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NO. 23.

CHARLO'I‘TETOWN, rumor: EDWARD ISLAND, NOVEMBER 22. l843.

moon’s PIIASES. N 0 V E M B E 3.

7th day, lh. 7m morning ( Lw Quarter, ch dry, I0lt. |9tn even. g New Moon. 2lst day, Ih 19m afternoon 3 Fiat Quarter. 28m day. 2h 64m afternoon MAI LS.

The mails for Halifax, l’iclort,5‘c. .arc mdeup every Tuesday Idle-r [Ire drum! 0 the 8!. G Ot‘gt' from Mtramtchz, and wen/Saturday u! 7 o’clock, .II. .‘II'.

The mail for Bcdrqitc. Co a Traverse, and Tryonllliccr, every J onday at 10 ‘ " . ..\ . ocgiii‘l;'iideqrt.e, Prince Tort-2t, .‘v'cw Lon- IIO'L SI. Elmnor’r, . Cascurnprqitc, tyc. curry 'l'ltursi'ajl uni-nun: at IQ o’clock: For the Haunts/31,52. Pcfer's, howls, Ft. .Ilargarch,.3'c. eve/y H cdncsday at 10 o‘clock. ' '

Gem-gr» Tomi, trey-y I! ml'nesday anu Silitrdi‘i morning at :3 o’clm-k.

Fanllttmty Harbour, 1tcl,“izsl,3,'c. every Unlurduymwning at S a‘rl ick. .

Fdl'lllfrddtlc'if, err/":1 Fridcy morning ’ock.

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0 full Moon,

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THE SON’S WIF E.‘

3'! ELLEN ASHTON.

‘I know '..o sliant like lier,’ said Aunt Sarah. decisively, putting her knitting Ilt.t“lic in its sheath; ‘ her mother was queer before her, and every I) dy knows tlte Stapleton’s are an odd set. A mechanic’s daugh- ter. too !’

‘ llut what have you against them ?’ asked the brother of the intended bridegroom, standing up against the whole ilt‘tat ; ‘ is she ill-bred, or no housekeeper, or a dance, or extrava- gautJrr a woman of illucgulatcd tem- per E’

‘Wcll. I dont know I’ve heard she

tnrttmers,‘ said Aunt Sarah.

‘And I don’t believe she’s a house- keeper ; who evnr knew one ot'yuur prodigies that was ?’ said another.

"then she is a prodigy,’ said the brother; but the storm went on, re- gardless ol'his remark.

‘She hasn’t common sense, in spite of her romance,’ said one.

.‘ She’ll spend twice 'l‘om‘s income,’ sanl‘another, raising her voice.

“she‘s no doubt a scold, for “hat that body isn‘t?’ said another, in a voice more shrill.

I 'And as proud as Lucifer,’ chimed in a sixth, in a yet higher key.

‘ And Tom will get enough of love toil Mary Staplctou before 6 months. ilslie's the coquette I’ve heard,’ said me ast, with a shrill intonation, that ‘ of the battle.— mom: brother smiled, and to avoid

etempest he could not allay darted out of the room. ’

'1 I: o 0 q a -1 o. .‘7’ G 1:. S

N ‘I‘rorn tho World of Fashion.

has nothing to boast of in the way of

Mary Stnplcton lived in a country village, but mingled little in its gos- sipping society, for there were fewl there with whom she could sympa-_ thize. \thn We say that she was good looking, it‘ not. beautiful; of sin- gularly amiable disposition and gentle manners; \‘.t‘II informed, graceful, accomplished, and of talents above, mediocrity, we have told why she was loved by young Irvine, or as his- family familiarly called him, ‘ Our 'I‘otn,’— the most desirable match in the village. lis father, who was now dead, had been ajudge. and pos- scssing much property, had been looked up to by the neighborhood as the great man ol'tbe country. Most of the females of the family gave themselves airs in consequence, for, f by a singular fatality, all the daugh- ters ofJudge Irvine partook rather:

of manner into the courtesies with which they received Tom‘s wife,— 'I'lie widow’s word was law, and ac- cordineg the whole family went in due form to the wedding. It was very generally understand, however. that no one was to like the son’s wife if any decent reason to the contrary could be found in her looks, educa'ion or department.

A round of parties ensued, for the Irvincs determined to outdo the Staplctons, and they resolved,therc- fut-c, to give it nightly succession of what they called ‘ crtishcrs,’ before thcotiicr side wtinld have a chance to put in their claims. The wedding had been on Thursday. and on Mon- day the Irvines began. Whenever the Stapletons could be decently omitted, they were not invited, but at Mrs. Irvine’s it was itttpossilrle not. to

breeding and accomplishments in the son’s wife; but each trial met with a signal disappointment; and, at the end of the marriage fes'ivities, even the heads of the plot were forced to confess that the bride was a most ac- complished lady, and that even her family were wonderfully well inform- ed for the descendants of mechanics.

