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GltEKNSUO'KOUGU N. CVBDNESD.-i V ilBfiit 7,183 i.
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FROM THE UMTKD STATES GAZETTE.
f7ind ChandUr, The accompanying
etory, is from the pen of one of the fair
daughters rt New England, who ii now
Heightening and adorning the society of
the thief city of the weft,for one of whose
literary associations it. was written, hut lias
never yet, I believe, appeared in prirvt.
I may be trespassing perhaps, in giving
il to you for publication without, the au
ihor's consent. 1 believe it has been in
ninny hands in manuscript, end several
copies been taken. I have ventured to
do go. Its br auty and simplicity, togeth
er with its elega-ot and chaste, and I
may add tloqiunt style, as will as thej
correct sentiment it breathes throughout,
would not detract from the credit of a. and stocking. i.nedid ... Saturd ij after-
- , , , v . t noon. If I was very ckT 1 had luediciuf
nv ant hor. no matter what may be his fame , , ,, , , i , - , , .
"J " ' ' ami the d'ct r, Ii I w a hit e sick, I
or attainments. C. w,,9 , xh:r!(.d !q paii- nce and if I wat
J VJST MARY. !ick at iuMrf, i wa . ti Id pivscrit? if
Since ekeU.hu. g character is the mode, mself. Now all (hi .was v. ry vvn;.
I too take up my ptt.cil not to m.tke Wh it should a child want rtul ment ;iih!
you laugh though perudv'tnture to put drink ani rotn to play, iiul a schuo) i..
ou to sleep. tc u hh n r.-aJmg and writing, a;id -);iu
I am a tolerable oM gentteman an oTd'bod) to Uke care f l.i.n wj,ea-.he. w..r
bachelor, . :id what is still bettei, an un- sick ? Ci rt,ii;ny nothing. iil the U- I
pretending and sober miaded one. Ler, f :;--.vn up c'.nldren eiirt in t!,
however, any of you ladies should take. minds ol huh- ones i lu-ncr than is cxpe :-txci-ptions
agnit me in the very out-et, ed, and I h.d ev mi at ttnt eir.y ag.-, Ui
l will merely remark en prt?int, that a :ne ke;n sfe ol all that tain in d
man can sometimes become 'an 'old barh-'hca"'l wrog, tin1 s longing ? so i.r"
e!or, because he has too ttluch heart, as thing vh:c;i stio:i!d tou ii it antit, tin
Will as too little. sa lie di-.o.i'f.ut with la'.ei.t matter oi
"Years ago,beforetany of you Indies were covr.;t ailic'i i:,the ?arn- craving lor ytt.
born, I was a eoodfer-naught of boy , p ilhv, wica.iias bycu the upro(j; hj
of precisely thai unlucky sort, who are fibinon of t:,r v uld hi all hges. And in
always in e?cry body's way and always hum in linng pose-iing buch c-jivstnuou-u,
ouChtef. 1 hwd to wfltcfy pver:iny up--als, h4 a .l?tUr'cUu:jce..of.hesing, iiuidc:
rearing, a father and moth
army of brbthera asd MStriss" I havr iutereiimg, wjug-titiug thifd. Vt? ctji
before insinuated, I wasHBOit of a fan. ily alt ydipaihixe to o-.u- t x!:nt w-iLh iia-i
scape grace among them, and one en and w.um n, but h w t v m i g. natk t
whose head all demestic trespasses were the sympathies oft l.t! ir n, .in m.dn.-t.ii.i;
regularly visited, eilhei by real denert or the desolitc insunilic anc of not brin-;
by iinputatiun. For thi9 order of things, one of the grown up p -oplc -of In.-uin sen
1 confess, there was a solid and nous to bd to be out ot Hi-.: w.,y in the evenuig,
foundation in the cdns'iluiiou oj my utind.'and to schnv)! o h.1 !it (! the vvf,i m th.
Whether I jwas born uiidcr some cross- rmrnirg of :tmuiith i-rmlar gnevaao ,
eyed planet, or wbcthi I was fairy strxk-.which" the child "has n h qurnctr to
0 M T-
a sort of 'Murad the unlucky, an out ol tion to co. ceive.
time; out of place sort of boy, with whom When I was sevtn years old, I vva
liOtlurg prospered. Who always left told one morning with con-id rhh- ti
doors open in cold wea;her ? It was mestic acclatH-ation, that sJunl .Mary
Henry. Who was sure to overset. Ins coming to make Us a visit ; ,.nt; -u whtn
ccfiee cup at breakfast or kneck over thr carriage drove up to the door, 1 pu:i
hi? tumbler at dioner, or to piostrote the ed off my dirty apron and iau in iimo;:
saltcella, ptppfr-box and ntustard pot, the heap of .brothers and sisters to sti.
if he only happened to moe his aim ? what was coming.
