The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1857-10-30
Secret Courtship.

love- when nll the time m amntury scene
going on between tllc girl aud the very lvv
whom the old dame drcads1
Daughter, while You turn your wheel
Listen TO the words saw;
Colin hns contrived to stcnl
Your unthinking heart away.
OF his fawniny voice beware.
| You are all the blind ones care,
And mark your sigl,s whene'er
Our young neighbours name is heard.
Collins tongue is false, though winning
Hist the window is unburred!
All! Lizcttc, you are not spinning!
! The room is close and warm, you say:
But my daughter, do not peep
Through the case'ncnt-night and day,
Colin there his watch doth keep.
Think not mine grumblng tongue:
All. here at my breast you hung;
, like you, was fair and young,
Aud know how apt Is love
To lead the youthful heart to shining
Hist the door heard it novel
Ah, l.izcttc. you are not spinning!
1t is gust of wind, you say,
! That hath made the hinges CRATE;
And my poor old growing Tray,
Must you break for tl,a, his patel
All, my child, put faitl, in me;
Age permits me to tnrsce
Colin soon will faithlcss be,
And your love to an nbvss
Of grief will be the sad bci,nning-
Bless me sure heard kiss
1, I
Twas your little bird YOU say,
Gave that tender kiss just now
| Make him cease his trfling, pray,
lie will rue it else vow.
Love- my girl, often hriugcth pain,
Shame and sorrow in his train,
While the false, successful swain,
Scornes the heart, lie has hcguiled
From true victories path to shining
Hist! hear you move, my child!
ALI, Lizctte you are not spinning!
You wish to take the mir, y"n say:
Think you, daughter believe You?
Bid young Colin 30 his way,
Or, at once, rs bride receive YOU!
Let him 60 to church and there
Show his purpose to Lc f,ir
But, till then, beside my chair
You must know, my girl, nor heed
All his VOWS, so fond and winning;
Tangled in loves web, indeed
i.izctte, my daushtl,cr, mind your spinning!
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AIR "PoIsoN.-people have often sai
that no difference can he detected in the an
alyzat II ofpure and impure mir. This !
one OF the vnl gar errors difficult to diSlodg
from the vul gar brain. The fact is that til
condensed air ola crowded room gives
deposit, which, if allowed to rcmnin fcv
days, forms n solid, thick glutinous mass
having srong odor of animal matter.
examined by the microscope, it is seen tt
undergo remarkable change. First Of all
it is converted into vegetable growth, ant
this is followed by the production Of multi
tudes Of aninaIcules; a decisive proof tba
it mnst contain certain organic matter
otherwise il could not nouriSh organic he
ings. This was the result arrived at 10y Dr.
Angus Smith in his beautiful experiment.
on the Air and Water of Towns, where h,
shovel how the lungs and skin gave Oh
organic matter, which is in itself deadl,
poison, producing headache, sickness, dis
ease, or epidemic, according to its strength
Why, if "a few drops Of the liquid matte,
obtained by the condensation Of the mir Of
foul locality, introduced into the vein Of
dog, can produce death by the usual phe
nomena oftyphus fsver," what incalcuIaLl,
evils must not it produce on those huma,
beings who breathe it again and again. rem
,lercd fouler and less capable Of sustaiuin!
life with every breath drawn2 Such con
tam ination of the air, and consequent l,o
bed OF fever and epidemic, it is easily within
the power Of man to remove. Ventilatio,
and cleanliness will =. do all, 80 far Ms tn
abolition of this evil goes, and yentila,io,
and cleanliness nre not miracles to be praye,
for, but certain results of common obedienc
to the laws of God. '' ~ ...''
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