Quimby, was
your grandfather's name Moses?'
1t was replied the Young Iady

| III was, rephed tne young iady.
oh! then you must be a granddaughter
of old Moses Lybrand, who kept livery sta
bic up Race street and his son Aaron al.
ways used to drive the best carriage, after
the old man was past doing it himself. Is
your fathers name Aaron?'
No madam, said Miss Lybrand, looking
very red, my fathers name is Richard
Richard !-he must have been one of the
second wife's children. Oh remember
seeing him about when he was little boy.
| He had curly head, and on week DAYS gen
orally wore gray jacket and corduroy trow-
sers; but he had a nice bo,tle-gr suit for
Sundays. Yes, yes-they went to our church,
and sat up in the gallery. And he was your
father, was he? Then Aaron must have
been your own uncle. He was yery care
iul driver for young man. He learnt Of
his father. remember Just after we were
first married, Mr.. Qumby hiring Moses
| Lybrand's best carriage to take me and my
bridesmaids and groomsmen on trip to
Germantown. 1t was yellow coachee with
red curtains, and held us all very we'll with
close packing. In those days people like US
took their wedding rides TO Germantown and
Frankford and Derby, and ordered a dinner
at tavern with custards and whips, and
came home in the evening. And The high
flyers, when they got married, went as far as
Chester or Dunks Ferry. They did not
then start off from the church door and scour
the roads all the way TO Niagara just because
they were brides and grooms, as if that was
any reason for flying their homes directly.
But pray what has become of your uncle
Aaron?
| 81 do not know said the young lady,
looking much displeased; Il never heard of
him.
But did no, you not tell me your grand
fathers name was Moses?
There may have been other Moses Ly-
brands
Was not he short, pock-unarked man,
that walked little lame, with something Of a
cast in his right eye or, wont be positive,
NAV be il was in Tie left.
| am very sure papa's father was no such
looking person. replied Miss Lybrand 8 but
| never saw him he died before was
born
Poor cd man. replied Mrs. Quimby if
remember right he became childish many
years before his DEATH
Miss Lybrand then rose hastily, and pro-
posed to her immediate companions a walk
further into the woods and Myrtilla, leaving
the vicinity of Mr.. Smith, came forward and
joined them : her friends making private
signal to her not TO invite the aforesaid gen.
tleman to accompany them.
Aunt Qulmby saw them depart, and look
ing round said Why, Mr.. Smith, have the
girls given you the slip! But 10 be sure,
they meant you to follow them
Mr.. Smith signifed that he had not courage
to do SO without an invitation, and that he
feared he had already been firing Miss
Cheston.
pho, pho,' said Mis-. Quimby you are
quite too humble. Pluck up little spirit
| and run alter the girls.
'l believe replied he, cannot take such
liberty
Then I'll call Captain Cheston 10 intro
duce YOU to some more gentlemen. Here
Bromley
No-no,' said Mr.. Smith stopping her
apprehensvey would not intrude any
/ q r,Io~ ,,,o,, HI. IipJpaee
Il declare YOU are the shame-facedest man
| ever saw in my life. Well then, you can
walk about, and look at the trees and bush
es. There's a fine large buttonwood, and
there's sassafras or you can 60 to the edge
the bank and look at the river, and watch
how the tide goes down and leaves the splat-
ter-docks standing in the mud. See how
:hck they are at low water-l wonder II
you couldn't count them. And may be you'll
see a shallop pass along, or may be coal
barge. And who knows but n sturgeon
may jump out Of the water, and turn head
over heels and back again-it's quite a
handsome sight
Good Mr.. Smith did as he was hidden,
and walked abou; and looked at things, and
probably counted the splauer-docks and per.
haps saw fish jump.
It's all Notwithstanding in the world
but bashfulness,' pursued Mrs. Quimby
that's the only reason MIR. Smith don't talk.
For my part, said very elegant looking
girl, am perfectly willing to imPute the
tacturniy of MIR. Smith and that of al
other silent people to modesty. But yet
must say, that, os far as have had opportu
mites of observing, most men above the age
Of twenty have sufficient courage TO talk, u
they know what TO say. When the head is
well furnished with ideas, the tongue cannot
habituallv refrain from giving them utterance
That's a very good observation said Mrs
Quimby, and suits me exactly. But as ~
MIR. Smith, do believe its all bashtnlness
with him. Between ourselves, Though the
British consul warrants him respecIaole,l |
doubt whether he was ever in such genteel
societv before and may be he thinks it his
duty to listen aud not TO talk, poor man.
But then he ought to know that in our coun.
,ry he need not be afraid Of nobody and that
here all people are equal, and one is as good
as another.
Not exactly,' said the young lady . we
have in America, as in Europe, numerou.
gradations of mind, manners, and character
Politically we are equal, as far as regards