Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1844-06-06

The visit OF their friend, Miss Polly, was for
gotten in day ortwo, but things before long be-
gan to wear rather strange aspect Time after
time Mrs Pelow obserservod, that her visitors
who began to be much more numerous than be-
fore. pot on long faces and in a condong strain,
ectured on the trials ofthe marriage state the ne.
cesshv Of forbearnnce and the exercise Of Chris.
tan patience mingled with snndry hints about the
sovereign rights of the SEX and the best method of
managing unruIy husbands, with now and then
kind Of half expressed pity for her She could
not for her H.. understand what all this meant
and attributed it 10 every cause but the right one
Nor was Mr. Pellow to escape this new and 10
him unaccountable change of the current Of the
feeling among his neighbors, toward them. The
first symptom he saw GOODNESS and shvness on
the part of his wifes relativcs-some Of them even
refused to speak to him The female part of his
acquaintance scoIded at him; and what was worse
he thought his customers began to neglect him.
Day bydav it grew worse at last his creditors
began TO neglect him. Day by day it grew worse
at last his creditors began TO push he was alarm.
ed he had never before been asked for money
bis credit had been perfect he wondered and wal
ted for the issue; 1t came in half dozen pros
eculions judgments and executions
| 1t was now time 10 rouse up AS these things
were in progress, he appeared to be in utter sur
prise and to view them with perfect incredibly,
| being scarcely willig to believe the evidence o
his senses. Now he demanded the cause of thi:
strange treatment, and with some difficulty asccr
tanned, that it arose from the unhappy separation
about TO take place between him and his wife anC
the cruel manner in which he had used her. III
demanded the author of the story and vas refer
red ian old gentleman, who had told his informor
The old man gave his wife--his wife her neigh
boris wife and so the tale was traced down thro
about five and twenty mouths, growing rather les
a, each, until ii came to Miss Polly Cav she
had affirmed that she heard Mr.. Pellew and h
wife engaged in a violent QUARREL and even hearC
a distinct affirmation on her part that she would
leave him.
I Mr. Pellow now hit upon an expedient to bring
matters to a close at once. He invited all such o
his and his wfe's relatives his neighbors his cred
itors etc, as were within his reach, 10 meet at hi
house on business Of the utmost importance A
bout twenty assembled among them Miss Gaw,an
a halfa dozen of the principal mouth pieces il
the village He then stated to them his bushes
-rccouned the stories he had hcard-traccd then
all down 10 their origin, and demanded of Mis-
; Polly her reasons for the report she had raised
Cornered SO UNEXPECTEDLY and suddenly, she car
didly confessed that the only foundation for whi
she had said was, that the afternoon she ha
paid the visit first mentioned she had heard as sh
entered, Mrs Pelew say, We'll sir, | can tax
care Of myself And she wished to know If IT
liza Pelew would deny this. julia replied sh
would not---shc had barbccued pair Of fine f
d quas for her husbands supper and had bee
. helping him TO choice b-hc had pressed he
: to keep it herself saying she was too kind an
she did on the occasion utter the offensive word
'Well sir ! can lake care of myself
A burst Of astonishmen, succeeded Miss Ga
$ ran out of the room like woman who has 10
her senses. The worthy couple received the co..
gratulations of all the honest folks present; ar
though the knaves pretended to be mighty glc
the truth came out, it was with grace that b
half concealed their sorrow. Thereafter not
syllable was ever lsped about the much talked
separation.
But thus it is gentle reader, that one half of Il
tea table stories originate; who would think the
;, are, still so many ready to believe them and trul
- pet them about, as there were in Polly Cav
: time.