The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1863-01-03

came forward to take my horse. He had, as
| atterwar1 learned, served in the Mexican
war, and had still soldierly bearing. TAX.
ing the bride be said:
You ere the minister, I suppose ? We
had given you up, thinking you would not
come in such storm as this. But how did
you cross he river? We heard the bridge
was gone
Horseback, said I.
Well said the old soldier, his eye kind
iing, q minister that can do that cau preach
| hnovE
/ had fulfilled my enga cement partly from
sympathy and the pleasure OF coaquering ob
staces; there was, besides, sort of present
iment that urged me Oh nor did | in the enc
regret that | Yielded to it.
The interior of the humble dwelling anc
its 0, occupants | shall not soon forget. Wha
taste and neatncss under the most discourag
ing circumstances What method and fer
tiIIty of arrangement where all was plain, aut
rough, and scant 1t is on the frontier
where the appearances of elegant housewife
ry are impossible, that woman's fertile re
sources Of tact and skill most strikingly ap
pear, often making the rude log house an
simple homemade furniture wear an aspec
Of comfort and taste not unlrequenty wan,
ing i'll homes of luxury.
The household consisted of the father "a
ready introduced mother, three daughter
and the young man who had called Tor m
services.
Mother is not well, and would like to sc
you moment remarked one of the youn
ladies', showing me ioto an adjoining room
where loving hands had spared DO pains
tortify its pining inmate against exposure
and soothe the anguish of suffering.
A bed with its snowy counterpane an
tasteful curtains, stood in corner Of tt
apartment. On it recliued the dying mothe
the cmaciated frame and hectic check mari
ing her a victim Of consumption.
i am so glad to see y1u, said she, extenC
ing her hand. 1t is long while since
minister of the Gospel has entered cur door
and get | regret that you have been put I
50 much trouble and exposure in comm,
God will reward you But wish to spea
10 you about this marriage.
From her remarks learned that the fan
, lily were from Now England. Her husbar
on his return from the war, removed them
t the West making one or two temporary loo
t tons, then selling out and going still further
to the unsettled woods. 1t was while On tie
way out that tho young man, to whom the
$ daughter was nov engaged, mado their a
b qualntanco and joined lis fortunes with the
/. 1t was under circumstances Of great tri
y to them, and his presence and aid we're pee
d Iiarly acceptable, indeed indispensable,
e With untiriug zeal he devoted himself
e their comfort, and whether on the long lou
!, ney in the emigrant wagon. Or in the tolls
d cldent to making new home, he was like
S son and brother.
d We came here, said the mother becau
:. OF my health, that the climate might do |
n ne what medicine could not. [ now S
z was too late. But for my husband a
d Georges sake, who have sacrificed so mu
e on my account, | hope this last settleme
n may prove productive some day. They ha
e secured good tract of lard, that must
n valuable by and by; but we are land poo
o now all our money is gone. Another s,
. son, however, we hope our crops will bri
rs US something more than the necessaries
y life George is like child to me- and wi
e is more, be is Chriotan. Annieand he a
It tenderly attached, and despite our presc
Il poverty, | shall rejoice in knowing that tn
ID are united before am called away
Is But the few friends that had been invit
n had come 10 the simple words that INA
1T two inseperably one were uttered and then
ID the table was being laid, bride and bridegro