The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-09-26

stihey, aud consuming cxinphcnc an1i
gss While davligh, Us chea,et and
rlenticr Bc.idrs dom, believe !,
!. RATIONAL for man u drag hlmscl.
on. Of q warm bed
NJ t'' o. a nst, InoruinEf
deprive himself of ths, mos, delight.
ful snooz.ng hour. and 70 through
the ,oil Of making his ,oilc, merely
10 'akc little gentle exercise on al
empty stomach. /, is but changin.
oue kind of skttt music for another.
! allow bu, decidedly prefer the
nasal sp the pedal accompaniment.
I,o~e,cr, don. mean to quarrel with
ihR, custom of early r,.ers BOT for
an original aud uu,guc affair. ,hiuk |
can .bow party in the countr ry which
beats their time all hollow and rs , on
read wha, follows, remember ,ba, il il
all fact
Thaveling last winter through Il ,or.
'ion III country whose staple p.oJuc-
tons are shingles aud hemlock and dog
bark the latter. \. No. lit wa. nv
fortune 10 bring to in the carly part Of
the evening at "A small inn which hung
out the inviting sign OF the Hand in
Hand two huge. hearty, human scrap
ers c'os'ly inicrlocked being 5Ain,cd On
the board. Here -aid 10 myself, is res;
and entertainment for man and beast.
] bolied into The common sitting room.
anticipating n nice game nf solitaire
si,indy by a blazing frc---and was near
ly jostlcd on, Of my sclt-J,pssession by
jostling against knot Of rreity girl,
dressed out for All evening party. With
hasty grouse ma, | lifted up my OPP
ties aud discovered the room filed with
IA promiscmou, company buXom las>es,
with artificial roses in their head gear
and quite natural ones on their cheeks
young gents, dressed mp to KILL with
locks of,allo~ed brishtnc,. long combcd out
and here and there an unambiiiou,
whisker with the calico iinisc conspicu-
Gus on the chin.
] was about 10 retire in lasic-bu,
one cf the company stepping forward.
politely insi.te,l on my remaining. AZ.
the fitting excuses was agreeable,
and joined in the festivity. ] soon
learned that the specific object Of this
gathering was TO come the inclusive on
a quantity OF oysters, '.ricd s,cwcd roast.
ed, and in the she'll : and oh shade
oil Old Mornli'y---,hat the money to be
paid for the supper was TO be appropri-
ated TO The purchase OF monument
for the grave Of the lately deceased,
wife "f the village parson' The party
was a gay one-dancing and kissing
'dd h6itnm.
One old bachelor who had somehow
inlerpo|atcd himself into the crowd, and
looked as lonely as goose on rainy
day standing solitary on one foot, yield
ing to an impulse Of his rarnaI nature
kissed the prc,,iest girl in the ROOM
She nvcred that 1t was done 'eiGa3ecent-
ly-and court Of judica,ure being in
s,i,u,,d on the spot, the fair damsel
brought an action pro oscnl'n dmish
The defendant could no, prove an hal
iJi, and failed TO show that the plaintiff
was particeps crimim's lie was ad-
Judged to return the stolen goods, and
moreover 10 pay two dollars. lie fork
cd over the damages and the money
was added TO the scpulchrol fund.
As the wee sma' hours drew on. the
company, to use their own phrase, 'shit-
tered
could not refrain from rcmarking
to a lady, who asked my opinion Of this
method of cmbalming the memory of
the dead in oyster soup, i, certainly was
mingling the grave with the gay.
Had l dared, l should have suggest
cd that an appropriate execution of the
design would be 10 build the monument
Of the oyster shells, and have the bcrcav.
cd minister preach on the top thereof !.
IL. would be an ap. illustration ot the
old saw-'Pa,ience on a moment snnl-
ing at Grief; or more nau,ically, Pa
tience and lee cat head smiling at a
ho!y Stone.
found the dweIlers in those parts 10
less apt as natural philosophers than as
"a committee Of ways and means. as viii
appear from the following brief colo
guy between mine hos, and myself at
breakfast. the morning after
Here Landlord, these eggs are boil
too hard. are they no, :
l.. Why. yes--yon see. oar hsn'
haee all had bad cold for few la.
back
lef him receiving a pressing iH'i'
ton il ever came again within ten
miles Of his plac. 10 STRIP thns
shall. Go auy nearer ] certainly ne''
er shall, les, dying among them, my
poslhumous fame nigh, rest on 'hsi'
story : or my sumbers be disturbed b,
the laling ou, Of the savory stew.
nm half afraid 'hould she'll out a, the
announcement OF Oysters waiting q
am desperately fond OF the bNaise'.
and, appearing Ike Banquos ghost re-
ones, them To she'll om Tor ne.
DO you think that party can be match
ed by anything a. unique and who'll.