The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1858-01-07
For the Perrysburg Journal.
why Aunt Mary was am Old MAID
CHAPTER /.
No ANNA LAURA.


"Come. Aunty, tell us story" said Jenny
Clark. Yes" continued ..Addy Redington'
"tell us story about your beause.
"Well, wait until l shall have cleared off the
table and will" said "Aunty.' And while
the two girls are engaged in assisting her. we
will proceed to present to our readers the above
mentioned trio.
The peason whom Jenny and Addy addressed
as as"Aunty," (although no relation), was maid
en- lady yet on the sunny side of forty. She re-
sided In small country village on the home
stead farm, which although quite small, afford
cd by diligent cultivation, sufficient crops to
support its owner and proprietor--Miss Mary
Malcolm.
Being of quiet temperament. and having,as
vas supposed by the inhabitants of c., expert
enced in early girlhood some affiiction she lived,
with the exception of two old servants, alone
on her farm. Jenny and Addy were intimate
friends, aid were at the time our narrative COM
mences, paying a visit to Aunt Mary, who had
taken great fancy to them.
The three having completed their task, gather
around the fire, and Aunty, having taken he'
knitting work commences the following tale
cit was when l was about eighteen that my
father experienced sudden change in his bust
ness, which swept away nearly every thing but
the farm upon which now live.
I had no brother and but one sister, who was
younger than myself She was overwhelmed
with the idea of leaving the gay city and living
in the " monotonous county, as she termed il
and gladly accepted an invitation which my
fathers brother sent to us, which was that il
we would make our home at his house, he would
,send us to boarding school, and we could there
BY finish our education. But as | was exceed
ingly fond of the country, was delighted will
the idea of leaving the city. and living in quie
home, far removed from the gay trappings snC
hollow show of the city. While, therefore
sister Caroline sought her uncles homo in the
distant city of B., father, mother, two of oui
servants and myself removed to this cottage
home, which have never left fos any greaI
length of time, but as you know, father and
mother have long since gone to that bourne from
whence no traveller returns. was then in M
very elements. Sesing very little company,
soon learned to rely on myself for amusement
My mothers health being delicate, it was nee
essary for me to oversee and assist about tn,
house. My mornings generally spent in tn!
house assisting our only servant But the long
sunny, bright afternoons, invariably passed b!
the brook k-side, or III the sombre. gray, oil
woods, where was much happier than coulC
have been with Carrie, in the gay circles il
which she moved. Although one wodsd think
from her letters, in which she told of many con
quests, that she was very happy.
The village of c. was small then, nothing T.
what il is now, and of course any new arriva
caused great stir among its inhabitants. Yo
can easily imagine then, what commotiOn
made, when gentleman came from the neigh
boring city, purchased beautiful site and be
gan erecting the large stone house which 20
passed on your way here to-day. AS the build
ing progressed, peoples curiosity was strongl.
tried as to who the strange gentleman was, ,wher
he came from, and for what purpose he wa
building that splendid house, for no pains O
expense were spared to make it the grandest 70
many miles around. But at last the gossip