Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-01-14
A GLORIOUS IDEA.
why Mrs. Gidaker Would Like to Spend
Forty Years In Q Wilderness.


Forty Years In Wilderness.
"Louise, my dear" said Gidakcr to
his wife ono Sunday, as they wcro go
Ing home from church, "have you ever
thought much about the Pilgrimage In
the Wildcrncss'"
"Well. no, hubby; not such great
sight; and still I've thought about II
some. too, and wished It was oil to be
done over again, said the good woman,
with q far.away sort d sigh. DID,.
"Donc over again! Why, my love,
what can you meanP" said Gidaker.
quickly. with eycs IKE exclamation
points on q poster. .qs. r,st..- 80,
~ mean thatit would bc % Jolly 70
have chance like that now" Nv
"'Lilc what, hy tloMF'J ''.'f -
$40 join the picnic"
"Picnic?" .....'
"Yes. picnic, and ono that would last
forty years. too, at that. Wouldn't 1t
be delightful"
Hfail to grasp your meaning. my
dear"
al mean that would like to have q
chance in that sort Of barbecue my
self. II would just suit me to n I, and
IL another Moses would only come to
Chicago and give us chance to 20
through Lake Michigan and camp
around in Canada for forty years. and
have as nice time Of II oil that while
us they did on the other side Of Jordan,
| tell you, hubby, I'd drop into the pro-
ccssion just too quick. and II j didn't
have q scalskin coat and stem.wind-
ing watch to take along with me 1t
would be because I couldn't borrow
them in the block before started.
Wouldn't it be grandP Ill declare, 1t
fairly warns my feet to think of It."
"What are you saying. LouiseP"
What am / saying' I'm sayin, you
dear old blockhcad, that camping in
the wilderness with no housework to
do would suit me about as well as any
thing l know Of. No sweeping and
scrubbing; no house.cleaning, carpet
shaking or wearing out knuckles ON a
washboard no pinching to make both
ends meets, and worrying about things
you can't afford. II that wouldn't DO
nice, hubby. tell me something that
would. No going distracted when You
have company unexpectedly and your
girl has gone away. No cooking. no
dish.washing or anything to make you
get up early in the morning. Think
how nice It would be TO sleep until YOU
got your nap out, and then find your
breakfast all ready and waiting for You
on bush when you get up; not only
now and then, but right along for q
steady thing every morning for forty
years. know I'd like It. II would
be nearly as ga - icing a gypsy
Don't you think so, hIbby9"
You're person Of queer ideas, my
dear" .'
MAY be I am; but II you had to
drag around like l DO from morning
till night, till your feet got at heavy as
lead, you'd long for any kind OF a
change that would make the work
lighter, l know you would. and that's
the reason why I always thought
would have liked that trip down to
Canaan myself. 1t makes me feel rs
though had on new dress that fit
like glove every time I think Of 1t.
There's only one thing about 1t that
would be hard to bear?"
"And what's that, my love"
why, never having your clothes
wear out, and going all that time with
out getting anything new to talk about.
That would be downright dreadful, a.
sure as you live. II they'd only have
something nice from millinery shop
blow into camp along with the qnails
now and then, or something lovely
from State street drop down with the
mamma sometimes, 1t would be just toe
grand for any use, and nothing could
bo imagined that would suit me any
better, unlcssi 1t would be having money
of my own to spend whenever wanted
It, without having to 60 to market and
waste It in provisions" "-"Lfge"
Brogn, in Chicago Ledger. .,'