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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YO RKER! AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
THE OLD MAN’S PRESENT. 
’Tw*s a beautiful gift from a white haired man, 
To his white-haired brother sending, 
A staff for the weary to lean upon, 
As his steps to the grave were tending. 
And he felt that nature requires support, 
J re she steeps on the lap of her mother; 
lie knew that a branch from Ins childhOO I’s home 
Would sustain him. as would no other ; 
Hearing his spirit through da vs Jang syne 
To scenes of freshness and beauty, 
When the friends of his youth around him smiled, 
And life seemed a pleasant duty. 
And friends still live; else why this gift 
From a dear and distant brother ? 
'Tis a simple thing, yet it speaks to the heart, 
As the voice of a gentle mother. 
Oh! love in life’s morn is beautiful; 
More beautiful far at even ; 
May it hear ye both as a faithful staff 
To the pearly \es of Heaven! 
| North American Miscellany. 
Cfu Utiral ikrfrlj ®aok. 
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LIZZY GOODWIN: 
OR. A YANKEE GIRL’S ACHIEVMENTS. 
BY A FARMER’S WIFE. 
Mr. Goodwin the father of Elizabeth was 
one of the early settlers in one of the upper 
counties on the Kennebec river, in the State 
of Maine, lie was Subjected to and over¬ 
came difficulties, in nature and extent near 
akin to to those of other pioneers in many 
of our populous States. For a few years 
he struggled hard with poverty and sickness, 
but at length things began to wear a more 
cheering aspect. l ie paid oft the debt he 
had incurred for his land, and soon his 
M log dwelling began to show some signs of 
|| comfort. 
>1 Elizabeth was about twelve years of .age, 
Sg| the eldest of four girls and three boys, ro- 
<I| bust and healthy, as is generally the case 
with children in a forest home. Young as 
she was, Elizabeth had been initiated by her 
mother into the arts and mysteries of house¬ 
keeping in general, but in those of milking, 
spinning, mending and knitting in particu¬ 
lar. Her mother had in early life received 
a tolerable education, so that with what in¬ 
struction she could impart, and the eight 
weeks’ “District school” in winter, (to spare 
her in summer, was out of the question,) 
aided above all by a desire to learn, she was 
as far advanced in the rudiments of learn¬ 
ing, as are many children of the same age 
in our large cities. Her cheerful counte¬ 
nance, her active step and beaming eye, was 
a bright and shining light in that cottage in 
tho wilderness. And when the season of 
sugar-making arrived, she would make the 
forest ring with the melody of her untaught 
music, as she skipped from tree to tree, to 
gather up the yielded sweet of tho towering 
maple. At that season Elizabeth and tho 
sister next in ago, were released from cares 
within doors, to assist their father in laying 
up a storo of this useful luxury, made 
doubly sweet by tho consciousness that it 
was the product of thoir own voluntary 
labor. 
In sequestered places like that, the school 
master and mistress are thought to occupy 
tho topmost round on the ladder of learn¬ 
ing, and it in time became the height of 
Elizabeth’s ambition to gain a footing among 
them. Considering the low wages of these 
functionaries in such situations, she could 
not bo suspected of avarico in her aspira¬ 
tions. This result could not bo accomplish¬ 
ed without a quarters residence at tho vil¬ 
lage boarding school, twelve miles distant. 
How wore tho moans to do this to bo pro¬ 
cured ? We will leave Elizabeth to her cog¬ 
itations on this subject, while wo introduce 
to their neighborhood tho Fulton family, 
who had saved from a mercantile wreck in 
Boston, a little more than enough to pur¬ 
chase a farm adjoining that of Mr. Goodwin. 
This family consisted of Mr. and Mrs. F., 
four sons and two daughters, tho cldost son 
sixteen yoars of ago, the daughters youngest 
of all. Having four activo boys, was in Mr. 
F.’s mind a good reason for investing the 
remnant of his fortune in a bank that will 
never fail, so long as seed time and harvest 
shall return in their seasons. 
After the Fulton family had taken pos¬ 
session of their new abode, tho next thing 
to bo provided was an assistant for Mrs. F. 
