Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1851-12-27
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A STORY FCR THE tEEDILOVS.
THE TER z BRIDES.

Do YOU see, said tn xton, "hoSr three
hillockS Nondrr, SIDE bv side ! rhrre sleep
hr'.- brides whose hstor, ! am about T.,
,ea,e. Lrk ihrrr, sir, on yund,I i'll you
'DS rye d little d"snlatr house, with a stray
ding fence IN iroTt, AMI few STUNT d aI,-
pie trees on tn ascent behind l.. II Is
'adly ont OF pair now, and the garden is
low O,eIgrown with weeds and bra miles,
,nd the whole place has d,solate APPEAR
ince. II the weeds Were hi .h now, vou
night hear crazy shutters Tipping against
hr sides, aud the wind I airing the grey
shingles off the rool. Many years ago.
IN r. lived in that house an old man aud
mis- son, who cultivated the lew acres OF
ground that belonged to it.
''Thr father was selt-taught man,
irrplv v"rS.d in the mysteries OF sci"ncr,
and as he could tell the name of every
low, that hiosso,nrd in the wood or grew
III the garden, and used to sit up late az
ilIht at his books, or rra ing The mystic
story of the starry hrav-ns, men thought
ne was crazrd or bewitchrd, and avoi,lrd
aim as the ignorant pv'r shun the gifted
md enlightened. A few there were, aud
among Others, the minister, the lawyer,
an. thu physician of the place, who show
al Willingness 10 atfprd him countrnanc-,
mt they SO IN dropped his acquaintance,
for they lound the old man somewhat re-
served and moroSr, and moreover their
vanity was woundr.d on discovering the
'slent oi his knowledge.
"To the minister h. wonll quote tn.
fathers an the scriptures in th,. original
jongur, and showed himself we'll armed
with the weapons OF poirmic controversy.
he astoniShed thr lawyer with his profound
acquaintance with Jurisprudence and the
physician was surprised at thr extent # his
medical knowledge. 5, all oi them de-
serted hun, and the minister from whom h.
ih r-d in Snmr triii,ng point Of do, trn",
spoke very lightly OF him, ami by and hv
looked Oh the IF educated farmer with
yes oi aversion.
"lir in,tratrd his son in all his lore,
the languages, literature, history, philoso.
ply and Sri-ncr, WEE nnfoded one bv ons
to tn enthusiastic son Of the solitary.
"Yrars rolled away, and the old man
died. lie died when a sudden storm con-
vu!srd the face OF nature: when the wind
howh'd around the sheltered dwelling, aud
ih' Ii lhtnnI played above The roof, and
though h. writ to heaven IN faith AID pu-
rty, the vulgar thought aud sail that the
E,l on hai C aimed his own in the -lr-
meats canrot paint 10 YOU the gri~t OF
The spn al this b r~avrin"nt. IT,. was for a
,nom"ni as one distracted Tn. minister
came and un,t-rrd a few hollow phrases
IN his ear, and a few u shhorS, inprlltd
by curiosity to see the Itrrior ni his dwell
ling, came 10 the funrral. With a proud
and lofty look thu son stood above the dust
OF the dad, in the nj Isl of thr hvporrii-
cal mournerS, with pang at his heart, but
Serenity on his brow. lie thanked his
friends for their kindness, acknow,, d yrd
their courtesy, and then slro ir awav from
the grave, 10 bury his grief in the privacy
nf the drS ried dwelling.
"ll- found at lat the s0liludr OF ih-
mansion almost in>upporabIr, aod h. pa
c"d the "hony ilnor from morning ii nj .hi /,
~ all the WOE and DIS Ila'ion, vainy im-
portuning heaven FIR rrli I. II cam. {,
him IN the guis. of poetic inspiration. IL
wrote with wonderful ras, and pow.r.-
Page after pag- came ir m his prolific pen,
almost without an Effort; and there was
| time when he dreamed (,ain fooD of i'm
mortality. Some Of his productions CANE
before the world. They were praised and