Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-05-22
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Beat at His Own Game.

Not many years ago there was, and per-
haps there is yet, law in the State of Con-
necticut which sets forth that any person
found driving upon the highway on Sunday
should be fined ten dollars, the complain
ant to receive half the penalty. Now there
never was law devised, planned or laid
down, but what some "cute" individual will
find a hole or flaw to crawl through it,
whatever may be its eight fits" or intrl-
cate details. But somebody must be caught
Of course, and sometimes it does happen
that the most wary and wakeful get caught
in the very trap set by themselves to allure
or trip the unwary-hence my story.
1t is now no longer, believe, an unsoIv-
ed question, but fixed fact, that Yankees
are cute if occasion require it. There is
no question of it. When the Connecticut
Sunday travelling law. the summum bonum
Of which have set forth, was in the flower
Of its bloom, one rainy, dirty, muddy Sun
day Just such day when both man and
beast feel strong inclination to lie back
in some dry place, and chew the sweet cud
Of fancy, as it may be, live and veritable
specimen of genus gen gese 1.-THE latter
phrase is aboriginal, | beieve), was to be
seen without charge, Sin the very act of
violating the Kings law" or that of the
Commonwealth of Connecticut, driving
wagon and an old gray mare upon the high
way If he did not know the law he was
not long learning it, for Connecticut man,
who, perhaps. not having the fear of God
before his eyes so clearly as he had in his
heart the idea Of making five dollars out of
the lone Traveller, ran cut of his dry domi-
Gil by the road side, and exclaimed:
'Hallo there Msterw
Certain, squire" said the Yankee, "wo,
Sock, heold on ye fool ye, WOO Mornin',
Squire, what's the neuse Haint got the
collery deown this way, tew, hope? Diem
like sixty in York with it,"
"No, friend, " said the man, "we haint
got no cholera down hear, but guess you
don't know we have got law what fines
people that drive on the Kings highway on
the Lords day."
"Dew tell, said he in the little tight wa
gon--"well ! shouldn't wonder if yeou had,
an"
"And shall arrest you, friend, for break
ing the law"
Il want to know, now! Well, Squire
can't help it; you see, in fact, | am in
the al6redest hurry to get hum; | hev been
thar in New York, bout two weeks among
the dead and dy-"
"What2 with the"
"Collery, collery, squire. It's carryin'
'em off by hull wagon loads. (The squire
eyes dilated), | got good job at hauln'
the dead in my wagon to Potter's field"
"What, this wagon %
Exactly, squire, itpaid we'll, (the squire's
cheek grew little paler), and held on till
day fore yesterday; ielt it comm ON me,
and started for hum"
"Friend," said the squire, it's seven miles
to M--town, and"
"But say, squire, Pm dispirit ill-sick
as dog; can't you let me put up with you
until"
"No, no, no, no, go on; you'll soon get
to M--town, and"
"But you amt agoin to let Teller die in
this are kind way"
Di'O OhB dlNC OuJ uOH SLOD q
minute" and the old fellow stepped off as
fast as he could toddle from the pedIar's
pest wagon.
Halo! Squirrel roared the Yankee,
"heow abeout the fine.
DO blast you and the fine too
drive OFF, shouted the old fellow. and on
went the Yankee, showing set of worries
to the drlzzly day, enough to set dentist
in ecstacies.
$50 ahead, Sock; guess that Teller wont
stop tradin' folks soon again hoo hoo
gin hima regular ager fit"
But the pedlar had not made many miles
before he was again hailed, and by an alb
solute constable, who, er-oGcio, soon
brought up the old mare aud her driver to
a dead halt. 1t would not go down, per-
haps, SO well with this customer, thought
the pedler, to try the cholera game with