. Wit bought, or, A New York boy's adventures when the empire state was young . of a few weeks. But I was not restored to my full flow ofspirits—nor, indeed, from that day, have Iever felt again the joyous gush of the emo-tions of boyhood. My accident, attended bythe wholesale shame it produced, had in nosmall degree abated my self-appreciation. Iwas humbled,, if not before the world, atleast in my own esteem. My sick-bed re-flections, too, had served to sober my mind,and give me a sense of responsibility I hadnever felt before. I had, in short, passed INFLUENCE OF REFLECTION. 87 from the gay
. Wit bought, or, A New York boy's adventures when the empire state was young . of a few weeks. But I was not restored to my full flow ofspirits—nor, indeed, from that day, have Iever felt again the joyous gush of the emo-tions of boyhood. My accident, attended bythe wholesale shame it produced, had in nosmall degree abated my self-appreciation. Iwas humbled,, if not before the world, atleast in my own esteem. My sick-bed re-flections, too, had served to sober my mind,and give me a sense of responsibility I hadnever felt before. I had, in short, passed INFLUENCE OF REFLECTION. 87 from the gay thoughtlessness of a boy tosomewhat of the sobriety of manhood. I did not, myself, remark the change inmy manners or my character; but othersdid. My uncle, particularly, noticed it andbecame uneasy, or rather vexed about it:he was a jolly old man, and wished every-body else to be jolly too. Nor could hereadily comprehend why such a changeshould have come over me: he did not easilyappreciate sickness, or its effects; nor did heestimate the sobering influences of WIT BOUGHT. CHAPTER VIII. EMIGRATION TO UTICA AN EXPEDITION. WHEN I was about eighteen years of age,I left Salem for the first time since myarrival in the village. At that period a num-ber of people were removing from the placewhere I lived, to seek a settlement at place is now a large city; but at thetime I speak of, about five and thirty yearsago, it was a small settlement, and sur-rounded with forests. The soil in that quar-ter was, however, reputed to be very fertile,and this circumstance induced many to re-move thither from the neighbouring towns. Among ethers who had made up theirminds to follow the custom of that day, wasa family by the name of Stebbins, consistingof seven persons. In order to convey these,with their furniture, it was necessary to have MAT OLMSTED. 89 two waggons, one of which was to be drivenby Mat Olmsted, and, at my earnest soli-citation, my uncle consented that I shou
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