The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-10-21

appeared in the Scotsman under the sigma
t1re Of IT. H.:
ITO the reading public Jane Eyre,
Currer BeA dc., have become a. household
words and who does not know, from Mrs.
GaskIl's painfully interesting biography
Of that quiet, quaint, obscure family Of &C.
MUS, who some yesrs ago 10 suddenly shot
up into the literary armament, but whose
light, No rare and brilliant, was no les sud-
denly quencbed IN death Ssjder story
there Is not in English literature than that
OF the heroic, much suffering gifted York.
shire Charlotte Bronte. The ~.
cludtd village Of IIaworth pilgrims now
come from all parts OF England, from the
Continent, and even from beyond the Al
lantic; sometimes on American, now q
Frenchman or German, not unirequcntly
scotehman, a. learned ct the parsonage.
Yesterday II was the Duke Of Devonshire or
Lord Carlisle today an unknown like my.
self.
Keighlcy. the station for lIaworth. is
on the Leeds and Bradford line about twelve
or fourteen miles from the former Of those
plsces Haw0rth being sbout three miles
distant from KeighIey, uphill nearly all the
way, reminding one little at first Of the
round by Costorphine Hll but gradually.
~ you ascend, assuming more billy and
wilder aspect o0rland extending on eve
ry side Although the road is fringcd more
or lcss with houses nearly nil the way.
there IL no stated conveyance. but the
pedestrian will not regret this, M the walk
will afford him opportunities Of noticing
the pecuharites d the people among whom
Miss Bronte received her first impressions.
Like the humber English everywhere, they
are scrupulously clean in all matters per.
tanning 10 their households and certainly such
washing Of floors, scrubbing Of doors and
door steps aud cleaning ef windows, |
never saw ~ on my way, that bright Sat
urtay afternoon. from keiphley TO lila.
worth. There can be no doubt that In
England, among the class ! am speaking Of,
there il a far higher appreciation Of the
sanitary virtues of cOpiOus applications Of
water than among q like class in Scotland.
Stone being plentiful in the neighborhood,
even mils,alks are built, and county foot
paths laid with il. these last cverlastingly
resonant with the clamping Of clogs. which
nearly everybody wears Most Of the villa
gers | spoke to on the way seemed quite
familiar with the facts relating 10 the Bronte
family, and In dim, hnlfenlighten,d way,
with the mental gifts Of Charlotte and the
others, as II, to adapt u line in IN Memo.
ram.
They sarsly ,honRh, her great and sise
Near llaworth got many little traits OF
the family. oil indicating the kindly and re-
spectiul feelings with which ia various mem
bers are s,il regarded In the district One
young man belonging TO llaworth, whom
overlook. q worker now Mt one Of the X eigh-
ley factories informed me that when boy
he frequently hal occasion 10 he in he par
sonage. and was often RECALLED with tune
on the piano, pocketml Of fruit. Nc.
Charlotte seemed to he generally considered
the most allabe, having smile and kind
word Tor everybody Emily and Anne were
more reserved. and for that reason not quite
81 great iavoritcs Mr.. lironto was spoken
Of 10y every one In terms Of the highest 70.
spcc,, even by these whom on many occa-
Sion4 he had opposed in ecclesiastical mat.
tiers, dissent being strong IN the vicinity. |
had neither the intention nor expectation Of
seeing him but the Sexton, who acts M
guide 10 the church, DC, having told me
that Mr.. Brontc when well, was always clad
TO sec strangers, | was vain enough 10 send
mp my card. and had the pleasure Of little
conversation with the venerable patriarch,
now more than 40 years Of age. and the
soe survivor OF his family. lie was very
kind, and spoke Of Scotland and Burns
morc particularly, cordially and with dis
elimination. Although irul, he enjoys tai.
cradle health, and IN general breaches once
every Sunday Mr. Nichols, Charhttes
husband. (who is still curutc and whom |
saw abou, the villagel doing the principal
part Of the business
The parsonage is plain two storicd build.
ing, with II larc grass plot and u rev tres
IN front, divided On two sides from the crow.
died. churchyard by stone wall, IL was
with strangely mingled feelings that stood
within those familiar mentally a, lcast
walls, where harlotte, the "ololy dressed.
clever little girl. had in doubt and secrecy.
written Jane Eyre where Emily, mine
bonnie love. as her sister delighted 10 call
her, had sal on the parlor rug reading with
her arm round the rough neck Of her favor.
lie Tartar, and from which all three sis.
tiers had so often sallitd forth for lonely
walk 10 the far stretching purple moofs
above and beyond the parsonage. had
not time 10 walk ts the waterfall far IN
among the moors, the terminus OF many ot
these walks. but had an hours delightful
hrcEy rambe for mile or two above the
village, where, until Mr.. Grims,ead lone Of
Mr. Bron,e's prede's ssors) put them down.
horse races were run, AMI where youths still
assemble for cricket playing. Several stone
quarres are scattered here and there. bu, So
unprottable arr they, from. presume.
the want Of any means OF conveyance from
the district that company who had taken
them discontinued working them two wears
before the expiry Of their lease. A line Of
rail- TO keighly, however, is talked Of. which
viii materially increase the value Of the
quarres.
Very strong feelings prevail in III, place