, 1870-08-07
OLDTOWN FIREsIDE STORIES.
"mis' Eidcrnfn,s Pftchos.o
NJ MRS. HARRIET nEkcHEu STOWE,

know What their marcies Ia Yheu tLey sees
en-. kolls ID kind O. blinded, and whoa !
Pso'loence comes along, they don't seem to
kuow hoE TO take it, and tloy g1oHl and
k1umnle about what turns out the best tMnSs
Ha H.. ,H Gse! nappsnel 70 en- in their hves. It's
What about Mis- Elderkin's pitcher:" said
both 81 Us in one hrcatll.
unI9 nDIent + asysI M toll 80 now:" said Sam,
No, We Wero sure LIE uover had told rs. and
Fam, AZ ueus1, began clearing the ground by
thorough INTRODUCTION. with statistical s1p5si-
tons.
wal. ye see Mis- E1derkin, she lives now
over 10 6aezburne iu about tho haulsomest
house iu Shcsburne-a high white Lonse with
green blinds and white pillars in front-anl
sle rides ont in ltF own kerri1ge, AID Ar.
Eide1kip, hos deacon in the CHURCH and
Colonel in tho malitia. and s1ectmao,
and pretty much atop everything there
IL goin' in sherbu1ne, and Il ali come Of that
are pitcher
what pitcher :" we shouted in chorus.
"Lordy massy! thAt are's jest what I'm
goin' to tell 80 about; La: ye see 4 felrt's Jest
''3lis' Elde1kin 1he thinks she's srct lady
nowadays, s'pose. hut member when sLe
WAS NIr HIoHn over Lerc in 0ldtown, and I
usel to be ~aitia' Oh her to Singing school.
9iry and WAS putty good fssuds along
H.. = then ;a.l.,s ;d.ys,M~o ~ patty consid4,lo
vas times u them days when
I thought whether or 10 7 would
Mt take Niry myself" said Sam. lis face yrow-
ing luminous with tho pleasing idea of hls for
me1 MASCULINE attractions Aud privileges.
g Yis, " le continued, ''ulare was lime when
folks said could Ind A1iry Of ri asked her,
aud putty much think 80 myaelf, Lut didn't
sey uotlln marriage il a1letn kind o. ventur-
some an MiIy had such up anl-loWn kind O
Ways, was sor1 O fraid ont.
'.Eut Lordy MassG, boys, you muat Mt uev-
er tel HepaY said 30, cause Alle'u be mad
eLough to bite 4 aLinslo-n2il in ewo. Not that
she nets 20 rery gret by me neither, but then
xnn1cn'u hsehe is aners up ef they think any,
bcdJ else could Ls1 you whether they II ant
you themselves or not.
l. fe sec, Niiy sLe was old Dlack Hosa Iohn
Browns da' 'tcr. aud lived up there in that are
ois bEown house ~ the rneetia-louse that hes
Tue rcd holilock in Tie trout yard. 11iry
Was about the Landsomest gal thst wont into
tie tiugers' seat y Sunday.
~ tell you she want none o your
muk-And-4ugat gals neither, ,--sha was
natzin strong built. She was tho strongest
gal in her arms that I ever bee. Why, I've
seen 3iiry lake up barrel o. hour and Lift Is
t!6Lt INTO the kitchen, aud it would just make
Tie pink como into her cheeks like two roses,
tut she never seemed 10 nlin1 it 4 grain. She
had good Et1ong lack OF her own, and ale
vas AZ straight aa o poplar. with Swapping
biack eyes. aud tell you tle.e was snap to
lct tongue, too. Nobody never got ahead o.
Nny shed eiye every fellow as good As he
!" NiEy was one o your lriers, scr4tc1,y gals,
that seems to catch fellera in
thosns. slo allera Gt and floutetl her
besux, aud the more she tit aud Eoutod
EN- tho more tho,'d be aItcr her. Tnere
want gal IN ali Oldtown that led SUCH a
81 ITr.FF f.f fall Axf~A t.1-
slle,d now and then throw EN- good word
orer her shoulder, and then they'd all tight
WHO should get it. aid ehod jest laugh to see
en- do it.
''Why, there WAS Tom Sawin. le Was ono o
her beaux, and Jim Nous, md Ike B.cou: aud
mp from Cambridge to rnsticate with farson
Ln:hsol,, hu thought he must have lis HaS
MIDI alisy, but ho got pretty we'll come
Up with. 1o1 see lie thought cause
10 uas Boston born that lo WAS kind
q aristoerscy, and had q right jo.t to pick
and choose 'nsong conatEy gs1s, hut the way
lur auytLuig."
do tell us about it, wa said, as Sam made
IN ar;ful lause. designed 10 draw fortl. soil.
citation.
"WA, 80 See, Tom Deacon lie told Ike Ea.
eou about it. and lie told me. Twas tllis
way. Ye sec, there WAN q tluiltin' up to Mis-
and come to soin' hume With the gals, Tom
lie cut Ike out, and 10, SIiry all 10 himself
aid t was putty long piece ot walk from
Mis- Capn LioaGs up s;a;t tho swamp and
tLo slune pastur clear up TO old Ea:k Los.
Ju.t'e.
Wal, Tom ho was in high feather cause
Mity took him, 20 that lie didn't reeir huoH
! bow 10 behave and 20 as thcr was wAlkin
sluEg ,,ast Iarton Lotllrop's apple orciarJ,
Tom thought bod tiy GGin familiar, aid liz
undertook TO put his arm around l1iry- Well,
il she Didn't jest takt that litile felier by Iii.
