Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-01-03
LANCASTER. WISCONSIN, THURSDAY. JANUARY s. 1878

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he would be as glad to see as he
would another certain person.
There is some mistake said Mag
gle Snow, Jake Coleman is always
joking
st was MALE said Lucinda
/, Dobbs, else why did he call her
Hugh? Yon have all heard the min
lister say his wife hadn't relative on
earth except her mother and maiden
aunt. 'not e s7iase ~ Ha
4 have thought something was on
the minister's mind all the spring,
said the Widder Tubbs, Il have spo-
ken to sister Ann about it q number
of times Then she kinde rolled up
her eyes, jest as she does in class
| meetin', and SEE she, 1T is an awful
dispensation but / hope he'll turn il
into means of grace; hope his
speritooil strength viii be renewed.
But SEE che, Il have borryed a good
deal of trouble about his bein' so
handsome have noticed that hand
some ministers don't turn out well,
they most always have somethin' hap.
pen to EN- sooner or later; but I hope
he'll be led..'
well l never thought that Miss
Linden was any too good said Betsy
Bobbet.
Neither did L. said Lucinder
Dobbs.
She has turned out jest as always
thought she would said Ophelia, saDd
| have jest as good an opinion OF her
as l have for them that stand up for
her.
Maggie Snow spoke up then, jest as
clear as bell her voice sounded; she
amt afraid of anybody for she is Law
yer Shows only child, and has been
to Boston to school. SEE she, Aunt
Allen (she is little related to me ON
her mothers side), Aunt Allen, why
IS it that, as general rule, the very
worst folks are the first ones to sus
pect other folks of being bad?'
See |, Maggie they draw their pic
lures from memory And SEE |, they
want to pull down othsr folkses repu-
tations, for they feel as if their own
goodness is in totterin' condition, and
if they fall they want something to
fall on Sc as to come down easier
like
Maggie Snow laughed, so did Miss
Edwards and the Joneses, but Betsy
Bobbet and the Dobbs girls looked
black as Erobius and SEE Betsy Bob
bet to me, SEE she, 4 shouldn't think,
Josiah Aliens wife, that you would
countenance such conduct
Il will first know there is wrong
conduct SEE I. SEE /, Miss Linden's
face is as innocent as baby's, and
| amt goin' to mistrust any evil out
of them pretty brown eyes till ] am
obleeged to-
Jest at this minute the hired girl
came in and said supper was ready,
and we all went out to eat it. Miss
Jones said there wasn't anything on
the table ft to eat aud sho was afraid
we couldn't make out, but we did
have splendid supper, good enough
for the Zero of Rusty.
We hadn't more'n got up from the
supper table and got back into the
parlor when we heard knock onto
the front door. Miss Jones went and
opened it, and who, Of all the live
world, should walk in but the minis
ter! The faces of the wimmen as he
entered would have been study for
Michael Angelica, or any of the old
painters. Miss Jones was so frustrat-
cd that she asked him the first thing
to take off his bonnet, then she be
thought herself and SEE she, 'How's
your mother?' before she had sot him
in chair or anything But he
looked jest as pleasant aud
composed as ever, though his eyes
kinder laughed. And he thanked her
and told her he left his mother the
day before a good deal better, and
then be turned to Maggie Snow, and
SEE he:
4 have come after you, Miss Mag
gie,' SEE he. my wife come home
night before last and wanted to see
you so bad that / told her as I had
business past your house would call
for you as l went home, and your
mother told me you was here. ! think
l know SEE he, swhy she wants to see
you so very much now, she is so
proud of our boy she can't wait till.
Your boy gasped nine wimmen
to once,
'Yes,' SEE he smiln' more pleasant
than l ever see him, Il know you Will
all wish me joy. We have nice lit
tie boy, little Hugh, tor my wife has
named him already for her father. He
is fine, healthy little fellow-almost
two months DID,
It wouldn't have done any good for
Michael Angelica to have been there
nor Mr.. Ruben nor none of the rest of
them, for if they had their paletes and
their easelses all ready they never
could have done any justice to the
faces of Betsy Bobbet and the Dobbs'
girls, and as for Miss Deacon Graves
her spectacles fell off unnoticed, and
she opened her mouth so wide that it
was very doubtful to me if she could
ever shet it agin. And, as for me, l
was truly happy enuff to sing the TIE
Deus.
Mggie Snow flew out OF the room
put on her bonnet with her face shin
il like cherubim, aad as / lived a
half mile on the road they was go
in and the quilt was most of, and he
had two horses and insisted, / rode
with 'em, and / haint seen none Of the
quilters sense.