Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1866-05-18

old lady to quarrel about the pigs get
ting into the yard, he met an old lady,
a neighbor of the aged couple. As
Mr.. Devil and the neighbor were very
particular friends, they must needs
stop on the way and chat a little
"Good morning, sir" said she, "and
pray what on earth makes you look
SO bad this morning? Isn't the con-
troversy between all the churches do
ing service ?'
"Yes.'
isn't Deacon w. making plenty of
bad whiskey ?''
"Yes."
well, what is the matter, my high
ly honored master p
"Everything is going on well enough, p"
replied the Devil, ''but land he looked
as sour as a monkey on a crab apple
tree old Blueford and his wife over
here are injuring the cause terribly by
their bad example; and after trying
four years to induce them to do right,
must say | consider them hopeless"
The hag stood a moment in deep
thought.
Are you sure you have tried every
way ?"
every way | can think OF"
4Are you certain p
Yes"
We'll" replied she, 'if you will
promise to make me present of a
new pair of shoes. III case | succeed, |
will make the attempt myself, and see
if | can raise quarrel between them. "
To this reasonable request t h e
Devil gladly assented. The old hag
went her way to old Blueford's house,
and found Mrs. BIueford busily en-
gagged in getting things ready for her
husbands comfort on his return from
work. After the usual compliments
had passed, the following dialogue
took place =
well, friend b., you and Mr.. B,
have lived a long time together"
Give and twenty years, come No
vemher," said she.
"And all this time you have never
had quarrel p
Not one"
4 am truly glad 10 hear it, con.
tinued the hag; Il consider it my duty
to warn yon, though this is the case
you must not expect it to be so al
ways. Have YOU not observed that o
late Mr. B. has grown peevish and
sullen at times ?"
"A very little SC" observed Mrs
Rluetord,
"Haye YOU not noticed, said the
hag, "that your husband has a buncI
OF long harsh hair growing under the
chin, side of his throat p
/ Yes"
These hairs are the cause of the
trouble, and as long they remain, yot
/ had better look out Now as friend
| would advise you to cut them off thu
first time YOU get chance, and thu
end the trouble, and as long as the,
remain. YOU had better look out.
Soon after this, the hag started 70
home, and made it convenient to NEE
Mr.. B. on the way. Much the sam
talk in relation to his domestic happi
ness past between him and the oil
woman.
uHut, friend Blueford,' said she, d"
think it my duty as a Christian. t
warn YOU to be on Your guard, for
tell YOU your wife intends your ruin.
Old Mr.. B. Was very much astonisl
ed, yet ne could not wholly discredi
her words When he reached home
he threw himself On bed in perplex
ty, and feignlng himself asleep, studio
the matter over in his mind. His VIII
thinking this good opportunity TO
cutting off the obnoxious hair, too
her husbands razor, and crept softl
to his side, Now the old lady wa
much frightened at holding a razor s
close to her husbands neck; and he
hand was not so steady as it once was
b, so, between the two, she went to wor
F, very awkwardly, and pulled the hail
instead of cutting them off. B. opel
! ed his eyes, and there stood his Wi
with a razor at his throat. Altt
D what had been told him, and SEEN
4 this, he could not doubt but that 81
intended to murder him. He sprar
d from the bed with horror, and no e
I PLANTATION or entreaty could convin'
d him to the contrary, So from Th
time there was jaw, jaw, qnarrellin
s wrangiing, all the time.
l. With delight the Devil heard of Il
success of his faithful emissary, al
a sent her word if she would meet hi
k at the end of the lane at a certa
r time, he would pay her the Shoes
d At the appointed time she repaired
n the spot, and found the Devil at /
= place. He put the shoes on a pc
n and standing on the opposite side
the fence, handed them over to h'
She was much pleased with them
they were exactly the things.
~ but there is one thing, NJ. Dey
. | would like you to explain; that
'e why you hand them to me on stick
u "Very easy to explain" replied
III .Any one who has the cunning a
0 meanness to do as you have do
u don't get nearer than twenty feet
III me-" So saying, he fled in terror.
- After while the old woman di
m and when she applied for admission
ar the lower regions, the Devil wol
W not let her in, for fear she might
IN throne him, as she was so much
~ superior. So the old woman is
- condemned to wander over the wo
~ creating quarrels and strife in pea
% full families and neighborhoods.
ICE Would you know her name?
Ia Il L.