Why Henry. Who was plate-ha nker I shall not describe her firs', appearance,
general to the family ? It was lltnry. . for as 1 tlmik of her I begin to crow t:n-
ho tangled marna'a silks and cottons, or liment.d in spite ol my spectacles, and
tore op the last newspaper, or threw down might --perharw talk a lulle .uouseoae.
old Pi cent' clothes horse with the clean! I'eri.aps every man, vhrluer married
ironing thereupon ? Why Henry. jor sitiit t w!io has lived to the age ol
. Now all this was no malice prrprnse 1 or tber:abonis, has seen, soaui w
in me. I really believe, I was ihe bet na-!n,a" vvn) M;ii',! ' iJvxtman in dis
turb child in the woild but somc-thinelt,nc,,0i ,!0i" 'P&t- h-. nay not
umi ll.fi malli-r wi:h ll.fl Allrariinn nf i
hesion, or the attraction of graviiation
with the general dupensa'ion o matter
" aroand me that let me lo what 1 would,
things would fall down or break, or be
and my unluckinpss wem-cd in exrict prc
poi ticn to my .CHretuIness in any matter.
If any btfdy in life rtti with me had a
hetJ-ache, or any kind of nervous irnta-bih-y,
which made it particularly necessa
- 'Ty-f.q1f-f'atid?lf'; l;Wr?eipect'Sfiy",de,''
sired to be so, I was sure while stepping
rdund on tip-toe, to fall headloijg over a
chair which wtuld fall upon the thove).
which would fall upon the tongs, which
would animate the poker, and altogether!
would set in action two or thiee sticks o!
wood, and down they would all come
with a ru kct, that showed they were dis
posed to make as much of the op portuni
ty as possible.
In the same manner,' any thing that
came into my hands or was ol all connects
td with me, WuB sure to lo e by it. If 1
appeared in a cle-n apron iu the morning,
I was sure to make a full length prostra
tion thereupon on my way to school, and
come home nothing better, but rather
. worse. If I was sent on an errand, I was
sure to lose rny money in going, or my pur-j strange to say, my Aunt Mary was always
chase iq. returning ,and on these occa-l happy. Yet the was so her spirit, nev
stonrmj'rffoiherwouldlteo comfort meler .rofieiajjyaucy .and jjeeruiik Jo
with (he rtflectioh that it was well my depondeucy; and 1 knovin theseiitimr
ears were fastecded to my head, or I ental confession of faith, that sucti a char
wottld'lose thea too, Of course Twa's a acter cannot be mieresting. For this im
lair mark for the exhortary powers not pression there is somt? ground, 't he pli-
-ooly of my parents, but of all my aunts, cidity of a medium common place mind
uncles and cousins Jo the third and fourth uninteresti.igV but the placiiliiy o a strong
generation, who ceased not to repr9Ye,iRd wtlf 'governed one, borders on the
rebuke and exhort wiih ali-iong tutkiing
and doctrine. Ail this would have been
very well, il nature hid not gtfied me with
a very urincccsiMry kikJ uocomlortHble
degree of reeling, which, like a refined
ear for music, i undesir.ib'e, because in
this world its meets with dicord ninety -nine
tinr.ea. whei it merts with 11 iimouy
once. Much tlvrefore a.' 1 had oCvasir.n
to be scolded t, I never btciine used to
coldr, so tiiat I ws juntas much
led by it the h:rty-urU tirne as the fiiht
There w.is no such iIunh m philosophy
in me. 1 Ind j n ; t t.iit iiftreasonauii
heart wlnc'i is not c nt ir ned i'ito the na
ture of li'nn-ji, neither indeed can e. 1
was timd; shrinking an l pro-id. I w.t
rio'hiu fo any one ariu;id mt Uul ".hu
awkv.iid uril'irky by, and no'hii!
