The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1859-03-09

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way to neighbor Blueford's house and
found old Mrs. Blueford very busily en-.
gagged in getting things ready for her hus.
bands comfort on his return from work.
After the usual compliments had been
passed, the following dialogue took place ::
Well, friend b. you and Mr.. B. have
lived long time together
Five and twenty years, come next
November replied Mrs. B.
And in all this time you have never
had the least quarrel
Not one'
1 am truly glad to hear it. continued
the hag. 1 consider it my duty to warn
you, that though this is the case, yet you
must not always expect it to be.
Have you not observed that of late Mr..
b. has grown peevish and sulen at times
"A very little So replied Mrs B.
i know it, continued the hag, And
ioI hic vail yuu III llIlle tO Oe Ou your
guard
Mrs. B. did think she had better do so
and asked advice as to how she ought to
manage the case.
Have you not noticed, said the hag,
that your husband has bunch of long
hair growing on mole under the chin
on the side of his throat
Yes
These are the cause of the trouble, and
as long as they remain you had better
look out. Now. as friend, advise you
to cut them off the first time you get a
chance, and thus end the trouble. IF
you say so, will replied the credulous
old lady.
Soon after this the hag started for
home, and made it convenient to meet Mr.
B on the way. Much the same talk in
relation to his domestic happiness, passed
between them as did between her and the
old woman.
But, friend Blueford, said she, con.
slider it my duty as a christian, to warn
you to be on your guard for l tell you that
your wife intends your ruin .-
Old Mr.B. was very much astonished,
yet he could not wholly discredit her words
When he reached home he threw him
self upon bed in great perplexity, and,
feigning sleep, studied the matter in his
own mind. His wife, thinking this good
opportunity for cutting off the obnoxious
hair, took her husbands razor and crept
softly to his side. Now the old lady was
very much frightened at holding razor
SO close to her husbands neck, and her
hand was not so steady as it once was--so
between the two, she went to work very
awkwardly, and pulled the hairs instead
of cutting them of. Mr.. B. opened his
eyes, and there stood his wife with razor
at his throat After what had been told
him, and seeing this, he could not doubt
that she intended to murder him. He
sprang from the bed in horror, and no ex.
PLANTATION or entreaty could convince him
to the contrary. So, from that time forth
there was no more peace in that house
1t was jaw, jaw, quarrel, and wrangling
all the time
With delight the Devil heard of the
success Of the faithful emissary, and sent
her word that if she would meet him at
the end of the lawn, at certain time, he
would pay her the shoes.
At the appointed time she repaired to
the spot, and found the Devil at the place.
He put the shoes on the end of long
pole, and standing on the opposite side of
the fence, handed them over to her. She
was very much pleased with them-they
were exactly the article.
But there is one thing, Mr.. Devil that
I would like to have explained; that is
why you hand them to me on stick p
Very easy to explain replied he;
any one who has the cunning and the
meanness to do as you have done, don't
get nearer than twenty feet Of me- So
saying he fed in terror,
After while the old woman died. and
when she applied for admittance to the
lower regions, the Devil would not let her
in, fol fear she might dethrone him, as she
was so much his superior. So the old wo'
man was compelled to wander over the
world, creating quarrels and strife in
peaceful families and neighborhoods.
Would you know her name7
1t is Madame Scandal. When she died
her children the young Scandalizers, were
left orphans, but the Devil in consideration
of past services done by the mother, adop.
ted them, and, so you see, he is the father
of that respectable class called scandal
m2nRers.