Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-06-09
ERMoNT wATCNAN STATE JOURNAL WEDNESDAY, 1875
Mrs. Headache.

was taking walk lately in a town
which ! sometimes visit, when | came sud
denly upon Strengthening little house,
with narrow windows, in front Of which
were standing crowd Of queer-looking orea-
lures, with very small bodies, big heads and
mouths, and long, ugly arms.
What can they be p | wonder Per
| haps elves or fairies"
had read about elves and fairies, and
knew that fairies are always very pretty,
and very niceh dressed in what we would
| call evening dresses, but that elves are awk-
ward and ugly, as well as poorly clothed.
| But those little fellows had very nice clothes
on, all made Of scarlet cloth. What and who
could they be? So stood looking at them
until the talcst among them, by mounting
on the shoulders of another, rang the bell
/ Very soon a little fellow, Just like them.
opened the door. and in they rushed. IL was
/ evidently their home. Before the little nor
| ter could shut the door | rushed in after
| them. ! think now IL was rather rude
| thing TO do under the circumstances besides.
if they had been elves they might have
changed me instantly into white mouse, or
a rose bush, or a brass door.knocker, and I
might never have recovered my own shape
| TO this day. Butwithout stopping to think of
! this, went in. The little porter ushercd
me into n little parlor, where everything was
very small. Here, al a little table covered
with books and papers, sat little old wo-
man, dressed in bright green, and wearing
| spcctacles.
She bowed her head bowed mine
! Then began 10 make an awkward sort Of
/ apology for the strange way in which was
behaving but the lady Of the house stopped
me, by saying;
Make no apologies am Mrs Head
ache"
Mrs Headache !" repeated
Yes Mrs Headache"
Poor creature " thought | TO myself
d" wonder if she has the headache always"
She really seemed to understand my
thoughts, for she answered very quickly;
ono, have no headache myself in your
sense of the word, but have the control of
all the headaches among children in this part
Of the world. Those are my sons. Look -
| And ! looked and saw innumerabe little
fellows, all busy-some hurrying out, some
hurrying home, some waiting for orders
Mrs. Headache turned 10 her pile of books.
" Here" said she, d" | have in writing all
that they are TO do to-day. Number i96 "
Number 1876 came at once
" want YOU" said his active little mother
" TO take thirty-fve of your brothers and &c
to the party in Grand street, this evening
There is 60 DE a fine supper set out, and 4
great deal of gas lighted, and a great deal oil
heat The children are to stay very late
and one OF you will be needed to go home
with every child, and remain with it all day
tomorrow"
win they show themselves to the com
pany 2" | asked.
b" No; my children will be invisible but
they will use their fists well, to pound ant
hammer the heads Of those young guests TO
morrow"
" How dreadful
Not dreadful at all. Those children arr
disobeying the rules of health, which ar,
very simple. send my little ones to them
not as a punishment, but as a warning
heard Of children's party yesterday in tn,
open air. They all went homo and 10 bee
early | sent no Headaches there"
More little fellows came in for orders
.Some went to children who would play il
the hot SUM- some, to some little boys who
made themselves very dizzy sliding dow
9 the banisters some to children who spent
great deal of their pocket-money in colore,
sweet things which looked like pink an,
yellow eggs.
"Do you think them that children shoul,
never eat good things, Mrs. Headache, no
play much, nor run 2"
by no means. want them to play an,
run. | want them to eat good things, bu
not such good things, or rather bal things
as pink and yellow and purple sugar-plums
must send them my warnings if they vii
not obey the rules of health Some Of then
sit up great deal too late; some walk
great deal too much others not half enough
2 Some study too hard--pore over their les
sons VIXEN they ought TO be playing. Oh
/ | have a great deal to do, can tell you, bu
| can always wait upon you, ma'am, il yoi
want me. just let me know"
By mail ?" inquired
e "No; by telegraph. sit in a very no
/ room, or eat anything you know to be ba'
|, for you, or sleep with your windows shu
dowu--there are many ways to summon me
and | will attend TO the call at once, and lie
a you have any number of my most activ
= children to try their fists on the tenderes
part of your head"
thanked Mrs Headache, and went HON
just as fast as could-St. Nicholas,