Telegram-herald., 1890-01-31
A CHANGE OF BASE.
Ths Deacon Concludes That The
BeauE1ft1 Is Also Ussr1L


Deacon TIldsn hst ths sqa2rest, neat
80 .hiss ho4ss that ever showed IS
keeu angles from The dLsky clumps Il
olt llls8 bushes. IA front of 10 stood.
on sa.cn SIDE OF to doorway, 80 thrifty
cherry trssz. Hhtoh bore bushel each
every season- ENceptlng the afoee-
uan ri0aed lilsc trees, there vas not
ns,~er or shrub aroond the place Rose
kGshas the teaoon thought rotsed ths
house, and tns hOnsysGckle which bis
~dfe tried - train over the porch Vas
torn tosn when ths painters came. and
on the whole tho deacon said What ~ IS
the gss % putSinz IL ap as long as IL did
not bear any taingf
BY The side cf she house was thrifty,
weli-kept garden. with plenty OF cur
rant boAhes, gooseberry bushes and
ounce trees-and the beets and carrots
and onions were the pride OF the
dsacous hsast. but, - hs often proudly
sid. every shing was for use"-there
Wss nothing fancy about IL. HIS wlfe
put IN simOrOusly one season for
ro~er-bordsr-Mrs- jenkins had given
her a pstuniA and Mrs. Simpkins
bad brought har pac kaIe OF
roWeF seeds from New York
and 80 bed was laid out. But
the thrifty deacon soon found that tho
wedding OF IL took time that Mrs
Tilten might give - her dairy, or 70
making shirts and knitting stockings,
and 50 10 rsally troubled his conscience.
The next spring be turned it into bis
oornhsld, and when his wife mildly
intnased her disappointment, said,
plAGtdly: After all. twas thing OF no
use, and took time7-and Mrs. Iilden,
being neck woman, and one Of tho
kind OF saints who always suppose
themselves miserable sinners, specially
confessed her sin OF being inwardly
vexed about the incident IN her prayers
that night and prayed that her eyes
might % turned OF from beholding
vanity and that she might 90 quick
ened In she way Of minding her work
The front parlor OF the deacon's house
was tho most trigfd asylum Of neatness
that ever discouraged the eye OF a Wis
itor The ioa- blank walls were guilt
less % any engraving or painting. or
81 any adornment but an ordinary wall
paper and a framed copy OF the declsra-
tion Of independence-on each of the
three sides stood four chairs-under the
looktng-glass was shining mahogany
table, with large Bible and an almanac
en- it-and pair ot cold, glistening brass
andirOns illustrated the place. The
rnantel-sbeH above had pair OF bright
brass candlesticks with pair Of snuff
ers between, and that was all. The dea-
son liked it-it was plain and simple-no
nonsense about it--every thing for use
and nothing fOr show , suited him His
wife sometimes sighed and looked round
e when she was sewing Is II she wanted
sousthing. and then sung IN the good
oh psalm:
FEua vaniy turn 90 nine eysss
Let 10 corr1p5 lssiyn
OK c0vutois desires arse
Wltnin this heart OF utne.~
Tho corrupt desi~n 70 which this es-
Unable matron had beon tempted had
brsn the purchase of Parian flower vases,
whose beauty hst struck so her heart
when she e-ens wtth her butter and eggs
~ ne neirhboriav cls7-but recollect-
lnE herseH in time sas bad resolutely
sbus her eyes % the alurement and
spent the money usetul,y Ia buying loaf
sugar.
For 4, is % % remarked that the dea-
ron vas fond % good Gazing and prided
himself on the bo1uties of his wife's
tabla. Few women knew better how -
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