Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-24
Miscellany.
NEXT DOOR TO BULLIMAN'S.

j LIVE Al DDXicY Down, ana am Next
door 10 B1llman s." The deserted house
/ have taken was never chriBtened. IL has
been called by various names, each man
who came 70 1t giving tia new appellation.
! prefer 10 have local habitation without
name-"The post Of honor is a private
station" that Is my motto; bills are there
fore sent IS due from "Next door TO
Bulliman's 8, and they are duly paid.
Buliman's is ladies' school. There Is
no male BuIliman. There was one, who,
says his mild rclict, was al officer In her
Majesty's forces" Officer is q wide word
There are ofncers in her Majesty's customs,
and in the focal police-a force which,
though very efi;i mt, has the benefit OF
being totally composed Of officers. But
the deceased Bulliman--Ineck fellow, with
tremendous beard, weak head, and a
cOnsumptiyc chest-was neither in the
police, nor in the customs, nor in the
Post Office. Neither was Bulliman an of.
fcer In any regiment. He served, how
ever, In the Crimea; and his grateful
country has pensioned his widow in so
insufficient way that Mrs Bulliman is
fain TO keep school. The truth is that
William Bullman was in the Commits
,sariat Department ; and, being Of tender
conscience a well as having "consump-
tive chest" he, after the terrible revela
tOns about our starving troops and
famished horses, "took ILL., and died.
Z" He was tender hearted fellow, and
never ought 10 have been called Bulliman,"
said his widow, as If there was something
terrible in the name.
His widow was faint hearted, mild lit
TIC creature, ~ any one might see; but she
had two little children, aB different from
herself and the deceased officer as well
could DO. Her theory about the matter
was, that they favored grandfather; and
from the stories told about him, / think
they must have done so. Grandfather
Bulliman--a fine, dashing iellow-had
been parson, and was an officer In very
different army. From the story OF his
life, one might have supposed that the
reverend Bullman acted up to his name,
and that his sons spirit was thereby crush
cd BY the rule of contrary, he had mar
ried very meek, but tall creature, whose
nature had been bequeathcd to the "ofiicer,"
while the fierceness and dash of the gallant
drill sergeant In the ranks Of the "Onety-
first regiment WAS given to his grandchil-
dren, Dick and Katey. Happily, toward
their mother these children showed moth
ing but tenderness and love.
Dick had been well educated as the chill.
dren of most genteel widows are. Poor
creatures, how they do pinch and screw for
the result, and sometimes how poor one
1t isl Dick, however, did all in his power
to make his mother happy came out well
In his examinations, went in for chemis-
try, and was soon decently employed In
the analysis of water, sewage, and other
pleasant matters The British public, q
year or two ago, had a scientific craze, and
Dick was lucky In taking advantage of 1t.
He was not at present highly paid, hut he
delighted in his work, aud was full OF
hope. Katey helped her mother in the
school, and was rather high-church. She
affected the sermons Of the Rev. Pincher
Twills, who vacillated between evangeli-
cal preaching and an ornamental ritual ;
was ritualistic in his service, and evangeli-
cal In his sermons; and who, consequent
ly, pleased neither party. Katey read st.
Augustine aud st. Thomasa Kempis-
went so far az to date, "On the eve of st.
Michael" and always prefxed IS before
the names of the apostles, rs 1t each was
named Samuel: and was very particular in
turning to the east Her chief love for rit-
ualism was. however, seen in the decorat-
ing the miserably ugly brick and stone
CQuTCu Oh DOAlcy DOWh, uuAio Ii VAO osJ ~
of the celebrated 1910 Gothic.
Dick Bulliman's dash. courage, good
humor and fun, made him great favorite
80 much SO that when he came to Boxley
Down, he had to sleep in a far distant cot
from the seminary, where he smoked like
a lime kiln, and kept, 1t was supposed, un.
earthly hours As, however, he was
found, winter and summer, splashing In a
huge washing tub-an extemporized bath
at six in the morning, these wild reports
are to be put down as exaggerations Katey
defended Dick in any of his excuses, and
against all enemies and dozen or SO
young people at Bulliman's--who were
Instructed in primness, preciseness, piety,
and pretty ways by Mrs. Katey Bulliman
ali agreed that schoolmistresses' sons
were generally Doors, but that Mr. Rich
ard was fine young fellow.
In the deserted cottage with no name, a
large and productive garden, fine view
Vt the back. and roomy interior, in which
lived, had for my companion Jack
omilly of the --th, a crack regiment al
vt equal to the celebrated Ninety first,
has all the victories of Great Britain
bed upon its flags. Jack was rather