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MOORE'S RXOUL BFEW-YOKKEE. 



Atfg. 27. 



: OLD FABM HOUSE. 



B*m4 Ms <**» P«J« »<**!■ jr-ftarissv 



y«oip-«p-Jo»iiH», Sahllu, plaks, 

 ClBsi*r S"Bt*Btrafc>d bnaUw, 



U.I. *r lore, |ta w..,i <.r utaM 



Lists of tfney. ifar*st> wtira Lib* 

 Argwdce of perfjibr was. 



i roof lie trr*ci\ a 



' Mrs- Fits James ! who ears* »bal she says T 



and mj independent spouse. "She msy go to 

 - grass I teal's where (Mare going. Ropsekop 



duds. Jn 



, tf.r'u 



* llnsud perfect 



| K K ffujictoy 'Afr.M. 



tVriitoi for li«.r*'i Rural Nei- 



IN THE CO! M RY, 



fsjolohg I 



hers, tl*.:-Jonf. Jsurr-faead of family; Jams, (oj. 



HIT) wife of bud ; sad Ji by, i ■ 



Jussv, rvptcUvo children Of John and J*x« Jixirp.] 



"Mons milk, Jam." Mr. .},,,rr puses hii 

 oofJcccup. " Nothing but slops, wife— city m ^ u 

 a humbug." 



"Wbil rookes you buy slop*, pit ] wouldn'l 

 If I were you," spoke up Jack, pertly. 



I Lid, you don't know what milk is," 



Mid bis father in a compassionate i ■ ■■,■„„ 



Bnttllrad in the country. Why, children, I wu 

 born nod brought up on a farm, and I know what 

 J li I, aren't you ubamed of yourself— 

 reaching after the biggest slice r Johet, JositI 

 Jakb, can't you Und to that child r Gracious! 

 how thoso children act! Bo much for city bring- 

 nig tip!" 



-1 up in smaxemont from the aovd 

 lying by her plalo, while Ibe boys regarded their 

 father with moulb wide open. During all the 

 fifteen years I l,»d been the wife of Jons JxLirr 

 I b.d war beard him speak so crossly before. 

 '1- and thin, too; 1 hadn't noticed it 



I asked. 



. " J**"? 1 ' 1 ", " ck of llvin,t h " c -" ho *■«. i>«n- 



*»«■'• P'» : " ,, were married 



Jam, 1 haven't spent hut a month in the country. 

 Every summer is passed either in the noisy st.f. 

 ling city -or a crowded, fashionable watering- 

 place, and I'm sick of it! No wonder the children 

 are so unhealthy. J*-.e, do you ,, 

 month in the country? lean alma 

 sky and green gnu again." 



i icmember it perfectly well I answer- 

 ed. "I can almost ae« the frog*, litards, csler- 

 plllars, grasshoppers, and snakes sgiio. it vu 



Ur. Jiurr looked vexed, and said, " Nonsense 

 Jans, yon i_ DOW T0U enjojed jourself grandly." 



" Of course, Jons, grandly I Wading through 

 long, wet grass ; chased b j oows and lurkev gob- 

 blers; kept awake nights by frog-oaneerts"; and 

 burned and tanned by the son until I resembled a 

 b*K Indian, Yes, on the whole, I enjoyed °>7»*lf 

 iraadly." ^ ' 



jfc IlUsa- played with his knife ud fork 



*wrn h,i " >ni,icp, ' vtj 



^^ ' ****• "oe* .Too enjoyed it so much 

 P-* *• spend a few weeks 



sowajrwr 



J^X wum, tort, to look 



jon shall study the Book of Nature. Aad, boys, 

 you absJI play tag; go hasting, fishing; go bare- 

 foot; live id dover; feast yourselves upon bread 

 and cniJk, fresh hotter, fre.h eggs; breathe pore 

 sir. Ah I srkat glorious Lmea we will bate in ibe 



' I bar* been there sod tUJ wnold go, 



A bright, genial look overspread sir. Jai.irVs 

 face. He pushed back bis chair, rose from tbo 

 table, kitscd me good-bye, and 

 bouse ere 1 recovered from 



wile taken so completely aback. Bad I not, 



.be day before, said boastfully to my enalo 



eraltc friend, " Of course, Mrs. Fits Jahcs, I shall 



e of your party as usual. Ur. JsLtrr oerer 



opposes any of my plans, lie would accompany 



> Flanders, if I but said the word!" And I 



remembered that Mrs. Fit* James replied with one 



of her gracious smiles, "Indeed, my dear! what 



happy wife you most be. When wc were Oral 



amed, Mr. Fit/. JaJOSj tried to exercise what he 



illed a 'husbaod's rightful authority;* but — 



at, my dear, there is a great deal in atcj/Vs tkill- 



/ut managtmtnt. As you say, Mr. Fin Jakbs 



would follow me to Flanders, if I but said the 



And I remembered tbat I the* contruted Mr. 

