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in ty Aoademy.
the Jackson count/ A cade* 1
the town of Jefferson, take
ure in informing the public generally,
‘tens of Jackson county, in pnrticu-
y have again engaged the services
S. Dobbins, ns Rector of said Acad-
the next /ear. Ol the qualifications of
Rector, the trustees deem it sufficient to
year, ssytbat he is agraduate of Franklin College—
has flattering testimonials of his ability, and the
satisfaction which kebas given at other places,
as a teacher—the great success with which he
*■* in our school the present year—and the
it he has had, moreover, as ample an ex
in his vocation, as, perhaps, any other
■* of his age, in tbs State. The Acade-
' for the instruction of both
nale assistant will be provi-
attend to the female Department, which,
with the male division, will be under the entire
supervision and direction of the Rector. The
exercises to commence on the i
e second Monday,
trustees have 1>een eha'bled to
oftuition, below that of other Acad< ^
considerably. ■ '
Board, lodging, and otter incidental expenses,
can be procured on very reasonable terms.
NoUm to debtors «tid creditors ol on estate must
bo published rooTT DATS.
e made to the Court
narr »u». —to sell Land or, Ne.
oust be published roea host sis.
Notice that Application willbe made for Letters
of administration, must be published tbjutt
»*T8 and Letters of Diemission, sn.sranil.
Fom ADTaarieiso—l/ Uers of Citation. $ 2 75
Notice to Debtors and Creditor* (40days) 3*
Executors, .
,
Sales o f Land or Negroes by do. . . 4 75
. apfStiVcTforLettsruof DismisMoo. 4 SO
for
equivalent,) Brst in sertion, and 50 cents for each
;ry other
^ continuance. If
i a montn, it will be charged each
For a single
BOO K BINDERY,
“ ready. and execut.
orders for Binding Books, of every dcfcnpnon
:-fll X###*™*****; and despatch
locdgers, JouSttal*, Daj-Boofc.^
—" - Bill, Kccclpt,and
csr
• Hade, Boaorf, and Unfed;'irf patteiia tB*
delifca^-roilCASH 1 ,nt 1
, . - . t N CLARK &. Bex Piss.
• JunaStk 183Mr-l£ -
* at respectable privat
C-.' ‘ sornble terms, f ? a ^
EDWARD PAYNE,
ROBERT Ri H \RDEN,
PARMENAS HAYNEb,
WILLIAM APPLIN G,
xewT$nAm*
' \ recently fronv the City pf
DO lavorcu in ui« mic us uuo<n«—>. ■—-
many years experience in the business, and
will devote to it bis personal attention. His
Workmen will also be first rate; and he hopes,
by bus r.cgiduous efforts to please, to receive n
share of the patronage of a liberal public.
tfgjr Cutting of all descriptions, will be clone
on tlte shortest notice, aud m the most fashion-
B. F. CRANE.
“Dm. 2 l *-31--tf *•
Administrator’s Sale.
A GREEABLE to an order of the Honorable
the Inferior Court of Madison county,
when sitting for ordinary purpose?, will be sold
on (he 1 first Tuesday in January next, at the
CoutV'Houw. in Union county* Lot No. 178, in
the 17th District and 1st Section, originally
Cherokee, now Union county.
JOHN B. ADAIR, Adm’r.
Sept* 23.—21—Ma
Administrator’s Sale.
A GREEABLY to an order of the inferior
Court of Habersham county while silting
for ordinary purposes, will lie sold before the
Co.rt Ilciuse door in Clarksville,on the first
Tuesday in February next, one tract of Land,
J.VO. H. JONES, J Adm’r.
pr jd’.'A VAUGHAN, ) Adm’x.
Nu«.2L—M-li” 1_
WATBIMSVXUJ3 ACADEMY
... ill again go ,int«
operation on the first Monday in Janury, under
tne superintendence of the Rev. Mr. Leet.
The TrasteeS/and the patrons through them,)
are happy in having it in their power to say, that
the instruction and discipline of Mr. Leet, du-
ring the past year, have met with their unqual
ified approbation ; and 1 that the. success attend
ing his efforts, lias been attested by an increase
from 35, with which be commenced, to 80 scho
lars, at the close of the year.
Miss Jennings of Virginia, will take charge of
the female Department.
The course of instruction will include the fol
lowing studies, vizLatin, Greek, French, Ele
ments of Geometry, Algebra, moral and natural
Philosophy, Logic, ancient and modern Histo
ry, Composition, Declamation,^English Gram
mar, Geography, Arithmetic, writing, reading,
defining and spelling. ;
Miss Wbedby of Athens, will give instruction
in Music. This lady Superintended this Depart-
went, during tb* paaf' year,-an 1 gave general
satisfaction. . .
Georgia, is
rd can be had a
private houses on the mestrea-
i*I! i
Deeqmbcrl^-31-1 ifcj.
Mr. & Mrs. Egerlon’s School,
c*
HANGE OF TEMRS.—The attempt to
preserve classes from being broken up by
pupils entering at an advanced period of the
term is found to be impracticable. As the ar
rangements of the school are thus compelled to
yield to the convenience of distant patroas, and
absent citizens, the charge for the whole term
will, therefore, no longer be required of those
who wish to enter but for a part.
A scale of graduation, according to the time
each pupil is entered, will be adopted, corres
ponding with wbat is found in other Biwilar in
stitutions in the Slate.
