The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-09-30
Adventures of a Green Noun
tain Bow.

The town of Newfanc in this County, was
many years since the birth place Of an infant,
who was christened PAUL HOLLAND K##kS*-
"*&. AS he grew up to manhood, the Yam
kee spirit Of enterprise carried him to Cana
da, and in the interior Of the country he
commenced the practice of law Ills
industry and perseverance were rewarded
with success and after time he removed to
a more lucrative practice, to the city of Mont
real. Prosperity and good fortune still at
tended him, and he soon became candidate,
and was elected to the Canadian Parliament,
where his ability aud good judgment secured
to him respectable position and influence
While member Of the Parliament, he receiv-
ed q letter rurporting to be written by an old
Lady in England also Of the same name Of
X, stating in substance, that she had not a
single relative, and was alone in the world,
thai seeing his name in the papers as a mem
Der of the Canadian Parliament and it being
the same as hers, she thought perhaps he
might be of the same family. She further
stated, that she was possessed Of consider
able property. and knew of no kindred 10
whom to leave it, and that if he would come
to see her, she would pay his expenses and
make him heir to her property. MIR X. sup
paid no attention to it. Two or three months
afterward, he received another letter from
the same person, urging in still stronger terms
his visit to her, and with so much apparent
sincerity and earnestness, that he resolved to
60 TO England and see what truth there was
in it, He did 90 and found his correspondent
at an elegant mansion, in the country, and i'll
Inv, Il
visit Of Mr. X, and spared no pains to make
it agreeable to him. After spending some
time there he prepared to return home. The
old lady betrayed all his expenses, and made
him many presents; before his departure, she
renewed to him her promise to leave to him
all her property, and related to him the Incl
dent which led to the correspondence. She
informed him that in early life she was the
betrothed ola young man Of the name Of Paul
HOtldnd, who was ali officer in the British ar
my. That he had fallen in battle, before the
contamination Of their nuptials, and she had
since remained unmarried and true to his
memory That seeing his name, uniting the
name of her lover and her own, she was struck
with the singular coincidence, and thought she
could not better show her devotion to the
memory Of her betrothcd, than to bestow her
property upon him who seemed by his name
to be the representative both
He left her and returned to Montreal, and
within year afterwards received intelligence
Of her death, and that by her will he was
made sole heir to her estate. He set out i'm
mediately for England, and found on his ar
rival, every thing prepared for him. His
claim was recognized, and he entered at once
into the possession Of large fortune He is
now living in the enjoyment of his good for
tune at Montreal, and is now Or recently has
been a member of the Canadian Parliament.
This is true sketch of the history of one
Vermont boy, and there are doubtless many
such. The regions offction, and the highest
flights Of the imagination, do not furnish a
more romantic adventure,-T. Phdnir.