The Ohio star. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1830-1854, 1853-08-17
The Three Brides.

Do you see," said the sexton, .-ihose three hill
locks yonder, side by side? There sleep three
brides whose history l am about TO relate Look
there, sir, on youder bill, you observe little deg
olate hluse, with struggling fence in front, and
few stunted apple trees on the ascent bshud it
1t is sadly out of repair Eow and the garden is fair
y overgrown with weeds and branbIes, and the
whole place has desolate appearance. If the
winds were high now, you might hear crazy shut
ters Tapping against the sides, and the wind tear
ing the grey shingles off the roof Many years
ago, there lived in that house an old man and his
son, who cultivated the few acres that belonged to
it. =rz - .- .--.- .--.--. .......
"The father was a self taught man deeply vers-
ed in the mysteries of science, and he could tell
! the name of every flower that blossomed in the
wood or grew in the garden, and used to sit up
| late at night at his books, reading the mystic
story of the starry heavens thought he was
crazed or bewitched, and avoided him as the igno-
rant shun the gifted and enlightened. A few there
were. and among Others the minister the lawyer
and the physician of the place, who showed a will
Iingness to afford him countenance. but they soon
dropped his acquaintance. for they soon found the
old man somewhat reserved and morose, and
moreover, their vanity was wounded on discover
ing the extent of his knowledge.
ITO the minister he would quote the f4thers and
the scriptures in the original tongue, and showed
himself well armed with the weapons of polemc
controversy. He astonished the lawyer with his
profound acquaintance with jurisprudence-aud
the physician surprised at the extent of bis
knowledge. So all of them deserted him, and the
minister from whom he differed in some tri1ing
point of doctrine. spoke very lightly of him. and by
and by looked on the self educated man with eyes
Of aversion.
He instructed his son in all his lore: the Ian
guages, literature, history, philosophy and science
were unfolded one by one to the enthusiastic son
of the solitary.
Years rolled away, and the old man died. He
died when sudden storm convused the face oi
nature; when the wind howled around the shell
tered dwelling. and the lightning played above the
roof, and though he went to heaven in faith and pu
rty. the vulgar thought and said the Evil one had
claimed his own in the elements. / cannot poin
to you the grief of the son at this bereavement
He was for moment as one distracted The
minister came and muttered few hollow phrase.
in his ear. and few neighbors, impelled by curos
ity 10 see ti1e interior OF MS uWeng, came 10 n
funeral. With proud and lofty look the sor
stood above the dust and the dead, in the midst o
the band ofhypocrtical mourners, with panS a
his heart but serenity on his brow. He thanked
his friends for their kindness, acknowledged then
courtesy and then strobe away from the grave 'o
bury his grief in the privacy the deserted dwe'-
ing. .-..
He found at last the solitude of the mansion al
ros, ;nsrpnor,able, md he paced the ebony flobl
from morning till night, in all the WOO of deso!a
ton, vainly imrortuning heaven for relief, /
came to him in the guise of poetic inspiration. HI
| wrote with wonderful ease and power. Page af
ter page came from his prolific pen. alrNost with
out an effort; and there was time when he dream
, ed (vaiu foo) of immortality. Some of his pro
ductions came before the world. They wer
praised and circulated and inquiries set on foot i
the hope of discovering the author. He.wrappe
S iu the veil of impenetrable obscurty, listened I
r the voice Of applause. more delicious heeaaae