Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1862-05-09

the fire, was saIuted with
How it smokes ?
what ails the fire, MIN
q Harry discovered the cause, pulled ou
the damper, and merry blaze repai
him. The coffee boiled, the steak sput
tered in the pan, and the men painted
, perspired, whistled, ald used imprope
. words over the heat
, 1t was a good supper, ana piling up tn
t dishes which it was too hot to wash, th
five bachelors returned to tie parlor.
: 1t was involuntary, but zach pair o
eyes rested for moment On the sea
Susy was wontto occupy. A little music
more talk, and still more smoking, filled
the time till midnight, when each one
yawned himself off to bed. Harry, wht
was always the one to lock up stayed
the latest. The kitchen looked dreary
no fire, geasy frying-pan placed as hel
met over the coffee pot, bits of bread ly
ing about loose, dirty pots here, and dirty
dishes there. The parlor was in disor.
der; chairs stood in forlorn confusion
smoke hung over all. The dining room
with its piles Of dirty cups, saucers, and
plates, its unswept floor greasy napkins,
and smoky atmosphere was worst Of all.
and Harry inwardly admitted that some,
how the house didn't look as usual
There was fun the next morning max
ing up beds The milkman and baker
had vainly knocked for admitlanco, and
finally retired in disgust and the bach
elors breakfasted off the stale bread left
from the nights feast, and coffee black
and sweet.
Each man clear up bis own room
The order given, each started to obey.
Joe pulled off all the clothes from his
bed, and having laid the bolster and pil.
low on, proceeded to pu, on first blanket,
next spread, and finally the two sheets,
finishing off the whole by putting himself
on the top to rest from his tolls. Minnie.
after pulling all the clothes off one side
in trying to tuck them in on the other, and
then correcting the mistake by tucking
them in on the other side and pnllnc
them off the first, put his bolster on over
the pillow and concluded it would do
Charley merely smoothed bis down, sage
ly observing that if he pulled the things
off he never could put them on again.
Harry and George, who shared the same
room, having followed Charley's plan,
put on an extra touch by sweeping their
room, and leaving the pile of dust in the
entry. 'Excelsiorp
Three days experience convinced them
that bachelors cookery was slow starva-
ton. Steaks and coffee for breakfast
we're followed by coffee and steaks for
dinner, and both for tea. Charley sug-
gested that they have their meals sent to
them from a restaurant.
All mencooks, so we stick to the con-
tract was his final observation.
The motion was seconded and carried
by unanimous vote.
BY this time every dish, plate napkin,
pot, aud pan in the house was dirty, and
joyfully concluding that they wouldn't
want them any more, The gentlemen piled |
them up in the kitchen sink on the floor
and tables, and left them.
Harry r-it was Georges voice l
have not got clean shirt
Nor L.
Nor l.
Nor l.
I've got one
Not a handkerchief, nor a collar, nor
A pair of stockings, nor "a
Stop! Two weeks since Susy went,
and no washing day
There was a dead silence.
Who knows how to wash ?
No answer.
live seen it DONE said one faint
voice owned by Charley. you soap the
hings and rub 'em on board
Can anybody iron ?
They all thought they could manage
tat part.
The kitchen was opened for the first
ime for ten days. One cry burst from
i've lips Tables, chairs, floor, dresser,
ink, were one mass of reaches, collected
y the piles Of greasy dishes. They
verrsn every place.
Shut the door. Now for itr cried
George, and dashed at the invaders.
}edlam seemed to have broken loose.
n reaching one of the 'critters,' Charley
pset the table. Crash went the crocke-
Y. Screams of laughter, cries of dis
nat blovvs tbict as hail connrnapfs on