Gazette and sentinel., 1860-09-01
Stephen and his Anxious Mother.

Stephen was anxious to see his
mother. His mother was anxious Il
sc Stephen. The dutiful boy advcr-
tiscd it i'll the public prints that he was
Oh his way to see his mother. He start
ed from the city of New York to visit
his mother, who resides III the western
section of New York State. He natu-
rally came TO New Haven, Guilfora and
Hartford on his way, and at the latter
place he was "bctraycd' into a speech.
Still bent on the maternal pilgrimage,
he goes toward Boston, attracted by a
relative Of his wife. 1t was a casc of
relative abstraction. On his way, at
Worcester, some Judas betrayed" him
into a speech. At Boston, betrayed
again. Now, however, he started to-
ward his mother. At Albany, seeking
t. pass through there as a private man,
astonishcd at the magnificent demon
stration, the unexpected reception, (likc
the one at Hartford, he was betrayed"
into a speech, in which he declared he
was on his way to see his mother.
From here the pilgrim son reaches Sar-
atoga. Here he lays aside politics,
thinks of his long unseen mother whom
he is about to visit, and sinks into the
genial pleasures of the place. Pre-
vious to this we ought to mention he
was betrayed" into a speech. Full of
thoughts of his mother, he starts III a
northeast direction and lands at Rut-
land, the home of his youth. Owing to
the wholly unexpected arrival at that
place SO hallowcd, &c-hc-well-is
betrayed" into a speech. Full of pcnt-
up affection, he can no longer restrain
himself. but goes to Bellows Falls.
Amid the believing Of the ~populace and
the subs of Stephen, he is deceived,
dcIudcd, imposed on-in fact ''bctray-
cd' into a speech.
He fees to the north, he lands at
White River Junction. What "a juno
ton, what 4 conjunction in point of
fact was there! Stephen was "bc.
trayed' into Il speech. Cutting his
filial stick in a southeast direction, he
informed u.s. at Concord that he is Wis.
ting New England to look upon the
grave of a relative. Sad Stephen, how
skiIfully his anxiety 10 see his mother
is diSguished. This statement was
made in the course of some extended
remarks which, i'll point of fact, 'be
trayed' pious Encas into a speech a
this very place. At Manchester, al
Nashua, at Providence, still seeking
the maternal embrace that still receded,
he is still surprised and still "betray
ed'-but why repeat the sad details
Stephen, Stephen, who seems unable
To cut his bread and cheese even, is
next seer at q clam-bake at Rocky
Point /; far, far from mother, relatives
t or graves, On this strictly private tom
to see his mother. Stephen, we say
sinks the maternal for a season, anC
J allows one hundred and fifty bushels Of
baked CLANS and thirty thousand people
= to "bctray" him into a speech-a brici
. one of an hour and a half.
Look at the map of New England
$ Where do you think Stephen is now
Why, way down on the rocky end o
: Rhode Island, at Newport, kicking NJ
: his truant heels by the great ocean, a
: much as to say that, having t~ravele'
all ovcr New England Oh the strengtI
of her, he now don't care a "bras
farthiG" for his maternal!
And yet, by-and-by, when he gets RI
cupcratcd and wants to start on anothe
= tour, we shall hear his low, sweet voic
mingling with the roar of the surf dow
by the sounding sea, softly singing
awake, and call me early,
Call me early, mother DEAR"