Litchfield enquirer., 1877-03-08

and whatever may be thought of her fil- ial affection, mature observations on the oeeal Niaas in the molasses and ginger unark8 E&ve convinced me of the sound neEETfbef judgmsnt > ~s ''--
 "rm delighted to see you, Aunt Lou Isa- III 20 right down to my boarding place with you."
 Hence. with brown willow basket in enc hand and shiny leather bag in the other, and mKaeatssunt trotting behind why und& &eaveu she -didnAt. wal&Aby nv aide couldn't see i've met Eyelina Angelia PIimpton. was engaged to Ev- slIna Angslia- I had enjoyed that honor. ever since one July evening when thers@me gp ss sudden fhnnder-shower, unh Ms elaabed my sarrn# and ejaculated she vas ESQ tim-id. An engagement was aa annual episode with Evelina. When I soIemnly asked Pa PIimpten's consent, he didn't remoye his pipe from his nOaths hnt lBt nodded and pursued ms previous train of thought. Evelina smiled PatrOnizingiy upon me. Deference to the aged knew she considered beauti- ful szEa
 Ny amt didn't like my boarding place, and pzsnt plsased with my boarding mis- sres4 SheA thought we'd better keep house. and I spent the next fortnight hoanelhuneing with her. The great de- sS1eratuHs seemed to be the right kind of 6 s'buttery-" one would have supposed to be the staff of life with us. We at last found a ssbut.ery"" on the northwest cor ner. openinR into both kitchen and dining room. having shelves that admitted of be- ing taken out in house cleaning time painted bewitching cream color; and we engaged that butteryA regardless of cost CT the character of the neighbors.
 The next momentous step was to get her .-thingss moved. Were I writing sci enkiic essays on psychological distinction of sex, should make one strong point of the -fanacions attachment of the feminine inmsSnksa amEa bonds 1t stake in an unset ted estate have been known to excite less interest and create less jealousy than the disposikiOn of an odd table cloth.
 My amt was some days in narrowing state of IndecisiOn as to whether she had bssssx have her things invoiced as freight orto 6frA car. By virtue of the hand- some figures I learned to make at the Commercsal College. proved 70 her it vould be cheapest to hire the car. had Go 20 to her former place of abode to see about getting the things. eia route, and had to .smeet them with carriage" at our depot felt like collector of an- tiquities just getting an assortment over from Egypt T shall ever feel grateful to the small boys of our village for their self restraint on this tempting occasion. don't recoIIect single opprobious epi- thek They treated my loads with re- sp@6& to Ehich nothing but hoary hairs could entfETe them.
 There was Q cheese-press. and I don't kn0G but cider mill; there was some thing with four tremendously heavy legs, Ialwmya belieyed to be something in dis guise Of a bedstead. There were seven bAndbOxes -four large and three smalD, five feather beds, seventeen comfortables, ard agTFea4 deal of 7crockery whleh evil dently came ever inA the. MaNIg0sOer, but had much better have put back to land in,ths SDeedsVetL
 II need not say that our residence when furnished was neat but not gaudy. slept under a rising sun" bed quilt, and had . round braided mat to put my feet on when got out in the morning. I sighed for my former cosy, comfortable quar- terx, but remembered my aunt's vaIua. ton. and reasoned that if she was my only living female on the fathers side, I must be her only living male relative on the mothers side.
 Soon after we were domesticated, I found that my aunt was subject to myR- terious attacks. which ,sttacks invariably seixed her m the night time, and made it imperative that I should run for the doc tor. Imbility to these attacks precludsd the possibility of my being away evenings, exceUting Sunday and Thursday eve- ninga. when was expected to see my amt to prayer-meetings and attend her home, though Evelina went off in an op- p0zite direction with another fellow I did, ,ut knOG but justice 10 myself and Ev- eAina demanded that I should have a con. verSatiOn with my aunt, and set before her m language which even a child might un- derstand the duties and priveleges of an eGwagw3 mzn,but felt extremely doubt thsusahA Nksa good deal to risk.
 We kept one servant, whose wages my amt thoght it was right I should pay, because, as she sad, if there was no oue but herself, she shouldn't keep a girl Oar cuisine was managed with strSc4est regArd 10 economy. We lived largely mon soup. which consisted D incipMEly Uf broth My aunt highly es- tesmed marrOW-bOnes wonder if it is generally known among physiologist show E0aw a healthy person can subsist on a persistently boiled marrow-bone.
 For two or three years I had been in the habit of smoking a single cigar at the close of the days labors. One evening wns sitting on the piazza fndulging in this luxury. when out came my aunt a
 ''Sam'sccI " cried she sure gou sn,ok iRgF
 ~Yes'm." very meekly,
 sSWell." said she, calmly but firmly '-nOae of my money shall ever go up ir eiG@r smoka" Then again. "'How mucl do you pay for cigars ?"
 sSTen cents" +.
 s-NOw, Sam'wel, I want you to take yoar pencil and calculate how much ten cents a day will amount to in a year, then how much in fifty years, then want you to put this sum at compound interest, and see how much 1t will amount to by the time yO1 are seventy-6ve years of age"
 t saruck me that had somehow, dur Ing my lifetime, met with similar prob Ie9s. but cOnscientiously made the cal calakion-
 s.Annt." cried I, "rm perfectly appall ed Never did dream of this. Of wha mad exkrnsagance have I been guilty?' and wslaIy | hurled my cigar into tn, e4mOnEle bed.
 It became generally known throughou our village that my aunt was wealthy ant I Has helr-expectant, and soon perceived that whether or not I ever obtained tn, gold [ w.a going Co have the glory. a Ati 1ow&AAs9kikg. legally called, and with th, Moderator in the char, was elected ont of nine prudential committee men: duty -'-t0 see about getting the wood" OuI sabbath schoOl appointed me delegate to Conference at CummiRgford: privilege. Dose my time. pay my own fare change cars twice, stage it five miles ove csMakHy Epal1 and through a Novembe lAndscape: prospects-address by Deacon n-o@as Jones: music. that rare and intri cate composition, ''Shall we gather at tn riverg~ ,-
 secare the position of watchman a our store every other Sunday night Amt asked me if expected extra pay fO this service, and said I did.- Evelin had talked of green reDs for our parlor