Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1867-01-16

''NiO bOtiihS uhN wv NNN-NNNNtS
singing its evening song Most time
for the boys to come, thought she, look
ing up at at the clock, as she was stirring
a lump Of butter II some stewed onions
al wonder if dear Robbie's coughod much
to-day" For all her thoughts were SO
tender Of Robbie, her slender boy, his
uncle's likeness, though she loved him no
better than bis elder brothers they were
so stout and manly, 50 like their father,
and would have stood between her and
any danger, whether it come in the form
of bears or Indians. ''These long, wet
rains from the east are so bad for the
lungs" and shade of motherly anxiety
passed over her face, as the rain came
beating against the windows aud under
the kitchen door. Soon the table was
set, the birds baked and the tea a.drawr
ing. Three hungry boys had come from
school who with their father had gone in
to the dry coats that had been warming
bY the stove full half hour for them.
Come, Robbie. what you doin' thar,
when suprcrs ready" said his father, as
they had all got seated at the tatle.
"l'm fixin' my grammar book and 'rith-
motic so they'll dry, fathe:,"
'"'tiit your books wet. boys?' and
there was funny, dgoll lock in Mr. Hun
ters eyes, as he glanced up to his older
sons from the duck he was dismemb bering.
He knew their books were never injured
By being brought homcto study.
"Sam and me is g'wine to play fox
and geese to night, and he's got to mend
bis ball and I want to crack lot o hick-
org nuts; you said we might, didn't you
mother ?" said Howard.
"Yes, and you promised not to get
them all over the floor, and to say going
instead of g'wine," handing him the gra'
w for his potatoes.
mind yer ps and as when yer moth
er tells yer how to talk grammar boys
it's suthin' nevers noculated with, but
that needn't sptle you" and he reached
over his for another dish of fragrant tea
"You's noculated for the smallpox
though, want you, father?' queric4 Sam
land said wc's gwine to be, some time,
added Howard Here the laugh came in
well going then, if that1l suit you.
and Howard blushed scarlet, if he was Q
boy, because they all had the start Of him
allow did you find the south road, ia
ther ?-I was afraid you'd get set there
and bave to leave you load" Baid Mrs
Hunter, passing her gooseberry pie.
"Found it tremendous hesvy--hcrc
III take the pie on my Plate 1T die
look one spell like I'd have to leave o.
lose sight o my load and all but they
wallured it through them oxen can
be beat on airy side the Missippi for lay
in to and drawin' when they're stuck,
don't bleive." va"
"Father, the corduroy bridge is worse
ever tonight" said Robbie
! If my little reader is an eastern boy o
girl he may not understand the construc
tion Of corduroy bridge. Whereve
there is low, muddy outlet of water
sticks Of timber, foot or thereabouts i
diameter, are thrown crosswise upon tn
road, the soil gathers upon them in on
I way and another, and then the arrange
ment is christened bridge But let tn
spring rains do their wo% removing th
soil and washing the timbers into hoar
, of two, three, or half.dozen, and the
hiding their mischief under the cover {
dark night and it becomes "bridgc c
!, sighs" to the luckless traveller.
The road on which Mr.. Hunter live
was embraced in the stage route frol
couns;l Bluffs to the Mississippi river
A ~, large, numbering, four horse stage
nassing and repassing daily and night!
were regarded with great interest,", p0'n .
! erowu-tolks and children-for by tn
friends, letters ada the gcner'
means, - ~ they we're
news were brought to them ~
!. connecting link between quiet homes ne
: villages, and the busy, thrObbing lie D
r yond.
i II tell you, won't old JAka-sw'ar VIII
he comes to the corduroy bridge.
j night" said Samuel to Howard that e'
/. ming, as they we're eating and distributl
/ hickory nuts "he alters docs if thin
don't go right"
i "He alters does any way reJoin
!. Howard. "
2n"He says the one that drove the II
- indian from the prairies ought to h'
ID been hung added Robbie, erasing fr
IA his slate the example he had just wrong
! "Was that sum right, Bob 2 asl
i Howard, getting his fox and geesc-bO'