Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1849-04-11

w, n large md aJa,shing village
and country ara. "a ihe n,Ncrn pau of ,h,
State Of ----. vas voted by q regular tor
nsdo fspocolaiors. Va ihe year 1885 Thrg
every holder ~ a portion o. 'ani largo c-
nough fora eabbage garden considered him.
sdfa Crusgs "a chfysllls smsll C1uUs
"a Roih'chili in prssprc,Ur
In all W, there was hu' one man Of
property who wss m, inf o'cd by'his strange
rnanis. THIS vas Stephen Harton a mer,
chant md large landed proprietor, who, by
a natural genius Gr money making careful
hrih, close dealing with all men. and cs-
peeIally hard deuling with the poor, had
lmassed pt,nocly fortune. which he was
100 vase 10 pat 10 jeopardy by that pcuious
game Of speculation, the termination and
cons qncnccs Of witch he bat too surely
prophrsIed.
The wcal,h Of Stephen Uoron, while It
gave him influence and q certain position.
bad ilii,d to make hm a gru,,cman. IL,
was coarse ia his manners ma 10 al h5
ways Of Ghinkiog, bat Gij,d 0I'h vulgar
Jealousy Of his supcfors N education and
fiu, meni.
Mrs HaT,nn WIS wnm1n bf m amihle
temper, hut ot limited understanding; thor
oughly worldly, gwen up 10 msh,on one
who utmost weared her own lif- ont Of her
m vain and terrible struggle to be what
nature never intend her lor--a lady
The family Of thus admirably malclel pair
consisted ol son aud a daughter James
Alexabder Harton, or, rs be- wrote the name
j. Alexander, was al The time | have cho>
sen for the commenccmcnl OF this sketch,
al Idle, conceilcd coxcomb OF eighteen the
absolute aversion OF The village gjrIs for his
Itldrncss and ridiculous vanity, and The hor.
for VI all htlle children Tor his disposition
TO play of cruel and plsh tricks upon them
and TO impose IN countless ways on their un.
suspicious nntures. He had entered col,
leee, bat been suspended in a shnu time tor
his d"hao' iaWlcssness--n Characteristic
which ms fond patr0's regarded as evlnc
ing rare cieycrness tud Splil
Strangely unlike all uese was the on,
daughter Of the bous, --Curoliuc, or Carr,
MS she was most frequently Called swr.
blooming glrl OF hlw,n, nhetiun! nrHu,
the coatscness OF the father, nav a., sduucs
OF the m0thr' ,uOr yea pattaktng ui ~. heart
l.ssncss OF the son. Wuh much nlluuu
rchncment grace aud scus ,biuy "A bear
of wnnnth-a just aud g,u,le spriD-hrr
was, injrcd, a soft rcde,miug presence il
that hard family cir,'c-'a hqht in n iaIl
place aud her (rank aud unworIl couu
ieuance a sight Of eloducss aud rdr,shm,u
there.
Al length aud not fr distant from tn
time of the greatest exui'ml1n and rejoicing
atrrrlbe change came o'cr the spltil OF jh
dream Of speculalors--or rather there VA
o sudden ORd sad awakening OF thousand
as from a fairy dream Of eyhau.tlrss wcaht
to find themselves bcggars Among ,hus
uneriy aud nretrlevably ruined was viii
aam Mason, a man much respected and be
loved 10 W. He wRs man OF NOR,
worth, great kindness Of heart n genllema
and a seholir lie unSuutatcly posses So
sangulne nnd adventurous sprH, az
was thus led to sake his moderate iofur
on the fatal die, and los, ALL Unusui
sympathy was frl for hlm IN his mi,louun'
for his own sake, and for lhc sakcs Of h
interesting wlte and family OF children Nj
Mason, though great beauty ami bcllc To-
fore her marriage, had proved perfect vi
-n,mbie house keeper buI WAS nuw a wa
ted add feeble invalid, in slow decline
was feared Her oldest son, George. I!
Of sixteen, was a youth OF oriuus promi:
would that | could present him 10 Il
reader BIS he appeared 10 thos4 who knc
him well Al that period Of his HE Boa
ulul as Tho old scul plors would have repr
scented Hylas the beloved friend Of Hctcu
es-ardcnt frank truthful. brave, We, mo
est and sensitive as g',', he was the hg
and pride, and hope Of his home, while wj
ming uneonseiously the admiration OF
who looked upon MS fine glowing face a
tall symmarcai form julia, bis ~
two years Older Ihan himscli, was m
ahectlonate, vet strong hearted el,l-pli
10 person, but beaulitul ia spirt--cafef
s,ald and industrious beyond her wears
growing up To take her mothers place
molhrriy -sonlrd cteiture. already, an
prudent ouse-Lerper Then there y
Nellie, pretty child Of nine wears. a
Theodore, or Dofy, a merry boy Of,
laughing on all occasions and on the ',
best terms vi a me world and las. M
was Fanny, a chubby hale lhres-ycaf-
the pct and the baby
A yrar tao before thcir pecuniary
verses came npon lhom, 81, and Mrs \
sou had lost her ollesi ushl~t, lov
young woman, an angel Of goodness
gtn,lensss She had died Of consumpti
They had also burned a noble boy. The Z,
O. Nellie s. 'hry vars MOI uaIs,I 10 E