 Pits Jaiibs' meek and hen-pecked appearance 

 with Jou.\'s manly look of self- reliance, and in- 

 wardly thanked my stars that if Jos.v should 

 accompany me to Flanders, it would not be through 



r ft-lln 



my calculations, i 



aiool a 



id Jo 





completely utonisbed when be so cooly defeated 

 my plans without eren consulting mo. It was too 

 muoh for my wift-ly patience to endure, and then 

 — 0, crowning thought of all t what would Mrs. 

 PiTi Jamsi toyT" 



"In Ibe country r" "In tho country!" roared 

 three lu*ty Toices. Then followed a series of 

 shouts nod yells that more neerly resembled an 

 than anything else imagina 

 i were di,itin;;iiiiliiit>le 

 wqtA* — " bunting " — " fishing " — '■ bare-foot 

 ' hurrah for the country I". 



Then Jack began in quite a frantic manue 

 ay about him with an imaginary rake among 



pet-bags, baod-boie* acd all. A whuU* and 

 snort, and we are off— swiftly whi/liog away from 

 the uoise, and dost, and Cares of the great 



Purer cornea tbe air through the open windows, 

 bow and then glimpses of green; Utile wl 

 bouses half hid among the trees ; dark grotes) and 

 sparkling litUe streams. Broader and broader 

 grow tbe fields, fresher still comes tbe 

 fume or clorer and sweet- smelling flo 

 we are in tbe country I 



Chapter JX 



a airsy la. 





DJUa, 



EDI 





uidst all tho 



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■i„ r , , 



In* performance, to orerturu Joset, who fell 



[ainsttbo table leg, thereby upsetting the 



ots of the tco-truy into my lap. This effectually 



ousrd me. 1 sprang from my seat, and, as any 



mother would have done under UkeoireuilutAOcei 



threatened Jimmt with a whipping, boxed Jack's 



igorously shoolc poor, fallen Joscr, and 



scolded Jbs»t for permitting Mich a noine. I then 



tired to my room to have a good cry, and arrange 



programme for future pirformoncea. "Soma 



natural bssn I l-tinl, il H0 aritd mj- eyes aooi 



', I know Unit ,1 Jomi had 



really engaged rooms for us in some country place, 



Then Mrs. Fm Jahis* irordj eume 



back to my mind with singular powor : — " A wife's 



skillful manngement is a great deal '" 



Perhaps I could manage Joawl deJigbtfal 

 thought 1 A vision of Newport and utl [bj pleu. 

 ures came up b«(b» my ceDtol ritlon, But then 

 \y be Joux wouldn't l-t managed. •• ' Ay, there's 







, h, ' 



> the 



almost promised 

 of bcr party i 



Mrs. Fits Jahks to moke 



Kewport this season. | n * "" ™ &cr ^ " 



I nwn r ""country a great deal. 



"Inthecou tt try-«oU,,« BJaw , 

 opoo r»i»«. I. fc* I km eajw^, ^^ 

 tbe cosiest old farm bouse that erer th« Bna ^ 

 apoBL What do you say to that, good wUer** 



1 couldn't soy at all, for a minute— then. 



"Why, Joas, yon most be crasy : IFaaf *iu 

 Mrs. Pm J a« as m, r 



-^r 



tf/, I'll Jul let JOBS know that, although I bend 

 to bll will, III not conform to his tastes, Uemay 

 romp and ploy with the children until Jessy looks 

 like a dairymaid and the boys resemble young 

 savages, but I won't join in any of their rustiest" 

 With similar amiable resolutions, I frhllfld awnj 

 tho forenoon until it was dinner-time. Then, 

 dressed with care, I waited for John's footsteps, 

 and mot him with a smile on my lips, mentally 

 flooning over the words— "A wife's skillful man- 

 agemcat," etc. 



Mr. Jsliip looks very good-natured indeed 

 throughout dinner, and I say to myself, wait 

 Jaxb, until he has satisfied the demands of his 



appetite, and then . And then, sure enough, 



when dessert is placed upon the table, I open my 



" What a funny notion you took iuto your bead 



this morning, John. I presume you are rid of it 



bj Ibis, ttmt, hut it rendered the children quite 



frantic for a while. I really had to bonisli them 



i order to maintain quiet. How the little dears 



ill enjoy themselves at Newport this summer! 



