The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1839-02-19
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DIALOGUE

you back from the West SO soon g? I sunnosed
you had by this time got to be Mayor of some Of
those western cities that spring up in a day, and
had become great gentleman.
Harry.-Not ! tell you. Give me a snug lit
tie farm among Green Mountains, with COW
or two and yoke of steers, and let those have
their palaces in the air at the West who want them
tell you what James, have seen enough of the
West, and have come back some three hundred
dollars worse of, than when started and content
TO settle down in Vermont, where we can at least
have pure air and good water and with indus
try and economy, | believe farmer may be as IN
dependant and live as well at the West. But
no one can tell the misery that | have witnessed
this season 1t has seemed though the whole
population were sick-wth none to take care Of
them, or hardly to bury the dead and many
wish have5 heard expressed by the poor suffer
ers, that they might only come back to Now Eng
land to die, or that they might for once look upon
our Mountains, and behold the faces hat they low
ed. But in vain. Hundreds and thousands of
those who went out from New England with az
high hopes as did, have breathed their last and
would have given worlds If they could only have
got back here, even with the loss of every thing
James-Your picture makes perfectly salts
he 10 stay at home, and glad TO learn that
you are. Indeed, ! have always thought that we
were about as well off here as any where, taking
all things into consideration (; though l should
much like to travel through the region you have,
out OF curiosity. Pray what did you see and hear
there, for you know am always curious to learn.
any thing news
Harry.-Ifyou to go there, you would SEQ
and hear for ourself many things, better than
can describe them. l saw a great many fine
| In fnSa and nuph ycollo
very cheap too, and ! must own it looks lvery
tempting TO n stranger, but after seeing so much
sickness there, it don't tempt me much. As for
hearing-a person must keep both ears open-,o
hear and believe all the strange stories that are
there told. recoect meeting man with scythe
who boosted greatly OF his ability TO NOW, and -af
ter telling many round stories he capped the climax
by asserting that his scythe was sharp that the
shadow of II cut mans leg off. Another man
boasng OF the speed of his horse, assertedin round
terms that the lightning chased him seven miles on
turnpike aud could mt overtake him.
| Jamcs-Ha ha that is equal TO what Barnv
Wing used TO say of his horse. q" Ny horse" said
he is as much swifter than lightning as lightning
Is swfter than the growth of tree.
Harry Another man | met with assured met
that he had a brother, who needed six weeks fat.
tening TO make him decent skeleton When |
was going down the Ohio River a tall raw Back.
woodsman was telling his long yarns that no body
believed though all on the boat listening to
him, when smart young fellow started up "Mis
Ter says me- "lhat story is nothing TO what can
tell. There is Major A. in our town is such com.
plete shot that when he goes int the woods, the
coons cry out is that you Maj. A. well don't fire.
for We'll come down"
james, guess the tall man didn't tell any more
stories.
Harry-No, tell you, he was out of sight pref.
~ soon When was down in New Orleans there
was lady at the Theatre who played so admirably
mat 1t was said bear would go every night TO hear
her, and at last took young Alligator with him a.
both gentlemen appeared perfectly charmed with
her.
Jamcs.-And do you believe all these stories
Harry.-I can't swear to the truth of them, !
only tell you what heard and you must Judge for
yourself but must confess that some of them ap-
peared like rather tough stories, and l told a man
so, whom heard describing very tall neighbor OF
his. ale tall' said he "That he has TO
get up into a C hair to, shave himself" At Cncin-
natl they showed me where blind beggar
had sat, so long that his shadow remained on the
side of the house five days after he dead.
These are specimens of the stories that are aft oat
at the west, and have heard reports of many fine
things from that country which are fully believed
by the people here and believed them before |
went; but now know them to be as absurd as the
stories have related, and shall be careful how
am caught with chaff again. I would advise our
Green Mountain Boys to stay at home and be
tented, industrious and frugal, and ten years hence
will agree that nineteen out of twenty will be
better off than they would have been, had they
gone to the West. p.
Chief Justice Parker of N. Hampshire, has de-
cided that payment of any kind made in the bills