Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1871-09-30
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sist. She pretended to be very glad, but
don't believe she was.
sit will do you good to get away from
your work day, poor fellow,n she said
land we shall so much enjoy cool morn
ing ride on the cars, and dinner in the
woods" p"
On the morning of that memorable day,
Maria Ann got up at five o'clock. About
minute later she disturbed my slumber,
and told me to come to breakfast. 1 told
her | wasn't hungry, but it didn't make a
was up; / had no idea the sun began bu-
siness so early IN the morning, but there
he was, sil ...
"Now,n said Maria Ann, 1--WE must fly
around for the cars start at halfpast six.
Eat all the breakfast you can, for you
won't get any more before noon.''1I on
could not cat anything at that time in
the morning, aFd it was just as well that l
could not, for l had all could do. There
was the ice to be pounded TO 90 around the
pale of ice cream, and sandwiches to be
cut, and thought l never should get the
legs of chickens fixed SO that | could get
the cover on the big basket Maria Ann
flew around and piled up groceries for me
to pack, and gave the directions to the girl
about taking care of the house, and was
Il great deal of energy in that woman-pcr-
haps tritle too much.
At twenty minutes past six l stood on
the front steps with q basket on one arm
and Maria AIMS waterproof on the other,
and pail in each hand, and bottle Of
vinegar in my coat-skirt pocket. There was
camp-chair hung on me somewhere, too,
but forget just where.
"Now,'' said Maria Ann, 1--WE must run
or we will not catch the train"
"Maria,n said !, that is not a rcasona-
Die idea. How do you suppose / can run
with all this freight 20 ...
"You must, you brute. You always try
to teach me. If you don't want scene on
the street you will start, too"
So | ran.
had one comfort at least. Maria Ann
fell down and broke her parasol She called
me brute again because l laughed. Ma
ria drove me all the way to the depot on
brisk trot, and we got on the cars ; but
neither of us could get seat, and could
not find place where l could set the
things down, so stood there and held
them. ..s .-.
''Maria," l said, in winning accents,
chow is this for cool morning ride ?''
She said, 'you arc brute, Jenkins ~
Said l, ''my love, you have made that
observation before.''
kept my courage up, yet knew there
would be an hour of wrath when we got
home While we were getting out of the
cars the bottle in my pocket got broke, and
consequently L had one boot half full of
vinegar all day. That kept me pretty qui-
ct, and Maria Ann ran of with the big
whiskercd music teacher, and lost her fan,
and got her feet wet, and tore her dress,
and enjoyed herself much after the fashion
of picnic gocrs. thought it would never
come dinner time, and Maria calico mo II
pig, because l wanted to open our paskeC
hofnrn tho rest of the baskets were opened.
At last dinner time came-the mice dim
ner in the woods" you know. Over three
thousand little red ants had got into our
dinner, and they were worse to pick out
than fish-bones. The ice-crcam had melt
ed, and there was no vinegar for the cold
meat except what was i'll my boot, and OF
course that was Of no Immediate use. The
music teacher spilled ii cup Of hot coffee on
Maria's head, and pulled the frizzles out
trying TO wipe of the coffee with his hand
kerchief yin9n / sat on 4 piece OF rasp-
berry pic. and spoiled my white pants, aud
concluded didn't want anything more.
had to stan3 up against tree the rest oi
the afternoon. The day afforded conside-
rable variety, compared with every day lie,
but there were 50 many little drawbacks
that l did not enjoy it SO much as might
have done.
| AN anecdote of Lord Chief Justice Holt
is as follows: n poor woman arranged
! for witchcralt. The witness dcpOscd that
she used n ''spcll." The "spcll''-produc-
ed in evidence--was line from one OF the
classic poets, written On parchment. The
I inS tif.,. al In il MI a.
cd to him. "llOw come you by this?' he
asked the prisoner. "a young gentleman,
my lord, gave it to me to cure my daugh-
ter's ague." "Dd it cure herr" 80 yes,
my lord, and many others" Il am glad oi
! it," said the justice. "Gentlomcn of the
jury, when | was young and thouGhtless, |
went to this woman's house with some
companions, had no money to pay the rec
kOning, and pretended that by u 'sr2l' l
could cure her daughters ague. She ac-
ccptcd the proposition, and let Us OF scot
| free. IfRny one is punishable il is the
| Lord Chief Justice, and not this poor wo-
man. OF course she was acquitted, but
| tho creduluus multitude affirmed that the
judge and jury were all hrIbod'
| MECHANICS WIVES. 1t is ia The mid
/ die rank OF life whore we behold woman in
/ nll her glnry-nOt doh to carry silks aud
| Jewels, not u puppet to b. battered by pro-
! fame alteration, reyoruured to-day, discard
ed tomorrow admired but not esteemed
ruling by passion, not ailI ction imparting
/ her weakness, not her constancy 10 the soX
she would exalt tho source aud mirror oI
yanlty-we $50 her as "A wife, parlaklng VI
tho caros aud cheering the nnXioiics ut n
husband dividing her tolls ny her domestic
diligence spreading cheerluness around
her for his sake sharing the decent rvIlne'
ments Of the world without boiug proud OF
them placing all her Joys and happines,
ia the man she loves, As mother We hnd
her the aAectionate, the ardent instructrcs'
Of the children whom shu has tended iruu
lheir infancy, training lhem up Ia thought
aud virtue, piuiy aul bonoNulcnce addr,ss
ing them a. rational beings, aud preparing
them to become men and sougn ia th.ii
turn. Mechanics daughters should max,
tbs best wives la lhe world.
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A nAsnFuL young man aas tseortinR d
bashhll yoang lady, Whom she sad, onlfyat
ingly hlHhel, don't tell anybody You
heauod mp hnme.n "lllnt w AFRAID, '