Two tloulltrs aud whi1l Lin over tie fence
into tho orchard quicker II no time. Why
Lack under the appls trees lookin up Al tho
STARS 1li1y, abe just walked OF L5lue and
sid uotL,A' IL nol,oly-it ua'u't Aer waJ
20 talk much abaut thines-aud ii
it l-ln't tcu Tor Tom Beacon himself
',o'otE ,r,, hocd a lnosn 9,,,o uo,ain 1, atou'
roe, aud 'rnaz:n' 6ooa-na.ured, aud ono of The
: su1t that couldn't keep notlin' to himself, aud
70 lc let the cat ont q the bag himself. Wal
there didn't uuboIy tlunk the worse o 31iry
When fclcrs fiud = sal won't take saaee from
1o man, they Lind o respect her. aud the1
ftllcra alters thinks CT it had ben N.ena, now,
things d a Eccn different. That's jest What
Jim 1foaa and liz EAcun sail; they said, why
, Tom Beacon waa a fool not to kIow better
hIw to gtt a!ocg with aliry,-0ty never laJ
Lit, trouble. Tue 1un OF it Was that Tom Eea,
cou himself was more crazy After her than Ii
YVES atot.'. and they Say he undo Miry tighl
ap-a1.a-t:oSn otseE, assd Mirs ehe jent ~oulda'l
have lin.
"W4l, yeu see tA.t went agin OLD Black Hos.
JuLn's ide. E--old Black 11oea was about \,
c1nsc NJ = nut aud as contrary NJ ! pirperaEe-
| tree. You ought to 4 soon lim> Nhy hi;
1 ftcc Nas al n perfect cristczoss o wrinkles
\ There WANT 4 SPOT wAtre sou could put . pi,
! That f}tnt1 <Y1snf A NtiNk3a the,
| used to eay that he held on 70 every cent tha
wcl4t through Lis iiI,geza ill ho'1 piucLol i
| into two. You couldn't say that his Cod va
Lit el1y, for lie hadn't none. no tnorc'n AL ol.
file; folks tst. that he'd starved himself I'll
the moon Il stnc through hum.
%'Oll Elack uos4 wss awfully erouty ahosl
Niry'r relusirl' Tom BEACON. Cause there va
lis houses nsld lois o land in Boston. A l1ef
fE1 worldly Old c1ittur Black lIosA Iohn was
he wa- like the rich fool in tho Gospel. Wal
Whist good has it all fune linn !: It's ~ th
S<1iptur' SAYS. lie hcapeth mp riehes, an
lnoretls not who ellAll gather them
| Msry lad pretty hard row to hoo with OIL
Black Hoes john. She was up carly and dow
late. ard kep' everything goin'. She mad
the cheese and made the tutter. aud bet Hee
spells +lse braided herself handsome stra,
somehow rle worked it SO wlcn sh
sold her butter and cheese that theEc ia
su1ucthin' for .ibtins and flowers: you k,lo'
the S.urturt eaxs, Can a maid forget he
ornaments Wasl, A.ry didn't. 'n.omter
u4td 10 lead the singin' in them dass, and 1tsr
together in the singers seats: and used I
! think Sunday n,ornins when slla come t
uectin' in her whi,c dress and her red c!.nek
aud her hornet all tirrc.a oT with l1yl, el
that twas all the world jcst like June sus
rise TO have l,er come into tile siusers' scat.
l H. ft,Mt N~Hk
! privileges. bnsp.'' rail Sam. siging dcepI,
"There was times that ef I'd spoke. there's IN
knowin' what nliehtnt a happened. cans
yot, sec. toyr. IVA. hotter looksn' In thel
days than l he now. Nou you mind. boy,
when ron grow ur. ef you got to waitin' on
nice gal; and You're most mind to speak
to her, don't you 20 and ps1t i OF, cause I
rot, do, yon may iivo to repent it,
s'Wal. You see, frnu the tirna that Bill Z
t1efkin come and took the academy. I could ft
plain enough that it wss time for me to htr
up my hddle. Bill he used to set in the ein
cr's seat4. too. and hc would hArc it that
. euue tenor. He no more eung tenor tha
he did, Jest 10 Eet uott to Miry in t!
, | singers teatp, anl then they used 10
: \ w1itin' backward and forward to each 9th
till they tore out all tho leaves Of the hxm
books, and the singiu'-books besides. Nj
never thought that the horsc o the Lo
: I
ustd 10 get conaid'a able shocked ut the V:
p. things went On atween en-. Why. they'd be
wyitin' Ill scTmou tlrnc and I've eeen him
lookin' at her al through the long prayer il
= way that va MT right, couaidcrin' tliat th
VAS boths professors Of religion: But tl'
: the fact Waa old Black Hoss John was
Llsme for il. cause be ueyct let 'em have
i chance to home lie see old Bis
! Hoes he ~as cot aEn1 Eldeskin eau
:, he WAS poor You sae his mot
: CT, the old WilIah E1deriin. she was il
q rtcut the poorest, psakcdcs. old body over
i Shelbu1pe, and went cut IL days works,
!. 1nll ElLcrkit,. he was al for books and larhi
= sud old Black Hoss John hc thought it u
. Jest sl4ifslessuess: but Mizy she thoaSht
y wns genius, aud sbe GOT II eot in her mi
i tilst Ee was goin' 10 10 President o the Unit
|. | S4ateS. OF eouae s!ch.
: : rival. old Black 1Ioss he want none
i rolite to MlEy's leaux IN ginc1al. but VII
!. Eldc1liu used to eouo 10 see her be y
>r,1lier than = t1w: ho hadn't = goo1 vi
J. for hin noways: aud he'd rake up the t
= right befare Ii. face a1d eyes, and rat
b | .1Srnt fasycbipy mn the Windows. .