Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08
MTSCELLANY.
THE DoNATIoN,P PARTY AT
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THE OOMAI4ON ,FAATX Al
W1LLOWBROOK.
| So manv confused and contradic
tory rumors have been circnlatci
about that last donation Marty. thai
! from INV friend and no;rhhor Mic;
M;Y wonid o ,;So INV i..a III shour, M,ss
plain. unvarnished ecconnt of ~
1 whole festiv;tv '
1 I,et mo thor ;n.roduco NV nform
ant. Miss Mei;ssa an MI | sn,nstar % own IN
inO n 4f, mndorotoiv wali eniowad
With this ,rns,d,s ~oc,as Ln,,snIooo -
and :. ro-tsLar [ -. % Sar nn,,, bo. hsOsbbo,
Ralnh sona roars hor san;nr hoth y,
them nrono;nomt memhars of ths y
W;Ilnwhrnot, churchS-ond 4hns har.
\ aidai sbo sha,, tall Won tha s4"rv I n, ,
told ne ~ ' - - 80 go s"s
u11f corrsa uo cor,t r;vo orr =,
I;stor ,,ssch 1f solors, No., Lnnmr
Miss Warwood. Int ~. ~" .1 Hmow
cais;,o.od % TOD - % "o, ! r mon whoso atmay, hna.,
wasn,t act on f,lthv lncre % os % the
,pnst,e savs .' - ''''
1I mmst own wc ba;r,t bod mrch
snccoss for wonid Won hn,;ara % ~
ont of Ave- snrd;dates thot n.ao .had
hero tho vaar we hn;lt tha chprcl, NJ.
one was wil,;n, 10 stav and Jn IN, the
Gnrd,s ,.,orl, INV w 'i'
mWhv tharo,s o,,v oho,,t s;xtv
\ fam;l;os In onr churct, . r,a q vos sof.
lfiri1 that first winter that ~ a fa milv
wou,d be 4 fair tax. maxim nigh nnto
| four hundred year. Won see vet it,s
wonderful what tronblc we've had "a
cit q pastor.
sBrother Ralph thought that mehbe
If we had a parsonage Il would helm
us 80 he and the other trustees
bonpht that nice little cottage ~ hare
Miss Gray uscd tn live with a Whole
rod of land belonpin, n Il hnt Law
'twa'n't of mo nsc mono ~ ;on stovai
tho wear ont and NO. ciaon i;s-
cnnrared.
.WRen Mr.. Ormshv came r;ob on
three years AGO. he seemed more ron.
sonabie than The rest though no q eta
r. we conIdnI fnrn;sh mart of tho
narponare for him aa t,,nv ,vos onIv
new beginners and HADN'T much
housekeenin, stuff
uWelI The lod;os ,uoo On rro,l ,,1oas.
ed with him that thcv toot % r;aht s h"1d
| Of tho work The WAS tn coma hocL in
fortniphtl and Got lots nf th;nga To-
rether. ~
sThere was a handsoma n;,cn nsh;on
made fnr each ~ tho hedron,msN
thcre,a thren On .am IN tho hnnsa ana
half 4 dozen Tides for tho narIor anI
a case for his Shawn, noncr - and % al
se,,t in Tho f;rst wool-
aYon've heerd hin nroacb Misc
Harwnod and vnp know how ;ntors
estin' he was and what . hnomt;cn,
rnader and a;n@ar ton WI + La
clare T tnot resl co,mr.r, 9ro,;,, -
church aud s;tt;n, nr6nr sn..,, nraac Oh.
;n,. and So we ali ,i;I I'm smre
aRnt 7 was tellin, ynm obnut ~ h,t
we rave him. Well Deacon St;lns,
daughter Sally made = draw;n, ~ Tho
church. and framed IL in nine cones
to HANG in Mr.. Ormshv's stndv ani
the deacon bn sent no coot;n; steve
ont ~ h;s own Kitchen Ma,l ;ns,
hnnrht . nav ono for Misc St;1as .S o"S
he Como over and mt T. mn h;Tsa,c
which thnuoh, wos nnnnm,non,v
E;nd We o''''o'' y
s.Tho vo tool. -, ...;h, a.
hnv snme f,rn;tnra hnt noa I""m ,nn',,, ~
80, air,,..,o 49,. a..
ro ;saa onnnab to oat no;r % ,I;ny ILL
va Sos aud an ;nLstend 1'
@Rnt S;,as Hart thot s,,a ,o ~ nc
,vos n,,n - a,,r ,non,hars ~ ~ .s
IN q nh;nr Ino 81. .ha hoh ~ na
match-hoy For @ tha n.raon,s @ @ ,r;so a"
uHg;ss Ionos an5 ffTno1a Hs;a;a. 49,.
!, mow n.;atod hoas.aaJ anS J1.
t;tchen tohIe and On 7 tn,d po,nh ia
r;va ,am a nnnnio of t;tchan rho;rs
and onr cradle The one wa wos hoth
roctcd in 60 J;S aud n;oood .
real handsomo l;tt,a nm;,t fn,. tha
cradle a snnaownr no ttarn & al n,t nf
an;ck and enon now oi;no tor,
aWell ;t,s ,mnst too had ~ tc,, Int
Mandy Iones Who wont to hair M;ss
Ormshv CIT to r;obts toid mo thot sha
d;d act drea fnl and not q h;t hecom-
IN q m;nister,s wife "" ""
aShe wont ali rnnnd tho house ,ool-
in, as If she was ready to cry. and at
last she sot down in the parlor on her
trunk, and began to laugh at the vases
and the inkstand, and then wound up
by findin' fault with the stove, which
she said looked as if it came out of
the ark.
"I'vc always thought she made her
husband discontented, for Mr.. Orms-
by was such meek, quiet, unselfish
man that he never would have made
any trouble if she hadn't been always
complainin' and putin him up to
grumble.
"But Pm wandcrin' off from my
story-I started to tell you about the
donation party. You see, the first
year we got along splendid with it,
and must say never saw better
tea-ta6le spread than we set that night
for Miss Ormsby.
"Bnt that woman never could be
satisiled, ana she said afterward that
~ w9aiant W.:sn .ake more tnan TWO sach
p". sT. 1.os " luin any aay.
~ -, see.ns sta!s sne aounu No. Iault ; because
W. W. o.. nas., s.s,.u ~ .ea WIN GIN jest Us II
sa;,.;;,. wc na1n IA gm. 70 our Yea ai'er
'cnun an aii .hc 'ic'uais ior II.
but l don't know as Aunt Betsy
dld 90 exacly right, for she took
a tNNygd Atnn =