Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1866-03-08
Sr(qrtgA Gale,
DADDY DODD.

John Bcadlc was an honest man, with a
q. family and small shop 1t was not
4 ape.ul circumstance in Johns position
at. while his family kept on enlarging,
4 shop OboInatey y maintained its cOntrac-
dimensions that, while there seemed
4 be no bounds to the race Of Beadle, the
..iuess which maintained them was strict
m,ted Johns shop was situated in
# the many bystrects, with no main
ughiarc among them, which constitute
a.r, Town, and it was devoted to the
r d. Goals and vegetables. As house
..g. John, though in a small way of
-,lr>s, was a person of some importance,
>@uc4 as he was the sole lessee Of an
r. tenement 1t was something to boast
10 that neighborhood, but not much for
hereof which John called his own was a
srI-backed roof, and covered only one
besides the basement, which formed
uporium The tenement seemed to be
as, sinking INTO the earth. The impression
,ae beholder was that one story had al
tly sunk, and that the others were rap
y following it 50 that it seem, proba-
that in few years there would be moth
.- visible but the broken-backed roof lying
aoa the spot, monument of departed
@mercc in Goals. Meantime, by the
.-.Dcy Of two upright beams and one trans
st one, the broken backed roof was kept
Fer the heads Of John and his family.
Johns family consisted Of his wife Mar
%, seven children and Mmtha's old father
! these, including the old man, who was
.st work, and utterly without means of
is own, were dependent upon the cxertons
John, aided, when urgent family matters
you'd permit, by his wife Johns excrtions
.'r divided between chopping fire-wood,
oog cut hundreds (more frequently half
@ireds Of Goals on a truck and moving"
-r occupation Of moving" may be de-
''."d as going to houses about quarter
Nwrc>tIIHg with chests Of drawers, sofas,
l'IoSt bcdsteads, and other heavy arti-
IS q furniture, and getting very little
LEY, hut good deal Of beer Ii John
.' been pelican of the wilderness, he
ai have nourished his family upon beer
week after moving but he was only
4an, and could do little more than find
--1 blt Of supper with the single shil-
winch was generally all his reward i'll
.'1'abIc currency.
'ae door and the window Of the shop be-
always open, the nature and extent Of
'A stock i'll trade were patent to the
''1, 1t consisted of about,a ton of Goals
winch generally ran small-heaped up in
'-.-"i, little pile Of firewoOd, a few
'~-ss If onions, few lunches Of greens,
.'>hct ot pepPermintstick alluringly dis
!ra with some marrowless nuts and wiz
apples un a board outside the window,
' Il hrd-wrcnch. This last instrument
"a wonderful auxiliary to Johns other
IQIceS. While the two upright beams
.' .ae single transverse beam were the
.tI ol the Cmporjum architccturaIiy,
''U'"reLch was the prop of the Cmpor-
80, ed, numerically. 1t was a thing not to
,.ught Lut borrowed and the charge
I'd" loan ot the bed-wrench was two
-.'. Chaldron Street was given to bor
1ig, and it seemed to be a street which
., No' lie easy in its bed for it was always
"5 lis bed down and putting its bed up
-. ,'.~ The result being that Johns bed
-'" Was in constant aud urgent de-
'Is'1aI ot Johns shop was occupied by
r sock, s,ocA, the other half formed the ordina-
,t"AS-room. This latter room had a
,GI ,GYIace, Surmounted by a mantel-shelf, on
..5 i'a stood several works of art in china
A., 10 lnrnlture consisted OF two or three
.,I .I'Sor chairs and a small round table. -
~5 A.. active domcsticity was ever witnes,
i ,ba u s''S department except at the close
liz 4~..I "' GIay when the family, coming from
r,5. ''S and the potatoes and the firewood,
,... d, d rush at the little round table, and
..r,1. '.''ea Tor behring's and thick bread and
N,r,l' ana tea. AT such times old Daddy,
va,, superannuated father, was to be
,.e f.> S''IHg IN an armchair ly the side OF
# a.: le' Ills bald head encircled by a glory
asr a'2iS' 1; and the Goals rising on his right
..rt Instant mountain range, put in as a
.snob5 ground to the picture. Those family
t'e'S We're sharp and short. All un-