The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1854-03-14
VILLAGE GOSSIP.
"Who'd ha' thought it. Mrs. Dobbs2
.Nou don't say so, Mrs. Dobbss"

Nv hou ma tnOOgDt III, mrs, DoODsf
sfou don't say so, Mrs. Dobbs9"
"Oh but it's quito true. IL must be. Be-
sides. William heard il at the BARRIERS shop?'
swell, now do YOU know that always had
my suspicions-there was always something
Ia what do-you. call-it sort of aleak about the
Browns. which l never liked. Thoy say il
was all along of tho railways But whether or
no that's fact. John Browns shop is shut
up this morning. Depend upon that H esl
swell, we'll" rejoined Mrs. Dobbs, ''it's no
more than have always said it would come
to. They have always lived above their posi-
tion-As Dobbs, my husband, always said to
me. "Nancy,' says he, mark my words, for all
them Browns hold up their noses like concei-
ted pcacocks as they are, pride will have fall,
says he, pride will have fall . ata
"And such gongs on, Mrs Dobbs, to be sure
such gongs on. Parties. partics,parties, from
Monday till Saturday-the best joint at the
butchers, the crustiest loaf at the bakers. al
ways bespoke for the Browns Well. they
must be contont with scrags OF nation, now
"If they can get even EN- For as Dobbs,
my husband, says, they will be sold out and
out-down to the ba6y's gtcart. Deary me,
Deary incl"
"Only TO tink. How different it was this
time last year. Mrs. Dobbs, to bc sure. Mrs.
Brown, with her new velvet dresses-fnest
Genoa--and Mr.. Brown, with his new gig
and Master Brown, with his new Polka Jack
ct"
sand even the erranl boy with lace round
his hat, Mrs. Dobbs.'
"But every body could see what was coming.
Ii could not 90 on so forever That's what
said. But Brown was always such rash
man."
"Never would take any body's advice but
L.. al..... IL
day week, when my husband, Dobbs, cviy as
ked him in the most neighborly way in the
world. if he wanted little conversation with
friend about his affairs, like, as they wero go
ing backward visible-what do you think the
brute said? "Dobbs,' said he, 'you and your
wife go chattering about the parish like a coup
10 of human magpies, only the birds instinct is
better than your reason. Ugh-the brute.,!'
"Brute indeed, Mrs Dobbs-you may we'll
say that. Birds instincts, forsoo,h!' i
"Set him up to talk of reason Had he
reason enough to keep out of the Gazettel"
81 should not oe surprised. Mrs Dobbs, tho
ho were to take to drinking"
"And as for the matter of that. my dear
Thompson told Green who told Jones, who
told our Becky, who told Dobbs, that Brown
was seen coming out of tho White Hart this
very morning" ia rfo at
. |DIulk oI cOuTsc.
swell, don't know exactly: bot think it
is much moro likely he was drunk than he was
sober rl H
''Wol, well, its poor Mrs. Brown thatI pity.
I'm sure shan't have u wink of sleep all this
blessed night, a thinking of her.
Poor woman Tn sure felt for her. Not
that she was ever much better than him. They
do say-But don't know of my own knowl-
edge you see: and I'm tho last person in the
world TO SANDER anybody behind anybody's
back-but they do sny, not that believe
that before thew cquo, to orr parish, there
were rcpors~--sort Of lnsinuailons, stories Ike,
don't know the rights of it-something about
cousin of Mrs. Browns handsome man in
the hnberdashcry line: but ! dare say its all
nonsense-only. of course, there are somo peo-
pie who will talk.
"There now-ho'd no thought. Did you
ever: But there was always something very
bold about Mrs. Brown-rvc seen it often"
"What hope is Emma won't take after
mo,hcr-poor thing-that's al.' ~ ir'1,
"0h, rs for that, bless you-like parents
but / say nothing. No. no, nobody never
heard Nancy Dobbs. Mum is my word
mum. What say is, that people ought to
keep peoples teeth. that's all. Emma Brown!
ha, ha ha! Lord bless yon." aa slAt