Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1869-08-19
i:rieb N!isfcllaut).
VIZ, s.nrANV.Sr SHAWL.
\ HANNAH rUIHSTIN.

~ lltlllu . lliNllltull NY OAc'lN - StlitNA!
os il alprrh m}ing that her brother Was
uhurStn tear it i'll pieces. But OF course
llnr,> had no idea OF venturing such q piece
" RI lrurss.
Il, l;' sure it WAS only q faded square OF
cami VI, and the pattern wasn't tho most
.rir, al and lhtrc WAS Just the funniest s,ls-
li.i, y OF ,riu,,c i'll the dozen short bits OF
sewi .,:;'l> th,t .1!uglcd from the edges.
Eu, %,.- r;i and ii.,c and smelt of laven-
der ed it ::.l pretty. sillen stripes.
Ill. lsN ,.r'w Quiet as mamma folded the
It'll, ,!awl and took Lill, on her lap, with
u til, n4l;lul smile, and q tar-away look in
her,
"(,,.r," she said, "there came time
whe,, tho papa went away, and the carriage
and H. rs..S were sold, and the servants were
tlism '~,l. The mamma was q brave wo-
man ~hnu such troubles couldn't crush
aud >,t Di,' WAS cheerful over staying alone
eli s. iuulrr, with only tho children, in the
big oils' where there had been SO much
bust and company, and bravely helped to
get pa Il, a,!y 10 50 off to the west, to buy
Il farm, and prepare II new home.
II WAS icllt years old. md that was such
lol ., >r,iumrr l tended the baby, and
pick, up chips. and helped mamma keep
the weeds out of the garden, and wiped the
nj. couldn't spare me to so to school. She
ncvet cnn.pl, ned of being weary herself,
thou IN she must often have been so; as she
took he l;by and told me to run and play
little while.
~ buggy was still in the barn, unsold.
One lay q gentleman took it away, and kept
it wv or tlr"e DAYS: When he came back
he tcnk D bill out Of his pocket book and
offer Il It 10 mamma. She refused it, but he
laid It ol, the table and went away. Man,
ma ollel sober and thoughtful that after
noon sitt;n. in her low chair by the VIM
dow. with l.crrycs ont Oh the grass plat
whe!n We We're at play. But when We
watched Try delicate blue-veined fingers
cum bin: the bread into our bowls of milk
nt supper tinc she was the same cheerful
mamma We has, always known.
~ wo or three days after that, the mill
liners boy brought bandbox. Mamma
oper e,l Il, and there were our last years
lcyh I'll flats NclIie's and minc-as white
as lie 1lorn could be with ties Of notified
pink aud white ribbon SO fresh and pretty!
Onr delight WIS only surpassed that after
moor it WAS SAturday-when mamma
brop ..lt homo two little shawls. The
wrea lbs in the border were lilac then, and
ile sllvety stripes were dotted with sprigs
of sc 1t green.
81 must have been o little vain the next
morning, as stood with mamma and my
little three year Old brother, Oh the garden
wall, Just starting for church. Alas if I
had only remembered that pride must have
II fall Mammals foot hesitated moment
before she reached tbs gate.
So % and get d cookie" she said, "for
Charlie He didn't eat much breakfast.
You will and them in a pan in the west end
OF t! lower shelf in the cellar.
lily cul'ia and my new ribbons, and my
shay font"l back Oh the morning breeze,
as l r.n t., obey her. In the cellar reach
ed aosently for the cookie pan. had for
COTTON which one it was, md the shelf was
hiyl u than my head. Tipped pan just
q llt';o and put my fingers over the edge.
Q, & II a soft, creamy deluge poured in
stan iy from the milk pan had disturbed,
over hat, cnrls, ribbons and shawl. "Mam-
nrt " MAS al! 1 had breath to exclaim, as I
stoo | III another instant, blinded and drip
ping before her. But further statement
was unnecessary. think mammals seren-
ity va disturbed for moment. but could
not see, and She led me quietly to the kitch-
Gu.
