Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1866-07-27
Our "Liddy Lizer. -
A DOMESTIC TALE.

She was christened Lydia Eliza, l
believe, but it couldn't be expected
that human beings could take the
trouble Of prOnouncing those two
hard names a hundred times a day :;
and the natural consequence was that
she was always called Liddy Lizer,
and always called herself so; and the
fact ought to be a warning to all poor
people not to take airs when they
name their children. AS for Iiddy
Lizer herself, she never took any airs
I'll say that for her; but then, you
see, she had no reason to. | took her
out of the poor house. When Mr..
Trab left this wicked world, and |
thought Of taking a few select board
ers, | went to the poOr-house and
adopted Liddy Lizer. chose her be-
cause she looked the healthiest and
sraartoSt If had known how smart
she was, I'd never had anything to
| do with her, you may depend on that
but | never knew any good to come
of those charity children-never.-
! Pen could not tell all | did for that
girl She was bound to me until she
was eighteen, and l felt it my duty
| She always wore two aprons that GOV
cred her from her chin to her toes
: and nice, thick cowhide boots, and al
winter | gave her two nights a weel
, at evening school, and never allowed
her to contract habits Of idleness-no
that is not on my conscience. | hav,
4 had that girl up at five in the morning
scrubbing the steps, when they troZo
beneath her brush, before she wa
twelve years old.
The only fault | had to find wit
her was that she was too pretty fo
: her position. Charity children hav
l no right to be handsome in that way
: [ don't mind healthy red cheeks AM
$ chubby shoulders, but Liddy Lie
n grew up tall and fair, with great blu
+ eyes and golden curls, Il cut them o
IS as close as | could to her head tho,
It and was better looking then than m
Araminta, who was just her age-o
= would have been, if l had dressed thel
}; alike. But you see kept my Aramil
ia always dressed like doll, and pr
her hair in papers every night, an
u never let her soil her hands, and | ha
her taught to play the piano, and TO
3 bade her the kitchen-for [ meant t
bring her up lady.
AS for Liddy Lizer, you heard he
name all over the house a hundre
times a day. l wanted her, coo
wanted her, Araminta wanted her, an
every boarder in turn needed Lido
Lizer When she found time to gro
| don't know, but grow she did.
: knew that by her aprons. She W;
s, head taller than Aramanta by I'll
1 time she was sixteen; and, to own Il
s. s. truth, she looked like a young lac
or when she wore her pink print
. church on Sunday.
That Christmas | had a new boar
% era very rich gentleman-not vel
It. young but very good-looking and sty
~ ish. He wanted quiet home, al
furnished some apartments on the fir
floor with his own handsome thing
of and paid well and promptly, viii
the boarders didn't all do. | wonde
ed if he was a bachelor. i.
of | looked at my Araminta, dress
in scarlet and black, with her hs
braided at the back and fastened wi
TT a gold comb. The girl had a /
witching way, like her mothers VIII
she was young; and | lay ava
- dreaming, though my eyes were wi
open, all night, about being mother
At 70 law to Mr.. Ashton. Yes; the trr
ed, was, | had made up my mind that /
IA "A Araminta should be his wife. Z
in dear girl promised to do her best, a
an dress her prettiest; and certain
he Inc when | was almost driven wild W
duns from dry-goods stores every q
qr hs OF my life, she ought to have had a s
APPS ficient wardrobe. And that is
way Liddy Lizer was pressed il
t. service, and put on her pink cali