Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-09-10

forgotten kindness, left in health and glec;
their farmer cousins out Of pocket for twenty
weeks board, and the use of horse and
buggy when they chose.
IL could not have thought Frank Gaylord
would have been so mean" exclaimed Mr.
Lamson, ms he returned, with an empty
wagon and sober face, from the station, II
only supposed he was coming for week or
two, and here they have been twenty weeks,
and he had the brass to tell his wife IL had
been an excellent thing for them, as they
had saved twenty dollars n week in
board, and five or six in washings."
Just about five hundred dollars they have
saved besides Frank getting his health rees-
tablshedm said the young wife, land have
done their washings and ironing, aud you
have provided their living, let them have II
horse when they wanted. and they in return
have given US"
'llow much can you make itp"
"Well, l would rather have ten dollars in
cash than the whole bundle, for the dress
goods are damaged badly, and the old dresses
are of small account"
well, Mary, IL is pretty rough. but you
know hospitality is n virtue that we must
practice. 1t may all come rightin the end"
and he commenced whistlng merry tune,
and his wife gave II sigh OF relief that they
were gone Mt last.
Gaylord Landed the generosity Of his cousin
lamson, and sang the praises of his pretty
wife, and their hospitable kindness. among
his city relatives; and the next summer be-
ing excessively warm, he and his wife ran
up for few weeks vacation, in the dear
old farm house; but fortunately for the Lam
sons, baby made his advent day or two
after their arrival, and Mr. Lamson told his
cousin he regretted the necessity that COM
PEELED HIM TO suggest that they should re-
move their quarters to the village hotel, as
his wife was not able TO wait upon them.
They concluded. however, that three dollars
II day was too expensive to stay very long,
especially us laundry work, and horse hire,
were extras. But the reputation of Lamson's
hospitality was circulated. and every sum
mer relatives from city homes claimed the
ties of consanguinity, ms drawing them from
their dusty residences to spend few delight
full weeks in the roomy farm house, give
them an opportunity of rusticating in the
country, breathe the pure air and grow fat
on the wholesome luxuries of their beloved
kinsmen.
Mr. and Mrs Lamsou saw with dsmay the
accommodating debts that it was an absolute
necessity to incur to maintain respectable
table, and groaned bitterly over the inevita-
BILE ruin which threatened them. 1t was u
grievous thing to their proud hearts to run
the risk of perfectng their reputation for
hospitality; and so year after year they had
fed, lodged, and waited upon the horde OF
city relations, who thus uuceremoniously
thrust themselves upon their hospitality. No
wonder that Mary scolded and looked and
felt cross Mt the burden so unscrupulously
laid upon her shoulders. They very well
foresaw the ending of it all. Their beautiful,
pleasant home must 60 to pay the expense OF
their hospitality.
Monday afternoon arrived. 1t was fine
hay-day, and the click of the moving ma
chine had rung out cheerfully all the FORE
noon. The dinner was over, aud the horses
htched to the hay-cart, while the horse rake
was rolling the grass into winrows. Tired
and discouraged, Mrs hanson cleaned up
the dinner table; the snowy ironing was
hung upon the frames, and the baby was
asleep in the cradle. "0h for n little rest
she sighed. rs she took down her bread pan
to make the loaves of snowy bread that were
destined to feed II hungry crowd at supper
MARY, dear" said her husband, rs he
drove up to the door with his team. Il have
settled it at last; we will take no more city
boarders, it does not pay. shall not meet
Mrs Newton mt the station. and have sent
word down by the express driver that we do
not take bearders this summer; so now little
wife. just 60 and lie down and rest yourself
We have done right, and we should have
been hundreds of dollars better off if we had
come to this decision year0 ago"
Thank God you have done it now! but
what will Mrs Newton think and say? her
mother was your grandmothers step-sistcr.'
"She may say what she pleases, Mary; |
have got to provide for my own household il
get the name of beng inhospitable. "
Mrs Newton did not come to visit her
cousin. and when she went back to the city
she told Mrs Gaylord, that she Thought Mr.
Lamson's folks were real mean, for she
never thought of staying over two months,
1t would have been so nice to have been
there just as berries and cherries were in
season; and she did so much want to have
nice cream, and fresh butter, it was sham @
for farmers people to be so stingy; they raise
everything, it don't cost them IL cent, and the
doctor said ought to have fresh eggs and
pure milk every morning for breakfast
Boarders, indeed! never thought of paying
for being there. Who would think of farm
er's people being so inhospihbeP" And Mrs
Gaylord agreed with her, and said they ought
to be thankful that we remembered them
enough to make them visit.
Mr. Lamson and his wife did not hear their
comments, and 50, when their friends came
to spend few weeks or months with them
invariably answered, THAT it did not pay to
take city boarders, and it would bs necessary
for them to find other country homes" anC
after n little, they had the satisfaction OF
hearing how close and stingy they were, but
rs an offset, they were able To pay off tn,
mortgage on the farm.
To Correspondents.
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