New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-22

would only consent to stay there Till anotho' 800
could be had though fully competent for theeAa.o"
position For my part, wearied OF this foreign IN
tervention in domestic affairs have determineu W
strike out a new path in the wilderness OF giris'
ever again housekeeping happens to us. say 70
my soul:
win take acme savage woman she shall all my Bridgets
She sbs scrub tho Kitchen area, she shall wash the
baby's face.
supple showed, double oInted, she shall leap and size
shall run.
Chase tho mkman cook tho dinner, hang the washing
In the sun.
With intelligence offices have done forever. If
nv savage woman goes back on me. then I'll give
up housekeeping, and go and live around among my
relatives That is cheaper and better than board
ing. ..
Looking back at it now, do not remember, with
all our experimenting to have ever had single girl
who turned out all that fancy painted her or the ex
igences of the situation required. One would have
suited us exactly If it had not been for parlor
organ. Neat and tidy in appearance, wel-mannered,
up in the catechism of cooking, and able to show
her title clear to competence In all respects by the
very best of references Mrs. Paul engaged her at
once and she and her trunk were to come that very
evening. mercy on me what a trUnkw said Mrs.
Paul when the drayman drew up under the window
and Maria descended from box as big as dinner
table, on which she rode in state " One thlng
forgot to say to YOU num-" said Maria on entering
the presence hope you don't object to music, ioF
always carry my pbrlor organ with me wherever
90. Eve been taking lessons rather better than
wear. now, and they say Pm getting on: Oh you
need MT be afraid, mum'-seeng look OF doubt and
perplexity cross Mrs. Pauls face-"yOu needn't be
afraid don't play any light, frivolous airs nothing
but sacred music, mum, and only want three hours
day to practice" Alas, Maria's stay in the house
was brief, and the parlor organ never crossed the
threshold.
These little villages that nestle down among the
Massachusetts, hills are charming retreats, but do
not know that should care to spend more than five
years of life at time in any of them. And asfor
being retreats I'm not of that, to think
about it. You stand out in pretty bold relief if you
are resident. still so if you are visitor. For
instance, there was an engaged couple in Williams
burgh-not natives to the manner born, but city
swells on "a visit to relatives. Very few OF the vii
layers were ignorant of what was going on. When
the young man walked out with his sweetheart it
must have been particularly gratifying for him to
see himself pointed out by one urehn to another
with: ." say, Bill. you see that there fellow with
out no hinge in his back; he's goin to marry that
there gal" &. When the thing first began there was
later sitting up than usual naturally. And one of
the old ladies stepped in morning, shifting sus-
pciously: :" / say, there amt one sick in this
here house or nothin', is therel seen light
burnin' nigh onto twelve O'clock last night, but
don't smell no campfire nor nothin' round"
Northampton is pleasant little place, of
varied historical associations. The people are fond
of playing checkers" and only drink by medical
prescription. Yesterday met Mr.. James wandering
round the streets. In reply to my questions he said
he was looking for a doctor; didn't think he was
much SICK. but felt as though he had better take
something. He invited me to walk along with him.
After strong about the town for the better part of
the afternoon came to store where an escutcheon
bore the inscription "TOdd's" Mr.. James stepped
in and said he wanted one. Mr. Childs leaned over
the counter and said, You want what p "A tod"
said Mr.. James. "Wil an Index Rerum suit you I"
said Mr. Childs. III it's a square drink it will
SAID Mr. James. Mr.. Childs handed the thing down
from shelf and it proved to be a square book. Mr..
James had heard of cocculus indcus as an ingredi-
eut in liquors, and evidently got Index Rerum mixed
up with the other drug The Iodds" of the sign
turned out to be books by the late Rev. DIR. John
Todd who, from the number of his works, might, in
deed have been christened le-John Todd. But his
Index Rernmp is excellent book for any man
to have who ever has facts to arrange. And Mrs.
Paul says it is handy to write down household
recipes in.
Well as / was saying caught one last night.
As already explained we mad been travelling on
the n. Y. C.. & Ii. r. II. X. cars, which we took at
Saratoga and were to leave at Albany; it seemed
impossible that any damaging Gphides could be ac-
qured by us in that time and at the rate of speed at
which the cars ran, for certainly it seemed that We
ran too SLOW to catch anything.
Nevertheless, l caught one
But the clock has just struck one. and the partcu
lars of this remarkable catch must be deferred to
another time, for allow the same thing to
break my slumbers twice in succession. In another
letter promise myself the felicity of narrating how
left Saratoga for Williamsburgh one morning, and
arrived at Toulouse the very next night
JOHN PAUL.
WATER FOR FLUSHING AND COLLEGE POINT.
The nupStiOn of suDDlyin0 Flushing with