Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1861-04-05

manner of settling this question would bs,
to thiuk Of the manifold advantages OF
fra;ernal and domestic union the strength,
the wealth, the dignity and happiness il
communicates to all, and not, ike Garry
there, calculate the SIX and eigb, pence il
costs to keep the pot boiling and the
chimney corner warm. And then, how
uuseemly and wicked it is, for sisters to
be always squabbling and lighting, and
calling each other names, and falling into
FITS Of envy and Jealousy, because one out
grows the other, or is little handsomer,
or because their parents give one q ring,
another a new gown, another pair Of silk
stockings. Such carvings on disgrace
family, let it be ever so prosperous, and
prevents its members ever being happy or
respectable. III tell you what, girls, you
will become a laughing stock Of the neigh
torboOd, and not one Of the young men
will ever cast sheep's eye at you. You'll
never be married il you 60 on in 'bi. way 1;
and as for Garry, pity the poor man, it
there be any such desperate character IN
the world, who should undertake her sui-
dance. She'll lead him a dance, III be
bound. Ny dear daughters, l beg Of you
nov, j)iu hapis, be friends, sisters again,
AID each follow your own tastes, iuclina-
tious, aud employ ments, without iuierter-
ing with those Of the others. Massy aud
tie rest Of you that like, can spin and
weave, While you, Virginia, and those
tha; choose, may cultivate your fruits and
vegetables and garden flowers, and milk
the cows, in peace and quiet. All these
employment; are equally usefu. in their
proper sphere, and, under proper disci-
p!iue, all essential to the welfare Of your
fathers house. Come, now, be good gir!s
kiss and be friends, and may heaven
bless you all my dear daughters"
But, instead of making such discreet
commonplace speech as this, the old lady
talked all around the compass ten timos
worse than Miss York. She declaimed
and f1urished away, first iaudibg shs
spinning jenny and weaver's beam and
then denOunciDg them as pestileus iuno-
vaiiOns, and praisiDg the simplicity OF .
country life and rural occupations, until
neither she, berself,. her daughters, OF
anybody else could tell what her opinion
on the sutjec. was. In short, after talk
Ing herself dry, and tiripg her hearers to
death, she concluded by coming TO no
conclusion, but at the same time beseech-
ing the girls to have patience, keep their
tempers, shake hands, aud be friends.
"Well, for my part" said Miss Massey
Twcshoes, IL have not the least objection,
provided | can have my will in one thing"
"Nor l." said Miss Garry, 'On the same
condition"
3 "NOI l." echoed all the others in chorus.
"My dear children" cried the old lady,
with tears in her eyes, "how your father
will be delighted with your du,iful sub
mission. Aud what is i, my darlings
would have? What is the condition 7"
"That ire each Of us hare our ona rdy
in erery thing" cried the sisters in full
chorus.
The old lady was struck dumb at this
new mode Of preserving the family union:
+ Co." said she at length, "go to your
old father, receive his blessing, aud quis
our presence for ever, If such is your
! wicked will"
. The refractory bsgsages obeyed her for
once in their lives, aud departed, crying
out together, DIVIDED We stand, united
We fall'
Thus was the great union Of uncle Sans
family dissolved for ever. But the ven-
geance of Heaven overlook these unnstu-
raj children. Wherever they went, Peo-
pie pointed their fugers at them, aud
cried out, in their hearing, "Here are the
foolish virgins, that calculated the value
of u family union BY pounds, shillings and
pence, aud left the house Of their father
because they could not have their own
way 10 everything" Nobody would re-
eeiye them, nobody would associate with
them, and they wandered about in rags
aud beggary, prey to each other, seOf
to the virluous, a mark for the 6nger OF
scoru. They lived and died miserably.
Poor Carry, the ringleaaer in this unDat-
ural affair, was inveigled into the arms OF
a willy stranger, who, after Iobbing her ot
all she had, honor, virtue, reputation, and
fortune, "aung Ler like worthless weed
away." and left her to perish BY the road
side. -.......-
Coon IpEA.-A correspondent Of the
Snpbury Gazette recommends that Com
nittees should be appointed BY County
Agricultural Societies, for every borough
spa township in every county, With sPe-
ci.l Instructions to inquire after and pros
eeute every ouo who disregards the laws
of the State in regard to the protection OF
birds.
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