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    America I Have Been With Deep The Ly Lov...

    . impress _;;^ Taug of ht her -. at Jh mind . ome . while The young remembrance by our of mo sittin ther , g . we on received niy father the ' s .

    shadows li knee ght a of t twili of a wood the ght cheerful , fire learnin in room g a the Franklin , conies _multiiDlica to stove me tion flashing now table like , b softl y an the y interior on brig the ht

    illumination . Thus early were formed those domestic loves—those earthl that sacred Heavenl a ones ttractions y In Paren , minds which t who thus in time guide prepared lead d , blessed the reli child ious , and to obedience encoura desire to ged has know the _its

    root . y The influence . of our childhood ' s home , g felt through life , and gives 6 'I a think quali again ty to our of our concej little > tion garden of a heavenl fragrant y home with . the early rose

    , and fleur-de-lis . There , on spring mornings , our mother was seen , as many may remember , training and weeding her choice plants and

    flowers . The early lettuce and peppergrass on our table spoke of her thrift . How often , wliile training and weeding in that garden , she must have been reminded of her maternal duties —• of the

    young ' children like olive plants round about her table ! , ' To such a mind as herseverflower and plant must have borne spiritual

    . leaves and blossom , s y and each one conveyed a lesson . She yielded to those _natural teachings , in her own quietsensible way .

    /' Time came when we must go to school , . My first school days were calculated to impart cheerfulness to my mind . Whoever can

    look " back to childhood , and recall , with gratitude , a good and kind _, teacher , remembers—no matter what that teacher ' s name—Mrs .

    Carter of Friend Street . I am sure all who were her pupils , reading this work , "will agree with ine in her unfailing * suavity , kindness , and tenderness to children .

    " Mrs . Carter ' s was a private school : —we never attended the ublic schools they were not then the carefully modelled institutions

    p ; _, I they have now are first , and school did no bill t bear to Mrs their . Carter present dated relation 1810 to . the Our public bills .

    were always ray carefully preserved by our mot , , that we might realise in maturer years the expense of our education .

    : " Our Christmas family gatherings were doubly joyous . Christmas was the birthday of my only sister ; I remember that my childish

    fancy her birth thoug ! ht What the nierry an exciting peals affair precedi to ng me it , had was had my firs much t sc to hoo do l prize with

    for spelling ! And also , my medal for proficiency in history ! Then _, came mfirst essay at letter writing for others . My father's aun _^

    whose onl y y son had died at the South , wished me to write to his , friends for her . I see myself nowsitting down with my

    slatemy mother ' s charge with regard to , carefulness in spelling resting , upon me . The draught was preparedj I took it to my aunt ; it was

    approved . I copied it on paper . My heart quivered—my life grew great in importance ; I had written to a business man , and the

    letter was to the point ! For years afterwards I was my aunt's letter writer ; the employment assumed much consequence ; it was of great

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Feb. 1, 1860, page 377, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01021860/page/17/