, 1877-12-23
THE BROOKFIELD HARVEST.
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his AeaTI Is lull ol 1oFc LOT Whatever IS JUST all
right" This eulogy was fully meritcd, for a
though Master Sawyer was in no respect lils
the good small boy of literature, lie lately did
| wise and noble act, for which the language I
| ordinary praise is far too feeble.
In Northern Vermont That peculiar form q
social outrage formerly known us a sssurprs
parity" but of late commonly called 'sRu
| garian atrocity,''is is still lanlentably frequent
On u cold evening in the first week Of tho pres
| ent month Mr.. Sawyer and his family wer
| seated quietly by their social hearth, cnjoyn
one another's society. The clergyman was read
| ing aloud the Bishops pastoral letter; his wit
was busy calculating how to cut up her hus
! bands old oycrcoat SO rs to supply him with
] new wastcoat, herself with new oycrskirt
while that excellent small boy was rcading th
| improving adventures Of an eminent pirate, ant
wonderin. whether hewould ever be able to emu
| late them. Not one Of the family was pre-
| on his dressing gown and slippers; Mrs. Sawyer
/ had let down her back hair to rive freedom tC
| her mental processes, and Master Sawyer iiaC
temporarily slipped off his trousers to sunpl,
| his mother with Q pattern, while lie wrapped
| the hearth-rug about him. Suddenly, and with
| out the least warming, more than four dozel
people Of all kinds aud sexes. Including men,
| women, Tcforntrs, and theological students
burst into the room, carrying caae and dcvasta-
ton with them. Master Sawyer fed bowling
LIE clergyman puSllGu uiCk HIS SpecL4HlGS, ana
tried to smile CHASTITY smile; aud his heroic
wife, by hurricdly twisting her back hair with
both hands, and holding her comb between her
teeth, managed to avoid uttering the welcome
which the invaders expected, but which her con-
science forbade her to express.
The n3arauucrS conducted themselves after
the usual custom OF their kind. They conycrs-
ed with one another with great hiarity, ionor-
lug the suffcrings Of the clergyman and his wife.
Tncy spread their cake upon the table, and,
dcyouring it without plates, scattered the
crumbs over the new carpet One young man,
having laid large piece Of jelly-eake On the
sofa, subsequently sat down on it, and Mrs,
Sawyer felt that she would gladly join the
Churcn of Rome on condition that the mclin-
yal torturcs OF the 1nqusition should be reyiv-
cd aud she herself delegated to apply them to
that particular young man. After having re-
duced the furniture to that state Of grease that
il was no longer safe to sit down, the miscre-
ants gathered around the piano and sang
"What Shall the Harvest Be?'' until Mr.. Saw
yer, mild as he was, regretted that be could not
takc:a sharp scythe and reap an immediate and
bloody harvest.
While those blood-curdling outrages were in
progress i'll the parlor, the good small boy kept
himself carefully out Of the room. He was not,
however, wasting his time in idle rage. Hc
too, heard the lnelo.2ious inquiries as to the
harvest, and remarked to himself that they
would find out all about the harvest If they
would only wait few minutes. Meanwhile, he
was busily engaged in carrying pals of water
and cmptying them on the front stcp and alonr
the walk leading from tile front door to the
gate. The nirht was cold, and the water froze
rapidly. Under his admirable management the
ice acquired an unusually smooth aud slippery
character, and when the work was thoroughly
done th,. small hoy retired tn t1,c second. Sow
front window anu waited lor the st1rp7isc-Darty
to break IN.
The moon was at the full, and shone brightly
when the first pair Of miscrcants-the yfn1nr
man who sat on the ielIy-cakc and = hcavr
Young lady. to whom he was att,anccd-;ssncd
with tremendous emphasis. Close behind them
came the rest OF the raiders, VINO with one ac
cord strcwed themselves over the ground, until
~ so''.E p'aiu tes *tte e1eeeeu .ree or lour
rrInarss Of tb men fijcn The n;r NJ sunSsr
would struggling wretch regain his feet tiau
he would sit down again with renewed violence
;i.l ne aArlSnIcu cicessnan ana ms Tlfc gazed
"'.t,d snail hnv r.vier c..ns. nu ~ % luz
Shall the Harvest Bc!'' at the ycry ton of h;s
lungs,-i -interspcrsing that stirring hymn with
wild rwhoop" whenever particularly brilliant
p A1thomeh y, ,iv 1ee tn.ee 1ars1 ~ s.1r a'I
nirrs. there was sc,rreiv ,na1,nnr - ta1al .
party who escaped without more or less scrions
Wounds, either OF body or clothing. Seventeen
Sss' Ivy rlos SIX ars, ana nose were broken;
,nc shner was ,iisrcase1 WIZ H. ipranea M aud
yas stTcwcl viii 1roemnnts ot tastn aean pasensnt
.oats. trousers. and skiTts ana Vns,e ecS.ar.s,
IN .Housl eopost a'iu SILVER caaf'1e the
cKets in n rati,e for - hr1tnn % stat- ~ us smg'.e
uhsrr;hr hanIson,ntr ~ tha attu u
t is gcncraly believed tba. tfrrc vii .uuu H.
mother surprise ,,arty in Rroolt;a1i ani - ~
,n1c- ~ 3mon1 ~ m;dIeles Hc l1'p IL Is
'olucrs to present Master Sawra- ;+I "
f marbles and a lifc mcmhcrsh;, T.; ~ ~ stee
ign Missionary Society. MS fcsrimonioi of +ho;r