Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-29
MRS. WONDERS DREAM ON NEW
YEARS EVE.

MRS. WONDERS DREAM ON NEV
YEARS EVE.
Il wish there wasn't q man or a child
On the face of the earth-thefe now!
Johnny got sharp box on the ear ant
Mite was set down on a chair with
jounce that almost shook the little house
to its foundations; then having silencet
the children, Mrs. Wonder proceeded tx
get supper for the 'man." They were
the torment Of her life these children
and that "man." The first thing in tht
morning and the last at night she was
hurrying and working and contriying
just for them. No peace or comfort OF
rest did she know-nor they either foa
that matter 1t was New Years Eve, and
as is natural with US all, she had been
revie wing her life FOR the past twelve
months--just as she had done each New
Years Eve for the last five years, and
Just as great many of us have been at.
ter such retrospect, she was a good dea]
discouraged; encouragement seldom has
the effect to make US good humored, and
we always attempt to believe that the
blame lies with somebody but ourselves
and we often feel that if We could lift the
whole world up and set it down with 8
jouncc, that it would do us an amazing
amount Of good. Just as Mrs. Wonde,
felt when she gave utterance to the point.
ed remark at the begi ming Of the chapte,
and her feelings were depicted on llel
countanance as Mr. Wonder opened the
door and with an inquiring look step
ped into the room, as she placed the las,
smoking dish upon the tea table.
"There, wish you'd eat your supper
and get TO bed out Of my way---'
was the gentle invitation for the children
to partake of the evening meal, and they
followed Instructions hurriedy and silent
ly as they could. Mr.. Wonder, who had
long ago become used to the little diver
sions, got himself off down town as soon
as practicable, and the unhappy, discour-
aged, oyerWorked, impatient and fretful
balance Of the evening
1t was two hours before she was able
to feel h 1t her work was done for the
night. and that she might sit down in g
char 10 rest; for though men declare and
maintain that women, as housewives.
don't have 'anythlng much" to do, they
are mistaken, and nevertheless, and wom-
en- will dispute this point with them
till the crack OF doom, and probably at
that important period neither will have
arrived any nearer the same conclusion
than they are now. Mr.. Wonder, as he
meandered down town at that identical
hour, was wondering what Hannah could
find to do that made her 50 cross and
tired all the time. Why couldn't he,
work be done at six o'clock as was hisi
And why couldt she sit down and read
evenings, as he did2 And Mrs. Wonder
might have told him, as she had told him
hundred times before, that there was
some buttons off Johnny's coat that must
be put on when he wasn't wearing it, and
rent IN Mites apron that must be
sewed up before the child wanted 1t in
the morning, and stocking to darn and
gloves to mead, aud q thousand little
things just right for women to do oil
evenings" as Grandma Parson used to saw
Mr.. Wonder however, was very good
sort OF a man, and tried to make the best
Of things, and nobody will maintain that
he was TO blame if Nature hadn't given
him the sense and reason to fully under
stand the circumstances Of this case, and
had been indirectly sent BY Mrs. Wonder
the latter sat by the fire at home, alone
and soon fell into heavy slumber, ano
as she slept she dreamed:
In her dream Mrs. Wonder seemed te
have been transported to strange coun
try, and her strange arrival and appear
ance was matter of as much curiosity
to the people she met as were they TO her
The most she could make Of them was
that they were human beings, but the
manner in which they were clad left i
an open question as to which sex they
belonged; her first impression was tina
they had arisen in haste that day anl
each thrown an inverted coffee-sack ovel
the head after first cutting hole for tn,
eyes and mouth.
She seemed to have spent a weel
among this mysterious community, goine
whittier she pleased and helping hersel
to whatever she could find to eat. Sh'
at last discovered that her companions
AuOCASlOuA uCi pVS1tAou lal OCtlCl Glai
she understood it herself, and that the.
laughed among themselves as the,
watched her inqulring countenance, ane
vouchsafed no commentaries upon til
situation until she, unable to endure the
suspense and strangeness of the surround
ings, at las: broke forth with eager ques
tionings, after she had discovered, to he
horror, the true state of the societ,
in'o which she had been 1nysteriousl,
thrown.
Where are your husbands2" she in
luired one day, finding herself surround
ed by about a dozen of the strange com
munity, which, she had become satisfied
consisted Of women only.
They Immediately broke forth into tn
most unmistakable expressions of scorl
and rioicule, and a, last, amid the uproa
she managed to catch one intelligibl,
answer:
''We drove EN- off twenty years ago
them that wouldn't go with scoldin' 90
ho1 water, an broomst.cks, an mop han
dies, an loll.n' pins. an fiat irons an
things, an she added, shaking deli
cate fist vigorously, ''we'd like to see tn
man that'd dare to step foot on this sol
agln. The truth of the matter was" sh
continued, as her companions quiete