Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-09-27
WOODSTOCK, VERMONT, SEPT 81. 1882

played him some nice vines anu ~
sured him that he was TOO good q maj
for curses to have any eject upon nm
Thus solaeed, Mr Nowoh made np ~
mlnd TO propose 10 Miss hoy on wv
next sunday evening ie put on W.
ceremony tlll then' because he Away
wore his best clothes Oh sohaays' ah'
looked smarter
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took place. but on 'he day following
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'heplly' Mrs. pem't'' am "S0"ne''
OF yon'' exclaimed Mr. Nowoh' anu
he marched angr''y out o' tho mousse
AT the door his hat was instantly
blown oil by tho w'hd, ana nc was oo, u,
ligcd to scampcr after 1t down the roao
in his tight boots, which made nm
hobblc. You may be sure that nc
thought Mrs. Dem''t very 'oo''s''
woman for her a'lus'on to tho curse
but it was none the less n tact that MS
boots hurt him woe'"''y Ill o"y' III"
that his thoughts roamed away con-
tinually from his city business lie ~
length made up his mind that his nat
and boots must nave oeeh "hec'cu ny
the damp OF Moho"y > r"'"'
But on the next day, Thursday poor
Mr.. Nowon's hat had shrunk to the
size of n schoolboy's and rs for his
boots, Mrs. Demitt, coming into the
dining-room with Mondays pair on a
tray, called his attention to the further
shrinking they had undergone in the
night. Even Jenny Koy could not
have inserted her little foot into them
now. Mr.. Nowon stood dumolouhoeu'
He had to put on an old hat to 90 into
the city, and on his way bought q nc"
one; but he ate no luncheon that day.
and was melancholy man. His theo-
ry about the damp would no longer
hold water. There could be little
doubt that the curse had begun to
operate on his hat and boots, and ii
this were so, it must be evident that
the other part of the malediction which
concerned himself personally would
be fulfilled in time. On his return
home, Mr.. Nowon walked II tagging
step. and ordered that his shrinking
hat and boots might lie locked up in a
cunboord. and be nut away out of his
sioht He scarcely spoke q word dur
inc dinner, and ate no meat.
1,.o L.. ,n1 hoo,s woro ,ocked nm
..o,o, ,ooL ron. hv Mr.
No,,o, wos broodiuo over typhoid
.,,,,o.;su hroLo, ,oo fail.
900, - h,,ks and other dismal nos.
.u,:,;o, I1;, norvo ,rd onret;te ware
pone He dared no longer to propose
IN Miss Kov. least he should drag this
poor innocent girl into sharing his
blipht but remaining always u pru-
dent man, he made will in which he