The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-04-15
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A GOLDEN HARVEST.

a GOLDEh HARVEST.
II i The country conference was being held
At the corner Father was sick with the
RpET rheumatism and we were SO full Of com
pany that we were we'll nigh distracted.
lAiil Il vas splendid summer weather-late in
a.. July. The seaside meadows looked like
green velvet, The wheat field rustled in
M he breeze, the birds sang in the trees, and
ea usa you mover saw anything SO handsome in
fns al your life as my bed Of pnks and gera-
Coon niums under the south windows The
se sEa East Greenfield minister said it was like a
little slice out of the garden of Eden.
But had not u moment Of time to enjoy
.lNGt al this loveliness. There was never any
D. sea help 10 be had for love or money in con-
ference time, for the girls wanted to go to
.LOR the meetings themselves, as well as any,
body, aud the folks had company then with
J0H al the rest We don't have any Irish
trash for hired girls in Plumfed as you
TER VI do in cities, you know, but real neat SEN
sihle bodies, whose fathers are kind Of
shiftless and let their farms run out or
80 have poor luck in fishing; SO they are
Iea" Obliged to DO something for themselves if
they wsnt anything decent to wear, or to
49, save up anything against they get married.
.. Ei,y Mother vas poorly; she never enjoyed good
healthand that year the spring bitters
e y didn't work as we'll as usual, and she was
all run down before haying time was half
Hhi'' through, 50 all she could do was to tend
p0R7l to father, and had the whole Of the house
on my shoulder. Dear me, and isn't it
hard work 70 cook for ministers? Mother
L ENGH was 70 'fiAid that they wouldn't have
everything Just so nice, and made me put
thfee eegs into every one Of the custards,
aW \ and frost every bit Of the sponge cake. The
rYINrp ministerial appetite is something amazing.
Why i should require so much more food
aFI HBT % support piety than sin can't imagine,
but I was obliged to provide, certainly,
AO'n' three times the quantity for those rever-
p0Sn end gentlemen as for those good .for-noth-
ds, incl'a Ing dance-going, swearing hired men Of
"''''' ours. There was one widower among
them, as woe-begone as he was hearty aud
MP smother was delighted because folks said
oL' be took great liking to me and was going
)AD, lio ask me 70 take the place Of the depart
RYLAN e, Pm though ministers rs wife n may
hold very high station in life, and Tom
,bs o o Babson Faa only second mate ofthe schoon-
pared to II Mary Ann, I'd rather have had Tom
han doxeu solemn faces like Parson
~ M Hibbard, though l was very sorry to dis
lppoint mother and the rest of my folks
,rpy pr Who groaned because was dreadfully
- ~ snntlng IN ambition. But was willing
nd nough 70 do my best in the way of pro.
am c0'idlus for the poor soul, who was us thin
1A'D "a rail; and broiled chickens, and cream
2 OK kee iscuik and cup custards seemed to be the
My light Ii the midnight Of his affection.
ERlI &" Your pie crust is heavy" remarked
AND RI nother, dolefdlly, one bright, hot morn.
Grain, s' Is, when Nas, rs usual, baking for dear
Shoyek, 7. IL
Well cant help 1t, IL IL u.s." re-
FERTILE lied. energetically. ~ do wish father
a in fact asn i deacon, SO that we needn't keep
.ah, al r7inisterial boarding house; Tm tired OF
receive evoting my life to ministers. What o
e. ,,xroS appy world Il would be if there wasn't
p,'S inistor Ia Il Then there wouldn't be
sNrl oonieseuce meetings, either
-, o, nj tiolher's mind was diverted from the
w W. njifIon of The pastry to my impiety, and
1..II IL. r.. L.. L.
{ ~ d6fed If either repentance and prayers
nst5NSa3 good works could save me after utter.
suoh heresy as this. And to tell the
crrnEns o. lI, Vas little frightened myself, but
cARR n s'ss ID. Ins ns = ! w. !. .ss, very N na 4
.or "A, kitehen while everybody else was hav
IgSCl u eood lime. Tom Babson, my lover
- a. Ing VI saiI again, tomorrow, too, and !
ioHS' found 10 time to get any more than
ven to he glimpse ID him while he had been OF
lep ~ <e. Hut last night he detained mo .
,siie The WV l< shile on the doorsteps though Mrs
nster' NV aeon i4yns was in the window listen
b es<1y word that was said, and b,
Dosidpare ID nae I beAutifal ring With a stone il
hualuu'' xA'oA 1hifted its colon like the rain
.5ers at PdTss end Tas wonderfully brilliant. HI
ain si,sss I,ss. GROSS the seas Of some Jewisl
aa y. = Frame eF ks hid, and whispered in my ea
len, ccnduSs e should wear II at the social to
nn d"S sI' Kta foe evening, he should take 1t as
POsse:siss,sI saIso v be his wife, He knew tina
oiheyw ywsniu II M ~ chance Of seeing him at an,
baaiesIoss1. n y fIaI> y was always SO busyand
JoshvA to|d Bin that should certainly be a