For tlie whole term if nine months, the charges,as
heretofore, are for the Senior Depart
ment, $80
Primary do 50
Music on the Piano Forte, 75
French & drawing, each 4(1
For tix months— Senior Department, 00
Primary Department, 37 50
Music, 56
French and Drawing,each 30
Forthrcsmonlhs, Senior Department. 35 -
Primary Department, 20
Music, 32
French Ac Drawing, each 18
The school is now in full operation, and amp
ly supplied with Teachers. There are con
nected with this institution, rise Teachers: in
the English and Classical branches. Rev. A.
„ . . , 4/>1 , . . M. Egerton, Mrs. Egerton, Mr. C. Chapman,
aidioining the Town of Clarksville, containing Mr ,. chapman.
hundred and fifty Acre*, more or less, to- j j n French, Drawing and Penmanship, Miss S.
Dupree. #
Lectures m the Natural Scirnres.Mr. M. Platt.
In Vocal Music, Miss S. Penniman.
In Instrumental Music, Miss Dakings, Mr. J.
Pchellas. ^
Lectures in Chemistry will be commenced as
soon aa the necessary arrangements can he
made. :
N. B. { Former pup-fa of the School are-invi
ted to attend the Lecture gratuitously : to a few
others tickets will be sold on moderate terms.
(Board may now bo readily obtained in
'exnpclsble private families, and on reasonable
^Parents i»nd GiWdinnsare respectfully invi
ted to rpntinuft their visits to the School, at all
hours of the day, to witness the recitations and
progress of the Puptfa.
Nov. 24—30—(It
Cry- Tiio City papers, Columbus Enquirer,
.i n I :li ennv lliRabave
Administrates Sa ; e,
■A GREEABLE loan order of the Honorable,
the •Inferior Court of Hail county, when
•sdtting’ for ordinary purposes, will be sold on the,
ifirst Tuesday in February next, at the Court
House in Lrftc«uql*,Ub* «nr undivided half of
4jOt No. one hundred and nineteen, {110) in the
uteeortd'district ©f Lee county, belonging to the
ffisutlu of 5HUy Wooidliff, late of Hall counCy*
^deceased, Terms on the dayof sab*.
JAMESTjAVF, l
GEORGE WOODUPF. J Admr< *
V Deesrohcr L-A-31-Hds ’
.Administrator’s Sale.
"’wWrtL’Lhe sd^T *Ft!ie Gotirl Hnu« in PuLs-
V T Iti county, on'lbt first Tuesday fn FeBrU.
surfutsU between tlife’ffiiual hours of sale, agree-
: *able to ait order of the 4|onorah|e the Inferior
♦Court:of Madison edUiH/, whH« sifting'aa a
^CourtofOrdinary, one I it of Laud, belonging to
ttbe Estate of Benjamin Borum, dresasrd, con-
Hainjug two hundred t.woanjl «-hnIf Aere*, more
•or levs, and knswmmddieflhgniffhcd by No.113,
•one hunSn<d and thirteeirin the l'Jth, twejlth
•district ’o( originally Houston, now Pulaski
•county. Sold (Urthq ’benefit of (hcltrira’and
credltors-of said deceased. - Terms on the day
.of sale,
ifT. - iTAMES LbXQ, *
Southern Recorder, will pleas'’ copv the above
six times weekly, and-charge tltu» office.
Chronicle $ Sctilincl,
THE BAILOR’S WIDOW.
Ala* ! ’ti« she whom once I knew,
Willi laughing eye, of deepest blue,
With rosy check and raven hair.
No sorrow then so ton her brow .. .
O'er beauteous youth its shade* to iliraw-;
No cloud deformed life’s opening May,
But blithe,; and innocently'gay,
r ve seen her range through balmy gt&cfa, -
The peerless queen of village maids.
IIow blighted now, with wither’d form;
Unshelter'd from the angry‘atorm,
She ait?, regardless of the gale,
In tatter’d clothes, and ghostly pale,
Like acme wan tenant of the grave.
From pity ’a'boon the mite to crave.. ^
jethit would crjit in a gen. it,” rcipondafi: Robert,
er tho law «f tialurui-everv “I. looked to see if she
ijch was right in thdif-'own and she did sneer worse
Adm’r a.
December 1—31—
NOTICE.
T of, three (ndiith>, I eh a I
ipany in Atlieus, for paymentot
fef a fifty dollar Oil!, payable to
j, or Bearer No. J040f letter A. ;
JAMES RATCLIFF.
»t 22,—21—rn3m
TSACHKR WANTED.
» Corapflmt TeocLar i, wnotin J,. to take
■Jm. xhayge of the male Acadttny at Gaiuf • %, *le,
Liberal wages will be given to a iuap who VUU
:om«- welffecommonded.,
By order of the Truster*.
James &ccy.
December ,
Execatdi*’s sale. *•.
W ILL be sold.at'tho Court IIous, in Wat-"
fkinaviUc, Clark county, on the first Tues
day in January, next, '
11 Negroes,
Consisting of men, wodien und children, belong
ing'to the estate'of John Smith, late of.said
County, deceased. Sold rfdcordmg to the hist
Will uudTesfamentbf deceased, for the benefit
e—La v Terms credit till
roved security.
FIKLDINGM.-SMITH, ’ (
Oxl. 27,-25—14« ,! ‘
of the heirs of said deceased. Terms
25th December, 1830, with approved
AARON F. NUiNNALLY, )
J^OUR'tnonihs nficr date, nppllcation^irifl
, And struggles with tb^ dr*
• '^.,When life!* bnght summer hsurs
And friends hayelcfi us, one by 6
*jfi»y.cup of,gsljiltfi-nOjffl
Bicra misery spreads its thickest ynll
ink beneath.
The crsel pains pf lingering death.
How piteoss is thyjeapri ve’o moan,
As with a low Sepulchral,tone ; iU! . . ;
She tries to hush her infan£aj3ie*, ~ . ..
