Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-12-30
For the ladies.
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COUSIN JAMES CHILDREN.
BY nETsEY TEOTWUOu.

NOW oiu maids may 90 uiFiutd into TWO
classes old maids from necessity aud old
maids from choice The former class are
much less numerous than Is generally sup
posed. One rarely sees q woman who has
not at some time or other had an opportu.
nifty TO toll the knell of her own free moral
agency, by tying herself for better or worse
(ond in my opinion. the worse invariably
predominates,) to some specimen Of masculine
humanity. | repeat that there are very few
old maids from necessity, aud certainly do
r. not belong to them.
Yet ! was never o. beauty. What with
green eyes and mud.colored hair IL was al
ways ioretold that | should be au old maid ;
and then from my earliest recollection up TO
the present time, have always had the great
est antipathy to men aud mice, and propor-
tionate partiality for cats and green tea.
Yet 1t was only yesterday that The situa-
ton Of the late lamentod Mrs. Deacon jon
kins was profcred me a situation traught
with numerous recommendations and adyanta-
ges, man, Il note the words of the bercaved
spouse,) though what the numerous recon.
mondations and advantages are, | cannot for
my life imagine, unless he referred to his ten
children But contemplation of these sug-
gest my story, from which | have been run
ming away | see.
My cousin, Jane Smith, had the mislor-
tune to become attached, some years ago, TO
man. Him She subsequently married, and
the consequence is, she has now house full
Of children. I've forgotten just how many
believe there are seven, but used to think
there must be seventeen, from the uproar
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that / made Jane q visit q few weeks since,
taking our dog, our cat and few band-boxes
and bundles. To give my experience in de-
tail during these two weeks would be nnpos-
sibe Such trials and tribulations I'm
sure If hadn't been blessed with the dispo-
sition Of an angel it would have been COM
plcicly ruined by those children.
Well, one day Cousin Jane went away
went with my advice and consent, and | vol
uuteered my labors in the home service. To
tell the TRUTH 1 was very glad Of an opportu-
nifty Of showing Jane how to manage these
unruly juveniles, for excellent woman that
she was, she never | thought, understood
family government. Now prided myself on
being quite a disciplinarian, and it was with
feelings Of the greatest complacency that |
watched the futtering Of my cousins brown
ven, az she disappeared lh the distance
An thought l. mo" VIII l sho" 'heW
how TINS family government may DC reduced
to system"
was in an angelic frame Of mind when
overheard james, aged twelve, eyclaim, " |
say Kate, mothers gone, now won't we have
a high old time. Here goes !" and | turned
just in season to see the young scapegrace
jump TO .he thlrd shell oi 'he ouppVafI' ana
make ave al the sugar-DoWi WINE haue'
TWO years younger more iule'ly ho'pvu hor-
sell from POT oi preserves. As nearly as l
can remember l shoull 'hinA u oeeupieu
about four seconds OF time Ior me 10 seize
both those children shake them INTO supmls-
sion and locate them IN chairs IN opposite
corners OF the ROOM with inunctlons not TO
move hand or ioot Tor hl'een minutes
Inc other chiidren' save 'ne youngest were
at school so l took my knitting ana sat down
lnst little hnt'ered ny my recent eoanlSt'
mere was deau Siience' in,erfup'eu o'i'y Dy
the oiloAing oi my neeule' ior hau put 4
veto on an communication py woid or s'gn'
between tue TWO ohehuers' sat 'nere CON
gra'u'atlns niyseI upon inc auinlraole sue
cess oi my tneory carried ln.o Practice Tnen
cry iron, inc cr''',o c"ilcu me 70 It's s'uo'-
lue uauy ha" ""Neu' anu i''l''c''cu "esiIe
70 ne taNeh'
DOWN Went my Ahl'ilhg WorS' ana up came
'ho chliu pul upon uo''Vins u,e' us no''.or
was no'' Iliu 'lat | was tenGlug IT, 'no III
,aul S'iu'S up suon " screaming as never
hSaru OF ute9lngu Oh poloTs or since l oo1A-
ca ana pet'ed, sung iush, my u'ar, lie
Nllll ullu ElullNtit 70 Aut lNilt hh AttNuNlllts
anu l. sang cYery'n'ng .iSe '"a' l oyulu 'u'nS
o. m'1ins up n"o'ner "oo'o n''vu,'S anu
Isaac aus III a "a ila'nGr any ',lns oul Iorc-
rcnIial 10 .Ia' olyiio rTVNou 70 anu ITO
w''" es'onlsiliug Violeuog se',oneu LOT iilu-
ueh pms lrul'IeS.,y' Te,S''u ,ne pc"i'ch'ns
ahecuo'e Oh une 'hIee e,, li','e Al,'vns VINO lo5'
'leir hli'.ons, anu i m''oc up an ii' 'u''i i'"lS
WIN ''iAins p"py ''iA "l'ei '',o 'I,'' eiPi.o'-
Gu slyic, inulue'ius lno Vu'en nus'isli ~ d
n'"',n0. 70 Wv 'nu'i"y 0gu' u'9'','s' anu 'li-
iouuO,'s "oiV9 nv. '"'" 'o" ,'a
III "eps,oi un'o' iso', ,'n' gu" 'n", '"''u
scroauioI' .i' soie!.ieu uu'n 1t "as lou anI
aols1"ieU Iu',' II @'I "ga'l. L"- sO.e"'"o'
un'li looHIu ulo,' III u''''io H'H'Noi'iou.'
tna' 80 s'no'' " oouy poSa'sS't suVn o"PHo.'-
tes iof screaming Aun''e' u a., n''cen ,il'u-
utcs may We - "ue pay onlneu !"
hate, 1es' yes saiu H. ana ,ney "eu'.
Vel now wha5 !. was was. 10 DC donei reject g
eu' NY 'n'oi'os u'uu = s'oui 70 mo'N' '7o'nI
nc" s'P mus po '"Nen' Spu S"", s,eP
spooI'iy ueS'ueI upon hu',ios'!y !eA,
soneu H. un's uep'aNeu ou''u n"s iunS,''eu
IRON Adam a perVerse temper ana stupDorn
WILL llau ever huu any ulslos''iol 10
question tpo uoc'rlne oi GePrael'yi n"iI'