Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-01-08
5orrcspondence Of The In.le,,e6degs Gazetle.
Letter from Bart Barington.

WIuTEFHIp, n. H., Jan. ,, 1876. P
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About this time, look out for emotional a
Overturnings Of new leaves in the book ;
and volume of life. One self-deludcd Y
wretch buys diary and resolves to keep 4
it written up every day in the year, for J
his own pleasure and a light to the Rect Of
his biographer, he then proceeds to plas- {
ter it full of political clippings, ar dick !
eriRg debts and credits. Another re- :
solves to saw his own wood-juSt for the !
exercise of the thing, you know; he buys ,
a new saw gets it filed and builds Il saw {
horse. The first day his w sfe spends her
time, strength and pastime in uneven war
fare with the range; the second day she
makes speech in the woodshed with
stick OF wood under her arm the third
day she waltzcs up and bla IDLY proposes
to encourage him with the bread roller;
the fourth day he hires tramp to ''as
sist him, sits on the barn stairs in
coon skin oyercoat, bosses the job and
descants on hard times and the illusions
of matrmony. Another solemnly swcars
and declares that he will kiss his wife
every time he crosses his threshold in
1876. But about the sixth day the mer
curry falls to forty, he can't get up puck
er, and he remarks that he would thank
her if she wOuldibe kind enough not to
stand between him and the stove and |
| IL Ia in
to the house. Another lunatic VOWS ard
declares that he wont shut an eye during
the year, without first saying ''Now lay
me" or words to that effect; but before
week he finds himself wildly rehearsing a
caucus Grafton instead. The merchant
resolves to sell for cash on the nail, or no
j dicker, every time. The deacon resolves
be pray only for what religion he actually
tgdRtS. The schoolgirl resolves to jilt
every beau who drinks rum or chews to-
!. bacco. The preacher resolves to say amen,
before all the congregation so to sleep.
The tailor forswears his habitual cabbage
and resolves not to give anybody particular
fits but his own customers. The Lower, TAX
, ing hint from Hannah, resolves to Glropin
and speak with the governor about it. The
drunkard throws away his cup, the milk
man his pump and the demagogue his am
bition and Oh the 3lst day of December,
, 1876, the sum total of these fine rcsolu-
tions may be condensed into the immor-
tai words Of the old lady, who said owe
| oil, nP ie -
"Train up child in the way he should
, 60" sc. That is what the Rev. William
Eakins preached about at the Methodist
church, last Sunday forenoon: Relations
sonal pufs, but must say that l wish
( that sermon could be printed, framed in
, gold and hung up in every home in the
i land. Still must differ with the gentle
! man on one point. He claims that all the
= rooms in the house should be given up to
q the children-parlor and ALTO make
s home more attractive, you know. That
e is Il kind of marital philosophy which few
! dare to experiment in and which every
f body wants everybody else to adopt.
+ Will it wash? l think not. Take away
q the housewives "best room" and the rose
y in her cheek goes with it. Why, she wits,
fades and gives up the domestic ghost at
the bare thought Of such calamity. Now
how could she preserve the cherished Or
der and appointments Of this best room
if she gives her seven little household
: bummers the entree. Suppose a case
0 It's Monday forenoon, dining and sitting
} rooms are all by the ears awaiting the
S wrestling with pots and wash boilers in
i the kitchen, where the good wife has
: taken up arms against sea Of soap-suds
d and an ocean of shirts, bed ticks, cover
, lets, pillow shams, yellow fannels, little
e.. stocking and the like; the minister rings
, the front door bell. Hear it not, Abigail
: for tits the knell that summons you to
web the conclusion of the quotation de-
D ponds entirely upon the condition of the
=, best room. The good wife rolls down
d her sleeves, laces up her CATERS, gives her
e pug spasmodic twist, wipes the sweat
i from the end of her classic nose with her
apron, all ill twinkling, presents herself
n at the stoop and divinely bows his rever-
J. ence into the parlor, but" Angels and
y ministers of grace defend usv'-what a
8 sight meets his astonished vision. A cir
/ Gus and minstrel troupe had performed in
1 town two days, before, and the children,
l. full of that human instinct of imitation
= which makes us little folks simple bits OF
!, blotting paper, constantly receiving i'm
preSsions from our superiors-are trying
e to emulate the tricks, gibes and spangles
n of the sawdust arena. Little George
r. Washington, in his mothers night cap and
i striped hose, and his fathers under vest
II dotted and diamoned with smut and white
J. chalk, is aping the clown. Napoleon B..
-c arrayed i'll his great grandfather's CONT
), mental uniform, with whip improviset
n from the curtain stick and cord, is act
,e ing as ring-master. Benz. Franklin
d with blackcned face and o tamborint
v made of the stove cover, represents thu
h. chief end-man of the troupe de Antique
" Little Abe Lincoln and U. S. G. do til,
ID double clog, on o platform made of TIN
10 inverted portraits of John Buayan anC
!. Captain Kidd, placed on two ottomans