, 1869-01-10
PERSONAL SKETCHES.
Lydia Maria Ch11a-
EItr Antetedents and Rdutatia1l-fi's'
uavel,, and thsil '-suessss-aartlas'
and Observation-Disclosures ha'
ho,s-0,hsr Work<-Rtr Citeum-
stansss and :Chafaetef, J;
no. 1NYI.

boIz-0thsf Workf~-ael eitean
tan,ss and Character, =; |
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no. 111Vi.
Specially wtstten for Tha Chicago ,ssa
,, h.,o,yx tn tbc psst ta-
Lydia Aa1tA Cono - esae-.t,ea ia, whou,
Ihes than the ptosea nrmor- aao has |
her name ..,1a.a % her reputation. sud JET
opst.s1 i. .rsr .nYiou. and aeIlTe |
u ner o1a ago sa. In n,<,~rves. Il. haf uaentsl
lof nutt -. ; - -, character, We thought !
SaRo1 a'a 1o,so 80 h.r better IN childhood
naose q as.' a1 ~ n, ,be Ias, Grc-and.twcusy
1aAa We ~ ~ hare 40 gathered, Ike thick
fee.a ~ .s hatwsen r ts md hss thai ws see
sua % a,m,, th,onph tnc darkness and tho dis-
~. .s.es ,.'
t@nse' w7 rAnu1..
-.-,1.s .v,-,ctfno ona of ber
ancestors having reaensa a,4SsNsss's noe
Great Britain hna act1iea ID tAnaosaoxe afas>
ir tHo centuYiee ago. Her maiden name "as
-E..,.,s sha was born ia Medfprd, Mass,
rf9ns'9' ts 1ef,, hcr father being a vorthv
10 .,ssa ts u1,o.o so,o fame now .rs,s On Mediora
crackers (wcu knosnlo ne" hnSaana1, WHICH
he mt Introduced 10 the public. Ho ~ said
~ n.vs necn man Of little education. though
1870 ,nt.,,,urnt. Of ste1,tnr nnaIit,ns and
n'ep9 49,, 49,, oa.,o,,on. III -,
strong anll'slafesy eons'e<'o"ss nAe WIG
6usaunah hand, was slmPle-mlnaed, true
hearted, conscientious Tom1n, &na from
such parcn,s Maria Fraucls. character MA
,.,..,
lota"ou. ~, ,.. ,.,,
She hsu s'1 psos"els ana aissc''' nef'et
the youngest. Aef brother ConTess. nearest
HAA fh ia fbA.
ward became unlturIau Clergyman, aud thu
Iii ,sknavr ~ r,.ncl. H., yr,snd .na
HeHAuA 49, .,..,~, nas
lrcqnent eouassi'os VI t"' o'sstnxu's'ea
Theodore fAkeT. Lsala aud co.vtrs
+! a.udIed and read the ppets together, oxar-
e,.,ou yerv favorable ,ndueuca ,,non eaeh
49,. ,,,rd Thav w.ra -, ,,,,,rs,,, ,.,otus
oeaea .a's4' .s! "ss ",A9 ao'o.cu'
and thelr dcFo@'ou coulanusu 'ohs a1tef taeg
Mad reached maturity. ue had muca more
culture th1u snt htf entire tduc4tlo1 bclug
| nccIved from the public SCHOOL,. with tho
exception Of = ainglo year at pstya.c aclu-
srnrg IN Mcdgord.
FIRST LlrEnARr woRKs.
! After the dtash ol lef nao.h>r. which was
IN 1914, the family removed to Aulas, and
h.r brother WIS oFda'ncd over the Hsst 4rlah
Of Wstes1own. Five years a!1sr, Lydia, haY-
Dtriete on tho ust that nf4 ht be made Of the
tasls hiatosy of the COUNTY, for Purposes Of
fic,iop, concluded 10 write novel; and fu-
nedtstely On finishing the article completed
| he name OF Hobomok." Ihc "tals Of
earlv tiuoesn WIS dectdcdlr cruda and ye7y
to,crohnhts ns It wa itelv "a h. 4toer.
tnG he ciscunstanees Of i,s ntodoc,ion: hu.
r. ssoeisined tna ref, uist,s nurnher Of her .ie
| indians, and met Viii con. iderab,e success.
seconn nnyel nThs Rebe1. 1.-THE % sceas lid q
sr postan % Witch A. ysr1 uosicsa;.1e In In.
~ s no.ssA; ~ hsr f,ss, ..f1o3 ira hnns ~
rr1r rn 1eii rarsiTed and rare .be wing m.
thaTs,.s Ede renr,sfIon' n wa eYsrara-
eno S..tis;f. bnt +ha .ssd.-s ~.
49, no' es's'~o1 Ase @~3 1A8A 80 0e" ~
| olnes. .,.,,.s ~ t..+.-,,
sn ~, r. W.. w. ~, ss, ~ ~
lnis ~ ~ ~ ~
pSSn AsGseo =, .as ~ a.ss ntsa npoa Wy
nes t!ns, .nd wh;ch co14,nae ~ ~. Az ue'
many neaos r,tna. ~nnn sp.nns ~ 'nt'
+ Atho2hrAsAchtns.
sne opera psisase ssno0a .n ~ "ate4'o@n a
IN lsso, end taa9ot Il 1oF tntfs 3eats' an aaa
| bout tue eame ume nega9 tne afs5 OF Gull
which VA pnoalsnea sot eakhl years.
boNEsfic!zS 4Sh COOKERY.
n he5 t~enty.s,1sh SsaF sae ~ss Hasssea ne
to David Lee GhAd, : boSton awyes. *1a
torial onducs Of one OF two newspapers.
