Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1837-06-09

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and iu'cp, and drains Of all sutts, which he
coeIl prcporc in single evening. par
'ieu,1rly noticed he invariably drank of,
aud il appeared 10 nc uncnn> clously, all the
.hcenops" ur snrarcd "rrlIqua" at the
bottom which were left by his customers;
and his conncnancc was. by 10 means, IN
dicalivc Of total abstinence.
A miserable object, very gray and very
ragged. edged his way through the crowd
towards the bar, and stood in the attitude ,
Of one who scarcely darcs 10 give ut,crancc
~ his wishes. He turned his face toward |
the lamp. knew HIM at once; it was
oil Enoch Rnhlel, who worked on my faith
ore farm, I'll NV parents dlrd, when the |
farm t'or ny father died poor passed into
o'he- hardS. Euoch was n sad dog. lie
was the GaI Of the village; and the villa
rors often got him garrulousy drunk, for
tho sake Of enjoying his bnmnr. He was
emncn'ly useful on training days. On
such occasions. he would commonly seat
| himself on the Ice side Of the pail Of punch,
for tho sake, as hc said, Of the perfume,
At weddings and ordinations he always
con,rivcd 10 BE- in attendance; and no shark
over followed "slavet" upon the high sea,
more assiduously than Enoch followed his
vocation Of mournCr IN general for the
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down his hair upon his forch"a1-wak up
SLOWLY to the cot,in-look down upon the
corp-e with mournfu shake Of the head
and then turnln! 10 'hc table WI hn lew
feet Of The receptacle Of death, pour out
and swallow I'oefa' g'n,S o, ."G very . P"'
son Wn'c" VA" 'oo "'q"'"'y O0"'''''''-o
IN" detnn"' ., .:,
En'cn Wa| 'V"'n''! uc'c'n''"co' WIZ"
an ar OF moe" mummy TO ol,r"c' Ii'' az,
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h'@gof 'ii''oT'"o"y" ., "'a""e'' AZ ''"''
no ,1ngor u o''''4"'oe":
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'"' "'H'; wa '"'", 'er"'e,'u ,'.,I
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pore" III vac '"'I'",' 'u'' ~ So
"o ,,""cY' S"'" we ~ .,.1,
40 u'"'o"' S"" h"oc'' o'' III o"p '0
''"%h ''''e 10 Gay o' '"o' ,.
ca wa" 9V' any rum '''e '>"'9"''
Sa'0 me oeacoh, ;" 'ne s'""c' you ~ "oo"
your BUSINESS '"r oe'trr, .,
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-o'u L"oc"' wiz" "'"'''s a"u oeseee"'-
ayr.
= won l. Sn,u we oe'co"'
i'a', g'''' '"e", '""' '""tu '"e pe@@"'
~ UI' w." wv" y ''P''eu Tue oc'''"
WIZ W" 't"T'"- curry
'V,u "'',' o' INV !e''n- I''' Iva
Wv '''"''' '"'' "'' J'S' 'c' o' "u'c
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J won. then cried Eooch. runninc hi
nose in the ,ayoruct's face. .ins, let \ mo
f.ll,w rn, = smell If vour hrco,h Dnnco,
M,yery
This stroke ofhumor caused such neal
. of laurh,er as TO make the old house hok,
} 20 lis very foundations. The deacon los
his temper. aud threw a whole q lass oftod
2 dy. winch be had just comNounled, witt
: particular care, for Squire Shuttle, ct th'
= bnggar'S head. Enoch avoided the compll
= mrn' with singular adronness, aud TIT
squire himself, who was standing directl
; b'hnd him, roceivad the whole glass q
toddy in his face aud eyes. This circnm
i stance, while II eXited the sqnircs anger
o increased the nproar Of ibis respectable as
t scmhag". The deacon maj a hundre,
I awkward apologies, and fresh glass o
-, iodlv which he presented IN the most hum
o bic manner imaginable.
. THIS scene had scarcely passed whc'
: old Mclaughlin, the sexton, whom | we
n romnmbcrcd N my youth, entered the roor
y and putting gallon jug unon the bar, CX
: claimed, in his well known acccnt--' Daco
+ mixer, has come for the COmmuuo
| wolnc.
u l. wos Saturday nirht L !, poesib'r
,b,urh, HIM, mi m,n w'I L,yn,ho hard
d hood +, nlJic,a,e nt tho ,oblc of his Lar