Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-06-11
Original storg.
RENNIE McNOR;
WORTH TRIUM PHI ANT,


scription OF the mother of humanity? and
who that ever gazed upon the matchlcss
charms of beautiful, little Rcnnic McNor,
without calling 1t to mind tor more SYM
metrical form than hers was surely never
cast in natures mold; her step was light and
graceful as the young gazelle; her eye of
deep, azure hue, cclpsed in its brillancy the
diamonds ray her voice was soft and ten
der as the ripple Of tiny stream. Her
nome was situated on n beautiful eminencc
on the Juniata river, where her parents had
lived for many years; having moved thither
from western Maryland previous TO her
birth; and now begins our tale. The pa
rents OF Rennie Were in moderate crcum-
stances ut the time at which our story begins
but IN earlier life her father had been the
possessor of IL very large domain in Mary
land, but adverse circumstances having over
taken him he and his little family were
redaced dfniostto want; but the brave heart
of Francis AIcNor quailed not in the hour of
adverslty, but with light heart considering
all the circumstances, he collected together
the little that remained of his personal eff
iects, and with his household goods, removed
to the valley Of the Juniata and here, by the
nr,c,;ca of;n,h,s,n,. r....s,..., -
he had to n considerable extent, retrieved
what he had lost in Maryland One year
alter their settlement in this beautiful, wild,
and picturesque region, child was born.
apd ho;n,, ,.;,, ~ ii, 800
,,ar a,,,'' ''oan'o "
Mrs M,Nnr .,.,...a. '''''' VI
Oh. ,yns ~. ',,,,, TIT i'e'a'
nwo I,ovs anI -, ,s..., -. :. - ~ pa''"'s
hom. IN M.rn,aaa> ,,a.a. 80 ~ '"s,' Wv,
unon ,nl .l,,,,s, ;1.,l,..,,a ~. ~,
was n,,,r,l,, ,oa,,,;,.,I -,
bood I'm, oyar,. ,.e.
TO imnrovo md d.v.,o,, oha.n,, aa1, 49,
most o;,,o,l ,.,'.,., .,,'sn -
d.lirht o,d \, r. ""n
which ,;me ~. ;r,r,.1,a. 49,. ~
perfeclinn in ,vnn,o,,s n,;s, DIT m,
a,tcndc1 III. v;,ln,,. s,.,'''',, ~, .,u,'
hood and ,boro ,,ad ,,,...,,i -, -,
nf an ,,q;,... 1,,..i.
cons,loraiJo sd,,.,,ea,,..,.. =. i'.,''o
branches I,os;1os ~ ~
an1 an ;,,,,s,r;,,,. s,.,.,.. ~ ars
the assistnnc. nj ho, ,t,,,,., ,,.,.,, ,'1.s
self n Ioav ot M ,n.a, .,,a;....,. y. -,
walks Of lie,..u,. AI,,,, ~. ,;.. -
which ~, win th.r. !, ,,ua,;l.
the yillane school /, voung NM, ,a,no1 ,n,,,,s
Tolland about twcn,v-,,vn yo.,s - NJ,
native of the State of y.,mop,
1t is not necessary 10 qo inn n mimi. ia
scriplion of tLc yolth sutli,e 4, saw ,ha,
every lincancnt of his faee bor. .ole, or
manhood. and nobility az chawcter An
orphan from his infancy His ,it, lad bcan
one continued scene of hardshi,s and s,,na-
giles with adversitv Hu, ,bo ,,;.,s on,,
hatdshins or hs hn,bnad n,i, sor,,,I -, ia
yelon lin latant ,.h.r,,,o,;',;nso o,,,;s .,,,.,,
and shoy tn tbe world tho NM, ,ho, ,at,,r..
had slammed with tb. ;u,r.cs ~ nal,;,;,,,
But wbv DELAY III. ,rp,bs ,,,,yaras y,,;o,, 80,
are verping, Anr,u TalIana a,a pa,,,;.
McNor me-, far tha frs, ,;,na ~, ,,,oaa,,
morning in the little scbool room Of ,ho VII
lage school house about three. e.f,ur,bs of a
mile from Mr.. McNor's firm sho as III, NJ,
bill and he as the teacher. I'm, ,b.so, ,..,;i,ns
were foruotten utt.rl, f,,n,,,, c..,,,, ~.
moment their cyos ,;,s, ,,,,, ,,,',.a ,u,.a,,s
thnt sneak "a ejnou.r,,,, ,.ha,, ~, ,;,,s 49,,
dumb. He Ind meyer raye1 m . .a,nan 90
bewitchinalv bea,,lirul h.fore ,,,,,,,,h h.v
form was pcrfecllv mon,ded ,nd l,ar r,o,
was as lnir as The bcnd.d b.on,;.s ~ ~.
lilv and th. roso o,a ,,,,.,, e..,,,u
reuular as the hand of ua,nr.,s rraat a,,;s,
ever chiselled intn Leau,y. vat Iar eh,r,,,s
were mn, of n mora ,hvs;o.l not,ra. ~,
there was , boon,y ,f s,,,,l ~, ,,o.,,, ~.
and sn,rk1aJ in hor o,,os ", 4, a., ,,,,,,
dark nstrous b,ue os.s ~ pann,o NM
The he,u,;es Of ,,., s,,,l ,,,.,, a,.., ,.,..,,a
To,land h.h.ld her !, ,ha, ,,o.nt;f,,, -,
morninp as she cn,.rel ,,,o sc,ooI ,oo,,
and yniuly cn,leuyored to stine IN. feelings
which IN, fell cree,inr into h;s lnson, ,,,,,
in smile of his on,leavnre and raso,,,,;nns III
eves ,yout,y yan1ar over n ,,,ot nart ~ III.
room occun;ea hv tho horo;no ~ orr .,orv
and when he hoard ,,o .ilyorv aocan,s 81
her voice cven Il, r., M, =, it'll, ~ hor
was lonccr out of n. o,a.,;on and 90 ho
sur,nndnr.l h;,,s,lr \. H., c:,. u....n,
not attcnpt 10 annlvzc ,bc ,hourl,,s on1 ee,l.
in.s of Rnrnie on hat n,o,,aIla a., T.,
smile or herself thcv w.,dorod fron har
books and ,vo ,,.,, an ,,,,.,ea ,,,,.u.. ,,,,
ed Tins linn ~ orc nn and ,h,s ,hov ~,
dav afier dav i'm ,hr.o n,on,,. ND w.,