The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1884-11-20

holding il 70 ths light SO Mamie opened
il. when oss stepped plump, ssIi'ss,ss
iicd msltsss kitten. and attached ts on'
fore paw was card which said, The
Climax Beth turned the card over, and
read tho yousg architects nsne.
'0k. Nannisr' said she. farming ON bel
rsproscbfnlly. Il hope ysu are no. soins
to spell everything" But Mamie wa'
busy filing . saucer for the new conner
and made no answer
may - veil say here that. soon after,
the young man came 10 me in very
straightforward way, made known his in
tsn.ions in regard to Mamie, and asked
psrnission To visit her. That night. while
she was gone on IN errand. laid the ques
tion before the other girls.
II move said Kate, Who Was rather
given to sounding phrases move thai
he bc granted leave to withdraw"
"0h, let him comet said Beth. with
true southern sblivousness Of conse'
qusacsa
Well. hs came. and cans again. and The
little rsmaass unioldsd il : kindlisr 1t.
nosphers than thst Of boarding house
parior, asd after . while | think We all
rather enjoyed him, ~ be was high.
nisdsd. intelligent young fellow, who
condueted his wooing with = very little
nonsense. Some evenings he would come
ia with his drawing board under his arm,
and establishing himself at our kitchen
tsbls. put in his marvelsusly fine lines and
figures. with Mamie sitting beside him
With her ssviug making quite Darby
and.Joan picture. Kate sometimes shook
her hst d him from the covert OF the sit
ting rsom, but shs usually ended with
Bless the children
But. to turn from love to figures. Now
much did il cost?
Now, ] do not expect to be believed
when i say that our entire furnishing,
from the smsll mirrors in our bedrooms
to the big iron spoon in the pantry, cost
exactly $l28 SO; nevertheless that was the
exact total II may seem more credible
when ii is understood that our dressing
tables, wash stands and ottemans were
packing boxes, and that the inviting cush.
ioned chairs we're originally barrels. OF
course our bsdsteads were not furnished
with hair mattresses aud roso blankets,
but we had warm coverings, and clean
straw filled ticks which were simply lux.
urious after the common boarding house
mattresses.
Our table was not set forth with cut
glass and silver Except KAte's spoons and
forks) but ii WAS clean, and the food whole
some and varied.
Aud about the cost Of living? We elect
cd Kate treasurer. and every Saturday
night each Of Us put So into box kept
for the purpose, and she paid for every
thing ont Of IL. We questioned her often
during the first month. how the money
was holding out. but she mad no satisfac-
tory snswer
Tho Hrst day Of January ws sssL found
!, sss plate st supper the following no.
. "Ths first monthly meeting OF the
Cooperative Society will be held
4. .in The kitchen, as soon a. the
';.bs. ui are a.ae. A fnll attendance is
Iesired, to hear the report Of the treas
rer." :,
Every m. m.,nb.r was present. and the
read hen report Ni*' scum.
orth at some length the origin an. o"'''
I tho society, she presented the follow. =
CURES:
\ ACCOUNT WITH HOME es-oPERArIvE SOCIETY.
Ueta. Credit.
o oash 597.D Byeosl 1850
by groceries z2.0t
Nest. vegetables 1871
NY iAbQy lwAshiDg
ironing 0 90
By rtu 1900
Msklag S7275
~ la. az i.sssd ~ q,
'ot.l sS7 ~. Tvtal sy7 43
(Which msssA," said Kate, dropping
Ter official man nsr, ''that We have had ell
his good time, a,d don't owe cent for
nything. and have SO. II apiece coming
'ack TO Us, and she counted out four lit.
10 piles Of money.
"And coal in the bin and food in the
arder, added Beth.
The next month. we paid So . week
Ach, and had sur plus. and after that
a week usually COVERED all Of our ex-
enses.
When we started, hough we asked no
dvics, ne had floods of it,, aud no end OF
ismal predictions. "Yon'll fight, You'll
un in debt" You'll find the work too
ard" "yoa'll get tired Of it," and most
readful Of al You'll be talked about
"Well." said Kate. when this was
rought up, iii good ns. ue in tho past,
nd orderly livisg in the futurs. won't
we US. why. let them talk. They must
Tx about something. and while We are
uder discussion. somebody eise will
gcsps." NO that was disposed 0[ And
. did mot run into debt, and We did not
uarrel. II would be too much ts say
Mt We never differed, but our differences
ere never bitter.
We used 10 think sometimes that BsCh
,irked her share Of the work. but she,
~ the sweetest tempered creature living
ID was always wiling to make mcads.
hen ws bad to hold tight reis on Kate,
no was apt TO want luxuriss out Of ses
N Il exhorbitaut prices. and / was some
mes trial about the cooking. bsip g ALB
'nt minded and apt 10 burn things up.
. TO Mamie. she was never anything but
comfort We didn't keep her long, for
10 day, toward our first Thsnksgi ring
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