The bathing will do them to much good/ (Here I 



observed Mr. Jbliff slightly eleTate bis eye-brows. 



bad sign.) By-the-by, dear, dou't Torget to leave 



s some money this noon. I have some purchases 



"Was it a good Ids*, Jjjnf 

 "Ob.it did well enouch," 1 

 sjail/. 

 " Well, tb?n. we will put it into execution, " h. 



■joined "Next Monday we will start for th< 



country ! What was that you said about Newport 

 dear! I hardly think the children will realize 

 fit from the bathing this season." And 

 >U of bills by my plate, Mr. J tun took 

 h.m»elf out of the house. I was very much pro- 

 ', but u I did not believe in quarreling and 

 oc. I determined to put on the best face pos- 

 sible until wc were safely arrived "in the coun- 



A roomy, old-fuhioned farm 

 hoote, with iU garden gay with (lowers; its fields 

 of wavinggrain and orchards of fruit-laden trees — 

 thia wu our borne for the summer. We wc 

 into tbe airy sitting-room by our cheerful, si 

 hoe less. Aunt Pollt,(1 never knew her other 

 I hardly think she had any,) and tea wat 

 served us. I will mention here that Mr. J 

 appeared to enjoy the milk, butter, etc— I really 

 think be did, if one might judge from the qui 

 he stored away. 



" Isn't this a fine place 1" querried Mr. J. . 

 after sopper. I replied, " John, you km 



' k of the country. Enjoy it if you can, but 



t entertain me with any of the rhapsodies, my 



-." Bo Jon* smoked bis cigar in silence out 



upon tbe piaixa that e»ening, while the boysaoam- 



pered about like young colts, and Jksst introduced 



herself to the flowers. 



How the children did sot tbat first week. No 

 Bleep for their eyes nor slumber for their eyelids 

 tramp of 



ihich Ihey returned with 

 good — did 

 her store of eatobles, and completely 

 . Then tbey arranged ileir plans for 

 tbe day— Mr. Jbuff as much of a child as any of 



Ob, such huntings for berries and wild flowers— 

 snch wadings through brooks — such fishings with 



soch climbings of 

 home with torn clothes, pants rolled up above the 

 and little legs so streaked with mud that it 

 wonid be difficult to distinguish their original 

 color. Mr. Jiairp was contented; the boys su- 

 premely happy, and Jsssr— well, she utouished 

 me more than all. Her languishing air and studied 

 walk had disappeared. From morning until eve- 

 ning she was out of doors; playing with hci 

 brothers — feeding the hens and chickens learn- 

 ing to milk-gardening, or strolling in the woods, 

 nitberto I had pridtd mjsejf upon her lady-like 

 ways, but ono morning looking out of my window, 

 I actually beheldherclimbling the barn-yard fence 

 She caught my look of surprise and said apologcli 

 colly—" It's tbe quickest way, mamma, besidos w* 



How did I enjoy myself? Well, for three days I 



persisted in keeping withindoors, notwithstanding 



tbe entreaties of hunb:i id and children that I won 



I mat) eonfuB, thai 



limes the temptation ^ great, but my pride stood 



in the way. Tbe fourto day, having read every 



book in the house, I stole out into the garden and 



busied myself with the Sowers. Jouj* noticed me 



improving, wife," 



but I pretended not to hear him. " Put on your 



bonnet und take a walk," he said, hut I declined, 



weiil without me. So the week passed 



Sunday came— oh, so calm, so holy, bo 



with Bunhhice and welcomed ia by bird- 



sougs. Soon after daylight, little feet carefully 



ipped down the stairs, and out into the garden ; 



it no noise, no disturbance. And I lay and liol- 



cned, wondering bow one week in the country could 



o changed the children so. Sunday in tbe city 



' WHEATS. 



A Rica Bill op Faaa—The following u the bill 

 of fare at tbe Surf House, Fire laland, which a 

 coteraporary soggcsU, reminds one of DoeauckV 

 famous beer programme : 



"Our food consists of fish and el ama, oysters, 

 lobsters, fish chowder, clam chowder, oyster* 

 fried, routed, boiled, and stewed, and raw; 

 roasted dams, stewed dams, fish and clams, flab 

 and oysters, oysters and fish, fish and clam., and 

 clams and fisb, oysters and dams, dams and ftrju^Sitf 

 oysters and fish; lobsters and clams, and dams ^nunri?" - "" 

 and lobsters; oysters aad lobsters, and lobsters *«*■ »**r«*V ass^Searlj m^^Si^'**- 

 and oysters; lobsters snd fisb, and fish and 1«U- "A^urTur»aMirkii.- „. lao „„„ t _, .""* 



