Oxford Democrat., 1876-11-14
Srltttr0 Storp.
THE DONATION PIRTl- 1T
UILLOW-BROOK.

- many confused and contradictory
rumOls have been circulated about that
last donation party that (who have
hea-e ;he whole story irom my t.ieud and
reis. -or Miss Mix would ike to give
this world q plain. uuyaynished account
OF The whole tesUyity.
LET lue, then. introduce my informant.
Miss Melissa Mix, spinster. owning TO
forty. moderately well endowed with
The wo DIS goods. house Keeper aud care
taker ier beron'y brother Ralph, some
years 4ey senior, both of them promi
ucu- members Of he WiIlowbrook church
and ;hus heralded she shall tell you
the stlry she told me.
go course We cant give our minister
much G. salary, YOU know. Miss Har-
wooo 90. we've always calculated 10
get q. uau whose heart wasn't set on f.
tbs acre, As the pos,le says.
mus, owe We haint had much sue
cess, to-. would YOU believe it ? out OF
i've candidates that preached here the
year We hui, ne ch2ch. no; one was
willing 90 stay and do the Lords work
You see there's only about sky FAM
mes 10 our F'.''Ge' and II WAS settled
ih>t atS. winter iba; six dollars q family
would be 4 fair tax. making nigh onto
-four hundred year. You see; YET j; Is
wonderful what trouble we've had 10 2''
pastor.
n'o'oeF N''Pn 'nouZu' 'nA' n'o'' ID
We had a parsonage Il would he'p Us so
he and t-e olotr trustees o'Gsh. tha'
nice i.u.e cottage where Mis- Gray used
% ike. with q whole rod OF laud belong
la'to g.; hu,, law want o. 10 use &;
uoac Of en- s.a.d the year OUT aud was
clean discouraged.
'.Whcn Mr.. O,nsby came, ui-h on
three Years ago, he scented more rcs9oa-
SID, .haa The rest. though he asked 4
We couldn't furnish pax. OF t1e parsonage
Tor bim. So, they Was only besiuneis, and
hsdat much housekeeping s.uil.
"Well. ,hs ladies was SO pleased wiki
him tatihey took right ho.d OF .he work
(ue Va. To- come baca IN fortnight and
90. .a.s ol thing. together.
oTb..c wg,a handsome piucu.hiul
,,o,,. ,.r ,scb al the 5edrooms--.neIe's
,h.,, op en- in the kouse-and half $
dozen udics tor ne parlor, and case
for n.s shaving paper, aud all sent 10 tue
first week.
you've heard him preach, Miss llar-
wood and You kno. Low iu,c:estin' ne
was. AID what 8 beautiful reader ana
singer TOO. Why, I declare / took real
comlo Soia' 10 church and sitting under
such p.e-clil'i aud 50 We all did I'm
sure.
"BU, l VAS telling on aocH' WHAT We
gave him. Well Deacon S'i.eS uau2r-
ter Sally made ccaNla' OIL lLe cAUIcn'
and trained IL in pine cones, 10 hang III
Nj O msby's study, snd Tie deacon he
sent Us 8. ceoAin' stove cut Of his own
kacl,u. He'd just bought re" Que
tor Mis- Stiles and be come over ana
pLt % up hi"seli' when 'nOu-N' ""'
uncommon Aint.
Then wc took up a con''i,U''oN -
toy s'ue iofnl,ore' OU' ''@'S "'u'l
wa> sNcrse lus' ihen' 50 We oN'y '''''' -
enough 10 git P4F oi emmy VASES anu
an iu6stand.
"Bai Saas Hart that sold en- u U.s.
was one oi our members 50 ne 'o'e ="
cainy dog tor the oAoy and a mS'cn ''o'-
ior 'he parsons VIE
Mss Jones aud u1e'e Nl'u'"l SsA' -
new painted oeu'-c"n anu = H''oA''- -
o''' and 50 l 'o'a i'''pA = s"' .I,a,
co1".v cI I"ehen cnAi'S anu Jul - ~,
The ,-e "e was oo'h rocAeu H. % u'u' w.
aHt 'eeed a real handsome niue Fu'' '
icr lie cradle su4no"e' pH''e'"' 49,
on; OF splek aud span ne" oa''oo 'o0'
We'll lis most too bad 10 tell bu'