The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-01-05

most common thing In the world.
"A what? 1T looks like side-show
at the circus, or potter"
Everybody don't take to 'em when
they first see en-" Uttered Lucinda.
Father didn't. Folks have to be edu-
Gated up to em, like eating tomatoes"
Apo'tiere, did you say? Where'd
you get the idear?"
Its French word" said Mrs. Tom,
as if French were her daily speech. at
came from France
"Pity it hadn't stayed there. 1t must
let in sight of cod air."
"We haven't suffered no inconven-
/ fence, returned Mrs. Tom, loftily.
I" 1t amt to be sneezed at" said Luz
cinda.
AS luck would have it, however, a
cold snap set in about this time. Mrs.
Dodd piled on the coal and shivered
surreptitiously.
Your what-you-may-c don't
seem to keep ont the cold like door,"
suggested Mrs. Jerry, in another of her
neighborly cails. Il don't believe
they'll be popular in Mllvillage."
"They're popular at Lawyer Brownies
and in the first families to Hingham,"
returned her sister-in-law.
"Well, s'pose ey have furnace
there, and the price of coal amt no con-
sequGgace to 'em. For my part,
1,ooulGn't he able to reconcile it to my
conscience to waste Jerry's substance
i'll portiere.
If Mrs. Dodd had wished to set the
neighborhood agog she succeeded;
Millviliage wasn't used to esthetic ideas,
and the report that she had taken q
door off the hinges and hung up cur
tain in its stead seemed to their unen-
liqbtened minds the height of alb
surditv.
"But it really does look ever so
pretty said one genial soul ut the
sewing circle, only my teeth chat.
tered in my head all the time l stayed
at Miss Dodd's."
"Lucindy tells me it's new tangled
notion they got up to bingham; she
says it's all around there, rs if it was
1.-THE measles. It's what they call art
Decora ion, explained Mrs. Lutte
string, The millner.
"Ar5 fddlestcls," snapped Mrs. Jer-
ny, "the art of taking cold, | reckon.
Pameley had the doctor last night aud
mustard plasterl I calkiate she's
decorated with blister by this time
",'m afeared Miss Dodd's getting
dreadful worldly to he so took mp W tn
cotfee-b0cg,ng and cotton-hannel when
there's mi siOnary work to be done"
sighed old Ms. Preacher.
Mis-, Dodd'S got gentlity on the
BRAN, put in the village dressmaker.
"She wants to lead the fashions in Mill
village"
81 think its our duty to get up pc
titiOn and ask her to have the door
hung again, saeinG's the sewing society's
gong TO meet there next week; it
would I be convenient for all of Us to
hev the influenzy together;" suggested
the Pre-id mt of the society.
Its flying in the face of Providence"
per ted Mrs. Jerry.
But before the week ended Aunt
Hannah dropped in from heartfelt to
make Mrs d id visit, as the weather
had moderated
Il thought Id take advantage of the
warm spell, she exclaimed. lyon see
I'm going over to bingham next week
TO hev Lawyer Browne make my will,
and / thought I'd stop awhile along
with you, Pamelev, on my way. You
know" she continued, dropping into a
whisper rs though the heirs were all at
her elbow, "if / don't make it-and it
seems as if l was old enough-every-
thing'll go to his folks seeing's I'm
only your aunt-in-law, having marie
your own uncl Rog Hill for my firt
husband and my good-for-nothing
cousin Tom Jackman for my second: If
/ don't make it, you see, no n dollar'd
belong to you, as / brought you up till
you married Mr.. Dodd! Laws is queer,
you know so thought | won dn't wait
no longer, but take advantage of the
thaw and hev Lawyer Browne cut his
folks off with do lar"
But the thaw was followed by another
cold wave before Aunt Hannah could
start for HinQham.
1T wort last long" Mrs. Dodd con-
soled her, "and then Tom'll drive you
over in the,pung."
cts proper pleasant here" chirruped
the old lady, "and | wouldn't grudge
staying al winter, If his own folks had
only been cut off How we'll Ben's
wooden carpet wears, and the horse
hair furniture looks so genteel. w en-
you get my legacy-ain't there door
open somewhere, Pameley? I've got
cold water. a-running down my back
-
do put on this shawl, Amt Han
nah" begged Mrs. Dodd I'll stir up
the fire and bring my foot-stove and
bottle of hot water; the house is Old,
you see, and full of cracks.
when you get my legacy You can
have new one, Pameley. What have
you got that counterpart hanging mp to
the doorway for? To keep out the
air 2"
"That's portiere, Aunt Hannah"
"Lor, / heard to heartfelt that you
had porHere, and 70 ks wondered
what it was like, and said they hoped it
wasn't nothing ca ching. I've been
meaning TO ak Won about it ever 81 co
/ come, but the will and the cold snap
put it ont of my head. So that's
portior', ell? Can't you afford a door,
Pameley?"
I'VE took it off a-purpose, sid Lu-