Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-30
INTERPRETATIONS OF PROVIDENCE
LUPIRY.

I.-LUPIRY.
If was you, Lupiry, would MT try
to do nothin' with it, bein' it's green
besides bein' a terrible scant pattern to
make genteel dress out of, and yaller
and streaked in places Green is terri
BILE unlucky and no mistake. l was
merried in green myself, and look at the
run of luck I've hadl" And Mrs.
Smallidge, q doleful widow who " cut
and basted" for all the female popula-
ton of Rumney Four Corners, rolled
her eyes upward as if calling upon
heaven to bear witness to the woes that
the green wedding-dress had drawn
upon her head. r .". ,..
al told Lupiry t was temptin' of
Providence to hev green dress, but
she seems set upon it. Young folks has
to learn by experience" remarked Lu-
piry's mother, who was also widow
and doleful. "And the poor child won't
hev much, and Luke bein' app'inted to
a city church where ] expect they re
middlin' genteel she'd ought to make
the most of what she's got. She's a
master hand to calkilate, Lupiry is
takes after the Hopkins-but when she
went up garret and fetched down Granny
Hopkins old green silk was beat, for
it's seventy years old if it's a minute. g"
Meanwhile Lupiry, a buxom damsel
with the reddest of cheeks and the
bluest of eyes, " tip-tilted nose and
a prim little mouth which contradicted
it, was holding Granny Hopkins seven
ty-years-old green silk up to the light
with her brow contracted into an a0xiOus
frown.
81 did MT want it for a wedding
dress. am going to turn my turkeys
and buy me a lilac silk. Luke likes
lilac. But did hope this would do for
something"
"They must be terrible worldly, for
Methodists, down to Luke's church, if
they expect the minister's wife to hev
two silk dresses" said Lupiry's mother.
"There's Mis- Elder Bemus, the relic
of Presidin' Elder, she never had but
one, and she's wore that every com
munion Sunday for nigh upon forty
years, to say nothin' of love feasts and
conferences, and it amt wore out yet.
And here's Lupiry wantin' to start out
with two"
al suppose shall have to get along
with only the lilac silk, but do wish /
could manage to squeeze black cash
mere out of my turkey money!"
ga black cashmere would be sweet
pretty" said the dressmaker, "and lay
lock is a real genteel color and makes
up pretty for a minister's wife, bein'
kinder subdued; and silks is reasonable
now, they say, l do hope you'll heV
good luck with your turkeys, Lupiry.
You'd ought to, you've took such care
of 'em--and turkeys is dretful tender
fowls. If Abner Ransom is a goin' to
kerry 'em to market for you you'll be
sure to get all they're 'wuth, for Abner
is terrible sharp at bargain. He was
the one that made Elder Skilton take
off so much for every rainy Sunday
when he hadn't preached to but few
folks. The Elder he was godly-given
and didn't want no fuss so he done il,
but some folks thought twas mean.
Bein' Abner hain't got no turkeys of his
own to sell, guess you'll get good
price for yourn. If you're agoin' TO be
merried in three weeks there amt nc
time TO lose, and I'll be over early Fri.
day mornin' to cut your laylock silk.'
81 tell Lupiry I hope she amt got
her mind too much set upon yanities, =
said Luphy's mother. I" Merryih' Is .
terrible solum and responserble thing
pertikerly merryin' a minister."
"That is true, Sister Hopkins, and
do hope, as you say, that Lupiry's got 4
realiain' sense. Ministers is apt to b,
hearty aud pertikler about their victu
ais. And the minister's family is ex
pected to be given to hospertalerty, anC
the conference brethring do lot on some
thin more'n common in the way of vic
tuals. And then the minister's wife
bein' looked to for an example, haC
ought 10 be industrious and savin'
There amt no denyin' that Mis- Eldei
Bemus' keepin' a hired girl Rendered
her usefulness, If she did have eigh
children, and the nueralgy dretful, anC
the Elder always kinder sickly too
There's q sight more esponserbilerty
comes on the minister's wife if he /
sickly, And, come 10 think of 1t, wha
a terrible great Adams apple Lux
Rankins has got, amt hep Makes mi
think Of Silas Spencer, that preache
over to Enfield when l was girl ant
died of consumption before he wa
thirty. A man with an Adams appl
is terrible apt to have consumption
they say.'' .'h
"I'm afraid Lupiry amt got the gif
for speakin' and prayin' in meetin' tina
she ought to hey," said Lupiry'
mother, with a mOurnful shake Of tn
head. .... ...E ~. .4.-.r -..t.
"a Methodist minister's wife ha
ought to hev them gifts as much as tn
minister himself. And as Mis- Eide
Bemus used to say, she's got to knoN
how TO make her pie.crust short withou
no shortenin', and never offend nobody
But don't you be discouraged, Lupiry
It amt every girl that can get a minis
ter, especially when girls is plenty an
men is scarce, as they be now"
And with another assurance that sh
would be over bright and early Frida
morning to cut the laylock silk, tn
dressmaker took her departure.
Lupiry did feel little discouraged
Speaking in meeting and cooking u
for the conference brethren were dJ
ties pertaining to her future lot upo
which she had not cared to meditat