, 1875-07-10
MRS. GAVET's BOX.

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woman in Detroit than Mrs. Gavet.
Last year she was on the commit
tee to canvass for aid for grass-hop-
per sufferers, and this year she
intends to send them a large box
of her own getting up. She had
Gavet bring up a box the other
day, and when it had been placed
in the house she put on a calico
dress, tied on a check apron, and
rambled around the house to pick
up enough articles to fill the box
and have it sent off next day.
Her greatest anxiety was the fear
that the box was too small for one
half the things she wanted to send.
Opening the closet door she
took down an old coat, one that
her husband threw away two years
ago.
I'll send that for one thing, she
mused, as she held it up. / don't
know, though, that's a pretty good
coat. Put a patch on that elbow
and Thomas can wear it half the
summer. She placed it on a chair
and took down one Of her old
dresses.
III make some farmers wife
glad with this, she said, as she
shook out the folds and hslditup.
Let's fseel Why, there isn't a
hole in either sleeve, skirt all
right, waist almost as good as
new. 1 believe l can sell that
dress secondhand for enough to
buy me a bracelet.
The dress was laid beside the
coat, and she hauled out Gavet's
boots. The heel Of one was run
over, and there was a hole in the
toe of the other.
They'll do for some one to plow
in, she solloquized, as she took
them over to the light. Some far
mer-ahi Why, those are good
bootsl I believe 1 could get them
fixed up for fifty cents so that
Thomas could wear them half the
winter. I don't believe in throw
ing anything away, even if we are
well of. The boots were set aside,
and she took down a bundle of
chiIdren's clothing.
All. I can send these and make
little hearts gladl she whispered
as she united the bundle. The
children have outgrown them, and
they viii be a prize to some Kan.
sas-sakes alivel but these gar
ments are almost as good as the
day they were made upl l believe
! can sell them to the washer-wo-
man for at least &. 90, and as soon
as get $500 more / can buy a
new braid.
She tied the bundle up and
stuck her hand into the closet and
brought out another dress.
A hole in each elbow, skirt torn
half of, she =lused as she turned
i over. III send this anyhow.
Some mother can take it and get
enough cloth out of the skirt to
mako her little girl bran new
one---here, what wasI thinking off
Why, this is exactly the stuff 1
want for the blue stripe in thst
new rag carpet. If I'd known
this dress was in the house I'd have
cut it up last week.
She unlocked another closet,
peered in, and hauled out Gavet's
old overcoat, one worn out and
stained and kicked around for a
year.
That viii do splendid she said,
rs she held it up. 1t isn't so
very nice, but some farmer can
wear it to chop in. All! l want
that lining to make a cushion for
my rocking-chair, and Jennie will
want these buttons for her string,
and the rest of the coat'n make a
beautiful rug to lay in front of the
lounge. I'd like to send it, but
probablyit wouldn't be apprecia-
ted, or probably some one'll send
q better one.
a She hasn't sent the box yet, but
she means to. She knows that all
should contribute to the relief of
the suffering and distressed.