St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-12-29

Ef "a II
so Mstk Douglas lost his sweet!
heart, and ,nsrched dowo to Petersburg
solitary man, parveling, ,s. many a
one has done before him, on the inscru.
table "ysterle. of the female heart. :
"Dretfal keen wind, ain't,ie,'N said
the Widow Taylor, untyiog the str,:iinlgs
eehsr ~or.ted hood powerful sharp.
frost 'l.st nixh%l Deacon" Pcttibone's
lahlias is black =, SCOT, and all Miss
Morrison's s,'ornip' .slorics is blasted,
Th.nkee. Miss Martin, my teet i. cold !;
WON'T you take tie rockio' chair your.
self? Why, Rachael, child, what ails
your all7>the neighbors are talking
bout how yon' " changed 49,. ..."SI a.. =
Rachael colored, .ad turned away.
:; II am we'll enough" 49,. u ...,:..<
II tell ye what, Miss Martini" be-
gan Mrs. Taylor, In : mysterious whis.
PCT to the elder lady, "you lest take {.
double handful: o green willer bark,
and bile'it up wsll-os sn.keroot tea
.in't bad and give her pint night
and taornin'. Its the most strensth-
eni"g .bing!' But I've como round. to
tell you what the Women's Committee
have decided on" h'.''':.'.f
: ".'h. indeed ," said, Mrs. Martin,
i"quiringly: ..>'.'~
I'VE all feel to be dretful thankful
the harvest's been 50 good, and-and
every things fetched up Jest about
right" insoned the widow; ".nd SO We
thought it would be kind o squarin' up
with p..rciful Providence, to send a
box or tew o things out to them poor
soldiers that's 6gh,in' like oil pos=
scsscd !; It's only accordin' to Scripter,
you know, ard it. voald be a kind o
nice little Thanksgivin' gift, now would
it not ~ ,..1.
The widow dropped her eyclids sane.
timcniously, and went on : ill., ..t,
swiss Darby's kindly yin Us a bush.
cl o them swcet-potatuss they raised iu
the south pasture lot They're little
damaged, not exactly fit for market; bu,
there's no doubt the soldiers III BE- glad
to get 'em and Miss Deacon Pettibone
has promised Us h lot o that fermentcd
peach suse, and Desire Wallis has made
up , sight O. book marks. and Widow
Smith has cooked a peck . 1doushnt,ts
without 10 sweetnin'. S"gar's 20 high,
and 'tnin't likely the soldiers care for
sweet stuff: AS Cor me, I recly don,
like to tell about NY mite; but hunt
ed "p a fewo' poor dear Deacon Tay
lor's 5ld trowsers aud coats in the gar.
rct--a little moth-eatcn and rather ten
der, but I hain't 70 doubt they'll b,
welcome: Old Jones has Civ us half
pound . tea aud pound. o csndles
and Mr. Merriam contributes ! set o
law books, >. aud they tell me is dretfu
improvin' readin'. And the, Commit
tee calo'lated you aud Rachael woult
help u.s. az
"Of course We wlll," asscnted. Mrs
Martin, recovering promptly from tn
momeot.ry bewilderment,s and amuse
ment caused by the Widow Taylor
valuable list Of treasures; sand"
'"Then l may as we'll be stirrin',' ,
ejacu'ated tho widow, jumping up $50
I've got to see Miss Dr.. Dawson. aut
Squire Ladd yet tonight. Good. even
10 ye-and don't forget the willer
bark teal" .e..,..,,>.s >.'~.,'' ".: ''''.,:,
Mrs: Martin and Rachael both burs
out laughing a. the door closed. :. i
"Poor Mrs: Taylor" said ,Mrs. Mar
tin. !, 49,, Ks
"Mam,na. how can she P" demanded
Rachael, indignantly. "Such = box fo1
the soldiers j.! Why, it would ouly be IL
! regfavatioa'''' - wsa3H
"Never mind, Ray, DEAR" said he'
! mother, soothi"ely; "1'lf make up, ,
lot. Of real doughuuts, and pack en-
round the biggest pair Of turkeys faith
e. can 6nd, with a box Of, little pump
kin pies and you shall send barre
Of those golden pippins from the OLD
tree beyond the brook the tree MARI
Douglas ] liked 90 we'll. They're il. tn,
tgarrct; in, that old green ohest : and B.
sure and put in plenty o good clear
straw to prevent their mellerin' againns,
each other .'s#&.sf Z; !,
Rachael obeyeds; and Mrs. Martin
never had the least idea Of tho tear.
she shed, with. her trim little f;pnre