Josiah's Alarm, and Abel Perry's Funeral

A collection of comic sketches narrated by a pragmatic, observant rural wife who recounts household troubles, neighbors’ antics, and her husband’s extravagant schemes in homespun dialect. Episodes range from a misjudged furnace and plans to heat gardens and livestock to the oddities of local commerce and a peculiar funeral, each rendered with dry irony and plainspoken humor. The pieces mix anecdote, social observation, and gentle satire to portray small‑town anxieties, domestic resourcefulness, and everyday human foibles.