- And dry its lonely tearful eyes, ,t
Sweet babe, to early sorrows boro,
No father hail’d thy natal morn,
Surveyed each lineament of joy.
Or fondly bless’d his blue eyed boy.
Beneath the angry ocean wave,
Stern late prepar’d the seaman’s grave.
His well trimm’d bark, with flattering sail.
Flew fast before the favouring gala.
And homeward bound from Afric’e etrand
'He hail’d ence mere bis native land. ■
Bright hopes, in sight of home, how blest,
Again, in thought, tho wanderer prest
Young Mary to his faithful heart.
And vowed they ne’eragain should part.
But hark! that moaning breeze, how loud,
“There’e danger lurksin yonder cloud!”
And scarcely had the sailor’a eye
Glanc’d wildly on the lowering sky,
When barsting from their viewless caves.
Like mountains rose the foaming waves;
And soon the lightning's flash displayed
Death, in terrific glqom array’d.
Dark hour of wo, afl skill was vain.
Convulsive yawn’d the stormy main.
And as the tempest howl’d i's last
Just clinging to a shatter’d roast, ' -
Ons struggled hard to gain the shore,
But, lost in that tremendous roar,
The waters dosed upon his form;
And save »he hoarse expiring storm,
No funeral dirge, no hallow’d rite;.
In sorrow mark’d the homeward flight; . ..
But voiceless sounds swept o’er Jhs sea,
• Then mingled with eternity.
’Tis past, and Mary’s hopes are gone;
She w’un&crs, weeps,,and sigh* alone,
SaVe.Wbeh those bnghtjand cherub smiles.
Her cheeriest solitude beguiles'j’ ‘ f '}' n ]
ShetlieabreaLefcrtbln fiiiqtic
."-/.A- .
Still chas’d by sorrow’s hurling blast.
Each sad remembrance of tho past
Embitters al! her present woes.
Nor yields her matchless heart repose,
The dreams of home and early years,
While yet unknown to eighs and tears,
She bloom’d within her native bower,
The bramlet’s sweet and modest flower.
SCENES AND STORIES OF VILLAGE
LIFE.
BY UTSS AGKNS STEICELAND.
THE VILLAGE COMMON.
In (lie parish ‘ of Woodfield (here is’a spot
of peculiar beuu’y, called the Bird’s eye Green.
Its name is nut derived, as some of my renders
may have imagined, from the prospect w hich
it commands, but from the profusion of that
lovely little turf flower, the minor Fo- gel roe
not, termed by the unlettered East Anglian na
turalist the bird’s eye with which the emerald
the merry nionih of May so gaily
enamelled, that when you glance dowuwurds.
it gleams like a bright blue carpeting bciivulh
the spiral blades of grass.
Bird’s eye Green, when first I knew it was
a little world within itself, distinct and aeper.
ute from the rest of the village. It Wj« one
of those beuu'iful paik like commons which
belorc the rage for arable enclosures deprived
the oeasantry of agricultural districts of a sure
stimulus fur industry and economy, might be
een studded with groups of cattlo, or families
f pigs arid poultry, affording a smiling picture
of the prosperity of tho rich, and lhe,iinJpeu.
deuce ot the labouring classes. It was, in fuel,
a real commonwealth to nil the inhabitants of
that parish, w here the cuW or pig of the hum
ble labourer was free to share the right of pus
tiirogewi’.h the flocks and herds of the sub
slanliul yeoman. Every cottage then sent
forth its proportion of live stock to the green
under the cure ol' vaite t-rus'y urthiu of the
family.—11 was a pretty Sight on hpring days
atch the rosy curly fluted little colters,
each presiding over the conduct of •* cow, a
*g, x pet lamp, a tfcriu oj riowuy goslings, or
brood of turkey chicks, w hichever it might
bunco to be, or ]n;rhiips a weaning calf just
turned out to graz.’, yet retaining sufficient *of
its ladivorous propensities toYei/dt'r it an ob.
’•^ct *»f. jealous Suspicion to the proprie tors yr
guardian* of nil the Trcccuily bereaved cotva
on the-groen. Bird’* eye Green, nllljough. so
picturesque nnd peaceable lu its appearance,
thutto ti»e eye of the casual traveller l tom busy
not*/ town* it ’ burtf tho sciohlui:Ce i»J a,; per
fect Arcadia or fairy laud, inliubifed by, ju ve.
title shepherds aiul slierperdcsaes, .who were
uot uufrequently seen garlanded with flowers,
oud dunemg und sporting in jvyn .d groups,
was nevertheless a sport aboUudn g iu jetrile,
jealousy, aud, in abort, teeming wiilt all evil
passions on a small sculo tbut are to be found
Bgiluijng the groat w orid, and «rmi g nntton.',
*l‘he proprieUirsbf the fle-cks acd herds,pigs
aud poultry, und jnurc.tspecially the \outhlul
guardians'lo tv huso keejungtluy wera consign.
vd f had separate interests and jealousies (vhich
broke out Leqm-i.tly in open acts ’of auger
and violence. ThoVo Wodniing utid picture*',
que groups of children fought j|ild^ *wmtclit(i
‘ somcu.liiilollencr than they d.iijcftj,und scnhl.
rd ni'iie th.'ui they sang. 'J'he ultfcud.int of a
fierce
would followMch aggreesim _
but undetined^fight* of the p'ro-tifechpanis
favourite spot^,? It was n complete sample of
the state’of ——*'— ,J —“—— :
tijue repqlijj
one doing thagyrhich was right
eyes, or wronRjf they had the inclmutioh, ami
at the birino ti|rie the power of accomplisliing
their desires without fear of punishment. .
