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

rich mcais and dessert TO- dipnv,s witch
nearly doubled hre household arrange
meuiS iinl Mr. Gosh was Ffcsi
manager in the shop and ont II ". = a
SOMEHOW did make out 10 plan tnaiicri
30 Ms to accomplish oil her nsks--bc.
sides milking the cuw morninr snd
evening, and rhurniag the batter. and
noI uuirrqnenly she nigh, have been
sven handling an axe down cellar. ~
somewhere ont of sieht. or even clrpn-
ing out The houtcly rnw.shcd, that
stood back Of the rented house
There wns meat. well-kept garden,
too, very small lis true. but yet proluc-
ing many nice dish OF peas. beans,
bcels. cucumbcrs, green corn and on
ions. And many u sweet boqrct iram
its gay parerre gave oui i,s fragrance
in the work shop, or on the lawycrs of
flee table. which the loving wife swept,
busted and adorned every morning
while he took his morning walk 10 have
y smoke. The neirhbors and the girls
in the shop. said lha, the reason why
Nannie's checks were 40 rosy and hrsht
was because she got up every morning
before the sun, pot on Hera's boot
and worked an hour in he garden.
i should like to kno- where he was
all this time o.
In bed. dear Bell. Of course
In bed. and hi wife up making par
den, milking cows. and se'ting break
fast. Goodness you don't pretend TO
say you are telling true story, thing
that ever did happen IN the borders OF
civilization or ont OF II
10 be sure I'm telling you true
story, aud no very uncommon one e'ih-
er. For let me tell you, when young
man goes TO college at seventeen, aud
learns to consume over books tic mid
night OIL and then TO lie in bed ill the
sun is two hours high in the morning,
or I'LL the bell peals out an 'ehec'na'
calling to breakfast and continues tins
practice through his four years lelm'
aud then adds ON his sludentsh'p alter
the same fashion, he will lind II very
hard work to break up the habit OF SIX
years standing, on getting married =
particularly If he finds himself posses
sed OF an energetic w''e' VINO hah much
rather get up first than 10 wait The
pleasure OF her lord and m''ster, and
finds her work behind hahd all uay' IN
consequence thereof
'I'll be hanged if would said Bell
with determined toss of her head, al
wouldn't live with such man.
'Oh, Gc, Bell, do not speak SO, |
dislike 10 hear young ladies make such
strong and rough expressions. Law
yer Cobb could not, by any possibility,
have done Nannie's morning work. In
the first place, he did not know how
even to build morning fire and TO
have MIXED COW would have been m
indicnity that he could moi possibly have
been brought 10 put upon himself As
10 ibc garden, Mamie used 10 solcmnly
declare that the only time he ever tried
10 help her, was one morning when she
lay in bed with headache brought on
by working all night for a wedding par
~. And then he destroyed choice pie
plant, and billed up a burdock very
handsomely.'
"The good for nothing
Hush, Bell
Il was just Z going 10 use a rough
strong expression, aunty, but since you
say il is not lady-like, | wont say he
was "A brute, only blockhead
'You must not call him either Bell
He was good fellow euough in hi'
way. and
'Yes, in his way. But ii is his 'e,ly
that ! don't like.
well, Mamie did not like his way
either but she felt that 1t was his way
aud 80 like a good, sensible woman
tried 10 look at his ways she did Ike
aud be content. lie had his duties Il
perform, too, for being the only lswyei
Of his party in =
al seems 10 me that city with on
ly Que responsible m'lllner aud mso'au'
maker, and only one lawyer 10 a parry
must have been very queer aialr'
oh, il was the fashion, you know
twenty years ago. TO dignity with th'
title Of city every lii'ie cluster Of houses
in New England, which now would b'
called a village and IN old England
hamlet And though = did no
number one thousand inhabiianls- II
claimed iis cliarer and ia official dig
nilaries Of Mayor and Aldermen
Now, rs ! said before, iiepa Cobb wh'
the only lawyer Of bis parry, md hi
party being a minority, and the oppos
ing party being blessed with three o
those litigous members Of the communl
ty, he bad his hands full lie was
man OF learning, Of some shrcwdness
great moral worth and integrity Of pur
pose. But he lacked the energy OF hi.
mother, and The piodding PereNerane'
Of his father, Anf 50, dear Bon, yo'
know he roeld not gd mp soon "a m
morning. Poor man. how could he ?