South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-09-16
THE MINISTER'S WIFE.

mind what | tell yon! The idea of,
sober, respectable man of forty mars
rying chit of Il girl like that But
it peais to me that the longer l live
the more convinced | am that men
arc awful fools whcu it comes to love.
Whenever they git Struck rs my
nephew calls 1t, 1t Just pears to knock
all the senses out OF 'c,m That they ever
did have And Mrs. Iezelliah
Winters settled hcr spcctaclcs firmly
on her nose, us though she meant they
should always stay there, and then
.lammcd her needle cncrgctically
through her sewing
You sec Mrs. IIcZclilh Winters
was Il prominent member OF the sew
ing, society ut l., and WAS ccncr-
alINtirst spokesman everywhere.
'lagrec with you entirely said Mrs.
! Anthony Evans, Il mcck.t:lccd woman
WHO seldom had All opinion OF her
own, but always agreed with some
! body.
'And he being Il minister OF the ros-
pei, too put i'll Miss Sophrona Dobbs.
4 don't know what the world is
coming to, l am sure said Mrs. Ebcn
Ricktield and there WAS a general
sigh OF dissatisfaction from ali the
members Of the sewing society.
4 know that the duty OF every
member Of this society is TO convince
that inexperienced child of her dutv
rs minister's wife; and I am NOR
ally sure that something dreadful will
Happen to those children of his alnre
six months. TO think olthc way she
has started out already-got new Gro.
qnet set = And Miss Arimintha
Wright tossed this remark like il bomb
she'll in their midst.
ihc ladies dropped the precious
garments intended for the hea,l,cn
amid such CALCULATIONS us dreadful p
'Atrocious What coulu he cxncct
Of lcr!' did Won evcr% And a"a;n
old Mrs. Richiiell tried to iuagin,
what the world VAS coming to.
Now | don't think it looks very
well to see the whole society swoor
down OH one little person like Imo
gene, interrupted Mrs. Arthur VIII.
ton, who had not been member oi
the sewing circle very long.
Eve .Ad letter wait until she is
mere he t." ,'ns, a meek ss9j6a!;Alrs ss9ja Mrs, Hen
Mi!!.n; ". lon; v,',ta.sn Ways: l,at to54Fnr.
ed my 'ulinion OF her that Sunday
when she laughed right out in meet.
ing just because little poodle dog
harkcd ut the Choir
This awful evidence Of the total dc.
pravitv OF the ministers new wife WAS
ircvcaltd by Mrs. lIezcEiah Winters.
almost everybody laughed at that, >
! responded Mrs. Parsons Anything q
G seems so much funnicr if You hadn
G ought to laugh
And just to think Of what she said
t ID me-, said the owner OF the atorc-
$ aen;:oncd poodle. 'Why, when
:cnt ana asked her to join our society
SIC said she h:.I two little heatlcns ut
innc to sew for, and that they took
, lnc most OF her time but if we war,t-
.d to sew for the neglected children
living under the shadow Of Our own
church spires, she would spare time to
help us. just ;ls ii we wanted the
lower strata in our churcln Anal
Miss Sop!lroI2 D155s smiled the a:v
disdainiully.
Now this is enough for one time, >
interrupted Mrs. Wilton. sWould
that ministers could have two wives,
50 we mi ight divide the blame
The ladies looked bcwildcrcd, and
some Of them laughed little; then
they launched into discussion on the
coming picnic.
: 1t WAS to be the regulation kind Of
a picnic for the ladies' and children
only, and they were to have such Il
nice time, with ham sandwiches.
Ercsscd chicken, and lemonade made
'on The grounds, and bugs and mos
Gultors ad intinitum.
When the day Of the picnic arrived.
Mrs. Merton, the much talked of
mllistcr's wife, went People had
said that they didn't reckon Mrs.
Merton would go, rs the church was
at tic bottom of it, and when they
saw her there they said it was .iust
like a frivolous thing like her to go to
every picnic
Nevertheless, church people at
L., were like church people every
where; they said good deal that
they didn't mean, and with few OK.
cep'ious, bluc-cycd, f;,ir-faccI Mrs.
Merton was very cordially treated,
and her friends, when she made them.
were very true to her, and always dc.
Tended her when she ran the caunt-
let OF socicty'S tongue.
The picnic seemed asuccess ecner-
ally; everybody was having such a
splendid t:mc;' and the mosquitoes
had NOicl 1,icnif.s n l,nnnt;E.,l ;........