school; and rite opposite tew her is Jedediah Peabody, a spruce, smart-lookin' young fellar, son of old Deacon Peabody, who has ben seein' Nabby hum from the singin' class. Just about there, frontin' the fire, is seated the deacon's eleventh child, and as he is the last, of course he is a pet. He kin jest talk plain, and seein' Jed come in with Abby, his eyes are about as wide open, as it could be expected any young critter's would stretch at his tender years. He sees Jed wink at Abby, (Oh!) and now he watches Abby, and sees her look pleased, and shake her head at Jed. (Good gracious!) And so he eyes one, and then t'other, his astonishment growin' on him every minnit, until his Ma says: MRS. B.-Deacon Bigelow, is the cattle critters fed? DEACON.-(Sleepy)-Well, I reckon Isaiah has gin 'em suthin', and afore this litter'd 'em down. MRS. B.-Is the kindlin' wood brought in tew? MRS. B.-Then come along, git up and let us go tew bed. You, Abby, mind you kiver the fire up, and fasten the door afore you come tew bed; and you, Jed, its time you were tew hum. Gideon, git up, my child, and dew let us all git tew bed. Off they go, and out in the hall little Gid commences tew blow on Abby. GIDEON.-Ma, you ourt tew take your birch tew Jed Peabody. MA.-Why, my derr boy, what did Jed dew? GIDEON.-He kept all the time makin' mouths at Abby. DEACON.-Toddle along, Gid, and shet up. GIDEON.-Shet up! I guess I seed him dew wus than that; he bit her the other night right on her lips, I seed him, so I did. We will now return to the hearth-stun. Jed has ben hitchin' his cheer 'round tew Abby, and by hieroglyphical devices we larn that he gits his cheer chuck up agin her's, and by the progressive rule by which we decypher the first part, we conclude that Jed has ben at it agin, the darned critter has ben kissin' her; as young Gid calls it, bitin' her on the lips agin. From the blue-book papyrus, presarved as a relic of the reg'lar old mummeys who first gathered round Plymouth rock, we larn that kissin' was so prevalent in the airly days of New England, that the young folks were at it, not only on every day in the week, but Sunday tew; and, therefore, it was found necessary tew put a stop to it on the seventh, by law. I reckon that, like in modern times, the young folks among the ancients sot Sunday aside as a day upon which to dew up purty considerable of that interestin' kind of labor. The heart of every true New Englander reveres this hearth-stun, for around it, no matter whether it be of brick or marble, gathers the loved associations of hum. It is endeared to him by the memory of a venerated father, the fond care of a gentle mother, the sweet love of a bright-eyed sister, or the manly friendship and affection of a brother. In infancy he has crowed with glee at the bright blaze which flashed from its surface -in youth he has listened in wonder, beside it, to the related history of his Puritan ancestors-in manhood he has whispered a tale of love in the ear of beauty, by the border of this old hearth-stun, and sealed on the fair lips of virtue, the pledge of unending attachment; and in old age, on Thanksgiving Day, he has gathered around it his children and his children's children, and like a patriarch of old, thanked his Creator that he lived to hear again the sweet music of his kindreds' voices. The hieroglyphic seal of this old stun is inscribed on the heart's tablet of every genuine Yankee. THE END. FOR SALE BY GARRETT & Co. Booksellers & Publishers, No. 18 ANN-STREET, NEW-YORK. J. P. SMITH'S CELEBRATED WORKS. HARRY ASHTON; OR, THE WILL AND THE WAY. Beautifully illustrated. 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