The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-12-29
BY A "sCnooLMlsTREss. u

"Why, Susan, isn't supper ready yctl"
No sir and won't be for a good half
hour yet. | can't do everything with this
cross baby, and take care Of all the rest
of the children, you know III reason, Mr.
Peters
"Oh no. Susan, don't think you can.
Y ou do have hard time, to be sure but
as you know | must 90 to the school
meeting in season to make the fire.
hoped supper would be done when
came in from the barn"
Mothers been down to Mis- Par
kcr's and got the paper, and it says wo-
mems goin' to vote in school meetiu', and
so she's goin' to night" spoke up a lad of
some fourteen years
The boy was harshly rcbukcd by Mrs
Peters for his impertincncc--shrank
back into his chair, poutcd, after tho man
ner of ha halfgovcrncd boys, and mutter-
ed,till his father, who had just washed his
hands. and set down to wait for supper,
called to him to bring him the paper.
The boy hastened to find it, and after
some rummaging, it was produced from
the cradle and Mr. Peters held out his
hand to take it, when his worthy wife AN
ticipatiug him, seized it, and triumph
antly pointing to the Published Laws,
badc him 1cdd /" that there"
1t was an " Act emitting women to
the right of voting in school meetings,
and she paraded it before his astonishcd
face with as much pride as if it were a
new dress.
= | wonder what the Legislature won't
do next Hadn't they more sense than
to make such law as that You dom
mean to 20. do you, Susan ?n
"Yes | do, Mr.. Peters, think wo
men ought to 60 and have voice in til,
meeting as much as the men. Amt til,
children who go to school as much wo
mems as mems Mis- Parker is going
and Mis- Brown, and Mis- Snow, and
good many more, and | can 90 as wei
as they. Becky Ann, tn hurry the fir'
in that stove p
We'll. suppose you can do as yol
please but | don't think you had bes
go. It's muddy, and cloudy, and ma,
rain, and you know the horse is lame
and you will have to walk. 1t will b
50 late, too. before We can get there, ant
it isn't quite safe to leave the children
either, do y0u think It's ~
No, / don't, and Sally and Day,
Baker are coming to stay with them
Her mother is going,an she's old enougl
to take care
Il know she's old enough-but she
such high-t-tity thing, she'll set til
house on fire p don't see the pariicula
need of your going all We have t.
do, is to elect new board Of trustees
ndsec about repairing the house little
" Well, that's just what | want TO e
for, and | mean to 60, any way"
Mr.. Peters was Yery tired that night
lie had been hard at work since yer
carly in the morning, digging potatoe
and harvesting other vegetables, and h
was hungry and faint and needed his SUI
per. But his poor wife, e,who had to "dyUds
so hart," had been away to Mrs. PA
ker's, Mrs Browns, and Mrs. White
and the latter lady had urged her to sta
to tea which she did, and in consequence,
, her husbands meal was unpreparcd.
t There was no alternative to Mr..
but to 60 over to the house, and kindl
his fire, and then return for his goo
wife, as his pride forbade that she shoul
come alone, lit would indicate some ja
in the domestic circle; so he trudged
: way, poor man, wondering why wome
were not content to attend to their ow
duties.
His wife hustled about with the agi
lty of woman who "can work all da
c in half bushcl."
She exorted Becky Ann 10 hurry wit
all her might, and set the table in III
, fy."
In obedience to this command, ii
child let fall the cups, and broke OH
which accident was loudly condemne
r by the good mother, who was dressil
the baby. Every thing seemed to 4
wrong. The baby's things she could n,
find. One of her little red shoes vi
lost, and the other strayed away viii
she was hunting the missing one Becl
Ann was careless, aud let the water be