to my piiciita bti! one ol hil! a d Zi.i
clnl Jivn, wli-.tse laces wsr to be vv.isIm d
V?e bettl a It. b.iC liHV have
I e."U a' tt nP. She ma)' .'have simply'
sljor.e up k. !;if! ii oni afar. . She nvi n
rciurmid ic.d ui the tliatu;jce of y.eais i
Ihu : t tar; that Iras set as the: mustc thai la
I I iffl US .s. bau ! y - and Jo ehoWs fad e4
lnt-tti tKil M-memnered ene s with n-
t'-K s', wi .Ii fe.ivor, with all th:it heart Can
fc. I, and iricre than words can tell. To
me there h a hctn but one sn h, and ,tha:
is she wh-nn I describe. 'Wasbfie b au
lilui?' you .ask -iAa Uo ill as k yotfSniie
question. If an angel from heaven should
dtfdl in any human f rm and animate any
hu!)i:iri face, would not that face-& form
te low I) ? She was not beautiful except i f
tcr this fa.-hi n. How well I remember tier,
as she used sometimes to sit thinking " Un
her head resting on her hand her face
mild and placid, with a quiet October
sunshine in her blue eye and an eve.r
present smile upon her countenance'""" 1
remember the Hidden sweetness of h-i
look when any one spoke to her thr
prompt attention, the quiet comprehension
of things before you uttered them.the obli
ging readiness to leave whatever she war
doing for you.
To those who mistake occasional pen
siveness foi melancholy, it might seem
-u d.me.mutablhty i emot.oo character,
izes inferior orders of beings ;ut lie who
t ombmes all interest all txcitei)ent
-,11 perfection is 'the same yesterday, to
day and forever.' And if there be any
"lung Miblfmtj in lh idea of ao almiglrty
mind in perfect peace with itseW, and
therefore at leisure to bestow all He ener
:ies upon the wants of others, there is at
!est a rttl ct on ot ihe same sutlimity in
tlie character of ihat human Uein who
has ro quieted nnd governed the world
within Uut he has nottm;g to absorb gym-
palhy or di?(i-jct Htti-ntion from tikose aIIieaVi.n.
round, ouch wo;i;an was my Aunt ia-1
ry. I't'r phicidity was not so much the re
ult cl teisieerament as of choice. Sim
uud f Very Mi i'p itatity of suffering, ii.ti-
I- nt to tiie nohltfpt ami mc-st dt hcate cons
H'nn.tiut) of inn;.!,- but they had btv:n so
directed, .that instead of A concentrating
thought on st If, they had prepared her to
siddvratairid and let I for others.' .Sh3 w;is
ieyond ail tlnns else a evn pilhttic peir
mui; at d her citaracti r hke tnegfetd IU a
' ind'-c..i:e, less murL" ue- lor what it
'.13 in nsi'il, ih. in ! r it iu atiiildi h irino
iV, wdt aii the coloring and shadtlig i.
f ...nid It. O.'ncr W(ir;t:i have been t.il'Jli
ii.d otliersi L t e beta go id, Inji no wo-
n.ih th tt i ever knew posfsed go-jdnt'sn
aiid t.di-nt la tii!'in, w;.h sticil a:v inMii
liVr pen option k frcei::is and such an in-
4 ainaneouj adaptl ti o iiiewi.
The most titu..leitie thing in the
world, is to be ctiuut -nitcd to tne socrcti
ot a person n hj can nt-tr r understand a
tfiiitg unie you s'.y tht; win e of it : mas
K.ng y oMi ' t:.'ii.iu5 and p-, 1 1 d as you go
anog; and itie inn-t de-ira'iltv iliiog; ts it
five wiih a pt imii wit., savtsyc-u all ' e
trouble-of talking by knowing jd?t wl ,i
ou are g'.in to ray befoie y. ti begin.
