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

-" ~SHN ~ Mhfi0af nofi pi obtkpsi
81, alnt M said Deacon Parker, as, IN
lay capacity Of grocer, be weighed o
fourteen pounds OF crushed snesr Tor Nj
Psrmslee, Who sat upon q tall stool
the customers side Of the counter Jol
continued the Deacon, ss be carefully n
turned sbon, q teaspoopiul over. weight
tie barrel John always seemed Kind
siill when he Was amongst the gals. and
calculated bed be one Of cur old bach,
lors; bni there's pever any telling
Mrs. Psrmslee gave 3 Sigh, grosn an
hook Der head,
II you feel tL., way about IL. how mu,
! feeli she said. As for his pa, he's
changed man. And Aant Abby took ,
her bed. Aud my daughters have erie
till ] thought they'd cry their eyes ou
We're an 'fiiicted family. deacon.
i wsnt to know eJicuiated the deacon
He bsiot gone and married the hired ga
has be?
| wish be bad. said Mrs Patmalee. Sh
d have helped sbont the house.
l dunno, said the deacon. Ny grand
mothers youngest son --sn uncle OF mine
that warn't mnch older'n me - he marie,
his mas hired gal, and she Jest folded be
hands and wouldn't fetch the water I,
wash EN- with arter the ring was on. Tisn
one OF the Jorkinses you've bad the farm
erly quarrel with fur so long = timer
l wish it was one OF the Jorkins girls
said Mrs. Psrmslee.
l want to know said the deacon 10 sur
prise. Is it "a widder with suthin ssin
her character, like Samuwel Pennelor
married?
No, said Mrs. Psrmalee. She's set up
city thing, with all the airs you ever saw
She's fresh from boarding-school, and talks
French, and sings Italian, and plays,
must say. like professor. She's all style
and despises us, and hates the house and
the farm; and she'll wean John from u.s.
He's said more hateful things since be
was msrrid than be ever said 10 bis life
before. We gave him the best bedroom.
and she's got him to new furnish it, And
wished it bad pleased the Lord to take
ne years ago. for | don't expect ever to be
happy again while live.
Pretty bad; pretty bad, said the dea
'on. But perhaps she'll turn out be,ter
han you calkerlate, as she grows older
traps it's childishness. My wife would
'eein by giving ber a regular setting down
nd settle her for good.
My spirit is broken, said Mrs. Parma
ee. with asigh. Did l say a pound of
aislns. and paper OF all.slice, and -
Do. yes, nearly forgot the tea the same
70 always get; pound. And put them
the carriage. I'm going next door to
be milliners to get my new bonnet. / !
aw my dsughter'in.lsw looking sideways
my old one last Sunday; and, with an
tber groan, Mrs. Parmalee carried her
udget CT woes to Miss Trimmer, who
as even more sympathetic than the dea
Dp.
Meanwhile. Johns new wife was haying
'ther forlorn time OF 1t at home. John
as lecturing her.
Don't you think you could take a little
ore interest in country life, dear? be was
ying. 1t would please the family so
ucb.
do John, said Rosa, with her biz blue
'es full OF csndor I'm sure I've sketch
every thing. The spring, the we'll, the
Gusts on the hill, and Rossie, the calf.
d I've got great lunches OF grass.
Yes but don't mean an artistic inter
!, said John. A real solid one. Couldn't
u feel little like country girl il you
led Rosa?
have driven my own pony. and per
ps l could drive the reaper, said Rosa.
And l wouldn't mind giving .
pigs their Cruel, whatever they eat ,
| churn.
The hired men and the servants do All .
at, Rosa, said John, rather severely
mt pretend to misunderstand me. I'm
'lain farmer, and my wife must not be
much shove things / take an interest :
I'm not, John. cried Rosr What do | I
'obp could not say. He only knew that G
bone, which had been place OF peace
comfort 10 the days v hen, as the bach u
= brother OF tive-snd-,hirty. be had n
N the Adored OF the homestead, the u
u of bis mother. aud the Admirable "a
ricbtou OF bis younger sisters, had turn ii
into . sort OF cabinet OF torture; that
little beauty who had left boarding. q,
DOL to marry bin aud whom be had n
ugtt perfect was spoken OF as q 'stuck a
: asa thing Of airs and grac.s, IS one s
'pnt on airs. The family wore the Ia
OF havius been through q friehtful Ia
!. Sharp things we're said bitter ones il
}; and bis smiable parents, bis cheer. =,
old Aunt, and his lively little sisters n,
g changed into beings as solemn AZ to
nd Druids. d,
be change bad been brought about by yc
giving them what be supposed would br
pleasant surprise in marrying Rosa. al
bad qusrreled With them. nov be IVES
uring bis wife. She VAS wiping away m
sr when jane the servant, knocked AT -,
door. and brought 10 batch Of le, m
OF
peers folks fetched them fiom the Of xii
she said, ~ she dumped them on her he
ters desk. snd showed b, her slsnces CT,
she plsioly saw that bis wife bad been vi
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