St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-07-02
How She Got Her Kindling Wood.

ROW she Got Her klndllng Wood.
Ladies VIII" have husbands who are
ncglrctfuI III suppl in. them with kim
dling> should carefully study the cApc-
IIrncc of Il bi\i>ioit street sister, All
h" married life she had an unhrnkrn
struggle With her husband To- keep h,i
self supplied with wood. and the greater
pant Of the time she has been Obliged
/" depend upon htI own drltue>S with
the aNc. and ANY one who has seen u
woman handle an axe. knows what IL
dreadful thing il is. Two months ago
she begged OF linn not 10 90 away with
out leaving her some kindin.S He
said he wouldn't. but finally he did.
Then she hit upon i plan. She had
four d"Irn Cl"llIr>-pinS. She took one
dozen "t them tnI >rhIiim" The the. and
found they worked admirably. The
next day she used nnnfhcr ,luZrn. and
:" she continued until line inur dozen
we've gone.
Then She went To the store and pun
chased another tour dozen hay Ing them
pun in the bill" When thrl we've
cone she repeated the clrand. She said
II" m"r" to him about kindIimgS. Fm
ten Wears She had kept up the battle.
and NOW she was tired aud sick at heart
ii" r"nld ." his own way. aud she
would ." hers patiently umcomplain-
in" until the end would come
ON Monday he >i.nitrd AT the store
that hr would like L" settle his account
The. bill was made out and handed him. !
He glanced down the items. A. he
glanced along the column his face he
GLu tn work. FIRST his ewes SLOWLY ell
lal %rd. then his month gradually open
ed. caused 10y the droopm" of his lower
IIN. and wrinkles formed ou his tuIe-
head. One thiId down the column lac
formed his lips a> if to whistle. Halt
WAY down he said:
''GIi-cinlI>' -
y little further on he said
'Thund,r."
-Four more lines We're taken in. and
he spoke again:
BY the Jumping Jupitrr,"
Then he read on. shifting his thigh
vigorously. and GiN iny vent To- eXpre>-
~l"m> "t the liNclic>t uatue. FINALLY he
threw the hill down.
Il say. Benson. look here: this hiIl
can't hr mine; you've got nie mixed
mp with some laundry"
"That'> N"ur bill. >ir." said the gIu-
cen. smiling pleasantly.
Il tell Nnu it can't I've" persisted tn,
Division street man. beginning to look
scared. "Whl. here's fifty five dozen
clothes pins i'll Il two months hill. What
on earth ii" y"u take me for Il four
story laundry ,"
But it is Your bill. Your wife can
explain ii To N"u. She ordered the
pins.
My Wife" ga>pcd the unfortunate
mau.
YES sin.
The debtor cIutrhrd the hill. jam
med il into his pnckct. and hurried
straight home He bolted into the
house without any abatement of speed.
and tiln"lng the paper on the table he
fore his wife. km"cked his hat on the
back of his head and said
"Martha Ann Johnson. what does
this mean There are tiity-iivc dozen
cl"thr>-pin> in Ben>om'> hill for the
past two months. and he SAYS N"u or
dcrcd every blessed one of them"
And 50 did said she. dcmurcly.
'W-h-a-t 4! Fifty dozen clothes pins
in two months" and he shot down into
Il chair aS if Il freight ear had fallen
at"p"f him. Fifty five dozen clothes
pins i'll tW" months. he howlcd. viii
Il just heaven stand that -
Il tell YOU. Nuu needn't stare at me
tlat way R"uhcn .luhm>nn. non go to
calling onto Heaven with Nnur impiorI>-
ness. ordered tlIcH clothes pins my
self. and | nave burnt every one ul 'cm
in that enc stove. Just hrcarl>r YOU were
To" alltil"d lazy 10 get Il stick of wood