Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1849-09-27
Fairy Dell

lie MAN VIVA COULDN'T FIND FANEUII
llALL.-Wc have little tale to tell which mnsi
out, not because we desire to poke fun al onr
wing friends, blu, because we wish TO be of some
service to them; and we trust that they will, at
least, believe us 10 be sincere in our charitable
purpose, if they do not thank us for the same.
1t was some years ago, among our mountains
that the whig denizens of N*****, determined
to have their say a, their party Convention
They met. stumped it, and finally delegated
young man TO represent them among the big
wigs oflhe Commonwealth Now, this ident.
cal youth, without being exceedingly verdant,
was still inclined TO be unsophislcaed. "IIe
hadn't got the hang of the ropes, yet,"-if we
may so explain it. The Convention was 10
meet in Boston, and he never had showed his
juvenile nose in the CITY of Notions" Here
was serious consideration in the way, but it
was supposed to be removed, after few old
men. who had been within the "Cradle of Ii,
berty IN their younger years, had given him a
Typographical account Of the "ocalty."
Our hero bundled up his "pIundcr," and
storted on his important mission, feeling as big
as some pumpkins" and dreaming, concdenl-
y with The poet
cts pleasant, to be grea,l'
lie reached his destination IN due process of lime
and, his straps IN hshand took TO the first stree,
that yawned before him, and paused al every
door to read the sign boards, in hope of finding
information connected with his duties. "Pork
& FIour"-"Dry Goods, Wholesale g. Retail, "
and Boarding for single gen,s,' didr't exactly
enl'glhten him.; so he nabbed passer-by, and
asked "Wou't you jes, tell whar that ar whg
COM entlon's mcetinH' The cit knew NOTHING
about il,and was going on his way, mut,ernS
an eqii7ocal blessing upon his friend, when he
was detained by this explanation: "You see,
stranger, I'm one of 'em ar delegates" and he
pulled up few, TO The amusement of the s,ran
ger. This question was put 10 every nine pc.
des'rians III ten, and the delegate got more or
less civil relolnders. lie suddenly recolected
that the Convention was to meet in FaneuiI
Hall, so he accosted the first new conner with:
"Look here, mister, d'you know whar's Fan
ny Eal?"-"Don'l know the woman, sir" re-
piled the individual rushing past.
The Representative of the Ns****s overeions
was now at his wits end--no one knew abou,
the great wing convention which was all the
talk up his way-and "Fanny Hall" was but
woman. and she, too, gIoriousIy unknown-
lie plunged Into grocery establishment, the
sign of which bore the up. S. Lodgings for the
night here!" and spoke for bed He reposed
his important limbs among numerous bed bugs,
rose bright and ary, and satisfying against him.
turned his back upon the national city; and ar.
irving in Es**'.. informed his cons,iluen,s',hat
there "was no convention and he berabed eff
so thar was slch critter as Fanny lii in Bos.
tom" aud that he was of opinion 'lhen ar Gus.
sed locos had humbugged 'em to make fools
on 'em
We close with this little moral:--1he intel
ligence, wealth and decency party should be
careful whom they select to represent them on
pablo occasions, or people will begin to think
they are no, what they're cracked Up to be.
Springfield Post.