Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1860-10-17
Weekly Family News paper.

* Weekly
; ron TUE SPIRIT % AGE.
! Laura clifton's Jour
, BY ANNIE GEdReE-
MA11s-
I.otber. Oh. my mother did'st
I've me 2 Good God! gony is
y. Ian I a bear. Paents sone.-
y WORKMAN. ALONG. aone Father
. - pily me. But afews since,
smoke to me, kiss4i mi now.f
she lies cold and sth3A
aanswerl s1HI9 HOes y
Itterts miserable alone N the world.
Brother or sister have / to whom ]
for consolation. On God! let me
be buried with my mother.
We without her fond caresses, hi
detection. Journal thou art myE
~ To thee alone | can pour fortie9
= anguish. But can write no
I, erably, so miserable. Il
y; y, k has passed. / feel stupefiffo,.rna
"a rwhelming grief. The Gay the
~ assigned my precious mothef ba ni
n sy uncle-my guardian, arrlbt frSt
'f- I'm him before. but frouI1a nrs'
| beheId him, my heart Iotber1
jhim. He is much like n e all tbo
nd sped me in his arms veSS6v wears
He has been living for With bic
- Ice, andbut lately retufv c;tv p
81 TO America, and to hisAlage Lomc
~ TOW | eave my preciE66S Cottage
y ear aIth y T. a saeIe toP INV | shrink
bis t1ls ordeal Iifs j children
fHsouI radk vii
reared IN EufopeaiU Butt am too
sad to care much, f& sometimes | feel
IN indifference tot4 Vie world-to every
thing | cannot condkr have for the last
lime visited her akand planted there a
solitary rose. Oh aher, dost thou be-
hold thy child thu love so fondIy p
Dost thou see ny my heavy sorrow
for thee? Obi v &fain stay here. near
my mothers EfafI dread to mingle
among stranger te in heart, alone: yes
atone-l long to hout society, to see
no human face. pr old pastor, good
Father Grey, tells IS is wrong, that ex-
cesslve sorrow IS Can it be wrong
to grieve away eNd life for such a moth
er? But, yes, liam very sinful-for
God has left me 4 Aessings-wealth and
kind friends. YF| Dart is as hard as ad-
amant. | cannot Thy will be DONE
Far, fan. sooner h4 b. stripped of all this
wealth-of ever! But this is too
much-the cup tier! fcannot gi0e
up my mother
THURSDAY, 18th.
! | am so Lone Is1d. | endeavor to
ested IN wnal fag arouud me-but
cannot, Oh IL We arrived here last
night. Aunt received me with ten
der, sympatns ess, folded me to her
bosom ana mH tears with mine
My cousins arg affectionate. But
my heart Is ssq that [ have noticed
them but httej they will think me
%selfsh-but | / lone nv sorrow i
sacred ana l E1 give tvent in secret
/ have taken b notice vet T know
everything hV mt around me-ever
magnificentve MT from nav simpl,
cottage home. mind constantly
/ carries me tner Newly made mound
!, | can tnlnk VI zee nothing but thl
; form of that de he sti,l and male be
fore me.
P. JUNE Goth.
MY blren-oay sixteen. One.yea
: ago, a mother my brow, and a
her loved voicd a BLESSING. ! oil
! was PLACED in beautiful R;Si,
Ebound Y lve.Ess elasas in Mhlie
rzr an I've an ser
a Hlod. She n0S has to serve hi
d longer with trembling but rejoicing
S her poor orphan Laura-am still a v
sinner-murmuring at that d~ispensat
|, providence which took from me my N
3 Nothing can compensate for her love-
ing hi this aching void which is Ct
away my very life-strings, | found
: toilet this morning a gift from each n
VI the family. They are very kind
: n L am grateful-loVe them indeed
lear my sadness will cause them to thi
: sulien IN my grief. Aunt Louis is a
ulu COOKING woman, always welLdresse
, has faultless manners-with > boart
andkind. | think ueen;e, nv eldest :
IS nineteen years of age. She is mucI
her mother; brilliant and imposingin a.
arce, and though gay and fond of dres
fashion, is yet alive to good and kind
tons. But Fairie is my fayorite-sba
sweetest and most interesting If a;rls
quaint and petite, eneeh her namaIi
and good, she ,gaissi iass al
yet already has a great Friendship sprul
between US. | am tall for my age
large hazel eyes-whieh look forth onl,
sncholy. am pale, sallow and sad.loS1
my hair, which my darling mother IL
SO lovely and abundant is twined aronr
head in heavy braids. Faifie is tiny
ooAiPloAioi VI AiAi0S ana E0acS, black
of bewitching expression of nirth snf
chief, a mouth, around which lies a =,
of dimples, and long silken curls of
hue. Then her saucy, captiyatinr =,
finish a tout ensemble of nv spoa. ~
cousin friend.
Tomorrow we leave this chy. A.
dispersion will take place. Uncle, Az,
Eugene leave for Newport where theu
spend the summer, while Faire and I
the country, escorted by~ouf brown
handsome cousin Philip, WHO has !
come for us. We are to visit our :
aunt Ella Clare. | have not seen be,.
that sad day when | lett my village h.
Aunt Ella is SO gentle On to Sknow
to love hereIsik her !.
= Nfa Sn her extra7agfes which
amp and would appear Prong, from m;