The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-03-27

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Washington at the seize of Iorktowl
in the autumn Of 1881. and was thel
"a member Of the Virginia Assembly
A violent camp fever seized him auC
he retired to the house of Mr.. b sSett
a blood relative. at Ethan. not far
from Yorktown, where he was t end
ed by DR.. Craik, W~a~hington's family
physician. Mr.. Gusts wife and moth
er were sent for. The Cammand r-in-
Chief fastened tbither as son as
possible. He wBs met a the q or by
DIR. Craik. who told him that the
spirit of the suti Ter had Just depa ted.
b wing his head in deep sorr " thu
couqu rer of CORVALLIS wept vi b
the weeping women and sail, Il
adopt the two younger sh'ldren as
NV own So it was that Eleanor
Parke tustis, then aged ab ut two
years and nine months. and Geo ge
Washington Parke Gusts, then about
six months old, b came the adopted
CHI dreu of General Was ing on.
n lille GUSTS was a >weet chi d, and
blossOmed into a charming woman
When she was sixteen years
o age she iir t attended a b Ii at Geo
I = o n and wtote an animated dpS~
sriEtiOn Of it to her foster faith +, then
President of the United Stats the
seat Of government being III Phil del
phia In her lett 7 Nelly made some
remark about her ind ference t. the
beaux. THIS lrtter drew t ON Wash
iugton a reply abou "a follows which
| copied from the original manuscripts
in p secession of the late Mrs Lee,
wife of Gen. Rob-r + Lee.
WASHINGTON ON love"
PHILADELPHIA Jan. IL. 1898.
Your letter, the receipt of which
am now acknow lodging. is written
correctly and in fair G. a acters. which
is an evidence that You comm nd
when you please, d fair hand. Pos
sessed of these advantages, it will be
vcur own fault if YOU do not avail
Yourself of them. and attention being
paid to the choice of your subjects,
you can have no hing to fear from the
ma'ignancy Of criticism, as your ideas
are lively and our descriptions agree
able
Let me touch a little now Oh your
Georgetown bal. AID happy, thrice
happy, for the fair VINO were as en-
bled on the occasion, that there was a
man to spare for haa there been sew
Ell y-nine ladies and only seventy
eight gen'lamep, there might, il tn"
course OF the evening, have been some
di order among the caps notw tn
sanding the apathy which one of the |
company ent rtains for the you h" of
the present day, and her Cetermi a
tinn never to give herself a moments
uneaSineSS on account of anv OF them"
a hint here: Mea and feel the
same ordinations TO each other row
that they always have done, and
ehicR they viii continue to do until
thsr IS a new order of things ard YOU. |
as others have done. may find per>
haas, that he passions o your sex are
easier raised than allayed. Do not.
Therefore, brdst too soOn or toe st, ong-
is pow rs. in the composii n of
the human frame Their, is a good deal
of irtiammaAle matter. however dor
it may lie 70 a time, and. likr
intimate acquaintance Of V urs "a
Just marru d. when the torch is
pat to It, that which is within YOU may
BURST INFO a blaze for which tea~on
aid especially too, as | have entered
upon the chapter of adyices, [ will
read you a lecture drawn from this
text.
Love is said TO b. IN nvol lntary
J., and i is, thereto {, commended
il cannot be res sted. This IS tue
II part only, for, Xix all things e.se,
n nourish q and supplied plenii-
uils with aliment it is rapid IN It's
progress but lit those b. withdrawn
ma it my be stifed il It's birth or
much etinted in its growth. For ex-
a woman (tle same may be said
f the ottsr SEX, all beautiful and ac
will, while her hand ard
neart are undisp se5 of, tuln the heads
md set the circle III which she moves
- fire. Lei her marry and what is
he conse Guence? The madness CEASES
nd al Is quiet again. Why? Not
there is any d~imiaution IN the
horns Of the l3dy, Bat because there
an ED Of hope. Hence it fol ows
1--we may and therefore ought Co
under the guidance Of reason, for
Though we Ca"nO. avoid first i'm
ressions, We NAV ~assuredly place
hem und-r guard and my motives
trea ing on this subject are to show
gu, while you remain eleanor Ptrke
spinster, a q retain the resolu-
ion to love with modera ion, the pro
riety of adheri g the | tier res lu-
game, and the way by which it
nay be accomplished. When the fire
beginning to kind'e and your
eart grows warm pro. ound these
u stions to it: Who is the invader?
[ a comp ten kno Wedge Of him:
5 he d man OF goad character. a man
sense? For, be assured, q sensible
can never be happy wi h a
)oi. What has been his walk in lfe: !
be is a gambler. a spendthrift or a
runka d? Is his fortune sufficient to i
lai tain me in the manner in which