Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1838-10-12

en- children pe,itioning for release; and
many a twenty dollars, debt and costs, !
have had to pay for them in consequence
OF the debtor. and The bail, and wife, and
children and pigs, all running away at the
same time. Bu, they were oil fond of me-;
it was :" Long life to your honor"--the
blessings of st. Patrick be on you !" but
they were sure never to vote for me when
was a canddatc--they could not bring 1t
over their consciences, the villains, with
all their attachment to me, which was very
sincere and unaffected.
One plan they devised in giving bail,
which was very amusing, and they thought
was not up to it. They bad counaught
man among thcm-a bod man, tail hand
some, gentcel fellow, foil Of fun and mpu-
dence. Whenever they wanted security,
they would dress him up in o neat black
coat and rufled shirt, give him gold
wal CHI, cane, pair OF gloves, Iand, thus
disguised, he would strut into the office
with the air of an alderman. 81 ccme to
bail Terrence O'Flynn, SIR What is
the amount ?" "Only twenty dollars, sir; a
rnc, your honor, but we INST not Jet our
counuymcn suffer, you know" So cay
ing. he would pull out The gold watch and
look at it long enough for al the deputies
in the Office to see The article, adjust bis
rullles, take pinch out of I'D IIays's snuff
box, sign the bond aud srut out. This
fellow was bail for the Wilde Five Points
which was in the limits; aud as often as
saw him clanklng his iron heeod boots
over The marble pavement Of the City Hall
twIrling his cane, initiating, and very clev-
ery too, a man of wealth and Importance
| used to say to him, We'll, Rory, VIII,
are you going to bail now ;"
! lost a great deal by him of course, il
small sums, bat he maze q trile occasion
ally by the experiment, and his friends al
ways made practice of stripping him o
his borrowed robes the moment he camt
of duty; and I have teen him one bou
after signing bond, on the top of Iadde
with hod full Of brick chip hat wthou
rim, and terrible rcnt in The rear of hi
corduroys.
was glad that the whole limit system
was abandoned--it WIS painful to parties
and did good to none. One day threw
"pC" tHc Jaw w puuIlC lHSpeCIIOO. nH(
cleared out all the debtors, some by com
promise, some by bail and very few b.
consent of creditors ; it was the old Pro
vost during the revolutionary war, terri
bic looking place, now transformed int,
he beautiful Hall Of Records but as ,ht
devil would have it, before night an office
brought in wild young Frenchman, ar
rested for a small sum His mother. wei
known and respected in this city. called a
my house. full Of grcfan polleness, an
smiling through her tears, having BY ,h
| hand handsome, modest looking girl
scarcely sixteen "Ah. mon cher, NJ on
sleur Sheriff, you ave locked up my son i
de prson--here is his beautiful wife Vi
you let her sleep by herself, all alone, to
! night 20 There was no resisting such
pnlhellc appeal, and The wife carried th
release 20 jail, and old Mr.. Roome let hlr
out to roam about and be again caught b
Baron Na5em. The result OF abolishn
| imprisonment for debt is hat men are mor
! cautious in giving credit, aud those VIII
have credit are more cautious in guardn
! it, NJ y. Star.