The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-11-07
LIGHT AND SHADE.
Matters Grave and Gay from all
sources.
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A lady had gone to visit young couple
of the better class of the poor They had
no children, and the husband being a sto-
ker on the railway, they were above the
reach of want. Under these circumstances
it seemed to the visitor that they might
have attended to their religious duties at
least to the extent of going to church on
Sundays, and she yentured to intimate as
much to the young woman who was stand
ing rather idly at the door. "Will you
please walk in till show you something"
was the womans answer; and she conduct
ed her visitor to the little kitchen, where
her husband sat by the fire. He had just |
come home for half an hour to his tea, and |
was watching the kettle with the most alb |
sorbing interest. lie was of course in his
working clothes, and his face and hands |
were of deep oily black, after the manner
of stokers. "Now, maam," said the wo-
man, pointing to him, ''you see that there
man. That's my husband, and I'm bound
to do part by him, amt ?" "Surely," said
the visitor, anxious to uphold the duties of
matrimony. every well. then, would you
like to know how | pass my Sundays? a
washing of he Never u blessed moment
has he to wash himself through the week.
out carly and late, and half of the night,
too, and blacker nor any crow all the while.
Well, on Sunday it is fitting and proper
that he should try to look like a Christian
if he can; so he sets me to it after we cat
our breakfast, with a bucketfil of soapsuds
and scrubbng-brusha and l rubs at him, off
and on all day, till my arms ache, and he
amt much better than he wor; and then af-
ter we has our tea he says to me, Come,
Sally, have another try, there's a brave
wcnch, and goes at him again, and sluices
him down till you'd think a born niger
nd come out white; and, if you believe
me, ma'am, when pol'shcs him of with II
dry towel aforc he goes to bed he's only
light brown after ALL" What was to be
said to such stubborn facts especially
when the good woman finished with the un-
answerable argument, $50 you see, maam
them as wants to live religious has best not
to marry sokcr.
TALE OF AN oYERCoAT.
New Orleans 1imes.l
A gentleman called here this morning to
ask about paragraph in Mondays Times,
headed "Treasurc Trove."
81 lost an article of wearing apparel on
the shell road Sunday evening, and think
it's the same you speak of"
''What is the nature of that article ?"
at is an overcoat."
''Color?"
"Lght bluc-gray."
"What sort of collar!'
'Vclvet."
elbow do you account for having dropped
it?"
"Well, it was rather warm, so | slipped
my arms out of the sleeves, and let the
f,11 hnh;pI I
it must have worked out"
Anybody in the buggy with you?"
eyes; lady"
"Not a relative?"
''Oh, no; just a young lady friend"
"Good-looking, of course?"
81 should say So with great emotion.)
"Ah, do you, can you recollect doing
anything or noticing anything calculated to
make that coat work out from behind you
and fall?"
"Now, look here, young man, you've
been asking me Il Whole lot of questions
that don't see the exact drift Of l called
up here to get my coat according to notice
in the paper. You ought to show by this
time whether it's my coat or not, and that's
all the business you have so far as l can
see. l pail for that buggy, and l asked
that young woman to go riding. My over
coat worked out and was lost, but l don't
see what you've got to do with how it
worked out. You can hand it over or not,
Just as you please, but you needn't ask me
any more questions. You newspaper men
have got too much curiosity"
The gentleman was excited and forgot
to thank Roundabout for his coat.
DIsAGREEABLE SUBJECT.
(Nashvlle Banner.)
In divorce case yesterday the Judge
said: ''The position of a step-mother. was
not to be envied. She went into family
to take the trying part of acting as the moth
er of the children of another, whose place
it was impossible to supply. The children
considered her an intruder, and entertained
a hate for her which was altogether unna-
tural. In the present case, a hgh-minded
young woman had attempted to fill that
difficult position, and was tormented almost
to death. The husband had grown cold to
her, they had both, perhaps, been some
what mistaken in their affections
and it was not difficult to see that when a
husband and wife got as cold towards each
other as two frogs, they could no longer
live happily together. The husband had
put out an advertisement saying to the
world that she had left him without cause
and that she was not to be trusted. This
was in itself sufficient to prevent reconcile
alton with heightened woman. The man
who could advertise his own wife as he
would a stray horse, could neither have re-
spect nor love for her. 1t was in the very
nature of woman to love. and that love
should always be cherished by the husband
No man had right to treat the affection OF
a wife with GOODNESS. 1t was to the indif
ference to her finer sensibilities that NIGH
be traceablc numberless separations, which
might have easily been avoided. In Tho
present case the husband had sent media
tors, and she had said that if he desired tC
bring about reconciliation, it was his duty
to see her, and not to act through othel
parties"