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y i • ..--!■ . ..•■•. iters ran tVi 



sters, and Pu 



rurriur EsKorj, are sometimes Issghable, 

 yorfng clergyman printed a sermon, the subject of 

 which wu the necessity for moderate and rational 

 relaxation, u» which occurred the pauage, "Men 

 should work and play too." Tho simple 

 a stroke mined it, and the religious wo 

 scandalised by reading, "Men should work and 

 play lool" 



" Papa, " said a little boy to bis parent < 

 "are not sailors very email meor" *•; 

 dear," auswered tbe father; "pray, what leads 

 you to suppose that they are so very small r 

 "Becauoc," replied the young idea, smartly, "I 

 read the other day of a uilor going to sleep in his 



A nuTCnsn presented a bill for the tenth time to 

 a rich skinflint " It strikes mo, " said the latter, 

 pretty round bilL" "Yes," replied 

 sent it round often enough 



lake it appear 

 iquared." 



ndl have called 



I'd rntbe 



" You v 



i« with o 



bow still and peaceful — how beautiful 

 : seemed this lower world, as we wound our 

 way through grcon lanes, hearing u.-iughl but the 

 ring of the songsters, the distant lowing of 

 itile. ami the chimes of the country bells. 

 There was something in all this that moved me 

 strangely, and I turned to my companions. The 

 hoys, hand in hand, were walking quietly along 

 there was a suspicious moisture in Jou.\"s eyes, and 

 JaasT wu softly murmuring to herself, 



great profusion of dis- 

 day nourishing his fingers 

 before Robert Brougb, the dramatist, with the 

 dea of impressing bim. "I say," said Brongb, 

 hands than your head. 1 

 irncd to the best account." 

 or thus addressed 

 little girl ;— - How do you do, my llttll dear r" 

 Very well, I thank you," she replied. Tbe visi- 

 ir then added, "Now, my dear, you 

 bow I do." The child honestly replied, " I doi 



rejoiced, my dear wife, 

 good health," Buid Sparks to his 



ijuick retort; "why, 1 have 



"Wlmt a bad light these candles give," uid 

 Tom to his wife. " Yes, they have just come in," 

 was her reply ; to which he rejoined, 

 in— I should think they had just gone 



Ctr^eUW*.* 11 ' AoVtrest "™*"l7f BQttiii 



*11l ,—w.yj.* r.f Swert tmprovenieou, sro7riuj al bests 



1>twc WSL OlsWON.jlwsa. 



HJANNY'8 COMB1NHU 

 RSA.PER A.TMr> MOWER, 



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village. 





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ercd, indffer 



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tn.i t\r- 



Sol quietly made my preparations — receiving 

 in the meanwhile s call from u r , > pirx Jaues. 



" In the country, my dear Mrs. Join ! la that 

 u» Flanders:" Ah, such asarcuUc voice, I don't 

 remember what I said, I only know that I blushed 

 aad fidgetted very uneuily in my chair, and wish- 

 ed her some where else. Then she rolled away ia 

 her carriage with an air of lofty disdain — and I 

 went to my room aad had a good cry ! 



" Is it in the country ye are going ui'mr" ask- 

 ed Biddy, "the place where the serpiats is!— 

 Saint Patsics have mercy on us!" Aad Biddt 

 flew around the boose si) day as if half a doieo 

 snakes were at her beets. 



and at the appointed time we are I po,,, M j 



side door v 



reached the church — a simple, unpre- 

 tending edifice, io the midst of trees and flowers 

 and graves — and the sexton seated us in a large, 

 i tbi middle isle. Through an open 

 had glimpse of green and blue, the 

 skimmer of silvery water and the gol 

 the suulight In doors— the simph 

 of tbe preacher, the hearty resr 

 praises of the congregation, I bdbU 

 That singing — the roof of the old 

 jarred with 



•' Be Thou, O 

 and I fell— oh, so humbled. 



When we were out Joux turned to me and sc 

 " Jase, I feet just u I used to when a boy, uyi 

 my ' Now I lay me' at my mother's knee, with her 

 soft hsnd upon my bead, I fancied 

 angels then. Here, in God's blessed 

 see them now," and he reverently bared his head. 

 We walked home in silence, but I kept thinking. 



That evening, while the little ones 





sleeping — 



I surrendered my pi 

 ed the country! And I 



placed ber delicate sons— 



beaide my three sou-burned, robust country boys. 



— ' her slender, pale young daughter, beaide mj 

 »p. rosy-cheeked Jassi. Neither would aaf 

 «r regret it should she send ber little odcs ou\ 

 the "green puture*"— ©ot into the healthy " 

 ceol eojoymeDU of a bsppy country Lf e . j 

 "" p trying to "manage" Job*— I " 



1 ufdy s 



way in tbe cars — children, car- 



