Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1850-09-20

little. sometimes, to see my customers d"aL The
goods from my pack, rnd handle them with sucI
freedom, which annoyance he expressed by a
low growl, while he followed every piece will
his eyes, to see that they were not app oJriatcd
without proper compensation, and with my full
consent.
lie really took strong dislike to those who
were disposed to find fault with everything and
my price in particular. believe hc knew cv-
cry article carried, and the value attached
to them. Be This as it may, he seemed satisli.
ed when was, and wagged his tail when |
made good trade. lie was an excellent watch
dog, and there was no danger of any thing con-
idcd TO is care, being taken away. found
him very useful ami companOnabe in my tray
! els,
! CongeyanCes were so scarce aud uncertain
! that | was otlcn obliged to 90 ON foot from one
settlement to another Sometimes these Jour.
neys were anything but pleasant, and as the
country was new aud tic state of society any
! thing but good, robbcrcs were frequently per-
pctratcd upon these lonely roads, and there were
many, no doubt, to whom the rich stuff | car
riCd would be sufficient temptation to CON.
init murder. Thi, idea frequently occurred
to me in travelling through the wild woods Of
the West. But old Lion vas by my side rc2dy
to die in my defence, and proud to shalc my
wanderlngs. always went armed. An eX-
celent brace Of pistols, steel blrreiled, and
loaded with bail, were never from NV pocket.
save loro enouuh I'm 500 thut ihnv yycrG in orjor.
and at ni,Lf Inv borcatL NV 'mlio,v. felt
quite sefS with these and Lion. who was In,
comnanion of nv uiulis AS well as d,ys. lie
always laid himself down between my bed and
the dnor with his face towards the later. No
one conld eutr, y.j,L,u, attracting the att,n
ton Of Lion.
Ore d,v in ,bo snonor If 1910 | G,nnd ,ry.
se,f in Small Cicr,n,n ..t,Ian,nn, ou ,he btr-
der NJ a small L,lo anvi,ns tn 90, forward f..
tho nov; ono v.Ii,,l ua. ,h,,,, Gi,,l, r,iln. i 81
tant No cn,vr,snco rnnId be ,hIainnd I'M
tGr mex, dav. So ssi ont ON foot !, Wa~ near m
ufnLt. and | walked f,rvard brf.k,y I,y..
nn1 lonr in li.rn.r,irgt hat NV .vo.I,ti.n y,ou.l
b.. Inv n1 moan. an ,,.sro.,l l,I.. Inn
,r, ~
Ic Ioa"-'i 'o"o 1t co"Id o' c','u-"'S
49,! ',' ''', J''''~ wv ." ~,
..''H' II ''''. pau WI '"' ''''.'!' "1 ".-''
p'' 90 P' va 'P'' 'II' 3, ~" w.
'HI" 'I'''" rY. i-'.u .'".,'" '.''- %. my
i'uv' was Su.''. W".Ne'' I'r was CI,''I. ''
Wa Ea.,'t over '"c s'o'''' '"i'' 80 0'D"
'''IT TLn %nr.,.s '''"C', nos .,,o ma h,cr,1 r..
i"e p:' "a, "'' "'' - ~ ,i'
"""'c VI H. Se'"t' u ~ we ''''' "'u '''"n!
"n.N'u ~" "'ItS' 1 o"' c""'" see no S'EN' OF =
se't'rmrHt' l"'t surprised me ID NUE. Tor |
was "Stu 20 ,'"Ne '"ri ""I N"e" my "o w! 10
ca'cu.a't u'S'"uc''i h"' "et' up goo" near
ana went Oh un,'' was f"'e cc''a'1 ht1
"l'S,"h'. ny way VI U'c" '''f'''p. ,".u ~ re-
fa,u u ot I,S'anoP' c""c'uuru II W'"'H 'r
oes' ~ Nv,p ' '"e 'o1D was III "'''' 't1c"c"
'"t1'o I 'aI'a''""' ,,
in s''o't 'i'lt "as s'8a nao maze 'Hl>
'eso'"''o,' 'o' saw d I-"' S'hher'h9 rom
Gaoh' lapP'oac"cd II as soon as pos bic
II was ta'"'f ABOVE "P III 'o,"'h SIZE i"no1n'
"ilsn' Ut "VCo'hWo4t'G' u"ere very wei i
mao thP appearance Oh oI'h@ very c".m!'f'13'e
"'H"h. hhocheu loF aIH!''S'oh' l"c door
was open ny man.
no" at" N"' f''Sn" 10 o-''t'e IL f'e"e"-
,"t"'|' '"''H'N" a ":.' a'' ''"' s"'' q '''"-.'
D"' certainly "a" >"m1''in@ IN i""t Mtn
c""nI'haHc' u'a' ga "'' ''"'' Tie m nj
set my eyes ujo" Mm' - Il G."h VOICE "a.
AK IL! H's'".,s. i"." pm o'I'VrI had
.o,' my way ana was u"aei 'H' hrrrS-:E %.
asE'hI accom-" .tH''A'' A"ef H"s'' l'ja-
moment he asked TO enter. a tai female wa
s'"'ed III Ue conner near -arge '"' H:ri 't'''
She seemed buSy watching piece oi IN, a. u'.-