The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-06-09

is like a great many other things
which il Is wonderful how q man can
get accustomed to, but somehow he
does. He expects 1t and like a mule
eating d thistle, he makes the most Of
il and finally comes to like it, simply
because il is hard to swallow and
does make him miserable after he has
swallowed it. He says in an absent
minded way, eyes ! suppose I am,
at any rate that's what they all tell
me- and then takes q chair by the
stove with his overcoat On. He
thinks it viii hardly pay to take it of
although it begins to feel very un-
comfortable, but he says to himself I
think I can stand il. if It don't get
any hotter. And just then the good
lady says, "why, you've got your over
coat on, ] know you must be cold"
"Oh mol not in the least-Pm yf,y
comfortable" "Why yes" let me
put in some more wood" And in
goes a whole armful, the damper Is
opened, and the minister's overcoat
has got to come off now. He backs
gently from the stove toward the
other end of the room, and just as he
gets settled there--it suddenly comes
over the lady Of the house that he
must be too warm and so she goes and
opens the bedroom door right back
of him, the cold wind rushes in like
the breath of an iceberg against his
back, the blast of a close stove heated
seven times hotter blisters his face,
and there he is, his backbone frozen
stiff as the north pole, and his face
like the sun when he goeth forth in
glory. He rejoices like a strong mar
to run a race for the door, but they
won't let him. They say, "why now
don't go, you come SO seldom that
it's a pity you should be in such a
hurry" But he thinks he must go.
"Well if you must go you will come
again very soon, won't you? You can
hardly call this "a cal" dwell per-
hapshot he says TO himself, hardly
know what to callSit myself. YouAcan
call it what you like--but whatever it
is, its something that will alwayssstay
by me. He goes home by way OF
the drug store and gets Dovers
powder and goes to bed with bad
cold. He feels half-sick and miser-
able for three successive days, and
the very next time he passes that per-
son on the street, they say-"Have
you forgotten where we liver" ooh
no! no." "Well 1 thought perhaps
you had, it's SO long since you came
to see u.s." And the next time they
say nothing, but look dreadfully sour
at him, and the next time they won't
look at him at all, and in four weeks
he is no better off than if he hadn't
called at all. Now / do not wish to
be understood as saying this in a
complaining spirit. I think l have
made up my mind to stand it and if l
live long enough I mean to get used
to it and like it. l feel encouraged,
like the man who tried to eat his soup
with a fork, l think I am gaining on
it. But as 1 was saying, it was wash
day when we arrived at Cana of Gal
lice, and they have a habit of always
doing their washing at the public well
where they draw their water for cook
ing and drinking. They dip their
garments in the water and throw
them down on a smooth rock and
pick up a fiat club and wallop them as
earnestly as if their W husbands
were inside of them. The club comes
| down and the air around is full Of
flying water and jumping feas for
few minutes, then the water is wruns
out, the washing wound round hel
head and the washwoman starts home
They don't do washing by the dozer
in that country, nor by the week
There is only n garment which
serves every purpose for day anc
night except that of an ~overcoat, ant
they wash that by the year.
Cana is about as important a place