Brunswick advocate. (Brunswick, Ga.) 1837-1839, June 29, 1837, Image 4
POET I* 1 .
The following article, from the Cincinnati
ChSnicle, bears upon it the impress of inspira
tion. It shows how easily the pencil of gen
ius can hallow the most trifling subject. The
pen of no ordinary mind could have imparted
the playful dignity to a linen rag, which Mrs
Sigourney has thrown around it. There will
be few objections to literary ladies, if their
“shreds of linen’’always receive so beaut iful
an apotheosis. [Boston Advertiser.
TO A SHRED OF LINEN
Would they swept cleaner !
II ore's a littering shr< <1
Os linen left behind, —a vile reproach
To all good housewifery. Right glad am I,
That no neat lady, train’d m ancient limes
Os pudding making and ot sampler work,
And speckless sanctity <>f household care,
Hath happened here to spy thee. She, no doubt
Keen looking through her spectacles, would say
‘ This comes of reading books'—or some spruce
beau,
Essenced and lily-liandcd, hud he chanced
To see thy slight superflees, twouhl he,
“ This comes of writing poetry.’’ Well—well
Come forth—offender !—hast thou aught to say?
Canst thou by merry thought, or quaint conceit
Repay this risk, that 1 have run for thee ?
Begin at alpha, and resolve thyself
Into thine elements. 1 see the stalk
And bright, blue flower of flax, which erst
o’erspread
That fertile land, where mighty Moses stretch'd
Ilis rod miraculous. 1 see thy bloom
Tinging, tho' scantly, these New England vales
But, lo ! the sturdy farmer lifts his brake,
To crush thy hones, unpitying—and his wife.
With kerchief and head, and eyes brimful ofdust.
Thy fibrous nerves, with hatthel tooth divides.
———l hear a voice of music—and behold,
The ruddy damsel singeth at her wheel,
While by her side the rustic lover sits,
Perchance, his shrewd eye secretly doth count
The mass of skeins, which hanging on the wall
Increaseth.day by day. Perchanceliistlmuglit.
For men have deeper minds than w omen, sure I
Is calculating what a thrifty wife
The maid will make, and how his dairy shelves
Shall groan beneath the weight of golden
cheese
Made by her dexterous hand—while many a keg \
And pot of butter to the market borne,
May, transmigrated, on his hack appear,
In new thanksgiving coats. j
Fain would I ask,
Mine own New England, fur thy once lov'd,
wheel
By sofa and piano quite displac'd— ,
Why dost thou banish from my parlor hearth
That old Hygean harp, w hose magic rul’d
Dyspepsia, as the minstrel shepherd's skill
Exorcis’d Saul’.s ennui ? • There was no need
In those good times of trim callisthenics,
And there was less of gadding—4unl far more
Os home-born, heart felt comfort, rooted strong |
In industry, and hearing such rare fruit,
As wealth might never purchase.
But come back,
Thou shred of linen. 1 did let thee drop
In iny harangue—as wiser ones leave lost
The thread of their discourse. What was thy j
lot
When the rough batery ofthe loom had stretch’d
And knit thy sinews, and t lie chemist sun
brown complexion bleach'd.
Methinks I scan
Some idiosyncraoy, that marks thee out
A defunct pillow case. Did the trim guest
To the best chamber usher'd, e’er admire
Th e snowy whiteness of thy freshen’d youth
Feeding thy vanity ?—or some sweet babe
Pour its pure dream of innocence on thee ?
Say. hast thou listen'd to the sick ones m >an.
When there was none to comfort:—or shrunk
back
From the dire tossing of the proud man’s brow
Or gather’d from young beauty 's restless sigh.
A tale of untold love ?
Still, close and mute !
Wilt toll no secrets, ha? Well. then. gx> down
With all thy churl-kept hoard of curious lore
In majesty and mvstery.go down
Into the paper mill, and from its jaws
Stainless and smooth, emerge. Happy shall he
The renovation, if on thy fair page
Wisdom and truth their hallowed lineaments
Trace for posterity. So shall thine end
Be better than thy birth, and worthier bard
Thine apotheosis immortalize. L. II S.
lIMGELLA A V .
