The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-04-29
From Meals Saturday Gazette.
The Green Mountain Maid.

The following play upon words, which our
correspondent, f, Benjamin Gage sends us
may amuse many Of our readers
Twas a beautiful spot where the vine Gov
cred cot of the nountaineor stood in the edge
Of the wood. There the forest birds song
echoed all the day long and the mountain
stream played in the edge Of the shade while
the graceful young fawn cropt the heritage at
dawn from the wide spreading lawn. Twas
beautiful spOt-,tWas a beautiful cot and
surely there ne'er was maiden more fair,
nor maiden more rare than the maid that
dwelt there. Shall picture this maid Of the
greenwood and glade as she was in the day
when old " Allen" held sway, while his iron
neryed men were the pride of the glen? She
was neither too TALL too short, nor too small
nor so light nor so airy as the form Of fairy
But the pride of the glade was this rosy-cheek-
ed maid, with eyes quite as blue as the sum-
mer's sky hue, and the tresses of brown flow
ing gracefully down and nesting below in q
bosom of snow. She could MARBLE and sing
like the songsters of Spring; she could spin
and could sweep, and could NOW and could
reap-could ride the gray steed at the top of
his speed, and had sported trife with her IA
theirs old rifle. And this bouncing youngmaid
of the evergreen shade was chaste and refined
and had such mind as YOU seldom will find
among the gay maids Of laughter grades.
A lover she had who would have been glad
to capture her heart by his scheming art
OHandy his name, and dandy by fame who
though wrinkled and parched was whiskered
and starched, and displayed quite a rare and
cGifcd air.
Wel he knet at her feet and began to en-.
treat, while his great bosom beat with unmcr-
ciful heat; and he told her tale as he deem
ed would not fail to make her believe that he
could not deceive.
While thus he knelt pleading, while thus
interceding, he thought by her smiling that
his words were beguiling. But he found the
conclusion Il hopeless dclusion-for that maid
was unlinking his schemc-was thinking and
she. thought in thinking, she'd give him
sprinkling Of the well-peppered ointment of
black disappointment Ere he drew to a close
she turned up her nose, as you may suppose,
just as high as she chose; and scornng his
prose, through his pleadings she broke, and
thus twas she spoke.
"Oh great is your fame OIIandy your
name-trom the city you came with your
heart all flame and you thought in the
shade OF mountain or glade, to capture q
maid by pomp and parade, Oh ! save all
your tears, your hopes and your fears your
ducks and your dears' for some other ears.
All men are agreed you're a nice bird indeed :;
but you're figures too lean, you're TOO gaunt
and too green and that is not all, you're ex-
cesslvey tall; your nose is too big-you'ye q
voice like pig and you wear a huge wig,
while your upper lip seems just the shade Of
your dreams. Now my answer you know
there's the door, you may COP
Still he fingered to plead in his love and
bJc Dpp1 and bO hn0utoH and told ~
and gold her station in life whom he chose
for his wife. But he found twas no part of a
mountain maids heart to bear insult and
wrong from an eye, or tongue. That maid
could not brook such word and such look and
she caught down q broom that hung in the
room, and hit him a blow that made the blood
flow gracefully slow. He lit on all four lust
out Of the door all covered with gore. Then
he sprang to his feet, and considered it sweet
and exceedingly meet to beat retreat to coy
er defeat, and he fled from the place in shame
and disgrace-disappeared DER the green and
was never more seen-and ever since then citv
dandifed men have learned to beware of the
Green Mountain Fair
THE WONDERS OF ELECTRIC MAGNETISM
The Syracuse Star says eve spent very
pleasant hour on Saturday, at the room of DIR
Boynton, in witnessing several interesting &
novel experiments in eiectro-magnetism For
instance, we saw piece of iron weighing
some four or six ounces, suspendedin the air,
resting upon nothing either above or below
Or on either side, and depending for its posi-
ton solely upon a current Of electricity. Tn
another experiment, smaller body was sus-
pended in like manner,and while tins detach.
ed from all visible influences, performed four
thOusnnd rotary movements mo-, ,,,;,,l.
They were entirly new to the company and