Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1858-10-27

what might De expected from parents SO sim I
pie and SO good-the young men intelligent |
and we'll cendu cted; the boys docile and prom
ising; and the little girl as pretty curly
headed rosy-c hccked puppet as ever was the |
pet and plaything of large family, 1t is, |
however, with the eldest daughters that we
have to do
Jane and Fanny Evans were as much alike |
as has often befaIlen any two sisters not born
at Ole time; for, IN the matter of twin-chil !
dren, there has been 4 series of puzzles ever
since the days Of the Dro0ioS. Nearly of an
age, q believe at this moment both are tur-
ned nineteen, aud neither has reached twen-
ty,) exactly of stature, with hazel eyes,
full lips, white teeth, brown hair, clear,
healthy complcxinns, ani that sort of a nose
which is neither Grecian nor Roman, aor
aquilire, nor ic petit nee retopssc, that some
pcrsous prefer to them all; nut a nose which,
moderately prominent, and sufficiently we'll
shaped, is yet as far as l know, anonymous,
although il be perhaps as common and
well-looking feature as is to be seen on al
English face,
Atogcthe. they were a pair OF comely mai
dc2s, and being constantly attired in gar
mcnts Of the same color and fashion, they
always looked so much alike that 10 stranger
ever dreamed of knowing them apart; and
even their acquaiu.ances were rather accus-
toned to think and speak of them generally
as ''the Evanscs," than as the separate indi-
viduals Jane and Fanny. Even those who
did pretend to distinguish one from the cther
were not exempt from mistakes, which the
sisters, Fanny especially-who delighted in
the fun SO often produced by the unusual
senblance-were apt to favor by changing
. places in a walk, or slipping from one side
! to the other at coVntry tea-party, or play
/ ing a hUndred innocent tricks to occasion at
! once grave and merry laugh.
Old Tabitha Goodwin, for Instance, who,
! being rather purblird, was jealous Of being
suspected eff seeing less clearly than her
u,ilLbors, and had dofed even the Eranses
to puzzle her dScerHment, seeking IN vain
! the cut Singer she had dressed on j aue's, as
! cribeI the Incredible cure to the merits Of
! her own iucom parable salve, aud could hard
| " Dc uudeceiyed, even &y the pulling off of
! James glove, aud the exhibition of the lac
Grated fngcr lTcd round By her own ban
| dase
Young George Eaiy, too. the greatest
/ baap IN the parish, having betted at a party
that he would dance with every pretty girl
il the room, lost his wager, which Fanny
had overheard, by that saucy dahse slip
ping into her sisters place, and pursuading
her to join her own unconscious partner; 20
that George danced twice with amy and
not at all with Jane; hat;ering piece of
n,slicc which proved, US the young gentleman
Ca rustic exquisite of the first water,) was
pleased to assert, that Miss Fanny was not
lispleased with her partner. How little does
vain man know of womankind! If she
had liked him, she would not have played the
trick for the mines OF Golconda.
In short from their school-days. when
Jane was chidicn for Fanny's bad work, and
Parny slapped for James bad spelling, down
to this. their prime Of vomanhoOd, there had
been 10 end to this confusion produced by
this remarkable instance Of family likeness.
And get nature, who sets some mark OF
individually upon even her meaucst produc-
tions, making some unnoted difference be-
tween the robins bred ia one nest, the flow
,rs growing on one stalk, and the leaves
hanging from one tree, had not left these
young maidons without one great and per-
naucut dstiuction--a natural and striking
dissimilacity of temper. Equally industrious
affcctionate, harry and kind, yet each wa:
i kind. happy, afcctionate and Industrious il
Z a different way. Jane was grave; Fanny wa:
Il gay. IF you heard laugh or a song, pe
C sure It was Fanny; she who smiled, for GER.
re tain was Fnnny. She Who jumped the style
e when her sisters opened the gate was Fanny
I she who chased the pigs from the garden a.
c merrily as if she were running 4 race, SO tha
II the very pigs did not mind her, vas Fanny
3 On the other hand, she that was so care
/; fully making, with its own ravcllcd threads
n an invisible darn in her mothers handker.
B. chief, and hearing her little sister read The
d while; she that so patiently was feeding, one
: by one, two broods Of young turkeys; she
Q that so pensively was watering her own bee
d Of delicate and somewhat rare plants-the
IS pale stars of the Alpine pink, or the alabastel
: blossoms cf the white evening primrose
g whose modest flowers, dying off into blush
sembled hor own character-was Jane.
S Some of the gossirs of Aberleigh used tc
If assert that James signing over the flowers. az
/. well as the early steadiness of her character
y arose from an engagement to my lords heac
: gardener, an Intelligent sedate and sobe
6 young Scotchman,
a OF this | know nothing. Certain it is tha
G the prcttiest and newest plants were alway
s to be found in James er-border; and
l. Mr. Archibald Maclane did sometimes come
), to look after them. [ do not see that it wa
IT any business of anybody's. '#
n In the mean time visitor of dlteren
n description arrived at the farm. A cousll
IS of Mrs Evans had been as successful il
y trade as her husband had been in agriculture
e and he had now sent his only son to becom
IF acquainted with his relations, ..and to spen
is some weeks in their family.
|, Charles FORSTER was fine young man
3, whose father was neither more nor less tha
}. rich linon- draper in great town; but who's
lie manners, education, mind. and characte
lc might have done honor to far higher sta
at tlon. He was, in word, one of Nature
gentlemen, and in nothing did he more thor
as oughly show his own taste and good breed
a ing than bv entering entirely into the home
ID ly ways and old fashioned habits of his coun