THE BRIDE—A SKETCH
Among tho crowds who'. were hastily
promenading the streets on Christmas
eve, was Charles West; and if his step
degenerated into a stride, and then a run,
he might be pardoned. Charles West
was anew made bridegroom. The trans
ition from the dirty, cold streets to a warm
parlor, was in itself pleasurable ; and ad
ded to that, to be welcomed home by a
bright eyed girl—all smiles and blushes
(for thelioney-moon was barely passed)
was absolutely something too paradisiacal
for the earth. Emma had wheeled the
sofa in front of the lire, and as Charles
seated himseli beside her, he was certain
ly a very happy fellow. Alas! he had as
vet only drank the bubbles on the cup.
Emma looked lovely, for the glow of the
warm coal fire had given a bloom to her
usually pale cheek, which heightened the
lusture of her dark eyes. But there came
a shade of thought over Emma’s brow, and
her husband instantly remarked it. it is
strange how soon husbands see clouds on
their liege lady’s brows. It was the first
Charles ever saw there, and it excited his
tenderest inquiries. Was she unwell ?
did she wish for anything ? Emma hesi
tated, she blushed and looked down.
Charles pressed to know what had cast
such ft shadow over her spirits. ‘1 fear
you Will think me very silly—But Mary
French has been sitting with me this af
ternoon.’ ‘.Not for that certainly,’ said
CharlTs smiling. ‘Oh! 1 did not mean
that, hut you know we began to keep
house nearly the same time, only they
sent by Brent to for carpeting.
Mary would have me walk down to Brent’s
store this evening, with her, and lie has
bought two —anil they are such loves.
Charles hit his lip.—‘Mary,’she continu
ed, ‘said you were doing a first rate busi
ness, and she was sure you would never
let that odious vrilton lay on the parlor, it
you once saw that splendid Brussels; so
rich, and so iliki/) —only seventy-five dol
lars.’ Now the ‘odious wilton,’ had been
selected by Cltarle*’ mother and presented
to them, and the color deepened on bis
cheek, as his animated bride continued,
‘suppose we walk down to Brents and
look at it ; there are only two, and it
seems a pittv not to secure it.’ ‘Emma,’'
said ('harles gravely, ‘you are mistaken, it
you suppose my htissimtss will justify ex
travagance. It will he useless to look at
the carpet, as we have one which will an
swer very well, and is perfectly new.’ —
Emma's vivacity lied, and she sat avvk-,
vvardly picking her nails. Charles lelt
embarrassed—lie drew out his watch and
put it hack, —whistled, and finally spying
a periodical on Emma’s table, began to
read aloud, some beautiful verses, llis
voice was well toned, and he soon enter-;
ed into the spirit of tho writer and forgot'
his embarrassment: when looking into;
' Emma's eves, how was he surprised, in
stead of the glow of sympathetic feeling j
he expected to meet, to see her head bent.
on her hand—evident displeasure on her
. brow,and a tear trickling down her cheeks, j
Charles was a sensible young man—J wish j
'there were more of them—and lie rellect
ied a minute before lie said, ‘Emma, my j
love, get your bonnet and cloak on, and
w alk w ith me, if you please.’ Emma j
looked as if she would like to pout a lir.Je !
| longer, but Charles said ‘come,’with such
serious gravity on Ins countenance that;
Emma thought proper to accede, and
I nothing doubting hut that it was to pur-j
chase the carpet, took his arm with a
'smile of triumph. They crossed several;
streets in the direction of Brent's until!
they at last stood before the door ol ui
miserable teifement in a back street, j
.‘Where in the world are you taking mes J
enquired Emma, shrinking hack, (.'harles
quietly led her forward, and lilting aj
latch, they stood in a little room, around 1
the grate of which, three small children!
were hovering, closer and closer, ns the
cold wind swept through tho crevices in
;the decayed walls. An emaciated being,;
| whose shrunk features, and sparkling
eye, and flushed cheek, spoke <d' deadly i
consumption, lay on a wretched low bed,)
the slight covering of which barely ‘stilli-j
; ced to keep her from freezing, w bile a
| spectral babe, whose black eyes looked |
unnaturally large from its extreme thin
i ness, was vainly endeavoring to draw sits-]
ten an cc from the dying mother.
