Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-12-28

thd IONS OF fathers and mothers, brothers and
7hed 'Sters' uncles and aunts and cousins. to say
fase{ lothlng OF husbands and wives lovers and
signf Fiehds' and this is trife, | assure YOU
toe" ieh T You look at it seriously, as [ have to.
G lo1 lake as an example, the Rubbs-about an
oncd average family. There is grandpa and
ime slenuna Rubb to begin with, and aunt Me
nc, inIs, then there is papa and mama Rubb.
nI Mlnnie, and Tom, and Lottie. and Harry
;, f fnhu the baby, besides Nora the nurse, and
sci1 DIIuget the cook. 1t is easy enough to man
It ofage the baby and the two, four and six wear
Yaleolds, there are candies and dolls. and blocks
0b-slu picture books, and jumping Jacks, and
V stI~Sgs OF that sort for them. but think Of
'Ih RdIa Rubb and Of aunt Melinda How
pow what will suit an old maid of
Ian't have caps, because she dyes
pa don't care for bows nor books,
nor portfolios, nor sugar-plums,
.ons, and who would be mortally
lrried her new dress or shawl,
too poor to clothe herself -
almost as bad he's had shay
slippers and dressing gown,
Bible and penkniie, and
nd photograph album-and
70 know what more you could
who never reads, and cares
,nres and pretty things In
Tying, both old and young
hosts "f things 70 give pretty,
spung girls, but the men 90
year most unsccountably.
there are at least fifteen
boxed after this very minute
time have of it, forsooth ]
4 have you try it just for one
that's all
BILE is,-peOple hurry me 50.
1tomers will not do single
rys before | am to load up, and
V do drive round, and what
Porries and scurres they do get
{ a little time to assOrt my wares
kgs packed away into my bundles
comfortably, and though / can
Fswiitly as most people, | should be
deal more saInt-lIke IN my temper
kdeportment if / was not knocked and
Fried about on the 23d and oath Of De-
O. snber every year.
. W Again, |, being a saint, am of high moral
isa pineiples. Judge then, how hang my head
ai blush, when some brIght-eyed young girl
0" bTngs me a cigar-ease, or a brandy flask, or
a ack Of cards 70 take to some young man
WON | know-though she does its on
than tie very verge of running himself by smok-
IN, drinking, or gambling Shall her fair
walk hnds help 70 push him over the precipIcc on
" ich he stands tOttering? BY law of my
-. naure, | can never refuse to deliver what Is
farf errust,d to me, but often long 70 cry out,
- .. '1rbear YOU know not what you DO
= Nre than once have taken ease Of gen
., une Hollands to a man breaking down by
drink OF "A box of choice Havanas 10 a
yoth whose nerves were already unstrung
F byexccssiye smoking, or set OF costly Jew
elr 10 wife whose woman'y purity was
alrady soied, If not destroyed, by a too
stat love of dress. Yes, even Christmas
loso x. may bring ruin to some poor soul
mother terrible trying thing to tender
,ogted saint Is to be compelled TO carry loads
US anC loads of things TO persons who don t
Wait thcm-whO are rather annoyed than
~. .sed by their arrival, and 70 20 straight by
!. mary a poor mans door without leaving 80
.Su.h as a single stick of candy for the baby
E n las year carried solid silver urn TO rich
g. Mr. Fuller. who the moment she saw Il
,ured up her nose and said " As if
'ss led to he plagued with the care OF such
a ting as that How hate TO lie under
,fS kat.on to that woman - and in going
are tls : / had TO pass right by Mary Ninturn :
I, irgand she, poor thing, lying there year
nnos sne pretty eHtyA tsins 4i IN her Rom a e
dis maIe 1t cheerful If could have only left
was her some warm hanneis, or even a dish OF
riv- oreges
re- hok is the work | mostly do, have many
ent hart-ache when l 20 empty handed by
ucb sua doors. So much light and JOY could
be arried into sick rooms, such vely.pic-
~ turs such refreshing fruits, such dainty
ght ltle contrivances for case and comfort. II
us onv the money, worse than wasted in some
, be elections, could be transferred to these
a. md there Is an after 70 ne, who stands
'N0 beInd the scenes To 20 back u the Rubbs
by Ia year. we all chuckled over what We re
of gFded as the happicst idea for grandpa
re- beuti.ul, gold-headed, ebony cane which was
md pr-eutcI by the younger members of the
falily forming procession, headed by Tom
an brought up by baby, tumbling round
hp1 IN
, q, ii cane bv his chubhy hands; the old man
smiled and said Thankcc, thankee, good
"0 nauTedly enough, and fanciei had
ION b,once achieved entire success but as
lat- a. living man, and hope nobody doubts
an tht that lovely cane has been standing in
: H. darkest farthest corner Of the bedroom
eset from that day to this After walking
lar- 3U to the gate with il, be said 10 grandma
} is bb, 1t don't feel MATERIAL and went
and bak to his old knotty, walnut stick, and
70 knndma Rubb's cap, which we all thought
- tcpretty and becoming, and which Minnie
MS b. up till midnight 10 finish off, did I
\ eel natteral either 30 she shut it up in
. 81 box and carried it into the spRre-chamber
neau drawer and has never looked at 1t
Now, when have been at the trouble
ng and carrying things to people, |
~ should be enjoyed and used, and
feelings to have them treated in
of course it does.
but a sample of what occurred
you may jndge that in a mil
trials. However, | am a
the main-most of my pat
and true-hearted; most of
flcomed as offerings of genu-
fthe chidren-God bless
drts-are enough to keep a
saint than | am IN good hu-
pd Of the year to the other.