But prejudice is always stubborn. The little clique which determined to put: down the son’s wife still insist- ed that she was extravagautmt'd that, lmwever, talented she might be, she needed that practical Sense which is Iiniost valuable for the ordinary duties of life Her demeanor in her new icapacity of housewife was keenly lscrutinized, and the transactions at ’tlie son’s house became daily the sub- ,jrct of goSsip at the elder Mrs. Ir. vine’s. But even envy anl prcjudice

ot'the mother’s vain and shallow cha-l have the bride’s parents and sisters. combined could ﬁnd Nothing to blame:

ractcr than of the truly estimable. disposition of the father—his strongl

So, at Mrs. Irvine’s a regular attack

was to be made mt the Staplctons, iii

and betiire many weeks the conspira- tors began to grow heartily ashamed

common sonse and liberal views haw, order to expose their ignore: cc and of themselves.

ing demanded to his sons. as ifthese‘ traits, to use his own expt'cssion,-—‘ “had been entailed on heirs male.’- 1

ill-breeding. ‘ A smug for the bride I’ said one in the secret, as 500“ as the piano

The Stapletons wore a family of me-iwas opened. I -

i'lL’lDICS time out ofminzl, and there»

fore beneath the notice ofthe Irvines, , among the Irvines that the bride.

I‘ll-w it was generally undorst-mil

so that when young Irvine began vi.3 could not play, and the best pm‘fm'ttt-.

‘ Well,’ at length said Aunt Sarah to the older Mrs. Irvine, ‘ I do say that l never saw a heater house than inIery's is, and .rom what; 'i‘om says they make a little go a great ways. I’m beginning to think there’s some- thing in them Stapleton’s after all.~-

siting the daughter, a lntbub ensued, the like of which had not been known since Irvinvillo was built. The young man had an obstinate habit ofhaving

er ot‘thcir party was, on the britieglliil SW0 00in here has imi"med declining, to astound the Staplctoﬁs, ; wonderfully ttt her music since your But the bride ignorantly threw cmt- daughter-m-luw Oilcl‘ed ‘0 give her stcrnation among her enemch by qui- It's-“H193

his own way, and the sly iuucndocs '

of his sisters and aunts, and even one or two attacks of his lady mother, failed to have any effect on bitn. He still visited Mary Stapleton, and at length anonuncvtl his approaching marriage with her.

The conclavc of aunts and sisters and other relatives, wlm aLways con- stitute a sort ot'committee of advice on , said another. such occasions. was thunderstruckq ‘ But we will ask her to play on Marry Mary Staplctozt—the thing: the harp I.)-nl:)}‘r()W cvcning,’ said a was preposterous ! To visit her was ‘ third, ‘ What a pity Mrs. Irvine hasn’t had enough ; but to make her his the instrument, or we might see the wife--why, the blood of the Irvine: Stapleton’s tliscnmtitted to-night.’

Would cry out against it, and it was 'l’o-morrow came, and with it a

etly sitting down at the instrument, ’and performing in a style which set, all competition at deﬁance. '

‘ I-Iow beautiful !’ was the involun-, tary exclamation extorted oven II'OIII' those who envied her most.

‘ I had tto idon she understood mu- sic, and so tltcrottghly,’ said one.

‘ When Could she have learned it?’

questionable whether their kttigbtlyl party at a sister of the late Judge I’IﬂCtI‘sItﬂ'i could thereafter sleep qui- Irvine‘s. It was known that Mrs ally in their coilins. A grand sanheﬁ Seymour had the only harp in the driut was summoned, to which the? village, consequently it was impossi- olfettder’s brother was invited, and blc the bride knew how to play on the result we have seen. No onelthe instrument. We shall not at- thought of rcmonstra‘ing with thcl tempt to paint the astonishment ofthc young man, for all knew the dctcr- conspirators when she Walked com- minntion which formed the most strik-i post-,dlv to the harp and played a very ing part of his character. and they diliicult piece, accompanying it with more, therefore. thin to Content them-1 her voice An involuntary burst of selves with ﬁnding fault with the in- delight tcstilicd the opinions ot'the tended bride; and since not one company, the male portion ol'which, knew anything against her, this was not being in the sccret of the plot, H0 verv difﬁcult task. i did not fail to express approbation. They were married. Nott',a-t Mm: ‘ \Vherc did your sister learn the Irvine prided herself on her polite- harp ?’—askcd one of tho Irvincs. ness, she announced that all the out- ‘ She spent two years in Philadel- ward forms of civility must be bo- pltia,’-—was the quiet answer. stowed on the bride, though none Every evening in the week s'me were required to pay any further at- now altempt'was made to unmask.i tcntions, or to throw any real warmth I as the conspiracy said, the want oll

Mrs. Irvine was silent: for some time, but at length looked up from her work.

‘ I don’t ﬁnd any fault with her, and I can't say I evcrdid. I had my sit-‘hicious that Tom had been tikcxt in, bttt I've fitmtl that he knew bet- ter than we what kind of a wife Ma- ry would make. You know I told you all from the first, that she was to he treated with due politeness an my dangbter-in-law.

Notwithstanding this full admission it ltad been long before the nmthcr- iii-law could be brought to acknow- ledge her new daughter’s merits; but her prejudices had at length given way beture the sweetness and many virtues of her son’s wife. After this acknowledgment it was wonderful how quickly the rest ofthc lantin saw the worth ofthe young wife; and imicctl, in the short Space nfa year from this time, she became the oracle, in all matters of taste especially, to the you-lg Irvines.

The son ncvcr alluded to the sub- ject in their presenCe but once, when he said,

‘ And so, Aunt Sarah, you thought I was throwing myself away whcn I married : do you think so now ?’

Aunt Sarah and the rest ofthe. coun- cil looked down and were silent.

SAFE SE.-\L.—-r\ li-tter closed with the white ofancgg, cannot be opened by tau steam of boiling water like the common wafers.