The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-03-15

4 PROSE PASTORAL ON \ HORSE CAR. ALTER
NATE IMPRONIsATIONS BY A PASSENGER
AND THE DRIVER.
Ii was regular northeastcr and snow
ing hard.
"Fine snow-storm, driver" said fat
man, as he deity swung himself to the
front platform Of a slowly moying Third
Avenue horse car in New York, pulled up
his ulster collar pulled down his sealskin
cap, and faced the storm with the enjoy
mcnt known only to fat men well clad.
The driver was tired and cold and cross.
Fine snoW-stoIm,' repeated the fat
man cheertully. Irregular old-fashioned
snow storm. Makes one think of old
ines"
"lou may call it fine. l call it all fired
onpleasant,' said the driver, yanking at
the reins, as the near horse Slipped on the
snowy cObble-stones. Fine fur them as
likes 1t. an hain't gut n0thin' t du but t.
enjoy 1t. S'pose vast them bosses their
be enj0yin' Nv it, don't they ?"
at is hard Oh the animals, that's
fact, said the fat man, his cheerful face
frightening a tritie as he watched the
steaming horses strain at the load. II
was thinking of the country. Such
snow-storm in the country is a fine thing,
now, isn't it,"
you amt 30 hay Seed said the driv-
CT, looking at the fat man.
'But | used to he. Happiest time of
my life and the cheerful face beamed
again. GLOW we boys did enjoy such a
storm. | can see it all now. The gray
clouds hanging low all day, and then,
after noon, the big flakes beginning to
come slowly down. We could see them
through the school-hOuse windows, and
how uneasy the sight made us feel"
'Not half s uneasy as yer school-marm
made ye Ieel, I'll bet.'
And then when school was OUT con-
tinued the fat man, not needing the in
terruption, chow we dashed through the
snow on our way home with shouts of
happy merriment. tossing the fluffy
whiteness into the air, throwing our
selves full length into the t1eecy, downy
drifts, getting
''Gettiu' yer face ALFRED well washed
by the big boys, an belerin' like a sick
steer when ye got plugged in the ear
18th SNOWFALL 18th a stun into it."
"And then what pleasant excitement
and unusual hurrying there were on the
farm. 1t grew dark early. The COWS
were driven into the warm stable and
stood contentedly at their stanchions,
calmly chewing their cuds; and"
can when We went to milk 'em by the
light Of taller candle stuck into an ole
tin lantern punched full O. hole, the one
eyed brlnd.e lest hatchery kicked the
pint an half O strippins in yer pail gal
ley west"
The fat man did not seem to heed the
interruptions. Perhaps they supplement-
ed bis own happy thoughts so complete
y that he thought they were his own
thoughts.
Yes, " he said, looking over the horses
redolent with the smell of hay and the
sweet breath Of the cattle. The horses
stand in their stalls, munching their
oats
(Which the same they is tailins what
yer old man couldn't sell, they bein' light
weight"
Sin the yard the children shout in
their Innocent glee as the snow comes
down. Even the staid old house dog
seems to rejoice with them, and jumps
and barks and snaps playfuly at the big
feathery fakes as they fall softly in the
twilight, only ceasing-"
"Only ceasin' to chaw playfully on the
leg of a tramp as is sneakin' softly into
the barn in the bootiful twilight
"Within the farm house the lamps are
burning brightly. The aged grandfather
draws his arm chair closer to the ample
fire place, and"
can swares that the storm amt cir
cumstance to the big snow that cum on
the 18th of November, eighteen hundred
an 'leven."
"The farmers buxom daughters cheer
fully prepare the abundant evening meal
"Cold pork an pertaters and pie"
"The farmer and his boys gather
around the gloaning board, their"
"Their butes smellin' considerable hos
sy"
"And talk of the storm and of the
work for the morrow. 1t will be just the
day to go to the od-lot, say the farm
er; and they must not forget to take a
load of wood to the poor widow in the
| valley, and"