News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-09-20

followed an application to the wife's
sister and the eldest daughter. But be-
fore bedtime the wife, relenting, took
the pants and cutting off six inches from
the legs, hemmed them up nicely and
restored them the closet. Half an hour
later her daughter, taken with compunc-
ton for the unflial conduct, took the
trowsers and, cutting off six inches,
hemmed and replaced them. Finally,
the sister-in-law felt the pangs of con-
science, and she too performed an adj
ditionaI surgical operation on the gsr-
ment. When the editor appeared at
breakfast on Sunday the family thought
a Highland chieftan had arrived. The
Century.
HE LOVED MUSIC.
While listening to a country brass
band, marching at the head of a torch
light procession, I was seized with the
insuppressibIe desire to become a musi-
clan, and upon broaching the matter to
the leader of the band, who was my
fathers bitter enemy, Lc leaned me
horn to take home and practice on. I
DO not remember the name of the horn,
but it had seen much service and was
considerably battered up in places. It
keys generally refused to go down at the
proper time, and after they were once
down it was next to impossible to get
them up. I proceeded to learn the
scale, as the leader had directed, and
Il funeral pail seemed to fall over the en-
tire family. The deaf housekeeper, who
had been faithful to us for ten years,
said that duty called her elsewhere,
and then she left Even the dog, for
which [ had traded the violin, and who
seemed to cherish q sincere affection for
me. went back to his old home, and no
means of persuasion, except strong
piece of cIothes-line, would induce him
to come back. People seemed to shun
our house. The tax collector, who had
been a frequent caller during the pre-
eeding few months, broke off the init
macy before existing. One might have
thought we had a case of smallpox III
the house. Seven hired girls left us IN
rapid succession-and yet / had not
learned the scale. But my health
seemed to be declining, and | was IL
danger of losing my eyes, for every
time T practiced the scale they stuck
out so far that could have knocked
them off with a shingle.
At last, through the advice OF my
father, who came to me one day with
piece of tough carriage-whip and re
NAMED with me for a few minutes. L sen
the horn back to it's owner and gave VI
nv musical studies for something milder
Though I never became MUSICIAN,
still love music so we'll that canno
listen to a solo upon dinner-gong with
out being visibly affected.
PUSHED RIGHT IN.
Little Mabel and her mother wer
boarding during the summer on farm
About the house were several curran
bushes loaded with fruit, of which Ma
bel was excessively fond, and, despit'
her mothers repeated injunctions, sh'
would eat the cur1ant until they made
her sick. One da y her mother caught
her in Fagrante dGzictu, and proceeded
to try the effects of moral suasion. "Why
do YOU persist, my child, she asked, Gin
doing what [ have so often forbidden ?
''Satan tempts me, mamma, replied
her precocious offspring, "and [ can't
help it." "Wel," said the mother,
"when he tempts you again you must
say to him, Get thee behind me Satan,
and then he will leave you alone" The
next day Mabel's mother again discov-
cred the little girl in the bushes, and
fastening to her, began to rebuke her
for her repeated disobedience. "Mabel,
said she to the startled child, "didn't L
tell you yesterday to say to Satan, Get
thee behind q" eyes, mamma,
responded Mabel, "and I did, and as
soon as I said it Satan got behind me,
and pushed me right in p