Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-09-05
is GOVERNED TOO MUCH
MISCELLANEOUS.
JoHATHAN's PRESENT.

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'Iwish I knew vha, to buy our Ellie for
. birth day present :"
"our Fee" How natural IL seemed to
use the car,sins household phrase-and
Jonathan StArko thought with sudden
thrill OF happiness. how short period would
elapsc ere he might says his EGe-his own
darling, blue eyed wife, And Jonathan. a
gigantic. brown broved son Of Connecticut, +,
strobe along broadway with ponderou- tread
and chtery whistle. viewing the minikn
dandics who throngcd the fashionable pave
with benevolen, pity. and wondering II the
Insignificant little wasp wasted beings tha,
they were. had been able TO find "EiIics" Of
their own, No, likely Jonathan thoush,.'or
the girls up this way preferred six ioo'crs
who could swing an axe and weld sickle
like men. and foolish Jonathan imagined
New York belle. were similarly inclined,
Only tho evening before. when hc had
stood n, her fathers wicke, gate. with the
new moon ellmmerlnc through the purple
March twilight, EGe had .ald 10 him, softly
as If tho dew and the s,ar light. and the
faint. dcliciou, smell OF the golden daGodll.
IN the garden border. and the blue violeis
jus, budding out on the meadow slopes, has
passed into the very tone, Of her voice, "'ro
morrow shall bc seventeen And iona.
than had though, " dozen pretty thing.
to say. hadn', been ablo TO &c, EN- any
farther then the roof Of his mouth so here
hc was. lingering hi. brown leather pure
uneasily m from, OF every store window. and
en,yins the courage Of the experienced shop
par. who skinned into the store. and asked
ho pricc. of ,hing., and skinned out again.
without, any more idea Of buying than the
man in ,ho moon!
III 1t was man. now, I could tell
something about i, :" groaned Jonathan.
.but how /. q fellow 10 understand the
ihin:. woman fancies?'
Ny dear unsophi.,ca,ed jonathan : a good
many people have been precisely in your
rrcdicimen, before now
There were din,y little bonnet. OF blue
,elye, and plumes-,hcre were lace collars,
lookin. 10 jonathan. bewildcrrd eatc a' II
they would lu,ier away a, the breath oi air,
and cleaning fold. OF lusirou. silk, which lie
couln', any more fancy Elhc scj', wear ing
than he could im,elne tho rus.ct robin OF
the Connecticut woods deckei ou, IN the
gaudy plumasc OF the parroque,' There
were f,,hing pwel.. and tity work boxes OF
shining .a,inwood. with ,hImSles "a LII.
liput-very nice 10 look AT. no doubt. but
by no means adapted to the wants OF the
thrifty li,ile maid who wa. equally at home
in darning tie blue wooden stockings OF
her farmer brothers, or ,e,ilnc neat patch
into the knees ofp,pa's trousers jonathan
stopped before u thriving grocery, and eyed
some receptacle where Gherkins and onions
and glossy green rcppers la en.hrIncd IN
gulf, ot vinegar. but then he remembered
,ha, jar of pickles wasn't the exact thing
TO rre.en, TO an slianced lady.lo'c aud he
passed on to n doorway where case.like
erinolines .wayed gracefully back and forth
q, every breeze.
"li there was any way Of getting The crea.
,ure hone :" he though. di'consolniely
bu, can, wear i, myself, and don, see
any other conyenen, method OF transferring
/, TO Mill Hollow, No-,ha; won, DO ~
suddenly Jonathan S'arke stopped short
before the gli.,cnirg treasures Of a druggists
windows. where a gilded hlasrec baskc,
contained two fairy Gu, glass bottles filled
with clear sparkling cologne.
THAT. whn, want, :" circulated iona.
than, clipping his la, cleciully on one side.
Won't ,ha, gimeraek look nice on Dea.
con Sco,,'s parlor tablc' Why, the min
i.,er'. wifo herself HASN'T anything better
than Hat camphor bottle and vial OF
essence Of peppermint. Halo. Mr.. Shop
man. what. the price Of that little bake,
or bottles ~
"Thres dollars. sir :" said the glib at.
tendan,. who was busy waitIn. on sour
faced old maid in exceedingly juvenile cost.
ume and short, bears creased curls.
Three dollars sounded larger in thrifty
Jonathan. ears than three hundred would
have done TO the other young men who
were lounging about the store. but Jona.
than though, OF Ellie scotss blue eyes. aud
di,ed into the depth. Of his leather purse
without, u repinins reflection.
"Iiers's the money!" no said laying a
tiny gold coin on the counter. " Pack up
the concern tight, will you. 30 tha, It won't
break to pieces before I sc, !, home"
Certainly, .ir." returned the shopman.
politely" IL you will have tho kindness TO
wait one moment, until J have attended to
this lady"
Jonathan Stark sat down on one OF the
revolving stools in front Of the counter. and
swung himself creakingly round and round,
staring at the drugs and smiling in the
aromatic odor Of the scented soaps, and
steillng glances at the antiquated female.
who was whispering mys.eriou'ly to tho
.hopman. with an odd KIND OF incrcdulity
,ha, she couli by any possibility belong to
the same sex with his blue-eyed. peach.blos.
somed little fancec, pretty Fife Scott
lie was reused from this meditation by
the half'urpressed laughter Of bsvy Of gay
girls. who had Gut,ered like u swarm Of
butterflies into tho store. And what was
worse, jonathan was uncomfortably certain