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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1871-08-04, Page 2-00 • 2 ■ 11111, dMIIVINOC c THE WHY LOCY ELLEN DID NOT MARRY.' Why didn't Lucy Helen goldgit rnariied;? Hedn't chances, eh? Now jest you 1 tell you how it was. Lucy was :pretty enough ; that wash trouble,- but you see them golds, they're sort of queer. 1 don't go for ter say that sh well off single as merried ; t two sides ter every; tiling ; .ac ing to. my thinking, I'd as so single and my own mistress, as •Miss. Hollyhock, who's a.lwa luggng'round a baby in one and a -doing of the work with t'o or like Miss Slitnaax—you've tell of young Slini�tx, how a sweet he was to her 'while were - a a GOLaatill � �. Law, bless � � c.s bow naturs do change after ge themselves merriecl : 'twasn't m a fortnight afore he &Banged tune; she'd no - more durst ask for sixpence than you durst your head into a lion's mouth. To be sure, it's different wit' anan ; if be don't merry, who's mend or make for him ? Who' coddle him up, and flatter and courage him lik e 7 Who's ter I put his best foot forward, w things kind of hitch ? If I asked, I'd jest advise all the rue marry, and all the woolen to single. However, that's neth ter do with Lucy Ellen, that..I on, though ter be sure she's took. advice, but no credit to her, no m than if she'd took the variolo when it -was round. Maybe you keerd of her gran'ther, Elder M gold ? The folks set a .heap by elder hereabouts, though he Was outs.pokenest man that ever' prea ed ; for instance, there was Deal Thrift, used to live out on the to pike ; the deacon was mighty clo fisted, you see, and some folks wwT. for ter say that it was worse'n th However, the elder got wind of li the deacon had sold six foot ut wo to Wielder Hood - for a good co. and the next Sabbath the elder gits up in the pulpit and preach about the wieder and the fatberle —though mercy knows Miss Ho hedn't no children, and was a sig• better off than the deacon and eld put together; but' .tha.t wasn't"n kind of xeason why she should cheated out of her eye teeth, whic then were false ; and so the elder} goes for ter say -a -leaning way ou over the pulpit -cushing and Loin ing fur ter one place and then t another," I don't care who it is, o where he Bits—whether in the ga fiery or in the body of the meetin - house, or iia the deacons' seat, th man that'll sell six foot of wood fo a good 'cord, is worthy of fire an 1ri•iutstone, and I'm afeerd he'll gi Lis deserts." I've heerd -as liowv th deacon glade restitootion ; but that' nothing to do with Lucy Elbert uS - knowv of, only the elder was- he gran'ther, and as likely a man ai e er give out a psalm ; however', site didn't inherit nothing from pilo, except a yoke of steers and some farming stuff: The fact was, the Mea•igoida might hey" been some: bodies iustead of nobodies and • no- things, if Marsh i'derigold hedn''t rnerried as he° did, instead of rnesry- ing as Ile ought to hevvdone, though ;t don't become me to say .-how he ought ter bey merried. Marsh, you see_, was named after his mother's family—the Marshes over the river :yonder ; they were fust cousins " tee the Swamps and the Bog,;;s, rich as mud could nlake 'ena. �Va'al, you see, iiLush he spoiled it all by going and rarerrying the slackest piece of:. flesh and blood that ever liaan'tled 'a broom, jest because elle bed a prat. Mari - any •et w,e Ellen 't *h3 Mari - Noy At a' here' cord oil.0 lik ys a hand Cher he earn wful they you, tting ore'n his him put h a ter Who's ter en telp lien Was n to tay ing see My_ al e id, 've ari- the the ch- eat .t�n. se-- ent at, ow od rd, he les Ss od ht er .o - be h ]e , b 1- g e' r d t e. I r s ow, Miss h, arigold, if you don't conte out of that, there fit ofy