This was found to be no trifling affair, 
for those who wore in tho habit of go¬ 
ing out to work, were afraid to live with 
a lady, as they called Mrs. F., merely bo- 
cause sho had lived in a city; not that sho 
difforod from bther good, kind women of 
their acquaintances, except perhaps in in¬ 
telligence and refinement of manners. In 
this dilemma, they applied to tho Goodwins, 
who wero always their kind advisers in mat¬ 
ters pertaining to their now modo of life.— 
Now, thought Lizzy, is my timo to oarn tho 
means of going to school. After talking 
tho matter over with her parents, it was 
agreed that sho should go to Mr. Fulton’s 
and remain six months, and if in ‘that time 
she coidd not make up tho requisite sum, 
her father would try to afford her some as¬ 
sistance. Accordingly away she went to 
inform Mrs. F. that she had found a girl who 
wonld enter her service. “True,” said she, 
“the girl is rather young, being only fifteen, 
but she will do her best.” You may imagine 
Mrs. F.’s gratification on finding that Lizzy 
herself was the proffered assistant, for she 
had already discovered that Lizzy was a 
very capable, active girl. 
Preliminaries were soon arranged and 
Lizzy commenced her labors in a new field 
—her work was not much changed, if is true, 
but how different she found every thing 
else. Besides a well stored library, were 
many little refinements of which she had 
before known nothing. From being early 
accustomed to work, Mrs. F. found that 
Lizzy had acquired such a systematic meth¬ 
od of performing whatever she had to do, 
that she could well afford her time to read, 
and study, for both of which she betrayed 
a great fondness. Ardent as was her desire 
to learn, yet so scrupulous was she not to 
employ the time that was not her own, that 
however strong the temptation, she would 
not leave her duties till they were over for 
the day, which was generally at an early 
hour in the evening. Sho would then listen 
to tho sensible conversation of the family, 
road herself, or listen to tho recitations of 
the younger portions of the circle. 
It was not till six months had nearly ex¬ 
pired, that she mentioned to Mrs. Fulton, 
her darling project. This, to be sure, thought 
Mrs. F., offers some advantages, but cannot 
some feasible plan be devised, whereby the 
same end may be obtained, without the sac¬ 
rifices involved in going from home for any 
considerable length of time. I cannot say, 
but a very little selfishnoss mingled with 
these thoughts; be that as it may, the re¬ 
sult was a proposal to remain in the family 
and commence a regular course of studies 
with tho class of elder children, under the 
tuition of Mr. F., who was fully competent 
to direct their studies. From continually 
associating with such a family, Lizzy’s man¬ 
ners became more easy and graceful, than 
those of her companions, and when the el¬ 
dest son of “Esq. Fulton” was seen waiting 
on her to singing school, the sleigh-ride, or 
tho quilting-party, none of the girls thought 
of being envious, or onco thought that so 
pretty a girl as Lizzy Goodwin, had not an 
undoubted right to monopolize the atten¬ 
tions of the smartest young man in all the 
“ clearing.” I low the parties discovered the 
fact that they were bona fule in love, I never 
precisely learned; hut as they were students 
in tho same class, most likely it was discov¬ 
ered in conjugating tho verb “to lovo,”—for 
when tho tutor called for the plural of the 
indicative mood, present tense, (“ we love,”) 
they were both mute, and on looking up, 
ho found their faces crimson; with a repri¬ 
mand for their stupidity, he wisely left them 
to study tho lesson by themselves. From 
the time tho discovery was made, new anxie¬ 
ties began to perplex the mind of Elizabeth, 
and delicacy about remaining under the 
same roof with George, now they were en¬ 
gaged, was not among the least. 
After tho project of going to school was 
abandoned, Lizzy had given all her earnings 
to her father for the benefit of tho younger 
members of the family—and now, when she 
had tho prospect of wanting to furnish a 
house of her own, she knew not what course 
to adopt. True she had qualified herself 
for teaching, but the compensation was so 
small! now, dollars and cents must enter into 
her calculations, for even to persons in love, 
the “ filthy lucre ” is necessary to insure com¬ 
fort ;romanco to the contrary notwithstand¬ 
ing. Tho active mind of Lizzy was not 
long in deliberating. Her parents could fur¬ 
nish her with wool and flax sho therefore 
went home and commenced what to a mod¬ 
ern belle would indeed be a Herculean task, 
that of making up tho requisite stock of bed 
clothes and linen from the raw material.— 
With tho help of her mother and sisters, 
at the end of a year she could show a huge 
chest filled with tho fruits of their toil. 
However much the use of the old fashion¬ 
ed loom and spinning wheel might have 
contributed to health, I am not one to re¬ 
gret that the march of improvement has so 
nearly banished them. While machinery is 
made to do tho work choapor, tho value of 
labor is greatly enhanced, and much more 
time is left for tho cultivation of the mind. 
