Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1837-08-18

ed as he walked. laid down under the trees
and read Shakespeare rolled his eyes in
| fine phrenzy,ke duck in thunder storm,
| scrbIed verses in the Pinderick style. with.
out regard to feet lines with as ma.
ny as q centipede others brief as wt--every
BODY declared that he was genius.
| Mrs Shuieton Pope stopped every one
she met to tell them ofthe wonderful tall
ents OF her son fit were q man she seized
him by the button until he had heard the
catalogue of observations and expecIa-
tons or left his button behind if it we're
a woman she held her fast by he glgot
sleeve, and The party must take her choice
to listen patiently. or TO leave two yards of
calico BY way of decentralization. In one
point all were agreed that IN making out
her son to BE- such lion, Mrs Pope proved
herselfto he a bore, So things went on
untll Shuiilcton Pope ar wed al he age of
eighteen, and Mrs Shufiion Pope died.
and, what was more unfortunate. her IN.
come from the long annulies was cut short,
and died with her.
Shuffleton Pope was called Pope, be-
cause his fathers name was Pope
Shufileon, after his mothers brother. whose
name was Shuflleton. Mr. shuflleton was
an honest yeoman, well to do in the world
who had great genius for farming, and
nothing else. Being guardian to Shuttle
ton Pope, ne sem for him at his mothers
death pointed out to him that ali the
oropcriy bequeathed to him was only
| farm of so acres, recommended him TO
turn his attention to agriculture, If he
wished to do well. i can assist you Shut
fleton,' said the good old man, 'and my
daughter Is coming home Tomorrow. You
have not seen her, and you are not, per
haps, aware that 1t had been agreed be-
tween your iaiher and me, that YOU should
marty If You liked each other. Then Won
will have my five hundred acres 10 add TO
your own at my death. You may decide
tor YOURSELF you can work your farm and
marry Louisa, or you can let your farm
and let her alone Sufleton Pope looked
at his farm and looked a; Louisa. The
farm was more profitable than Arcadlan
10 appearance ; and Louisa although very
pretty, had not the AIR of Sappho. Shot.
fiction Pope let his farm and let Louisa
alone. He was not wise, but he was
genus.
Mr. Shuile'on was annoyed at his uenh.
ew's decision, bot SAID nothing. Shuttle
ION Pope felt that a little village was no,
the place for a genius like his--bu' BE- also
SAID nothing. One fine dav he packed up
his porlmautcau, and with nearly half
years rent ~ his pocket, he took an out
side place on he coach and proceeded 10
London. He might have sad rood hy
! to LuulSa-bnt he dad not. TO be rude Is
one of The great privileges of genus
Now Shufllslon Pope knew nobody and
| London Is "A large place. Nevertheless,
| Shuillnton Pope thought thai every body
must have heard of hun Snuff ton Pope,
the genus of South Coblov !-bnt he soon
| found ont that not only they had not heard
of nlm, but they did not even know whore
South Cooley waS--upon which dl, covery,
Snuff ton Pop" conceived most inefia
cont empr for London IN general and The
people the Of no 81 al which he resided ~
particular Notwithstanding Mr. Shufil ton
rope'S opinion. there are some very clev
pr ucnlusps IN London. who found him out
and nlrved To SHIFT the ma pr part of his
money our Of his pockets into their own.
Ihev did not, however, leave bin. as j.
generally the case. N his heattless world.
as soon a. they nb'alned all his money BE-
cause hey found ou that be had an estate.
On the contrary, they pra sed his verses
were aslonlshed al his prose: eat his DIN.
nerS--drank his wines, and declared, more
oyer that Shufll3to Pope was genius,
aud no mistake.
; ShniilNon Pope was without a siXpense
when very good na,nred people cane for.
ward and offered him any sum to the a
mount OF two thousand pounds Shuiileton
accepted heir offer, and they parted the
, best friends In the world, after Shuilleton
had signed deed, the contents of which
were 100 harra,sng for genius to read.
All this while Mr. Shuflleton Pope's tai
en's were, SOMEHOW or another, unknown
except at the hotel, where he was duly
estimated but our hero was an aspiring
genius, VINO could not be confined between
: brick walls: as one day he went to the
/ house ofan EN- nent publishers
i come, sir, SAID Mr. Shrflleton Pope,
to offer you the aid ofmy talents
The offer being well meant, was as kind.
! ly received. In what line, sir, may ask.
, have a periodical
Exactly, said Mr. Shuflleton Pope I'm
not particular
But ! am replied the bookseller.
Il trust can satisfy You. Would you
like a political article, or moral, or
a philosophical treats heart-rendng
tale, or humorous story, can write one
Just as well as the other
: That is very possible, sir replied the
bookseller; i will speak with yon DIRECTLY
The bookseller kept Mr. Shufle,on Pooe
waiting just an hours and lhen there be.
/ ing nobody else in the shop, asked him
what he thought he could do.
You have but to choose, sir, replied our
! hero.
, Then, sir, if you please to send here
, moral tale, it shall meet with every consid.
Grafton. Our political and humorous de.