The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-09-30
"IITTELL'S LIVING AGE"

"LITTELL'S LIVING AGE.
A green horn, fresh caught-who came to
the city to look at the GLORIOUS tonrth' -
CHANGED to be passing towards the Goinnlon'
when his attention was arrested by the ABOVE
cahal;stic svllables. Upon one side of Brom-
field street he saw the big sign, upon the 9th
or the words Museum !
sNal., said he to himself, I've hearn tell O
them museums, but Hrin' aqe,' big or little,
must be one O. them are curiositieS we read
about.
lie stepped quietly across the street and
wiping his face, approached one OF the WIN
dows, in which were displayed several loose
comics of the work He read upon the COW
ers, 'Littelps Living Age and upon a card,
Popular Magazine-only one Of its kind IN
the country &c.
tlLuqasine Wall that beats thunder all tu
smash I've heern about p0uder magazines,
an all that wal, l rcck n I'll see the clttur,
enuy bow y and thus determined, hc eau
tiously approached the door. A young man
stood in the entrance.
when does it OPEN? asked the country
man.
What, STRIP
'Wot time does it beginY
'TVhat|
The show
sWhat show"
.Wy. that are-this'- continued our inno-
cent friend, pointing up to the sign
The young man evidently supposed the
stranger insane, and turning on his heel, walk
ed into the office.
WAL dun no baout that Teller, much
but reckn / hewitt cum Il hundred miles to
be fooled amt, and YIN goin' ten see the
crittut, sure
'HeHo! | say, Mr. Watts name, therc-door
keeper Hello
A clerk stepped to the door at once, and en-
ouired the mans business.
wat do l ,vaat3 Wy, l want to see the
animal, that's ALL
What animal|
f(Vy, this crittur--'
4 don't understand you, sir
sWal-you don't LUX as eff you could under
STAN nobody, emmy how. Jes send the door
keeper yere.'
By this time a crowd had collected in and
about the doorway, and the green 'un let oil
something like the tollowiag
That chap as went in fust, thar, amt no
buddy. ef he has got a swacr tailed coat on
Ny moneys as good as his'n, and its free
country today. This young man amt to b(
fooled easy, tell you. | cum down to sec
the Fourth, and I've seen him. This mornln
I see the elephant, and now Pm bound to SEE
this crittur Hel-I0-there, mister!
As no one replied to him, however, he ven
tured again into the office, with the crowd a
his heels and addressing one Of the attend
ents, he enquired-
'Wot'5 the price, nabur?
The price Of achat, slrT
'Of the showp
There is no show here
NO show! What'n thunder der we leav
the sign out for, then ?
'What would you like to see, sir P said ar
other gentleman.
why, want to see the animal
''Thc dninalF
'Ycs-the crittur.'
Il really do not understand, sir
s1Vhy yes yer deU. mean the rot nam
out there pointing to the door,
'Wherc?'
Hewitt yer got sign over the door, Of
1eetle L1vIN'-sum' thin,' hereabouts?
I1TTELL's LIVING AGE?
'7hats the crttur-them's um-trot hi
aout, nabur, and yere's yure putty
Having discovered that he was right, &
he supposedly he hoped about, and had g
near the door again.
IonulnG the cOnVcISallOnj eohlo '"SN a.
wag in the crowd had contrived to attach h;
Il dozen lighted fire crackers to the skirt
our green friends coat, and as he stood in Il
attitude Of passing to the supposed door kec
er's quarter-crack bang! went the fir
works, and at the same instant, loater SAL
out at the top of his voice. Look out tt
critt,u'S loose p
Perhaps the countryman didn't leave VII
wake behind him in that crowd, and may
he didn't astonish the multitude along Colo
AIDE Row, as he dashed toward the foot OF Il
Common, with his smoking coat tarlS streaI
ing in the wind
Our victim struck a bee line for the Pro
idcnce Depot, reaching it just as the cars we
ready to 90 out. The crowd arrived as t
train got under way, and the last we saw
The unfortunate he was seated at the WI
dow whistling most vocferously to the engi
to hurry it on !-BoSton Times.