Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1854-10-18

son to her existence.
The warm aspirations of my spirit go out i'll
gratetulness for happy, pleasant home
Though the dear bodies Of an lndulgent father,
two brothers and Two sisters, lie in a distant
valley, "where the tail, sweet woodb. ne, dings
perfume aud shade" loving mother ami tGuurr
sister live to brighten my pathway by Their
presence And who hath told SISTERS lote
or who may tell mothers
Mrs. Phlena Roberts, our good hostess, is ~
old-fashioned, substantial caterer ol New Jtr-
sey birth and nOtoriety-a PLAIN, prIieleSs wo-
man, whose whole time and prol.nc Conception
are spent in preparing novel and delicious vIands
with WHICH to ravish the palales OF her ep!-
curean guests. She has two interesting uauoh-
ters--educIted, lively ana rather prtuy. Tne
elder, Kat, IS just past Seventeenth tlr-hdr-
ed glfl, with blue eyes, and a par Of as Indus
trIous hands as may be found between here and
the Navy Yard, beng never Idle; even IN hrr
leisure moments theyare employed all crotchet-
ing some fancy and useful article with VIA Gu !,
to favor one OF her many friends. Lucy, 10
whom my readers were introduced la nuinOcr 1, !
Is Il gay, dancng hOydeil-the unnlstak he Vixen
beamlng tom every corner .. ner s4ucy eye:
always on tip-tOe tor u romp, promenade or any
thing cut OF which mrth and tGerrment may
be deduced. School days, the happ.est III the
history OF anyone, are not yet terminated with
| Lucy. Morning, noon and night, she studies
| with laudable perseverance,, to endeavor to
Supersede her contemporaries. In truth, whore
| Lucy is, are sure to be books and prpers, pens
and ink, with drawing cards and halI-consumed
pencils, in admirable confusion.
| In our detached, yet united, family circle are
also two cousins, noble hearted fellows as ever
broke biscuit. job, the elder, is paragon OF
eccentricity; demure as a conquered partizan,
composed as his renowned Uzzian foretather;
and hav'nt msgiving, but that he would en-
dure Satan's scourgings with equal firmness
and resignation with that llIustrous ancient
namesake or if his faith was tried, would, with
the answering martyr of Smlthfeld resist his
prosecutors to the faggot. Un,xc teG-a state
of mind his wariness insures almost perpetually
jobs voice is soft and low as the last, expi-
ring breath OF a summer morning; his urban.ty
and genteel mien uLexcepiionable; but once
strike the chords of his sensitive organ, by de-
claring in opposition to "immutdbLe predeStina.
tion," and an ill-concealed passion proves him
a talon being, just like the rest of our happy
family. Upon all other topics, cousin Job i:
invulnerable. When agitated by discussing
this mooted theological point, his mental com
| b,,G ,r; Il ob,r
voluble ammunition, but in impulsve and half
suppressed gusts, like frenzied north-easter
forcing ftful passages through diminutve ap r
lures in rent sail. HIS inveterate and effec
tive censures upon those who depart so egregi
# ously from, what to him appears plain Biol
q teaching, frequently cause disconcerted feeling
:. in the mind of his controversies, but he pun
r. sues the even tenor of bis way" in the utmor
cornplacency and most unconcerned selt-assu
N rance. However, Job possesses a soul-teemin
% with philanthropy, which would, no doub
q. unite his purse strings to relieve a sufferin
.. armenian as quickly as a confirmed Calvanis
- It 10 whispered among our intimate friends, thi
70 he has sly prediction for the society of Ka
~ indeed. one has gone so far as to affirm 81
81 has been seen at Leyy's, rummaging anon
q brccade silks and white kid gloves, Wheth
no said suspicious articles were purchased or n
an the informant, if he knew, did not divulge.-
of Nevertheless, have set my palate in order
he engulf pound-cake, ce-cream, almonds, doug
IN. nuts, bologna-sausage aud all the other weddin
Inv occasion sweetmeats, Gd intfnitU1n.
,se Frank is his brother Jobs antipode in almC
,ru everything. Open, easy, witty. oquacious |
mouth is generally engaged in singing
us. talking. In his slu'nbers it is not
on. uncommon thing for Frank to deliver SUI
i,s mary lecture on Temperance, Business and 9th
mt. popular subjects.
"a. At the present time, Mr.. and Mrs Amos P
~. ton, a very estimable gentleman and lady 4
/. visiting us. Matches are made in Heaven. !
rod has been said. / am inclined to be skepr
"A upon this as universal! maxim, but must C,
,hs cede to it in this instance: Mr.. Patton and
no wife were erected for each other
m a There's bliss beyond all that the minstrel h,
,,,h told,
.Na whentwo that are linked in one heavenly,
v With hearts never changing and brow ne
any cold
hey Love on through all ills, and love on till Il
,out die.
!, !. One hour of a passion so sacred, ia WORTH
Whole ages of heartless and wandering bl
Iher And. oh ! it there be an Elysiun on earth.
to- IL 10 this---it is this. ssa
way But. wherefore rests that shadow upou
y brow OF the falr lady The mystery rs not
ap- exphcaple. God smiled upon that union
= OF blessed IT by the bright boon of Heaven
e. y daughter. But scarcely had its innocent D
and tie delighted its parents hearts. ere the An
H. Of Death came and bore its untanted .,
W % away 70 Its better Friend--its Saviour. Tho
nisa boy, blue-eyed, active boy, has been SCI
emo its place, the mothers mind ,v,, !
X Of Minnie, and .irreuresv;ble tears ,vi,l ii