Robert Rotve.and Sophy Flaxman were two
of the most determined 'foes on the green.—
Sophy Flaxman was a fat, fair, blue.eyed,
liltle, vixen of ’thirteen, when her parents first
cnmo live on tho green; They were consid.
cred veiy rcspectnble persons in their degree,
and made'a great deal of' money by rearing
and fattening poultry.-for market, mid selling
egg*.'—Sophy, was chiefly employed in atten-
ding to this department, and every fine day was
to bq seen silting on a little iirrf hillock', whish
she called her throne, surrounded by a niimer.
ous family of dependents, hens turkeys, ducks
and goslings—-that is, I should say, whenever
—. be rnade to the honorabie the Inferior
Court 6f Clark county, for leave to sell two
Houses and Lots in the town of Salem, Clark
county,belonging to tiio estato-of JaimwC. An. n-noi,-
lerson, dee’d. Sold for lire henfit Of the hens pigs iuviideii Um quit! curi.t-r wh.Tt,' i.'ino
‘ ' -JTJO& e lt< —--•*
f Adrii’x.
rlc cow som< times quarroiicd with the guardum
n- of the goslitigi*, Bull ihyproitctor pf, u suit 44
n.s pigs invadcJ the *foi« t con.i-r wh.Tv iVnno
Novewh.-r —tip.
Jt.. \ v- - ' ;■. ' -
fact, that Sophy had sneered ut liiiri nil church
tun*. **Whv did yuu look ot her, Robert.”
asked GoimVv Rowe. ••Causal Couldn’t belt
possession of * thlsjarourite eminence, which
was an object of contention among several of
the children; and Sophy having neither broth,
ers nor cousins lo clmiripjouize her, waa oTteu
driven fitim her pdmtipn by lifttmeivilzed- na.
•Ives of the soil, who regarded her as a stran
ger ail^ interloper upon tlfo green.—Sophy
wa* better dressed dnil belter mannered than
any of her juvenita neighbours, und she evi
dently cherished idei* of,Iter own superiority
that gave universal offence. , Her mother,
when she first sent her forth «m her daily .vo
cation, strictly charged hereto form ho ac
quaintances, much lea* intimacies, nmnngthetn
but to take hor knitting and her book in her
bng.and keept herselfj to hersHf.”
This was prudent qtlvice, but 1 its observanco
rendered the damsel very unpopular on the
green, ond wds the nilcnns of exposing her to
a variety of annoyances from the other young
people but more especially from Robert Rowe,
a sturdy sunburned imp, remarkable for his
roguish black eye* and ragged gaberdine, who
more out? of mischiif thau; malice perhaps,
took great delight in |tea*ing Sophy, and dis.
nging all-* her plans for tho day. Robert
the eldest of a family of eight brothers,
and Misters, all as rud* and ragged us himself.
His parents had neither cow-, pig, nor poultry.
They were indifferent malingers, as many of
the peasantry are, and for wan* of a little pru
dence and fore thought lost the- advantage of
improving their means by availing themselves
of the free keep which 1 Bird’s eye Green af
forded for live stock of various kinds. Three- 1
pence a week: scrupulously set aside for half
a year, would have purchased a pig. and this
pig, if a young sour, would in tHe course of
two years, have brought n most profitable.in
crease, but; I ho family- «f the Rowes wore
sbdrt sighted people, who never provided for
the future. * ~
Rotrort Rowe,thp^r first bom son was tho
hired keeper of n whole herd of swine be-
lcOging to a substantial farmer on the green
and with those the youthful hog herd lived on
terms of almost brotherly affeptiOri uhd intima
Ond grenily fo 8« ghy FlaxtoanV iudigna -
tfoo j^He /daily tad theibto the ;spot- w Iiich it- vfas
her pleakoep ‘»;occupyt‘fop the pleasure ^df
putting; hor-nh<Hjer foathcrcd-followeftr* to the*’
rout. • • -: ; „ -.1 . ,jti.
Sophy did not put up with this' injurious
treatment tamely. She had vituperated Rob
ert and his master’s pigs by cveiy term of
mptuous meaning which might be per-
nutted 'o puss lips feminine, and, seconded by
a pair of very potent nllies.the gandvr aud ihe
turkey-cock, she had defended her position
with the intrepidity ofaa Thracinn amazon,
and soinetimos worsted her antagonists. As
Robert’s occasional overtures for a cessa-
i ol hostilities on terms of peace ar.d good
will, she always rejected thenri -with the most
unqualified rxproxsior.* of *com. “His en
mity might be endured,” she said, or es much
as said, ‘hut his friei.d«bip wus inadmissi-
ble.” *. . *
Robert attributed this lofty laugungo to
pride, and redoubled his persecutions with the
of rendering himself o person of. greater
importance in her sight. Sophy would have
proved a match iu her retaliations for -any. pf
the provocations with which her. rusiic foe as
sailed her, but. utifortunatelyv her friend the
lurkey-cack cameiu fora mortal injury in one
of- these dium.l encounters,' and the luckless
damsel, after the loss of ibis auxiliary, could
d longer maintain her ground against Robert
nd his grunting attendants, w ho were daily
becoming more formidable; so6he now deem
ed it rasst prudent, after suffering a complete
defeat in two or three pitched battles, to .retire,
from the contested spot, whenever Robert
Rowe and his master’s herd made an advance.
This she did. how ever, with the most uncqoi.
