The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1854-05-26
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OUR MINISTER

htghiN esteem aud very much love, ltis
labors are very acceptable to Us all. and
We should be very 10th to part with him.
lur we might try many, and not bc ~
well satisfied Rot there Is serious
difficulty with him, and We scarcely
know how TO Re, along With H. We
have rcsortcd to various cSpcdicnls,
bu, they are all unayailine they as
compli.h nothing The fact Is, our min.
lister has no wife, aud We all think he
ought to get married, the good ol the
parish requires IT, The good Mrs.
Ntlc-md,ckcs, and that very benevolent
and disintcrcstcd person, Miss Tai
observation-disclosures. have talked aud
planned on the subject 80 much that
they are well exhausted, aud our min.
isler just pays no attention whatever 10
them. We all want to know what his
intentions nre, we think we ought 10
know, for we are hs friends. In truth,
we more than half suspect, tia, ho
means to get wife before long, and we
all do so want 10 know who that wife
will be. Tho other day. our minister
was seen walking by the side of n young
lady who is member Of his church
We knor it was he we got up from
our seats and went to the window, aud
looked directly nj them. lie looked
happy-shc smiled. We put our bon
nets and shawls right On, aud going into
n ncichbor's house, told them all nbout
| it. Yes, we did we said our minister
was engaged, we knew it, We saw enough
with our own eyes.
lie was seen, too by Miss Linr eyes.
going into that young lady's fathers
house, the other evening, she perfectly
agrees with us that the matter is all mr.
ranged. Others think differently, nS
for example, Aunt Deborah, she says
/ she knows our minister has too much
wisdom, to marry such person She
il too short, the parish would not respect
her, she wears too, just one bow too
many on her bonnet, aud this shows she
is too vain for ministers wife. Her
dress, too, Aunt Deborah thinks, Is al
ways too snowy, fashionable, why, said
the good old lady, holding up both her
hands, after raising her speclaclcs upon
her forehead, in a sort Of holy horror,
. lao aE an 1.
that woman were at the head Of it2"
She says il will never do for our minis
ter TO marry any one here, save Susan
Demire, or Fanny Liuie-thougM Mrs.
Udtch-MemoUement-ofthings says the
minister goes 10 see somebody in anoll-
er parish, and hints with a very wise
look, that she has her suspicious who
that somebody is. Good Mr.. Fassy
thinks that the dcacons Of the church
ought 10 select some suitable person
from the congregation, and Introduce
her 10 the minister, with some judicious
remarks, as one whom God evidently
designed from the first, TO be his wife.
We are troubled about this thing, we do
not believe there will be a revival ill
this stumbling block is taken out Of the
way. Our minister should marry some
one, and that some one should suit eve
ry one in the parish, and we are not
sure but he ought to marry some one Of
US. lie has waited long enough. lie
ought TO marry just to stop the speech
Of people if nothing more II he would
only be as frank in telling US about this
thing, as he is in preaching, we should
be so glad--tlis suspense is dreadful,
some writer says il is the "neryes whence
agouies are born" and our own ekpe-
fiencc ycriGes the assertion. Why on
ly think Of it, few Sabbnlhs since, ho
exchanged, and we all though, and said
that it was on purpose that he might be.
publi.hed--we, Of course, all went
church, and there was not "A single 4
said about it. lie went journey, -
not a great while ago, and We certainly
thought he would bring wife home
with him, but don't you think, when he
got out Of the cars, and good many Of
us were looking, he had nothing but his
carpet bag. Mrs. Bsar-it-ao k1agey,
says she shall have right plain talk
viii him, she shall speak to him just "a
IL he were her Own son. she thinks she
ought 10. " are afraid 10 talk u hin,
least be should think we are anxious
either TO have him marry some one Of
our friends, OF to marry him ourselves.
We do not deny bat some Of us are
marriageablc, aud II the Providence of
God should lead our minister 10 make
n selection from our number, we DO not
ilink it would be right for thai one 10
resist the Providence, that i, if the par
ish could uniieIn her We Lago thought
NC would write something for the Re
hocior. 10 that our minister might sec
Jusi how We feel lie thinks a great
deal of that paper, an1 when be- sees
What We have written, We believe be
will be willing 10 satisfy us, for i will
he 50 easy 70 please Us all We mean
10 wsich him, for Ne loyc him ani We
know i would spoil him 10 get the o1eny
wife. We have almost concluded 10
ask The Postmaster. 70 vi hon be- writes.
and the family where be boards, here
be- spends bis evening". and 10 what
place be goes shen be is abseut a ueek
~ once.
We do think. II he only knew Low
badly poor Mrs. DoHtfsiHJoSths
'rs'id. fel because sle doesn't kn0.
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