The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1849-03-20

Gle to the feet of the weary traveller for three
monsters of the deep were just gathering togeth-
or for their evening meal and separating, ere yet
the sun was risen for the sports Of the chase and
all things betokened repose too deep for utter
ance.-While they were thus gazing at the sound
which had just alighted over the charm, the
clouds broke away, and an awful storm, which
had been raging for several weeks afterward
drove them from their shelter into the gigantic
vicisstudes of everyday lfe.-The streets were
lined with multtudes of people, and the utter 6e-
seriion of the crowded thorough fares of every
thing like human being, and the death-like still
ness which agitated the noisy crowds i'll the mar
ket-places, showed that it was no ordinary oeca-
sion which had disposed together so large mass
of people, but that it was an every day occur
renee, which often happened twice in a century.
In the ensuing autumn, about two years previ-
Gus to the above mentioned merry catastrophe
two pedestrians might have been seen riding up
on horseback, in a three-wheeed carriage, up the
brow of precipice under the side of a forest.
which had been cut down before the trees had be-
gun to take root, and engaged in eating their
evening dinner by the roadside in the arms of
Morpheus The eldest of the three gentleman
was young lady, of about fifty-three, and about
two years younger than the other man, which lat
ter gentleman was. from the manner in which she
addressed him, evidently her only and youngest
daughter. She was elegantly attired in a female
IlulnS UdUit, WHICH COuSlSteu Ot u coarse blouse
frock, highly ornamented with brass buttons
made Of cows horns, (which material was I'M
known at the time we speak off, which almost
concealed her person from view, and plainly dis
closed TO the delighted gaze of the other traveller
face of exquisite model, variegated with bushes
of verdant paleness. The remainder of her
dress consisted OF two pairs of pantaloons, neatly
buttoned round the top of her ears and elegantly
attached by golden strap of unwoven six to
tbo r,f ba Ia
horse.
The third individual last mentioned was an
old gentleman # about iwenty-tso whose vener-
able features disclosed the livid hue Of Siberian
negro. His head was profusely covered with
long silver locks of sandy jet, and which he
had evidently lost during severe attack Of
chronic sea sickness, caught from his next-door
neighbor, who resided several blocks from him.
in the country His bright gray eyes were of an
emerald hue, and resembed in their color the az
ure of the ruby. He was richly attired in the
same manner as the other lady, being clothed in
worn out frock coat, which was secured bv
straps under his boots. His feet were bare and
save his gloves, he had no garments to shield
him from the balmy atmosphere. lie had lost
both arms above the collar bone, and was con-
strained to wear crutches. This, added to his to-
tai blindness, rendered him an object of universal
admiration.
As we do not intend to Introduce the above
mentioned personages into our story, we shall alb
stain from any description of their personal ap-
pearance or dress, and pass to the fourth person
Of the trio, whose jet white locks were combed
straight down in a profusion of massive glossy
curls upon the back part Of his forehead, and
hung in rich festoOns upon the overhanging boughs
of a water-lly which stood upon the steps of
small hen coop about mile distant in which were
a number of persons engaged in religious exerci-
SEES. His aquiline nose was If the Grccian mould,
extending far back towards his horses head, and
fastened to his side by cord of silk, made from
the fibres of cast steel This person was not pres
ent, having been detained at home several weeks
before by a sudden stroke of bilious cholera,
which had proved fatal, and from which he had
not recovered till month after the events now be-
ing described, and he was so bed-ridden that he
was unable to walk, except on horseback, and new
er alone, except when attended by number of
servants. who never went out with him.
Being endowed with superhuman courage and
strength by this sudden attack of the Saracens,
he dashed aside his horse, and seizing the wagons
by their hind legs, lie leaped across the narrowra
vine which lay spread out before him as far the
eve could reach and endeavored to reach the side
he had started from, but being prevented from so
doing by the immense precipice which rose before
him, be fell the whole distance, and sankquite ex
hausted upon tho couch which stood just outside
The door. His feelings can better be described
than imagined, when his mother, who was three
years of age, and who had been absent for sixty
eight months on a whaling voyage in the Rocky
Mountains, was seen feeding the sheep from a
horse trough, with sabretashes and milk. Struck
deaf with astonishment, the squadron threw down
their legs and VIGOROUSLY fed
They then leaped upon the boat without saddle
or bride, and sculled across the everglade as fast
as their sails could carry them. Finding escape
useless, the horse took off his hat and retired and
the female who had been killed. seeing that she
had sustained no injury offered to give her note
of hand for the balance. All alas OH ex
claimed the mute, i am so mighty impotent,
that nv rest"
To Be concluded in a former number.