The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-05-28

hNittH Hff eNlHM0lie& 10 carry away tAe
whole apparatus ior to-day, aud bring wa,
fer and towel cor mistress hands.
Ia.ked whether these old women could
not do lbul sort Of work There is nd
such precise I'll IL tie garments Of field
hands 10 require skill il drcsy making
should think Sir tie clothes u all the
women ] see n the cotton field might iii
any ono prfgoa as wed q. another Why
cannot the house scrvan some Of whom
seem to be always sewing, spare the lady
all this cutting out;
Itcauno, be done, SIN ioll II il not
the fit that is the question, bui tic ccono-
my of the mat rial There is no negro
woman who can learn not to cut cloth 10
waste. Such is plantation doctrine but
il does not hold good everywhere; for ne
gro girls dress very well, without exiray-
agancc, ID some places where they have
to eui out, and make tLeir own dresses
Minnie, meantime, has been collecting
her wits, carried off skyhigh by the book
she has in her hand. Reclining in cor
ner of the wide sofa on the other side Of
the piazza, she has Teen lost in the witch
cry Of some native magazine poetry, or the
turns Of some romantic story. The child
has grown much, and is almost woman,
and very pretty one We rarely see in
the North 50 healthy and blooming form
and complexion as among these southern
girls who live almost constantly in reopen
air. This seems to do them more good
than the summer heat and want Of exer-
else to do them harm. When Minnie was
once 50 far recalled 10 the realities of life
as 10 see who We were, she was so affect
ionatc ard delighted as TO enable me to re-
cag ize in her the old playlellow had
been longing 10 greet.
low oid we are growing said !, when
she went in to dicss for dinner. That
child looks almost as old as her mother
was when she was married
oh don't talk Of marrying ? exclaimed
Anna. i can't bear 10 think of it.
'Well, well there is plenty Of time yet,
said !. She is hardly sixteen, think
Yet We have TO be thinking about it
whether we will or no, said D.. We
have had some little unplcasantness with
tw) or three of our friends lately, because
VIC cannot give her away in q hurry, and
so carly
My little Minnie going 10 marry ex-
claimed, in amusement and wonder.
i fear it must be before long, her moth
cr said. But there is nothing in view at
the mo rent. We lave persuaded her to
wait awhile, and we hope it may be some
time before any youth appears who can at
all correspond with her requirements: and
she must have perfect Bayard, with
good deal of the Apollo or Byron, and
likeness to TIE Admirable Crichton.'
Yes. ! hope she is safe, in that way
observed D. SHE is so romantic
that the man does not exist
Il am afraid that is false security said
/. What delights romantic people is not
what they find, bu what they make; not
what they actually sec, but what they be-
leye. MinLie will probably see Bay
ard and all the rest in some neighboring
youth, because the image occupies her
eye
That is my fear Anna replied /
wish were sure of her till her twentieth
birthday. But the girls have such trains
Of suitors here
This knew to be true, from The num-
Der Of young men who leave the cities and
come down from the North, TO seek their
fortunes on the virgin soil of the newer
cotton states.
The govcrnesses who are obtained from
New England, and scattered among the
planters houses, are usually too old TO
marry in region where marriage takes
place much too early. Thus, while the
maidens Of New England are maintaining
themselves in great numbers, and in va
rious ways, the planters daughters are
married almost before they have ceased 10
be children. Each mother hopes and pur-
poses to extend the period Of youthful free
dom and improvement in the case Of her
own girls AMI every mother is disap-
IUNitcu WHICH TIT iliNe fBIIltN.
And what of Madison| | asked
What sort Of fellow shall iud him, |
wonder.
Anna looked proud, D. laughed.
Madison win soon show you his quail
~, said he.
Yes said Anna you viii see at once
the turn he takes
SO he is 10 he character, Is hcy' in
quired
Why, yes replied D.. Our young
men are ambitious, aul almost every one
has some particular notion Of Distinguish
ing himself. Il may not be amiss. 1t
may gi,e them purpose. 1t makes
them show chara ter early
SO much character So much charac-
ter exclaimed my sister complacenily.
Plenty Of peculiarity,' thought, when
Madison came in to dinner, solemn de-
meanor, and eondescending notice Of me,
his uncle. soon gathered from his orac-
ular words, that the boy lad discovered
the Perpetual Motion, and considered him.
self already separated from the common
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