Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-04-12
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realize that something extraordinary
had happened. ~, / |
Stark, saws he, what's the matter
with We? You're changed
Yes says /; Il wear my beard now,
and I've grown Older.
Dumbed if faint oddr says he
Stark, what in thunder is the matter
with meY
You've had meetin' house on the
brain for the past four years, says L;
that's what's the matter
1T was some time before | could
make him understand that he had been
out of his head, and that so long a.
time had been a blank to him.
Then he said, is this my farm =
Don't you know it p says l.
1T looks more slicked up than ever
it used to- says he.
Yes says |; and you will find ev-
erything on the place slicked up in
about the same way
Where's Dave, says he.
Dave has gone to town to see about
selling the WOOL a-
Where's DAMP
Dams in college. He takes great
notion to medicine; and we're going
to make doctor of him.
Whose house is that 2 says he, as |
was taking him home.
No wonder you don't know it, says
l. 1T has been painted and shingled
and had new blinds put on; the gates
and fences are all in prime condition ;
and that's a new barn we put up a
couple of years ago. cT TrE
Where does the money come from
to make all these improvements?
1T comes off the place, says L.
we haven't run in debt the first cent
but we've made the farm more profit
able than it ever was before.
That's MY houseY he repeated
wonderingly, as we approached it,
What sound is that .
That's Lottie practicing her lessons
or the piano. --
"A pianner in my house p he NUT
tered. Il can't stand that. 1t sound
rather poorly, though
yes, it does sound pretty, and
guess you'll like it. How does tn
place suit you?' - 5 II.
1T LOOKS poorly He started
What young lady is that?
1T was Lottie, who had left her mt
sic and stood by the window.
MY darter we don't say Dumbe
if she amt mighty nice GAL -z
EYES, says |; she takes after he
mother bal. ........ ... ...
Just then Susie, who heard talking
ran to the door.
who's that agin p says Jedwort.
Il told him,
wal, SHE'S a mighty nice lookin
gal, toor .-
eyes, says 1; she takes after he
mother.
Little Willie, now eight years oil
came out of the wood shed with
bow and arrow in hand, and stare
like an owl, hearing his father talk.
"What boy is that p says Jedwor
And when | told him he muttere,
Hes an ugly lookin' brat!'
''He's more like his father says
The truth is, Willie was such fir
boy the old man was afraid to prais
him, for fear I'd say of him as L
said Of the girls, that he favored h
mother. r.'.# e
Susie ran back and gave the alarm
and then out came mother, and Mar
with her baby in her arms-for I 70
got to tell you that we had been ma
ried now well nigh on to two years
We'll, the women-folks were /;
much astonished as [ had been whe
Jedwort first spoke, and a good de,
more delighted. They drew him I'M
the house, and am bound to say
behaved remarkably well. He Ike
looking at his wife and children, al
his grandchild, and the new paper
the walls and the new furniture, al
now and then asking question
making a remark. $1,000.
'1t all comes back to me now sa
he, at last. Il thought | was Twin
the moon, with superior race of b
man bein's and this is the place al
you are the people,
1T wasn't more than couple
days before he began to pry aroun
and find fault, and grumble at the e
pense; and l saw there was danger
things relapsing into something lii
their former condition. So / too
him one side and talked to him. Go
Jedwort,' says |, you're like IN;
raised from the grave. You was t
same as buried to your neighbors, al
they come and look at you as tn
would dead man come to life.
you it's like coming into new worl
and I'll leave it to you now, if y
don't rather like the change from t
old state of things to what you s
around you to-day. You've seen he
the family affairs go on-how ples
ant everything is, and how we all e
JOY ourselves. You hear the pia
and like it; you see your childr
sought after and respected-your W
in liner health and spirits than you
ever known her since the day you W
married; you see industry and ne
ness everywhere on the premises al
you re beast ifyou don't like all TIL
In short, you see that our manas
ment's a great deal better than you
and that we beat you even in the m;
ter Of economy. Now, what | wa
to know is this: whether you thi
you would like to fall into our way
living, Or return like a hog to 70
wallow.' a