our'n " (a cl he spoke j mighty stern like), " ny ta, ural tient' nevI." p atlllentkc, 111 s ic1R cases, ter e-. b'ili 'g,' water clown the. throat through the tin tun- nel b1 Ss : you, she came re the b' ling water 1 got up stairs. I now," says she; hither severe treat - for, you see, she be- riht out of it a and the tin tun I. feel 'beta " but ain't that nae)nt, doctor I" lielred he Meant to do.it: 0 to severe (dues," lays used severe meas lees ;" an took aria her pi ch of sn ul good -by , and lif • rill sent b see. h(1 f 1 k :du t afternoo Shc: ,cl h . a tela J se.: You see Luc y Ellen b ln't no chance ter grow up as sited tighter, ,.Since she was , a .cliiIcl sit a heercler mothe act out, and tell all sort 'f` white ' bs—such las I ow Mitesh :anted her ter hew help, and she he ' elf wouldn't hear co i nor be bothered ed with i. servant abort the: hobs , j a -pitting their fingers inter the n1, and a -stealing of "tide clothes off'; one's back, when Liu 7- Ellen hed heerd• her father saythat 1)e could u'L afford a � ordi nowway; and how Mr. Me �igold wa ted her - to hev a Leghorn bonnet an 1 French flowers, but, for her part, sh thought eu1d."be a wicked folly when so y-tea:hen hec nit 'any t iing.but leaf, when Marsh heel only that she n1'ght hew her old ,d over, athen'd if they he, " we 1 then he i and said er over to -for fear it wv man a fit said straei and neve look how horse sell mort were ing o of sl know whitened a Lacy knew t • git anythir d ter her ; an 11L►r3sh want when Lucy lyaway to age.' Oh,.. the greatest; the stocking rape, so yo :d what ' it , place and,; of cour ter b� Whei: their they'd ough ill -tl rsed ,lune ► Son p1 green () gr 0'U c. er bel lien of thei nd lit races'' lie Ws erself' er mo er lid afore was a petty 1) iece, notions ; fol., ou s 'S alit higher t tan a bbrs' suns. Bless y.tt, I doubt if there wwi;ts A n►aatch ter please her in all the country roun she hadl such a mind ter ee a tine aady, and not .ter ter w tsli her hands; it. was d weight vulgar your li ing, Or ter be and y might know Marigol s was douse • llrre asn't a blind incl was ing' days! you alied at le bell till all or. - . yot c raised any ey hung their clothes the attic. But o a ce. co art co of lawye lee gent. th dr haat th ii• he: and i.1ii there co al ng wi t lel h 1) ad press at the h g better d then sle'cl tell d ter buy anrither knew - he lied ter* )ay off part of. a 1 tell you, they cases -for stretch- ►ut .of a 1 kind 1 , Itarclly hew has in t ` e first e, Lucy E len got block. got up -selves, they'd e, and They y hed I)am •t, incl and loa -sugar But, gr is ous, the youn_ folks it ag'in Lucy witched ' . n>i out ter brow , kyes d :.her ai •s and round uueci er, as d she :silly ked a eigh- 1' e a 'chip' of the old she and her ® other'd bonnets all by ;thei make folk 'think t 'ern over t ' • Shopvii deceit. otlgh th alar, an ion as di tat - •r n rake ser ea oat rilcln eve ort of eke as r)r tea r as coin as a den Jithakes. hev go word o shed jest b sen�es with r blushes, a • the)r'd 'a, k sed the lked on, but she jest a and then flt.ng 'em o her. 'A r all her she lo yofthe 1 l) sl ingtlpeW e -tho inlet ter woi• - seen do'ng when he el le nt wv kl( n eating, -fo `t open ; ah -t h s bit dy, tai w p. e a d th face on te= • her. - La e -s, the way she Iii or, -used fur to cut up W{S a Caution; - al an she hed iter sister. -Tiley ter live with -1-1 m E • a y her. Goodness, maa 'S the times < { n y •' LucvLll I've laughed tifl I heel a stiteli in . sakes, tl side to hear old De. Heitt•tsease tei�ducecl tell about them laighstericsof hers. how he 1 You see one day she was took very and his batcl in one, the fact was it was about But Luc haying time, and there was nl(:ncv't ter f go u •e ootl er Ile' s sb. tee do, au d