Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1847-03-11
CoXvILLE, Feb. a2d, Is47.

Ma. EDITOR =
spose you haini forgot that sartin gentle
man. promised to let you noe, 'If anything Of i'm
porfanee up" in these diggins, and may be as
how you think it strange that he haint fulfilled his
promise Now thar has something up, Of sum
importance to, recon, and the gentleman haint
given you the promised "hmely notice . but faint
nothin strange that he ddent, you'll think tn,
when tell you what it is that's happened. Tu hav
you understand awl about it, sci hay III 60 clean bac
tn the midle Of last winter to begin. II a auldr-
ed cold day, yer Honor il you kepes hermom'
eter--but that's nothin TO the in pint wal as
was sayn, it a aufred cold day, when st at mite
a drew up to our principle hoiel-lookin as large
as life and twice nattra-wth white bosses, with
silver buckles on the harnesses, an great big Kiver
on the STAY, nly big the top Of dads hog pen
the hostler flung his old hat behind the dore, run
like streak, seized the bosses BY the bit, think
in as how some great man had cum; when out jumped
-"Nor don't say cord about IL as others may take
adranisge"-Mr Rip Van Wrinkle, the Rail Road
Company's hired man. He uquoired for Somerset,
and sed he's goin up 10 buy the tunnel, for sGr
tain Rail Road Company" but ben it was so cold,
an most nite he sed he'd stay in Coxvle III mornin
but he told the hossler he incident Civ his bosses any
thing to eat he'd bro't his hay and grain along with
i'm didenr say nothin but tho't it looked tarnal
suspicious that Grail Road Ag't." shud bring his
hay and grain with i'm, guess you'll think so tn,
when | tel you what follows. The next mornin he
was busslin about "Rper Street - tho he
body but | guess he dident carry his hands in his
'breeehes pockets" cause he had pair Of "insy WOOL
sy' mittens, an I'll bet noe whar he got EN-. Wal,
you se he started rite of breakfast, toards SOM
erset; but aore he went, he inquired Of sum of the
boys il thar's any SIGH place about here Buryile
now this looked aufred suspicious ngin, for Rail
n. Hill. h.
hant nobody lived since the great fire, cept old
Circus Widder wal he dident get bac til arter dark,
and he sed he hadent konkluded purchase, an shud
hav to sta over mite an go agn the next mornn. Bot
his hay was aul gone an he had TO buy sum. The
day he started of agin putty sry, an that day he
dident get bac Ill midnight, an "with no better sue
cess" as he sed than the day before" Wal by this
time had got nosed about that he had inquired io
Burlvile, an things begun TO look "dark." But thu
want nothn sed, the next mornin he started of
agin but some Of the boys watched him, when HI
cum the Buriville rode he turned of, thing
really begun to look "dark-DARKER-DARKE
Wal aoTe mite this peee Of news got putty good cir
cusshun awl over the City, an lots % folks gathere'
round the Hotel,-Judg Lovefun among the rest
where the principle conversation was about the Raj
Road Agi We finally agreed TO leave ii 10 the Judg
TO decide what shud be dun in the case and he decid
ed that every man and boy shud furnish himself wit
boss, half shud have tin trumpets, an 10th
er half COW bes-an the rest squash Shells that W
/, shud 60 over to Burilvie, if the Rail Road Ag
was thar suranad him out Of town. Iguess we war
long gittin reddy, js: about O'Clock we starte
for BurIvle, with Judge Lovefun for Captain
~ When got enamost thar, the Judge sent out
e. small boldly to reconnoTter the premises putty 500
they cum bac at itnin speed sed Mr. Rips sla
"a sood at the old "Grous Widders" dore, that Il
HOSES was tackled. When the Judge hered that |
~ sed, "Auls rite boys, every onmufie his co
We bell put his trumpet TO his lips, ioler me-"
nd then he give au particular charge not to "sha
3D. our teeth 10 BLOWN The extra notes, )" started of
:. full speed, BLOWN most sonoroustblast, an the re
Ike aul foeTed suite, 'cept Them had cowbels, In
ate KEEP time to a charm.
ar, About this time Mr. Van Rip Wrinkle took the aur
Of an did his hosses but he made out TO bunder in
the STAY with his boots in his hand, his oveTcoat
D. der his arm, of went the hosses an We arler eI
70. an SIGH rngin o. BELLS BLOWN o. lrumpets you