Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-04-26
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wv" y :" , h, biphly favored from the graceful, |
;ous u.u oi u fair friend 10 lie Western |
.,,,y lavorabIy known by heradmifable produc-
,>h,,, 10 continue them la every SEMI weekly En-
. az -. me sur. ttut can publish nothing more
,.n,,,v, and agreeable relieve occasionally the dull
,Y,,,, OF political dIspu,ati"m.
TIE OLD MAZDA SKETCH.
ny KATE KENNARp
In the continual uS and refux OF western society," III s
constant hu and furry in which we lVe all Individuality
is apt to be Our sharp points are as u "ee GROUND
d. r., ia, ,onstanl atrun which belongs 10 the busy
struggle in which Ill aim al The same thing al
rancemen he il in wealth. in politics, IN soca' s'ahuhS OF
in public influence. But there Is part OF our
interior Of New England where thneS 10 s"'c'e' s"Nu
all, or nj least where person with great ris ntrtv and
strong cupuciiy Tor silence. may Keep a"SeH S' eve"
III. world hurres by him 10 such places, people do ma
lime to grow and their characters are sohe"'o' ''"ea
which seem sufficient for themselves even u oe III e'f
avn Eule wav-men and women who live their lives
through contenedy in position IN when "oo nus seen
fl i, paee them without ever thinking OF flying TO Cali
fornia Australia
snrh an one was my little friend, Miss Annie b,
whose whole life aud She numbered no" SONIC '"' ''
had been passed at Little Harbor, on tue eou'' :" W."
hi,. Ii,,l, lIhrbor is a bleak enough place, grant,
h il has c sheltered nouksand in one oil these sl''
Miss auuie's home home which had formerly heiu "ge
and happy urnly scattered oY DEAN a"' 'e
by marriage ill Miss Annie was elt alone f'ei '''"'f
had b,.n on, Of The old arstocracy OF Now Ensand when
Nav England as more astocrac Than II Is nov" uha i-e
flartur nov The abode OF lew rered-whaers sa' '''
mn and ,,ty trmrts then boased Of lis masnaes, ls
,.,,se. iIs pckcrings and It's Langdons among "hom
Miss Annie moved aud shone.
Then Ia. sho was descended do believe, hom al ne
spnsrs and claimed every who came over III NE wa"
Flower az her great grandfather ana WIN 'ea' 49, "
YOU would see ii you choose 10 study ou' 'ho'' "''
trees which hung in grand old parlof Al the
landing of her broad stair case, 90 tho walls oil her 'os
chamber; thick hung win apples as 'na'
| Whose mortal taste
urnualt de ath Into world, aud all our woe
each ample made glorious by the name OF "hs'o" VI
Warren; and round whose trunks and brancnc' '''"u
wv, crspt long lines 81 Oss, 4uncys' OF A'uihs 9
Miss Anuic's parlor study Tor an antiquarian w "
am, ch,r ,hch came over in The May Flower, thefe
iov snbr,,dered Loo table which her c0ufiiy ahces
tors had played that aslocrac game over INC 'ia"p
q sword that had been used in The 6he Oh Naseoy' W "
OF Cromwc's lronsides. and, handed down Dc an "ei
had been again drawn for liberty by her alhel uue'
incton By The fireplace stood au Old laS'o"'u
6Ild win onouued china each piece prize for moder
,i,o ,,o and on the solid mahogany book shelves soo
b dsIcous old editions of the Rambler, the Taller III
Rrth Drama the British Essays lightenad here ana hr
by Sir Charles Grandsons' The Fool Of auahS o' ME
Grants Letters from the Mountains.
