The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1867-04-17
LANCASTER c. H., S. c., APRIL II. 1867.

young affections are not TO be controlled.
Lave, almighty Love, mus, b. free, else
it ceases to be love. Tsnnshill was. plain
In his person and uncouh in his mann sra,
and fol, and expressed disconteu,ments
which it had been his unhappy fate al.
most invariably to encounter. J.ssie on
the contrary. looked upon the world as a
brilliant spectacle yet to be seen and en-
Joyed-as vast paradise iuIl OF the
beauty Of heaven and earth, whsre men
walked forth in the ina gs Of their Crea
tor, invested With bis attributes, and whore
woman 'rod proudly amidst the lovely
crea'ion an angel vensrsted and adored.
To express dissa,i.faction under all these
circumstances WAS TO her mind ex,raya
gance Of a misanthrops. the madness Of
real lover Of misery. and a sufficient cause
Tor her not to respect him. Both viewed
the world through false medium. and
their deductions, although At variance.
gave color to their minds, and accelerated
their fate.
Jessie could no. comp prshend wha, ap
peared to her tho fohv Of her suitor. She
relnhed not his sicxly sentiment; aud a.
all "onIsn kind ever did 90, she scorned a
cooling lover. Tho bard was driven 10
despair, sunmoning up oil unuon,ed
energy OF mind. departed and lef, hi.
adored TO her y outhfuI alterations.
Soon afer this p-rio,i, the song Of
Jessie. the Flower o: Dambl.ne," ,ope,h
er with the music. "a. published. and
became public fsvori,s; it was .unp
sveryw where in the theatres and n, parties.
world Of prsise was .how-red upon j,
br romen's hau.ring lips. and men he
came mad o.kn'w the sdorel subject Of
the day. In n short parioa il was dis,
covered. Jessie Montei,h. the pretty
peasant Of Dumhlaue, wa. the favored
one. From all quarter. Young men and
bachelors frked to 81. her and hnr own
sex ~-re curiou. and critical. Mspr
promising Youths paid their addre.... to
her. and experienced the same reception
A. her first lover Nsrer,h .less, at las,
poor Jessie became really snamo,sd. A
rskish spark from Md Lothian, adorned
with education. being Of polished man
ners. and confident from wealth and gu
p-ri"ri,y OF sank, gained f'-i Young .ffec
tons She too creduou,Iy trusted in his
uIhsllo~ec professions The atdor of
first lo'o orercame her better judgment,
and abandoning herssIf 10 her love Of
passion, shs made All inprudsnt escape
from tho prot ction Of her parents. and
soon found hsr.slf in elegant spar men,s
near the city Of Eiinbu,g.
Tbs-song OF the neglected T,nnahiH
W" to his Jessie. both a glory and a
curse; while it brought her into notice
and enhanced her beauty, 1t laid the
foundation for her fral dss.ruc,ion.-
Popularity h a dangerous elevation.
~heIbsr the Object Of it be q peasant or q.
prince temptations crowd around il, and
snares ar. laid on every hsud. Who
would be eminent, said = distinguished
ch'ld-of popularity, IL they knew tho peril,
the madness and distraction OF mind TO
which the creature Of the popular breath
is exposedi
When The poe. heard the fate Of bis
beloved Jessie, his heart almo.t bars, with
mental agony. and working himself into
the enthusiastic fr.Uzy Of inspiration,
poured forth torsot Of song more glow
ing and energetic than ever before drop
ped 10 burning accents from his tongue
II is to DO lamented tha, in . g. ofdiscu,,,
he ahsr~srds destroyed those poe,ical
records OF his passion and resentment.
Ere thrse yeon asd rsvolvsd their
triple circuit sier .Js.sis had left he,
'sthers home, she was changed woman
Her Psramour had fo'saken her. She
"" ds.utdte IL her splendid hahi,a,ion
Her blue eyes Io"k.d pi,iful on Ill thiag.
sro"nd her oval cheeks were indsn,sd
by the hand Of misery. and her face and
person presented III. picture Of an unhsp.
Py being. How changed ~as the figure
clothed in silk. winch moved on the banks
OF tho Forth. from the happy. lively girl
in Dumblans. dressed in the rustic gsrb
OF = Peasant! But thi. is - suhjscl too
paiaSsl to dwell On let Us hasten to the
catastrophe.
|, "a. on An shernoon in July, beau
tifu! sunny sh.rnoon,-,hs air VAS caI,a
and pure. The twin islands Of The Forth,
like vast emsrsids set in = lake Of silver,
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