Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1848-05-12


zlng in all the beauty of concavity, con
veXty and contiguitv, and every face ar
ranged 50 as to look delighted at the arrva
Of the tircsome, troublesome, cross, snap
pish old uncle jeff.
There came a sound Of very brillian
blowing OF horns; every body strained theil
eyes; the Royal Blue flew past in grea
style, the horses prancing and capcring, and
the guard making melody upon a bugle
horn, as it whirled and whrled, never stop.
ping for any body, and of course no uncle
jeff could be there and so two tedious
hours was spent in fgitings and guessings
and the slow coach was heard numbering
and trailing along, and it stopped at the
steps of the respectable house where there
had been all the busting, and hopping, and
brushing, and grooming and great mas
/ culne head, with thick, bushy eye brows,
looked up to the house in question, survey.
ing its well hearth-stoned step, and clean
windows, and tho scarlet moreen curtains
through them, and the bright blaze of the
cheerful fire glowing and Pickering over the
window frames, with most morose, un-
pleasant look whereupon Mrs. .Pokenham
and all the tribe of Pokenhams, little and
big, rushed out of the parlor into the hall,
and out of the hall on 10 the door steps and
Mrs. Pokenham began TO delight her own
benevolent heart by assuring herself and
her uncle, and conGratulatinS herself upon
the information, that her dear kind good old
uncle Jeffrey was really looking ulltwenty
years younger than when she last saw him.
Dear uncle Jefftry! how kind you are
TO come and see us how delighted am to
receive you into the bosom Of my affection.
ate family Nv dear Mr. Pokenham will
be 50 much re;oicod 70 find Vol, omono ne !.
and all NV DAPHNE obiIdron havo hoon 60
nnxious ~ woIoo,i,o ,'o,, ,i,a, ,lo,, oo,,II
na;,hon ~. I.;..I. ' i. IT,;
nnd ,oI,. ' - '."' nV' 1,..p' W. .n''N.
~ ,ho a,n ".Iu. Sou Dn' ply I'M Ca.
49,, .p arc 81 ,'"''"s' ""u s"p,
iho ,o,s, p. ~. .,'Si yIu a.. I. ~
ord eli ' r.a, y sea- "I 1vr a.. T hn
we'll Won ore lookingr Won must bo craving
younrer every day Daniel. Humphrey.
call the servant TO take vour upcle's LUG.
gage. Daniel, Uump6rcv call some.
bodv.-Tbere cant Won take il Yourselves I,
Nv dear uncle Jefferv. prav wait ill n ser.
want can come. Daniel, Humphrev wby
don't YOU move o
Daniel and Humphrey stood with their
hands in their pockets, staring very con.
tcmptuously, as the cross.grained old gen.
teman took up a small hair.trunk and eath.
or hat. box in his hands, and, under the run.
ming cannonade Of Mrs Pokenham's Speech
proceeded to ascend the flight of steps, tax.
ing as little notice of the lady proprietress
&c Tho ,,,o,,;a,, a., Al l..
which suppositious case appeared to be pref
ty nearly the true ono. AS, en- their entrance
into the parlor, the morose old gentleman,
leaving his luggage very deliberately on
inc moor proceeded to draw from the depths
oi MS cuPac'ous pocket very serious look
'"s ear-horh' which having ADJUSTED 10 ms
ear lie turned sour look upon MRS: roK'
chl,.,n' ana LOT inc lrst Tune opened MS lips
.. wen, ma am .oid you Ia come some
'''he OF o'her' ana I'm mere
Had all Mrs. Pokenham's energy and ell.
oquence gone for nothing! Had it all been
wasted on deaf old man, who had not been
aoie 10 near syllable OF her meliihuous ac,
GEMS was IL all 10 40 over again. ana
''lal 10 Inc uetrimeht OF hcr lungs al me Top
OIL her Dreath YES seemingly So anu ac-
Sbou,aa' ."I Io "a'a,"o. '';h, ''' ''" as"'
- NN 80 P'Ts'''0 -
,ab,a35 "e"' u.o,o 'ene'y' we "'e III "e'
uonnnon , Ieu YOU, anu '0oA'''S 81 we'll
sUou , ,'.ho, -
| .Wc oro oil ,,,od - soo ,, w.
Iool,;,o 90 VOL, !; at,oI 49,, ~ iou are
arnwi9o vorv rod j IN ,ho r,o WIS o"e''''a"'
.Dao, Xii. I'LL - Wv III a,
80. cbarmnolv. Twenty wears vouno
err than when | last saw Won.
sHev! what?'
.Yov ara looL;ro o. ,,oh ho.,,. ,,o,
you did sometime back. Nobody woul,
believe that you were the same person.
am sorry, however, TO see that you ar,
rather dull of hearing
Dull of what p asked uncle Jeff.
"A little deaf shouted Mrs. Pokcnham.
Deaf! who says that I'm deaf! a Sc, o.
stupid people. should like to know who
told YOU was deaf! parcel of ignoran
people,
coils see that IL was all n mistake on,,
I thought that perbaps YOU had got a liul
cold-notbinp more. nothing more sboute
Mrs. Pokenbam.
| 81 an, M o,o,o door than Won oro, en-;
, ,ho somr u;,,nod nontlon,an
~ ~ -. ,'1 ',7o,a sao ,ha, ,.oo.
: dom, tnnw wba, conId he ,b;nkina If
said MrS polonham whose lunas 6eea
. to comn,a;n at ba;na M, into sucb sever