The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1882-05-05

Crushed Il thete.
A few months ago, says tho Lockport
Union, the daughter OF an East Lockport
man who had grown comfortably well of
in the small grocery line, was sent away
10 "female college," and recently she
arrived home for the holiday vacation.
The old man was in attendance ut tho
depot when the train arrived, with the
old horse and the delivery wagon TO con-
vey his daughter and her trunk to tho
house. When the train stopped, be-
witohing array Of dry goods and wide
brimmed hat dashed from the Car aud
flung itself into the elderly party's arms.
"Why, you superlative pap she ex-
claimed, "I'm so utterly glad to SEQ
you"
Tho old man was somewhat unnerved
by tho greeting, but he recognized the
seal skin cloak IN his grip as the iden'
tical piece Of property ho had paid for
with the bay mare. and he sort OF squat
il up in his arms and planted kiss
where II would do the most good with
report that sounded above the noise
of tho depot. In brief space OF time
the trunk and the attendant baggage
were loaded into the wagon, which was
soon humping over the bubbles home.
'Pa; dear" said the young miss. sur
veying tho team with critical oye. do
you consider this quite excessively be-
yond2"
"HcyP" returned tho old man. with
q puzzled air; quite excessive beyond
whai?'
ooh. no. pa; you don't understand
me" the daughter explained. II mean
this wagon and horse. Do you not
think they are soulful? DO you think
they could he studied apart IN the light
Of "A aymphony, or even o simple poem
aud appear as intensely utter to one OH
returning holne IA one could express?'
The old man twisted uneasiiy in his
seat aud muttered something about no
believed it used 10 be used Tor on express
before he bought IL 10 deliver pork in,
but the conversation appeared Ia be
travelling in snch o lonesome direction
that he pitched the horse u feaounding
crack on tlie rotunda. and the severe
iolting over the frozen ground prevented
further remarks.
"Oh. there 10 that lovely aud con.
summate ma screamed the collegiate as
they drew ns at the door. and presently
she was lost in the embrace OF a moiherly
woman in spectacles.
well. Maria, said the old man al tho
supper table, as he nipped a piece of
butter of the lump with his own knife,
IAN how'd you like your school7'
well there. pa. you're ahou-I mean,
] con.ider il too far beyond" replied the
daughter. at Ia unquehchAble ineff-
able. The girls are 80 snmptn0uSly
stunning-I mean grand-so intense.
L. (. a - L.
oh, the past weeks have been one sub.
lime harmony"
"I 'spose So" nervously aasented tho
old man, as he reached for his third cup
-"hslf full"-bnt how about your
books readin', Eritin'. grammar. rule
o three-how abont themg
PA, don't - exclaimed the daughter,
reproachfully "tho rule of three gram
mar 1t in French. and music. and
painting, and the divine in art that have
that have rendered my school lite one
unbroken flow Of ryihmic bliss-incom
parably and exquisitely all but"
The grocery man aud bis wife looked
helplesaly at each other across the table
After lonesome panse the old lady said:
How do you like 1he biscuit. Maria p
aE9 too ukNEI Ks
gushcd the accomplished young lady,
''and this plum preserves ls simply u
poems in itself"
The old man rose abruptly from the
table and went out Of the room, Rubbing
his head in "a dazed and benumbed man
ner, and tho mass convention was dis
solved That night ho and his wife sat
alone by the stove until late hour, and
at the breakfast table the next morning
he raped smartly on the plate with the
handle of his knife, and remarked:
Maria, me an your mother have been
talkin' the thing over, aud we've como 10
the conclusion that this boardin' school
business Is too utterly all but too much
nonsense Ne and her consider that we
haven't lived sixty odd consummate years
for the purpose OF raisin curiosity. an
there's going to be q stop put 10 this nm
qnenchable foolishnes. Now, after
you've finished eatin' that poem OF fried
sausage an that symphony of twisted
doughnut. yon take an dust upstairs in
less an two seconds an peel of that
fancy gown an put on kaliker, an then
| come down here an help your mother
wash dishes. / want IL distinctly under
stood that there amt goin' To be no more
| rythmic foolishness in this house, 80
longs your superlatiye pa an your
lovely and consummate mas runnin' the
ranch You hear me Maria?"