Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1892-03-02
THE DAILY JOURNAL.
l.: ESTABLISHED ISM,
:: MILES CITY, MoNTANA.
A WOMAN DURING THE MOVING

A WOMAN DURING THE MOVING
Likely to 1,o in That Trying Period.
\ wu,nan's :tl'u TT moving is to
wear Il pair Of oEl SHOES. her hus~
bunt1< old overvo,t. damaged skirt
and Il lust year,, olt} Int turned hlno.
side before.
Thus fo1mi,lahly utti1'ctl. with
r,ocketf,ll Ut scrcW$. nait:; and picture
cords, u1>1 III old knife in one hantl
and It broom i'll tho ether she Is pre-
pared to believe that something IL
about to be dome Tho first move
she makes i. at thu front parlor car
1et. She takes up two tacks in about
fifteen minutes, puts them in q saucer
and sets tho saucer III the middle Of
the floor. where it will not be i'll tho
way. Then she goes into the hall to
tell the moving men to be careful IN
bringing down the large rocking
chair. as her mother gave it to her
After that she ,lart, into the kitch-
en-. stops suddenly in the middle Of
the room anl says, 'Now, what is it
/ WIS Et>]n% to do: and then races up
stairs with II great hustle on. sudden"
ly remembering that Il pair IF vases
were mt packed away with tile bel
ding. But they were packed away.
anil when she discovers tie fuct she
COLES back, saying that she has SO
mu>:h to Ito she tl.t'S1tt really know
what she is about
:\ftelWar1 she draws out the glass;
ware to Put it into Il barrel. and after
lacking away couple Of tumlltls
and a >ult ccllar takes down her
dresses and examines them with as
much care IL it she were going to a
ball, and the carriage was already at
the door. III tho midst Of this SIR.
vey she suddenly thinks Of something
else and l1lshes off to attend to it,
the knife III one hand, the broom in
the other.
When the pier glass is taken down,
she is there; when the sideboard is
being lifted, she is in the exact way
of the mum who is going backward;
when the ca11nun gets UP On the bcst
chair to take down picture frame,
she is there to rtbl1ke him.
She attends to everything. She
makes, her husband 20 outside and
clean lis shoes. She gets i'll the way
when they arc moving the sofn. She
leaves tho tlustpan just where the
culnlan'S assistant can step Oh the
handle, and have it turned with him
at Il most unfortunate tint. .She
gets the Droom>tick cntangltd With
her husbands legs. which trips him
up.
She tries to lift two busl,el basket
Of c1xcktry. u1l'l finding she cannot
do it tells the ca1nla1 size is not SO
strong Us she used to Ire. and then
contents herself with carrying down
an old wooden chair. which has just
been brought up stairs to be used in
removing things from the walls und
which las to be found and brought
up again by some ont: else.
But it is lo:4tling where she makes
herself conspicuous, She brings out
Il ten inch looking glass and wants it
1aitl Oh tho bottom III tic cart. anil
she don't want anything else to g.
on until she can get her worklusket.
She thinks thu fender and bedroom
set should ride together and is quite
confident that if the l'ilno is permit
ted to stand on the cart as it does it
will never again ]'e tit to be played.
She knows that that load ISL t put
on a. it ought to be, aud there is
room for lots OF things yet. SHE
brings out clock and SOME old gas
pipe, and Il pair Of old boots covered
with 1nildew, aud II small basket Of
empty spice boxes and an old gaiter.
and the back Of worn out vest and
wants them MI PUT OH the cart. She
says there is plenty Of room, and tue
things will come useful some time and
they don't take up any room, and
just as the vehicle is moving away
she PUSHES after it with {Otfeepot
stuffed with debris, which she sue
ct.ssfully Introduces into tho load
and then comes buck ia triumph.