Rnt rh, charm of the whole bliss Annie hefse
blsck-syrd und active sixteen with her compact "
lie figure clothed in the nealest OF black dresses l'
bombazne Of The finest quality was her winter "eu'' ="
The fifteenth 81 MnY laid inside 10 be feP'd'cu W e'
utestting which in III turn. on the niteeh'" o' oso
coosiuncd 10 retirement fedon Of lavender ana rose
ov,s he, hair of the soies brown beautifully seak'l
with uruy aud covered with the plsines cap {" de'a''
lace rivalns in whilrness the kechet crossed 60
| over her bosom.
sh. s..,.d y, N. something bnlween an deuIzcd ole
maid aud one 81 those fairy godohers one reaus u ~
story tooks-,hosc mean who give good eits OLD mad
ish she certainly was, nobody could DOUBT VINO "'
Witnessed HE arranging the house for the night o care
FIJI cov,,u ,l The embroidered chairs with thelr neh q"
v,s which looked 10 me like long white night g""'iT' u"
,r,ipo IN the wall the OF the quuintly pa'h'cu e
screens e-t The ho,srmaids morning dust shouu s" "p
hen the gathering NJ OF the "diashonea s'''' nv" u"
turning over the brightly lowered rug ou' Tue" sue "
like fairy godmolher in her constant oon"'eouS s"'s
su. c,is, and delicate as The boar frost Tongue sand
wiches which melted In your mouth, and coffee spicy al
the gales that blow from of Mozambique
Nor did Miss Annie mis-spend MI hor Time 10 house Keep
ur and cookery No. Indeed She KEPT up WIN Tue age
- fr .. eadior was concerned New novels, reviews AM
Ineb
could tell YOU OF lie London Quarterly could cI.'tz
On the Maine liquor law and from her ola h'fu'y sue
t f vo delicious fragments OF old poetry; could sci Yo
ian, il obscure poipts Of history, and had picked up sue
49,; r. os.n ahout Horace Walpole and Lady Mary, OF N
wills If Queen Annc's timc would nave iufh7neo i'
| twenty such hooks as Devcreu1 and fenty Esho"o
There was nothing morbid about MISS A.'"''' ' "
,.,.t h, living away nom this seconscious agei no
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from thnr she wns saved by tina. greatest saepuaiu
nan. heart n true and earnest attachment 10 her youth
hJ ended unfortunately the world would say ou' pc
hsOs most fortunately 10 those
..,vho watched IKE God tie rolling hours
With agcr othcr eyes Iian ours
;. ne ds,b bcleyc py drowning OF The young Ehe"s'
mnn who during sorl solourn 10 our country hao "'"e
~ ,yc,1horn and hich. bred Puritan ianisel
ui onie never spoke him. but al tnles' 'heto was
,L !, h., yves hall sweet, halt stern, whlch seeheu
gaze back through inrIy years !,
Al nny rate there more hopes or 'ea'o " " =
hsr after his death and when other suofs ca'e " o'''s
the citadel OF her tea like Harry Flith a. ra'"'u :"
Closed the walls ~ with her English dead
an isaupontment and loneliness did not make hef au''e
or unsympathizing roady as she 10 "s'e"
tho huo,s and fears Of the young people around hefi no
had 80 quick aud sympathy Tor love s'o'S' anu - "
ear were poured half tho romanccs "t the country
;,,l q ,t 81 Ie wars afforded bull little society, sue
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.. couu sDprcclac Miss Auncs high cultivation, OUT man
6,heuman's wife ieIt kindness, her ready service
sickness and her good headed advice Ia Trouble man
vauog and ambitious Yankee boy owed TO hel Inc nfs' ~
p:ecallug nolicd which suggested E'ctef ana tiaVu''
him; and many capable, cnefgeti' Nc" Ehs'aha s' "
ccivli from purse the hundred or '"o uoa's' n'
sent hc teacher govetnesS 10 TIC "est OF '"
Arc you looking luf stury ur Tor some point I" Ia
sketch can only cay like The needy Ente GRADER St"f
Cad bl, s. YOU We uone tell sir Ny aim "as only
shaw l., d rahless and uhbceving world
How a tiin9
/. A WON be made -
even though she be old single and lonely aud h1" ia
lie may DC led when there is little outward support II or
be but seli-rcIlant and God reliant
81 NOT BAD The Y correspondent OF the New "
leans Bulletin says
Gen Scott has become 81 our citizens Laet week
purchased the magnificent house recently built on vein
srreet near Fifth Avenue by Charles Partridge ESQ., 10
oanuC,curer OF Iocofoco Matches He who has accu1.