The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-01-06

. L "a ffTf q
qpd a .yord wan, ar r. discover that +,
sfalled and ,ief,ed ,r.ri..lv a-f.r
p..ct.d spd therefore needn't ha,e
l,ol.d
VIA, ,lsY III, with tli.s. asked the
roothcr tn neYt tnarniug n. She stood
Ieauirg oyar a rEa-g.r on Tho kitchen "a
,,Dc ,,,n,si,fn., ~, ,,i,. bcad Sbr wore
q bro.d .5,rg,n h.r .Ice,es wrre turk.d mr.,
-he hold a knife giugerly between her en-
.,rr. and sr,.sred "a 10 standing nn Tin
/ Toe for fasr IL faiolf t1pch the ,,bicct
! ~ brr ,,,.s,ian
brunette va. making sail Tor the Office.
I'm, ia. cafue near for a minnie and aid
The proyerb az. that two heads are.
hotter than on IN, Il .ea,u. To- me that
in this cas. No head At all would be. bet
! Ter than a halt
/ "ND.t the eye b., taken out, VIII f.,
do do Won .pt,t,e>a H. e,,ok il with tho
owe In = III -. po,Lrr .uryryit., If,
wi,b .o,p. AZ.
! ..trrtaiply no, - aid brunette there,
ma in b.ad.etfe.e know that ruucb
abont farming
/ Il don, see how ever poiny :, re-
move /, . laid Tho ,na,har III look. a.
thongh II vas nnt IN ia .tav"
]
conl1 eYer extract tia, aid Brunette
BOOKING A. itcritically. Shall send one
~ from down town."
/ ,na 4arr.. all tlis lard H. be. tried on,
too aid the mother
Il tbougf,t tbat wa. .uet lnu,trrrfl
Brunette.
4-~uets ;ftt d.r-f come with ui,, 90
.ai1 the ,ngfter
We'll Ina really clad If there. one
tIiuu thai. df,..p.t conn with a ujg" said
brunette .tnd If were Won. | would
ge strafgh. IA Mr. Brown for advice.
/ AN her =. ,ejI yaII ALI n. knows. She
can do II in ten minute. and then YOU
can % af,lJt the lob uuder,tapdinelv. Ii
/ .r.f4. wicked 10 leay4 Won face 10 face
with all thi, pork but | must. How glad
am ,h.t there are no uig> head. in A
new.naner ot,ice," exclaimed ,he-aud
maxim, a merry yrimace. .be wa, zone.
II i. probable that the mother took her
dauphter'. advice ina slightly modified
form she certainly made a ayinr call on
Mr.. Brown and found that fascinating
and per.na.ty. woman Ut to her ear, in
half piys, bead. Mr., Brown wa. a
pretty woman yood-na ured woman. a
CHARMING woman. Ever so much more
cbsrtnina, than eyer was said th,.
mother Ia h.r.elf with little siph-"but
like most oyer-amiable women. shes n
littl. Slack.tSi.tsd about her l.ou>e work
as grandmother uSed to SAY" brunette
had lnng 40. defined her a. .,tha, sort nf
.oman who will smile Won out Of your
eyrte,.tb and who ha, clothe. on the line
every day in the week There wa no
order or system in the Brown household,
She had no regular time for ANYTHING:
WASHING irouing .weeniup. cooking and
meals had. ike death, all season, for
their own. i unnecessary to state
that .he was not a native of Portland. nor
even Of Maine Thi, morning She had
her future frizzcs rolled up on fragment,
Of 4 mink Theatre nrogranme. and the
color wa yrry becoming to her. But She
had aI>o the bad habit. quite 100 common
with .aSy uaina hausc.nother~. of wear
ing her superanpuated street dresses to
do kitchen work in. At present she was
clad in what had once been stvli,hlv-
fashioned black cashmere. elahorateiy
draped and trimmed. which looked a.
thnnob i. had onre heeu eynosed IL a
u,ltinn storm Of hlack heads every one
Of which had stuck on. Accidents had
happened since. however. and there were
divers rrut, in the skirt and >uudry
brrakiur, away in the un,irhtly mas, Of
lnorin,r. aud nurkprinpS which fashion
loa'l, an III. rack Of Il. victims who arr,
tno blind IL -. the fri.htfully ugly ont
line which i. thereby iyentn the human
form divine" Here and there. the beads
were u,.rfin., riar and ,lrnprinr of, in rag-
rcd strings Ike diminutive drmoralized
currant, in n Garden infested by hens
Dah> of ranr mala>Se> annie saucr. and
grease of various kinds had evidently
made IL acaua;ntauce Al previous times.
and lust now the folds and fe>toon> Of
the front breadth were full Of milk.
which the wearer had spilled in pouring
from pitcbrr mur full for BaJv
Brown. who sat in her small rocking
chair irinkin0 il in an extremely >loppv
and ,ittn>jye manner. The plain. pdv
print gown Of Bob mother looked de-
iirhtfu,ly dainty and ladyljke beside the
mistaken and inappropriatc costume
After an earnest consultation with
Mrs. Brown. who illustrated her iu>truc-
tiou, with n mnrtler5uS looking meat
knife the mother returned T.. the attack
ON her >harr Of thu pi.'> head Ii was
cl.aur, and set hoilirr AT last. in silence.
if not in rrar>-hut toward the middle of
the forenoon. there began radiatinr from
the uuprcreutiou> abode Of the Smith
family. a singular and excessive noice.
Pa>>cr>-hv in The usually quiet street.
looked up at tac windows in amazcment.
and decided instantly that neither coffee
mill nor any known sort Of sewing ma
chine. or carpe; sweeper could produce 50