Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-04-08
GREEN MOUNTAIN FREEMAN.

yarn, and began twirling it round to illustrate.
"Dear me there goes the cream all over my
nice white yarn! What awful fools there are in
the world Do you suppose could live sixty
years, and stand on my head half that time with
out knowing it? 1t stands to reason there is no
such thing What in the name of the great John
Rogers would become Ofus all if the world should
happen to turn over Why, all my dishes would
be smashed into inch pieces"
Why, aunt, supposed every one knew it
was fact that the earth turned over. As to
standing on your head and smashing your dishes,
that may be philosoPhicay -"
"Lindy, Lindy Dutton, care nothing about
your Aosophy What do know, know for
sartan. If you had studied your Bible more,
you wouldn't have such notions. Didn't Joshua
command the sun to stand still and could it
stand still if it hadn't been moving! guess
Joshua knew as much as any Of the smart folks
nowadays, that try to make such monkeys of
themselves"
But, aunt -"
"Silence! Don't let me hear any more of
your heathenish notions | wonder how sister
Rachel could let any body put such dreadful no
tons into child's head 1t beats all natur !"
Melinda had too much of aunt Eunices spirit
to hear her grandmother censured without an at
tempt at yindication, But her replies only made
the old lady mole caustic and peremptory, Thus
they did not take kindly to each other; or rather
Melinda did not take very kindly to aunt Eunice
She was not won aunt Eunce's spirit took nc
hold Of her better nature, and therefore she wa:
the less disposed to admire the old ladYs char
acter, or reverence her great ignorance of many
things not belonging to her peculiar science o
, housekeeping,
+ Besides, aunt Eunice was one Of rigid clas
! d" who see nature only in potatoe patch" ant
t love beauty only when it vegetables in field o
5 turnips. In her view anything was useless tina
t could not directly minister to physical needs, o
! fill purse. As 20 spiritual needs, she did no
: admit any such as legitimate that could not b
amply satisfied by reading the Bible, reciting tn
$ catechism, aud going to meeting. Therefore
!. she forbade Menda's attempts to adorn the am
pie door-yard with shrubbery, and made desper
4! ate war OIL all such useless thinge as weed
a and briars stuck into pots, to grow in the house
maintaining that she felt it to her " bounden du
n ty to break the girl of such shi0less habits"
With uncle Jonas the girl was on better terms
g To him, her young face was like a stray sunbeaT
6 in that roomy old farm house. He really like
!, her; and though he saw her faults, he alway
It had some kind word to speak in palliation. Fl
a was one Of those who find it difficult to frowr
- and who are willing to believe aught but goo
|. Of their felow-beings. The girl bacame uncor
S sciousy attached to him. He would have mad
it all sunshine within the house; but, though h
l. every day listened patiently to the catalogue
Melinda's misderDeanors, and spake many cain
t, wise words-yet the cloudy weather would sta.
: The old lady had limited her niece's acquaiI
o lance in D to few families, for whom sh
r, herself had particular regard. But the 81
i soon grew weary of these She declared Thu
n the girls were all mere animated churns, distaf
o and looms; that the boys spent the evening
it whiting bowpins, and drawing about sheep an
o oxen, and she would not visit such humdruI
d people.
II ITO be COntinucd)