Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-06-22

Little they care for the surging throng'
Crowds never will in their world belong
They hear the sob and note the sign
And crime and starvation alike decry'
Yet the tiniest planet in infinite space
Would to them be equally as great place.
Love, the magician, has changed 1t all,
And to them always the world seems small.
philadelphia Times.
( TWO STAY At HOMES. 5
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"If wantin to was doin an there
weren't no weemen. I'd ben in San
dyago long ago." said Abner Ricka-
back He rolled nail key close to the
stove, seated himself upon 1t, dipped
handful of crushed tobacco leaves from
his coat pocket INTO his pipe and lighted
the odorous weed with sulphur
match. Then he wagged his beard at
the assembled company and repeated,
"Yessir, I'd ben in Sandyago long ago..
"Weemen ain much on ightin away
from home" observed Samuel Snuffer,
biting cubic inch out of plug of Agri-
culturist's Charm which he had bor-
rowed from the man who was sitting
next him on the counter. The charm
had passed half way around the circle,
and the remaining cubic inch of it had
been restored to its owner, when Abner.
not catching the full intent of Mr..
Shutters remark, replied: "Yaas;
they's heap O. truth in that there.
Weemen is sot ag in Turin wars Least
ways my weemen is. Now
"Do they prefer the domestic kindr
asked the drummer Of notions, who was
packing up his sample case preparatory
to leaving the store.
"Not at all-not at all, said Mr..
Rickab back. aye see, my missus passed
tboo SIGH terrible times back in 1850,
when l was -bangin away at the rebels
down in the Wilderness that when this
here Spaynish war broke out she sails
to me, sails che, 'Ye just shan't go.
&" 'Marthy, sails /, I'm a veteran.
The governor O. Pennsylvania has call
fer 10, 900 men, an he don't name me.
but he means me jest the same. Be ev-
cry mortal an jest right, l bein wet
eran am included in that 10, ooo."
"With that puts on me blues an
gifts down me musket an kisses the lit
tie ones all aroun an starts fer the door
Well, sir, you uns never seen sech a
time ez was raised when they see / was
off to fight the Spaynyards. Mary Alice,
the eldest, jest th'owed her arms aroun
my neck an bust out with tears The
seven others begin to bawl. Pap, pap,
you II git shootedr
"'Children,' sails, sais l, your
papa's veteran an experienced SOL
der. Duty calls, an he obeys
"The missus didn't see things tibet
way. She Jest gets me be the collar al
sets me down in an armchair, draws me
boots, walks off with them an me mus
ket an hides EN-. She wern't goin tt
have no foolin round the shanty. sh'
sayd.
!, "Marthy seemed to think tibet the
there settled it, but she didn t know me
fer all the evenin ez set there be tn
fire so meeklike was a-thinkin. Scene
wasn't to my likin, SO / conceded II
lest let on like he'd give up all idee o
fghtin Spaynyards, wait tell the fam
lily was asleep an then vanquish.
"At midnight sets up in bed. Th
moon was shinin thoo the winder. jes
I half lightin the room, so I could NOV
aroun without trippin over the furnl
ture. The missus was a-snorin gentle
e like, an overhead in the attic l coul
: hear soft sniffin jest like thrashe
t engine when the men has shet down fo
!, dinner. 1t was the children asleep.
i climbs out over the footboard an look
>. aroun for me boots There they wa
I. stickin out under the missus pillow
Known l couldn't git 'em withou
4 wakin her, conceded to vanquish bare
j foot. But they was one thing ag'in THU
K and tibet was tibet the door was locke
8 an some un he'd took the key. trie
Z the winder. but tibet he'd been naile
sbet Then l gifts mad-thet there kin
y O. quietlike mad when ye boils up IL
"A side an hes to keep yer mouth shet 1t
the meanest kind O. mad too. 1t SCENE
IS like there was smile a-playin arou
y the missus face, an tibet made me sou
Y er AN ever an kinder spurred me on
i "Well, sirs, ez stood there in Il
middle O. the room thinkin what Ia
next and wonderin whether | hadn
better list slip back to bed. me 9.
G. ketcbed sight O. an old conf table tn
e, filled hole in the wall where Il
Da daubin he'd fell out from atween Il
lawgs. Thet put me in mind o schen
-. tibet wasn't long in kerryin out, I
C.; the hole was pretty good sized an I'm
small man an wiry. In less'n no tlr
H. the conf table was outer tibet hole, I
H. T was in it, l staid in it, too, for j
as mo head an arms an shoulders g
c.; out O. doors felt sharp prickln
NJ me side. pushed back an great b
splinter jagged Inc. l tried to go
rs, for'a'd, an it jagged me again, so b
most yelled So staid right there
We one.half outen the house an the eth
IL, half in. Seemed like time begin
move awful slow then, an it 'peareo
o" whole day fore the moon went fre
IN the top O. the old lone pine tree
ed grandaddy's chestnut, which is jest
NJ feet. Then me feet an legs was bak
~ over The stove an the cold Apryl win
4% was a whistlin down me neck.
IL took to countin jest to pass tin
!" an low l must a counted 10, OOO.O
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