Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1857-07-03

fond OF children--poor :hing-as all such
simple. honest things are. Sne wa, ,l.
ways ready and willing, as you might sup.
pose, t" oblige others, and the women al i.
ways knew who to call upon when they
wanted the children tax. care of a, home
while they run into . neighbors house
to spend the day." or wanted help abou,
making SOAP or the boys dinner car
ried warm to school for them at noon
because they didn't like to come home
Or "a weeks washing done," and ..such
like pleasant work. They always told
her they would give her something for
they didn't want her to work for them
for nothing; but somehow they .lways
forget it" when they went where they
could get any thing however Jane got
along latter fashion" and had what she
needed to cat, drink and wear. They
gave her pressing invitations to run in
some Zine ard stay the day. and were al.
says glad to see he. coming for there
was little Tommy's stocking, if she ..bsd
Jes, - lief hnish it as not" or "the,e wo,o
some coarse towels to be made if she
wasn't busy. or 1.-THE baby was dreadful
'roSS'e''s"e and they knew i, was plea..
use to her to take care of babies Then
""e" supper time came. they said 'they
~ouldn pu, themselves out to cook any.
thing nice, Tor they dldn', liAe to make
any difference Tor neig ghbor, and they
knew she wasn't particular and didn',
care about meeties. How they happen
cd to discover her indifference to nice,,es
Is they called them, will no, presume to
say. As Jane never had a chance to try
any such things. Jane Was not married
the reason Why does no, concern YOU
nor |. Malignant, people said no one
would h0ee her; | cant say how thn,
was. Perhaps she d,dn, wan, to pe,
married perhaps she found no ..caudi.
dats for Inatrimony' who suited her. and
perhaps the reason Why she remained
singie Was best known 10 herself. -
There was little man IN the place and
ioks said te ought to marry Jane Smith
"beoaus. they were both about SANE
height, but he fell above" Jane and got
a wife who literally iooked dopn on him.
prob 'bly thinking ,ha, she would make
uP IN high; wha, he lacked. 1t is aston
I'hing tha, little men always haze such
big feelings Pick little man OF, OF
crowd and you will 6nd he is the u os,
important feeling one in it, No matter
how small they are. their feelings have
plenty Of room to expand don't know
whether Jane "cared anything about
the little man or no, never asked her.
All know bout it is. his marriage di In t
seem to have much effec, on her she
only said, "dew tell'' when she heard the
news. and went on with her work as usu-
al. Jane was always busy body. don't
mean she VAS busy about making mis-
chief When she was child and other
children Of her age were at school or at
play she was engaged in domestic employ.
ments." for Mrs. Brown. who brought
her up. held il to be one of her most
christian duties to teach her how ITO do
work which every female ough, to know
how to do and by the aid OF James
service dispens d with hiring girl"
Somehow the domestic education" Of
her own t~o blessed daughters was sadly
neglected. but no matter they must 20
TO schoOl and when they were out of
school they must not be confined to the
house OF their health would suffer. So
Jane vas always accustomed to work
and "got 50 much in the habit" of work
0g that it was second nature" to her.
II happened one winter that there was
great commotion mot "in a TEAPOT
hat in Gossypville. A stranger had ar
rived; a man apparently about forty years
old. who rejoiced in the romantic name Of
Adonijoram Jones' Rumor said he was
. bachelor and rich. and also that he was
after wife. Forthwith all the unmar-
ried feminines in town who wanted a
"good hoae' were candidates for his fa-
vor. Parties were given for his especial
beneat. he vas invited to take tea" at
alaost every house in that hourishing
place Il can't call it village. and he
might have saved his board" almost en-
tirely il he had accepted all the hospita-
BILE invitations he received from the un-
comonly social Inhabitants Of Gossypville
He received particular st.ention ~herev.
er be went and was made the topic Of
conversati On wherever he was not. One
ru;nkt hava ~.