The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-01-25

IL i little bit Of country. not a. large
As one Of our counties. Like il. What
was there 20 likee- And my friend
entered upon vituperation Of food,
housing, and clothing there, Of town
and country. mountain and valley, Gus
toms and people, from his point Of view
a. an old backwoodsman, which was a.
lndicrous as II was violent.
:. No, Er,r he added, a. last. You
don't catch me wouldn't live in
Scotland not for Scotland told her !
couldn't stand Il. She said must. |
told her wouldn't stand il. She said
should. Very well. l wrote 70 my
nephew in Liverpool, and found out
when the next vessel was 70 cross the
Atlantic. When the time came, l got
her TO 20 TO Liverpool on visit, you
see, 10 my nephew. OF course, she left
her things; but had all mine. As soon
as got 10 Liverpool sent my trunk
on board and bought ticket. One hour
before the ship sailed said TO her:
Look here. old lady, I'm going back
home. II you'll come with me, well; If
not, goodbye You see she had TO
come. Scotland ~ with unspeakable
disgust :. No, sir. Not for me. Not
il Tknow it,-
And so they settled down. The one
weakness Of the Squire was for drink.
No wonder. after half century Of in
diligence. Excellent Mrs Surge ex-
changed her town property for small
farm few miles out. so as TO keep her
husband from temptation. She kept a
supply Of spirits but she also kept the
keys. Every day, az certain set time,
she gave him exactly 50 much, and never
drop more.
!. No, gudeman. she would say, in
answer to his pleading. :. No" And
the grit As Of the Scotch granite was in
that unchanging no. II WAS the same
hand. a. firm a. Il was loving, which had.
somehow, suppressed the .obacco-so
far, az least, that there were no longer
the traces of il on chin or bosom The
only relic Of the habitual profanity was
an occasional s.Good gracious, Gran
N.Y. from his lips, when astonished.
Few things were more delightful 10 Us
than 70 accept an invitation for day
AZ their farm, which was order and neat
ness itself. There Wa sickness in the
cow, propriety in the conduct Of the
Muscovy ducks, q decornm in the very
pigs, telling Of the hand of their mis-
tress- Bur the glory ~ the place was in
the transformation she had wrought in
the old Squire. He Was a. scrupulous-
" neat and clean now a herself. When
add that he WAS Darby in perfect
keeping with his Joan, what more can
be saids
And not merely was Mrs. Surge a.
simple and wholesome a. oatmeal She
rose instantly % any emergency. 1t was
during the DAYS Of the Confederacy, and
she was said % have closed discussion
win the wife of a high official, politics
being the topic, BY boxing the ears Of
that respectable lady very soundly. Be-
fore her marriage. she had entertained.
at my request. very eloquent minister.
on visit 10 ". and who professed 70 Be
u our denomination and from Scotland,
He was ascerfained. however. % be an
impostor. and disappeared. And now he
returned again. underthe wing. this time.
II a certain Bishop. whose Church AZ
had Joined. With that individual NJ
called on the old lady 4 her farm, ex-
pecting - be entertained. q usual. But
she saw the wolf through all his
woody fleece. and literally ran him and
the astonished prelate Of her place.
with q tongue which she would have re-
Inforced with broom-stirk had il been
necessary. An intimate friend OF hers.
a lawyerof distinction. had entered intp
in arrangement BY which. in return, il
was said, for the transfer % him u her
property. he was 70 pay her an annuity
for life. But. a. the years rolled away.
il WAS evident THAI the annuity would
consume the property over and over
again the old couple were growing
younger every day-and the lawyer
Cancelled. with her consent. the contract
in despair 1t j. impossible to say hon
old her husband was when she led him
at last into the communion II the
Church, to live and die therein. re-
spected Of all. a. fine q specimen Of q
Christian patriarch As ever knew.
some people pay enormous prices fol-
4 rare old painting; it may De for 81
antique in coin or pottery. Iconfess Il
a passion. instead. for this old couple
She is alive to-day, and Is, am told, q:
bright and fresh. as original, indie
pendent, energetic. and young As ever
II her eyes should fall upon these lines
l want her 70 know that I will gladly
come any distance to marry her agar
to any body worthy Of her. The sbel
Of such q woman i wonderful II i
as aromatic and lasting a cedar. Rec
Vim. M Baker, in ne Ind, pendent
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