Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-06-07
MOTHER EzAEFEE'S This
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Old Mother Maggie YVES about the busiest
character in the forest. But you must know
that there is a great difference between be
ing busy and industrious; and this vas the
case with Mother Maggie.
She WAS always foil Of everybody'g bust
ness but her own,-up and dom, here and
there, everywhere but il her own nest,
knowing every ones affairs, telling what ev-
cry body had been doing or ought 10 do, and
ready TO cast her advice gratis at every bird
and beast of the woods
Now she hustled up to the parsonage at
the foot of the oak tree, TO tell old Parson
Toe whit what she thought he ought TO
preach for his next sermon, and how dread
full the morals of the parish we're becoming
Then after perfectly bewildering the old
gentleman, who was always sleepy Of a
Monday morning, Mother Maybe would
take peep into Mrs. Orioles nest, sit chat
teriug On bough above, and pour forth
foods of advice, which poor little Mrs. 0riole
used to say to her husband, beaildered her
more than a hard northeast stern.
depend upon it. my DEAR" Mother Mag
pie would say, "that this way of building
your nest, swinging like an old empty stock
ing from bough, isn't at all the thing,
never built one SO, in my life, and / never
have headaches. Now you complain that
your head aches when 1 call upon you LIS
all on account of this way of swinging and
swsyiDg about in such an absurd manner"
q But my dear" piped Mrs. Oriole, 81 the
Orioles always have built ia this manner,
and it suits our constitution"
"a fiddle on your constitution! How can
you tell what agrees with your constitution
unless you trygs You own you are not well ;
you are sEubjeot to headaches, and every
physician will tell you that a fitting motion
disorders the stomach and acts upon the
brain. Ask old DIR. Kite. / was talking
With him about your case only yesterday.
and he says Mrs. Maggie, perfectly agree
with you"
+" But my husband prefers this style of
building
That's only because he isn't properly in
structed. Pray, did you ever attend Dr.
Kites lectures on the nervous system?"
"No, have no time to attend lectures.
Who would set on the eggs?"
"Why your husband, to be sure, don't he
take his turn in setting? If lie don't he
ought to. | shall speak to him about it.
My husband always set regularly half the
time, that ] might have time to go about and
exercise
so Mrs. Maggie. pray don't speak to my
husband; he will think have been com
planning"
"No, no.. he won't! Let me alone. 1
understand just how to say the thing. I've
advised hundreds of young husbands in my
day, and never give offence"
But l tell you, Mrs. Maggie, don't
want any interference between my husband
and me, and | will not have it, says Mrs.
Oriole, with her little round eyes flashing
with indignation.
"Don't put yourself in passion, my
dear; the more you talk, the more sure l.
am that your nervous system is running
down, or you wouldn't forget good manners
IN this way. You had better take my ad-
wise for l understand just what to do, -
and away sails Mother Maybe; and pres
emily young Oriole comes home, all in a tiut-
ter.
az say, my dear, if you will persist in
gossipping over our private family matters
with that old Mother Magpie-" q
MY dear, l don't gossip; she comes and
bores me 10 death with talking, and then
goes off and mistakes what she has been
saying for what have said" IA ssst
"But you must cut her. ~.is sra maa
"lt's enough to make bird swear, said
Tommy Oriole.
Tommy Oriole, to say the truth, had a.
good n heart as ever beat under birds
feathers but then he had q weakness for
concerts or general society, because he was
acid to be, by sll odds. the handsomest bird
in the woods, and sung Ike an angel; and
so the truth was he dIdnt conine himself
SO much TO the domestic nest "a Tom Tit
mouse or Billy Wren. But he determined
that he Wouldn't have old Mother Maybe
interfering with his affairs.
The tact is, quoth Tommy, " am q
society bird, and Nature has marked out for
me q course beyond the range of the com
mon place, and my wife mast learn to ac-
commodate. LII she has brilliant husband
whose success grautes her ambition and
places her IN distinguished public position,
she must pay something Tor 1t. I'm sure
Billy Wren g wife would give her very 6ili
to see her husband Ia the circles where [
am quite al home. So to say the truth, nay
wife was all well enough content till OH
Mother Maybe interiered. ii Is quite my
duty 10 take strong ground, and snow that
cannot be dictated Il"
So, after this, Tommy 0riole went TO
rather more concerts, anu spent less time NJ
home than ever he did before, which was
all thai Mother Maggie effected in that quar-
ter. / confess this was very bad in Tommy T;
but then birds are no better Than men in do
mestic matters, and sometimes viii take the
most unreasonable courses, If q meddlesome
Maggie gets her claw into their nest.
But OLD Mother Maggie had now got new
business in hand N another quarter She
hustled OF down TO Water-dock Lane, where,
SIS we said in former narrative, lived the
old music teacher, DR.. Bullfrog. The poor
old Doctor was a supplemented, good,
amiable creature, who had played the double
bass and led the forest choir on all public
occasions since nobody knows when. Lat
terly some youngsters had arisen who
sneered at his performance as behind the