Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1841-12-10

OuUu 10 tTCcS, anu COIlpclIcu thC" W |
he secret acts of their late master. One o.
hem detailed most horrid catalogue of crime
lie stated several murders known to him, that
lis master had cotnmmitted. Some OF these
we're once citizens of the country,and their sud-
len disappearance had always been looked upon
with suspicion of foul play.
The corps subsequently examined his resi-
lence, when these evidences of murder were
fully confirmed. At the bottom of an old well
human skulls were seen, where they had no
doubt been thrown as each fresh murder &C.
Cured. Among various other things, also, there |
was a watch found, with strangers name in 1t |
This, negro declared, he had seen on the per.
son of gentleman who once staid there all
night. The residence of Yoakum is called the
Pine Island, and is an the road leading to ious-
ton. It is athorough fare necessarily freoren'ed
by travellers at his house many have been COM
PEELED to stay by the advanced state Of the day,
bad weather, &C., until It almost became usual
stopping place for travellers. From these cir
cunstances, he had ample means for carrying
out most extensively bloody list of tragedies.
There can be no doubt but that his fiendish tenn
permanent had its full safe in flesh, and has
sent to the fatal "bourne from whence no trav-
cller returns" the last sad remains of many
valuable life. The rest of the gang have fed,
and now ample security and peace exist thro-
ought the county.
Mr.. jonathan SLrcK," of Wcathcrs-
field, Connecticut, has got back TO New
York, and is writing letters for the papers.
In letter to his "Par," after narrating the
modus operand of securing an engage
ment with the New York Express, he gives
an account Of his visit to the green house,
for nosegay for his "gal," preparatory to
visiting the theatre.
With that shook hands with the Editors of the
Express and made tracks fol- the sloop about the tick
ledest Teller that your ever did see.
The mint got to the sloop l set down there for
did MT seem TO hum enough in the Aston House to
write there. | so down IN the cabin and stretched
out my legs on butter tub, turned up my coat cuffs
and wrote oil the letter tn at sent you tolhcrday
the top of an onion barrel without stopping once
tarnationed anxious to let you know how was
getting along had 10 bite of short for chap come
board with Captain Doote to bargain for the cargo
of cider and garden sarse. I nfcard that they
would want TO overhaul my writing desk and so
made myself scarce, and went up to the Express with
the letter stuck loose inside the crown Of my hat,
editor fashion.
l left the hull letter with the clerk and axcd him
where on arth chap could git smashing bunch of
poises, If he took notion TO want such thing. He
told me TO go right straight up to Mr. Hoggs Broad
way clear up TO the tother end, and said that I'd
better git aboard box, and it would carry me right
chock again the spot for forepence hapeney.
oval, sez l. "the expense amt nothing to kill, so
guess I'll rdc.''
With that, got into one of them alfred awkerd
things that look like young school house sot on
wheels, and running away with the scollcrs slowed
inside and, arter Smelling out my forepence, we sot
out up Centre street, through the Bowery, and all
along shore I'LL we stopped short agn the Union Park,
clear up town. After searching around little found
Mr. Hogs garden and went in. A great, tall, good
natured looking chap cum up to me as was peak
ing about--a Teller that made me feel hulnsick in a
mint he looked so much like our folks.
"1ow do you do 7" sez L. 'l'm llched to sec you (;
they told me that you keep poses to sell about these
ere premises, but don't see no signs of EN-.
'Oh," seq he as good as pie, 'come this way, and
guess we can find as many you want.
oval, that'l be good many, for I'm hard critIer
on mary COLDS and holly-hocks," seq l. "and want
a smashing heap OH EN-.
With that, Mr. Hogg, instead of taking me into n
garden, jest opened the door of great low house,
with alfred great winder covering the hull roof,
and SEE he
"Walll IN
1 guess di walk in, for the House was chuck full
of the harnsomest trees and bushes that ever sot
eyes on, all covered with poses. and smelling so
sweet that bed Of seed onious jis it busts out
in a shows storm of white flowers aint nothing COM
pared to it. Didn't give good long snufs as went
Int THIS idea to my notion of posies amongst big
trees and bushes are like women folks and young ones
IN the world OF human natur If the yarnt good for
something else, they paguey harnsum to look at
and the world would be orful dark and scraggy with
out EN-. Some women may be bad enough and hate
full as henbane, but consarn me if wouldn't rather
love thorn bushes than none at all. There was one
tree that took my eye the minute went in it hung
chuck full of great Zig oranges, and tell me lie right
out if there was mt swad of white poses busting
out through the great green leaves in hull handlls
all around on the same limbs where the oranges were
growing. Think |, this rally is giniwnc scrip
ture lesson, spring and fall getting in love with each
other and hugging together on the same bush and
oh gracious how the perfume did pour out from the
lIo .,f E1t
and creeping through my hair ill began TO feel a-
if I'd been durkcd all in kettle full of billed rose
leaves. Mr.. Hogg he went along among the grea,
hig h rows of bus hes sot in heap, top OF
ther almost TO the glass ruff, with good sized jack
knife in his hand, and the way he cut and slashed
among the green leaves and red roses and piled up a
bunch of poses about the quickest, yet wasn't sa
tsfed, he did mt seem pick out the rae critters bu
tucked in the leee fnfed buds, ut Just as If he
could mt guess what wanted 'em for.
"Oh now you git out, seq l, wien he handed a
hull swad of po,ies done up in girls! of leaves "yog
flee bite to what want. Come now, hunt up few
holyhocks and marygolds and peoples, and if you've
got good smashing hldaranger, purple on one side
and yellow on tother tuck 1t IN the middle"
Mr. Hogg he stood looking right in my eyes with
his mouth leee open as if he didn't know what to
make of il.
"The season is over for those things" seq he "and
halnt got one in the hot house,
"Wal' seq |, do the best you can, all things
slderng, only tuck in the hg posies, and enough on
EN-, Tor al gong TO give EN- to sneeZer OF harm
sum gll-so don't he too sparing."
With that Mr. Hogg sarchcd ont some great red
and yaer poses with some streaming long blue ones
sticking Though them, and arter a while he handed
over something worth while-a great smashing bunch
Of posies big bell squash choaked in at the
neck
AFTER I'd examined the to be sartin that all
was shp-sllape, made Mr.. Hogg bow, and, seq l.
"Tm obleeged to you'll ever you cum TO Weaihers-
field in the summer time, Marin will give you Just as
many, and be ckled with the chance. She beats all
natur at raising these sort Of things"
He looked at me sort of arrest but vet he didn't
Jest satisfied and after swapping his thumb across
the blade of his jack knife mint, he spoke out but
yet seemed kinder 10th.
We generally sell our bekays," SEE he arer ham
ing and having leee while.
"Wall," SEE |, "mavbe shall want one sum of
these days, and then Rig give you cal-bit any how
I'm obleeged TO you for the posies all the same"
wanted to offer him fourpence for the trouble of
picking EN-, but he looked SO much like gentleman
and a Weathersfeld Deacon, was scared for fear
he'd think wanted to impose on him if offered mon
ey So made him another bow, and went off, while
he stood looking arter me as if I'd been stealing
sheep, have wished since that I'd offered hun four
pence for he kinder seemed to calculate on something
like II. ! stopped into store, and bought yard OF
wide yaer rbond, and arter tying it round my bunch
Of poses in double bow knot with great long eends