Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-08-28
WOODSTOCK, VT,. WEDNESDAY, AUG, os, 1878,


wat we named the boy, shood grow NJ
and shood Inherit the dlspoashnn Nv
his salnted mother ho wood support
me, and possibly lhro hls earnest Of,
forts | Good go lhro tie balance OF
the galley aud shadder In comparative
comfort, | WIS finally recoucllcd
Time rolled on aud there wuS an
other added 10 the fold, wich WIZ q
girl,
"Marier." wuz MY remark, "lhls Is
too much, The hoy wus incubus,
but hcv borne 1t, looking 10 the H.
cher But wat kin Girl do I She Is
q expense from the time w her birth
till she gifts on your hands, | fhudder
wen | think wat that puny girl will
cost us, and wot We hey go; To go
thro on its account,
And In u bitter mood sol down
with my head in my hands, like one
whose future Is gloomy, Up spoke
Mariar, once more;
Aly deer, lmogcne viii gov up
into iino woman, when she is twcn,
ty'foOr-"
"Why not seventeen
Seventeen be it. When she is
seventeen she wall marry II rich old
man. Yoo kin do better out Nv II son
in,law than 700 kin out Nv II son, for
q sonln,law will be in lova with the
girl, and man in love kin be made TO
do anything. For your sake, deer. !
hope all our children will be girls
Agin pondcred, 1t wood not be
Il bad thing TO hcv rich son in.law,
to whom 700 Good go and borcr ten
dollars every time you needed it.
What son.in.law in this Crischcn lond
wood let his father. ir.Iaw, the dwth or
Nv his his wile's bein, so dry ioI the
lack OF n few paltry dollars And be-
sides if he didn't like it, aud saw any
chance Nv the old mans drinkin his
self to dcth he wood hasten that con.
clushcn. Wat a glorious deth |
accepted the dawter aud bore Marlar's
lncreest labors TO peryidc for it, with
resignashun. .
Need | narratc how one tollered an.
other in rapid succesion-how the
number lncreest till there wuz ten NV
them, and how eagerly / looked for
red to the time when | shood rest
irum Mariars labers and sit down un-
der their vines and fig trees and enjoy
life.
II wuZ terrible strain on Mallar,
and sympathized with her. The
chi,dln cost money tz well ez labor.
Them children cost me ez follers:
Board NV my mother in-law three week,
| for each. .u.......,........... ''Slo'oo
Medikle atten lcncc, Cach..............3.OO
Soothin Syrups, carminatiye balsams,
cantor and sich, each. .OO
First outfit for child. 1900
String NV beads for child. d...............".lO
Loss nv wife's services for three wecks..iO. 90
Clothin, schoolin, and medikle atlen-
dance, ct cettery, till they Good browse
for themselves, each. ch...................50 w
Or say in round numbers, 5000
each. Multiply this by ten and you
hev the comfortable sum nv $4,000,
wich these addlshuns to the census
substracled from Mauar's earnins,.
wich wuz jist that amount taken from
me. But ez il wuz goin an, | never
rebelled or murmured. Ez | looked
at John remarkt to myself, "You
will be a lawyer and will win dstlnk-
shen and fees" That dislinkshen |
will share and the fees likewise Ma
riar 700 shell marry we'll and yoor
husband will be my prop and stay.
Sammy, destined for the ministry,
Tom tor bankin and the others. down
to the glrl in the cradle, ! had ar
ranged in my minds eye so ez to make
me an ihcum.
Ez I looked over them children l
felt rich. | looked upon them ez an
investment, better than life ,nshoor-
ance or savings banks. The luv nv
child for his parent is more certain
than bank or life inshoorance. They
may break, but nacher cant be wiped
out, nohow, and is certain!to endoor
And in most States there is law
compelling children to take keer Nv
their parents whether they want to or
rot.
And so con,munin with myself | let
Mariar work for them children ez
much ez she choose to. found my
self looking with solissitood on them
offspring, and saw to it that they
wuz kept in good condishen and not
exposed to any disease that wuz likely