The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1853-09-02


Dothin, because ihrg weren't li0in'
and ehopin add dr,in about. bat ! tell
you, llcpa, ihat nh-n a womln has to
keep her feet and haads guia from
1 sunrlse 10 suudown. and then A. like rs
any way from ssn-sioWn TO sun.up
I specially " she's raisin family. rs
hard work and they must wear out
/ Bot yoa SEQ, " hen | used TO b. 50 hard
at work. didn'i think about these
/ thing-, and YOU Know she was alters So
active and cheerful. and oncomplainin'
/ that il all just went on, and would TO
this day. | reckon. ii she hadn't a broke
( down aud laid sick six months aud
and then | found out what il was TO
have wiia, aud What it was 10 he up
nights with the children, aud see TO
things. This was jus, after you went
10 college. you know, aud the rest was
all young. ! swow, but that was hard
times. II was just aner we built the
new house, too, and | reckon | pat too
much on her, for somehow didn't
much like the notion, and didn't try To
save her much. But Ilcpa,-' and
the old man Strengthened himself up,
shut his jack-knife and put il into his
! pocket ana looked ms son clear IN The
face again with tear swimming in his
BYE Am more thanktuller now that
| your mother got me TO build this house
than am Tor anything else that ever
happened except her getting WE'LL
The old man got up, walked 10 the
front OF the pazza. spit the exhausted
quid through an opening in the lattice
work TOOK ms old 'imc-worn sheet iron
tobacco box from his brceehes pocket,
drew out h's ha'f-yatd pig-iall, and
deNter'onsiy twisting on bite with
his teeth returned II to the box and the
noN TO hS p"cNe" ihen suddenly
turning roun" "ga'h' WIN hls poekel,
pooh !" manu- ne oPrn'a " ana h"nucu
ms hopeiu'' coheso-oreu ooy' nun
urea do,'ar' II, small ol'ls' here ne
pa sa'0 me- i GU you '''s ior yonr
h'u S'N,, ,or : h'"" sue q 'ee' o'd
sue h"e" ! u refuse you ana. iiepa,
you must 'arn 10 support yourself.
ne oI' man Ma'hed ,t'o 'he mousse
WIN loon oi sah'eheu n'sapp"'ntne"l
U" h's oi"W' i" u''' '"'"er ooes ho' iee'
sao "neI' nc mus son. IN 'ne very
NSot OF ms ha'iHoo''' c'''ng on ms
gray mars ior ne'P pepa was sad
ana u'SapPo'hieu' 100, ,or ne remember
~ w. 'sa a ."',I H.. ""nr,eu ns 'ar S''ped '1'r
Us w -" NV '''IJ
N"o" ~ "nu "o" "as w W "'"N,
o"e n''''en uo ~ d." ~. " .h'..' .t,, ""u =
u u ""o " e'lpo'' Nv '"V '"yusn. "
''o saw ,"s' '"1o'." n'','' ""' ""'s'"s
'u''e ''o so"en' .'a,''''e n anu n's i'o''',
~ ', "non' " , 'o'''u "a n'o,o y"sl'9 anu
p'e.s'"',Y ,"gase" ''''" "c ''"' oee''
'o' ','' "''' "'.' "ou'
Ia''y was ae"sn'eu WIN her "aush-
,er-'h'""' anu uecnred upon All Su'th,
bie occasions 1ha' sue was JUST 'ne Sri
'or an .he worm INA, enc WOMB nave
p'ckeu Tor her ooy' ANA sne was now
making ms pos''l'eiy MANIFEST as sue
assorted over great CLOSETS anu presses
iul o' nome "aue s,uhs'
here Nhh"'e' GEAR, ~ coupe oI
! Pa'rs OF heaVv l"ll'eu "l"nNe'S 'hh'
spun mNseh' ana hn'sheu weaving 'he
very u'y 'ha' iiepa was '"en'y-ohe' !
,oi" 'ane '"h' ! "ou'u 'ay '',e'h up ior
h's MHe' Am tney ''lo" anu warm
les iho'her 'iiey are very oea"'hui'
b"'-
shut np' child, ! amt gong 10 be
bothered with a single word ot excuse
new. iepa IS my boy, my eldest you
know, and ! have a right TO give HIM
Jnsi what / Ike ! guess, ana she
chnckled Mamie under the chm with q
loving look.-'And here's two par OF
soft flannel sheets TO match. They're
made OF pulled wool soft as SILK. u
never forget the time the wolves Killed
them sheep, twenty IN one night, Nan
ME, OF our very best ewes up in the
hillside pasture, all by themselves 1t
was dreadful sight IN the morning TO
see the poor dumb creatures lying
there. / cried like baby, could
not help 1t. Times ami now as they
was then. Here, no wonder either
] was going TO give you thus double
eoverlid' but ] won't Tor down m The
city maybe II wonidn be M The iash-
ION. Bot this nice linen spread amt
uniashionable IN no place, and here are
the linen sheets aud p'l'ow-eases to
match that lace and no" while lhihk
OF It you want feather bed or Two,
don't you
II have money enough to get one
This spring, and hope before the year
Is out TO be able TO have another
LA can give you couple.
''Oh, no, no.
'No~, Mamie what did tell YOU
I've sixteen splendid iealherbeds IN my
house, and do you think ] cant spare
two 10 my eldest boy aud his Wile -
Beside Just look out OF the window
there nj the geese IN the swamp pas