St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-01-02

tICc That never rose Ol sci lad nor been
painted on lis face. DIt of the kitchen
opened the candle -rluSct. and the sink
rn"m. which was Il huge. dark we'll
ru:sm that never had ray of sunlight
in it, it, only window looking toward
HE north. ~ if searching for cold. The
doors of the Kitchen wcrc ruri"Sitir-.
and no ~" alike that on the south
large and easy. that on the north Saggcd
oH lis hinge. and shut with II harsh
uni>t. the dining -rnon d"nl shut with
u cachlr. and Wn~ always mlatchiug
itself the donI ur\l /" il. seldom used.
seemed stately and ni>tnclatic the
c"IlII dnoi W,> gloomy and my StcIinII-.
Nh, YES: dow II those dark cellar stains
We have zone Il thousand times. to draw
cider, to pick over apples. to sort pota
toes and turnip~. +" hnil pntHtocs and
apples tnr the pig. IN \ rw-tangled
kettle set Also. down those stairs We
have have gone = hundred times. l."
play hide and-serk TO get hatfulS of
apples. to hide away from the folks up
stairs who wanted" us, to explore dark
holes. with Charles behind to keep up
urIr r"irHgr. in the fear of seeing great
lirrrN cats cEc> IN some hin. Ol behind
some barred in some corner of the very
darkest dark The cellar was under
the whole house, very ronmy, and with
uut windows except Oh the south.
'lhc>, were quite large and above
gr"uud aud a. the cellar behind and
the warm >um before kept them glowing.
spiders lived >umpuously there al
summer eating each other. with now
and then Il hard->hcll hug AZ Il dgr>-
taut. Alas, here il was that we fell ,
puT tender mouth had often uttered
bad words, such IT. gosh ', II YUM.
g"ll darn II. "l swan. and even by
ink -frw>. but had never sworn one OF
ia" regular ana und"uh'rh "itlI>. uhtl
one day. - ia" SIN Sh"nc warm (h"W
well We rcmrmhcr. and qHlNcr , We
puf ON f"rciin"cr near I" Il black spider
VIII" ur~tcad "i l"trratIn@. ~pliIng t"I-
wand and bit il. My guardian angel
must have been in the other part of the
cellar for was left +" say t" say
well. il would have been
'.Jn,-H If only there was an NJ in place
of rh, D.. In - second would have
gwen worlds /" iE'>rrcralIcd the phrase.
! expected IN Instant catastrophe. \
Vague ldC.' "t the tate "t 'nIan. l'atlIih
and Nhram came over me. rushed
up stains. and got speedily hE the >ld"
at my mother. VIII" Na> Il very pi"riN
woman. and Kept n"ai hel all dah.
and wH> :" very GOOD ~ I" cNcltc III hrl
Il hope that was hclrg awakened t"
religious things. ! never liked black
spiders before, and | have never liked
them since
Poets. scholars. and artists are "il"u
represented IL living III GdITct>. and II
sad thing II must lr To 1--we there. Bui
a r""ml garlct. extending the Whole
breadth OF the roof. l. Il marvellous g""d
place To play III Here the children
aIc ont Oi sight and III perfect liberty.
That must hc an outrageous noI>" that
could get down Ia the lower floor. Her"
are all manner of things to play with
hnX">. chests. crippled bureauN, caSt-oi1
curtains, queer old dresses, broken fur
niturc. pans, trc-fenders. andir"ns.
screens, and hundreds of other things
/ for Young folks To use III building tents,
and dressing mp III costume. In the
gIrrct. too the nuts are stored. hickory
nuts. huttcrnutS. chc>tnutS. hazclnuts.
Bushels at ounces are heaped up
through November. waiting to he pre-
served. Through the ScUtHe the bows
could culo, the forbidden pleasure Of
getting upon the roof. Crcaping down
To the CUTTERS. straddlng the ridge
hoard. and. on the slv firing nuts or
pebbles at the people passing below
The scene changes My flesh creeps.
This garrct l. also. Sometimes. Il Judg-
mcut hall. Naughty boys. VIII" nave
laid mp long line of petty transgrcs-
>I"nN TIL the sum total should he worthy
of Il general clearance. Z" WIimptllng
and cry ing up these >tIIIS with II silent