Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-02-02

face. William read aloud soothing
morsels from the Democratic paper,
such as "Indiana gives Tilden 10000
majority"
dWhat do you think, this morn
ing, about my having new cloak,
William"
"Of course you can have new
cloak if you need one. Full returns
not yet received from Oregon, Ne
vada, Florida and Louisiana, but
they are undoubtedly ours"
"Um!'' said father.
| felt a good deal of anxiety about
family prayers. William isn't a pro-
fessOr. Father leads devotions, and
l was afraid be would be too suppli-
catory; but he prayed mostly for
the heather, Jews, and such Ike,
but didn't refer to the Democrats,
and only once-just after the heath
en- alluded to our suffering coun-
try.
When William came up to dinner,
he said returns of Democratic ma
jOrities were pouring in from all
quarters, and said 1: ''William, I've
been thinking the matter over, and
l do believe it would be the best
economyto buy fur cloak. Every
body is wearing fur. 1t might cost
more at first, but it would be the
cheapest in the end-fur is so dur
able" ..a..s.
"HOw much will it cost?"
'Mrs. Colonel fuckers sealskin
sacque was 5000 last winter, but l
don't feel as if, in our circumstances,
we can afford that. Furs are cheap
er than last fall, and / think could
get a good, desirable article, not so
rich as some, but still good enough
for people in our circumstances for
SI5O." ..Iam a. .E-
"Um!" said father.
William had taken ont blank
check and was rejecting, when
in whi,ked the President of the
Democratic club and said that
Florida and South Carolina had
gone for Tilden, and William was
wanted down to the club room to
see about the illumination. He fill
ed the check and I Immediately
went down street and selected the
cloak.
That evening a shade of anxiety
"a scarcely perceptible tinge of
melancholy-had settled on Will
hams countenance, while fathers
neuralgia was better. William ask
ed if l had done anything about my
cloak, and if / hadn't he should sug-
gest waiting awhile; furs might be
cheaper. He said, when 1 asked
him about it, the illumination had
been postponed. at-t a.- '-"
The next morning l heard the boys
in the street screaming that Hayes
was elected, and when l went down
father was sitting on the front stairs,
cOatless and with his vest on one
while Willie balanced him
self on the edge of the hat stand.
Both patriots were stocking footed.
They had just taken in the morning
papers. Very little conversation
was made at the breakfast table, but
father was extremely polite to Will
liam, and said he didn't know when
he had eaten buckwheat cakes that
tasted so much as they did when he
was boy.
At noon, William didn't stay to
desert, but father, having eaten his
own pudding, drew Williams un-
tasted plate to himself.
The tears were yelling to my
eyes, and father kindly inquired why
[ wept.
s'T've been thinking my old hat
liked over won't look at all suitable
With my new cloak, but William is
30 blue 1 can't bear to ask him for
money" PISS"
efMercy on mel" said father "don't
,ry over a bonnet; go down and get
what you want and bring the bill to
me-" ....s.F d.
NV hat was to be of seal brown.
Two feathers or three?" asked the
nilliner. thought of the hundreds
,ut of employment, of the destitu-
ion and want the winter would be-
hold, of the vanity and pride of
lress,- but while / hesltated a news
10Y, Just out with the afternoon pa
,ers, yelled: "Florida and Louisiana
10Th sure for Hayes!" 1 knew how
ather would feel, and said, "oh, |
hree, certainly"
For two or three days there was a
Ook, not so much of pure melan-
holy as of gloom, wrath and ven
,eance eommingled, in Williams |
and he sprinkled pep |
,er on his beefsteak fearfuily; faith |
r said that be waited the action of |
he Louisiana Returning Board |
With confidence in their, integrity, !
nd slipped his tea with a spoon. l |
ever knew father to sip his tea be- |
ore with a spoon in my life.
By and by it was reported that
lector's names had been omitted
rom Republican votes in Louisiana,
nd father said there was a chill in
hese November days that stuck to
he very marrow, and William said
e intended to arrange his business
0 that he could spend two or three
yeeks of winter in some Southern
lime, say Georgia or louisiana.
hat afternoon went shopping, and
{ tea time laid on the cloth four or
We samples of seal brown merino.
"William, said /, "which of those
o you call the best piece of goods?"
His opinion conceded with mine.
held two bits off at distance.
Ever SO many women that | know
ave dresses off that piece" said l.
laid the bits down, and sighed.
hen l held them off again, and said:
How dreadful it is to be poor!"
'If you want dress so badly, get
!, Mary Ann" SAID William.
81 really don't know rs in our cir
ought, William" q"
eff there's anything hate to see,
is a shabbily-dressed woman-get
.." So, in order to satisfy William,
had TO get the merino.
Since that time Hayes has been
ometimes elected aud sometimes