5 'Uiething of this kind of talent I beun to
feel to 'tny gl earl reli 1 wferif- v a I ii A k I V
Came into the flllx . 1 rr-merui-er . lit
very fiM evening 'it- -he r at by tlu- i;ta:lii,
;i i Maude d hy ail iht t ncif , Ik r t r- i ..n-
.. . I '. .. . . . . . t . I .
i on nit -.m ; i ;.ii t . i t-. :an in ii n . n.i
know shi: saw mr; ..; h. n the :n'h
s'.rncK 'eight, iuy nu.iin r pri cl ii ned it ie
in? nt) bed lime, ik.vI my e unit Mint e !t i
i- I iii.ive-d sniio v m i v fio.n the ii
uei r.cikii! chair, ; nd ill uv;ht ht-vv main
1 4 1
.u.ti-UUl. Mories .A.u.ni. ivj ,,y woi.ij ti Ii
hT I vas g ine iu h t! Ik: t i ri il j v ii r v : -1
.ne with mii h a real look ot unJt;tam!ii
-.-itch an ei ide-iii lin.-ght inio (he v:.
t iat I wt nt n. to iiiinijh i. m with a lightci
heart than 1 e ver did otljre.
flow very contrary is thd" obstinate ee"
Innate ol the heart to ihe ratiDual estim
ate of worhhy w isdom, are theie not some
who can rea.t:nijer w hen one WArtf, one
look, or even the-wKhhuldiuc'i a word,'
(lis dr tvvn the heart more to a person that,
all the subs'antnrt favor in the world?
Ik'iOre A-iiit Mary had hvtd witfi us a
noaih 1 ioved her more . ihan any body
X ihe vvorld, and a iifiir.uiun wouhi
iiave been amazed iu cifihermg nut the a
inountof lavor which pr)dt!ccd the re
s'iit. It was a word a look a e idle
it was that she sterned ph-ased with my
new kite that she n joit ed vyi:h me when
I learned to spin a tip that she alone ap
Iik p.-I to appreciate, my pruticiency in
piaymg ball and .iiur.uleb'riUiathe nt vtr
looked at aii vexi:d when I ...upset ner
work box and rt curved -J4 mv ejt'Lanv
and maladroit neipiumess, as jt it had been
in the best taste in the world that when
she w-ts suk she insisted upon letting me
wait on her, though lmade my cus;oma
ry havoc among pitchers and tumblers
of her rooTr' 'ttud displayed throuliiiy
zeal to please, a more than ordinary in-,
sufficiency for my station. She also wa-
' the only person '. tver convtrsed with,
and 1 used to wonder how any body who
could talk ibont matters ond'things with
he grown up felks could talk so sensi
my about marbles and lops, and hoops and
,nates, and all sorts of little boyish mat j
ier. 1 will say, by the by,4hat Ihe same
peculation has olten occurred to older
people concerning her. She knew the
the value of varit d irforinalron in making
a oman not a pedant, but a sympathetic
. oinpani. nable being and such she was
to every class of mind. She had, too, the
: cuhy ofd rawing tdhcrs into her level
d conversation so that I would often find
myself going on in a most profound style
and would wonder whether I was a little
boy still.
When she had enlightened us for miny
mouths, ihe: irme came " for her to leave,
and she besought my. '.mother to give me I
o her for company. All the family woo
fdcred:whHHleeoald fifidlu like 10 lieu I
ry; but if she.didJike me, it was ho- mat 1
ter. and so I was allowed to go. 5 From
that tune 1 lived with her; end there are
some pei.ou, wt.o c make ine word
I live signity mucn more man k commwnj
dots and she wrought upon my char-
acter all those miracles wrnch a benevo
lent genius C?n work. She quieted my
hea rt, dirtied my feelim?, - unloU ed: my
mind, and-edaeaied me, not harshly .or by
force, but as the sun educates the flower
j into full and perfect h.'e, and when all
uni was inuriai oi uei atf-a iw me wn,
her words and deed of unalierabifi
love shed a twilight round her memory
wnicn will Ude only iu tle ungamew ui
" (C .NC LUDtD Fa: M t'CR LAST )
Ft 0))i Iht FaiftUeville Ohsi rter.
THE R A I LKO V D AC. MS.
Estimate of thr annual productions of
AbllK CO'UNf.Y. H. C.
5CO0 liaircls betf.
5000, do po;k.
1500 do wi.eal flour.
2.'00 (io hues whi at illcur. .
600,000 uusht Is potatoes.
6uu0 do flax Seed.
"2jU') pontic Uidu-r,
KO.OfJO d. tallow.
5i'0l) do beeswax.
0,0 0 d vvn d.
i,0 t Oil do laid. -io
in ) i -ij'j is -c i'lnbcrries.
5;).(JJ0 do oai'.
5000 mn h.-y.
100') .do h or and casting -20.000
:!rdi tow br-ggiog.
