News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-01-15

No, her patriot, her hero, her lover
had left her eight little ones. Every
one of 'em a-lookin' like him. and be-
seechin' out of the same colored eyes
that had looked through her heart in
her girlhood, was a-pleadin' with her
for protection and for maintenance.
Childish voices, holdin' the same
tones that had made up lies har-
mony for her, was a-askin' her for
bread.
And the wilderness was a-standin'
round her, and the grim wolves of
want and hunger was a-glarin' at her
round the tree-trunks; and war was
a-makin' its horrible din in her ears.
But she buckled to. With the same
divine sense of necessity and heroism
and martyrdom with which she had
tackled them sheep, she tackled the
world and life in behalf of her child
ren, and conquered.
She plonghed her few acres of clear
in herself, and ~ old mair, so was
.told-Janet told me-putin her scanty
crops, took care on 'em and har-
vested 'em with the help of small
hands. Spun, wove, knit; learnt her
children to spell the names of God
and country, and so led 'em up grad
ual to the English Reader" and
" "Rugers's Arithmitick.
She brung 'em up so well they was
all honors to her. They made men
that served their country well in war
and peace.
There was two senators among
'em. two justices of the peace and a
few ministers.
And she died with her children all
a-risin' up and a-praisin' her in the
gates-if they had gates.
Well, Parthenie's mother was the
only girl, and she had treasured up
all these things and relicts of a older
time.
There was relics of a old female
Parthenie's mothers aunt. What
likely creeters them wuz, any way.
She had had lots of property fall
onto her from a deceased aunt in
England that she was named after.
Dorothy Catherine Abagail Peys wuz
her name. And she give the hull of
her property to help the struggling
colonies.
There wuz letters as weller rs a
goslin's beak, writ in fady ink by
them in high authority, a-thanking
her for the help her property had
give 'em.
They said, them letters did, that
more than once they couldn't have
carried the day and come out con-
queror, if it hadn't been for her mon
ey.
She hadn't no husband and child
rem to tstore by so she had thought
sights of them letters, so Jane said,
and | believe.
And she that wuz and is Jane. said
she could tell the stories of dozens
and dozens of female women fore
mothers right round there, that had
done jest as much. Jane is "a old
maiden, and she loves such stories
loves 'em like a dog.
Vail, L hadn't no more than got
through a-lookin' at them relicts,
when word was hollered up to me
that dinner was all on the table, and
we set sail immegitly after dinner for
the rock where the doings of the old
forefathers wuz a-goin' to be held up.
We wuz a little belated, for Par
THEME had to get Eben up, and make
his bed and do for him, SOS to leave
him comfortable. And then, as the
hired man had gone off at sunrise to
the dOin's agoin' aftera distent hired
girl that he wuz a-paying attention
to, so 5 to get her and himself onto
the ground the minute the gates
opened-so, under these circum-
stances, Parthenie had togo out and
ketch the horses and hitch 'em up,
and bein' mustangs, they hauled her
round fearful.
Josiah would a done it for her in n
butshe is proud-spirited, and
wouldn't let n visitor do any work.
So them mustangs Jest pulled her
round. But she got 'em hitched onto
the democrat, they a-kickin' at it aw-
ful, and we. started off. And we got
got there in good season enough to
hear all the speeches.
They wuz quite good orations.
They spoke in 'em dretful, dretful
high of our old forefathers, and their
glorious doin's in war and peace.
They spoke of their wisdom, their pa
thence, their nobility and their relig
ion. They spoke of their tolls, their
sacrifices, their dangers, their pains
and their martyrdoms. They praised
EN- up and praised 'em up till there
wuzn't no more to say about them
old fathers, it did seem to me.
The word womon wuzn't mention
I'd. No, the word foremother wuzn't
even spoke of no more than if those
Did fOrefathers had done the whole
oh alone of bringing themselves into
he world, and had never all the way
through life sot their eyes on n wo-
man.
An inhabitant from another world |
have had a idea, from them
speeches, that there wuz such a Greet |
er as a woman ever seen on earth.
Howsomever, the speeches were |
Iuite smart and middlin' fowery.
Parthenie shed tears of gratitude |
l-thinkin' them old men wuz a-havin'
such justice done to 'em. G think
Parthenie was kinder unstrung by
lavin' them mustangs pull at her and
5ank her round sO.)
didn't weep but held my head up
md looked at them orators over my
,pecks a good deal of the time.
Josiah wuz sot up by it.
But we got back to Eben's in quite
rood season and middlin' good sper-
is, but found Eben all tired out, SOS
Parthenie had to ondress him and |
Dut him to bed before she put the tea
kettle on, or anything.
Josiah onharnessed.-[ New York |
Ledger.