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VOL. 11.
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From the bait. JVi inerva and Lmerald.
THE SILESIiN GIRL.
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• J’ UNDKD <>N A HISTORICAL FACT.
During the seven years war, the
exertions of the Prussians in that
critical period to support the falling
fortunes of their indefatigable mon-i
arch, were truly worthy of luminous
characters in the records of history,
but they were f. r outdone by the pub
lit sacrifices whi< h were voluntarily
made by individuals to repel the en
croachments of the armies of France
in the year 1818.— Each family con
tribnted in different ways to the ex
peuses of the war; and, even the poor
est h rds gave in their mite for gener- 1
al good, though it deprived their
families of many a little luxury which
they had before been used to.
In one of the romantic valleys of
Silesia, lived a young girl of surpas
sing beauty , the pride and delight of
her parents, whose only occupation
was to attend their flocks, and bear
the scant produce of thei little farm
to a neighboring market town. Ella,
like the wild flower, had grown and
bloomed in obscurity, adorned and
beautifid by the unerring hand of
nature. She had known but little of
the world, until the bruit of wer spread
over the country, and echoed dis< ord- j
antly amidst the darkest re* esses of
solitude, arid when, by her enquiries,
her father was nbligul to tell her of
the distracted slate of her native roun
try, the i; dignaut blush,and the high
heaving ot her bosom, told how much
sh felt for her enterprising sovereign i
and the br*ve people that were ar
rayed to defend his dominion. ‘Hea
veil grant us victor)!* exclaimed she,
in the patriotic enthusium of her soul.
*1 would, father, that nature had mode
women strong enough to fight.’ Tin*
old man only smiled and kissing her
rosy cheeks, had* her keep out of the
sight of the soldiers.
This caution was scarrely needed.
Ella knew where to find one on whom
she could gaze, and be gazed upon
for hours; and who, though not dres
serl out in the trappings of the milita
ry , was more to her than all the world
beside. She was soon upon the in->uu
tain-fiiope watching her herds, and
listening to the mellow notes as they
flowed from the pipe of Adolph, a fim*
featured young man win* s*t at her
feet, gazing tenderly upon her smil
ing face.
‘That hair of yours, Ella,* said he,
lay i* g (lown the instrument, ‘l would
give the world for one little lock,’ and
he ran his fingers through the glossy
tresses as they hung luxuriantly a
round her finely mouldered shoulders.
♦The world is not yours to give, A
dolpli,’ said she, smiling archly, ‘but
do you only love me for my hair,
which you are always worshipping?’
• I love you for yourself, dear Ella,*
but these rich ringlets, which might
grace a ’ rowri, I idolize them; and
yet you refuse to bestow one little
tress.’ ‘Have Int reason? Were I
to give a lock, I might never see you
again; f*r then you would always
have your idol w ith you, and I would
be forsaken. No, Adolph, first prove
yourself worthy of the gift, and then
you shall not only have a tress, but
the whole of me.*
‘Tell me how to become worthy **f
so rich a gift,* exclaimed the enrap-
Warrenton, August. 1, 18 *9.
tured youth, ‘and I will follow the
path you shall point out,*
i Thcre it is,* answered the maiden,
pointing towards Brestau, and look
ing her lover fixedly in the face.
• And what am l to do in Brestau?*
♦Join the brave men who are strug
gling for the liberties of y .ur country,
and tenfold shall be the love of Ella.’
A slight blush overspread the face
of young Adolph, and kissing the
hand of the fair shepherdess, he turn
ed away, and was soon lost amid the
deep recess *s of the valley.
1 There was more courtliness in the
■ last salutation of Adolph than gener
ally falls to the lot of tin* untutored
and robust mountaneers of Silesia—
and Ella thought, as he wended down
the narrow defile, that there was more
digniiy in his inein than she had ever
before observed. She scarcely dared
ask herself who he was; for he had
i been but a short while among the
shepherds, and no <*ne knew aught of
his birth or calling; but every one lov
ed him for his generosity and noble*
ness of spirit.—‘My hair,* said Ella
to herself as the youth vanished from
her sight, • I will dress for his sak.
They say it is rich and beautiful—ah’
how freely would I destroy each am
pie tress, and scatter it upon th
winds, did he not love to calm it with
his fingers.’
