Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-02-25
What Three Women Said.

The other day, going back to Cleve
land, sat behind three women for an
hour or two. They were all friendly to
each other, and they didn't mind my
presence.
"Didyou hear about Sarah Lamb?"
asked one.
Goodness! Mop answered the others.
" We'll, Sarah's got her pay, tell you!"
continued the first. You know she was
a whole year trying to catch that red
headed widower. Well, she finally mar
ried him; and what do you Think They
say that he swears at her-actually uses
oaths-when things go wrong; keeps her
from going to church; is set against COM
pany, and won't let her use above two
eggs in a sweet-cakem
Mon-ster-ousr' exclaimed the others
There was a moment of silence, and
then one of the trio spoke up:
did you know that Mrs. Lancey had
a new empress-cloth dress?"
"You don't sayw exclaimed the others
yes, [ dol know it for fact, for
she wore it past our house the other
day. That dress never cost less than
seven dollars-the bare cloth, and then
there's the making and trimmingsthrown
in! Just think of woman in her cir
cumstances going to such an expense!
Why, if | hadn't seen it with my own
eyes [ couldn't believe itr'
at is awfulr' exclaimed the others.
And the worst of it is, she seems to
hold her head so hight" continued the
first. 1--WE heard that her grandfather
had to go to the poor-house when he
broke his leg, and yet she holds her head
up with the best of u.s. Of course, |
don't want to back-bite anyone-it isn't
my nature to talk behind peoples backs
but will say that I shouldn't wonder
if such extravaganza brought that family
to want for bread before spring comesin
Nothing was said for the next five
minutes; and then one of the two eX
claimed:
Land sakes but I'd almost forgotten
to tell you Lizzie Thorburn has a new
hat!1
"What! Another?"
Eyes, another; she wore it to church
last Sunday! Think of that-a girl hav
ing three hats in one year,
ShamefulI'' they cried in chorus. L
| don't know what the world is coming to-"
continued the first. when | was girl
one hat had to last me seven years, while
now girl wants at least two a year-if
not three. l tell you, when | sat in
church last Sunday and saw Lizzie come
| shying in with that new hat Unjust have
cost three dollars at the LEAST / felt
queer. The fate of the sinful people OF
SOdOm and GomOrrah came to my mind
in a second; and | shouldn't have been
OH. cnI hoo .,oI-n
then right DOWN.
They pondered over it for two or three
minutes, and then one of them replied:
$50 Mary Jane Doolittle is dead, is
she?"
eyes, poor thing" was the reply;
"dead and buried week ago. Hannah
was at the funeral, and she says that
Doolittle never shed a tear-never even
blew his nose"
He didn't"
"No, he didn't. Hannah watched
| him all through, and she says he has a
| heart like a stone If he should be ar
rested as her murderer / shouldn't be
the least bit surprised. Poor woman! [
met her only last August, and | could
see that she was killing herself. | didn't
ask her right out about it, but | could I'M
| derstand that Doolitte was cold
hearted wretch. He didn't have much
to say, but just one remark he made con-
WINGED me of his cold-heartedness. He
| asked for soap to wash himself, and
when she handed him piece he looked
at it, sneerad like, and says he
"' Mary Jane, you mustn't buy any more
yaller soapr"
did he say that?"
He certainly did III go before any
no lap1 ap5 to
had to get off the train then, and
missed further conversation.-M. Quad,
IN Our FGresSde FrGend