she, wanted ter shirk it mo. and go off visitin her own folks beti and leave lildv to do the work, and else G Slier knew Marsh would seui her if elle sung ed wit n, ant till, one da nted. jic, thought she wwais puorlv ; so away flit w he goes ww o:eking herself into a root llitihetet•ie, or cotivultion or some- eye Chiu„ jc et as well as she knew how I her ter manufacture 'ern ; and site did l qua know bcYtte 'n cost folks, for she'd bei been with a woman ww l 'tl ] 1 real. So .?rLt •sli he saddles up old. Flyaway au(' brings Dr. Heartsease, and the doctor he tate$ a punch of a}fluff deliberate like, and looks at her tongue, and feels her pulse, and finds out as how she e aa -playing possum the worst kind ; and says he to 'nide, sivs " Juet bring me up a big pitcher of Wiling water--=(�t- h'iling water-; Ciling haat, remember --and a tin tunnel !" _ • •`' Whatever in the world are you • gni ng for ter do, doctor ?" says Tildy. `'` Never you mind, Tildy, . says ' he.. "I'm going tee—cure het up you jest run and bring me a big pitcher of h'ilin_g hot water and a tin tunnel-" Then, while Tildy was gone for 'em, says he for the patient : a ne d.ty she g ou see, ev nes ;town her rs along with ern n, with ids nd - a' 10 ds. nd bags gs. Wa'al, es young h them, as h d ti ith maat li Lain rofc<s ent he.clap;� n 1ewasa1 ins lie t her coneup y Spring` the and a heap_ it=fine look.- -id . gloves on cf notions in ell! of papers me morning r• Bali raster nrlSoriie as a, ers' like sill:, s ter look ter. 1 - his eyes on st plan. Law e pth ':ok {ter git in- to ler ! I heels.' tell as st several c• :S that terrn, then s was n`bdi y cut up. El en, she a ,ways seemed on he pri i+il)1ei that the erste pitta ellewvter the like her f )r it; and T he the i•iel� is of it. So. )sac like six v, and jest 1i h'rn all ac) ss the court on the str et with lien • .by -a td -by IIle •cornet•ecl I : y, an 1 got owntirh t tc- It Was all dote. of lien t g ru away wi 'by `young s b Reuben E eet's pony: 4u see, he was a -tali, g her oat t drive, and jest qot out ter the p st' (Eike for }calf a Ininetej when, whisk ! off •veal the Jiony like mac . Mr. `.Bar- riste , 'lte A -ea jest a -cot: ming, mit of the .oust blouse with a vi tness, and lie sE ed his chance, and 'r went for that heathen Cliinee" o a pony, and stop} ed hith jest as Lucy Eden was on Vie p'in of losing het senses and 1�riilr thr.) vied out ,of t Wa'• 1, of course, afte coulr u't s and' on j ce mote, ; he' salved " her spt•ainetI hi. owv :i area, as ter dr but e Must coni Marigold's and be mad. and ucy .Hallen bound in col .1 baths a tendet heart, and every' day 1 and r port is elf ,ill URON E all right. And then, after they'd got hint into training, he went of his own will, jest like a piece of ma - chi erg that had once got an im- pet ous. He used ter slip out of cob t between the callilig of his cases and clip over ter Marigold's place, and hey a chat along with Lucy El- len n the best parlor, tlhat always made you sneeze ter go: inter it, or out in the 'porch, whek•e she was Mostly s4ting, sewing like a lady in her. muslin gowns and curls and necklaces and whatnots that the other young fellows hacl given her. Oh, I tell you, he was that much in love with her that the Marigold's thought it %res a-ture thing—though he'd e'cleve_Shc1 nothing ig i n lis,rticular; and I heerd tell as how truss Mari- gold hed begun to stone the resins for the wedding cake, and looked at Swiss muslius and delusion lace over, ter Shopville. Bet . there's many a hole in the skitximer, and one of 'em was big enough for Lucy Ellen's 'beau to slip though. Tt was :enough ter make your heart big with -' envy and wish yourself young ag'in, with a blush iu_ your cheek, and a fo •tune in :your eves,' bo see her and