M'inriis rolled away, and Ella
watched her herds alone and in sad
ness, for nothing had been heard <>l
Adolph, and the demon war continued
to spread his desolation over the land.
It was proposed to raise a sum by
| contribution among the inhabitants of
the mountains, which should be pla
ced into the general fund, which was
i intended to be appropri tted to the use
of the brave defenders of the king and
the country. When the father of El
Ila was called upon for his share, he|
I had nothing to give, and the noble
hearted girl then, for the first time,
felt the want of wealth.—‘Father, let
us sell our flocks,* said she, ‘we will
be amply repaid in the freedom >f our
ountry; and, when peace comes a
gain, bmsure I can work for you.’—
•No my daughter,’ answered the old
man,‘*ur country requites no such
sacrifices, we must not deprive our
selves of the means of livelihood.’
Ella reflected for a long while, and |
formed a thousand plans for raising a
sum of money worth) of being given
in aid of the patriotic cause, hut all
her schemes were impra tirible, and
she even wept in her solitude for her
inability to serve her coun’ry.
♦ Would that these locks were wires of
gold,*exclaimed she running tier lin
gers through the clustering tresses as
they dallied with the amorous wind.
‘I might then give them to my coun
try. Can they not be sold? 1 will go
to Brestau and offer them; they may
bring but a trifle, yet they are my all.
But Adolph—when he returns and be
holds me shorn of my greatest beauty,
what will he 8a) ? Alas! he will turn
from me, he will love me no more.
Well, be it so, I will sacrifice his love
for the good of my country.
She accordingly proceeded to Bres
tau, offered her hair for sale to the first
hair worker in the city. The beauty
of the young girl and the novelty of
her offer, caused the person to enquire
of her the cause of her robbing herself
of such beautiful tresses; on receiving
her answer, he was astonished at the
extraordinary and disinterested feel
ing of patriotism displayed by one so
young and lovely. *1 will take the
locks my pretty girl,’ said he, and ad
miring the softness of their texture,
•and turn them into bracelets. Every
| body will buy when they know of
whoso hair they were made.’ f i de
lighted girl received the proffered!
sum, and liew to add it to t!i“ general
fund. The liairworker had predicted
right; the story got. wing, ami the la
dies and gentlemen of the city flocked
to his store to purchase the hr icelets,
marked with the name of Ella, A
mong others, a young officer <>f high
rank hearing the story, endeavoured
to obtain Uric of the arti* I* s;—The
vender had but one left, ami as he had
already raised a very considerable
sum from their sale, which sum he in
tended putting into the general fund—
he intended to keep that one for him
s< If. The ofli *T examined closely
the color and texture of the hair, and
when his ey es fell upon the name of
Ella, a smile of pride and gratifica
tion curled his lip, and In* uttered, *l’
must be she!* he emptied his purse
upon the counter, and told the hair
worker to take it all fin* the bracelet.
The, man * harmed by the sight of so
much gold, readily consented, and the
ofli er left the shop with the treasure
to his lips.
* # # * *
•Ella!’ said Adolph, as he sat by
die side of the mountain maid,‘where
are the luxuriant locks that formerly
hung around your neck? I went, and
fought for my country at y ur bidding,
and I now come to claim my reward.’
Adolph!’ answered she, I became
jealous of my hair; your heart was en
tangled among its thi< k curls; the
more 1 combed them, the more they
webbed around the heart; and so 1 cut
them off. Do you not love me with
out my lock-*?
‘Love you, Ell a? could I do less
than worship you since you have so
nobly marred your beauty for the
benefit of your ountry? Look at this
bracelet; the hair is yours.*
Thus caught, the generous girl tho’t
it useless to deny; she confessed all,
and shortly after she was the wife of
the stranger Adolph, and countess of
* # * # #
THR WANDERER.
FROM THE TR Y SENTINEL.
RURAL SPORTS.
