Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-07-11

Sundays.
Ruching was being worn for face trim
ming at the time, and having covered n
close fitting frame with black silk, and
added . few loops Of black ribbon, ven
tured TO put here and there IN the ruche
tiny knot of narrow lavender velvet. Ann
looked really pleased when she tried il
on, and the next morning, catching a
glimpse of her as she went ont of the gate
wearing the new bonnet, | quite con-
graduated myself on my success; but
| few moments later, having occasion to 90
to the kitchen party, found, laid care
| fully together, not only the knots Of Law
ender velvet, but every loop and bow
| that had decorated the outside of the
bonnet. Plain as had thought it, she
had Invested it of everything except the
ribbons that served for strings.
cit looked very nice, ma'am," she
| SAID, when l demonstrated with her, ''but
it was most too gay for a professor.
| And no amount Of persuasion could in
duce her to have the trimmings put on
again.
Her zeal for plaiuness did not conine
itself to her own apparel.
81 rather think, ma'am, I'll have to get
somebody else to do the fine ironin', she
said to me on Monday.
"But why, ANN I asked in surprise.
There are very few starched pieces"
"Ycs'm, | know it, said Ann; ''but
they're trimmed, an | don't believe in
folks wearin' trimmed things; [ don't
think it would be right for Inc to do en-
up for EN-"
But don't you think, Ann, sad,
"'that little trimming makes pretty
finish to a garment"
ooh, it's nice enough to look at,
ma am; [ don't deny that, but it's all
pride O the eye an lust o the flesh,
an | don't think professors ought to in
dulge in such things. If everybody
lived up to the Bible, ma am, even the
preachers wouldn't wear starched buz-
Omsn
And 50 rioid WAS she on this point.
and 50 iIIorical az we'll that every week
she insisted on naving woman out of
her own vagas TO IRON Johns shirts and
collars and all the trimmed underwear.
One day when was making a des-
sert, she suddenly asked: Don't YOU
think. ma'am, it'd be nice if people
could live now as thew did in Bible times?"
.<In what wav. Ann?" I INQUIRED.
ssWhv don't Won know. ma'am. in
those DAYS thew lived mostly on bread
an fish? It was bread an tish that the
Lord gave the multitude to eat in the
wilderness, an bread an fish that He
oave the discinles when He cooked
breakfast for 'em on the shore"
..Rut fish doesn't arree with every one
Ann u aroued. land in inland nlaccs
fish is not ALWAYS to be had"
s.Wen, [ don't s'pose it makes much
difference. ma'am, whether it's bread an
fish or bread an meat; but it seems to me
that in eatin' the same As in drcssin'
noonIo onoht to he nlain
Vet she showed no opposition to shirk
work She took genuine pride in her
bread and biscuit and her passion for
cleanliness made it hard matter to keep
her supplled with scrub cloths.
Having noticed that she seemed fond
of rcadinr. one dav offered her a story
book. She took it eagerly. but before
she had read a dozen pages she came to
me with grave face
lis this a true story, ma'am?"
II cant say, Ann. It's very true to
! life, | think; but no doubt some parts of
it are made up"
Then | guess I don't care to read it,
ma am" she said, putting it back in its
place. 1T amt worth while spcndin'
ones time rcadin' made-up things. When
| read, I like to know that I'm readin'
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