Mr. Barrister to- gather, a -walking to meeting, and a -loitering along the way, and a -hanging over the gate its the twi- lights, and a -sailing off at Sunset on the river. Wa'al we cat-u't be young but onst How he used ter look at her, with his soul in thein great eyes of his'n, and every wor=d site said was law and gospel to his ears. Them was heydays for Lucy Ellen, and they might heu lapped over ter this tune if she'd lied a proper re- spect for ttie truth, and not 'aa tried to deceive and hoodwink hien as was honest as davliglit with 'her, and would hev thought all the better of her for -being capable and doing her duty, i3utthere, it was. thej way she was brought t p : "as the twig It was. take be - ;he could Id help ear, king ey'd for ward ter` and has her ting en's ness cl er- she and ver Ler a we in to alf nal of es, cy Y, of k's is bent: the tree's i (lined." second nater for: ter ter lieve, and I don't know as help it, no mare' 1 she co looking like anap )le blossom. D dear ! how every; iliody Was -l,-tal about what a hand om-ecouple th be, and what a ; ateh it ., was Lucy Ellen, and: -looking i for to::the wedding fixings,. !and dreaming on the vedthng cake a -planning it all Out for - her, folks do. .He -es 'd ter biing books of verses, a d- read 'em sit on the. door step ac 'Lucy, + l l feet, and she thin ding of good knows what, for i c oli be if she un stood a woad of 'em, though made believe ni hty natural pretty; she kne-wr ow. 1 One -day when 14e drove her o ter Shopville he aasl of glove . if site, Th e utile, Sell pric buy sixe and Erle ineo sigh :turned, over she by herself, and gi and when he cool meeting•_with her he she,: smiling at n1u8S. "• I shall never- put on. my eauti full gloves, 11I.r. J arrister, w thinking of you:" "I wish- they might last f.rever, then,". said be. And I'll Le bound that L icy Ellen's heart gave , great thrill of pain and .clelig ht, jest ; as mine (lid when {iter father But there, that's nothing to clo with Licy Ellen, only I'll be bob ad she thought he was going for tI;r ;i137- Something, ray something, worth hearing. et lie never did say any thing niglie • to it. She's got them lilock sixes hid away among her finery terthis claav, : lread- ful witnesses of het folly. ' haps she keeps 'em as a'kind of reu iucler of her sins—as peniince, you ki ow-- tbough, goodness. nows, she' safe feted for 'em. \Va al, I sort atiulee think troubles is l ent for of r acl- vantatge, ter fear , us thin s we wouldn't liev noid a of withou 'em. Now, if - tacy El en heti in rriecl Mr. Barrister, and things lied gone oothl and she'd 'a lived in ur all her days, like as not 1, -..gone en deceiving and mak- ieve to the endof the chapter, t ever seeing ' the haL't or knowing what she' ; was Of, but one day cones -along re disappoiutmenc, and 'sort •s the - soul lip, and- sets r wondering 'what it's r ; and she goes ter g and reflecting about and the upshot is that llen Marigold isn't the sane .ay as she was the last tittle eyes .on Mr. Iia}•rister. You term of court was drawing or, and Mil. Barrister he deep in love is ever, when, t 'day, he went over to 4 ari- ace, round by Far er S's cider mill, and up the here the -wild roses grew, by Miss Marigold's kitchen ed what num wore. ' The last pair I bough ," S was sixes." nd so the w y'd got by mist•cke, you ',see, ngthe sevens, .and she'd lied 'etli. ter Ilitty Haven for h e. So Ni. Bar ister he goes a s her the handsomest 'pair s, the color off' the Mock- ,bush all perfumed up ; anti, Lu n she thanks him in her:prett cent way, and pets, 'em out t ; and soondts ever his bac id pair of slevena; ter walk ter him as neet as on sm grande bel withou quite a -doing this he of stii it le all fo thinkin ie carriage. Lecy E tinit they girl to -d !emony no she set d nothing ter a cl te Pa I was as al' Sweet - lett ter go lane w e arm gat that led POSITOR. win owes; and going by, attiral mum. h, he looked in, wi hont a thou ht of doing anything nhand souse or peeking whore he wasn't want d ter, 'and there, with her sleev is rolled up over lier white, roun arms, with her cheeks like twit •ores, eyes like jewels, stood Lucy Ellen, ironingaway the week's wadi ng for dear life, and huinining a lov: seng. Of course she „didn't see him, though be stood sto k -still for a full minute, drinking n the loveli less and the deftness f her_ Tlien the walked roun to the fore door find pulled the bell. There was sc;•ine delay in answering of file door, Ind then Mis Maarigol her- self opened E.t4 rt > , Si • it i ill like xt ix1 N • g 5. 1. "Wouldn't \I t I• l�,ai•istez walk in? 'So glad to see him." - Mr. Barri,der went in, lief rt a. s light as a feather, and his mind rade up, I don't doubt, ter ask Luey El- len to be his'n. "Gan I see Miss Lucy ?" sad he. .".Ahem !" said she, a-ce,loritl, and earirg her throat ; " Lucy Ellen J cl AUG r ST 4, 1871 • x .eao, t i CIT'l�r�%N!'Ni A `4 1 r , G. T. BAILEY & CO.'S IANAGERIE ASC AVIARy€ «-111 bo in presently, I guess ; she ASI' stepped out as while ago ter make a FREE CI CUS AND H 1 PPO DRO ME, call up 'i'n • - • to Square Tendons s. I expecting her back any moment." Gant you see the poor man's fa at such wonderful news, the eyes big with astonishment, and ipatiii ? I wonder winch he believed atr that fuse moment, his own ears of his own eyes 7 . - - "iIiss Lncy has gone out, she 7" 11e said, taking up' his hat lookinat queer. " Yee Oli, don't be tthinkin of i . going, Ir. Bar•ristei ; she left $vord RAR; that she'd be back in a jiffy " (push ing °pelt the blind) «arid I arae tet THIS COLOSSAL CO)IBIl ATION, embracing cing four ciiZtinrt exhibitions, r�,i'ler separate and s `• ce ►aw•illiuns each larger I I laa� k,ta 1 � ,,c tlialu any tw•tr c•ree�rct in thy Dominion, kill exhibit, F PI H On TB: URSDAY, AU UST 10, 1871, AFTERNOON AND EVENING, and THE � T H . 1� S COLLECTION- -�-OF— '1 keep ww lio called, - There, T dd be- ! shell be back afore long, depend on't." And then she fell ter tellling him big stories about the Mar -hes and the Swamps, and a pot of old that was said ter be buried on the place, n000dy knew where, an it, didn't matter; and Mr. Barri ter of it all, till Miss Marigold thought and " Ah," without hearing a etolii•cel ore bun the iserablest company in, world, N hen, by -and -637,1 the door op ned, and in. came nay I. Lucy E len, flushed and beam -11g, sunshad and her violet &yes. " have you been here long? How glad I a ter see you !" And tl en she stopi ed and changed color at the strange, tra,nge look in her lover's eyes—or the eyes that hed been her lover's a hour ago—which hed took "1 ain going away," said he- then. "I wish er bid you good -by and ter thank yo for—fm much pleasere and many—many hospitalities." "But -ou will come :this wty ag'in, an I come ter see .-us 7" said Lucy El en, lighting upe tbinkind he wily wanted a little encourade- We hey not lost you alto - gether 7" ceme this me al tog and I—I hat ag'in. and they And the Lucy El met ried. iss Lucy, I shall never way ag'iu. You :hey last titer, if that is. any thin hey lost more •than any lost my faith in Woman.- nd then he topk and bowed himself out, lever set eyes en him ag'if en Maeigold never a CHANCED HANDS. THE undersigned having purchased the lloxborp Giisting reptii t 4nercased the Ma tit the Mill in thorongh state Of are now Trepared to , do -GRIST NG, CI-IOPPING' AND All other da of general Custom.. Work n the shortest notice. They would Is° desire to .Ptate to farmers and others, that as he work will be dope under their own supervisio they have no hesitation hi gu.aran- A trial respectfully solihited. Roxboro ,Xunq ,1871. 