The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1868-02-11

d C"H any itil| uU more TlllaOlc lnan Tue
sight Of 50 many who should he chJoscrs
and creators I'm Ter God of their own
spheres OF utility and happiness. self de-
graded INTO mere slaves OF prupriety AMI
cu-tum-thcir true naturss. undcvcluped.
their hearts crampcd and shut up. each
afraid OF lii' nciehbor, unl lis ncghbcr of
him, living life Of urrealiiv. dcccivinc
and being deceived, aud forever walking
in II vain show Here, nov, we have
iasl left married couple who are happy
because lhcy have taken counsel Of their
honest Affect Jns, rather than OF the mul
titudr, and have dared TO be true 10 th, III
selves in defiance of impcrinent 90 sip
'You allndc to young farmer Barnet
and his wife, | suppose ,ad /.
Yes ! viii give YOU their cases rs an
illu-iration Juia Atki was the diugh-
ter Of Ensign Atkins, who lived ON the
mill road, just above Deacon VirIcr'
When she was ten years Old hcr mother
died. and in n few months afterwards her
father married Polly Virgins, the tailor
css, n Selii-h, shrcwd, managing woman.
julia, poor girl, had hard time Ct it
for the Ensign, although al kind and az,
icctionatc nrn naturally, WIS too weak
and yIclling 10 interposc between her and
his strong min led AMI ,hnrp. p.tongucd wife
She had ohc friend, however. vino was
always ready to sympnthize with her. -.
Robert Barnet was the son Of the next
door ncighbrr, about two year, oder than
herself. They had grown mp toeclhcr as
school companions and play IN itcs; and
often in my drives | used o meet them
coming home hand in hanl from school,
or from the woods with berries and nut.
talking and laughing ns if there were no
scodlng >tepmpthcrs in the worll.
II 50 happened that when Julia was in
her sevcntccth year, there came famous
writing mlStcr TO Pcclwki". He was a
Slow, da-ling fellow, with la'hlonable
lrr-.. - wicked eye, aud tongue like the
ol } serpent, when tempting our grand
mother. julia wa' one rf his scholars.
an ! perhaps tn rretticst of them ALL
The rascal singled her uul from lhc first,
and, the better to accomplish his purpose,
he left the tavern AN took lodgings at the
IN i-t7 le soon saw nov matters
too in the family, and governed him
self accordingly, taking especial pans to
conci''hle the rnlIn2 authority he En-
signs wife cate young Barnet, and wlsll-
9 to uet ril oi her daugtcr-in-aw The
wH'i'I master Iherc!' r. had Il tar field.
lie II .ttrrel The nlur uiil bv his attention..
ana praised me- he'u'y' iIr m'r irin
'h@ ia' not h'teH hrr To Withstand ih'-
s'"'nr'l'e lhin'nce NJ mothers '"ve,Ni'
U@ q''k' lhH''ic'''e sense of danger
Threatening It's 'uJ'c', ih'erpo>cd between
'er "''' "'f ''''PNr' iier OH 'rind ana
p''Nm ''r--h' ''"i1 alone save h'r-hnd
been rn1riy r'pn''cd from the honS' by
h'r h''h'f-'n-'nw ana in'h-n''' 'nd dr.
"nS''u h' 'e'lrru 'r"m AL competition with
,'' '"rni ''nl' r'va'' nus hhan1on'd TO
h'f own "nal-''p''ned imngina''"r' with
the '"eNperie''ce o. Il ch''d AMI the pa
SONS "t woman she was dec wed by
!hl'e pre'rn'eS' bc"iIdered, fascinated and
o'g"'!ed INTO S'n
II - Tue same oid sorry OF woman'>
confidence and mans duPIcliy. The
ra'ciilV writing master, under preIence OF
Nl'l'lh" h"'9hh"rihg town. lelt In" iod-
9InS' ANA never returned. The last
heard ct INN he was the tenant OF
W es'ern prnit"nl'ary l'oor julia, driven
IN disgrace tom her iather'S house, at
iort IoHnd refuge IN The dwelling OF an
old woman OF no very cretlIable charac
Ter mere was calic t" visit her;
ana although not unused TO s'ene' OF snf'
i'rng ami sorrow had never before
Witnessed such an utter "banfon'ncn; Of
sr''' 'h"m'' ana remor'e' Alas! what
sorrow was Ike unto her sorrow. The
birth hour OF her infant was the hour
also o' lts death.
The agony OF her spirit seemed greater
lhan she could hear. Her eyes were
1p'''u' anu sue 'ooNen upon hersei' w''h
"''',''''s anu "o''o'' 'fo "ou'i ""hil
" "o "'P'' ho r"'''o'"''oh' she wouil
''.," " ~ i''''" "'o'' vi cN'use 'or ier
su''' oo",u o''y "'r'cl her 10 'hat
,o"'oo o' r''o'"' am pence 10 w'''ch 'he
o'oNV'' anu 'o''''''' meant never Appeals
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