The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-08-13
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New Eaglands saourer --ooasamPtiQn.--
Tbs poor lilils infant aas therefore taken
charge Il BY Der grandparents. AMI, IKE .
@Pip. N Mr. DieAehs last novel, Great
expectations bad to b. isrmshi W @hy
hand She never knew that holiesi and
bea a al earih's Affections mothers
l0yc.--aad though The ola people did al .
in their power 70 make hsr happy they
succeeded Is Iilile IN that respect a very
aneicnl folk % uilh The very young. As
Chylena grew up, she, although uneon.
cious u Il, became sadly inneed Of a moth
ers teaching. and parcnts guidaaee,and
il 4. therefore laliv 90 be wondered ~ that
she became, a. young ladies rH become,
somewha, forward and selEvilled. Had
not her disposition been naturally mild and
sweet. i must certainly have been soured
by the temper Of her grandmother Mrs,
or as sle was termed by her neighbors'
~Miss" Mchiiable Chipsiyck, who | must
cndcayor 10 describe.
Mrs. Chipsiyck was, At the time Of my
story, about seventy years Of age. She
was tall, spare and angular. Her elbows
were angular, aud 50 was her square hard
under law. She had small bead-like,
black, malicious looking eyes--a nose
which had a tip resembling globular but
ION. and a mouth which looked like fine
knife-cut across the lower part Of her face,
with lhe ends OF the cut inclining down
wards. Her complexion was Of tint be-
tween that produced by yellow jaundiee
and Tie peculiar facial appearance familiar
10 those who have studied diseases Of the
lungs. do mol think sbe had ever used
any Of those Invaluable cosmetics which
prevent the skin from becoming wrinkled,
for her cuiicle presented the appearance
Of as many lines as are TO be seen in rail-
way charts on small scale. From the
expression Of her countenance one might
fancy that she washed her face every
morning in vinegar, and lived perpetuaily
on pickles. Round her neck she wore a
string OF beads like gold peas. Her figure
was Of the same breadth Mt the hips as at
the shoulders, and from the shoulders had
plumb line been dropped, the weight
would have touched her external ANGLES.
As for feet, decline entering into any
description, and will only say that, much
as admire neat instep and ANGLE, do
moi believe that ladies who possess these
charms ever hide them in ugly list slip
pers. They know better.
When add 10 this veritable descrip-
ton that Mrs. Mehitable Chipstyck was
about as Grabbed specimen Of feminiiy as
ever handled a brush or cooked dough-
nut, it will easily be conceived that poor
Chylena bad ne, the happiest home in the
world. We have all read how poor little
Cinderella was harassed by her cruel SIS
tiers. and no less was my heroine continu-
ally irritated by her ill-natured though
well meaning grandmother. If she ever
ventured 10 take book in her hand, 1t
was instantly snatched from her, and she
was ordered TO perform some piece OF house
hold drudgery. Did she venture to en-
ploy herself on some bit of fancy needle
work. The delicate fabric was tabooed and
piece Of coarse toweling substituted. In
short, the poor girls life was rendered
miserable, and maiden Aunt made it all
the more wretched.
Miss, "a genuine Miss this time,) Miss
Wollop was as fine specimen Of walk
ing vinegar cruet as you would meet with
in a DAYS march. Like Mrs. Mehitable,
she was gauni and bony, but her DISPOSE
ton had much more acid in Il. This may
be accounted for from the fact that she bad
arrived al the ripe age Of thirty-seven
without having been led to the hymeneal
altar. as the Temple of Cupid i iacetious-
" and fguratively termed. No one had
been daring enough to make her an offer
although il rumor speaks truly, she bad
encouraged many young fellow (and old
one too TO pop the question. But then
we All know that common Rumor is a com.
mon liar. and scandal gossip may have
had something to do with the report
Miss Charity Wollop spoke with strong
nasal accent and was a school-marm. She
was also one Of the plaques Of poor Chyle'
mas life.
The more SO, because never having
keen cnurted herself she was highly in,