184-tf. VIOLET ,13 XCHANGE BROKER, And dealer in Pure RUCS CHEMICALS AND DYESTUFFS, PERF UMERY, FANCY AN TO i LET ART110 L ES Agent for esving Machines. Aloney talent' easyi terms. gyr Pure W es and Liquors for medi- cinal purposes. J. SEATTER, J. SEATTER, soiv 'Together with an IMMENSE AVIARY ! AND Double Troupe of Equestrians, GYMNASTS AND ATHLETES. Positively the oply Menagerie which will visit this Summer. retaario Visitors purohasine tickets to the .1.tinagerie and Aviary are admitted o the CIRCITS ND HIPPO OM • Admission, to in, 50c. Children, undeF 25c. EXT A ANNOUNCEMENT. / The management have snecee ed in effecting, a limited engar,rement -with the intrepid FE.TALE' DLONDIN, :01adasnioNelle JOsephine DeVerrier, who will, each day, just prior to the atter- _ noon performance, make a GRAND-- OUTSIDE ASCENSION From tlit ground to the top of tho highest centre pole Thie daring and hazardous feat, which has neyer before becn successfully accomplished by a Ia y, - given as a GRATUITY TO THE PEOPLE ANID IS FREE FOR EVERYBODA.• Doors open at half -past I and 7 P, M. CI -Beware of Mountebank Show, And unprincipled tricksters who tule flitting by railway through the country with paltry and .inferi 1 exhibitions. FARMERS stay AT Iib.ME and „attend to your harvest, a Wait unt I the 10th of August, For a day f enjoyment and insiructive amusement. OUR TRADE MAIM IS C. T. PAILEY & CO.S GREAT QUADRUPLE COMBINATION ! SEAFORTH, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 187L GO TO NO OTHER...Ea BRIEF 1, women of 111.1 the Texas Female] —Joys are the; in OttiOrath, by th —He that is t4) advim is too go, —A pure cha .ed steel—if dentl almost inetantly eel —Value the fr who stands by voli the —The .11 ormoiel ident Grant a gr. --Chignons, ph 4114 'This is the very latt —An 01 lady j av her vet- -clothes bag, wad mindedness sold did and (.0wpIaceney of; ail the charms make the decays Tatler - Vail equally confide, ion we can value at justness and its siiki ing fountains proviA 'hey work well, al g)emive, and are the -.Teat value ation of habits of int scattering about a li old fashioned red supposed tit:it after selves these ebeerflit to their holes and stt —When men a arrogant, they a niost mistaken, an 'views to passion, (an alone seenre then) -est absurdities. — The cholera is r raping terribly in Pt,, ine, and hence it may it owes its origin tt: and i8 not on a ma 1848 and 1865 to (t later the hoines-of ex lea. 'careful hew they mk A country editor, writer who simt his recommending,, that be talFen. _up and — The adhe its of religious denominatie are estimated as 1.4. Church, 69,692,700 ;, ()I rental Church es, 6,4 an Catholics, 195,00q ants, 98,139,000 ; '000 ; other Asiaiic — Robert Houdin, French conjuror, ilk France. He inventet] :lolls machines, fo‘r wk plize medals. In bis public career as a for seven years tainn ians at his hall in the The govenment sen to Algiers, in order tl enlighten the Arabs ed miracles et* their nn: wrote several in terestl /nom grain, in prop population, than any tbe world. Ace -MIMS ,of 1870, wheat be produced at the - bushels to each perl census of 1850, the i‘ produced .36.3 hush* son then in the coni ania, one ,of the Dal: produces 25 11. person, b6ng the secol, ,of prodveticti: stands third, produe els to each person. corner of Caithness, S Sundays ago, a minis tance officiated, and ness of his heart gavt apbrase instead of the = at the ch).-te of the SCTID had he done so when t jumped up, and, tn whispPred audibly ,u the minister, 44 tre sic trash here. Ver ly rejoined his reveren it Myself ;" and sing the manifest admiratie The chest of all tioned man iris teen A rand tlytee inches, tor