All this accomplished, still Lizzy could 
not make cabinet ware, or household uten¬ 
sils, and a few of these things were even 
necessary to the primitive simplicity of 
“away down easters.” George was twenty 
years of ago, and could not think of waiting 
more than ono year longer for tho consum¬ 
mation of his hopes. However, Lizzy do- 
termined that he must wait until sho could 
supply what her pride insistod that sho must 
do, despite the kind romonstrances of her 
friends. 
At this time the Lowell Factories had 
just come into tho full tido of successful 
operation; thither she wished to go as the 
surest way to the accomplishment of her 
wishes. Her friends at last yielded their 
consent.—they had too much sense to op¬ 
pose it from fear that she might suffer any 
degradation from any kind of honest em¬ 
ployment—no, they adhered to tho spirit 
of the injunction, “ a,ct well your part, 
there, all the honor lies.’ 
You need not suppose that Lizzy suffered 
nothing in carrying h<*r resolve into effect— 
her sensitive heart shrank within her, in 
view of leaving friends, and going among 
strangers, but a firm purpose and prudent 
reasoning supported her. She knew it 
would take George two years at least, to 
prepare his farm, and erect a house, and 
then they would bo quite young enough to 
begin the world. Her preparations were 
accordingly made, and this was no small af¬ 
fair in those days. A very few years ago a 
journey of three hundred miles, was as 
much of an ora in the life of ono of those 
denizens of the forest, as the “tour of Eu¬ 
rope’’now is. 
With a letter from Mr. Fulton to ono of 
the agents with whom he was formerly ac¬ 
quainted, Lizzy set out; George accompa¬ 
nying her to the nearest town, where she 
took the stage, and proceeded on her jour¬ 
ney, with no other protector than Heaven, 
and her own innocence—she needed no oth¬ 
er—thanks to our national character, an in¬ 
telligent female can travel from ono end of 
tho Union to the other without fear of mo¬ 
lestation. 
Arrived at Lowell, she bad no difficulty 
in finding the gentleman to whom her let¬ 
ter was directed, who gavo her immediate 
employment and treated her with much 
kindness. At first, her health suffered, un¬ 
der the sudden change from a country life 
to the noisy din of a factory and boarding 
house; but buoyancy of spirit and habit, 
soon restored it. When her day’s work was 
over, then came the luxury of writing to 
George, or reading his last letter, or one 
from some other individual of the dear cir¬ 
cle at home. Verily, thought Elizabeth, this 
is almost like seeing them—I had no idea 
the time could pass so swiftly and pleasant¬ 
ly, away from those I so dearly lovo ! On 
a Sunday evening, when she rambled be¬ 
yond the bounds of tho city with some 
chosen companion of her toil, how would 
her heart glow with enthusiasm, as the 
beauteous landscape lay stretched out be¬ 
fore them, and the golden sunbeams bur¬ 
nished the tops of the distant hills, as lie 
sunk beneath the horizon—those were tho 
moments when her heart longed for tho 
companionship of her dearest friend. 
Time never lags; and tho two years she 
had assigned to factory labor, were draw¬ 
ing to a closo. Her superior activity and 
intelligence, had secured the most lucrative 
situation in tile mills, and she found herself 
in possession of a sum of money that made 
her feel-quite independent. 
In the mean timo, George had not been 
idle—he had erected a neat pretty cottage, 
after a plan Lizzy had sent him, on what is 
called an “intervale” farm, on tho upper 
waters of tho Kennebec river. Now did 
Elizabeth count tho days to tho time she 
might expect George to convey her home. 
The time at length arrived, and as I never 
heard that any scene was enacted, I shall 
leavo it for you to imagine the pleasure of the 
meeting. On their way homo they spent a 
few days in Boston, visiting scenes with which 
George was once familiar, likewise in making 
a few purchases with a part of the two hun¬ 
dred dollai’s that Lizzy had saved. Groat was 
the joy of all friends when tho. loved one 
was again among thorn. A few weeks suf¬ 
ficed to make tho necessary preparations 
for a quiot wedding which was in due course 
celebrated. 
I cannot close this simple talo without 
reverting to ono of tho most pleasant inci¬ 
dents of my life, namely, a visit to my friends 
George and Lizzy a few years aftor their 
marriage. 
