St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-09-17
What a Seating Girl SaaU.
a WARNING TO HUSBANDS.

it ophllus brown is So courtly and elt
n giant always. That bow was grace il
# self"
''And when he smiles so, declare h
# Is perfectly Irresistible"
, "Oh, you needn't fall in love with him
E ior shall SET my cap for him when hi
n wife dies"
: Set it all you please, my dear, bu
| you won't catch him without a quarre
f with me. Why is it, any way, that th
z married men are always the prettiest %
} Here the two giddy young misses
Whose conversation, recorded above, haC
reached my ear as | walked behind them
turned a corner, and | was left to walk
, alone. For aught | know they are re-
iiearslng the praises of Mr.. Theophilus
drown to this day. But | had fresh
memories of the said gentleman in my
own mind which prevented me effectuai-
" from joining their raptures over Ins
courtly graces and pleasant smiles.
am the village seamstress and 90
with my scissors and thimble from house
to house, cutting and fitting, and in gen.
eral ililng up the inches which a sewing
machine Is i'll to" much of a hurry to oc-
cupy. In this way | see much of the
interior lie Of families and though pol
ICY causes me to refrain from speaking of
ali see, l nevertheless keep up terri
bic thinking The very ight before the
street renconter above alluded to, had
c cJmc from Mr.. Browns after n fort
nights siege at sewing and seeing the
irresistible Mr.. Is. under his own roof
and in the bosom of his family, as l had,
was Tar from being in love with him.
"Nhy are married men ALWAYS the
prettlest :" was Miss ,Jcnnic's question,
put III a tone, which showed that she
CONSIDERED Il an undenlablc, aggravating
tact that they are My own conviction
l. tLat 1t Is as umdeniabIc and aggravat-
ing Il fact that they are not.
With all due Difference to that prince
OF good writers, DR. j. G.. Holland, who
claims the superiority of married men is
due 10 the fact that thcir education and
moulding i complete, while the unmar-
uri are hut half finished work, NV own
observation ut the home life of men in !
General leads me to the belief that they |
are only more courtlv and gracious than
other nlru abroad, because thry have at
i"Ec somebody on whom to vent their
al temper and bad humur. 1t Is such
consolation TO :. man when he feels cross
% know iIi;t his wife must endure his
intciuln,~> a. best she can, without the
ability 10 demand her wages, pack up
teI irunN anu leave, as Il hired house
Keeper might. or - turn him alritt to
seek Il new boarding place, as a landlady
would. y wlie Is an excellent safety l.
valve ly means Of which the steam of
III temper may he dr.. WI out, and the re-
.trTed iiIan can 20 out into the wurl!
ind be 81 cordial and lcas;,nt that the
urls are all ready 10 bow down and wor-
imp him Is model man. while they
mourn that the youn- men of their ac-
iua:ntancc are - far his interiors. II,
'i'n,cI t" know Mr.. Brown very well
a his prc-nul'tlal days, and confess to
ceiling that marriage has not specially
approved him. When the present Mrs.
t., then Miss Hattie Jewell, was pre-
'arin@ 10 wed Mr.. TheophIuS Brown. |
l--l>,c'! her about her sewing, and often
.lw thc happy intended when he came
% visit her How pleasant and kind he
always seemed. 30 careful and tender
u his Hattie, 30 annoyed because she
'rlc>ed her left iorc-iinger when quilting.
intil the blood came, "IIe would rath-
II hIrc 1t all done for her than have her ,
81 abused, etc, etc. When he carried ,
Icr TO ride how carefully he helped her ,
Hto the carriage and out of it, and saw
o her comfort III every way possible. /
Then Now He glared at me
/" hen ! went there to sewing AS though
were an Ogre come 10 eat the children !
~. 1T yOu were as smart AS some wo- ,
men, Harriet, you wouldn't have TO hire
i" much sewing done" he growled saw |
'9ely to his wife. Il hope now you'll !
ind lime to fix my fine shirts you know
never did like the set of them about ,
he neck. And another thing, the cur
ants must be picked, for they are vast
ug every day. want you to make as .
much ;ts Ten gallons OF wine, for it al ,
Ways has :! ready sale for sickness and .
purposes. Eli pick the cher $
les ior you myself thI, very afternoon, i
OF | suppose it would never be done I'M
ces did ii, and want you to put up
IuShel OF them at least. If | lind the ,
ans and sugar, L don't know what more +
'ou can ask After this gracious speech ,
MIR. Is. took the last paper, lit Il cigar, ,
lnd went out to lie at his ease on his /
OUNCE in the porch, so cool and shady,
while his long-Sutiering wife, heaving :
iceP sigh Us she set aside 4 huge mend {
I'g basket piled full, took up the cry ,
NJ baby nom the cradle, and went out ,
nlo the heated kitchen to get dinner,
Nlth that heavy child in her arms, for :
:omiotlabc little family Of ten or a doz-
II.
When Mr.. Brown carries his wife to
lde he vaults lightly into the wagon,and ,
allows her to Chamber in after him. Their ,,
ir'HeS Oh at Il speed which quite ignores ,
'"cks and mud holes. Ifhe is assisting ::
Miss Jennie Trow into a carriage, how q,
Yer, he does it as carefully as if she were
BASKET OF high-priced eggs, and he re- ,
ponslble for breakagea or if he is car !
ylng pretty Widow Simpson home from
III afternoon visit at his house, he will =
Ightel the rein at every mud puddle and .
lrve as decorously as If he were heading :,
! funeral procession. u,
am not what is technically known I.
is strong minded woman,-have never =
attended women's rights conventions, nor +
'ecn honored by an appointment as vice q
PRESIDENT nor on committee of any sort. E
think lnInch nf thn hrcnth that l. nnu