On that It *1 river, the mightiest ot
many that bear the name, wuich h s
its head in the Rcky Mountains and
its in iutii iu the Mississippi, and
which goes trenching the earth more
than 100 miles before yielding up its
tribute to that great river wmen
drains a wider regio . than any other
oath© globe. On that Red river, a
bout 120 miles before its embouebrt*,
and about 80 miles below the old
town •>! Natchitoches, (< ailed Nak
tosh for shortness) in the parish ol
Rapides and stale of Louisiana,
siands ( jthe late founded and flourish
ing vill.ige of Alexandria, tne rival ol
Natchez hi catfish and alligators, and
in the boys to * ate It them, as will mot*
fully appear from the following para
graphs. The first is from the Alax
audria Gazette, which thus says;
‘A correspondent of the Natchez
Galaxy tells a story of a cat lisn
towed in by one of their fishermen 5
feet and some inches in length.
Pshaw! a mere minnow; he ought t<-
tome up Red river, and see our littfi
Rapiders, scarce three feet high, fish
ii.g fi*r alligators with a hook anu
line.’
The natural productions of a coun
try do always contribute to give di
rection to its amusements and tastes,
and these in turn impart something
to the character of the people; and i*
regard to nothing are the youths of
country more sensative than they al
ia relation to their customary recrea-
lions and excellence therein. Stung
to the quirk by the vaunting tone of
the Alexandrian, the champion of
Natchez replies to him as follows:
‘A hook and line fi r alligators ! !
That‘B a good one. Why —our half
horse, half alligator hoys here, jump
upon their barks, gogue them, and
then ride ashore with rattlesnakes
for whips. A hook and line, indeed! t
Charming pastime indeed! delight*
fill country; Swamps, alligators, rat
tlesnakes, and cat-fish five, fret long!
This trolling for alligators with a
hook and line, reminds us of the ‘Gi
ant Angler’ of old; ami as the account
thereof is much in the same vein as
the preceding paragraphs, we give it:
‘Hisangling rod, a sturdy oakj
•His Imc a cable that in storms ne'er broke;
‘His book he baited with a dragon's tail,
•And Bat on a rock and bolb‘d tbr a whale.’
The N u folk H* raid n publishes
the following recipe for Dyspepsia;
One pint of hi> kory ashes, one
quart of boiling water, and h tea cup
of soot.—Let it stand 24 hours, strata
and bottle it.’
And subjoins;
We have ourselves witnessed the
efficacy of the recipe, (without the
soot however,) and ran testify to the
fart, that it has been the means of re
storing more than one of our ac
quaintance afflicted with dysp psia in
its worst character, to a sound and
healthful state. The decoction or ly©
fnnn hickory ashes, is Entirely taste
less, and wht may appear very
strange, has the. effect of neutralizing
every liquid with which it is mix'd—•
even ardent spirits.—This is a fact*
j try it as you will.
REMEDY AGAINST FLIES.
Farmers might easily save th©
flesh of horses and cows, and confer a
great kindness on their animals irt
! preventing the usual annoyance of
Flies by simple oiling the p rts most
expos* and. Flics will not alight a mo
rn nt on the spot, ov**r which an oiled
sponge has been pressed. Probably,
irher fish or fl -xseeil oil would an
swer; but what 1 have known used
with success, was the tanners oil.
Every msn who is comp ssionate to
Ins beast, ought to know this remedy*
-lid every Livery stable, and Country
Inn, ougiit to have a supply at baud
for the use of travellers.
We copy the fii||ov\ing article, from
(lie Massachusetts Magazine, for
January, 1789, whi h is head and thus:
“Late Occurrences. — Charles
ton, 20 th December. ( 1788. J—Yester
day, was hr night from Wilkes C**un
y, State *f Georgia, a large hogs
head of Cotton in seed, which was
rolled all the way through thick and
‘bin in the same manner as Tobacco
is usu *lly rolled to this market. The
nan who brought it here, says, th*re
*s a great quantity of that valuable
article in his neighborhood, which will
soon be sent here.’’
When will every farmer take a paperl
—The other day we were informed by a
respective farmer residing in the town of
Phelps, Ont. county, that he had taken
$ 120 on the Middle Distiict bank, and
mat too, four days after the failure
■>ai> known in that county. It appear®
i hat some sharper took this occasion to
defraud the honest farmer to this amount,
undoubtedly knowing hie perfect ignor
trice of the state of monied institutions.
Where is the man who does not take a
p *per, but what loses enough every year
‘o pay for half a dozen?
(£r Go thou and do likewise.— A gen :
*Jeman from Orange County in this State
writes us as follows: “Enclosed you have
No. 8.