Litchfield enquirer., 1875-05-13
WHAT THREE WOMEN SAID.

The other day, in the carsSI sat behind three women for an hour or two. They were all friendly to each other, and didn't mind my presence.
 Did you hear about Sarah Lamb asked one.
 ''Goodness No" answered the oth- CTS.
 Well, Sarah's got her pay, tell you !" continued the first. 'You know she was a whole year trying to catch that red headed widower. We'll, she finally mar ried; and what do you think? They say he swears at her-actually uses oaths- when things go wrong; keeps her from going to church; IS set against company, and won't let her use above two eggs in a sweet cake"
 "Mon-ster-o f' exclaimed the others.
 There was moment of silence, and then one of the trio spoke up:
 'Dld you know that Mrs. Lancey had a new empress-c1oth dress ?'
 ''You don't say p exclaimed the others.
 ''Yes, I dol know it for fact, for she wore 1t past our house the other day. That dress never cost less than seven dol lars-the bare cloth-and then there's the making and the trimming thrown in l Just think of woman in her circumstances going to such an expense! Why if l hadn't seen 1t with my own eyes couldn't believe 1t r
 ''It's awful r exclaimed the others.
 'And the worst of it is. she seems to hold her head so high p continued the first. ''I have heard that her grandfather had to go to the poor house when he broke his leg, and yet she holds her head as high as the best of us! Of course I don't want to back-bite any one-it isn't my nature to talk behind peoples backs but will say that shouldn't wonder if such extravaganza brought that family to want of bread before spring comes !'
 Nothing was said for the next five min utes; and then one ofthe three exclaimed;
 Land sakes but I'd almost forgotten to tell you, Lizzie Thornburn has a new hat p
 "What. Another ?'
 ''Yes, another; she wore 1t to church last Sunday Think of that-a girl hay ing three hats in one year.
 Shameful p they cried in chorus
 ''I don't know what the world is con- ing to- continued the first When I was a girl, one hat had to last me seven years, while now girl wants two year if not three. I tell you, when I sat in church last Sunday and saw Lizzie come shying in with that new hat (must have cost at the very least three dollars) felt queer. The fate of the sinful people of Sodom and Gomorrah came to my mind in sec- ond; and shouldn have been surprised if Lizzie had been stricken then right down."
 They pondered over it two or three min- utes, and then one of them remarked:
 ''Yes, poor thing" was the reply, 'dead and buried week ago. Hannah was at the funeral, and she says that Doolittle never shed tear-never even blow his nose."
 '.He didn't 9
 ''No he didn't. Hannah watched him all through, and says he has, g heart like stone. If he should be arrested as her murderer shouldn't be the least surpris- ed. Poor woman 1 met her only last August, and I could see that she was kill ing herself didn't ask her right out about 1t, but I could understand that Doolittle was cold-hearted wretch. He didn't have much to say, but just one re- mark he made convinced me of his cold heartedness. He asked for soap to wash himself, and when she handed him a piece he looked at it, sneered like, and says he:
 Mary Jane. you mustn't buy any more yaller soap l"
 'FDid he say that ?''
 ''He certainly did. I'll go before any court Tn the land and swear to 1t p
 I had to get off the train then, and miss- ed further conversation.