. Village life in America, 1852-1872 : including the period of the American Civil War as told in the diary of a school-girl . her coming after us. He said, Well,girls, you have been and you have got back, but Icould see that he was glad to have us at home again,even if we are troublesome comforts, as he some-times says. July 4.—Barnums circus was in town to-day andif Grandmother had not seen the pictures on thehand bills I think she would have let us go. Shesaid it was all right to look at the creatures God hadmade but she did not think He ever intended thatwomen should go only half dressed an
. Village life in America, 1852-1872 : including the period of the American Civil War as told in the diary of a school-girl . her coming after us. He said, Well,girls, you have been and you have got back, but Icould see that he was glad to have us at home again,even if we are troublesome comforts, as he some-times says. July 4.—Barnums circus was in town to-day andif Grandmother had not seen the pictures on thehand bills I think she would have let us go. Shesaid it was all right to look at the creatures God hadmade but she did not think He ever intended thatwomen should go only half dressed and stand up andride on horses bare back, or jump through hoops inthe air. So we could not go. We saw the streetparade though and heard the band play and saw themen and women in a chariot, all dressed so fine, andwe saw a big elephant and a little one and a camelwith an awful hump on his back, and we could hearthe lion roar in the cage, as they went by. It musthave been nice to see them close to and probably wewill some day. August 8.—Grandfather has given me his wholeset of Waverley novels and his whole set of Shake-. Grandmothers Rocking Chair I The Grandfather Clock 1857] VILLAGE LIFE IN AMERICA 89 speares plays, and has ordered Mr. Jahn, the cabi-netmaker, to make me a black walnut bookcase, withglass doors and three deep drawers underneath,with brass handles. He is so good. Anna saysperhaps he thinks I am going to be married and goto housekeeping some day. Well, perhaps he things have happened. Barkis is will-in, and I always like to please Grandfather. Ihave just read David Copperfield and was so inter-ested I could not leave it alone till I finished it. September i.—Anna and I have been in Litch-field, Conn., at Fathers school for boys. It is keptin the old Beecher house, where Dr. Lyman Beecherlived. We went up into the attic, which is light andairy, where they say he used to write his famous ser-mons. James is one of the teachers and he camefor us. We
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