Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1854-06-15

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tion, and alternate resolves. and recon
siderations. Every purchase that she
made, indeed. was of necessity turned
over and over in her mind for weeks.
Miss Prime went on with her fitting by
! the window, and Mrs. Smelling with her
task OF washing up the breakfast dishes
"jogging the cradle" with one foot. every
now and then. as her youngest child stir
red in his morning nap.
THAT was lucky thought, sha: cape
Miss Prime resumed her thimble and her
conversation together. 1T cont seem
20 be worn as much ms the rest. neither. "
No. i. isn't; | cnly kept it for cold
days. .hought OF it in church, Sunday.
right in the middle of the Sermon
Queer, wasn't it? was dreadfu,iy afraid
you couldn't get it out. So as soon as
came home, took it out and looked at it;
sure enough. it was the very thing"
II see Miss James has got a new cloak
! this winter. She hahn! worn hers MORN
three years, to my knowledge. Well.
these rich people are jist as worldly. for
all see, as if they wasn't professors. =
Miss Prime was of the most constant at
tendants of the church prayer meetings,
aud saw "no beam in her own eye.
"Time was. as you say. Miss Prime.
when we were all plain people together.
| with good feelings towards each other
| think Of it very often-the days when
Susan Hubbard and / used TO send our
little presents to each other New Years,
and br neghborly all along. That was
before the Jameses moved here. or law
yer Martins people. She's so intimate
with them now she hasn't got ony time
for old friends. Many and manys the
time I've sent her things right off my ta-
Die; and. when her Jane had the scarlet
fever. sa, up with her night after night.
But don't mind that. What look at.
i, Christian professors being so taken up
with dress. and going about. but dress
particularly. IL don't look right, and i!
ism, according to Scripture"
|, was wea:iSome. faiigueing day 10
Mrs. Smelling. who did the whole work
OF her household. Her eldes, son wns
learning his fathers trade. and the dinner
for the two had to be on the table precise.
ly at twelve. for they had but on hours
incoming. So. scarcely were the breakfast
things cleared away. when there were the
meo. and vegetables to prepare for
'-boiled dinner" md twice she was obliged
10 stand and he pinned up in tho thick
jeans lining Mrs. Prime was fitting with
unexanp,ed iishiness. The afternoon
wns 10 better. she had Tuesdays ironing
to finish. her lille hoy was sick and fret
fil; though fout years old and very heavy.
he required 10 be nursed and teuded Us if
he had been baby. She wanted 10 sew
with Mrs. Prime; but, no sooner would
she get her needle threaded, and her lhim-
ble on. than some new demand would be
| made upon her time, and so the short al-
,ernoon passed before she could stitch up
a seam, and tea must be ready by dark =
Besides all this. Miss Prime was disposed
to continue her conversation with very
Little pause Or stint. discussing the affairs
of the neighborhood and The church with.
train of moral, religious. and personal
reflections. Every one knows how fa-
tigueing i, is to be expected to listen Ia
such discourse, and respond in the right
place, even when the mind is unoccupied; /;
and the dress did not look nearly as well
as Mrs. Smelling had fguIed il in her
mind, tho new pieces being several shades
darker than the main body o. the material.
More discouraging than all. it needed
'inishing OFF, when seven o'clock sound
ed the signal for ,he conference meeting,
Hiss Prime would not miss on any ac-
count.
Il wouldn't mind staying over my time
ls, 10 give you belpin' hand. if il wasn't
church meetin night; but you know it's
very isnportan, that all should be there
that can. To be sure Hiss Hubbard is
so took up with other things now, she new
er goes; and. though Hiss James joined
by letter when she came. she's never been
to business meeting. For my part,
think we've got just rs good q right 10
Vote in church mee,n' as the men. and
speak, too, if we wbntto. though Deacon
Smith hns set his face against it Of late
years. So, you sec, I'll have TO go; and
there's only the facing TO face down, end
them side seams to slilchup and the hooks
and eyes to go on. The sleeves are all
ready 10 bnste in-ob, ond there's the
bones; bot bones are nothing TO put IN
especially rs John Lockwood is 10 be dealt
with to night for going TO the theatre last
time he was in New York. For my part,
never did put much faith in his religion
and The more some Of US stay away. the
moro the rest ough: to 60. Don't forget
10 take in that shoulder seam q little
For nv part, think his sister ought to be
laborcd with for singing such songs as
she does on the piano. Clear love songs.
and plays opera pieces. Miss Allen says.
Now, which is the worst, I'd like TO know
going to the theatre or playing opera
pieces? Mss Hubbard's Jane docs that,
when she's homo in vacations, though
That piece under the arm don't look so
rery bad. Miss Snelling-lhere ain'l morn
Two hours work any way
Two hours work, to person who can
scarcely get time 10 do her mending from
week to week. was no irfe. Mrs. Smell.
ling wavered a while between the accu-
muating pile dilapidated under clothes
in the willow basket and the unfinished
dress; but the dress must be done before
New Years day. now close at hand and
she lighted another lamp and drew her