The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-07-01

nurse. L dld great zeal OF sewing 10
Maria, of whom became fonder than
had ever expected to be.
James had relaspe Of his interpitten
fever. His wifo knew nothing about sick
ncss | nurscd him-I who had ncve
known fatigue when he had needed any
thing ia former years, would surely no
fail him now. sat up with him nigh
,fter night, and showed the cook how t
prepare nice little dishes for him, such u
[ knew he liked-that is to say, pre-
pared them while tho cook looked on
Whatever was wanted now, up stairs o.
down, was the one to plan or to do. A
last began to think ought to return t,
Fanny and seeing James fairly conval
esceut, [ sought the train for my journe,
homewards. Sitting in a railroad car,
party of young people took places iu iron
of inc, laughing aud talking with cage
animation, principally about persons
knew nothing of, except by name. Pres
emily one OF them began to talk about m
sous wife
IL used to see a great deal Of them a,
one time" she said "but--"
"But what ?" asked another.
"Oh well, they had a mother-n.av
raging around lately. s, | have KEEP
away"
$50 have l."
Here followed laugh Of derision.
IA mother.in.law ?" exclaimed auoth
er, 9TH It is hard do pity them indeed
But l hear she is off now."
"GIad to hear it. Have you heard Of
the new opera 2"
was the mother.in.law on whose &C.
count friends kept away. remembered
the weary nights iu that sick room; the
weary days. when suffering from the loss
of sleep, struggled to keep my eyes
open, that | might attend tn various little
household duties. Which o! all this " as
the "raging around" which excited the
ri>ible muscles OF those lively Young rco.
pic. | thought Of Fanny. her good looks
her intelligence. her affcctiuuutc nature.
and found my elf wondering what her fu.
ture was to be. But hero we are. There
she was waiting to meet me, dear child !;
hut there was some one with her. most
insignificant looking individual. with very
prominent eyes and large ~hiskers. Why
did my heart siuk with melancholy
ioreboding?
How glad she was to see me again
3he introduced her companion to me as
Mr. jenkins; aud whereas | was all anx.
iety to be alone with her, Mr.. Jenkins
with great flourish Of politeness. walked
all the way homo with US. Before |
could unite the strings OF my bonnet b
told me that Fanny had promised to mar.
ry him | was thunderstruck. having 10
the annoyance of his presence forgotten
my forebodings Of half an hour bcioro.
had read with much attention. 10 various
highly lauded books, Of the great and i'm.
perative duty Of bringing up girl to be
helpmeet for noble man-this dapper
little manikin He soomod a";~elo. b-.
so utterly insignificant! He had uuin-
terestug pareuts and weak plain sisters,
all Of whom made perpetual amusement
Of the engagement. My paror was Civ.
en- up to them entirely-that is to him
and his sisters. seemed always "de
rrop" when l entered. judging by the
sudden silence which followed the animal.
ed talk. My coming was an interruption
| began to sit up stairs. always walk.
ed alone.
Having avoided all society and all &C.
qlaiutaucesbip when my children were
young, that might devote my whole
time to them, found myself now friend.
less and dcsolate. Friend, like plants,
must he cultivated. | found no congen.
ialty in either Of the two families with
which my two children were connecting
themselves.
After two years they we're married
and after year of boarding aspired to
the dignity Of keeping house. After
looking at many dwellings one was select.
ed, Que which required great many re.
pairs, and now my services were in very
great request; | attended to all the d.
rections Mr.. jenkins wished given to the
wcrkmen; stayed iu the cold empty
rooms all day, xheu there was nothing to
sit on but an empty candle box. did
the necessary quarrcling with the plumb.
erers, and bore the suubbiug Of the upho..
-ters; aud | put the furniture in the
places | thought best, by degrees chang.
ny it all to suit his tastes. washed all
The chiba and glass aud sometimes. fan-
lied, when got dirty joing all this, that
[ Was happy. had 50 long been accu>.
TONED to work for lhvsc loved, that il
sas hard 10 learn that there might he any
rrproucn connected with It. must do
Fanny the I,tice to say that she was
very kind aud g,ateiul to me.
Ga the last day alter having some cold
tea out Of u pitcher on tho corner OF Ia
mAn,c-piecc, I overheard Mr., Jeukius,
who had brought friend iu to admire
his new dwelling, say:
"Well, the carpets are down, the lurui-
ture is all here. and thluk uos when
We get our servants, aud engage baker
aud mi kman, aud are entirely rid Of the
muther.in-law. we shall be ready to move
in
Both my children married, l had my
solitary little house to my self, and very
solitary it was tried to get up some
Spasmodic friendships with my neighbors,
but being hollow. these forced inlirnaces
soon fell through. But | ought not to
complain it is the way OF the world.
ouly wonder if, considering the love
we have for our children young or old,
the world is not apt to be IL little hard
upon the mother.in.law.
DEATH OF lioRAcE +. CLARK Nee
York, June 2O.-Tne city Is startled By
the announcement that Horace L. Clark,
President Of the Lake Shore aud Union
Pacific railroad companies, and son.iu-
law Of CoIpmodore Nauderbilt, died iu