Middletown transcript., 1874-09-19

'. Amanda; that she wasn't brought u
ge as farmers daughter should be; sh
III couldn't make up baking nor take o
churning mere than a baby. Thes
a. things had come to Farmer Wheating'
ears, and had made them burn. S
u when he had come home to dinner, ant
found the rolly poly smoking hot on th
table. be smacked his lips and said,
d jest see what wife your mother is
: Mandy You'll never hev the sense Il
make such tit-bit fur your husband
b like this ere. You'll hev to perk al
l aud git accomplished in yer cookin'
Mandy, you want ter get married; ful
!. they do say as how a mans hearts
reached through his stomach. and
dunno but they're about right.
. II guess | sha'n't have much trouble
e 10 getting married when | want to.
pouted Armada, with a toss Of hel
6 head. ..And that's all the thanks
get for staining my hands peeling ap-
plies, and blisterfpg my face over the
:. ovenp
; "Holloa, Mandy, you don't mean ter
say that you made it! I'd as soon ex-
pect the moon ter turn ter green
chcesep
You're mighty encouraging. When
Nell cooks up things just to please her
father. be always praises EN- up to the
skies; and it isn't 50 hard for Nell be-
cause she was brought up to it, " sulked
Amanda.
z: 'Hs sWa'al. Amt a1praisin' it, Mandy !?
Amt been helped to it twice? What
better praise can you hev than that Y
'Nell's going to have . piano toe.
psuted Amanda, who was hankering
after something more substantial than
praise
"A pianny! What's she goin' ter do
with it Keep it fur the chickens ter
roost on Old Eustis is a-shellin' out.
pears 10 me. Is'pose you'll be wantin'
one next r
I'D give all I'm worth to get one
first. confessed Amanda. She'll be
50 highfalutin you cant touch her,
and it's dreadful uncomfortable to live
beside peighbors who put on airs !!
And / Is'pose pianny would make
you kinder humble like. Mandy. Wa'al
if yer was ter take premium at the
county fair for the best butter. I'd buy |
you pianny.. There's bargain for
you!'
Lor sakes! | never made a.pouDd
in all my born days. But mother could
help me-
No, no; mother shan't put 9 finger
to it-honor bright. I'm goin' fur ter
show the folks how as you're equal to
any Of the farmers'daughters. / amt
goin' ter have it thrown in my face no
longer that I've fetched you up above
your station.
, Well don't care if | try it. If
don't take the premium. there won't be
any harm done and if do, you'll buy
me braDd-new, seven octave piano-
honor bright?
Yes, ! will seven octave or seventy
whatever an octave may be-. I
And 50 Amanda went to work with
will she was diligent at the weekly
churuing. Nell always sent butter to
the county fair and had taken pre-
MUM .nIy last year. II she could only
eclipse Nell! And there was Tom
Briefly too how proud be would be
70 take her in to the county dinner
the best butter maker in Briefly Centre
for Tom appreciated those things,
and she had heard him declare that he
should Be proud Of domestic wife who
could turn her hand to anything. like ,
Mrs. Kitchen; and the reason why she
had never striven for that pinnacle was
because she fancied that be would be
proud Of her on any terms. Beaux
came BY nature. but piano was
different affair. Still she he'd no faith
in her own handicraft, and every time
that she sent her butter to market she !,
it to return unsold. The fair
vas to be held in Briefly Centre that
year. and the time drew near, and
got 50 nervous over the pros
oect that she dreamed she was o pound y
# butter left to melt in the sun; and
Ter favorite nightmare was that the
premium was Tom, and Nell.s butter :
Ook it. She found out the days on =
which Nell churned. and she always II
ook care to drop in and taste the but
sr. in order to compare it with her =
wn. which did not in the least conduce y
o her comfort. but left the bitter flavor "
t envy upon her palate. :
What are yon going to. stamp your !,
utter with. Nell? she asked one day,
'hile Nell was braiding rag mat. and
'om Briefly offered suggestions about -
armony in the color Of the rags. !;
"Oh, always use that old stamp of
randma's. the shsaf Of wheat replied VI
Tell 80 There will this n;ece of acar