;ocal gesture of disdian. commencing with
mo of those silent iiut.cxprestive declarations
»f hostility and contempt, indicated by, the
scemlul elevation of the lips and nosti il», w hich i
Suffolk girl sneering (piuuciuuced sliming)
; n person—Now, it is u Well known fact,
that no Suffolk lad. from tho age, of three years
old & upwards, con tamely brook being sueer.
cd nt, an a sneer is by them considered ns tjie
ino»t offensive of ull insults. Thu first , time
Sophy liegan to practice this feminine nrt -o.l,
war, Hubert win* more deeply hurt (fom if t>hr
had ttritched out a handful vf his chesnut
; and he ahtutilly fled hums to itis mother
out of brrath, and wph tears in bis eye?,, ex
claimed. - — _
“MolHcr. whut dp you think 1* Sophy Flux.
Wau ha® snyvoud ut roo »” To which hi* mo*
thor, who was in »I%c critical lict of turning tin.
heel of a slocking,' dropped a dozert stiJchc*
from her 'knitting^ pliif at bne’e iii befauprise,
ns tihe replied iri it tone of fiVel^C indignution,
•»\Vhy, fou don’tafty so, Robert?” , “Ve*, hat
l do, mother,” xespou^rd Robert; “and she
is always stoning me, and Calling mu out of
my i nine. I have hided her ouCn br twice,
but it afii’tof no niatiiier^of use, for she is
suph a’serpciit, i:'oij<jcK can never g. tfhe mas
ter of ker f Jiut 1 f wouldu*4 huvo .'minded her
pailiilu my h iL’uqr stoning onihter’s prg& mir
uoihiug.elsciltat has done, .if hl.o hud n»<t
sneerpd otme.” Bobby gl:nr,’ re
•ponded mother, rfleoiibi.ltuiy,' strifiCtrur down
‘fliu injured curls, Which, rfuth- -to t« if,: bore
some murks of rvcqnt rvugh usage, 1*.-H
you wliut I would do if I were iu your pi. cn.*
—“What would you du, tm.iln r-?” i.'bked h«. :
eagerly. ’.‘Whyi, ( wouldat her uguiti.’V
It js Jf no M«<*> md’.her, for I couldn’t sr- '-
'■ if • 5,: -
meant to sneer at me,
worse thuii ever, every time
I caught hcreye, even when the parson was
giving out, his iext. And oh, dear mother,
that text seemed n* If it was meant on purpose
me, for.it wn«, 'Sec ye foil not t*u\ by the
Wny;'*nnd while I was thinking how well it
scorned to suit Sophy Flnxmun, sneered again,
with the whole church looking on.” “Her
mother makes a proper fool of herself by keep
ing that girl at home,” observed the sagacious
Gobdy Row4* with infinite indignation “but I
suppose these Fluxmans think. themselves
above their neighbours, as they have such lots
of eggs and fowls to carry to market everv
Aveek, and-tveshall seo that theiri girl, instead
of going To Service like other folk’s children.
-V/dl be kepp’da willing onllie green with'her
'»* * ge| ihemame of the khscertde W
’^u-Tnay^gp and
htfw^ _ _ r ^
Robert took*the earliest, opportunity of re-
peatilig his mothers witticism to his fair ad-
Versary. in the hope of*provoking something
in the way of conversation, but all the reply
he received frent Sophy was-^another
Robert fait greatly annoyed nt the contiRunlioti
of tbis system of silent hostility. “You shall
have your own little I ill all to yourself. Sophy,'
said;he one.dny,- “and 1 wont, drive muster’s
hogs among your fowls any more, nor yet up
set your turkey’s pan, nor kick your work bas
ket ever, nor do- nothing else to spite you,- it
will leave off sneering at hie, aud be
friends;” but Sophy would not accept the terms
of pacification. : la > fact,' the list of outrage
which Robert enumeratod, / >aiid which had
been of daily occurrence for many weeks had
left a feeling ef deep resentment on tbe.liulle
maiden’s mind. ,. When Robert found ho could
net succeed in mortifying her bysubmissions, he
**nco more resorted to open acts of aggression
which were mol by Sophy with the same iodi.
.cations of silent-coiiteiupt. •= f •’
Sophy was growing a tall womanly girl;
her rosy cheeks, blue eyes, and flaxen'ringlets.
set off a® they were by the extreme neatnes?
of Her dress, and the domureness of her gener*
al behaviour, began to attract the adiniration of
some of tUe pastoral swain® of her owu age,
and, instead of persecu\io»a . from youthful
shepherds and swineherds, she became the ob-
ject of general attention and respect. She
was complimented with offerings of wild straw
berries, pignuts, dormice, squirrels, and young
linnets, besides flowers in abundance, and
strings of bird’s egg’s, to the infinite envy and
vexation of her female cempeers; but 8ophy
rejected all theso sylvan tributes with the same
degree of feminine pride and reserve which
she.liad exhibited at an earlier period on the
green. She had now undisputed possession
of her favorite hillock p-and if her only ndver-
s*rv, Robert Rowe, hud presumed to molest
her or her poultry there, ho . would have re
ceived condign punishment from half a dozen
self-efected chuffipioasi who were contending
tb wini,.he® [regard. All this became 1 very
painful to the feelings’ of Robert' Rowohis.
merry shout andcitrelcss whistle were nu lon-
gar hoard art:Bird’s *y® 4»ia®% • and t oaoda^
mm
lauy.t w
.1’. her.” “Nor more 1 n plied ihe 'in-
dig.iMilt 1stIg.'held, with i.t: «ir of d-rp delu 1
Tins ri .solulioinvns rondo...» « Gut unlay evt
nitund da tLe Suh'div)’--noon lie eoimi.u ie.
