Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-03-24


And with that he moved oil, OF
the whole eongratulating himsel
he had not decided to marry Miss
lDoolittle. IA. a.H
II thought after she commenced
her miserable gift Of the CAB, that
Lyddy used tn he free TO admit she
had 3 fiery tongue, for all they
were such friends. And Tn all for
peace myself / guess, on the whole.
ma he she amt the one for me.
perhaps, and it is as well TO look
further, Why! what in the world /!
Wei, there! what have / been
thinking Of? There is Mrs Davlds.
as neat as new cent, and the mas
ter hand to save. She is always
taking on; and she will be glad
enough to have somebody to look
out for her,-why, sure enough =
And there was right at her house
( this very day, aud never once tho't
of her! What All old Ounce"
But, fortunately, this not being
sin of commission, it could easily
lie reclilied; and directly Captain
Ben had turned about and was trot-
ting again toward the red house on
.he beach. " ID .. ..u ...
Pound for pound of the best
white sugar." he heard Mis- Tame
say as he neared the door.
white sugar. repeated Mrs.
Dayids, her usual sigh drawn out
into a little groan. White sugar
for cramberrics Who ever heard
Of such thing? I've always con
sidered ! did well when | had plcn-
ty of brown"
Poor creeter"' thought Captain
Ben. "How she will enjoy getting
into my pantry. Lyddy never com
planned that she didn't have enough
of everything to do With.'
And in the full ardor Of his in.
tended benevolence, he went right
in and opened the subject at once.
But, to his astonishmeDt, Mrs Da-
vids refused him. She sighed, but
she refused him.
"Iy'e seen trouble enough Already,
without my rushing into moie with
my eyes wide open" sighed she.
"Trouble? Why, that is just
what l was meaning to save you'll"
exclaimed the bewildered widower,
"Pump right in the house, and
stove e'enamost new, And Lyddy
never knew what it was to want for
a spoonful of sugar or a pound OF
-four. And such a handy buttery
and sink! Lyddy used to say she
felt the worst about leaving her
buttery of anything"
"Should thought she would" an
swered Mrs. Davids, forgetting to
sigh. "However, cant say that
/ feel any hankering after marrying
a buttery. I've got buttery-room
enough here. without the trouble
Of getting set up in a new place"
"Just as you say returned the
rejected. IL ain't sure as you'd be
exactly the one. | eCas thinking
Of looking for somebody a. little
younger"
"Well, here is Persis Tame. Why
don't you 5espeak her? She is
younger, and she is in need of a
good home. can recommend her
too, as the tirst-r rate Of cock" re-
marked Mrs. Davids, benevolently.
Miss Tame had been sitting a lit
tie apart by the open window, smil-
ing to herself
But now she turned about at
once. "Hem!' said she, with con
tempt. II should rather live un-
der an umbrella tied to stake, than
marry for q hum"
So Captain Ben went home with
out engaging either wife or house
keeper.
And the first thing lie saw was
Captain Jacob Doolittle's old one
eyed horse eating the apples Loi
zah Mullers had strung and feStoon
ed from nails against the house, to
dry,
The next thing he saw was, that,
having left a window open, the hens
had flown in and gone to house
keeping on their own account. But
they were not, like Mre. DaTids, as
neat as a new cent, and not, also,
such master hands to save.
"Shoo! shoe! Get out. Go
long there with you!" cried Cap
tain Ben, waving the dish-cloth |
and poker 81 declare fort! /
most hadn't ought 10 have left that
bread out on The table. They've
made a pretty mess Of it, and it is
every spec there is in the house,
100. Well, l must make a do OF
potatoes for supper, with a bite Of
1ie end a mouthful Of cake
I Accordingly he went to work
building fire that wouldn't burn.
rben, forgetting the simple matter
IF dampers, the potatoes wouldn't
lake. The tea-kettle boiled over
md cracked the stove, and after,
wards boiled dry and cracked itself.
Finally the potatoes fell to baking
with SO much ardor they overdid il
md burnt up. And, last Of all. 4
,ake Jar and pie cupboard proved
o be empty Loizah had left on
he eve OF fbaking day. ~ a.'.'. r
aTbe old cat! Wen, Id just as
ioon live on slapjaoks spell, said
CAPTAIN Ben, when he had made