Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-03-05
TIRE EVENT AT MIDGEyILLE.

lust before Thanksgiving. when an
event occured in Mdgeville that agl-
tated Midgeyllle society from center
to circumference.
II is no new thing for Midgeville so
oietv to be agitated. Indeed, 1t would
have been a much better talng Tor II
to have remained unaguated ior
any length Of time.
Mrs. Priscilla Downs often said
that "Midgeville was the excitingest
Mace she ever resided ia" AS her
youth had been spent in the whirl Of
gayetv at Bald Hall Glove, and fifteen
wears Of her married life within three
miles of Poverty Corner, this was say
ing a great deal, but it was true,
nevertheless, there was, as Mrs. Prs
ella affirmed, always something hap
pening at Midgeville.
Midgeville had fallen into state OF
apathy not uncommon after a great
and prolonged excitement when 10
was again aroused by the startling in
telligence that Widow Benson and
her TWO children had been turned oHt
of doors
Mrs. BtEson had formerly lived ina
Pinewood, but three years before had
bought pretty little cottage of DR..
Holmes, and with her little family
had taken up her abode IN Nudge
Vile
She had paid $500 down Qhe neigh
bors soon !Cund OUT and an unmar-
ried brother, who was earning a good
salary in the city, became responsible
for the remainder. But the brother
had died soon after the purchase, and
being unable to make the payments
herself, the widow was now to be
turned out of house and home into
the cold, cold world.
AT least such was the story, and IL
came straight. Mrs. Muggins, the
blacksmiths wife had just stepped
into Mrs. Bens9n's on Monday,
"while the clothes were boiling to
get little advice S to how she'd
better trim Susan MarIa's dress, and
found her packing up and getting
ready to move, and in answer to in
quirles as to her object in moving in
cold weather, she SAID that DIR.
Holmes wanted the house for one of
his nepbews."
"She didn't pear to want to talk
much about it, said Mrs Mugglns,
''poor creeter | suppose she felt so bad
she couldn't; ! don't think she has the
least idee where she's agoin to live,
although she's going to her sisters
at Pirewood for a spell, but her sister
has got a family of her own, and Of
course she can't be expected to provide
home for wilder and TWO chill
dren.
Mrs. Muggins was terribly indig-
nant, and SO was every one to whom
she told the story, and it was thought
best TO have q meeting OF the Union
Sewing society the next day although
it was not the day for their meetingl
and see what could be done about H.
The meeting was held at the presi-
dents, Mrs Murch S, who lived di-
rectly opposite Dr. Holmes residence
1t was well attended, and never did
Union Sewing society show a more
united spirit than i'm denouucing DR.
Holmes and expressing sympathy for
the unfortunate widow.
The Widow Sharp boldly proposed
raising money by subscription (of
course, being "a widow herself, she
wouldn't be expected 10 give any
thing, but the other ladies, after max
ing some mental calculations, conclu-
ded that it wouldn't be best; Widow
Benson was a dreadful high spirited
woman, and might feel atllonted.
So there seemed nothing they could
do after all except TO free their minds,
but they did that thoroughly.
1t was perfectly scandalous, they
declared, for DR. Holmes, the richest
man in MidEeyille, and not a child
or chick m the worlu, to Cypress the
widow and iatherless
''Such a good woman as she is Ina
sickness, SAID Mrs Taylor whose
children had had a run of measles
and dreadful tasty, sighed Gran@r. a
Newcome, wondering where her pretty
caps were TO come from now. but
nothing gaudY; you never see her
rugged out ~ tlOuuces and furbelows, -
added Mrs Joel Clark. with a side
glance at the ruille on Mrs Muggips'
dress. Aud am amazing good hand
to mind her own buslHess' was the
significant tribute paid by the black
smiths wife There were but two
dissenting voices Mrs. Dean. whose
husband kept store said "widder,
hadn't ought to buy what they
couldn't pay for. not, as She after
ward explained, because she blamed
the Wilder Benson, but she wauteC
to hit the WIdder Sharpe a dab foI
not paying her grocery bill ~
Miss Eudora Piper, who was aNlct
ed with nervous headaches, remarked
that she had always found DR.
Holmes most gentle and affection --'
and then stopped suddenly, as If SIN
had said more than she intended ia
although everybody, aud especial,
the Widow Sharpe, knew she hadn't
There's the doctors hired mau han
Messing tie horse, said Mrs Murch
looking out of the front window, ''aH,
as sure as I'm alive that's brau ne,
kerridge, and what a big one for jus
one
MA ma yelled Toby Murch
tumbliug over the doorstep in his hur
ry TO tell the news. "Wll Benson
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