The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-05-10
" Yes"
I" And a washing machine 2"

eyes A first rate one, | run it my
self every week."
What kind of a churn p
40, we don't wish the girl to do the
churning, father says that it is too hard
for the womenfolks, so we take turns in
doing it, us men and boys"
"What wages do you pay ?"
Father told me to offer three dollars
a week in harvest, and if found good
one, he would pay four"
Well, I will go with you, if mother
is willing"
This little deception was used in order
to avoid the danger of village gossip.
Stepping into the next room, she wrote
a brief note to her husband, stating, as
men do sometimes in such notes, that
she was called away suddenly upon
business, and would return in about three
weeks.
Then packing few necessary articles
into small valise, she accompanied the
delighted boy to his home.
OTcdl was ldTulcI DTOWn uSlOnlsl'
ment upon returning home to dinner, to
find upon the table, instead of the tempt.
ing viands, his wife's note
1t was carefully kind, and he had real.
ly nothing of which to complain, but it
was appalling. Six hungry men and boys
Dinner time, and no dinner. Worse
than all, no wife to find fault with, fol
the delay. The closets were ransacked
and hasty meal was the result but
the stove was stiff cold, they all thought
they had no dinner.
But why on airth didn't Sally write
me where she was going. Perhaps some
of her folks are dead. Harvest time too
How can we manage to get along. Heav
ems and airth; where can l get hiret
girl. Business, what business can wo
man have to call her away from home il
harvest. I'm afraid some of these Wo
mems Rights wimmen has been talking tc
Sally. She's seemed very queer lately.
1t would be useless to attempt to write
all the troubles for the next three week,
to farmer Brown.
A girl was hired after long and vex
atious search, but the bread was sour the
coffee muddy, the potatoes soggy, and thu
meats all served 80 late, that the hungry
men were glad to get them in any condi
ton. The harvesters grumbed, and
portion deserted him when the hurry wa
greatest, and quite quantity of grail
was lost in consequence of not being sack
ed before heavy rain.
Just three weeks after her departure
Mrs. Brown alighted from farm wagon
and entered her own house. Disorde
and dirt reigned supreme, but with hell
of the girl, who really tried to do her best
and needed only careful supervision, sh,
succeeded in changing the aspect o
the kitchen and sitting room in few
hours
When the mcnfolks came to dinner, tn
table wore its former inviting look, ant
the pretty hostess sat at its head, in he
accustomed place. Farmer Brown wa
so delighted, he forgot the lecture he ha,
so carefully prepared, through ,nrvc "vv'
of ndignation, for her return.
"Wherc on earth have you been, Sal
! ly ?" he asked, the first time they sat to
gether alone.
AT Mr.. Thompson's in A." wa
the quiet answer.
" Any of your folk ? | never heard yo
speak of them"
"No, they were strangers
Heavens and airth, Sally this wa
all the swearing Farmer Brown ever did
what ever possessed you to 60 off anon
strangers in harvest time"
g was earning the money for wiring
er," was the simple answer.
Had thunderbolt struck Farme
Brown he could not have been more com
pletely paralyzed. She went on.
81 thought while l was about it,
might as well earn myself this pretty an
cheap dress to work in. l like as well t
look neat, as before was married, and
l mistake not, my husband likes to hay
me-"
Mrs. Thompson kindly taught m
: how to sew upon her machine, so I mad
the dress in few hours. | could ear
a sewing machine for myself, by stayin
there a few weeks longer, after | hav
fixed you up again at home"
Never" said Mr.. Brown, decided.
why, Sally, your absence has cost |
over hundred dollars already, and
will take us long time to get back in II
old track again"
Il never intend to get back into
again. she answered slowly and solemn
ly. 81 1t was the path to an invalids
life and sure death. lfmy absence WI
a cause of money lost, then by III
presence in my household, and perform
ance of my duties there, | help to eal
that money, and it is only just that
reasonable portion of it be expended
! tightening my tolls
Well, Sally, l suppose the old far
: will supply all the help and tools yc
need, without you going any where ell
to earn it,"
:" | hope so,' she replied, the slighte
possible CLEAN of merriment flashing I'M
= = her eyes, "as it will be so much plea
anter."
The subject was never resumed b
I, teen them, but one would think to pee
into their kitchen, that Mr.. Brown W
!, agent for all the Women's Labor-Savir
(see Twitchell Il Brook's) Machines.
: An Albany dispatch says there will
a large number of bills left over after Il
adjournment of the Legislature unsign'
by the Governor, but he intends to sil
them all within ten days, and he desir
! any one who wishes to be heard in prote
t, !. against any bill to telegraph him at ono
and to be there at the earliest day pos
BILE.
a The Washington correspondent of d
New lOrk Times saws that tho movam q