Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-14

AUSTIN, MOWER co
dozen hobble-dc-h hoys of sons? I'D
Noyes," Mrs. Tanning sni.l, "was a
/ ambitious man, thwartcd i'll his aims |,
: the drudgcry of supporting f"mil)
1 do should have chosen an intcllcctn'
!, woman as his second vito, who coul
0 have helped him to regain his 10:
ground"
The Doctors mistake WAS soon NJ
. parent in his wife's course. The fade
carpets and hair-cloth sofas wore swcI
D outof the drcary old house. The none
spent in making it bright anil pretty
rs Mrs. Tanning said, would have kel
4 open soup house all winter. Noye'
old friends, instead of smoking tllei
mecrschanms m in his dusty office. cam
found his favorito dish; his wife had
} fine taste in cookery, it appears in tina
as in everything else, she took life wit
zost and joyously. The Noyes boys
, who had began to hang around variet
theatres, gave q series of dancing pal
ties and private theatricals Mt home,> I,
which girls of their own class came
Now ali these things bringsin bills; th
Doctors long -hoarded. money was spen
like water. It was an inscrutable mys
tory to our society leaders why he ant
his boys, and in fact, all other men
clustered around Mrs. Dode, as the,
called her, affectionately, like bee
about honey. She never said anything
worth remembering for five minutes
she made no professions of love o.
friendship. Some of us, who remem
bered how the whole school used t.
pause to hear her read her Bible verse
thought the charm lay in her pleasant
voice, or could there be any magic il
the clean, spicy scent of Burgund,
roses with which the house was always
filled? The men, when questioned
really seemed to have no definite idea
of the woman: one "liked her because
she was quiet, another because che,
hand-shake was as firm and genuine as
q mans, I" another for her merry laugh.
In the meantime they all carried tleil
secrets to her; the very classmates OF
the Noyes boys wrote to her about Their
college scrapes that she might "see
father and mother about it, and beg
them off. She had o queer "follow.
ing" of women, too, shabby widows and
fashionable bellies and poor seamstresses
you were just as likely to find one at
her table as the other. She had not
the leastperception of class distinctions,
owing perhaps to those Quaker grand
fathers who measured the world and all
in it by ideas. She had, too, different
rates of value from ours with regard to
other things. Mrs. Tanning
" ranked herself high in the scale of
being because of her priceless bric-a-
brac, and portfolio of proofs before let
ters. Mrs. Dode also surrounded her
self with old china and pictures, but
was Indifferent about it; she did not
carry her little luxuries with the uneasy
| vanity of workman in his Sunday
shirt. Art and wealth had been ordi-
nary appliances of her mothers family
for generations. She took no more no.
tice as to whether man was rich or
poor in such things than whether he
came to her gloved or ungloved.
Somebody was sure to bring every
foreign traveller to the Doctors house
whether it was prince, novelist or poet.
Mrs. Dode welcomed them to her ordi-
nary table and habits, not concerning
herself if they were used to palace OF
howell and they in turn forgot to no.
tice whether the napkins were folded in
English fashion, or how she dealt with
her e's:
II wish you to Judge Of us 10y on,
representative women," Mrs. Tanning
said to one of these tourists while they
were dining at the Doctors, "and moi
by negative characters.
But he could look at nobody but the
homely little woman at the head of the
table. "Ah, madam" he cried, "thert
are so many representative women! Bu1
the old story tells us of how Prince
Charming married the good fairy, anG
by her had a familytpf but few children
all of whom were born in the light o
the moon and I meet one now an6
then in this country or in that. Whe1
find one of them, then I look M
farther"
It was quite natural that Mrs. Dode
having lived i'll SO negative way, with
out making mark or bruit in the world
should die in the same fashion. L
appears that while she seemed in healtl
some secret symptoms led her to con
suit a physician. She went to New
York to do this, saying nothing to he
husband, and there learned chat sh'
had but short time to live. Whateve
grief she may have felt, she shove,
none and told nobody her secret. Whe,
she came back the homo life went on il
l
both brought their brides home tha
winter; DR.. Noyes, who had grow
younger and more energetic every yea
since his marriage, was busted will
some experiments. in electricity, whic]
added greatly to his reputation. Mrs
Dode did not change her habits in til
least. She never had been a constan
church-goer, or a member of any CHAIR
table society, and she did not becom
one now. It was remembered after
ward that she remained out longer il
the mornings ON her rounds anon,
the poor, and that she had print whicl
was in her chamber re-hung that sh
could see it when she woke in the morn
ling. Ut was the Head crowned witt
thorns.)
! In June her husband was invited t,
Baltimore to an anniversary celebra
ton, in which he always took kee1
delight. She chung to him and crie'
when he was going. eff you need nj
Dode, 1 will stay with you," he said
tenderly. She hesitatcl Il little, an,
then raised herself, smiling. "No, i
will be pleasanter for you there" sal,
she, "only goodbye once more, dear.
She went to bed as usual that night. L
the morning they found her dead, he
cheek resting on her hand, half smil
on the freckled face her other han
tightly closed, was lying on her heart
and they found in it a bit of the hair @
the little dead-born baby that come t
her years ago, whose head had neve
!, rested on her bosom. The mornin
sun shone brightly over her, and tn
.. room was filled with the perfume q
sweet roses.-,Scsibner.
A Hartford Canary Bird Story.
II A lady residing on Walnut street
: Hartford, says the Times of that CITY
is in the possession of q canary bir
+ that has very sensitive nerves. Ever
. day this bird gives many evidences G
2 rare intelligence for canary, and q
! a lively interest in all that goes O
n around him. He is fine singer i
r warm weather, but when the cold see
v son comes on, he has more attacks c
i sore throat than any prima donns
a During the winner he has had SO bad
100 hat 1,n L