(W green ; nod Sophy* instead of go
ingto 8eryict*, hud to kvcp her father’s house
and superintended a dairy of five cows, und t
grtfal Increase of pigs end poultry. She hat
now such full occupation for her -time «nr
thoughts, that she seldom went out except tc
church itrid market; She was a most careful
and thrifty manager, rind her father bestowf <J
a fine voting heifer upon her, by way of-en-
couragemont-—The. milk of this cow Sophy
devoted to th« nourishment of widow Ro it o’*
destitute family, iusrcnd of laying out the pro
duce in finery for her own personal adornment.
This she did as o' matter of conscutoce, for
she reetiVed no thaks from Goody Rowc.whfc
"ever saw her; without upbraiding her for the
|ij| Y aikf
* * ew«y, tmd Robert did
i farmer Flux man’s fields and ’ litftrifeflMgd,
..-c *■
•Sophy observed thavfarmer Mill’s hogs
under the care of another boy. The reason of
thischungu was net long in reaching her. Ro-
bert Rowe was riot happy at home and had
gone to sea, because he did not like to stay on
the green to;be sneered at by a girl, he said.
Sophy Fluxniau’s proud heart was somewhat
touched ot this intelligence, aud she experien
ced some coinpuiictjt.ua visitii gs of conscience
for having manifested such- determined obdu.
racy at different, times, when Robert hud
made overtures of peace. Guody Rowe told
her “that Robert.h-id gone to the Suuih Seas,
a long way farther than the Indies, and it was
all because she;behaved so ugly to him j aod
if poor Robert! were: to.be drowned, or
swallowed by a whale, it would be all her fault,
for Robert thought she despised him on. ac
count of his ragged slop (frock,) and he had
gout- to sea, that lie might have clytbps, she
coulu uot sneer at, if so ho lived to come home,
but that, perhaps fie never would,”, aud then
the mother lifted up her. voice and wept.
Sophy weut home sorrowful and self accu
sed, that day. She wished she had not been
quite so hard-hearted as toga on sneering at
Robt. after he hud ceased to tease and unttov
her.—-The same night the dreamed that Rob-
ert was drowned al sea, *md awoke' crying.
A few wc<:k8uftei,'Robert’s father was killed
by a full, frum u staCK, and the widow Ac fani-
lv were reduced to great distress.
Sophy had saved .five shillings from some
F the liltle perquisites of office as mistress of
the poultry, and this sum, which was destined
to the put chase of n new bonnet, she carried
o the widow Rou e, and entreated her to ac-
:cpt; There was, however, an angry degree
if excilemeiif iu the mind of Goody Rowe
hut proved more powerful than either sorrow
>r the pressure of poverty; and though five
shillings was nt I hut moment like a nfine of
wealth, 6he sullenly rejected the donation from'
one 'whom she regarded ns the enemy of her
darling boy. “It was all along nf you that
my Robert wei;t to sen,” said-she, “and 1
*1* was a limo great agricultural prosperity*
and the neighbor talked of him 'growing rich
and leuying Sophy a fortune. Some of her
former compeers began-To call her Miss.Sophy,
arid woudeypd nt her contiiming to dress just
tho same nS she did when she first came to the
green,.in a dark stuff gown and close cottage
slraw.bonge', with a plain ribbon crossed over
it. Bophy bad many admirers and some lov.
ere ; but she preferred her father’s house to
any change that was offered to her. for she
vvas perfectly happy in her home duties, and
Ihe opportunities that -were permitted to her
of conduct to the comforts of her parent,
and alleviating the distresses of snmo of her
poor neighbour* ; but for her assistance, the
widow Rotvetind her younger children must
have good ie.to the workhouse. —
Sophy kindly took first one of the little girls
and then atfother iii tur.i ilito the houfie'rto^fit
them for **• rvice.’by instructing tiierri in forose-
hold work, and the business of the dairy and
poultry-yard. Ai.y 'girt who understands these
departments is sure to get a ptffeor ift"thetJtnlrir
try, und to receive good wages, but the f ade
und folly of the’niutliers of poor families sot
uufrequently lead them to despise the place of
a dairy maid for their daughters, and to aim
ul briugtug them up for house-maids aud la
dy’s maids, because such persons ure more
showily dressed. ‘ This is u great error; for
such situations are’:ready o. ersmekad by -ffio
daughters ot mbchiUitcu ds small formers, who
possess belter mauiiers, aud enjoy opportuui.
ties of acquainting Ahemsdves with the things
requisite to be uuderstood by upper servauts.
Gooily Rowe “ was uot,” as she .honestly
said, “u bit obliged to Sophy Fluxmau for
teaching bur grrls to/drudge after cows,, aud
pigs, ami pou try. for she wished them ro get.
tuio higher places.” Sophy knew iron* expe
riouce that U would be only waste of-words to
argue valh a peVsod so doaf to teasou ha Goody
Rowe ; tind as the girls tbemselve® were iuost
anxious to profit by hei advice wud .friendly
ins'ructions, she persevered iu the. good pare
she hud taken, without regarding the iugrutt-
luiic ol their toother. . ' . _, r* . ,
UasutuOwy afternoon, when f!zd£Ugt£3
tie Atme Rowe, who Was ut that unto her «»*
sistnut iu the household, were arranging the
butter b.isket-.for going to market, her Uthei
While she wss endeavouring to prevail up.
i Anne to call the lad up, a heavy step *«* * '
heard approaching the house. .Sophy flew to
the door. Anne ran to seek the protection ef *,.
