The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1865-04-12
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THE PErTIBoNE LINEAGE,

| Ny name is Escli Pcttibonc and wish tC
affirm, in the Out,et that il is a good Thing
to he we'll born. In thus connecting the
mention Of my name with positive state
mcnt, avn not aware that catastrophe
lies cooled M in the juXiapoSiion. But |
cannot help writing lainly that ! am still
in favor of Il distinguished family.tree
! EStD pupciHa! To have somebody for a
Sreat.gralidiathcr that was somebody is
exctimg. To be ablc to look on long lines
of ancestry that were rich, but rcspccta.
bic. seems dccOrous and all right, The
present Earl OF Warwick. | think. must ha, c
an lea that strict justice has been done
him in the way of heiug launched properly
into the world. ! saw the Duke of New
castle once, aud as thc farmer in Conway
dccribcl Mount Washington. tlousht
the duke felta propensity to .hunch up
some" Somehow it is pleasant to look
down on the crowd, ana have conscious
right to do so.
Left au orphan at tho tender age of foar
years, having no brothers or sisters to prop
me round with young affections aud sym
pathics, i,ll into three pairs Of hands, eX.
cellcnt in their way. but peculiar. Pa.
tience, Eunice, aud Mary Ann Pettibone
were my arnts on my fathers side. All
my mothers relations kept shady when
the lonely orphan looked about for protcc.
tion; but Patience Pcttibone. in her stately
way, said The boy belongs TO a good
family, and he shall never want while his
three aunts can support him so went
TO live with my plain, but benignant pro.
tectors, in the state of New Hampshire.
During my boyhood, the best.drllel les
son that fell to my keeping was This: Re-
Spect yourself We come OF more than or
binary parcntage. Superior blood was prob
ably concerned in getting up the Petit
bones. Hold your head errct, and some
day you shall have proof o. your high lin.
cage"
remember once, on being told that |
must not share my juvenile sports with
the butchers three lille beings. | begged
to know why not Aunt Elince looked
at Patience, and Mary Ann knew what che
meant.
"My child" slowly murmurod the eldest
sister, "our fam ly no doubt came of a
very old stock ; perhaps We belong to the
nobility. Our ancestors, it is thought
came over Laden with lIonors, aud no
doubt were embarrassed with riches,
though the latter importation has dwiud!ed
in the lapse of years Respect yourself.
aud when you grow up you will not rc9
gret that your old and careful aunt did not
wish you to play with butchers offspring"
felt mortified that had ever had de-
sire TO 'knuckle mp" with any hut kings
SONS or suItans' little boys. | longed tn
he among my equals in the urchiu line,
fly my kite with only highbOrn young
sters. .F ...
Thus lived in constant scene of self
enchamtment on the part OF tho sisters, who
assumed all the part and feeling that prop
erly belong TO ladies Ofquaily. Patrmo-
NAL splendor TO como dancod IelTe their
dim eyes; and handsome settlements, gay
equipages, and general grandeur of some
sort loomed up ia the future for tho Ancri,
can branch OF the house Of Pettibone.
1t was life of opulent seIf-delusiln,
which my aunts were never tired of nurs-
ing; and ] was too young TO doubt the re-
ality of il. All the members of Our little
household held up their heads, as il each
said, in so many words, There Is no orig
inal sin in onr composition, whatever OF
that commodity there may be mixed mp
with the common clay oi Sno@bnrOugh."
Aunt Patience was a star, and dwell
a mart. Aunt Eunice looked at her through
a determined pair OF speetlcles, aud wqr-
SHIPPED while she gazed. Tho youngest
sister lived in dreamy state Of honnr 10
come, aud had constant geological visions
Of lions griAins aud unicorns, drawn and
in every possible siyie known.
to the Herald's college. The Rev, Hebrew
Bullet, who used to drop in quite often