Tho farm as I said, was high up on tho 
Kennebec; a river by the way, affording 
scenory which I have never seen surpassed 
in natural beauty—not excepting the beau¬ 
tiful rivers of our own noble State. On ap¬ 
proaching tho farm from tho south, on tho 
opposite side of the rivor, such was tho na¬ 
ture of the ground that we caught occasion¬ 
al glimpses of tho white cottago, five or six 
milos before wo reached it. West and north 
beetled tho craggy tops of tho highest 
mountains in Maine, thoir sidos covered 
with gigantic forest trees, while at the bases 
lio stretched in quiet lovolinoss, miles of 
“intervale,” covered with a luxuriant carpet 
of verdure, checkered by fields of golden 
grain riponing in tlio Autumnal sun. 
This was before ovon their wise men, could 
believe that tho iron horso could over bo 
made to whizz and snort along thoir vallies, 
thro’ thoir hills and over thoir streams. Wo 
thoroforo had to plod along with tho old 
fashioned chaise, and one horse, which we 
were obliged to leave and cross tho river in 
a birch canoe, for there was no bridge for 
many miles. We sounded a born which 
was kept there for tho purpose, and very 
soon George himself mado his appearance, 
and gave us a kind and cordial greeting.— 
When I committed myself to the fragile 
bark, and was told to sit perfectly upright 
lest it should take itself from under mo, I 
was strongly reminded of the “three wise 
men of Gotham that went to see in a bowl.” 
By the time we had crossed, Lizzy was there 
to welcome us, as George had done, to their 
little paradise. 
While wo were there, a party of friends 
arrived from Boston, which added much to 
our festivities. Some of tho gentlemen 
wishing for a taste of the fine sport in that 
region, proposed that we should have an 
entertainment, as sumptuous as we liked to 
make it without going beyond the farm, the 
forest and tho river for our supplies, with 
the exception of condiments and spices.— 
Our table was loaded with game, that might 
tempt an epicure, and finer salmon and 
bass were never cooked, than t ho waters of 
the Kennebec yielded on that occasion, be¬ 
sides various meats produced on the farm. 
Then came custards, tarts, pies, sweetmeats, 
cakes, nuts, apples, pears, wines, &c., &c.— 
Our cits were truly astonished to sec the 
comforts and luxuries that can bo brought 
within the reach of those whom they had 
been accustomed to think wero doomed to 
a life of drudgery, without the comforts and 
refinements of civilization. I am very hap¬ 
py to perceive that there is a growing ten¬ 
dency to right views of a country life, among 
tho inhabitants of large towns and cities. 
All earthly pleasures are transitory, and 
our delightful visit was ended, but not for¬ 
gotten. 
Lizzy has four children, who are growing 
up to honor and extend tho influence of a 
good mother, in a well regulated family. I 
have never heard that she had any occasion 
to blush for any awkwardness consequent 
on her manner of life, as sho occasionally 
mingles with the ladies of othty; Senators 
at the Capital of the State. 
Peace to that lovely vale—a long life and 
happy death to its inhabitants. 
\Villow-I)i 11 Farm, Feb., 185*2. 
A 
^Dutjj’s Mmm. 
“ Attempt Uie end, and never stand to <touht; 
Nothinu’sso !inrd, butscarch will find it out. 
Uumorons mh J&ntnsing. 
JENNY LIND MARRIED. 
The Springfield Republican waxetli face¬ 
tious over tho marriage of Miss Lind : 
“Will the lip of tho husband seal tho 
voice of the virgin songstress ? How was it 
brought about ? Why were we not spoken 
to about the matter ? Where are they going 
to live ? What did sho wear ? YVas she 
reconciled ? A-a-a-a what’s the condition of 
the country ? Well! wo’ll begin again, for 
in the excitement of tho occasion, we have 
fairly run off the track. Nobody thought 
Jenny LindVas going to marry Mr. Gold¬ 
schmidt, yet it was very natural that she 
should bo smit mit Mr. Goldschmidt, and 
that Goldschmidt should bo gold-smit mit 
Jenny Lind. Natural as it was, however, 
who thought that while young Otto, tho 
blest, was drumming tho piano strings, in 
an accompaniment to her voice, she was 
fingering his heart strings, in accompani¬ 
ment to his lifo-song of love ? So Otto 
Goldschmidt has plucked the rose, and, in 
wishing the wedded pair all earthly happi¬ 
ness, as wo most sincerely do, wo bog leave 
to suggest that tho first incarnate fragrance 
yielded by tlio flower, be named, ‘ Otto of 
Roses.’ ” 
What aro tho regular parts of speech ?— 
Tho tongue, palate and lips. 
To what branch of grammar do exciso 
duties on intoxicating liquors belong ? To 
Syntax. 
What is a lovo letter ? An indefinite ar¬ 
ticle. 
A creditor’s lotter ? A definite article. 