Teddy, the turnip boy, or ruthei to compel Uttw
to rise, and come to the rescue, tu the eveut . '
of an attack, Sophy, not so cautious, fluag.
open the door, without waiting either to make... * ‘
inquiry or to receive a summons, aud admit- r.
fad a tall athletic stranger in a rough shaggy '• y
f reat.coat, aud with a formidable bludgeon so. ' y*
is hand, “ Have you come to tell tne aoy
news of my father ?” cried Sophy, filial ap, • f
prehension mastering every other feeleug »f
alarm. .“ Why if your name be Sophy Ffax.
man.v the saine I suppose that i
came it.to theriairy aud said, “Sophy, dear, I
utn going to Srirupeton market, this utleruoou,
to receive the payment from Merchant Smith
for the load of wheat i sold this day week, so
I can take your halter with me, aud syare you
aud your little maid a long walK, Tor it ut uot
so Welt for us both to be out *1 the same time.”
Sophy assented to the propriety of this ob
servation, and made haste to finish packing her
neatly moulded prims ot butter iu uico order,
a duty which was speedily performed. ‘
Tiledfterubou was spent tu light household
operations, after which the young nnsstreas
aud her'lifiie^ maid made up a brig til fire, aud
8utiiug out tile supper cointonably iu rcudiueos
for 'tuiW'r Fiaxium/a return, read a i luipteriu
the Bible'together, verso ulterm.teiy, and then
employed themselves in useful uucdlework til!
the cluck struck utuc* Thw time had passed
away so quickly that both slutted at'thu sound,
of the r.inth stroke, und Sophy expressed sur
prise that her father wua nul home. Auue
rose, threw another log oil the fire, Cleared the
grate, and swept up the hearth, white Sophy
put aside the piuattu blind, and opeuiug the
casements looked'out at ihe night. TlkMught
was intensely cold, and a young moou labour
ed among dense musses of broken snow clouds,
from which-now uudtheiiwr few,feathery
flakes silently descended. The ground vvas
mantled over with a white carpetmgu uud tfie
broken belt of forest trees that hud defiued the
boundary <;fihe ancient park enclosure iu tho
days when Bird’s'eye Green had beeu Wood-
field’s pli'ttSuUnct; and chase, stood forth i»their
snowy panoply, like «» army of giant spectres,
against the it House daikuess of the shadowing
dis:ance beyond.
“1 hope no accident has happened to my
father,” said Sophy, ns she closed the case
ment against u sudden chilly drilt that blew
full ii-to her bosom. “ Oh, Uuk. Miss, l hopes
uot,” responded Anne; “Gi|»scy boo proper
night.
the thought oecurr
robbed—ye rfprpo
"e,” Biiid (.he, . M to
him if be ui.d bis^n^u
Screpetwn w iih limteriis, to w
cover my poor father.” 1 “ M
nr, *1 will with all the f
riy will get up and go
ways timourMome in the dark,,
it lie getting for ten o’clovk.”
will go my-eir.” - Oh, f
_phy, J Vcried Anne, clinging t«» herg
lii sn’t be left Ml the house ull a loin* w’^
eddy, and be fast asleep i
Roust; lun, up yiiite I .a ,
tifraid^Aune; for I««n in such agouf a
tfoar father,” cried Sophy, burning ti
nd'aomethirig mutt be doiio.”
d Anus, “butyou u
Miss Sophy. I know my poor <
has been rubbed and murdered, v
robbi d aud murdered too.” “1 _
tbinkir.'g of oureelvts,” cried Sophy,
mt *' ’ * u’jparmema Cnrm if
terrified dbrid, yw
tool to leave. h«r iu a staid df such ;
lad,”
Supby ki very gtaduh,
i worse, ami oDcr return
rhui.lc.tw Ike young seamau ter.lhe .ervic.hu '
Sad. tendered h«r lulhcr, lequetlcd biml.lalc
a seat by the fire, wh
the first civil ibiqgyouhjiTf ever®
by me. Mis* Sophy.’ • You ,
were old acquaiuum«ro% ifir f r o
phy, turning au tnquirin^otau^qy upwn her
it speak —^
,’ ohavrrtfd St
•ulcl rather die of hunger thmi be ht holdcn \ toward dear hud never puts on any parts* and
cfiurijy, Sophy FlajpmR,” “ But,”
said Sophy, “ I urti very sorry for your misfor
tunes, neigbor Rowe, and it would make me
quite happy if you would take this money ”
“It is o fine'thing to have'‘so much money to
3 lor company.”'
' While fcnphy w»«debatiu|
herownmiud
spare, 1 dare sayi” returned Goody Row
“ e are very poor folks, it its truv,' but We
live w ithout tho pity of those who sneere d
ur poor Rchio,* because* poor rogue, he
hadn’t such good clothes ns some of his ui igh-
bora.” “vludced,” suid Sophy, bursting into,
tours, “ I Am very sorry that your sou and l
had any quarrels, but it wWhe -ihnt would not
let me be at peace, and every’title known how
ho killed oUr iurki y-cbrk last May only, for
raking my part.”' “It may ho so,” replied
thrf mother, “*\>ui it is ttio first timo -1 ever
hoard any one speak against my pour Robert;
lie was the kindest heurted. betit.iiiituied^lihiy
tlut 1 over k'ifaw, tied 1 shall never too him
o more. Ho fuiglHhfivcrktaid’ot homo to he
iVomforrto us ttl!«'• if you Hi»il not made hint
weary a( tho greed' by- euch ill-b^Coimng
afasU* , s * ' ' ^ ‘
Sophy was deeply hmtat Oioafe upbrnidingv.
