The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-03
Che 9atlana Daily Globe,
TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1875.
[From the Boston Globe.l
THE FARM-YARD CLUB OF JOTHAM.
BY DR.. George B. Loring.

lothian, they would not have been more
an object of interest to the people there
than were Squire Wright and his wife, his
children and grandchild, on their return
from the west, and their occupany of the
old mansion. In many respects they were
themselves strangers, indeed; for the subdu-
ed and sorrow stricken and cnfeebled fami-
ly who had come back were by no means
the confident and vigorous group who went
out. Fanny Wright (for nobody seemed
to realize that she was Mrs. Ransom now
was remembered only as tall and stately
girl, erect as forest pine, and SO full Of
sort of ''loft cheer" that she seemed TO
elevate and inspire all about her. She had
married the young and Dedicate and hand
some Rev. Perez Ransom, without any
special knowledge of the ''ecstacy OF love, "
but because it seemed natural that any
good girl should be glad to marry minis
ter, and because the bearing OF the mex
perienced pastor towards her, even in the
roslest hours of their betrothal, was more
that of a shepherd to one of the lambs of
his flock, than of an imprisoned lover to
the object Of his love. She had gone the
entire radiant and glowing round of mis-
tresS wife and mother, without knOwing
either the wisdom or the sweet delirium Of
love, and without realizing that there is
any other motive than q sense of duly
either on earth or in Heaven. Ii had an
been done before the village knew that it
was fairly intended the few wcll-written
sermons, some Sunday evening interviews,
a sudden engagement, marriage lnexuect
ed, and the clean and proper voung minis
ter and his bright and heauteous bride
were were gone. Wnat wohuer' theh' tLlat
daw older in enirt and h,, ii,,lo it ,hor
twelvemonth in reality. should fnd it
difficult to realize that she ha returned, a
i mt anu WHOM iho,her whose
for her child n widHw Who rpmemhereJ
with the greatest pleasure the pous attri
butes of her departed husband +? What
wonder that she herself was Obliged to
pause, now and then. and explain 10 her
self how it was that her mother had be-
come her intimate companion also, shar
ing with her new and deeper life, and
trayersipg with her profoupder paths of
knowledge: why it was that she had left
the sweet little chamber Of her girhood
and had become worthy 10 occupy the
most well-ordered and imposipr room of
the house: how il was that her father had
added to his natural affection for her the
tender yeneration which he felt for the
mother of his grandchld? Mrs. Ransom
was, indeed. stranger in lothian; stran-
ger to those o hal lrown Fanny
Wright: stranger to herself, who did not
understand how she had reached such ma
turity and eXubcrance of life, considering
the road she had Travelled.
Squire Wright, too, found his condition
r,o,or;o1,v ohorood from, r,ro,;, ,ros ho+oro
-,
h' h"u passeu 'hiou5h HIS reccnt e"Pefl-
ence. The people had at last discovered
that he was mortal like themselves. They
ro,o;rod oil ,ho;- resnoo, fo, b;s ;rtor,;,,
anu Juus'heh'' out 'hey ieiI 'nat NC wis
now more Than ever one OF themselves.
They had been half Inclined TO think that
whenever he uttered his decree even the
wind and sea would obey him; but now
that he had been shattered by the storm,
they held out one hand to help nm, While
they extended the other to receive from
him their accustomed aid. 1t was observ-
ed that in his intercourse with his neigh
bors and friends, he had now not only
judicial word but Il gentle one and they
who had been in the habit OF watching the
expression of his counienance, discovered
a genller and more kindly light playing
over his features, where, before, those
qualities which men call reliable had held
their sway 1t is barely possible that his
magisterial grandeur had been somewhat
dimmed; but his humanity had expanded
until he included within the circle his in
terest not those engaged in tie business of
life alone, but all who needed a sympathiz
ing look and tone rs well as sound advice.
Mr.. Howe consulted him with regard TO
the affairs Of the parish; MIS-. Howe asked
| his opinion with regard 10 investing the
surplus inhds Oh lhe female chari'aole
d,sdu:' ,,;,l Inn ,h' hcst nlo,bnI If ,nonog,
ing the school; he even bestowed upon
William Jones, who consulted him about
some doubtful trace sueh genuine ana I'm, !,
b;s ,,ars, anG hn ,o,l, ,ho affn;rs Of Inn
Bell, the miller. who was gradually de
clining and fading away, into his special
care and keeping. for the benefit of his
| family when he WIS "dead aud gone. "
| Clara Bell, who, although intimate with
Fanny and a favorite of Mrs. Wright, had
never dared to approach the reserved and
dignified old LAWYER. found now in him the
sweetest comfort and consolation and
haunted as she was by the restless and fit
full shirt of DIR. Parker, and continually
and painfully conscious of the school
masters unuttered and unhappy affection,
she was especially grateful for that picture
of domestic happiness and repose which
always presented itself in Fanny's cham
Der, when her boy nestled to his grand
fathers heart, and warmed and irradiuted
the evening of his day with glow which
even the bright morning had not known.
Tue Squire until now had no, known hm-
self. nor had he been truly known by Ii.
townsmen.
Tho condition ,c Ch,l.s WRIGHT ,bo
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son whose heaiih had o'0h broken at inc
west was such as to require frequent visits
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