Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1854-05-12
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LUCY IEYTON.

The proprietor of ,bc crra, I.s,.on farm
which cuysrs more iNlu hundred acres of
Oh. riches, land tr New England, ts a true
specimen ol he- ,fa.U1r, SIMS, hgr iUdspsn-
Gent. industrious hrmrrs-a noble race, uuI-
rr- integrity, sound sense. and high STAN
jr-f of moral worth. under manners tbs most
plain and urrrg,s.t.r--ssrr'y sensitive i"r
tlr rrhII- veal. losp.tab's. Kind, and Thrifty
mot over generous, uus over prud.gal of
tbsrr means. yst t1r renewed from ,hat selfish
a,arce which would refuse Co loan a helping
hand CO. those vh1 would r.,c boo ,hc world BE-
trcy bad ,hs means, laHt how many such
there ,rr.l or close rhg.' Doors upon ,hewsa-
ry Uayarsr. ya-1r, though he might be-
OrJhrs elias, Is Andrew Ley,au
4 few words upon the domestic economy
or Iryror farm Mr Isyio' vas widow
e.. and ms lu's heroine Lucy ,hr. only child.
People WONDERED, as people ''Uays will, why
such a yaurc-Ioos.rr, hale, hearty man, a.
Andrew Ls,,o', d.i ro, take q second vii, e,
b1tvhcn a,leI abou, 10, De always had two
answers rraly-frst, he was ioo much hurried
,bog, Dis hrn-vork, ,o src0d his time in
cnuriu- aud marrying second. o'i Dmah,
who l,d lived with his father beiure hIm,
rh1uch she vas o'd, vs. aB excellent mana
ger. and Heaven forbid iha, he should unloose
her tongue by talking Of bringing a second
Mrs Ley'on into ihc house. Nnd - wear az,
Ger wear. oId D.Glh stood her ground. holding
unIsPuuo- saay 10 kitchen and hall, doing
pretty much as she pleased with her mas',r,
la.s,ac, boz hc, uron The strong, alhlc,ic.siN.
fo' Ardrev Leyton, as a mere child, "ihe
BOY, as she termed him. when speaking to
her cron.es and as for Lucy she would have
held her IN leading strings 10 this tny probl.
by,ifMrIeyto1 had no, sent her from home
TO acquire more advantages Of education than
the village school could otter.
Lucy w,s s-'ght, darling hu's child,say-
iu- aod Doing q thousand witty things and
Nr L-y,un made up his mind that she vas a
rsdcuproJlry s,enai four years oId-pare1,s
z-e pretty ap, Go imagine lsi such ihinr,-so
be- ts-ermincd, from ihe time She could drs,
lisp her letters, tia, she should have lhe very
best education h.s means would afford and
when ia process, Of time she came TO know
more than the schoolmasier, On farmer Lsy-
tons opinion,) he resolved 1, part with his
dlrlisg fur lII,le while that she might have
the benefit of fashionable boardinr-sehool.
In selecting the establishment Of Mrs. Ira
cy, situated some thirty miles from Ley,on
farm. he proved himself more fortunate than
mlay Win send forth their children To gath.
er apples Of wisdom. bot who return With
ihlsiies.
Al the cnd Of two years, Lney was pro.
nou-ced finished - and returned home. II
Mr. Leylon had though, her prodigy tfour
years old, what must he have considered her
az seventeen, for she had corlrved to store
away go'.dly amount OF knowledge 10 her
iuIe head, even II she was at times little
fIgLiy. Yes, and notwithstanding She must
have been - hurried at Mrs. Tncy's with
her algebra, her French aud her philosophy,
and her hislory. she had somehow managed
To commence litgls heart history OF her own;
bat then she DID not lsI any one read It, not
She. Farmer Leyion himself, never knew a
~ord about this unbargsined for accomplish.
ment