The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1879-05-30
The Widow Jones Beau.

"Who said SOP Who on airth told
ye"
''Sam Miles wife-not two minutes
ago! I run rite over to let you know,
for thought it ought to be told of, from
one end of the univarse to the other!
Such an orful case of onfdelity to poor
Mr.. Jones! 1 wonder his apparatus
don't walk the airth to warn her! l
know l never could lie still in my grave,
with such proceedings gwine on with
my widderp'
And no wonder, Mrs. Dame! Any
decent person couldt! Jest between
Won and me I didn't think Jones was
a1kthing estonishin'! One of these
ID nsophisin' men-allers kept a chro-
r hung up in the entry to tell
vas gwine to be hot, and when
ncl ~. b.. cola. Sez.T .to him,
then was over there visitin'
Mr.. Jones, how can you tell
a ling about the weather by that
ID gP o, easy enough sez he, when
lhSmercury runs up it's hot, and when
it runs down it's cold. Why day afore
it run clean up to hundred
and five digits! Hottest of the season!
Just as if I apprehended all that rigma-
role! But that's nothing here nor there
Sally Jones ought to be ashamed of
herself! Not widder six months. and
beau hanging round! It's dreadful"
"Yes! and sich young feller, too!
Curled hair, and mustaches round his
mouth-goodness! l don't see how he
ever finds the way to get his victuals
in All, Polly! how times has changed
since you and was gals l told Mr..
Dame so. yesterday. Sez John, did
you ever see sich hard times as we has
nowp' John was terrible busy mending
a hoss harrer, and sez he. No mother
can't say that ever l did! There's this
bran new harrer with seven teeth broke
clean out!' Men folks is apt, you know.
to be alters etarnally thnikin' of their
own consarns!"
"That's true, Jane; now Sam-poor
dear man!-was jest so. Didn't want to
talk about nothin' but his lame back, and
his cider mill! Skies alive! how much
he did think of that cider mill! Sam
was an orful critter for cider, ye know
"Yes, your poor husband believed in
taking little something to refrigerate
the stummak-cor to the Bible; but
he was a good pious man, neighbol
Robinson was. and he left great many
honest lamentables behind him! You've
missed his company, no doubt, Jane, bu
you've acted like rationable woman
and never thought of gettin' another
partner, though he's been dead more'n {
year!'
"Ah me, Mrs. Dame! Nobody could
ever take my poor-dead-and-gone Samu.
els physician At lIy side-nobody could
ever fill the empty place in my heart left
by Samuel's disease! No, | couldn't del
egate his blessed memory so much as to
take second husband, though to be
sure don't know as it would be out ol
place at all. told Deacon Griswold the
other day. when he was telling me how
young | looked-sez I-'Deacon, it aim
prosperous to be hearin' sich fiatteration'
at all, especially from an unmarried
man, sez l, and my poor demented hus
band not but year in his tombstone
Sez |. Deacon, respect you, and | thinl
sight of your poor motherless, orfur
darter, but can't listen to sich Ian
guidge from you, jest yet ."
"Ah. how much like you, Mrs. Robin
son, alters takin' keer of yer character
and keepin' yer maiden vartue in min'
but that Mrs. Jones! | declare,
never shall be able to bear the sight o
her agin? Mrs. Miles SEE this beau o
hern actilly wears shawl instead OF al
overcoatr'
"A shawl? my goodness! is it posi-
BILE? What can she think of herselfP"
"Yes, and Mrs. Miles sez that Simp
sons boy, that brought this jackanaP
form the depot seed him clap his arm
rite round that huzzy's neck, and kis
her enuff to make a modest woman hid
her head to think Off
kissed herl Heavens. Mrs. Dame
how you do tell Kissed he. in bros