The farm-yard club of Jotham: . Our friends evidently want facts and not theories,said Mr. Howe to Mr. Hopkins, as they separated, and theClub House was cleared for the night. CA TTLE. 39 THIRD MEETING. CA TTLE (Continued). FANNY WRIGHT APPEARS. —DR. PARKER COMES UPON THE STAGEAND DISCOURSES ON THE STRUCTURE OF CATTLE. It was several days before the committee on subjects fordiscussion had an opportunity to arrange matters prepara-tory to the next meeting of the Ckib. Mr. Howe had beenunusually busy. There was a wedding at Squire Wrights, — his eldest and fairest daughter, Fanny, having beenwoo
The farm-yard club of Jotham: . Our friends evidently want facts and not theories,said Mr. Howe to Mr. Hopkins, as they separated, and theClub House was cleared for the night. CA TTLE. 39 THIRD MEETING. CA TTLE (Continued). FANNY WRIGHT APPEARS. —DR. PARKER COMES UPON THE STAGEAND DISCOURSES ON THE STRUCTURE OF CATTLE. It was several days before the committee on subjects fordiscussion had an opportunity to arrange matters prepara-tory to the next meeting of the Ckib. Mr. Howe had beenunusually busy. There was a wedding at Squire Wrights, — his eldest and fairest daughter, Fanny, having beenwooed and won by a thoughtful,earnest, and de-vout young min-ister, who hadjust graduatedat a theologicalschool, and whowhile yet a stu-dent had oftentried his wingsin Mr. Howespulpit, and foundsweet consola-tion during the interim at thehospitable man-sion of the Squire. The excitement over this event wasgreat; for Fanny was a most efficient and energetic person, — sang splendidly in the choir, — had the best class in the. FANNY WRIGHT. 40 THE FARM-YARD CLUB OF JOTHAM. Sunday School, — was the life of the sewing-circle,—car-ried cheer and light with her wherever she went, — enter-tained the brightest circle at the parties, with a soft andgentle vivacity so superior to the noise and tumult of somany of her rivals, that young and old hovered about her,— was tall and vigorous and superb with her crown ofdark brown hair, — was so self-poised and well informedthat she was never forth-putting, and never awkward andabashed, and had, as her bachelor cousin said, always mani-fested great sense and judgment, until she followed the ex-ample set by so many of the finest and fairest, and fell inlove with the young minister. Fanny had gone off in theblaze of a great wedding, and the darkness and silence whichfollowed gave the village such a cheerless air that Mr. Howefelt quite oppressed and powerless. And then, too, anonly son of a mother, and she a widow, had died, and allt
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