Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-07-05

-BUTTTERMILK FOR THE PIGS
AND CITY VISIT0RS-GETTlNG
AHEAD OF THE FASHION Ed
TOR-A REAL COUNTRY CHURCH
FAIR-THE HOME OF THE CAR
PET BAG-PRAISING GOD IN \
COTTON FROCK-HAYSEED EFT
IQUETTE AND THE MINISTER
Bah TALKS OF MARRYING.
(From our regular Correspondent
New York, June 30, 1896.
Before one goes out OF town for the
summer, one goes here and there on Wis
its or outings, or for that most awful
time, a day in the country. Years ago,
| gave up the doubtful pleasure of a
day in the country. II meant getting up
three hours before the usual time, swal-
lowing a cup Of coffee, hot enough 10
burn not only your throat, but your
soul, and then rushing for the train only
TO discover that you are three-quarters
of an hour ahead of time. When the
country is reached, you sit around in
your best clothes and talk about the
city. At y o'clock you have hot din
ner. and as a result, the perspiratiOn
runs like rain, your bangs become dis
reputable, and you wish you lived at
the North Pole Then your hostess
asks you if you wouldn't Ike TO take
off your dress and lie down for an hour,
but knowing what is expected OF you,
you decline and sit up in stiff stays, and
high boots and your best frock all dur
ing the long warm afternoon, trying
TO be pleasant and discussing whose
patterns are best fitting. Then, at
o'clock. you have another hot meal and
at you start for the train armed with
a bunch fdaises,a basket OF raspberries
and a flower, in pot. When you get
home and look at the raspberr.es, you
realize that you could buy better at the
butcher shop; when you gaze upon the
daisies you see they are wilted and wan.
Then you allow your angry passions 10
rise. and you fire the flower pot out of
the window, with the chance Of hitting
a man on the head. The average wo-
man chances so much. After this, II
you have anything masculine attached
TO your household, you fall into its arms
and swear that never again will you go
to spend a day in the country.
Bah TAKES A WEEK.
% for an outing. That means
week and I don't propose, when | ar
rive. to impress the country people with
NV knowledge of city fashions. In
80 7 t,,, 10 find ont what they know.
7 usually discover that they have deal
more knowledge than l. They have
nlentv of time TO read, and they nave
plenty of time to be considerate OF each
other. In a big city, if sickness or
death comes to you. the people on the
floor above or people on the floor oe!ow
NAV stop the piano during the funeral
services. but that is the extent or their
interest In the country il is different.
If Won are i'll the neighbors visit you,
send YOU things to eat, and do every
thing in their power to keep life in YOU
and if life and you happen to be TWO
they rob their gardens OF their While
flowers. they rob their wardrobes or
their black gowns, and give the hrsl
and lend the last in honor OF the DEAD.
1t is all very human.
As soon as you arrive in the country
10 STAY a week the girl from next door
comes TO borrow some baking powder
from your hostess. This is a snare
In an hours time she has found out from
Won how the hair is worn in the city.
whether sleeves are as large as they
were last summer. what the last new
novel is. what is the last new slang, and
whether white shoes are worn 10 church.
You see. they are three months ahead
on this information if they get e from
Won instead of writing TO the editor OF
some fashion plate. After the girl from
next door has thoroughly pumped you,
YOU have the privilege OF living anu
enjoying yourself.
AND SHE IS ACCOMMODATING.
When | am in the country l like TO
help. There is pleasure, a warm pleas
ure. in picking the currants that are 10
be used TO make that beautiful red
Jelly: there is not quite so much pleasure
in collecting raspberries, but after you
have gotten a tin pail full Of them, you
begin to realize why they sell them by
the box in. the city One has to gather
such a lot to fill anything. Country
people don't appreciate their blessings.
There is buttermilk-cOOl, rich, and
with lovely little dots OF golden butter
all over it, it is a drink fiji for the gods
nectar is nothing beside it, but coun-
try people think nothing OF IL and give
il 10 the pigs Still, country pigs. in the
form Of sweet hams. do have taste
reached by other porcine beasts. since
they seem favored with buttermilk and
hickory nuts. l never knew anybody In
the country who was fond Of butter
milk. eggs or lettuce. They are counted
as worthless.
But TO return TO my Ou'inS Bah ar
rived on Saturday. and on sunday
SHE WENT TO CHURCH.
The very vilest sinner goes 10 church
in the country, or else the West sinner
will have no standing whatever. Coun-
try people think little OF me as church
goer. don't dress enough and one
snub-nosed young woman made her |!