The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-02-16
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AnEAUTIruL MORAL BKAUT1YULLY coEvxYrD
We received some time since ! couv Il a.
letter which we subjoin. Itwas written ~ :
4 distinguished literary lady. Mn. W, Of Troy,
and addressed to learned Judge Of View HI.
ven, on the eve Of his marriage. The Ietfeu
| accompanied the present Of . psig 0f blus
stockings, knit by the fair writer's own fingers,
and we commend it to the careful psrusd q
all married persons 90 well % III who coDtem-
plate entering int that envishle and holy
state 5.
DEAR Cocsas: Herewith you win receive
present Of pair of woollen stockings, knit
bymy own hands and be assured, COS, thaE
my fn6udship for you Is a. warm g the mn6e-
rial active as the fnger-work, and ge9srous
as tiredonafion.
But 1 consider this present IN pstuli.r
appropriate on the occasion OF vcur rra..
rage. You viii remark, ia The irsf rl.ce.
that there are two Individuals united iutn -
pair, who are to Sisfk side by side. nuard;nc
against .,oldRsys, and giving comfort "A IorS
as Iney last. The thread or their texture II
.hnu .Ae4 ans 80, alas, is the thread of life. In
;,sse, ;nss ncwever, the white is made to predoul
tpat expressing my desire and confdence
.ss sius It will be with the color of your exis.
is.. iSsnee. No black is used, for 1 belieye vour
rses WIN be wholly free from the black pss-
ssons OF wrath and jealousy. Tia rkert -. !.
Tor here is blue, which is exeeIlent' -hors =.
do not make it too blue.
otner appropriate thoughts rise in INV mind
10 regarding these stockings. The moSt
na;md .n%,ieisns $; subjects when viewed by the
structive inferences. As saith the poet.
The iron dogs; the fuel and tonss;
The bellows that have leathern Iuprs. -.
The hfswood, ashes, and the smoke
DO all to Hghteousness provokeD sf
INF fn fho Essle
that the tops of these stockings fby which I y
suppose courtship to be representedl are
scanned; and by means of scanning are drawn
into snarl but afterwards comes 4 time
when the whole is made plain, and Continues
80 to the end and final toeing of. By this T
wish to take occasion to congratulate your- :
self that you are now through with seemine.4
ana have come to plain. reality. Again, as
the whole of these comely stockings was mt 81
made at once, but by the addition Of one littIe &
stitch after another put in witt, skill and dis.
cretion. until the whole presents the fair and
equal piece of work which you see, SO life
does not consist of one great action, bat miE-a 8
lons OF little ones combined. Aud so may it II
De with your lives; no stitch dropped when !,
uutles are TO pe performed; no widening
made where bad principles are to be reproy. ~
ed or economy is to be preserved; neither
seeming nor narrowing where truth and ge-s
nerosaty are in question. Thus every stitcf, of
life made right, and set in the right place +.
none eithertoO large or too small, too tight or
100 Ioose-thus you may keep on your h
smooth and even course, making existence h
one fair and consistent piece, until, together,
having passed the heel, yon come to the very
oe of life. And here, in the final narrowing
'ff and dropping the coil of this emblematicsi
'air of companions and comforting associ- a
ties, nothing appears but white, the token of
innocence and peace, of purity and light
May you, likethe stockings, the fiual Stitch q;
being dropped and the work completed, 90
ogether from the place where you were form 4.
I'd to happier state of existence, q present
rom earth to heaven! =
Hoping these stockings and admonitions y
nay meet cordialreception, remain, in the
rue blue friendship, seemly; yet without
eemtng. B tsg
"YOurs, from top to toe, - E.-sf :