The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-10-11
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allowable 10 prini names especially when
Efitlng oui tfae story. For fhis reason
we shall haze recourse to fictitious names
aud We lutodaee our yoapg LADY aeqaAiB'
tauoo as Miss Clara Clinton, aud her iaIh-
er as Judge Clinton Of Cllnionville,
They lhai is the people le-called The
Judge The oldest man that ever lived.
II oddiiy consists in having way Of hi'
own, Judge Clinton was an odd man,
lie would Insist upon living 10 a lite,
brown, old fashioned house, without car.
spess upon the floors, aud, what was more
vexA,Ious, be would not allow sofa, OF
lounge, or rocking chair inside Of The
four walls. As be had an idea that the
whole country was going to rack aud
ruin, because the men wore broadcioth,
aud the women wore silks, be declared
that be would wear homespun as long ss
he lived aud his women folks should be
restricted 10 calico.
AS VIC have nothing TO do with Mrs.
Judge Clinton we shall not allude 20 the
hearty yexation with which she carried
out the old Judges whimsical notions
As she could do nothing better than TO
guip down chagrin, gulp II down she did
and womanlike pretended to believe with
ber husband, that they could reform the
whole world by making themselves con-
/ spicuously mean and uncomfortable,
Judge Clinton was still IN Indigo color
ed homespuu, aud Mrs. Judge Clinton
In nine.pcnny calico, when Miss Clara
Clinton, having reached the age Of eight
cen, aud hayinga will Of her own, which
her mother was careful 10 tell everybody
she Inherited from her father, announced
her determination aud desire to 20 to a
ladies boarding school.
The Judge himself had been poor
boy, sefeincated through his own ex.
ertlons.. He was proud of bis humble
birth aud the difficulties be had overcome
at Brundery. lie bad read Virgil by the
aid Of penny candle, aud solved prob
lens of Euclid by moonlight. lie re-
spected bat one desire 10 the world, aud
that was thirst for knowledge. 80
when Miss Clara protested that she must,
could, aud would go TO boarding school
Judge Clinton cheerfully acquiesced, and
expressed himself ready TO cash over.
No sooner was this interesting subject
broached, however, than, to Miss Clara's
surprise, her father selected one of the
most expensive, thorough and aristocrat-
ic Institutions in the country, paid the
yearly expenses in and sent her at once
TO complete her education, with twenty
five cents for spending money and three
calico gowns for wardrobe.
Ii was bad enough, Miss Clara said,
sobbing all the while as if her beautiful
eyes had been liquid fountains, to be OBJ
liged TO dress in calico, but to have
gowns all alike, from the self-same piece
80 that her companions would think she
had but one--that was the hardest ofall.
But the old Judge was incorrigible.
He had saved two shilings and sixpence
by having them all alike, and be was sat
isfed, but his daughter was not.
1t was bright, clear May morning
when Miss Clara bsde adieu to the ugly
brown homestead, and her mother who
wiped the tears on her calico apron, and
the sheep that bore the fleece from which
her fathers homespuu was made. She
loved everything about the dun -colored
dwelling, now that she looked back upon
It from the coach window. But the nov
city of her condition soon overcome her
grief, and she forgot all petty vexations
amid new scenes and strange faces
around her.
Very weary and travel soilcd she ar
rived at the end of her journey, and was
shown into the reception room, where
were seated stylish young ladies, evi-
IDENTIFY newly arrived like herself
There was Miss June with exquisitelv
fitting gray travelling dress, who looked
her over with quizeal glance 10 her
dark eyes, and Miss Clara felt sure that
the peculiar smile that fingered upon
those sarcastic lips owned It's exis,euce
to The tact that she wore calico.
Blushing TO her very temples, poor
Clara looked away, only 10 encounter
the gaze of Miss Gay, reclining on the
sofa in the most faultless attire, seemiu T.
ly absorbed in studying the pattern o.
the print.
Miss Gay aud Miss June exchanged
glances and smiled. Tears sweled up
from Clara's full heart, but she was too
proud TO wipe them away; one fell, then
another, when soft voice said
You are very tired, am sure; SO are
We all, but We shall be attended to soon.
Clara looked her thanks TO The gentle
speaker-a girl plainly dressed, and of a
sweet, winsome couutenanoe, who, bring.
Ing her chair nearer, asked her some lri.
viyal questions, and related some anus
Ing experience of ber own 10 reaching
the Institution.
Clara felt more at ease and being uatu.
rally ylvscious and intelligent soon made
friends with the kind hearted stranger
who invited her TO become her roommate.
The school term soon commenced, and
there was liule time for Clara 10 think
Of her bomely garments. Bot when San
day came around, and she took smother
calico dress from her trunk exactly like
the one she had worn through the week
her roommate said:
Miss Clinton, ] beg your pardon, bat
wouldu't something else be more becom-
Ing for to-dayS The young ladies usual