Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-11-07

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who are too far away to reach us and
Pm getting feeble. am really out of
place, think in any of your no nes."
"Then,' said the sturdy little Ned,
'swe're all coming here, and don't You
forget it.'' Grandma smiled at the
earnestness of the boy, as well as at
the bit of slang he used; she knew it
was for love of her that he said what
he did and when Clara said, EsI can't
! even think of a Thanksgiving without
grandma" eyes, two grandmas,'' said
little Josie, for both sides of the house
were represented at the annual
| Thanksgiving reunions. "We're 60
ing to get Grandma Willard Thanks
giving present. said Ned, "and you, IL
have to be there, for you're to make
the speech I heard papa say"
sWell I never!" said grandma, Il
amt speechmaker, I can tell We, new
er could speak in meetin', not even if
Parson Brooks did call my name right
out. Old Elder Shaw Che was a Meth
odist) told the Presbyterian preacher
that I had a dumb devil that ought to
De cast out but didn't speak in meet
in, for all their talk, though | did
laugh in meetin' once, a regular right
out laugh, too" and Grandma Hub
bard laughed softly to be sure for she
was not of the boisterous kind at any
time, but she laughed, until we all
were infected with merriment and not
| one of US could tell what we were
laughing at to save us, only to keep
company with the dear old lady. Pres
entity Uncle Horace remarked that it
would only be fair for her to tell us
all what we were laughing at.
GAS if I knew" said grandma.
"Why, you know what you are
laughing at, don't you, mother? and
we are laughing because you do" said
my uncle.
"Well, l always do laugh when |
think how 1 laughed out in meetin'
and the whole assembly laughed, for
that matter. The tithing man, he
raped Cephas Parker on the kunckl-
es with his stick. You see, he was one
of the first to laugh 'cos he was in the
habit of lookin' round behind him and
he see the sight fore any of the others
did, but when the whole company of
worshipers laughed liked sinners he
stood his stick in the corner and, we'll
there, what an ole fool [ bel" and
grandma removed her specs and wip-
ed the tears from her cheeks for she
had laughed until she cried.
"Now you must tell us the story"
said grandma's favorite grandchild
Miss Martha, who had been knitting
quietly in the corner by the huge old
fireplace, which was aglow, not with
flame, but with great clusters of bright
golden rod and blue gentians with
background of sumach branches and
tall ferns. "Weeds and brakes" the
old lady said they were, but she adj
mitted their beauty after getting ac-
customed to the decorations which
her city friends were so fond of.
"Only a few days more grandma,
and we shall leave you to your for
mer peaceful quiet again and we want
all the stories you can tell u.s."
"Call the stenographer,' said Uncle
Horace.
ssFor the lands sake, don't take my
picter when Pm laughin' with my
mouth stretched from ear to earl"
and the merriment burst forth anew
at grandma's mistake. Ned was an
TO, 7, Of nd Nftor1
quested grandmother to sit in various
attitudes for pictures and she mistook
the name. Cora was a stenographer
and would get grandma to relate old
time stories and take them down in
short hand for practice, as well as for
amusing the younger children by
reading them at home as bedtime
stories. Quiet resored, grandma found
the importantly SO great that she
yielded and told the story of laughing
out in meeting.
"'Twas more'n fifty years ago, long
enuff fore the tobacco barn was built
and twas about this time O. the year.
I remember the Gliddens was cuttin'
their corn, for Amasa was gettin' in a
road when father was drivin' us home
from meetin', and Grandsir Hubbard
was with us, an I remember he hol-
Tered and asked Amasa if he didn't
think the Lord was able to cure Gro ps
without his usin' the Sabbath for him
self to get 'em in, and Amasa said The
didn't believe the Lord wanted him
ter let his corn stay out through the
equinoxial, and Abels Almanac said
twas COMM that very week" Well
Amasa.' grandsire said. You'll lose |