Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-11-25

Ilndlly 10 Nelllc, WHO dWkWaTul
courtesied and seating herself at tn
? table, commenced stirring her tie
with fork.
l While Harold who stood looking
on thought to himself "well you are
country cousin indeed"
"Well, young men said Mr.. NJ, yo1
are welcome to such fare as we have
hope you may enjoy yourselves Will
you stay under my roof I always try t.
} have my guests 60 away satisfied
we have had city people here be
fore, but let's see about those trunks !;
and Mr.. M. followed by the two
young men went out. Fenton quick
ly caught up one of the them and Mr.
Marston took one himself while Har
old found seat on the horseback
and commenced tanning himself with
his hat.
"My boy, said his uncle, was the
remaining trunk too heavy for you 2
"No, but it is 50 deuced hot | did
not want to heat myself doing it.
suppose the heat does not affect you.
country people, so much as it does us
who are not used to manual labor,
And Harold continued to fan himself
"Oh F.! as to that, sir, we in the
country are not insensible to hot
weather, but ace have to sweat some,
young man, whether we would or not.
Farmers work must be done, rain or
shine, heat or cold, it makes no diff.
ference And Mr.. Marston, with
Fenton's assistance, carried the re.
naming trunk into the house.
The young men had taken tea at
the "Hotel" in town before going to
the Farmers, so there was nothing
for them to do but to converse on gen
eral topics. Mr.. and Mrs. Marston,
were entertaining Fenton whom they
had already learned to like, while
Harold was talking to Nellie who
seemed very much interested in his
account OF N. Y, its people and GUS
toms, his information was volunteered
for his own pleasure it seems, by the
acknowledgement afterward made
to Fem. "Here is fun for one week,
at least Perhaps had he known the
fun would prove to be at his expense
he would have been less attentive to
his Cousin Nellie. Lets listen to
their conversation.
"Dew you mean that they have got
meeting houses in New York bigger
than that down ter the village 2" And
Nellie jerked her thumb over her
shoulder in the direction of the vii
lage.
eyes, indeed, why how large do
you suppose New York is ?" said
Harold
90, don't know, bigger Bosting
amt it ?"
"Bosting! Where is that ?"
"Why down that same way New
York is somo where amt it ?"
80, I know You mean Boston >
said Harold
"Yes, 1 guess that is it,
eyes, Nellie, New York, is seven
or eight times larger than Boston,"
"Dew they have any Jerseys
there in N. Y, 2" and Nellie looked
Harold very attentively square in the
eye.
Jersey City is just across the river
frome N. Y.
"No, I don't mean that, l mean
Jersey cows" said Nellie laughing.
mo, cattle don't run in the streets
as they do here in the country, and
Harry spoke as though he felt hurt
that Nellie should get the first laugh
on him.
II suppose you have got rangers
there hain't you ?"
"No, I don't know that there are
any shooting clubs calling themselves
by that name, there are the Zouaves
beside some other Infantry companies,
but I don't take much interest in them
for / am not inclined to join where
there is much chance Of going to
War"
"Ha, ha, he, he, oh ! what a mis-
take you have made" and Nellie rock
ed herself back and forth in her chair,
81 don't mean that kind ofrangers, 1
mean them that have hay-seed in their
hair. Father, he is one of them, he
is grand captain or some such name"
"Grangers, why how silly you are
to be sure," and Harold wondered j
| his cousin would continue making