Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-02-03
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ANNIE llYlll(GSTOll!So

Not far from The Struggling village of Nethan
Foot in Ciydesdale, stood, many years ago, small
cottage inhabited BY widow and her two daugh
ters. Their poverty and miSforunes secured for
them a.cerlan degree..of interest among their neigh
bors; bul The pecuares OF the widow prevented
much intercourse between the family and The in
bablans of The district
In her youth q daft Jennie" as she was called in
the village, had been The belle OF Nehan Foot
bul by coquelEy and love of admiration, she had
excited great jealousy among The girls of the coun
Try side; and her success iE securing The handsom-
esl lad in he place her husband had not tended
10 increase her popularity Those days, however,
had long passed away. terrible calami'y had be-
fallen her; and one single night had deprived her
OF home and husband. 4 sudden flood, or speat"
OF the river had inundated their cottage and in
their endeavors 10 save he wreck Of lher furniure
from destruction, her husband had lost his life, and
her eldest daughter received such injuries as to
leave her helpless cripple for The resi- Of her
days
Jennie, never very stong g-mHded, broke down
completely under these accumulated misforunes ::
and though her bodily health was restored afer The
fever which followed, she rose up from her sick
bed an idiot, or rather what is called in Scotland
DAFT" that peculiar Stale Of mind between idiocy
and mania
The charity of a neighboring proprietor gave her
cottage rent free, the Nehan Foot people gave
what help they could in furnishing it, bul lhey were
themselves 100 poor 10 do more, so hat The whole
support of her helpless mother and sister devolv.
ed on Annie Livingstone, The younger daughter,
handsome girl of fifteen years of age
It's only by living among The peasantry of Scot
land that we learn fully TO appreciate The warm
heart and heroic selfsacrces which are often con-
ceaied under their calm exterio, and apparent cold
ness OF manner; and no one unacqnainted with her
previous history couldhave guessed that Annie Liv.
inSslone, the blyhes haymaker The best reaper.
the hardest worker 10 the field or house, the most
smiling cheerful, and best conducted girl in The
valley OF Nelhan, had some sorrows which fall 10
the Iol oi lew in the world. Day after day she
mad 10 leave her bed ridden sister alone and unen
'eo 10 seek scaaly means OF subsistence for the
'amIiy IN out oi-doors labor while more than half
oi her hours of resi- and rereshment we've occupied
IN running down to the cottage, 10 see that Marian
required nothing, that her mother had remember
ed to make the porridge, or having done so, had
gwen Marian her share instead of devouring ii all
herself Bn want Of care of her helpless dangh-
leF was not the only Thing Annie had 10 read from
" DAT Jennie" The peculiar temper and disposi-
non OF her girIhood sIbssied still, and no longer
KEEP IN check by Intellect displayed themselves in
thousand vagafes, which rendered her the laugh
ing stock Of The village and caused bitter morlif-
cation to her daughter Once or Twice Annie Liy-
Me3one had venIured 10 interfere with her moth
1s mode Of proceeding, but instead Of doing good
I! heF endeavors, she not only brought upon her
'S' tepFoaches, curses, even blows, bui by excit-
'"S The revengeul cunning OF madness, occasoned
nc perpetraon of malicious tricks, which greatly |
@uaed 10 her previous annoyances.
II was wonderful that ia such circumstances The |
'"unS girl contrived 10 keep her temper and good |
'Pl'ls; but she was wellprincipled and strong
'"'uueo, and as she sometimes said when The |!
"slSaoors pitied her for what she had to bear |
IN, woman but The back is made for the bur |
Osn and He lha, has seen fiji TO give me heavy
','N'S mas given NE also stout heart and braid |
'"'-i'Aers 10 bear !hem. AMI better than all He