Soon After her marriage she published, per
haps with The ldeA Of proving her domsa:ies.
II, so9ke1y @ oook; "n'sn e. $40 ss5.so tne
"FTuEAi !ouaeSne. II Has extremely pop
IN lid 70 Housekeeping it does not amount
to much. utas wo'k % hnmor, whleh II
WIS DOT lntsnaea 10 he, II y quite ietteatoas
Many arc Ing '}oune Hases uno nave pug
zled ttt'r brains over itt mysteries, and con
cluded befdre mastering them that The only
happiurts y u Evo IN T. Forl!
where eating can be dispensed
Win. Cookery books afe iikn scrta.I
Chtuese puzzles. + hich lew can understand
aud, when undcsstoo.:, art OF 90 impoFfa9ce
M.s Ghllds dissertations ny on s!e4ks 'oaee
lection u unconscious dto4ttF5. sad tue 20
!tmntty ai their ut1eranee hss II times ths
tdsct Of nock-heroIc ~rliicE- 1th general
| u supposed her 'Hc1seHtte' sold for It:
recipe butt ~. am eonadsnIn "asior Its o5lg1
| eoon aiter. Mr.. Child Published Moth
as's Book Was It because she ~ not
anu nrvcr haa nec1 nokhef !-rhacn "as
translated and ran through NUMBER q eoi
tions. i had any aaaau.y o. moral PR
lok generation Fsfy hv-!g taea q no. teei
Gus Aoa feeponsInie tai59 u 70 o.
mothsr, even on papes' lnen came tRt
'Grla o~n book,' iuu Q, peasant fame'
/ u indoor amuteaents; she AlteIwaFt cam
pi.so h,saos5 9. "aa .h,a H. 'nse,ssu,'ss. ,'
! sitef Inc pno1eat1on 9! Lae nnA Falun1e o.
1ne !a4suLepl ~ pupasu' WI picPa'e'
stsefai olnes sV'unea ss.I .us .he p's.'.
tisLAs.A,t - LAnohs,
ane ovuA tn.' ~. = 49, ~ ~ ,ns, 49,.
a+i,sas sa H eaii.5 at{ssn. " ua. s,t NM, NJ ~,
, slavery work, md. a. .uch, giving oiIeaee t,
: msnY o. nsE nepus, aoo eaus'o1 ~ oPe'
ruptuIn oet"eea .aeW. ~ wa ~, ~ noaesi
j. car. 81, eonselentloas oooA. sns kncH !, ;.
wouia o. nH,:aet popua., ~. 's '. ~ iits, ou
e eH "a IT, 70 ;n.,i,n3ar III a aa l4S, ~
. ca 1t iully aha iteaf4essY., BsaoR ~
J Inst book OF the klna hsuod
! re country, ano eomoT ai. -n a. y
{ umn q R7ess p1nL ca. % cIn3s.H IL qatuIal',
S'tea h t rhisn,t9onfst. IT, ~ re..ra A. taea
neu nef WIN pnii4ntusop!tte. selotMgs@ a
aeMtronts,.s n5 .h,, hes nrr... ...A0 soe III
I ntsn cIio!ieo 99arI thr" 'MHets.
!. Ihe 'Appsai. elih Ifgaruea ~ e.mrelea
cr,t!es - o1e .. INC anicss ahsiasE,f ~, "nsx
. sre, p1intad. was ioi!o"sa " ,'s seses' oFnsr @
Il o. tno sane Pnspo ~ u taMh ,.,, ",ao eun
9 v!nc1nk aad Therefore eon''.e' , 81 -, aaososoa
T Ine eonsefFaISe mno .. x .uas e rn9er, ore ~
ls no !elGg 'nsJo.'ty ~ e,esI soAn' ~
were oasaaea S hna eiI", ~. ucf, nr"r,.
= woman VINO ~ S.G@ 81 IA :, - .,tt,," :,
hT: !ney so.cn nss .,s ~. 'sn ny. 1ti,n ~
fean uosnuE utc .a' ~ ~, nsrin., n,,a ~
D hroke lhcir fcso1ntsoh 81 'oe es'''o'' ol'po
tan1y' ..... -
TEHK KL1TxHAgEH ne AuAlHs
After cntef'nE o" !hc alitl."'stctv cfhsan
4. elo did not Ecturn Tor Tfcraa ytan to ra'
= lItcrsltsIe. Wtcta si'G d'a. y ~ ~ tEy o.
y | tbor ni y stuFy IAr called "Fhllothca, who
II citcnl4 @rc sn&frteu 70 Lake pArc
~ aacteat GFrceo. inc ovo& VIA tu'cTast1i
~ ~ sud carefully ,~tnu9h', arg W. ts,hco =. T.
nr If initrd ~ inc t1tfsse.rs -,.s o. tnat ~
y =. :acs o. hef pan!.hlnk "a.n nea tsme, WI
nes e'nst "atks - NM IN" osa vac" H'2I,t W,
Il that ~ @ W. :" "o'n0 1"eh4a'p se'aaaso WI
ii hcf pFodae'1o"' ~n,ror
10. r. ,a4,> ~, al ~ rhts;, h,r.,,.x
~ 'o,t n, -. % ~ ~: w.. rAIu r,1 .uG
10 nI II y, ~ -, n1.',inr t,,h, nsars shs shs i
IL ~ ga,l - aS"rn ~ twH rsrr. drtoe H. y =
u iinc,, ~ ~ hn.h,nd 81 H"'.nS INV y
II | ....ei,, T,r surh ,,.1,1. -. Il
s;oor ~ hrs s,,icic. and thc ercs,i"ne. ~ of ;,