Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-07-30


sense-upright habits, with no theorie
nor prejudices, ambitions on corruptions,t t
turn the child from the inspiration &
Heaven, with which she began her inno
cent life.
When little Mary Marvel came to b
seven years old, it was a matter of seriou
consideration how she was to be got to tn
district school or 'the plain (the commo,
designation of the broad village street
full mile from the Marvels' SECLUDED
residence.
Mrs. Marvel was far better qualified
than the teachers of said school to direc
the literary training of her child she wa!
a strong minded woman, and reader O
all the books she could compass, but she
had all the indoor farm work to do
cheese to make, butter to churn, &C.; ant
after little, Mary had learned to reat
and spell, she must be sent to school fo'
the more elaborate processes Of learning
arithmetic, geography, &c.
"Now, Julius Hazen," said Marvel te
his only neighbor's son, don't you want
to call, as you 60 by, days, with your little
sister, and take our Mary to school?
guess she wont be trouble She could
60 alone; but somehow, mother and
should feel easier, as the river is to pass,
&c, if you are willing"
A kind boy was Julius and, without
hesitation, he promised to take Marveps
treasure under his convoy. And, for the
two years following, whenever the district
school was in operation, Julius might be
seen conducting the two little girls down
the hill that leads to the bridge. A: the
bridge they loitered. Its charm was felt,
but unde Unable. 1t was spell upon their
senses they would look up and down the
sparkling stream till it winded far away
from sight, and at their own pretty faces,
that smiled again in them, and julius
skittered the stones along the water, "a
magical rustic art y That old bridge was
point of sight for pictures, loyelier than
Claude painted. For many a year, the
old fingered there to recall the poetry of
their earlier days lovers to watch the
rising and setting of many q star, and
children to play out their 'noontime' and
twilights. Heaven forgive those who re-
placed it with dark dirty, covered, barn.
like, of bad odor in every sense! The
worst kind of barbarians, those who make
war-not upon life, but upon the life Of
innocent pleasures!
But, we loiter with the children, when
we should go on with them through the
narrow lane intersecting broad. rich mea-
dows, and shaded by pollard willows, which
form living and growing posts for the
prettiest of our northern fences, and round
the turn by the old Indian burying ground.
Now having come to the plain, they pass
the solemn precincts of the village church,
and that burying-ground where, since the
Indian left his dead with us, generations
Of their successors are already lain. And
now they enter the wide village street,
wide as it is; shaded and embowered by
iense naples and wide stretching elms
md enlivened with neatly trimmed court
yards and flower gardens. 1t was
pleasant walk, ard its sweet influence
bound those young peoples hearts to.
yether. We are not telling love story,
md We do not mean to intimate that this
vas the beginning Of one-though VIC have
heard of seeds nature implants terminating
It as early period as this, as we remem-
Der boy six years old, who, on being re-
proved by MS mother for having kept his
look open in one place, and his eye fixed
m it for half an hour, replied with touch.
ng frankness-
"Mother, 1 can see nothing there but |
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Little Mary Marvel had no other senti-
nent for Julius than his sister had. She
hought him the kindest and best; and
much as she reverenced the village peda-
ogues, she thought julius learning pro-
ounder than theirs, for he told them
tories from the Arabian Nights, taught
hem traditions of Monument mountains
made them learn by heart the poetry
hat immortalized them, and performed
ther miracles Of learning and teaching, to
'hich the schoolmaster didn't approach.
Children's judgments are formed on
ingular premises, but they are usually
1st conclusions. Julius was an extraor.
mary boy, and-not because he was sick
7 and could do nothing else, (not uncom.
ION grounds)-was destined for liberal ,
lucation. Strong of heart and strong in ,
ody, he succeeded in everything, and
ithout being charge to his father He ,
ent through college, was graduated with