Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-03-18
Hurry-Uppers.

Hurry Uppers.
If the habit of putting off is frightfully
common" the other extreme is frigltfully
dangerous. For while slow. easy person
usually enjoys a long life one of those 60
ahead drivers will hurry himself into the
crave and drive his friends there before
him. For the last eight years. l have
been daily, yes, hourly. prompted by such
precepts, AS Take time by the forelock."
:. Procrastination is the thief of time"
DELAYS are dangerous" I" Time is money"
etc. by husband who is a model i'll every
respect except that he is always in IA hur-
~. Some of YOU may sigh with envy
perhaps. ut the thought of Il husband with
only one flult-but if there is anything
else so wearing to both body and soul rs
being hurried, | do not know what it
is
Hurry up, hurry up, En-, its almost
O'clock time breakfast was ready" is
oft en- the first greeting | have in the morn
ing. But long agol learned that - most
Z o'clock means from five to ten minutes
after 6, and David always keeps our clock
IA half-hOur abe I'd of the right time; why,
| gain still another half-hour, end reckon
the real time is only hllf-past ). | do pro-
having the clock too fast When our
clock is ahead of time am always think
ING, Well the clock is too fast. | need
not hurry so; and 90 4 little slower
and then am too late, when, if the clock
had been right | would have planned
accordingly.
Now. hope no one will think | am one
of the put-otierS, for am not. am new
or late to church, and in my school-lays |
used to pride myself on my punctuality-
would 90 term after term without getting I
single t;rdy mark-never used to miss a
train of cars though | never had to sit an
hour on the hard seats in the depot wait
ing for Il train. as have sometimes done
since David the hasty, became my guide.
Shall ever forget the lust time We
went to visit grandma? | am certain the
hurry and worry and excitement of that
one trip must have shortened the span Of
my earthly career by some hours ut least.
was in Il very happy frame Of mind,
that morning. thinking how pleased grand
ma would be to see Us, and how she would
admire Baby Bonnie (the only grand
chld.) and whether She woul agree with
me in thinking it best not to cut his gums,
to let the little teeth through. etc. With
a great many such things running through
nv mind. | was very leiSurely getting
ready for his bath, stopping to admire his
dim pied shoulders, and give him 4 hug
and a kiss, when | heard the front door
open and shut hrstily. The next moment
David called up the stairs, " Emma, how
nearly are you ready? 1t is time we were
off.
Now | knew better. | knew the train
did not leave for Il good hour 1T least. bat
somehow, when David gets in one of his
hurrying fits, it is always contagious. and
in Il few minutes | WAS flying around the
house ut a rate that was 4 caution to all
slow folks.
Bonnie, bath of course, must be omitted.
could only have time to wipe off his
face and hands little which of course. he
resisted with all his force Of fist and foot.
A regular bath in his bath-tuh he always
en- iovs; but a wash-rag. hell fight it to
the last breath. Under the circumstances
did not wait to p 1t much of Il polish on
the chubby cheeks bat hurried his clothes
on and, to keep him out of mischief, seat
Ell him in the middle of my nice, clean
bed He must have something to amust
himself. to keep him still. ]
thought rs | crowded the cover tight in
the pomale Jar. and handed it to him,
greatly to his delight, for it was new
plaything.
Bonnie disposed of. hurried 10 get my
self really. had Just ttken down my
hair, when another call came up from be
low. Come, En-, hurry up Nov.
Nature has given me a switch only n yard
ana quarter lonr. and thick proportion
a.ely not like a chignon that can be p n
mel ON ut a moments notice,-hut with
shaking fingers (for the hurry WAS already
beginning to tell on my nervcs.) | twist
ed it up in about two minutes, and was
hurrying on my clothes. when again from
the lower regions came a call. why.
wife. what are Won about? You surely will
be left, do hurry" Oh. wasn't that ex-
asperating! When every nerve and mus
Gle possessed were strained to their ut
most in my efforts to move fast, to be told
to hurry Nv emotions were indescri-
bable, bit certainly my strongest desire
was to get my fingers around the mans
throat and if possible, choke off, for five
minutes at least, that everlasting hurry
up"
A noise from Bonnie attracted my at
tention, and turned to him to find the
little mischief hld taken the cover off the
pomade jar. and with his little fingers had
taken out dabs Of pomade and spread
them all over the cOunterpane, pillows.
and everything else within his reach.
Never mind, we must not wait now to fix
things. for Just then came another call.
. Do hurry, En-; are you never coming?"
and hurried down stairs. wiping Ben
MES fingers as | went, and we hurried in
to the carriage-and the horse hurried in
to the depot at rate that sent people fly
ing across the street crossing-for David
will always keep a horse that goes like the
wind; he can't wait for slow horse.
When we reached the depot trembled,
so that Bennies heavy weight fairly drag
ged me down, but we We're there in time
surely, for no train came for forty-five
minutes. Weary minutes they were for
me- for | was ashamed of my dirty baby,
and tears of vexation would come into
my eyes when thought of the room left
in such disorder. when there was plenty
of time to make it neat and tidy.
And yet, my dear old kind David, am
already conscience-smitten to think have
been complaining at his having even one
fault-Eyi1eor Brooks, IN Christina, Union.
AN INCIDENT OF BEYRooT.-One of the
most pathetic instances Of pure Orientalism
that ever came to my knowledge is related
as a positive fact. While the children of
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