Litchfield enquirer., 1852-12-09

CIn"abA lOund me sltting Win ms cOngr0ga-
ton. The pastor was not as punctual ass
the flock. Several minutes had alapsedr
after the regular hour for beginning the.
service. when one Of the doors Opened, and
| saw hale looking old gentleman enter.
As he pulled Of his hat half dozen pa
pers covered with notes VI sermons fiut-.
tered down to the foor the hat appeared
to contain good many more. STOPPING
down and picking them up deliberately, he,
came scouting down along the aisle with
step so quick aud resolute as rather to .
alarm certain prejudices I had en- the,
score of clerical sOlemnRy. Had met
him on parade ground should have sin q
gIed him out as some general in uDdress,
spite OF the decided st0op. contracted in
study; the iron>grey hair brushed stiffiy
| towards the back CT the head-the keen,
sagacious eyes, the firm, hard lines of thes
brown and wrinkled visage, and the passion
and power latent about the mouth, with It's
long and scornful under lip, bespoke a.
character more likely to attack Than to
suffer. His manner did not change my
first impression. The ceremonies preIim-
mary to the sermon were dispatched in
rather summary way. A petition in the
long prayer was expressed so pithily l. have
never forgotten it, forget now what rep
trehensible intrigue our rulers were busy
in al the time, but the Doctor, after pray,
ing for their adoption OF various nsefui
measures, alluded to their conduct in the
following terms: And, O. Lord 1 grant we
may not despise our rulers; and grant that
they may not act SO, that we can't help it,,
It may be doubted whether any English
Bishop has ever uttersd similar prayer
for King aud Parliament. To deliver his.
sermon the preacher stood bolt upright,
stiff as musket. At first he twilched off
and replaced his spectacles dozen tines
10 as many minutes with a nervous MOS.
ton, gesturing meanwhile with freauent
pump,handle strokes Of his right arm-but
as he went on, his unaffected language be-
gan. to- glow with animation, his simple
style became 6guratiVe and graphic, and
flashes of irony lighted mp the dark grounds
work of his Puritanical reasoning. Smiles
and tears chased each other over the faces.
of many in. the audience. His perora,ion
was one Of great beauty and power. T.
have heard him hundreds of times SINCE.
and he has never failed to Justify hjselainh
TO the title OF Hhe old man eloqnent.'n ,
Harriet Beeeher was bOEn In Litchfieid.
about the year 1872 After the removal
of the family to Boston, she enjoyed the,
best educational advantages Of that city.
With the view Of preparing herself for the
business OF instruction, she acquired all the
EOrdinary accomplishments of ladies and
------ ~f 'hA lanrnine usually reserved for
the stronger sex. At an early age she be-
gan to aid her eldest sister, Catharine. in
the management OF aourishing female
Eschool which had been built IN by the lat..
tnr fneh
sisters accompanied him and opened a
Esimlar establishments ia Cincinnati
This city 10 situated on the northern bank
of the Ohio. The range of hills which
hugs the river for hundreds of miles above.
here recedes from it 10 semi circie, bro.
ken by valley and several rayines, leay-
ing basin several square miles in surface.
| This is the site Of the busy manufacturing
and commercial town which, 10 1882, cone
tanned less than forty thousand inhabitants,
and. at present contains more than one
hundred and twenty thousands, rapid in.
crease, which must be attributed, 10 great
measure, TO the extensive trade it carries
on with the slave States. The high hill,
| whose point, now crnwned with, an obser.
vatory, overhanggsAtke city Oh the east,
stretches aw ny to the east and north In .
|
uated Lane Seminary, Mrs. Stoves home
for eighteen long years. Near the Semi
nary buildings, ana on the public road, ara
certain. comfortable brick residences, situ-
ated in yards green with tufted grass, and
half concealed from view by accacias. To-
Gusts, rose>bushes, and vines of honney>
suckls and clematis. These were occus
pied by Dr.. Bsecher and the Professors
Phere are other residences more pretend>
ing 10 appearance, occupied by bankers,
merchants, and men Of fortune. The little
village thus formed is called Walnu. Hills.
and is one of the preitiest in the environs
of Cincinnati.
For several years after her removal to-
this place, Harriet Bsecher continu>
ed 10 teach in connection with her sister.
She did so until her marriage with the
Rev. Calvin E. Stowe, Professor of Bibli.
cal Literature in the Seminary of which
her father was President. This gentle.
man was already one of the most dis,in.
guished ecclesiastical sauans in America.
after graduating with honor at Bow
toin College, Mlina, and taking his lhe4
illogical degree al Andover, he had been
appointed Professor at Dartmouth College,
Now Hampshire, whence he had been
called TO Lane Seminary. Mrs. Stoves
married life has been Of equable and sober
happiness so conm)n in the families Of
Yankee ergymen. Il has been blessed.
with numerous offspring, of whom five
are still living. Mrs. Stow has known the
fatigues of watching over the sick bed, and
her heart has felt that grief which eclip>
ses all others that Of a bereavod mother.
Much of her time has been devosed. 10 the,
education of her children. while the ordi.
nary household cares have devolved on q
friend or distant relative. who. has. always
resided with her. Shs employed hes leis
sure in contributing occasional pieces.
tales. and n0veleltes to the magazines ana
newspapers. Her writings were Of high
moral tone. and deservedly popular, Oar
, ly small portion Of them are COMPRISED
} 10 the yolpms g. The Maydpwer'--alrea
, tdv mentioned. This part Of Mrs. Stoves
, life. spent in literary pleasures family joys
and cares, and the society of: the pions and