The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-12-20

GA jolly set of them. We must con-
trive to make them all good and happy
Wags, if we can, Ell? Eldest, Jerry, al
most fourteen-useful to you in business.
THAT'S right, leave him there, eh? Then
three girls running, Mary, Anne and Fanny.
Pack them off to good school too. Never
mind. Then comes William, eight and
Stephen seven. Think / know where to
place them. Just the right age. Perhaps
can't do it at once, though. That's all
can take at present. The other three, Sa-
rah,' Henry and Philip, too young. Well,
my worthy Wag, you will hear what mean
to do with them before long, and friend
OF mine will call upon you some day to con-
suit about the best way of increasing your
business. Settle all in time. No more to
say now, but good-by-eh? Carriage is at
the door said the landlord.
That's right ~ exclaimed the extraor-
dinary elderly gentleman. "Good by, my
worthy Wag! Remember me to Mrs.
Wag, and give my love to all the little
Wags. Ten besides yourselves A dozen
Wags in one family Never expected to
see such sight Never expected to see
such sight as that He, he, he See it
again, though, hope. Wag together, all of
you, like bundle of sticks hopew And,
laughing and uttering similar incoherent
sentences alternately, he walked briskly
along the passage to his carriage, into
which he forthwith jumped, and, having
repeated his valediction to the astounded
shopkeeper, ordered The postillion to drive
| on.
Thus jeremiah was prevented from ex.
pressing his grateful feelings for such won.
derful promises, and so stood gaping in 81
lence till the carriage was out of sight.
"Why, you seem regularly 'mazed,
neighbor y exclaimed the landlord.
Enough to make me, )" replied Mr.. Wag
=" Jf one half what I've heard this morn.
idg should come true, shall be q lucky
fellow, that's all -
"The old fellows cracked - observed
Titus Twist. Giles gentleman, howev-
er, every inch of him, that will say FOL
him. Didn't make word about nothing.
All right. Used to good living, no doubt.
More's the pity, as he's cracked He GER
tainly ought not to be allowed to travel
without servant, as he does.''
WELL" observed jeremiah, II don't
know what to say or what to think about
it; but, if he is cracked-humph don't
know. 1t may be so. However, there's no
harm done yet ~
$50 he's been examining you, ell p said
mine host. "Made you present of the
moon, perhaps? They do fancy strange
things, and think themselves kings, and
very rich in particular"
The truth of this latter assertion made
an impression upon our worthy shopkeeper,
who communicated it to his wife but she
had taken great fancy to the odd old gen.
tlemaD, and was not TO be shaken in her
conviction that he would really be Gas
good as his worG'
SWELL" observed her husband, "time
will show and, at all events it was no bad
thing to sell six pieces of fine linen at once.
We don't have such customers every day.
However, the best thing we can do is to
keep our own secret for, if the neighbors
were to hear of it, they would laugh at u.s.. -
Mrs. Wag agreed in the propriety of her
spouses suggestion, but, nevertheless, was
unable to refrain from dropping hints to
sundry gossips concerning her anticipations
of coming good fortune and the vagueness
and mysterious Importance of her manner
created a sensation and caused many
strange surmises. Some decided that the
Wags had been SO imprudent as to pur
chase whole lottery ticket and blamed
them accordingly, while others shook thei
their heads, and limited that, with so large
a family, it would be very fortunate cir
cumstance if Jeremiah could manage so a
not to go back in the world and, for thei
parts they never liked to hear folks, tall
mysteriously about good luck; so, for som