The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1861-12-12

saw the young parson, with MS handsome
scholarly face and courteous bearing, and recall
ed the feelings she had expressed regarding hi:
| inopportune visit, and her general opinions re
speeding his profession, all power of speech for
! sock her and her sweet, young face covered
with bushes, making her look prettier thar ever
as she stood dumb before the minister.
He attempted to set her at ease. This is
-, Deacon Cummings daughter, presume " he
, said. There is no need of my introducing my
SELF
Jerusha tired to answer, but the words would
not leave the poor girls quiverings lips instead
of which there came sob, and breaking down
into tears of modification, Jerusha buried hel
face in her hands and sank into chair.
Now Miss Cummings 4 beg you won't give
yourself moments unhappiness about any
thing to which may have been an unintention
al listener. | made all the noise l could to at
tract your attention, and was debating whether
had better announce myself by closing the door
which you must have seen me do, when your
brother entered l regret very much that you
should have been summoned home on my &C
count; but being neither very old nor very gray
haired, / ST all not include myself in that list Of
my brethren who have been so unfortunate a;
{ to incur your dislike
Jerusha lifted her fearful face at his words
She saw the smile which lurked in the ministers
eyes, and being herself person of uncontrolla
bic risibles, and keen sense of the ridiculou;
she burst out into quick, leaping laugh, in
which Parson Willetts joined.
The laugh reached our mother, who had just
placed her platter of fried chickens, done to the
orthodox brown, in the centre of table thanked
with mound of smoking biscuit and pyra
mid of tempting crullers, with preserves and {
tumuli of blackberry JAM all delicious enough
to allure the appetite of any mortal, whether
. Al. SN hn Hnn
and looked into the paror, but the minister anc
Jerusha were not within her range of vision
and she turned back to me with an expression
of bewilderment on her face.
What does it all mean, Nathan !? she asked
for l was standing near the door.
%, nothing much only Parson Willetts anC
Jerusha are having little fun together
Seems to me they've got acquainted in mighty
quick time, pouring the cream into the cups.
But at that moment father entered the room
and was at once informed of our guests arrival
OF course he was not long in welcoming the
minister, as mother wasIin great tire pidation les
her chickens and coffee should get cold.
shall never forget the first supper ofParsor
Wiletts at our house 1t was as much as Je
rusha and l could do to keep straight face OF
while the blessing was being asked; but We
got sobered as father and Parson Willetts wen
into long conversation on the state of the
church, the prospect of the crops that harvest
the sudden death of Parson Miner, after being
settled tor 'upards of fifty years over the South
Presbyterian Church in the town of Greenfield
and the Inauguration of the new President.
At last, in some pause which slipped into the
conversation, the minister said, CHANGING from
my sisters face to my mothers, Your dauGh
ter resembles you strikingly, Mrs. Cummings.
Yes answered my father, glancing at the
little, pale-faced woman who sat at the head Of
the table, with an expression which said, he
saw her still in the first blossoming of her wo
manhood, when her cheeks were like the mead
ow roses she used to wind in her HAIR; Jeru
Shy's toe complete picter of what her mother
was ct nineteen and as for Nathan, here, he
reg lar chip of the old block-all Cummin'
and not bit of Warner in him.
l looked at my father-the strong-built, mus
cular, stalwart, sun-burnt farmer that he was
and wondered if should ever be Ike him.
Nathan said my father as he rose from the
table you and Jerry must milk the cows this
: egenin' and then l want you to step over tc
Squire Platts and tell him III gall tomorrow
and see about takin that yoke of oxen
You can take Squire Platt's in the way when
you come home from -Four Corners interposed
mother, for you must carry Jerushy right
back to Miss Turner's. Never mind the dishes
Jerushy III do all the chores, for it won't dc
to have Thankful Turner's weddin quilt spoil
ed
1 should Ike to take look at some part Of
the town of Greenfield, said the young minis
ter; and with your permission, Miss Cummings
l will save your brother the trouble of carrying
you to the Four Corners
Thank you sir! | should be happy to have
you, answered Jerushy, betwixt blush aud g
smile; and she went after her bonnet and hel
mother followed and entreated her to behave
steady and remember she was in a mini ster s
company, and not to go putin up any OF your
jokes
He looks pretty young said my father tc
my mother, as he returned from the bars gate
which he had Just closed after the wagon which
contained Jerusha and the minister; but ht
seems a soundminded, well-eGdycated, piou
young man, and it ism always in age that wis
dom resides hope, if he comes among us,tha
his labors will be greatly blessed
Il hope so, Richard said she, Il must say
| took fancy to him from the first he's such
peasants pOken, handsome faced young man.
Fine feathers don't make fine birds, always
mother said father taking out his weekly news
paper
wall, you didn't say SO, once, Nathan Cum
mings, when you went down to the old for
every Wednesday and Sunday night returned
my mother, with smile which brought bach
something of the lost beauty of her youth to he
face.
What reply father made never knew, for a
that moment caught sight Of our hired man,
! who was driving the cows home from pasture
! and, selzlDg my cap, rushed after them.
The round shell border was achieved, al
though Jerusha had to sit up until one o'clock
and averred that she was in consequences per
feet fright at the quiltin' the next day.
But as nobody else concurred in that young
lady's opinion respecting her personal appear
I am inc1;,,a1 RI think was only one q
those slight expansions Of the truth, in which
her sex are so apt TO be INDUCED.
know that everybody said they had livell
time at Widow Turner's, ard l have the best o
! reasons for supposing the sudden advent OF The
new minister was duly commented on, and tina
his personal appearance, and all sort OF specu
lations, embracing his attachments and future
relations alternated with gossip and ests abou
; the wedding which was to transpire the mex
: week NV sister was Thankful Turner's brides
; maid and Mr.. Willetts performed the marrag
ceremony, and looked-so some OF the young
er portion of the guests declared-as though ne
would have liked very much to join in some
! the plays which always accompanied wedding
i'll those days, if his profession had not interdlct
: ed it.
The following summer, Mr. Willetts was dull.
installed as pastor Of the South Presbyterian
church of Greenfield; and although there wa
some dissent among the older members OH &C
count of his youth, still know that Mr.. Will
! let's was regarded by most of his congregation
. as a young man of exceeding promise, and the.
affirm that no sermons had ever issued from thu
pulpit of the South Presbyterian church hkt
thoae which were heard every Sunday from tn
lips of Parson Wiletts; and 1 may be permit
ted to add here my own testimony, founded OF
o years of most intimate personal friendship Will
:, the man, that his own life was an embodiment
of the principle wi Mich he preached, and tina
y he was one of those of whom the Master said
at the clese of his long, faithful servant ente
thou into the joy of the Lord !"
/ The young minister remained at our house
a month before he went to board with Mrs. Minor
the widow of our former pastor, for the old lad
/ still occupied the parsonage. We all becam
much attached to our minister, and greatly re
J. GREETED his leaving our house; but we used t
see him f-nn,,ortlr he al1uaus had som