The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-08-02


Where 'h- wreck uf our i~gions lay stranded and tom,
They stole 90 our rauks in the midst OF the morn,
Like the .Jant of Gtkt th-r strength ~ va supru
Ee those niist- had rol 81 up L, the -
From the a,h Of ,te" Day ~e-lpi b" II,
. As So ~lTtfg up--to conquer - : e.
The tunult IL .ilrneel the dea tn lal- are cast
Aud the heroes Of battle are siuube IlL- thcr hst.
h,,- cream a yon pale iurn { Al r,a- ou the ash
. Noud - iI.e II once t.pT-, q " brave.
lr, tG- broad road Io Wu-tc y- pa 81,
Ana ui sl'ry - k-d-lut grave
f From Bentley's Miscellany
Mrs. Jennings; :. wh" wanted som. body
to care for ttsr.'
TheoIhilus Bullfnch was bachelor,
middIe-ascd, and sufficiently stout to look
respectable. \ spare man conveys feel
ing OF spareucss in all things The cyc
never rests 80 conrcntet!ly as on fat, and
what Is generally termed comfortable
looklnd' parsonage. A stout man carries
an appearance of wealth in the folds of
his coat, and so did Theophils Bulifnch.
But alas although temptation fell not in
his way, he fell III the way OF Mrs. .Jen-
nlngs
Time tells a tale;' aud we behold
our bachelor located at a watering place
no less famous for the clvility and unim-
posing character of Its inhabitants than
the select nature of It's visitors-Margate
This. We are sure, no one will venture to
deny who has seasoned it for three or
four months. The kindly feelings of its
inhabitants are perceptible, even in ASS
drivers. Where will you find such faith
erly boys to their donkeys, such yellow
shoes, such society, as at Margate We
are sure our readers will say with US
nowhere.
Theophilus felt this, and ventured trip
and house; for he bought one, urged
thereto by lady acquaintance, by name
Mrs. Palaver; lady who drove not on
ly her husband. but a pair of ponies, and
astonished the eyes both of quality and
" natives" by the way she did the genteel
that is, as far as he ponies went. For
herself, she had soul above mean appro-
baton. Among the select at the libraries,
= Mrs. y. was the ruling star, and 10 Judge
not only from the redness of her face. but
as her husband could testify, Mars in petit
: coats She shillingloo'd, and one in three d
: even to the hindraucc of "the concert" but
J no one bore Interruptions # this natur,
$ with SO much philosophical sweetness a.
; Old Bones, the proprietor, and as thu
: 'one in three's" bore to him Il profit o
three to one, the dulcet tones of the Sig
nora of the rooms were often eclpsed b,
:, Mrs. P.'s shake, or go" as it is called
+ Our readers may be curious as to the nam
of the 'Signora." 1t was Mrs Nobs b,
day, Signora Nobino at night And sucl
a voice, The little boys in Hawey Squar
heard as well as the company insde-i
fact, rather better, for they complained O
its being Aeetie too forte.
But although Mrs. Palaver put dow
y shillings, she picked up friends. dear soul
of the newest importation, and among tn
rest Mrs. Janniugs Mrs. Jennings WI
a widow, "pho ran,cd son2eJociy 10 car
S for her. Size had small independents,
aud, if may venture to Judge from sui
u N sequent events, 4 rery small indepenc
I'd ence; IN fact, 1t might be doubted if
!" ,n were an independence at all She W.
tall. scraggy. and thin-we use homel
simile-as pancake; the effect of grie
doubtless She had lost husband, 81
I'd said, who dotted on her; and, having 10
g SO great treasure, can We wonder at h,
- unwearied exertions to obtain fresh SUI
ply of affection Theophilus was ma
of money Mrs Jennings could not boa
of the same golden fruit; and. as she wal
ted " somebody to care for her. she tixt
= her eye--a gray one-upon Theophilr
Bull6nch
20 They met,' not in a ' crowd" but
a tea party, at the mutual friends. MI
= Palaver. where real eighteen penny cal
and diamond-cut sandwiches of the 81
and thinness of a three.cornered note, i
dcated the gentility of the lady of the hous
es Theophilus and the widow were partne
1s 1s "a beginning not to be desPised. Nj
"a. Jennings looked confusion over her han
g, and vowed her heart must fall to this XII
- of clubs. Theophilus blushed she sighe
and, intent upon a ne'c game, lost the ru
= Der. Theophilus paid for himself; t
widow had a mind above trihes. Theopl
m o.. lus was temptcd-what man is not at time
and paid for Mrs. Jennings. The fl
VS. stone was laid, and the widow saw t
m the church already built. the door open, a
Is the parsons hand in the same inviting !
TO; stion. The next morning, Mrs .Ieunin!
''' the bachelor. and the mnnudl tric,l
- were to perambulate the fields, or rath
corn fields. and numerous of the "qualit
m IN. were drifting along the shaky roads on
IN equestrian tour; asses We're at premiu
- and young ladies' legs going up q
party wended their way, and Mrs }. talk
re. 8, Of the days when she and Mr.. j. made 10
tx in corn field If she had OILY somebo
.oe to care for her; and Mrs. Jennings SOU,
zed something very like a tear into the c,
lily ners of her eyes We know not what
the feet they might have had on the d,
.I .io departed, but to our bachelor they appe
' 'nS ed the essence of affection-pretty lit