Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-08-15

meetings; why should he apply for Method
} ist preacher when there would be so few to
: hear and still fewer to support him. is his
excuse.
Mr.. Ellison met with loss instead of the
success he expected in increasing his income,
for heavy security debt fell on his shoulders
and swept away great share of his property.
Ellen says it was great thing, for it reused
Mr.. Ellison from his books to more hours OF
healthful exercise in his garden and his veg
etables, with her poultry and eggs, have found
ready sale and been source of income
since the railroad was completed.
Yes, selling vegetables, poultry, eggs, honey,
dried figs, and the like, has been quite source
of profit to several of our friends and not
one but laughs at Conway's astonishment at
the wonderful power they have found in the
judicious use of 'small things"
Conway has come on for the second visit
she has made since her marriage, and we will
take look at her as she sits in low rocker
in the stove room, where she is watching
Grace prepare dessert for dinner. Her little
Elliott, only few months old, lies sleeping
on her lap; while Georgia Conway, lively
little prattler of two years, is in the parlor
with Mr.. Van Vechten, Jack and his Archie,
who has more life and fun than his wide-awake
father was ever said to have had. He could
make more noise, find more mischief, and keep
the house more lively in an hour than most
children in whole day.
"There never was such boy" Jack says,
proudly, as he follows the restless child, and
to keep him from being in the way of his
mother, tosses him over his head and gives
him royal ride on his shoulders.
"You think so but wait and see whose son
makes the finest man. and Conway gazes
fondly at her "little precious"
Jack laughs, gives his shouting boy higher
toss, and thinks he knows who will have the
smartest man, if he don't say it.
There is to be family dinner, and Grace
is busy as bee getting everything ready be-
fore the Elliott and Ellison carriages arrive
with their loads of welcome guests. Conway
came down the night before, but she had seen
too little of Grace to leave her, if the extra
preparations do keep her sitting two hours in
that neat, clean apartment, where Grace has
cooking-stove for her express accommoda-
ton. Maum Elsie still cooks in the old
fashioned way, with frying pans and ovens in
fireplace, but Grace has fine stove, which
she finds one of the most useful things about
her house.
Grace has gained life and animation since
her marriage; Conway softness. Neither
have lost grace or charm.
Conway listens in amazement to the differ
ent things Grace has done during the year.
Jack made pretty good crops and managed
we'll, but the wants of a family are never
ending, and his wife has learned that dollar
never comes amiss. Ida Wright works on
the principle that "a penny saved is a penny
earned" but Grace can't learn that easily !;
early training will show itself, and she can
make money easier than she can keepit.
"Do you or Jack support this family" said
Conway, half laughingly, half in earnest,
after hearing sundry accounts of what she
had accomplished.
"Why Jack, to be sure," replied Grace, al
most Indignantly.
"It don't look so," returned Conway.
"When I was here nearly two years ago. it
was Jack made two barrels of sugar last year,
and will make twice as much this; Jack
L,
again. Jack hopes cotton will do we'll this
year so he can build another bedroom, and a
large room for my cooking stove Jack is
going to give more attention to improving his
stock ; and it was Jack this, and Jack that,
all the time"
"Well, don't I tell you about Jack now !?
I am sure he is of more Importance in my
eyes now than then. I can say truly,
I thought loved him years ago,
| knoW love him now."
20 yes, Grace, you give Jack credit for all
he deserves, and delight in giving him honor !;
but in the midst of what Jack has done,
comes in, sand I have helped him buy new
rockaway with the forty turkeys sold last
winter 4 have over hundred chickens and
nearly sixty turkeys to send to town at Christ
mas I sold eggs enough to buy all my
summer Clothes"
20 stop, Conway! That don't make me
support the family, because have little
spending money of my own!"
"It is great help, can assure you, cried
Jack, who had come in to get baked potato
for Archie, and was peeling it for the impa'
tient child "Have you told her of your wine
and fgs?"
"What there's something else you've done
and you haven't told me-"
"You haven't been here long enough to
learn half my affairs. You found out about
the poultry because you went with me at
feeding time"
"Well, I must hear of everything Moth
er told me you rivaled Ellen in housekeeping
and managing affairs, and you must tell me
all you do"
"You laugh at me, and think I'm in a little
business, but if your husband was a poor man
and you wished him to get along comfortably
without running in debt, you would find these
things you make so light of, are no trifes."
II don't make light of them. I'm only
: amused that you take it so in earnest and
think I can't appreciate it. Why, if Mr.. Van
, Vechten was to lose his property, I'd do a
; hundred things to help him. I don't hold