‘How are von, .Mrs. Wright!’ quietly
inquired Charles. Thu woman trebly
raised herselfon her arm. “Is that you
Mr. West ■ Oh how glad l am you are
come—vour mother!’—‘Hits not been at
home tor a month, and the lady who prom
ised her to look after you in her absence,
only informed me to day of your increas
ed illness.’ ‘1 have been very ill, she
faintly replied, sinking back on her straw
bed. Emma drew near, she arranged the
pillow and bedclothes over the feeble siit
terer, but her heart was too tidl to speak.
Cltarles observed it, and tell satisfied.
‘ls that beautiful girl vour bride / 1
heard you were married.’ “\es, and in
liny mother's absence she will see you do
not sutler.’ “Bless you, Charles \\ esi
bless you for a good son, of a good moth
er: may vour young wife deserve you —
and that is wishing a great deal for her.
You are very good to think of me,’ she
.-aid, looking at Kmma, “and you tire just
married.' Charles saw lamina could not
speak, and he hurried home, promising to
send the poor woman coal that night.
The moment they reached home, Emma
hurst into tears. ‘Mv dear Emma,’ said
Charles, soothingly, “1 hope l have not
given \ou too severe a shock. It is some
times salutary to look on the miseries ot
others, that we may properly appreciate
our own happiness. Here is a purse of
seventy-five dollars, you may spend it as
you please.’
It is unnecessary to say the ‘odious
wilton,’ kept it> place, but the shivering
children of want, were taught to bless the
name of Emma W est, and it formed the
last articulate murmur on the lips of the
dying sufferer.
Sai.isjii- tiv,. Exulaxo Eeh. ISA?
[Correspondence of the Transcript.] The
in this town is the fittest build
ing I have seen in this country, or anv
where else, by far. It realizes my theory
of what a Cathedral should he. 1 had
heard much of its extraordinary beauty,
and lam not disappointed at all. How
seldom do we complain so little w hen we
i have expected so much! The iimtre of
this magnificent pile is a cross, on the in
tersection of which is a tower, and a
steeple of stone, rising to the enormous
height ot 100 feet, and of tile most beatt
, tiful proportions possible to be conceived.
The length, outside front east to west, is
BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE.
I>o feet; width 232; tower ol ; height
to the top of the vaulted ceiling of the
nave, 84 : of the- aisles, 38. It has*been
1 computed that the roof alone contains
2041 tons of oak. There are said to be
as many windows in the edifice as there
are days in the year. It is now more than
six centuries old, having been finished in
1220. 'l’he perfection in which it is pre
served throughout, at such an age, is as
tonishing. it might easily be mistaken
at a ltttlT distance, lor a structure of the
last century, in the finest Norman style.
The spire is believed by some to be more
recent than the rest. All admit, however,
that it is four centuries old; and it is
somewhat remarkable to my mind that
this part ofthe building, so extremely loi
tv and so comparatively slendor as it is,
should have endured the elements and the
teeth of time so long. At the base, its
walls are two feet thick, but they lessen
as they ascend, till they finish at only
seven inches. There is ev some |
yielding indeed. The deviatiorvyof tin
spire from a right line, is said to be near
ly two feet, though not perceptible to tin
spectator’s eye. The vane upon the sum
mit is of course at a dizzy height, and it
is worthy <*l notice, as an illustration ol j
wlfht habit and nerve will do, that until
quite recently this vane has been regular
ly oiled, as it stands, once a year, by a
man who climbed the spire half the way
inside, then, issuing by an apperture left
lor the purpose, mounted the residue by
foot hooks and hand hooks in the stone, J
till he came to the great hall, which, bend-j
ing backwards, at this elevation of near)
103 feet, he clambered over w ith the aid j
of a rope, till he found himself on the top
of it. lie then performed his job very de
liberately, and returned as lie came.— i
Thus he continued till he was about 80
years, lie then took up a boy with him,
as an apprentice in the business, and by
bun the labor is now annually performed, 1
as it formerly was by his master.