eBjw-.cntily wUki^.khc had come c.u so kind u
motive : however, die mAdo too much allow
unce for i ho state of‘mind ?h which she'sdw,
her tlnfdrtui.Hlu' neigh'onfir.^o think or taking
ninbrtigt til what sTie.tsaid j'hyl, laying the
lunwy oil vhe inhfa' bo fore her, she spid. “1
m Very wWlytor vtmr dwirev , neighbour
Rotvy,rihd u!so ‘for thy' inaiter m ’ w lli^h yoh
ttf.KI Juve no tfoubra part; fihdIfHptndo
ufiv thing for vVu at soy hopd you will wtairom ecropcion to woo aim a
let xyc know.” She.then w ithdrew, certainly lonely, utid . particularly dismal otj a \
she’d Carry muster steady enough.”- 1
wish my father had not troubled himseii with
the eggs aud butter,’' pursued Sophy. »• Sure
ly I was Very wrong to let him' take Uvo bas
kets. - We - ould have tukew it quite us well to.
morrow*’* “ Wliy» miss, as you wy, we could
have carried them rigid well, only master do
: lhiuk so iiiuch of niuking a penny v-a pound'
more for 'he butter* nod ’p’raps butter might
lltivo dropped to day, for lulkS ut shop do fault
thd ; |Ake'sorety.” “1 wish,” vsrid Sophy,
“ we had a man ia the house to Bend to Scrape*
tort tA meet mv foilior.” “ Mms,” 'void-Auu«i
“l will go imd meet master mysvit, if you will
just Ut lt d, the turnip boy, walk along with
iguvnerow
whether she would call the thirdix*y; out - ol
his warm bed to send him out into tiie inclu.
ilk-fit night, the 8uii-:d oV heroes* hoofa was
heart I pattering ort i|t frozen grt.uad near the
etuble-dqpr. “Tin rt‘a tny feilur,* t-riedSo.
ph\vruh:-u^ to Onhar h v coor, white - Anne
hastily followed wi h the ! mp. Bt L uiuned
u ciy dl^dirip»y vr.-.-t th y op •nod ih.- duor,
for liypvy fold returt cd uiibo t her. rider.*?-
St'fby. with.ditira+tf.tto presouce cf riund,
took iho lamp from ihe li Ha of’her pdo urid
tumblirg liltle i.l-e-nan', and-oxan i.ed the .
knees o| tho mare To u clmtain if thcio.here livclvi, hut fhd
trtiy marks ot her h g iV.fou. b u‘iber% y.'pre
none, und sin- then ^xpctrtmtfod.ajHtiitt.rtLwitetho
< r Tiature*. It (vhs WiiU knowictha^ Ubr fo-;
ther went to rectiv,osn ; «um of uajUinVi The
roni from Scrapeioti to AVomlti. Id wuv v. ty
guest, who, deffiog a large for cap* which Uo
had hitherto vrdru, saluted her With a profound
bow, accompauiod With d certain drol 1 •gl’*
pression of coiinteuaiice, Which reoilliftoM
mtud a confused memory of event® and Afeiica 3 -
noouected with the early drama of life, Rob-.
ert Roive!’ she exclaimed, ‘can it rediy'^u ^ ;
you ?' * Robert Rowe, forsooth,’ repeat•d'tbeufr
young seaman, throwing open his
eo«t, and; displaying a mnt of naval bluer;
*W hen did you ever ®ee ragged Rubiu iA Mick
ngging us this,' and. what should Wake ’you
ifiir.k of him afterao many long
over both our heads.* • i have thought agiwi^
deal of Robert Rowe” replied Sophy ; *aud it *
gives cno great pleasure to see him «neo o
returned to hts aid friends.* * Bless j
sweet eyes, if 1 thought you wen fo ear*
mayhap I could ieU )i,d thal i’vo- thsughtit”
deal about one Sophy Flax man, aud wonder.,
cd wheliier the. first'tlungidie did «ihefeJJir
saw me, afi«r eight years’ absence, would b»~
VO sneer at a.poor fellow again.’ ‘I hope i
UuiJerataod u.y duty fo my i.eigbhonr better •
ikau, to act so foolishly, aud, Robert, I am vwW
glad to see you home again.* ‘ But, i SSj-
Miss Sophy, suppose I had come honte ariffik?
out a jieuny.in • ttie lvckur, and • my liggingis '
bad us it wua wheu 1 slipped «uy cable and *
left allmy ir.esju^ale® on the green in the lurchy*
• 'V hv, t heu, I should *t.ave -faced 'equally glad
to seo'you oa your oka account, Robert, and
perhaps mure so on my uwu, because 1 aMkfoM
have had the oppoi tuuity-of making youautfos . %
uut-iids for <ny former uukibducss’' v'ihukf
you, Miss Sopfay^UMt k yuu »«*jr heartily for
y our good will, but I'm very glad 1 ar* 10.001 :
need ul your charily, aay lurefier lUa - a rflft. ,
of hot elder winu or so to drink your good {
health,* returned ihe young mariuer’ukiog the *
Cheering ;»outiou fr.ou the hand of fo® formert ’ >
udvweaiy »;Uh.a iijerry gfauqe. r And aoyou '
have leti off sneering ut you neighbours, So.
phy ?’ coi.iumed ke, uftcr he had Aaiptied
mug. dbouids b« dwril fo ho^qi y ‘
loruutiiiu in lUaf yay*to»^ uipch,’
phy, with siiqte, • feat I ®
li.i. my l-.rmtr tonwtoaJ. -I,..
woqlfoju«Mbf«qS|KR|M Robert,'_ _
be acre, thai. f.r alt your, pretty wqrfovg
nibck looks, y6u afo thb tfery same Tittle f ii
“ ho used to be tuure thau a Itr4rfaf“ ““
ubeck, iu.U ». d.4 <«K i
Ikd ScroutU.ii
.u.d lhcn lw*
h.r