Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1902-10-18
Matters Discussed BY The Barlow
Philosopher
He WRITES ytaY INTERESTINGLY
Much Good Reasoning and Practical
Common Sense, Written In Cheer
full Language

book may be amusing with many h
errors or IL may be dun without a t
single absurdity. The hero IN this /
story unites In himself the three great. I
est characters on earth-the priest. I
the husbandman and the father % 4
family.
Strange that the author could write /
such a charming story about the very
three characters he knew least about,
for be had no fitness for nor expert
snCe IN either. IL is not recorded thai
be was ever in love or sought the COM
pany ~ virtuous youu- ladies. yet mis-
ballad Of the Hermit in the Vicar -
Wakefield" is admitted 20 be the TEN
Cc-cst and most perfect love poem
ever written. My father made me COM
MIX 10 Co memory when I was young
and there are ar least a dozen verses
In 10 that I can cry over now and 10
does ME good. To is a comfort 20 weep
over these sad. sweet things. Lang
horn wrote q verse about poor wo-
man with q babe az her breast hunt
ing over the battle field OF Ninden for
TIE body OF her husband. aud when
she found him she knelt by his side
and wcpt and the big tears fell upon
the face OF Der child and mingled with
the milk Re drew. a Ckild 90 misery
baptized in tears" A painting was
made q IL and Walter Scott says the
only time he ever saw Burns be was
looking ~ nat rsf--inr ana c-~inz
Ike a child. To read the lines and
imagine .ho naiD+i,r he enough ~ r,s
B,t n had been Coidsritb would
have set down the mother % a fam
iiy as greater than the father. Evan
Hoveu sais he would not vote FOR a
curfew. for his observation was that u
the fathers would stay at home az
night the hovs vo,ls ana that SOM Z
+ Where & nv wandering how ID
ntrht7~ uo-ls not have been written.
. Pur the fathers can't AN s-a~ A. home
az nigh. Tbev arc wanted az the
store the Office the counting room
fo- on ten, denonfs tha surrorf -
The family Bur man p tfrod mother
can sing. Where is nv wandering
H husband tnnicht7" Alas. too many can
/ room or the hotel. while the mother IS
straiufn9 ho- mind 10 urtanrla that
hard sum. III A and b can build 4
il in forty-fve DAYS. how long will i
Take 10 an In all. IL Is the mothers
uho az he hope q the vo-ld-the
D. save The girrs FOR nobody has vet
sung Where is nv wandering girl to-
-trhfr~ Il tho fathers would t- their
hale and save the bows 10 would be AL
-iEht Oh. rut f0r the mothers and
wives and sisters. what would become
% ls without them, Since ] have been
sick sometimes away il the silent
watches 70 The niEht. when. as job
saws Deep sleep falfeth upon q man.
@ does not faI rrol O woman. FOR I
feel her gentle touch arranging the
l.
irr az not since J have been sick I
have never caught her fast asleep and
the other night she got hurt with me
because 7 slipped out in the hall ald
called the girls down Go make IRE
and heat some water. fo- / vas sick
end suffering. and there was no noi
Eate- ln the boiler. IL is just a. ocoti
wrote
Wien pain and anguish wiring the
hrnw.
\ mi--s-er'ng angel thou
. Ana as Co-erllge wrote.
,
"a mother is q mother stllli
The hc.-es- tnl1s awe
, may have written u before. ult sgd.
4 write 70 again. that one night agree
b. 20 stay Hlla TAO dear Attle sii.s WINE
I. r-eir father and mother "el- Out e
I tea al IA nelghbor's- This pleased me-
{ for ] am always happy ia their com
pauv. and they in mine. When ue
: cine came I undressed them and tne-
r Enelt By my knees and SAID lheir pras
e crs. one a. them was soon asleep Du
e the other fingered aAd said, Gran %
when papa comes nome please leli mn
love him Yes VIII. ssla