Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-10-26

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the husbands nominal vacation be
shorter, it is expected to be vacation in
deed; he lays his books or his handi-
craft absolutely aside; all that, is de-
manded of him ordinarily is that he
should amuse himself. The womanIs
vacation is nominally longer, but, if she
is housekeeper,a wife, q mother, she
keeps her work and her care with her.
II she keeps house in the country, it is
still housekeeping, with increased Diff
Guilty OF obtaining servants; even if she
boards, she still has her children with
her, and has upon her through the sum-
mer days the exclusive responsibility
OF seeing that they are fed, clothed,
Kept out OF mischief in pleasant days,
kept in employment on rainy days, and
kept from collision with other boarders
all the time. She and they are the
gamers by it, on the whole, but if she
were to sit down on Sunday and write
for her husband precise diary of the
week, it would often be singular inter
probation of the words Summer rest"
T. ". Higgioaso1a, IN Womar's
Journal.
Miss Dickinson as a Talker.
The following is from Anna Dickin-
sons "A Ragged Register"
Speeding over the Michigan Central,
one of the beings who must express
himself or die, having watched me
fume over my window till had at last
conquered the catch and received
mouthful of fresh air, abandoned his
seat on the opposite side of the car,
crossed, and planted himself in front of
me and the partially open sash. Pres
emily he stirred, shrugged his shoulders,
turned up his coat collar, and remarked,
@It's chilly" AS the announcement
was apparently made to creation gen
orally, I felt no call to respond, Dis
satisfied at the silence, he faced around,
and in various ways sought to get up
conversation. Ny answers were won
derfully short. At last, as desperate
resource. he said:
"Lecturing your trade, amt it? You
make your bread and butter by it, don't
you?" .....
My tired head nodded what served
for an assent.
"Weu. now, all's grist that comes to
your mill, then? One fellows stamps
ares goods another's, hey?"
I am forced to admit it.
swell, now" growing emphatic, and
dragging out some greasy-looking bills
and currency, "look here. You'll never
lecture in our town. It's too darned
small. But I'd like to hear what you
can do when your steam's up. thought
I'D get a free blowout, but I reckon
you weren't born yesterday your
eye-teeth cut. There's dollar; IL that
pay for good, square talk and all the
fxens?"
I make it manifest to him that it
won't, and hold my peace once more.
"What! not for dollar? Well, then,
it's pretty steep, but I don't mind just
for once going two dollars
Not even for ten dollars can I be
wound up and made to go, and his for
bearance is exhausted.
"You don't mind my telling you that
/ think you're pretty considerable much
on the make? I never did see your
beat. You won't be sociable, and you
won't make square trade. You're not
the woman for my stamps" putting
back his unwashed currency. II
wouldn't talk to you, if--wen, I'd as lief
talk to stone wall. Perhaps you'd
like your own company?"
And, as I did not contradict him, he
gathered himself up, overcoat and all,
and replanted himself for slow roast
by the fiery dragon of stove, but,
evident ", bore me no malice, for, get
ting out at lumber town in the woods,
he paused, and said, IF you ever
should speak anywhere round, I'll
come to hear you"