Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-06-12
Washing on Sunday.

determined to commence moving at precisely
. o'clock, Monday morning, July Is; and so
on that identical Monday morning you might,
had you been an early riser, have seen the
deacon, dvested of his coat aud his Sunday
dignity, shaking the best room carpet in the
back yard.
There is no need Of saying what he did
next, or what Mrs. Flint was doing then.
They went through the tearing-up process
very much as other people do and not being
endowed with an over-abundance of this
worlds goods, the last load of furniture, con-
ssting Of the deacon's wife and baby, the
twins, and the best room looking-glass, was
on its way to the depot at o'clock, p. m.
" Blessed be nothing - exclaimed the tired
lite woman, as the deacon helped her out Of
tho p,,on mIf wa had been Soniro Ran.
som,s folks Samuel we shouldn,t have been
mora ,ban quarter through now wopld we .
Myi how NV moor homes would have ached
thongh. this time Tomorrow night. "rm
,Iad ,bo Lord knovs vhat's hest for mo -
ha Odd ,akin, tho bahv rron, ,be deacon
ana Iootin, around Far tho twins
f. uas 6nt eew hours, ride IN q and
;,,s, "a ,ho ooolos, d,sL of tho Tulv tw;Ii,,h,
,bev wall ea nm the street IN their new home
,ory ,;red and ,hanl fnl ,hev wera no, Sonirs
R,3som's golks bnt inst themselves If thev
J;d have N worL late that picbt nuttin, M
rho L;,chen stove and nnnackino dishos and
bed5ing
Tuesday was 4 day Of many troubles
The babies were tired and fretfiI dayligbt
revealed a coating of dirt on doors and win.
dows tho denth Of which thew knew no, be.
f,re and the heat was Intense Rat the
Jeacon nossessing untirine energy. and his
little wils the snnnie,t of tempers' thew sue.
eeeded so well that by Thursday night. as he
cana into the kitchen with an armfnI of wood
,sbero his vic, was WASHING dishes she com.
penced sinoing.
or,.d d., 1,,irt.ti, work q. almost done
But feel as if mno had just begun"
"Did you hear that, Samuel p she said,
laughing and turning around to look at him.
1t was prayer meeting night and the dea-
con went to prayer-meeting for the first timI
in c., took an active part, aud after meeting
waited to shake hands with the minister and
some of the brethren answer their inquiries
aud present their letters. He had the satis-
faction Of feeling, on his way home, that he
had made good impression; it pleased him !;
it would have pleased us and he told his
little wife that night IN his grave way, that
he hoped, coming as he did in the midst Of
a strange people, there might never be any
occasion Of remark against him while he re.
nained among them"
" I'm sure, hope not, Slmusl" she said
looking innocenty up ia his face, and adding,
Is she nestled up her little brown head on his
shoulder, don't fesl much alarmed about
it,"
The next day, Friday, the deacon went
back to the old home, having some business
settlements to make there. Cant tell GER
tainly when | shall be back probably not
till Monday noon guess there's enough wood
-plit to last till then. Good BY" he said,
aud was gone
The wee woman went singing back to her
half.washed dinuer.dishes, aud with one foot
On the cradle-rocker, she secured the knives
while she told the story Of " Jack aud Gill 4"
to the twins. When the last kettle was
washed, the kitchen stove aud table brushed
lnd secured to the usual shade Of black and
white the baby asleep in her nest Of cradle
-" bless her!"-she washed the pretty twin
faces till they bushed like red peppers, and
then settled them in their trundle-bed for a
nap.
Dear little woman she did look so tired
as she came out from the bedroom, aud
stopped to brush fy from under the mus
keto.net over the baby it would have made
your back ache to look at her. But the
CHEEKY heart in the weary body asserted it.
seIf and she smiled with the thouOht of nil
she would do before the deacon came back.
" | must slick my hair over little, so if
any one should come | wouldn't spoil the dea-
cons reputation, she said to herself, going
up to little glass that hung between the
kitchen windows Just then gem Of sun
beam flashed in at the window, aud seemed to
tangIe itself all up in her wAvy brown hair,