The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-04-28

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becgar woman came to the door Of one Of our
citizens YESTERDAY, apparently with a child in
Ecr arms. which she seemed to be soothIn" nv
cnicaring tones, and gently waving to and
fro, is mothers are WON; to do when their it,
lie ones are in trouble: she was at the same
I'M wrei Ing AMI altogether the appeal was
irresistible to tie kind hearted lady of the
house. who gave her a good supply of food.
~ She handed 1t 10 her, the woman in moving
her arms TO receive it. let it fall "a stick OF
wool. What exclaimed the lady. us this
the Kind Of baby Won are carving about: :"
The icG.ar woman. who appeared in'oxica
ted. cursed her like vixen, and lett 10 prAct
ice her imposition elsewhere. ChuHpJ PIcS<.
SEHENADING a YOUNG LADY.
In my Young days, says the editor Of ancy
change paper, was cxtrasagan'v toni o..
a.tcndin. parties. an was soncwha! crlebra-
ted for PAWN" the flute hence It was -cncr-
ally expected. when the invitation was r>.rn-
:rd, tha. my flute would accompany me. |
visited 4 splendid party one evening. and
was called upon to favor the company with
tune on the flute /, of course. Immediately
compiled with the request. The COMPANY
appeared TO bc deli GIFTED, bn. more par,cu-
larlv 50, was Young !aly.who raised Lcr
hands and exclaimed tina: i, was beautiful, de
!i.l,lul. a.. J. Of course, W. ii.hlv litter
Ell and Immediately formed : rc:olu;on :,
>cren.,!c the Young lady On The following
night. Previous to leaving the party made
inquiry respecting her residence >tar'c,!
Ike next night, in company with several vounr
friends, and arrived at the a,lvs residence
bat made most glorious mistake by getting
under the window OF! an Old Quaker. Nov
boys" said !. 'heholl the scn.:mcnta!i.v Of
this Young lady the moment strike no the
Last Rose Of Summer" struck ny. bat The
window renal ned closed The bows smiled ;
"Oh. sad ]. that is nothing: it would not
bc III good taste to open the vii low on the
lir,t air" ! next struck Up on GA Robin
Gray. Still the window rcma;ndl closed
The boys snickcrel, and felt somrwh,t fat,
Once more, boys said |, " and she mus,
come" | struck up again-Mv love i: Ike
The Red, Red RISE. Still there was no dem
onstra'ion. Boys" said |. she, hum!ur
Let rs sing Home, Sweet Home, and if that
don't bring her, we will give her up" We
struck ny. and as we finished the last line.
til" win,.ow was raised. "Tha:'s tn. ticket,
BOYS sad ] +; -" knew we could fetch hey"
BAT instead of The beautiful youns lady, it
turned out to be the old Quaker, in his ni"h.
cap and drcssin. gown " Friend" sad he.
= thee was singing Of thy home think thee
sud thy sweet home and ii ! rccolect riclt.
thee SAID there WAS no place like home: why
don't thee 90 to thy home: Thee is no. want
ed hcre-thcc nor any OF thy party. Fare
wei! :" We and our hats went home,
Tom MooHE.-l I!ulin. to Tom Moore
Mr.. Irving said lie took extraordinary pains
with all he wrote. lie used TO comnosc his
poetry "a!kin" up and down Gravel walk
IN I'IS garden, ard wher he had a line. a conn.
let or a stanza polished to his mind, he wonld
90 foa summer house near by and write it
down. lie used TO think ten lines GOOD
days work, and would keep the little pocm
by Linn for weeks, waiting for sinclc wor1
On Gre OCCASION he was riding with Mr.
Moore INA rah, in Paris, and the driver care
ieSsly 'tovc into hole in the pavement
"h''h'gave the vehicle tremendous ,o,,
Moore was tossed aloft, and on reSainny his
seat exclaimed. by Jovc, I've got it, Scot
what : his companion, in some alarm -
MY VOL, ~ he reply. Il have been try.
in= for fitness sixwecks, and now ,h,, 1 ~.
cal has ed il out of me- Moore added
Mr. Ira"ss was most captivating compan
'o"' anu y" sweetest ballad singer | ever
heard. No one could forget him that heard
him sing.
converse not with liar O. swearer. Or
mar OF obscensor wanton language for e.
Their he will corrupt you, or at least i will
""zard your reputation to be one of the ike
making and if it doth neither, vet it will FL,
your M dory with such discour>es that will
w troublesome to Won in aftcrtiu,c. and ,h..
' .t';'Ins OF The remembrance of the passages
which you have long since heard of th;. ~,
',fe' VIII haunt YOU when YOUR tbou,b,>
I W" DC better employed. .NulLeu
~ hetent genealogical researches in En,.
'an' show that Daniel Webster was d..n".
H.' from thomas Webster. of Ormsb :.
,''" England, who dir'! at that place in
1851. Orm,!'y is a small town of las. ,,,'
IVY 'hhao''anfs' situated not far from Nor
wicl'' and about l2j miles northeast of ion
'i"' and no.! he .na., ~; a.. III :. i''