Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1875-03-13

UCdf OptNtON WIN you allow
"My wife and ~ through the medi.
um OF your Interesting columns, to
expose a deep laid conspiracy on the
part OF some Of the inhabitants Of
Bradford, Of which "My wife and
u were the unconscious and unsus-
pecting victims. Had We have been
In Nova Scotia yesterday, we should
have thought, "Beware OF the llcs
of MARCH,! But SO far from Rome,
We never dreamed that our Yankee
friends and parishioners, knew or
could find out upon what date the
s'ldes of March" would fall. Hence
we were decOyed very Suaritcr IN
nodO over to DIR. A. A. D0ty's to
spend u social afternoon and eve
ming. We were informed by our
good hostess that it was a decided
visit we were expected to make, AND
hence we mustnot go away during
the afternoon. The DR.. seemed to
have II great deal of business on his
hands rs he did not visit with us SO
constantly as we could have desired.
Looking at his watch in the evening,
we were about to say, "if you have
any patient you want to see, we will
excuse YOU" when the bell rang and
he going to the door soon returned
asking us, off we had heard from
that Canadian friend who telegraph
ed some time ago that he was about
to visit u.s.! We replied "no."
He said "thcre we're some strangers
at our house waiting to see us and
if we thought best to go we should
be excused" We made haste stOc-
y and started for home, and when
we caught sight of the parsonage
We thought it ailame; next thought
that the girl had taken our Canada
friend into the cold parlor, and the
third thought in rapid succession
was a conspiracy! We entered the
parsonage when we found the house
literally alive with conspirators who
seemed to take profound pleasure
in the helpleSsness and embarrass,
ment of "My Wife and l." Pres
emily among the conspirators we
found the Dr., his wife and family,
who had been so kind to us, and
when we babe good night not Il
quarter of an hour ago. Et tn
Brute ! we could not but cry, as
''My wife and l." Caesar like fell
into the hands of the conspiratOrs.
This seemed "the most unkindest
cut of all.' -s.t, i
SCENE II. The Parlor. On q
tablelay great variety Of wooden
weapons belonging to. the conspira-
tors, a very beautiful silver German
students lamp, to be used in the
deep plot ; u large picture represent
ing the fruits on which "this our
Caesar" and "Calohurina," his wife
used to feed" various wooden i'm
plements with which the little
Caesars were to. Shuu the fate of
their parents; and outside IL pile of
wood more than sufficient to make
5he c0hspirators comfortable during
The performance Of the deed. !
Then rose up the Rev. Mark An
,ony and said, 81 am no orator, but
IS you know me all, a plain blunt
nan. Look you here. Here is him
elf married as you see with trait
,rs.' Some of the parishioners
,ried, so piteous spectacle p others
Peace, then hear the Rev. M. An
ony." Then said the Rev. M. An
Ony: "Good friends, sweet friends,
ct me not stir you up to such u sud
len flood Of mutiny. They that
AVE. done this deed are honorable.
What private griefs they have, alas,
know not, that made them do it
hey are soise and honorable !"
SCENE III. Same place. Expla-
nations. Wood and wooden instru-
nents, suggestive of desire to bring
he Parson and his family through
his unparalleled winter; joy to the
title "marriage certificates or
proofs, and due preparation for
what may constitute sour frugal
neal" The beautiful lamp sugges-
i've of dark study windows during
he long winter evenings, of mental
light upon pulpit and other subjects,
md of the fact that it shall not be
he peoples fault should darkness
continue to cover the people. The
ovely picture, suggestive OF those in
pirations which the people think
'ught to he derived from the cutiva
ion of the Esthetic. The conspiracy,
of the fact that after our
trong assurances that we should
lever again be caught in the sur
rise trap of last winter, the Yankee
ngenuity is more than a match for
he British far-sightedness, and that
When the Bradford friends deter
nine tordo it they can make sur
rise doubly surprising.
We sincerely thank our b. friends
or this kind and tangible remem-
rance of us. We may we'll offset
he .pleasurable interest of the 9th
tarch, 1870, with that Of the same
ate 1876, our "Wooden Wedding"
j. M. q. FULTON.
|. G. FULTON.