The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-12-12

y The detail OF days of chilly coldness.
/" evening once spent 10 the general sittin,
" room passed in up stairs bed rooms, Of q
:. NAL meals aud tanghty politeness job
. often though, that regular quarrel 10 II
o cabin Of Mike Gnnbnrg. 90 the rsilros
borders, where plates and glasses an
o cbsir-less sew about. wonid be preferable
. He went ont as much rs possible. Au
! Rosa had asked him Tor a little piece {
ground for garden Of her own. He hs
given II 10 her. OF conrse. aud she speu
much time there. but abe never A.ked bin
10 look at il His sisters avoided il care
fully. The spot chossn Was an ont. of,be
way one beyond the corn Geld. They worl
cd 10 their own "a usual. and even owe
flowers these girls did not meet on friend
Iy terms,
His mother rather osientatiously read
the more severe OF the religious works il
the library 10 her arm chair on the porch
His father talked OF his time being nearly
over. ais aunt knitted as sternly a,
though she were one OF the Fates ia
charge Of the web OF destiny; and nobody
called him Jack any more.
He was aware that the ladies spoke o.
Rosa's remote little garden as the open air
conservatory" or the Garden OF Eden, y
and once when he asked them why they
did not go aud look at it, Edna replied.
oh, our elances might blight it.
And Ruth added:
1t is loo, too utterly, presume. We
country girls could not appreciate it.
Wbereupon be called them ill nstured
idiots, and they began to sob violently
alluded to him as "a brute. And really
Rosa did carry herself 10 stately fashion
aud met their Roland with an Oliver, as far
as eoldness went.
1t was not a pleasant August. aud il was
. more unpleasant September His only
comfort was hi, grapevine. He hoped to
get the prize for grapes atthe Agricultural
Fair. His father was doing all he could
with bis pears for the same purpose. They
would have other exhibits, also, and the
Parmalee's had never failed to get q prize
Of some sort yet
The evening OF the third day OF the fail
came at last The Parmalees were all 90
ing the family in the carriage, John and
his wife in the little vehicle of his own |
She looked very beautiful, and her dress
WAS perfect. Her sisters in.laws had nor
disdained to make a sort OF rival toilet
aud Mrs. Parmsles was very grand, but
John felt that he was left out in the cold.
and Rosa was rather pale and silent; but
they oil warmed up q little when they en-
tered the hall.
A sort OF proscenium surrounded the
stage at the end OF the great room. Vines
over it. water played amongst
rock work, and pots and tubs Of rare
plants filled in the foreground, miracle
of the scene painters art arose at the back
of the stage, where the sun was setting oy.
ar distant mountains, and in the midst
stood Pomona amidst wealth OF the fruits
'f all countries, while at her feet Law q
Yankee pumpkin a veritable miracle = 80
arge, 80 fawless, so golden. so perfect,
hat 1t was the object on which oil eyes |
fingered. Itdwarfed every other pump {
lin ever seen by the oldest farmer pres.
mt.
All the tables were loaded down, how q
yer, and the Psrmalee exhibit looked well !
'eople walked and talked. and the band !
'layed, and at last appeared upon the '
tage the figures Of three ssges who we're b
o bestow the prizes.
Smiths and Joneses, Wiliamses and v
'rowns, 10 tu'n grew happy. The Wild n
W Watkins almost isinted when she re. A
eived the first prize for onions. and the h
ew member, who was a widower. whisper |,
words Of comfort Farmer Psgindarm I
iouRbt the committee unjust because they n
verooked the merits of his jackson. o
hites, but Mr.. Psrmslee received hon.
RS for bis Katharine pears with cslmn ess Il
he was used to IL ia
Johns grapes were only third best. d
is mothers felt it to be judgement and Z
as proud that her tea roses we're success Il
H. q,
One after another the names OF the sue III
ssful we're called. hut as yet no mention d
as made OF the great pumpkin. Whose
as in There was q pause; the band Ii
aged Yankee DOODLE" calcium light v
~ turned on the pumpkin; the orator or
syed bis hand toward II; all we're stten. W.
re, pt
Next to pork and beans, began the ci
esker, our National dish is pumpkin il
e. l suppose nobody here can deny sr
at this pumpkin now before us is the on
est they ever saw. II is almost miracu dr
as. II is the first exhibit OF its e1bibi.
:. and am proud TO announce that she m
the wife Of one Of our most esteemed si,
nug residents. 1t is 10 the family to get its
lzes vt our annual fairs. and she seems wi
have got bold Of the secret. Mrs. John on
rmslee, have pleasure in Offering to ed
q the first prizs for pumpkins. John tri
ne her mp to get it. You've got frst- ft.
40 farmers wife. aud no mistake.
The Psrmslee family sat motionless. tb,
'ir faces slowly turning pink. That ito
8 the re,ult Of Ross's sly gardening die
70. Her ''couservatory". her Garden for
Eden" had produced tbs. mighty pump to
!. There she Vas on Johns arm, with she
beautiful little face oil pale with Ell. ira
smeut; snl here she came back again wo
b the medal in Ter hand. and she stood Lei