Connected with the Catlierdral is a!
Chapter House,a beautiful octagon, near-1
ly .“'ll fi-ei in diameter, which is rendered j
one ofthe most remarkable buildings in
Europe by the fact that the whole root
rests upon one small piller in the centre.
The ancient and highly elaborate carved
work around the walls, is a great curiosi
ty also, though not particularly astonish
ing on the score of design. The scenes
are scriptural. One represents the Hood:
another the court of Pharaoh; and so on.
In the one intended to signify the hang
ing of that monarch's baker, 1 was much
ralilicd by the size ofthe rope which had
the honor of suspending the worthy func
tionary, as it was considerably larger than
his neck itself. This is many centuries
old.—Here too is preserved the old oaken
table at which ii is said the workmen on
the cathedral were paid every Saturday
evening—at the rate of a penny a day.
The style of the article, its a piece of lur- j
niture, is amusing enough. I imagine it i
would hardly he chosen as an ornament i
for a parlor in Beacon street. Then again |
you have the cloisters, which are in
a circular covered stone walk; the areat
enclo-md bent ; feet; the walk IS;
the whole diameter of the erection, near-;
jlyvftiU. 'Eltis leads to the Bishop’s l’al-
I ace, but is used in latter days for a grave
yard.
j The Choir of this Cathedral, what with
its va.-t quantities of splendid, carving,
the great painted windows at the end, the
Mosaic marble pavement, the long ranges
of high clustering columns, the altar-pie-1
ices, and all th>‘ other appurtenances in
deed suitable to such a place is an ama
zingly imposing spectacle. The organ I
was a gift from (Jeorgo 111. and is con-1
sidered one of the first in Europe: and i
so is the Bishop’s throne, which is richly j
.carved in the Gothic style: as are also
; the l’ulpit opposite, and the long ranges
;of the canopies of prebendal stalls, and
the gorgeous great screen in their rear.
As for the monuments, of which the nave
of the building is full, it would be in vain
to commence any account of them here.
To merely run over them, indeed, select
ing the points of prominent interest, is
the work of a forenoon. It wiil readily
lie understood, without a description,how
much they mu.-t add to the character of
: the place a.s a sacred edifice, and as a
work of line art, when 1 say that the pro
ductions of all the most eminent seulp
-1 tors are among them, and that they date
back during the whole period of the exis
tence of the building itself.
A Frenchman, who had a dispute
With a Turk in Constantinople, and had
Stabbed him, was condemned to death.—
The criminal thought on means to save
lnmselt; and as lie knew .that the Emper
j or was a great lover of elephants, he pro
posed to him to spare his life, and lie
would, in return teach one of these ani
mals to speak. The Emperor, who knew 1
‘the sense of the elephant, thought.it pos
sible, that by pains and art, they might be
taught to do so: lie therefore accepted
the proposal of the prisoner, and besides,
promised a handsome reward if lie fulfilled
l Ins promise in a certain time. The Eretich
| man said that ten years would he wanted
to instruct such a very large animal if he
was to teach it t o speak Turkish quite 1
perfectly; but lie would be content to j
'offer the mo.-t cruel death at the expira
tion ot that time, if he should not fulfil
what he hud undertaken. After they had
agreed (o this, he and a young elephant i
" ere confined in a tower, and supplied (
with abundance of provisions. Alter a'
little time lie was visited by some of hfcjj
countrymen, who testified their astonish-;
ment at his mad nutpise. “You bring
destruction ou yourffelf by it,” said one ot
them. “Don’t fear, gentlemen,” said the
prisoner, “ten years is a great period of
human life ; I assure you that before
these are expired, one of us, either the
Emperor, the elephant or I shall be dead.”
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DAVID F. WILSON, j
Macon, April 14, 1837.^
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to the minute. JNO. RUTHERFORD. '
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LITERATURE.
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greed ; on the second, there is diversity both
of opinion and practice. We have newspa
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way from the feast of reason and the enjoyment
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