"' '-20,000 hll lieN iipplt s. -
5D0O do. Omen,,
nr. iw:s
Spifh', ci .h r, ti :;ivp, toharco, "maple
sugr, tin.l tr. ( uch as. cherry,
volant, 4-r.) fer.-peltr), ' 'giHitn;,
, sencca spukeroot.irc. (S'C. r: j.'.
The cf'Unty of Ashe is ivt-r 100 miles in
fengJiVfiom
,.- I : -ii - -4
40 iiIi.i .io "ii;ea
;md in. many places meantaii cxisJ)UL JLe
i nerdly fertile. H'ut- urass, timothy
,, i .M.iie clover are among the natural
i-nitKu lions of the c oil.
I he retitaiuder of this document con
tains list of the Prod ic'i.'its of certain
oiinties in Virginia and Tennessee, which
In m is no doubt, would reach tht; town
e1 . . ....i- n,.t .i.M ..... ..
u. i du ui iii.1; . mi a. uicii iui cu
i ... . . ...
V iigiiii.i and . Tennessee in Faytttevilie,
-i -lii'i j n.tiuci nnd procuring supplies.
Estimate fcr Juhfision cvwily 'Jjcnru
1000 ioi"lroii mid (J. stingf, (present
actual nioJuct fjOO Inns.)
" 500 ton Lt;nc.
l'ork, floui arid t;r;iin,about thesame
as Ashv ciiue.ty
The wh 'e to in.y may be said. to. a'
hound in T'-n Oru ol excellent quality.
This e.i .nty was r.xt n iy taken oil dr
ier ha a pn-yenf I lituiace aue 7 t itai.
aieiicf in o.t:i,:'toit, wnh a prt)tpecl ol se
veral oihcr htniao s onn M-.r n.i'.
CAKTKK t OUN 1 Y.
Also ah.iunds in iron Oit and L'rne, (I
believe)- has 4 or 5 Finn ires, and ptr
haps double the nun be;r of lilooim ries in
opera woo, and pi odnct s (iia.a aud Bacon
i t-t- eon s i de rable q u a r.tt le s
vll va$ & giya:s counties,
Neariv tin- irte .Irhnon atid Car
ter. G RAYsON C OUN'l Y, Va.
-- A-honncUim iwt.Ore.raaiieadltaa,
is e xtMisively rhantilaclufcd at' scVefaT
Forges, snd the county produces as much
Live Stock and Gram us As; e. The an
nual and vegetable productions of Gray
son and Ashe are much Ihe same ru quun-titj-tt'fidiiaWy''-
WYTHE COUNTY, VA.
Affords excellent Iron arid Lend Ores,
both of which are extensively manufac
tured. The former into liar Lead and
Shot. Animal arid vegetable productions
same in quality as Grayson and A .-he, but
, q,!inti'v equal perlnos in both.
5 j yTHE COUNTY o WASHING
TON COUNTY, VA.
Abound in many valuable minerals, a
mong which Salt and 1'laistcr should per
haps be placed foremost-- Of the-. former
vast qanimts are mauuh.ctuied at Kieg's
Works,, and of the latter many wagon
loads are annually conveyed to a distance
of .100 miles, (and all intermediate dis
tances) either to enrich the fields of the
husbandman, or to be Ured in building.
Aniaial and vegetable productions of
these two cbuuties, about the same as
those of Wythe. t
Iamnot awarethat finyjcrmtdernble
qn-ioUUfi of CoaTFiave been discovered
111 the above mentioned region of coun-
trr,lhdugh. if :alloed to icason frm
analogy, may Ave not suppose that .Nature
tha- been aa bon:tiful to hf ai to other re-
Hfi lurnuce yet in fjei4Hu.
gton 6f a nnilar appera.jce. ? '
K. MURC11180N.
ouu country;
Who can read the foiiowmtj details" of '
the growth of the country in the elements '?',,'"'-' i
of wealth, to prescribe-a hmit to her pro - - A- - s
gress ? In 1791 the imports of tbesUni- j 2 ,i
t. d S atea were valued at nineteen xflJr.
million?, when be it remembered, we . j
had no factories of our own, anditwhea '.:
even the Mini ter of the United States at '' f
ill.. .,rl nt sr limti Irnoau. tii Ih.'l vl. - 1 ' ' 1 -
lo.i tFii i rnulh of hu rminfrv. Ruf?' '"' .
at the present time wheu so much capital .
ii invested in manufactures', when too, 60 ?
