Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-06-02

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''Pm sorry, Stephen, but the fact
is, we have been economizing lately,
and they came so late that had no
time to prepare anything different.
''This delicious bread and butter
needs no apology, to say nothing of !
the other good things" said the cler-
gyman.
Poor Stephen his pride was deep |
ly hurt as he contrasted this table |
with others that had been spread in
honor of his pastors visits.
''Have you met with losses recent
lY?" asked the pastors wife with
concern.
.'Oh, no." said Mrs. Gordon, ''but
in the spring, on a farm, there are a
great many things wanted, and we
are economizing in order to meet ex-
penses."
The next morning Mr.. Gordon
called on neighbor, Mr.. Jones. to
pay him for pair of young cattle.
''Here is the money for the steers"
said Mr.. Gordon, handing him roll
of bills.
Mrs. Jones was working over her
butter in the kitchen. She had
butter worker, and it was astonishing
how fast she made the butter into
cakes and stamped them, draining
out every drop of butter milk with
out hardly any exertion, while Mr.
Gordon watched her.
ssGot butter worker, / see."
eyes, and I don't know how |
ever lived without one. 1t is so easy
working butter now compared with
what it used to be. Why, it used to
make me so tired to work over so
mucI butter, that [ wasn't good for
anything for two days afterwards" p"
"Here, wife, is twenty dollars you
wanted for cloak. Give Mr.. Cor
don a receipt for fifty dollars p
Mr.. Gordon started.
Twenty dollars for a cloak! When
had he given his wife that sum for
anything He looked around the
kitchen. Here was model range,
sink and everything convenient
and handy with which the farmers
wife could do her work. What a
contrast to Hannah's kitchen He
well knew that he was better able to
afford such an outfit than his neigh
Dor was.
On returning, Mr.. Gordon first
stopped at the barn. Here every
thing was in order and convenient to
work with. Was it possible that he
had made Hannah do all the econo-
MIXING?
In one corner of the shed was
something that looked like a sled.
His little boy had been trying to make
one, and the words of the child rang
in his ears, 81 shan't let my boys
90 without when I'm man."
He then went into the house.
"Where is Hannah?' he inquired
; of Uncle Moses.
''She's gone over to see Stiles
sick child"
The farmer sat down and took his
paper, but his thoughts were too busy
to read. He had never looked Sc
mean in his own eyes before. He
was still angry with his wife for hum
bling him so the night before, by
giving the minister and his wife such
a supper. Yet now, as he thought il
over he wondered how he could have
blamed her.
"Uncle Moses, how much do yor
think it would cost to clothe q wo
man for a year?'
Its never cost much to clotht
: you 'rn," said he, his black eyes snap
t ping. 81 never thought you coulC
: have been so mean and stingy will
any one as you have been with her
4 She's too good for ye, and its time
t ye found it out, There you've go
y enough to keep her like a lady, bu
u instead of that she can't even hav,
It things to work with. Yell never ge
= cent of my fortin'. I'll settle it OIL
Hannah and the boys
ssThat's all right. Why did yo'
: not tell me how selfish / was before ?
{ "Haven't been a-tellin' ye al
the time, and what good did it do
!. If yer stomach hadn't been pincheC
= a little, yer wouldn't have found ou
how good it was to follow what ye
alters approaching to her, we mus
u economize. We must economiZe. }"
. "Well, / did miss the goodies, bu
that wasn't all the reason, and it
;, never too late to mend.''
After dinner Mrs. Gordon wen
: back to the dying child, and her hus
band harnessed up and went to town
In about two hours he returned wit
a tinsmith, new stove, new churn
), and a butter worker; new sled fo
n Willie and two pair of skates for tn
a other boys.
: When Mrs. Gordon came home sh
found the children rejoicing owe
their presents, and Uncle Moses an
% Mr. Gordon busy getting tea.
> "Why, where did that stove com
from?" said the astonished woman
and as her eyes fell upon the ne
= churn and butter-worker, she eA
h claimed:
:. "Why, what does it mean y
sit means that we have done 'ecor
omizing' for the present, and ths
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