The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-19

knew it. lie looked quite put down, and
I could see that he was frmer than ever in
his own way, through sheer temper, and
resolution to conceal his wounds. And l
shouldn't wonder II you we're little pert
with him in tho Club. You were on COM
mittees and he wasn't You had been
asked to read piece, and he hadn't. Now,
don't you think, John, you were partly to
blame and that you expected him to stand
from you what you wouldn't stand min
ute from Mr.. Hopkins, or Mr.. Howe, or
DR.. Parker?"
John began to relent, and to feel half
ashamed Of having lost his temper. And
he made up his mind to say no more about
the matter, but let 1t pass quietly; for
making-up scene he abhorred.
Peter flsley did not get along so we'll.
He stumped vigorously Indignantly home
alone; pulled eff his cowhide boots; threw
them violently behind the door; damned
John Thomas, and his millet and turnips
and went to bed, and went to sleep; and
woke up, the next morning, MIXED his
cows, sent his milk to market, started for
the mill with grist, and was as good nat
ured as ever. He met Clara Bell on the
way, as rosy and sweet as the dawn, and
asked after the doctor; and Clara blushed.
And he told Jim Bell, the miller, that If
he wanted music he had better join the
Farmers Club. "Why," said he, "you
ought to see Cap'n John swing round; and
hear the doctor talk wise; and watch Ma
jor Phin, going to sleep; and see the par
son coo round Squire Hopkins; and see
how stiff Deacon Bill sits up; and hear Bill
Jones talk horse. / wouldn't miss the
meetings, for farm down East. 1 pitched
into Cap'n John, last night, like bull
through gate. l 90 for him, you know,
for ANYTHING; but he mustn't set himself
I'D. 1t is n bad thing to know too much
or think Won know everything"
Jim Bell agreed with him, and began to
discuss the best way to pick his mllstones,
and to stop muskrats from digging holes in
the mil-dam.
Mr. Howe knew well enough that "the
beginning of strife is as when one letteth
out water;' and he determined to divert
the current quietly and silently, and secure
peace without allowing any man to be rec
ognized as acemaker-knowing well
that a meddling peacemaker is often cause
of more disturbance than q violent and
noisy brawler. He sent, therefore, for
John Thomas, and, without alluding to
the trouble, he suggested to him that he
should send the school-master to Boston,
the next day, to get the last volumes of
Flints reports of the Massachusetts board
of agriculture, and offer him five dollars to
write an essay on feeding, steaming, and
soiling. And so he did. The school-mas-
ter, who was a farmers boy, and had
worked on his fathers farm before he en-
tered Dartmouth college, was delighted
He entered upon his work with great zeal,
and before the next meeting reported to
Mr.. Howe that his writing was real pleas
ure to him, and he hoped he should not
disappoint the gentlemen who had invited
him to address the club
The school. master had steadily attended
all the meetings of the club and had made
himself familiar with the mode of disputa-
ton which had been adopted. He was de-
voted TO his business as a teacher, and kept