Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1907 — A Poor Place to Live In. [ARTICLE]

A Poor Place to Live In.

Wind end weather were to Mrs. Goodsail a constant source of interest. She watched the clouds and the village weather vanes with eagerness and pleasure, and In doubtful weather her first questton to the grocer’s boy when he came to take or deliver orders was sure to be, “Which way was the meeting house vane p’lnted when you came by?” Her neighbors all humored her by telling of any eccentricity they had discovered in their own or other vanes, and Mrs. Goodsall would speak of “eddies” and “currents” and “swoops” of air in a wise and authoritative manner. “Ildw did you enjoy your visit to Boston?” asked one of her neighbors on Mrs. Goodsall’s return from a week’s sojourn with a niece who lived In the city. “I suppose you saw lots of grand sights. I hear Carrie lives In considerable style.” “She Ilves in a benighted locality,” said Mrs. Goodsail dryly. “That’s what I call It. For all their carriages 'an’ stone steps an’ fine clothes ’tls a behlghted spot. J’eer an’ twist as I could, there was only one weather vane I could sight from their windows, back or front What kind of a place do you call that for intelligent folks to make a home, I’d like to know?”—Youth’s Companion.