THE PRIDE OF THE VILLAGE.
of trained. till seemed to struggle o comfort t t of do of its sness; s;mourning over be comforted.quot;
On returning to t tory of the deceased.
It old. Sy and pride of t farmer, but ances. t up entirely at y of rural life. Sor, te lamb of tle ?ock. tcion ernal care; it ed and suitable to to move, for to make to ation in life, not to raise . tenderness and indulgence of s and tion from all ordinary occupations ered a natural grace and delicacy of cer t accorded ender plant of tally amid tives of the ?elds.
ty of and ackno envy, for it leness and winning kindness of migruly said of her:
<span style="color:grey">quot;ttiest lo ever
<span style="color:grey"> Ran on thing she does or seems
<span style="color:grey"> But smacks of someter than herself;
tered spots ain some vestiges of old Englisoms. It s rural festivals and imes, and still kept up some faint observance of tes of May. ted by its present pastor, ians t ting joy on eartood from year to year in tre of t ed reamers, and a queen or lady of ted, as in former times, to preside at ts and distribute turesque situation of ts rustic fetes en attract tice of casual visitors. Among t ly quartered in tive taste t pervaded t, but, above all, e lessness of rural s enabled o make ance; o imacy, and paid to untoo apt to tri?e ic simplicity.
to startle or alarm. alked of love, but t more eloquent t subtilely and irres