The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1867-01-08
MISCELLANY.
Farmer Hopes Trouble.

kitcn'n ilIP lew rays from tue covered
emhe,S glanced ont AT him now and then,
blinked. winkril, and went to their nshen
sleep again When they did 80 the farmer
stirred them up with his heavy boot.
A heavy, broad. shouIdercd man was
farmer Hope, ,and as he siooled in bis arm
chair, over the smoldcring hearth. his
IN SECULAR frame droopel with rondcrous
weight, as if the heart inside of il were
heavy to lit A miserable drop, that
should have been tear. hung pitcou-ly
at the enl of his nose; for larmcr Hope
hal worked out early and late this autumn,
AMI the only thing hc had got ty it was
cold.
Every thing goes the wrong way"
said The farmer
lie might have said this to himself, but
that arnn lmothcr Beck sat in the door.
way. knitting. The lust rudy RAYS of
twilight ., aimed over the ,loping corn
field that occupied the rnl,in. ground iu-t
bcv mi the huu,r, aud II broad hanl OF
sOnber crim-,,n swept in across the porch
and over the il.,ur of the unlit room the
laintc>t skv ii.ht was better than canll =,
gran lmnthcr Seek was went To- sa,--nnd
more crononic'l Silent nnl soothing
AMI solemn WI, ih. timr. and. sitting cr, ei
in the {, ,urWav. the old lady occasionally
varied her rnplol mrnt with an iuvo!rn
rary nod to the Departing tw,li.ht.-
Ronscd from his peaceful moo hy farmer
/ Hopes gruli voice. tip needles -pHsmudi.
] |, |.
| herself in h,r comfortable arm chair, the
old lady pcrrcd over her sprcturlcs after
the dropped stitch. Till silence cn,urd once
more, and farmer Hope acknowledgement.
mother Beck nodded And doubt not
~ much wisdom WAS cou.ainr IN his
patient recognition Of her Oh age and
acqnicsccncr IN fate AMI dccr'ptulr, as
n all his sury eiru."lcs ami sharp def
ance of destiny.
\ sweet summer silence refined in the
room. for an instant; the katydil- in the
dcWy shruhbrry without chrpcd their
tender mouotony, and the wondrons peace
and spell of "A country evening seemed to
have settled softly down everywhere.
/ Only the farmer Was rcsivc under thi-
opiatc o. peace bru,:ling in the atmo-.
phcrc.
..Y,s'" lac rcnc,,nd .,r,,;,r Ii. Lr,,1
hand uron Ii .tal,,urt knee in , vnv
thar started the knttipo needles with =
sudden click, "cvery thing! I'm d,rn,d
tired Of !, an. Here have h.rn w.rl,,p,
early AMI late, Ike uigg"r ,lavc the
whole blessed summer. and an these wear.
along back-anl it amt come to notiinr
Blamed if cont ,lrnp the whole rorc,r,
A fellow NAV work AMI work. till hi.
very souls clean wrierlcl out of his body.
end what .ocs it all amount 10, There.
no rrttinp along hou-,,l, in Ills worlI
old woman! It's ali chcotinr an cbuf
f,rjnr. and ,hcap, p,ning-and if Won don't
do like The rest, It's bccaus, You're too
much Of a fool to he II kn,vp--,n' l,Ika
i'll tell ,ou of it. too. "A, farmer .Iuro. did
me, WHEN hr cart i off that last load of
hay. 1t all turn, out ha,l rs far as | can
,rr in this world. and AS don't know
about the nrxt-'
Samuel Z said eran,lmother Beck
rcproyiunly
"ro be sure | DON'T" rctpcatcd the
! farmer. rruilly. stirripp I'M with N. boot
the ,u'ky cmhrr., ..know nothing ahnur
it. Whocvcr's cot the charuc M thpre
manages thugs, take il. pretty mnch as
ty,unis do hrrr-or else. may be- Ills
place j. 50 tar oil from lhcs. parts they
90 wron. in spite of Him p
"Oh, Samuel - sail nrandmo,hcr
Beck 1t Deacon i,lbcrt should hear
thee taking so,'
Gran lmolhcr Deck had been lronol
up among the qlnhcr,. bnt she had the
proioundc,t +, sprcr for church. dirnitarie,
Of any sect whatever.
"T3at tor deacon Gilb,rt," sail farmer
+ Hope. Swapping hi tnprrs. lie don,
have any Short crops tn make lo,c my.
mcnt> with; he"
"Whv. Samuel = said the oil l,dv
upiitln. her wrinklcI han Is. from winch
/ the great bal Of nav warn rolled trc,cb.
rrnti,ly upun th.. 1nnr. :. surely thrc's n,t
/ given over to-" Pms ,k;u., ,dv,no,,.
/ Of theology. r.n.n,l NJ tl,is in.t,n, tl,,
/ lnrilcss hnu. IN hroke n t,c same tiuc
the thread of rr,nlm,tb.r B.ck'. d.