'loor title girl" lisped Lila,
'1'id You ever so to church againp 2" ask
ed I''tr"y.
'''r>, with you yesterday" said mamma
y; ut when you were n little girl-that
sum lcr, luean, said Harry.
.'.rs. the hat was re-dressed, and the
sha> vas washed. It was never quite so
pref y as it had been, but twas not spoiled
And never wanted to complain because
Nell; Is was brighter"
cen spite OF I'll lier chceriness, mamma
grew thinner and paler as the summer wore
on. O..e beautiful Sabbath afternoon
earl in September, mamma and were out
in Il :. Garden behind the house, picking
shell beans, for our late dinner. Someway
l do not think there was much to make q
1neal OF in the house, but mamma only said
"Wt'll have some nice succotash for dinner
children was trying to separate all un-
ripe bean pod from its stalk without pull
ing1.r the roots. when kind of mist came
ovc' my eyes, and | do not remember any
MOI, TIL found myself sobbing and clam
her1 {: right up, to my papa's shoulder,
III Il c dining room, q nd he was kissing and
I'm" aug all tic children at once, md tell
ing "H'nlnia ut the same time in his strong
enc fin v"icc about tho accident to the
boa whlcl, had prevented his getting home
the i'::ht iet"rc, and about tho farm in
Wis'.oi:~in, without q tree, or fence, or q
nov ',i"r!y ready for our hew home. when
we E,',nld 90 to it next spring
ops had been good he said, md he had
bee1 kept longer than he expected. in order
to cure them.
'"Inmnna grow stronger after that, and
then; was q servant in the kitchen, and I
vert to school. But after we had moved
to t,e lew country and the farm was paid
for, and comfort and plenty smiled all
nro; III, the mamma faded away from our
tiSi
"nlo day after she was gone, found
the little shawl in an old chest Of drawers
VIII 7 came to live in homo of my own
brought it with me. 1t has O. fragrance
for me now, besides the lavender. To-day
/ Ia i it ont for Lilla's shoulders, when it is
a cod morning, in the breakfast room.'
E,;rry laid the little folded shawl across
the ',urI; of chair and went quietly away
IN mother moment. Lila had it grotesque-
" vtarpcd about her shoulders, and said.
'i'lj luc 'nother story mamma"
A Tr;,c Bear Story.
4 ny up among the highlands OF New
JIn' y 7f'i.", sllugg}cl away amid the great
Hill lies i'll a sunny little valley beside the
soft " flowing Ammorooslc the little town
of I;sth. so named from the great town of
BAT !. England, when New Hampshire was
ro"iuce Of the mothcr.country. One
fine morning early in October 1868, when
the first snow lay white and glistening on
roo sr' @, onA rock, Mrs. Bear carae snuff
tnr ronn'i mans cottage, trying to find
foo! for herself, and perhaps, for some
cub. When the good man of the cottage
cane forth, there he saw her. Not for
THU ~ or forty years, had such sight been
see, in Bath. But it was Enthusiastically q
bear-- q huge black bear The man called
his log, who chased Mrs Bear till she
cliu led q tree hard by. Tt needed a large
ire to hold her, for she was enormously
lit md heavy.
Slc weighed, before her skin was re.
mo cd, two hundred and thirty four pounds
am! she was as large as q calf year old
III thc man rouse lup his neighbors, ant
an :':, TO tho village, only n short distance
--,"aH Tins happened within one hundred
an hi'J rods OF tho depOt-and reused thu
vi r'r crying ont "a bear A bear I
IN ~ man WHO owned gun shouldored
u ana started for the scene of action
Ji y shot and Shot at her until she fell ,
hI' "''in@ lnt@sto the ground, and then ther
fh i ;'.!Ali, intending to DO s1ro If h r.
dc lii hHio,c they approached too ne.,r
Pt n Mr. i:rlln learned too late to dr., no
an ."o1 that villages are not de sir,Il
pieces lor bears to visit, and, could sh
hnv, Spn'n, would have warned Ill he
Xxi ,drrd never to frequent Places wher
be II visitors were received in such n ver