Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1854-08-11

II see Miss James has got a new cloak
this winter. She hain't worn hsrS more thar
three winters to NV knowledge. well,,hes'
rich people are jis, a, worlly for oil see, al
Il they wasn't professors"
Miss Prime vas one Of the most constant
attendant, Of the church prayer meetings, anc
saw "no beam 10 her own eyes"
Time was, as YOU say, Miss Prime, ,Whsr
We were an plain people together. with gooJ
feelings towards each other. think Of It Of
,cn--,he days when Susan Hubbard and
used to scud our li',le prrseni' to each O'hct
New Years, sud be nsiehborly all along
That Nss before the Jamcscs moved here, ur
Lawyer Martins people. She's 80 intimate
With them now she hasn't cot any time ol
old friends. Many and mauy's the time ",
sent her things righ, OF my table and vher
her Jane had the scarlet fever, | sat up will
her nigh, after night Bot don't mind lhat
What look a, is Christian professors being
80 taken up with dress, going about, buIdrcs'
particularly. !, don't look right, and 1t is
not according to Scripture"
I, was wcarisome aiicuing day 10 Mrs
Suelling, who did the whole work Of hcr
of her hluseholI. lIer oldest son was learn,
NC his fl,her's trade, and the dinner for III,
two had to be on the table precisely a, twelve
ior they had bat an hours noouinr. So
scarcely were the breakfast things cleared
away, when there was there vas the meat and
vegetable, to prepare for boiled dinner, and
t~irc she was obliged to stand and he pinned
up in the thick jcan lining Miss Prime was
fitting with uncSampled ,ichiness. The al.
icruooa was no better, she had Tucsday's
ironing 10 finish, her little boy was sick and
iteiful. though four years Old, and very hea-
w, he required 10 be nursed and tended Is u
be bad been a baby. She wanted TO sew
with Miss Prime but no sooner would she get
her needle threaded and her thimbls on, than
some new demand would be m,de upon her
time, anI 90 the shor, afternoon passed be.
!5re she could stitch up a seam, and tea mus,
be ready by dark Besides all this, Ms,
Prime was disposed To continue her convcr-
sa,icn with very little pause or stint, dis
cussiug the affairs Of the whole neigh
b'rhr,l AMI the church with a train Of
moral, religious, and personal reflections.
Every one knows how illiruiur .,is to be
expected To listen to such discourse, and
respond in the right place, even ehcu tie
mind Is unoccupied, and thcu the dress I'D
not look near so we'll as Mrs. Sucllinr had
figured Il IN her mind, the new pieces being
bria, several shades darker than the main
bndy of the material More disrouraginr
than all. i, needed finishing oil, when seven
O'Clock sounded the signal ior the conference
meeting Miss Prime would no, miss on any
account
81 wouldn't mind staying over nv time l'st
to give YOU a hclpIn' hand It 3, WASH, church
meeting night, bot you know, It's very i'm
pnr,au, tha, an should be there that can. To
D. sure Mr.. Hubbard is 50 took OPP with 9TH
sr thing, now she never goes and though
Miss James ioiuci by letter when she first
cane, she's never bccn 10 a business meeting
For ny part, think we've 60, Just as good
a RICH, to vote in church mcetju' as the men
and speak, too if we want 90, though Deacon
Smith has sc, HE lec against /, Ofla'c years.
80. YOU see IN have to 90 and ,h,rc's rnly
the facing 10 face down, and the side seams
to stitch up, and TIC hooks and eyes to 60 on.
The sleeves are already to haste in-oh, and
there's the bones bot bones arc nothing to
put iu-cspseially as John lockwood is To be
dealt with to-uigh, Cor 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 Il Us stay away, Tie more
the re-, Of US ought togo. Don't forge, ia
take 10 ,ha, shoulder seam liule, For nv
part think his sister ought TO be laborcd
with for singing such songs as she docs on tie
piano! Clear love songs, and plays opera
pieces, Miss Allen saws. Now which is the
worst, ia like to know, going to The tbcane
or playing oPera pieces Miss Hubbard,
Jane doe that, when she is home in vacation
thOssn. That piece under the arm don, looS
so very bad, Mis- SnclliuG-,hcre ain'tmorc
than two hours work any way"
Two hours work to a per'on Nho coul,
scarcely get ;ime to DO her merdlng irou
week to week, was no irhe. Me-. Smelling
wavered little while between the accumu
la,ing pile Of dilapida,ed under clothes in Tho
willow baske, and tho unfinished d'css, bu
the drc-- mus, be doue before New Year
Iav. now close a, hand, and she lighted an
other lamp, and drew her little worksiand ~
IN the FIRE as the clock struck eight. lie
mind had opened itself to Disconnected ihoi
in the morning, and "lhc enemy had COM
IN like a food, I" until all the brightness o
her life had been swept out Of sight. sh'
s,w only the successive woes OF ill.heallb
l,s. and wearing anxiety which had rolle'
oser them in the past, and blank drearl
prospect for the future. Hervery occupation
reminded her oft lfshe could have aford
ed Miss Primes assistance two days lnS'ea
Of one, she Nigh, have GOT ahead IN her Sc"
ing lnile; now here there was s"o'he
draw back. and she had so hulo time. An
"lhen there vas Susan Hubbard but the
she did not give up everything TO dress an
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