Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1843-07-07


high' and morning ,,,.,
Ihcre Is comfort now '"r 'hau 'rou"'t" WIN
a looseness ~ ms ha'r' ne Neacoh jumper
right up on ceno' and' says ne.
I'LL put that mess brewing JEST as quick as
can"
Inc nret thing u ne got al was Dot'e' anu
that WAS scarce arl'cie IN the mouse. me
Deacon steereo r'ght up 10 ."e NICHE" ea''e ,
this had been the save aii nI the ,a'h''y "1 ~
years AMI was cnork ION OF All "'is anu e"os.--
Besides roofs ana aroS' az" ga,',e' StePE' "d''g
ing from the raters, me moor was P''ea up WIN
old broken anu won "ot mouse SUM farming
TOOLS &C piece VI d'"''s' any 'n'"e t'u oa''
thlnk of was there pu! ho'h,.'e "noie' Dht 'he
Deacon amer good ueal on searching, 'ouno
good SOUND Do''ie n'ce'y cotkea up WIN c"p'
10 opened IT, and found II 'u'' I" olae V,r'ol'
IL was me oVerP'"s MS m"'"er "au' aver "y''g
her w"rsted yarn last year. ana as sue han no
more use Tor mat nor the hn'te she pun one ih'o
the other and they slowed NE snugger. Lei
old Aunt Becky CARPENTER alone tor conlHvinv.
Nothing but blue vltrll says the Deacon' ana
straight goes ne and shakes y all out mo the
duck pond. Then he reused the bottle, ard
sca'ded i out clean, and then sat down To study
The 'inial''ble receipt once more. Ihen was
that same stumbling block IN the way, ana The
Deacon found now that 'sundres' would not
suit. lie must come up to the scratch, and tack.
le with il in good arnes'. well, It was easy
enough to spell and pronounce 1t Snlphdie OF
copper ard It was clear tlat stood tor the
name OF thing, hut winch 0f the things IN all
this world was it? There the Deacon was hard
and fast. There was no cl,w nor sign to find
out by. Ny.her shape nor color, nor if il grew
on the airh, or under the ar'h.
The Dea:on searched the dictionary, aud il
wasn't ihere-ratz e why 1t is po!hecary La'.
in. and has no business there. Then he pnt
the question sort of sidewars TO Marin. No
use; aunt Becky knew all Jm everything. but
sulphi.te was beyond her gumplluu. He had no
better luck trying to fish ii out Of his neigh.
bors, undcrhanded,y. II vas fishing in the
mud there.
The Deacon was fairly nonplussed. Night
after night lie lay tossing, and 'umbling and
thinking, and cons dering, There was "A way
to come AT II, # he could make up his mind to
try y. Mr.. BIvns, the stare dri e., passed the
o1nr once week, On his way TO Portland. and
aS ready 10 do any sort Of arra''i with the great.
cs' pleasure, providing he was well pad tor ms
trnubie. ii vas only I" tell Bivlns what was
wanting, and if it was NOT forthcoming it was
becaze The thing was not to be hal. but send.
ing 10 Portland tor that are SUI p'a'e was JUMP
in the hard that ecairt the Deacon Who could
tel the price it would cost THIS he'd him
back tor some tune but leased and 'ornrn'ed
as 1t" was, lie lost all pat enre by feIIr'es. and
at last he cot to he as rash AS lie l'au oeeh TIRE.
some
viii set Bivins TO work. says he, IT 1t costs
five dollars
Ai"rew WINS mas oech our staGe-hriVer
nu"hher OF years. lie Is a ii"rn'.srarhm' rattle.
~.
Is ou.'ereo' money u"n sup through MS n?.
sers Whit punt D,,e"s W. ""s" a., 'he
c"hcer" ne ""u VI 'he i'e' by MOO" or ny
crook he had got to be owner OF good slice %
,he STOCK. Inc deacon h"e" MN wei ne
naG Pa'u ",'' '''a"! ''InepG"cc 'nr ABRAMS oohe
IN ror''aho' ana says lie, ! sl'a'i let nun 'h'o
'he secfe, )es. AS 'ur as choose =,
Well the Deacon got all ready ana the neX'
tuesday morning. as soon ar ne rp'ed lhe Stage
a coming TAR o. upon Saduieoack MILL lie sips
rnunu to'her Sue ni inc barn, 10 lay IN wait Tor
,'''hs' ana nave MS 'a'K WIN III" mere OUT OF
,'e wa! ~ Pe"hu'S anu eleS u'oPp''H 'r""' '''e
HOUSE, wen; pN'''s CONF "rN's a'onH' s,o"
anu easy, 'o'h'''G snarp a"ea", ''i He Go' +"
9i'hPSe 'hrou!" 'he ,rees' o, ra''c" al sar'i''
chaiioef W!hu"W' ana ne pn'ied r'Eh uF.
'Now's the t'me' says hc' 10 give that Gal
sample OF driving team .,o,
Then he teiI to cracking his whip and Jerking
me reihs' ''ii lie PROVOKED tne horses M" me
right i'u'h"r' ana ,heh lie ltt EN- Went ana The
way 'hey s'"mped It past the house, VAN the"
heads aud tail IN the air, was enough to scare
'olkS. me ola stage rnmo!I"g over the stones
shook tie earn 10 Inc FOUNDATIONS. me w"
passengers INSIDE gong d'fgle dangle' and MI
B'v'ns atop setting up straight, w''h nus elbows
squared ms NAT c"tkeh me s'de' ana MS nose