ma iy tiiousand persona produce at home 4
nuny ot those articles they were wont to- y.
ri-ceive frim abroad yet the amount o7,-- iv.
i'r.-ign importations now reach to. the f
en nrnus sum of one hundred and fifty z.r ,
millions are likely to increase in a. similar '
ratio. t-No wonder; thai the attention of jl'
the liadc vC .Euglaud jiiaJifien dire;te4io ,v r ' "
the fubj.ct of A nciican trade and it'hai
put forth its power on the occasion. It
is dear hawt ver, that we will outgrow 4V;
iU iufljence, and may in ,tiw e. to comeH
and that time not distant return the"
........ Tk. k-. nli.. l I.aiI C,. . i
v-uiiiii.. i lie ucri ((tilivj ui uuill uiljj
land and America is a contest of kiodness
.... J i I. i .. : - ... K ..If- fc. -t
too nor iiofiiiiiy, aim bimi wu uc nw. . .1 e .. .
dubtthe future policy of both countries." 7- 4
I'int sucn a course would be wise aui ,
profitable to each the following articltf rt-J
will elearly demonstrate. vVor. B(&.
Gypsies .--1 h chiracf er of-ih? GypTT
sies, as found in England aodlbroughout
the continent of hurope, and the peculiar .
itc attoched to their habits of living; gre
such as to induce a very general-curios
ity as to their hrstory and ongrnv 'Vhcy
ate generally represented as fund of
wandering life , cunning, addicted to theft,'
B --r---. ..' "' - V . . '
aaa a4orn aacieiyy oi tne ordinar y -if artts ,
mels of which tney are extremely impa- -tient.
A w titer from Russia, however
who had visited that country chiefly with
the view of having intercourse and coil- .
Ver6ing wi' h the Oyps;C3,says that at Mop
cow he found many of them living in targe
houses and surrounded by the luxuries
and associations of. high life. He de
scribes their perfection u vocal musical ;
choirs surpass any other for the rich test
of their voices and thorough knowledge
of musical science.' The eame writef fe
lates an anecdote of the celebrated
dame Catalani, who was to much delight
ed with a Gypey female singer vho had
,'uliowed that wbudcrful" vocalist in a
performance before a brilliant audience,
that she took fro n her own shoulders a
sha wl which had been presented to her' by
one of the sovereigns of Europe, and gsve
ii to her rival. The Russian Gy p8teOr
Homatteera as they -catl..themseives re,
semole the members of the. race in Eng
land brown and for the moat part be'aU"
liful, their eyes fiery and wildly lotelligeiit,
(heir hair, coal brack' and somewhat
e oars'. They si.id that their fathers came
from Ilomali37aV' but where that land ,
was they knew not.. ., ...
A ftuiting farm yard. The 11 lowing
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To day we have passed two lare ral's,
lashed togther,by whth simple convey inco
several families from New England, were
transporting ihemselves and tlieir property to
tbeJarMLof nrpiotse: in (he western woo is.
Each rati won 80 or 90' Feei longf t witli .(a,
small Louse elected on ft, an J on each was
a stack tt h i v round ubicli several hoi sea
and cows were feeding, while the paraplieru
altaofafarni yardibe: plougbsf waou.-,
pigs, children and poultry, carelessly distri
buted, gave to the whole more ihe appear"
mice of a permanent residence, tliiiu ot a
caravan of ailvnlurer?, seeliihg a home. A
respectable iooking old lady, with spdctaciw
on her nose, was seated 011 a chau at Uu
door, of ihe cabins, employed in knitung; an
other female was! tiia w:U tub, the men :
were
chewing their tobacco with aa rnucli
easo as if tin y had been 1:1 the land of steady
habits and the various avocations seemed to
go on with the steadiness of clock work. In
this manner our western emigrant travel at
alig hi expense. They cany.wijlli them their
own provjsioiisjjheir raft floats with the cux-
tent, and' honest Jonathan, xsurfoundedwnh
h;s scolding, squHlhng, grunting lowing and
neighing' dtfpenariTs7 "float's Toihe iGtjfto-''
poaetnvnhoutl
hia jBtriyal there, may go 011 shore yvithjrid
houicholdr cointneuce business.wuh as iitile
ceremony as a grave personage, who on his
-ilia triage with, a nch"widow, and he hid
ntiitiiiig to do bui wlk in and hau I'm
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