Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1866-06-08
Miss Katy-Did and Miss Cricket.
BY MRS. HARRIET BEECHER STOWE.

Miss katy-did sat on the branch of
a Towering azaIia, in her best suit of
fine green and silver, with wings Of
point lace from mother Natures finest
web.
Miss Katy was in the very highest
possible spirits, because her gallant
cousin, Col. katy-did, had looked in
to make her a morning visit 1t was
fine morning, too, which goes for as
much among the Katy-dids as among
men and women. 1t was, in fact, a
morning that Miss Katy thought must
have been made on purpose for her to
enjoy herself in. There had been a
patter ofrain the night before, which
had kept the leaves awake talking to
each other till nearly morning, but
by dawn the small winds had blown
brisk little pufIs. and whisLed the
heavens clear and bright with their
tiny wings, as you have seen Susan
clear away the cobwebs in your mann
mas parIor; and so now there were
only left a thousand blinking, burning
water-drops, hanging like convex mir
rors at the end of each leaf, and Miss
Katy admired herself in each one.
"Certainly | am a pretty creature, "
she said to herself: and whom tho sal
liant Colonel said something about be-
ING dazzled by her beauty, she only
tossed her head and took it as quite a
matter of course.
THE fact is, my dear Colonel, she
said, Il am thinking Of giving a party,
and you must help me to make out
the lists"
My dear, You makeme the happiest
Of Katy-dids.'
Now" said Miss katy-did, draw
ing an azalia leaf towards her, Let
us see,-whom shall We have? The
FireAies, Of course; everybody wants
them, they are so brilliant; a little
unsteady, to be sure, but quite in the
higher circles
Eyes, we must have the Firehies,
echoed the Colonel
"Well, then,-and the Butterflies
and the Moths. Now, there's a trOub
; lie. There's such an everlasting tribe
of those Moths; and if you invite dul.
people they're always sure all to come
every one of them. Still, if you have
the Butterflies, you can't leave out the
! Moths
"OId Mrs. Moth has been laid W
lately with a gastric fever, and tina
may keep two or three of the Misse:
Moth at home" said the Colonel.
"Whateyer could give the old LADY
such a turn ?" said Miss Katy. I"
thought she never was sick"
Il suspect it's highliving. Iunder
stand she and her family ate up {
whole ermine cape last month, and
disagreed with them"
For my part, can't conceive hov
. the Moths can live as they do" saiC
Miss Katy with a face of disgust
!. "Why, l could no more eat worste'
), fur, as they do"
i. That is quite evident from tn
5. fairy-like delicacy of your appearance,
said the Colonel. zone can see tha
nothing so gross and material ha
,e ever entered into your system"
p I'm sure" said Miss Katy, MANN
- says she don't know what does kee
me alive; half dew drop and a littl
- bit Of the incest part of rose leaf,
assure you, often lasts me for day
But we are forgetting our list. Lie
IF me see-the Fire-hies, Butter-fie
Moths. The Bees must come, [ SUI
pose"
t "The bees are a worthy family
said the Colonel.
= "Worthy enough, but dreadful
hum-drum," said Miss Katy. "The
t! never talk about anything but hone
d, and housekeeping; still they are
"a q class of people one cannot neglect"
in "WeH, then, there are the Bumbl
n n Bees"
d d 40, | doat on theml General Bur
ble-Bee is one of the most dashin
by brilliant fellows of the day."
ps 'I think he is shockingly corpulent
said Colonel Katy-did, not at q
pleased to hear him praised ;-"dor
you?"
tu- Il don't know but he is a lit
slI ggIi stout, said Miss Katy; @but so di
,ar tinguished and elegant in his manner
ire rIy something martial and breezy abo
him.
aWell ifyou invite the Bumble-Bee