Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-04-02
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By HARRIET E. g.. Greasy.

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- Over the, hills to the poor.house.'
| There, that is. just my case," said, old
Mrs. Williams, taking. o. her glasses
and laying aside the paper that, con.
tanned the. poem, alluded to.
i sNot quite SO bad sasSthat," replied
the neighborly friend whom she ad-
dressed. w
@!Vell, I expect it will come to that;
next month I have got to be toted
down to my daughte in Jersey. You
know stay two years with Betsy, here,
and then two years with Emily. I
have done that ever since my son
moved off West. He said at the time
he went ! could go, with him, but he
knew. that would be impossible, with
my feeble health, SO it was safe to make
me the offer. When our farm was sold
in jersey he took the money! came
'here to York State, bought q farm, the
one adjoining this where Betsy now
lives, and had the deed made out in
his own name. He had no right
to do it, of course; and why the girls
and I allowed him to is now 9 mystery
TO me; for they should have, shared
equally with him, and I been allowed
the use of third; and, then, my two
boys in California should have had
/ something. But We were all SO foolish
IS to- allow that selfish Cal Ito get it
into his own hands. The girls got mar.
/ ried, OF, capnot1say,how they would
have got along, and T am left on thei,
Hands"
II Don't he send you any money to
help yourself WITH" ..,,.. ,.n.-
"No, not a cent; he has got a wife
that would prevent his doing that, il
she could, even if he we're inclined to-
She treated me .shamefqlly the Little
time I lived with her, Before they
moved West. She, little Realized o.
cared how hard: worked to help earn
1.-THE property she was then living on
With house work, dairy, six children
one of whom died when he was Il
years old-to take care OF, never having
7 any hired help within doors, but one OF
two hired men to- cook for good part
of the year, generally had plenty q
work to do. For months together, in
spring and summer, I arose at in the
morning, and was so hurried through
the whole day that 7 could mot find
time to sit down long enough to comt
my hair until 8 in the evening. And
after that hour I often had about an
hours work to do before ! could retire
We always had a good deal of compa
ny, too, and schoolmarm and school
master to board five or six weeks, each
during the year; for it. wassr them the
fashion for teachers to board around
particularly in the rurals districts. j
know I thought it something of tax
to put up teachers and cililaren's din.
ners so many week ks in the year, and
what remember as one oil
my, worst tasks was going, around
into the cold rooms sin p-Winter-
for we never kept but one 'fre-and
making up five or six beds. 1t is al-
most wonder the little children did
not freeze, sleeping in those great cold
rooms; but I did my best to try to keep
them comfortable, going around to
their rooms every night.a and tucklng ur
the bed-clothes, until they were fairly
| grown up. Ny husband used to tell
me T. made a slaEe. of myself for my
children, sbnt did it with free will,
rand would do the same again if I were
to live my life over again. When my
little boy died I know nearly mourned
7 my self to death; and then how glad
was I had always tried to make him so
bappy and .comtortable..> And then,
when tbs other Two boys vent of. 70
California, I was glad I had been so
good and motherly to them. They
were young, one Is and the other 1S.
It seemed almost like burying them to
lot them go; but their father thought
it might be the best for them in the
end. But he did not live long enough
,afterward tor know whether TREY were
successful or not, having died in less
than q year after they went. They have
now been there six years, have both
mafnea, and Iwits THAT they do not
much more than make q good living"
"Don't they ever send you any money
e': ~ 10y dsaa nv bus9 hzzs3,l
y to be comfortable, DIS I have never
wsEitten them aaboutt qall.se ueaind \ f.
Il should write and tell them about
it, Mrs. Williams, Sr T ahop1d Jay he is
the greatest scamp outside Of prison
J *eSls, seias6. 3BisDaon, that is
ALL" replied the poor old lady, tears
Efgnshing from her eyess
+ & ,@Well, do your TWO California boys
write You kind and frequent letters?"
They do NOT write very often, hav'
ing families Of their own to care for
3at sgite kki4pdly, though not as I do to
1 81 am glad never had any children
Il Mrs. illiams. I believe my money
T servesme better"
| If you had them you woald find
them inexpressibly dear to you"
mo doubt I would, but wdgIld want
them all girls. ]. believe danght ter i
|, a daughter, all her He; and sonsis 1
II SON till he getsshim 8 wife" ss p
i MY daughters are very kind 70 me-
said The Old lady: sSa'sss ii
]. "And their husbandsP" asked Mrs
! Blandon.
;, retsWen Bstays shuS61nd is a gooi
sort Of man, you know, and is kind il
his way. But the one in Jersey, Emf
4 ly's Husband, would rather I were any
where else than there; ten to one, # b!
! | speaks to me after I get there but
have to 60, or else, over the hills to tn.
u po0r.honae" Here the moor woman