The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-02-14

"Who is Fanny Fern?"-A Plain
Statement of Facts.

Nor set down aught in malice . i0thrlio
Tn ,onseouenco If rocor, ;ssro of -,
work Of Gction thc distinrnisbing f,o'
ture Of which Is an ottrmnf r. cnloSr
in tho rnise If yomomcc n,r,;sl ~
count Of thc public and nrivatc LiTtorv
If ,ho l,orar, s,nr ,rhasp ,r naa'o a.1 "rsso' s
the head of His ,rt;clc wn cors;J"r =
due to our readers WHO wcro tLc G,st -
form ,ho oc,uoiu,oncn IF Famrr nv =
writer. lrc also to ourselves r. tbo nnh
lie ocncrnlly and oLovc all 70 tbo r,;dnIs
and relatives Of tho lady in nucstion to on.
swcr in os ,loiu nn6 conscidr,ions nam
nor rs nosI;Llc thc of,.rcnoato5 ;n,'';n, ',;r"
.WLn i Fanny Tcrn p, "'N
Fann,'s maiden name was Willis sbo
is the dauuLtcr Of Air. Nnth,nicl W';l,;s
one of our most industrious md rcsnnc
table townsmcn. now n man well odyanc.
ed in veors IT is scarcely ncccssar,. ,o
add that She is n sister to \ p W;Ilis
the brilliant essavist and roet.
Mr.. Willis senior. commenced lifcn
as mechanic and. at the time ofhis mar.
riage. worked at the case as 4 iourncr.
man printer. lie afterwards pTblisbcd
the Eastern Argus. in Portland Mcct.
ing with revcrses in that city. he remov.
ed to Boston. where he established and
for many years. edited the IHccordcrn
the Oldest religious narcr in New Enc.
land
Mr.. Willis has met with a similar OK.
pcricrcc to that Of most men of lis
calling. lie never made n fortune ot
publishing. At the present timc Al.
thoreh agcd and ipfrm bo inds II rcc
cSsary to devote his failing onoroics 10
the publication Of that onrcoollo irvo.
nile. the "Youtb's ConT,rior u Vot
Notwithstanding his narrow means Ar
Willis ccptrivcd-ard how oroot sao
rifec only norerts co, ,,roes y. ';.o 9..
his sons eond donobtcrs En-, oano.,ia,
which is a moor n,sn's roI,cst lcnoc" "ur'
In accordance viii, H., oon,'t IT, Lal
yislv ,lor,cd f,r Lis ,l.nInoa CT
Mills III, vcritallo ronnv wos f. Ga,orcJ
with On c,rlv i,tro1r.,;an H.,
in,ry of Miss Ca,horino 'p,Y pno,Io. t"u '';' ~
Con1cc.icnt Al his vel, oo,Iro,od as
tablishment the most nornior in tbo
conntru y, ,hn ,;,nn N w. - ;" "a.
received her first strong impressions Of
life and the world We have never beord
her spoken of as very ant ar stndious
pupil, Staid works Of plilosopby and
learning we're not so much to Lcr tostr
But from the prolibited raacs or 70.
nance and poems caoerly deIourr1 in
secret. her craving oeIius derived m no. /
tive stimulus. Alrcodv Size had bocomo I
a keen disscctcr of the human heart and 4
she found plenty Of pleasant nrnctico far
the scalpel of her y amor The youno
ladies Of the school Here loo rho noT'
.l aud startling experionccs of boarding.
school filtration gave their warm color.
ing to her future life Fanny ,osses.ed
, large canacity for this dcccrin,i6n az
aud her writings show bet
Ter memory for these pleasant branches
IF female education than for the dry
rules Of syntax and prosody In fact. the
best of her sketches arc transcripts of
lcr school girl lifc-for Fanny writes
we'll only when giving the concentrated
.incgar and spice Of her own vivid ex-
,erienecs.
Our limits compcl rs 10 mss over tbe
interval between Fanny,s dr,duotion at
Miss BeeeLer's school and The nnyt inn.
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