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

ii''i' IiS.
Dear me- says IIuldv. where have
You put him ?
why, out there in the pig-pen, to he
sure
oh dear me- SAYS Iiuldy, that's the
well-curh there aint 40 pig pen built
says she.
'Lordy massy" says the parSon, then
I've thrown the pig in the wellr
Wal. Hubby, she worked and worked.
and finally she tishcd piggy out i'll the
bucket, bat he was dead as Il door nail,
and she got him ont u the way quietly,
and didn't say much, and the parsnn,
he took to il great Hebrew book III his
study, and says he, 'lIuldy, aint much
in temporals.' says he. Hubby says she
kind Il felt her heart 30 out To him, he
was so sort q meek and helpless, and
learned, and says she, Wal, ParSon Car
ryl, don't trouble yorlr head Ii" more
about it: I'll see to things, and sure
enough, Il week after there WAS Il nice
pen. all ship shape. and two little white
pigs that Hubby bought with the money
for the Luttcr she sold at the store.
Wal, IIuldy,' said the par>om. 'yon
are Il most anlazin' child-you dom say
nothin', hut vou do more than most
folks
AItcr that the parSon set >ich store
10y Iiuldy that he come to her and ask
ed her about everything, and ii was
amazin' how every thing she put her
hand to prospered. lluldy planted
marigoldS and lark-spurs. pimkS and
carnations all up and down the path to
the front door, and trained up morning
glorics and scarlet runners round the
windows, and she was always Il gettin'
Il root here, and u sprig there. and Il
seed from somebody else. for fiuldy WAS
one q them that has the gift. 80 that cf
you ii>t give cm the lr;iStcst >prig of
anything they make Il great bush ont of
il right away. 81 that in six months
IIuldv had roses, and Yelanum>. and
lilies. Sicf aS it would Il took 4 garden
notice AT fli>t hui when the ward was
all ahlazc with flowers he used to come
and stand i'll IL kind a mae M the front
door. and SAY. 'hr;rr,iiuI, beautiful:
why. lIuldy. | never sec anything like
it, And then when her work WAS done
aI1elnuonS. Hubby would Iii with hen
setting in the porch. and sing and uill
away till she'd draw the meadow lark>
and the hoholinkS. and the orioles !"
answer her. and the great big elm tree
overhead would GET perfectly rackety
with the birds. and the palson. Srttim'
there III his study, would cit To kind o
drcamin about angels. and golden harpS.
and theme Jerusalem but he wouldn't
speak Il word. 'calISc Hubby. She was
list like them wood -thlU>hcS. She never
could sing so we'll wh." sho Thought
folks was hcaIin'. Folks noticed. about
this time. that the parsons sermons got
to be like Aaron : rod. that huddcd and
hloSSUmcd-thclc WAS things i'll EN-
about flowers and birds. and more spec
ial about the music @ heaven. And
Hubby. she noticed that cf there was IL
hymn run in her head while she WAS
round Il workin'. the minister WAS sure
To give il out next sunday. lou see,
Hubby WAS list like bee. she always
sung when she WAS workin'. and You
could hear her tIillin' now. down i'll the
corn patch. while She WAS pickin' the
corn: and now in the huttcry. while
She was woIkin' the butter: and now
she'd 90 >ingin' down cellar. and then
she'd he Singin up overhead. 81 that
she seemed 10 ill Il house chock full u,
music.
Huldy WAS 81 SOFT O chippcr and fair
spoken. that she got the lined men all
under her thumb they come tu her
and tonk her orders Jjist as meek as 50
many calves. and She traded III the
store. and KEEP the accounts. and she
he'd her eyes every where. and tied up
all the ends 80 tight that there want no
gcttin round hey. She wouldn't let
nobody put n"thin OF on l'al>"H Carr!l.
cause he WIS Il minister. llIIdl WAS
alters up 10 ANY body that wanted It"
make Il hard bargain. and ainrr he
knew .jlst what he WAS about. She ii got
the best end of ii. and every body said
that lluldl WAS the most capail" gal
that they'd ever traded with.
Wal. come to the mcctin' of the As
sociatinn, Mis- Deacon BlodGrtt and Mis-
pippcridec come callm' up to the Pan
sons. all IN Il stew, and "tlrlin' their
services to get the house ready. but the
Doctor. he iiSt thanked 'rm quite quiet
and turned 'cm over to liuldN. She told
'cm that she'd got everything ready.
and showed en- her pautricS. and her
cakes and her pies, and her puduin's.
and took 'cm all over the house. and
they went pcckim' and rnkiu'. cpcnin
cuhoard-dnors, and lookin int" draw
erS. and they couldn't find So much as
thread ont - the way. from garret to
cellar. and 50 they went on quite dis
content,d. .\tter that the women set
new trouble y breviu-. Then they
begun to talk that it was 4 wear now
since Mis- Carr,l died. and il rally
wasn't proper for such Il Young raI to
he stayin' there. who cverybody could
see was Il settin' her cap for the minis