DE-. FRANKLIN.
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DR.. Benjamin Franklin after the decease of his
father, returned to Boston, in order TO pay his re-
spects to his mother, who reside in that city.
lie had been absent some years, and at that Pc
rod of life when the greatest and most rapid al
teraton is made in the human appearance: At a
time when the querulous voice of. the STRIPPING
assumes the commanding tone of the adult, and
the smiling feature of the youth are succeeded by
the strong lines of manhood. The Doctor was
sensible such was the alteration of his person,
that his mother could not know him, except by
that instinct, which, it is believed can cause a
mothers heart to beat violently in the presence
of beloved child, and point the eye, with que k
and sudden glance to a beloved son.


To discover the existence Of this instinct by
actual experience, the Doctor resolved to intro
duce himself, as a stranger to his mother, and


watch narrowly, for the moment in which she
should discover her son, and then to discover,


with the cool precision ofa philosopher, whetht =


that discovery was the effect of that instinct OF


4ffecton-that intuitive love-the attachment,
| which is conjectured to cement relatives Of the


same blood and which by according the passions
of parents and child, like we'll tuned vio would
at the first touch, cause them to vibrate in uni
son, and at once evince that they were different
chords of the same instrument.


On a chilly day in the month of January, in the
afternoon, the Doctor knocked at his mothers
dosr, and asked to speak with Mrs. FRANKLIN. He