Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1846-02-05
MISCELLANEOUS.

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BY FANNY foRREsTER'
Sovercrns Of the ollcn times had their testers ;
the sovereign people" on this side the water have
revived the fashion, with several other useful things
dug up from the rubbish of the pas. Every circle
constituting a court, every individual of which is
king, has its "queer nenius," and every little vii
lage has It's privileged qnizzcr ITS regular installed
jester. 1t is this important parsonage who goes
about at night CHANGING sig1s leaving the BARRIERS
pole at the door of the merchant most renowned
for shaving, putting cunning on the county Sur
ropatcs Office and "ftncv Goods " on the vounr
ladies' seuinsrv The same ontorn,isiur Ten,Ie-
man pastes a lttlo sim nt vbito n,nrr nv9r tho N
when the hond hll. o,nornca tboro Is IN he mass
meeting. sews nm the tom of his he'd fellows hose
linrs door bells ON his woy hnno from n nleos,ni
spree at miduiobt unl iniitptos most sucrcssG,lv
the nauicullte lanpuorr of cvorv animal from the
tic mo.isly vain CROW of tho noyrn rooster m, IN
the roar of the ,nr,ri,tal b,lIr m what terror
the hulnor lovjnr wi tLt j. to odvnnturous chill
dren and hons mi Is in search of recrco,ionl
We are not vitnuut our instnr nj ,llerhrnok of
course lis well dispense with hot coffee and mullins
at breakfast Rurrle, RafTl,s - gcn,lomnn who
ulicltes in the capacity of iith mixer GENERAL in
their m1jestics the SOVEREIGN peouc of Aiderbrouk
is flt olly pefsonaoe with n ncculior funny roll
ing gait when he walks. and n ,yov ouito os necn
liar and quite funny of pnttnr IN his feet or hands
when he sits here is lIurh nestled in every
curve of his big uglv finoers. whether thew eyer
else their muscles in EXPRESSIVE gestures or Inv
themselves away TO rest on hi, knee. and the knee
itself crooks little differently from nnv other n,or
tai knee so that van mech ,tic,tIy n;ncb vour Inns
together when Won look amt to nrcrnnt an Ipseen
" explosion Some saw Ru,r Il IN ~ never dies
any harm with his mischief while others as deci-
dedy declare that snch do;nos never come to onv
ccod If cur tester roolIy occnrios tho inno.
cent state of betiyonn.,, asr.,bod 80 H. H., i no, -
ter off than most of rs in MOI lrnv whether
the sin OF negcciinu IN do GOOD Gpds - fair offset
in the virtue OF neglcctinr 10 do evil but fancy
that 1t is rather dinlcuit ma nenrer baInncinG
Of accounts SO Rug RlHl s. after all, is not a
man to be Gesplsed, though his calling be not Of the
highest order II our Jester would but conine his
pranks to undignifcd people and to SIX DAYS. he
would he rather more popular with the resppcta-
bles but poprety or rather tact is one ofthc ihinrs
Rug Rallies lacks the genius for So he sometimes
exposes lim'elt TO the severity of deacon Palmers
love pats which he receives with all due humi itv.
have in my memory now an occasion of this kind.
There was a time when some of us wearied of our
good old pastor Brown and desired sometime more
modern than his pious. bomcly siinplicitv. Porsou
Brown exercised the law of love cnti civ and This
was made TO oppear crime bv Sumo nreosy sr;r;ts
who thouoht The ro-abn,d svs,nn, nirbt no nu,nIo
10 operate in ihp cbnrcb NJ AIdorbrool, nc IN ,bo
church and word nlsowboro Son,r ,,ieol,, ,, ia
nostor was nusbod ant ~ tho rlooo Cha, $3.50 ~
crn Cd sin .ni ldorbro,l, r,,s n fot g., ,ai ~
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