A boy informing against his companion ? 
Accusative case. 
The companion whipped ? Vocative case. 
Tho master whipped ? An activo verb 
governing both tho accusative and vocative. 
A bachelor ? A personal pronoun without 
the plural. 
We remember of hearing of an odd lady 
down east, who aftor having kept a hired 
man on livor nearly a month, ono day said 
to him : 
“Mr. —, I don’t know as you liko livor ?” 
“ Oh yes,” said he, “ I liko it very well for 
fifty or sixty meals, but I don’t think I sho’d 
liko it for a steady diet.” 
Tho'parsimonious old lady served up 
something else for tho next collation. 
Since tho terrible slaughter of poultry 
during tho holidays, tlio imitation of Magyar 
feather has appearod in tho caps of multi- 
titudes of the fish-boys of Now York. Not 
one of the tail pieces of the turkeys and barn 
door roosters has boon lost. 
A reward of ono thousand dollars is of¬ 
fered by a philosopher out west, for the 
discovery of one single man who over asked 
for a “ little good advice,” and then follow¬ 
ed it. 
ILLUSTRATED REBUS.-No. fit. 
Don’t live in liopo with your arms folded; 
Fortune smiles on tlioso who roll up their 
sloovos and put their shoulder to tho wheol 
Answer next week. 
Tiie person who sends us tho first correct so¬ 
lution of tho above Rebus, by mail, previous to 
the publication of the answer, will be entitled to 
the Rural New Yorker for one year. - 
For tlie Rural New-Yorker. 
ACROSTICAL ENIGMA. 
I am composed of 13 letters. 
My 1, 7, 8, 1, 3 is a bright substance. 
My *2, 4, 12, 9 is a river in Africa. 
My 3, 11, 10, 1 is a fragrant flower. 
My 4, 3, 11, 2 is a metal. 
Mv 5, 8, 11, 13, 9, 3 should he subdued. 
My 6, 9, 2, 10 every farmer keeps. 
My 7, 11, 13, 13 is taken on some roads. 
Mv 8, 9, 9, 13 belongs to the body. 
My 9, 3, 9 is a word all should know tho defi¬ 
nition of. 
Mv 10, . r >, 8, 11, 11, 13, 10 are useful in every 
country. 
My 11, 3, 1 is found in some lands. 
Mv 12, 3, 4, 10, 8 aro a class of people. 
Mv 13, 1,11 is one of the twelve constellations. 
My whole is what every farmer should do. 
Gates, N. Y., Jan., 1832. d. a. 
Answer next week. 
For the Rural New-Yorker. 
A PUZZ LE. 
Bene athth is stonel I esc athrine Ray 
Whoullh erli fehad Do A Lti Ncla 
Yby So Llin gcla ys heg O ther po 
Lf andn O wshek A stur nedto clayh erso 
Lf yewee pi NG F ricn dsle tmead. 
VI 
Scaba tey O Urg Riefandd ryy O urey 
Esfo Rwh A t.ist heuseo fsho ddi N G T ea 
Rsw Ho kn O W sbu tinar unof Ye 
Ars I nso Me ta L Ipi Tcli cror Broa 
Dpansh emaybe iuhersh opoga in. e. o. s. 
5 >j$" Answer next week. 
ANSWERS TO ENIGMAS, &c., IN No. 111. 
Answer to Illustrated Rebus, No. 7: 
Canal Contracts is the stalking-horse of pol '.t ciar. t 
Answer to Sylvan Enigma.— Noah Webster's 
Unabridged Dictionary. 
Answer to Miscellaneous Enigma— Moore's 
Rural Now Yorker. 
Answer to Puzzle.— First. —They filled tho 5 
quart jug, leaving 3 quarts in the 8 quart jug. 
Second. —They filled the 3 quart jug out of the 
5 quart jug and poured it into tho 8 quart jug, 
leaving 2 quarts in the 5 quart jug and 6 quarts 
in the 8 quart jug. 
Third. — They poured the 2 quarts remaining 
in the 5 quart jug, into tho 3 quart jug and then 
filled the 5 quart jug from the G quarts in tlio 
8 quart jug, leaving 2 quarts in the 3 quart jug, 5 
quarts in the 5 quart jug, and 1 quart in the 8 
quart jug. 
Fourth. —They filled the 3 quart jug from the 
5 quart jug (leaving four quarts in the 5 quart 
jug) and poured it into tlio 8 quart jug, which, 
with the 1 quart remaining in the 8 quart jug, 
made four quarts in the 8 quart jug. 
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