St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-01-12
The Ministers Housekeeper.

The Ministers $ Housekeeper.
EY MRS. HARRIET EEECHEE -rnWa.
+ SCLNE.-The shady side ot Il buehrrrv pasture
sam Lawson with the boys picking hlucberrirs
: Sam Log.
-PaIson CalrylS wfc. she died along
/ Hubby. she undertook to keep house for
Him. The way ont was. that Hubby.
she went to take care % Mis- Cairyl in
the fuSt ont when she fust took sick.
Hubby WAS tailorcSs hy trade. but
then. She was one q these ere taculti>t
persons, that has gift for most any
thing, and that WaS how Mis- Carry |
come to set Scch store hy her. that
when she was sick n"thin' would do for
her bEt she must have IluldN round Ill
Tie time, and the minister he said he'd
make il good to her all the same. and
/ she shouldn't lose mnthin' 10y IT. and >"
Hubby, She Staid with Mis- Carryl full
three months atore she died, and got to
seem To everything pretty much round
the place. Wal. artcr Mis- Carryl died,
ParSun CalrNl. he'd got 80 kind % used
to hcsn' her round. taking care q
things. that he wanted her Ia stay
along Il spell and :" liuldy. she >raid
along il spell and p"nrcd "ut his tea.
and mended his close, and made pies
and cakes. and cooked. and washed.
and roned. and KEEP every thing as neat
as II pin Hubby WAS Il drctiul chippcr
sort a. gal. and work sort q rolled OF
from her like water of Il ducks back.
There warn't no gal in Sherhunr tliat
could put sich Il sight a work through
as lluldy. and yet, SUNDAY mornln.
she ALWAYS come out in the singers
seat like one o these ere June roses.
loukiu' 81 fresh and smilin', and her
voice was Jest aS clear and sweet as Il
meadow lark LordN massy-l mem
Der how she used To sing some - them
are places where the treble and counter
used to go together, her voice kind q
trcmbled little, and ii sort % went
thro' and tllro' Il fcllcri tuck him right
where he lived
Here Sam leaned contemplativcly
back with his head in Il clump of sweet
fern. and refreshed himself with chew
of Young wintcrgrccm. This ere
Young wintclgrccn. boys. is Jest like Il
feller's thoughts % things that hap
pened when he was young-it comes
up jest so fresh and tender every wear
the longest time you hey IL live, and
vou can't help chawin ont tho lis sort
q stingin'-I don't never get over lk
ia Young wintergrern.
But about Huldah. Sam -
oh ves-about lIuldy-Lordl mas
sy, when Il tcller is lndianing round
these ere pleasant summer days, Il trl-
ler's thoughts gifts like 1t flock o Young
partridges-they up and down aud
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about as good as another. when they :
all So kind q comfortable and nice.
Wal. about IIuidv aS was il s.,yin'
She WAS Jest as handsome Il gal to look
at as feller could have. and | think Il
nice. wcllbchavcd Young gal i'll the
singers seat of Il Sunday is Il means q
grace, its sort o drawin' to the mrc-
generate YOU know. Why, boys, i'll
them days, Eve walked ten miles ovcI
to Shcrburnc of IL Sunday mornin' jest
10 play the bass viol in the same sing
ers' seat with Huldy. She was very
much respected. IIuldy was, and whell
she went ont to tailorin she WAS allcr>
bespoke six months ahead. and sent fnl
i'll waggins up and down for ten miles
round, for the Young ftllrrs was allerr
'mazin anxious to he sent after Iluldy
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Wal, after Mis- Cairyl died. Huldy GOT
To he sort o housrkceper at the minis
tcr'+. and saw to everything and did
everything so that there Warn't Il pin
ont a. the way.
But you know how IT'S in parishes
there alters is women that thinks tho
minister's affairs belongs to them, and
they ought to have the rulin' and guild
;,,- IL
there's folks that alters hes their eye,
open on Providencc-l"okin' ont who,
t" he the next one.
Now there was Mis- Amaziah Pippcr-
idgc. widdcr with snappin' black
b eyes. and hook noSe-kind o like {;
hawk and she was one o them up and
: down. commandin sort q women. that
feel that they have Il call to I've sccin
to everything that goes on i'll the par
ish. and specially to the minister.
Folks did say that Mis- Pippelidg,
sort o sot her eye on the parson fol
herself wal now, that might hlv,
been, OF it might not. Some folk,
thought it was Il very suitable connec-
ti"n-yOu see she he'd good property
of her own. right nigh to the minister.
" lot, and WAS alters kind q active :int
husy-so, takin one thing with another
| shouldn't wonder if Mis- Pipperidg,
should Il thought that Providence point
ell that way. At any rate she Went III
g to Deakin Bl0dgett's wife, and they
r two sort q put their heads togcter !:
mournin' and condolin' about the way
: things was likely to go on at the minis.
Il tcI's now Mis- Calryl was dead. Ne Sc,
the parsons wife, she was one OF then
> women who he'd their eyes everywher,
and on everything. She was Il little
thin woman, but tough is Injer rubber
and smart as a steel trap, and thcr,
warn't hen laid an egg, or cackled
d but Mis- CaiTyl was right there to Sc,
a about it, and she had the garden mad,
u i'll the spring, and the medders move,
o in summer, and the cider made, and tn,
corn husked, and the apples got in the
fall and the Doctor had nOthin' t" d'