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

I Nlitlt any lillHS Ht cdi vi uiullh, VI
wore, come from or went to-his wife
jest led him round in temporal things
and took care on him like baby.
Wal. to be sure Mis- Carryl looked up
to him in spirituals. and thought all the
world on him for there warn't Il smart
er minister no where round. Why,
when he preached on DEGREES and Flee
tion, they used to come clear over from
South Parish. and West Sherburnc,
and Old Town to hear him. and there
was sich row o waGgins tied along
by the mectin' house, that the stables
was all full. and all the hitchin' posts
was full, clean mp to the tavern. so that
I folks said the Doctor made the town
/ look like Il general training day. ON
Sunday.
He WAS great on texts, the noctor
was. When hr Ecd p'inr to prove
he'd jest Z" tlrn' the Bible and drive
all the texts ahead O him like Il flock o
sheep and then if there WAS It text
agin him why he'd come ont with his
Greek and Hebrew, and kind q chase
il round a spell. jest as We src Il tcllcr
chase IL contrary bell wcthcr, and make
him jump the fence artcr The rest |
tell yuu there want no text III the Bible
+ that could stand agin the Doctor when
his blood was up. The year after he
WAS appointed to preach the lection
sermon III BostOm. he made such fig
ger that the Battle street church sent
Il committee right down to see if they
couldn't get him to Boston and then
the Shcrhuinc folks. they up and raised
/ his S;lary-ye see there aint anything
wakes folks up Ike somebody else
wantin' what you've got. Wal, that
! fall they made him Il Doctor - Divinity
ut Cambridge College. and so ;hel sot
more 10y him than ever. Wal. Nou sec
! the Doctor. of course. he felt kind q
1 lonesome and afflicted When Mis- Carry
was gone, but rally and trulH, Huldy
WAS up to everything about the house
/ that the Doctor didn't miss nuthiu' III Il
/ temporal way. His shirt hosoms was
/ plcatcd finer than they ever was, and
/ them Iuillr> round his wrists WaS KEEP
| like the driven SNOW. and there warn
hrach i'll hi, silk stockings, and his
shoe buckles M.S KEEP polished up. and
his coat brushed. and there want no
bread and huScuit like llUldN'>. and her
butter WAS like solid Jumps of gold. and
there weren't no pies To equal hers. and
81 the Doctor never felt the loss of Mis-
Car.yl at the table. Then there wa<
lluldH alters opposite to him. with her
blue eyes and her chcckS like two fresh
peaches. She WAS Kind q pleasant to
look at. and thc more The Doctor look
eel at her the better h" liked her. and
- things 81, med Ia Lee .Snim on quirt
and comfortable cf il hadn't been that
Mi~ Pippcridgc, and Mis- Dcakin Bl"d-
.ctt. and Mi> SaNim got their heads to
gether u tall>iu' about things.
Poor man says Mis- Pippcridgc.
what can that child that he's got there
do towards taking care of all that
place > 1t takes Il mature woman, she
SAYS. To tread in Mis- Carryrs shoes.
That il does said Mis- Blodgett,
and when things once gets to runnin'
down hill there nint no stoppin' OH
EN- SAYS she.
| Then Mis- SaWin. She took it up. &c
see Mis- Sawin USED to go ont to dress
maxim, and WAS sort a. jealous. 'raIisc
folks sot more hl Hubby than they did
| by herr. Well SAYS She. 'IIuldy Pet
crs j. we'll enough at her trade; | never
/ denied that. though do say | never
did believe in her way {" maxim but
ton holes. and must say. if twas the
dearest friend | had, that | thought
! Huldy. tryin' tn tit Mis- kittridge :
/ plumh-colorcd silk was clear piece q
/ presumption the silk WIS list spilled,
So 'tWulr't tit to come into the mectin
house. must say luldl's a ~! thai :
always too Ncntcrsomc about takIn
/ Spon>l,iitic> She don't know nnthin'
about.
OF course she don't said Mis- Dcaki
! Blndgctt. w hat does she know ahou;
/ all the luokin' and seem Ia that there
/ ought Ia hc in guidin' the minister
/ house. iluldy's we'll mc.nin' and she,
( good at work, and good in the singers
seat. hut Iordy massy. she laint got
no experience. parSon CarrNl ought
/ to have an experienced woman To keel
house for him. There's the spring
hnust-clcanim and the fall lIou>e-cicail-
in to he scci to. and the things to hc
put away from the moths. and then III,
gcttin ready fur the association and all
the ministers mc'tin's, and ,hr making
the soap and the candles. and srttin
the hens and turkics. watrhn' The
calves and seem after the hired men
and the garden and there that al,
blessed man list sets there ut home as
serene. and has nobody round hut that
gal. and don't even know how things
must he Il rUmin' t" waste
Wal. the upslut ont waS they tus>cd
and fuzzlcd and Wuzllcd till they',l
drinked up all the tea in the teapot
and then they went down and called
on the parsom and wuzzlcd him all uI
talkim about this, that, and t'othcr that
wanted lookin to. and that il was II,
way To leave everything 10 Il Young
chit like Hubby. and that he ought I,
he l0okim' about for an experienced w0-
man. The parSon, he thanked 'cn
kindly, and said he believed their mo.
tiveS was good. but he didn't 20 II,
further. He didn't ask Mis- Pippcridgt
to come and stay there and help him
nor nuthin, q that kind. but he said
he'd attend to matters himsclf-th,
fact WAS the parson had got such il likin
for havin' Hubby round that he could,
MT think % such Il thing as swappin
her off for the widdcr Pippcridge.
But he thought to himself Huldy is ;
good girl. hut oughtn't to he IL leavin
everything to her-it's too hard on hcl.
ought to he in>trIctin, and grIidili'
and helpin' of her. cause faint ever,
body could he expected To know ano
do what Mis- Carryl did. and so ar it h,
went, and Lordy maSSN didn't IIuld,
hey il time ont when the minister be
gan to come ont of his study and wan
to tend round and see tu things
Hubby, you see, thought all the w0rlc
of the minister, and she was mos
afraid to laugh, hut she told me sh,
couldn't. for the life of her. help il
when his back was turned. for he wrlz