The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-11-11

be was, and what beautiful reader and
singer too. Why | declare | took real
comfort goin' to church aud sittin' under
such preachin: and so We all did, I'm
sure.
But | was tellin' you about what we
gave him. Well, Deacon Stiles's daugh-
ter Sally made a drawin' of the church
and framed it in pine cones, to hang in
Mr.. Ormsby's study, and the deacon, he
sent us o cookin' stove out Of his own
kitchen He'd just bought new one
for Miss Stiles, and he come over and
put it up himself, which thought was
uncommon kind.
Then we took up contribution 10 buy
some furniture, but ready money was
skurce just then, go we only raised enough
to buy pair Of chiny vasas and an ink.
stand.
But Silas Hart, that sold 'em to us,
was one of our members, and SO he threw
in chiny dog for the baby and match
box for the parsons wife.
Miss Jones and Uncle INDIAN sent 10
a new painted bedstoad and kitchen ta'
BILE, and SO told Ralph I'd give 'em a
couple of kitchen chairs and our cradle,
the one we were both rocked in. So l
did, and 1 pieced real handsome little
quilt for the cradle. sunhower pattern
all out ofspick and span new calico.
Well, it's most too bad to tell but Man.
dy Jones, who went to help Miss Orms.
by git to rights, told me she did act
dreadful. and not bit becoming to o
minister's wife,
She went all round the house lookin
as if che was ready to cry, and at last
sot down in the parlor on her trunk, and
began to laugh at the vases and the ink
stand, and wound up by finding fault
with the stove, which she said looked as
if it came out OF the ark.
I've always thought she made her hus
band discontented, for Mr.. Ormsby was
a meek, quiet, unselfsh man. that never
would have made any trouble if she
hadn't always been complainin and put.
lin him up to grumble.
But I'm wanderin' eff from my story
Il started to tell you about the dona
tion party You see. the first year We
got along splendid with it, aud | must
say never saw better table spread
than we set that night for Miss Orms
by.
But that woman never could be salts
fed and she said afterward that it wouldn't
take more than two such parties to ruiI
any family
1t seems she found fault because W.
all staid to tea with en-, just as it WI
hadn't a right to our tea after sendin' il
all the victuals for it.
But | don't know as Aunt Betsy did
do exactly right, for she took Mrs, Orms
by's preserves to put on the table, apd
they we're all eat up that night. and
s'pose that put her out some.
Well, as | was sayin', the second yeal
come round. and it was read out in meet
in that the donation party would be Civ
en- the next Friday.
Mr.. Ormsby read the notice, and thel
he looked all around and cleared hi
throat two or three times, al il he hat
somethin' pertickler to say, but site
wait n minute he changed his mind am
sat down.
l thought he acted kinder queer. Blu
l was quite taken up with noticin Mis-
Ormsby. She got as red as could be
and when metin' was dismissed she jes
hurried out as if she didn't want any on
to speak to her.
Well, Friday came. and By thre
O'Clock we were mostly al the parsonage
Mr.. Ormsby looked dreadful sober, NOR
as if it were funeral than merry max
in, must say but his wife was awfu
t She was jest as hu y and short as sh
could be with everyone, aud she wen
and locked the study door and put tn
5 key in her pocket right before us ell, a
il she was afraid we'd touch some OF MI
1 Ormsby's papers or books.
Bimsby we began to think about sci
ting the table; so Aunt Betsy, Mand
D Jones and me went out in tho kitchen I
unpack the contributions. There wa
= some pertaters and turnips (thom we pu
in the su'ler), piece OF cOrned beef, tw
or three billed hams pot of butter, som
apple sass, big cheese. and such Ii
OF biscuits it would have taken all nigh
to count
began to be scarf when We took ou
y painful after painful Of biscuits. and q
! cake to speak OF. At last We came
I Miss Jones basket. aud there We loun
lection cake, as well as great batch {
| molasses cookies.
4 was glad enough I'd sent pound cak
and crulers; but somehow when the Il
BILE was ready. there was more bi
o cult on it than anything else, though v
\ did the best we could.
!. Mr.. johnson sent tea aud coffee fro
q his store. besides sugar and crackers ; at
# Amos Hull he brought a bag of nuts AZ
d some apples for the young folks aft
y supper, he said.
There was SO many there that We hI
n to divide em into three lots. the dlnl
;. room bein' small; and it was most sew,
1t O'Clock when they got through eatln'
v Aunt Betsy staid with me TO clear
some and thought never should 6
Q. all the biscuits put away, for they mo
# filed the pantry.
"a For all there had been 80 many cate
IS yet there was piles and piles left, and
Aunt Betsy said, they wouldn't need
~ bake for a month to come.
* 1t happened SO that | didn't go o
K. much the week after the donation part
N but, the second Sunday after, ! start
le of good and early for church, and as
turned the corner BY the parsonage, | 50
if something that most took my breath ava
} +; Every one Of them sharp.pointed pick
Ga round the house and garden had 60
TO biscuit stuck right atop of il Yes,M
n Harwood, jest as sure as you live, the
nm was Aunt Betsy's nice raised biscuits
h could tell bern by the shane and nj