Connecticut western news., 1872-04-19
From the Tamaqua Saturday Uourier.l THE HISTORY OF A DAY, AND OF
 A LIFE.

Mrs. Lundy had been mp for half an hour, busy about one thing and another, when MT. Lundy rubbing his eyes, opened them, and concluded after thinking over the matter for some five or ten minutes, that it was time for him to be getting ready for breakfast So. he crept out of bed and commenced dressing himself. 7 ''I wish you would get me some hot water, Aggy," he said to his wife. .a I must shave myself this morning." Mrs. Lundy was busily engaged in dressing resisting urchin. Y @ssa@ +.1z. "Yes, dear," she replied, Gin moment,". and kept on with her work, intending to finish dressing the child before she went down stairs after water, Mir. Lundy wait ed about minute and then said inpatient ly, T" wish you would get it for me now, Agnes. 1 can't finish dressing myself un til shave"
 . The wife put down the child and went for the water, while her husband seated himself and waited for her return On receiving what he had asked for, Mr.. Lun- dy commenced shaving himself; when about half done he turned to his wife, who was leaving the room and said, |" I wish you would tell Bill to clean that old pair VI DOOLSs, new Ou6S HuEL AlU6T shaving and dressing himself Mr., Lundy went down stairs to read his newspaper until breakfast time, eight o'clock was the hour, although the food and the time did not agree together, circumstance that fretted Mr. Lundy who was very pune tual man.
 Meanwhile Mrs. Lundy had herself and five children to get ready for the morning nooo1 and aho s,, order to accomplish her task. But Mag gy's hair was stubborn and took twice as long as usual to comb into proper order and Wills temper was in a worse condi. tion than Maggy's hair, and worried the mother great deal more and thensto help the matter, the baby wouldn't sii "There I've broken my shoe- string" said Will, as the tie at which he had been jerking gave way with 8 snap.
 "Giye me,a pin, mother,"- called Mary who was dressing herself. -...,.
 Five minutes wereconsumed Tn rummag ing drawers and boxes for a shoe e-string which must be had, as Immediately aftel breakfast the children must start fol school. and there would be no time ther to look tor shoe-strings. At last, after al
 
 an hour, in which Mrs. Lundy was wor ried almost to death, the children wer got in order to meet their father at tn breakfast table. And then Mrs. Lundy, il momentary expectation of hearing tn bell, commenced putting herself in righ trim. Her hair was to be combed, and more tidy dress to be put on, for her hus band could not bear to see his wife at tn Efoof fohl ,p l;chohi1ga Hop hMi was all over her face, when ting-a-ling- ling sounded up the stairway. For ful ten minutes she had heard her husband heavy tread, as he paced the floor, to her unmistakeable evidence that the cook wa behind her time. With nervous hast she drove the comb into her hair, crack It had broken.
 "Good heavens, Agnes. Amt yo dressed yet % exclaimed her husband coming to the chamber door, with hi watch in his hand. "It is ten minute past eight now. I've been ready an waiting half an hour." .. -..
 "Pn be along in minute. I've onl got my hair to put up, and dress to sli on," replied Mrs. Lundy.
 A minute Yes, know what you minutes are. Pm sure you've been U long enough to have dressed for breakfai dozen times oyer."
 You forgot that had all the childre to get ready" replied Mrs. Lundy."
 Slenced, but not convinced, the hu band went grumbling down stairs and r commenced walking the floor, but with heavier and more rapid step.
 "Go up and see if your mother isn most ready; I'm in great hurry tn morning" MT. Lundy sad to one of u children after the lapse of two minute