Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-06-20


each other ever since we were children. Ii
is respectable Young man. and welcom
guest IN some of the best circles of society,"
We'll. Miss, ] shall put an immediate so
to such interviews as you have had with him
You will not 90 with him to the theatre, no
wine with him at parties.
lie never goes to the theatre. and he neye
drinks wine. He belongs to Division of til,
Sons of Temperance
so he is a cold water rat, is he Now
hate him more than did before and if he eve
comes to my house will drive him away witt
IA b'ooms'ick.'
'John,' said Mrs. Mullins 10 her servant man
take thus billet doux to the hotel where Mr.
fItzgammon was still in the embrace of Nor.
pheus. The waiter. however, uad TO awakcr
the sleeper, and feed hm. so that the dime,
room might be got in readiness for the mex
meal, awoke him al once
lie usually spent an hour at his toilet wash.
ing his hands, poudering his face, unpaperinp
his cnrIs Iacing his stays, etc. Whilst he was
dressing, and decorating his person, John com.
tnenced conversation with an ine lligent waiter
who was an old chum of his.
y guess misses is going to have a party to-
night, and this note is to AK the gentleman YOU
have just called to attend
|
lie Is az cross as "A bear with a soar head. and
is more trouble at the table than any other 81 X
boarders in the house. lie smells of the soup
until his musIache dipt into, and then pro-
nounces it not fit for pigs he says the beefsteak
| is as tough as Ieatbel-the butter strong as
/ Sampson-and pies and puGdings not to be
compared To such IuXures in London. We have
10 be as careful in feeding him, as though he
was wild beast gnashing his teeth on the
keepers of the menagerie'
why, how you talk Bob Miss Clara takes
quite slime to him. and she would have thrown
Kettle OF hot water on you, if she had heard
what you said just now. shouldn't wonder if
they got married before long. She says he is
the son OF IA lord.
'Son of the devil, more likely.
wei, If they should pair of, after billing
and cooling awhile, hope he will make Miss
Clara stand around-!Or she has a horrid tenn
per, and Miss Sedgeiaud has to put up with her
III humor. She is half the time scoldina her,
because working man went with her to meet
Ing on Sunday
Are the old folks rich p
They are well to do in the world but thcv
need not turn up their noses at poor folks, for
remember the time when old Mullins couldn't
cat such swarth as he does now. lie used
taking my father in partnership with him but
father refused to have anything to do with the
old sknflint. He held on to every sixpence
until it squeaed, and soon saved enoug ht to
commence brokering on small scale. Folks
used to laugh, and say one pole would answer
tor both branches of business Now lie uses
soft soap, and shaves notes and is ashamed of
The more hone 81 and honorable calling of sha-
wing faces. ] wish the old man would try his
hand on the face OF the dundy " no i. after his
daughter.
Yes, John, | think he could improve his looks
but then, if a man makes beast of himself
can see no earthly or heavenly reason why he
shouldn't look like one. believe the stranger.
who palms himself off as distinguished for
elgner, is an mpudent imposer, without even
wit, money or morality; and | should be very
sorry tohave him marry your mistress
Rob, yon talk like book
well, John, read books, and study human
nature and if am not vastly mistaken, the ill.,
looking, i.-aatnred and ignorant fopling of
whom we have been speaking is vile fellow,
and ought TO have been exposed. think it
would be good idea TO get Mr. Raymond to
publish him
DO you mean Raymond tie printer p
Yes
I
the graceful and lovely Miss Sedgeland last
Sunday, and misses has vowed he shall never
larken her door again
What an old goose she must be. Mr.. Raw
mond is loved and respected by all who know
him. Several Of the Oldest most wealthy and
influential citizens have cIubbed and raised
funds enough to buy press and types, and
have engaged him to edit a newspaper they de-
sign to publish. lie is the famous author Of
he thrilling sketches published over the initials
If G. r."
Miss Clara says she wouldn't touch him with
pair OF tungs, and that he is low fellow, fit {
'nlv to 90 with vulgar people, Il
Pshaw that's all moonshne. The time !
nay come when she will be glad to be in his
company. There is an accomplished and pret-
y young lady boarding here h. gave the nit q
en- to Mr.. Fitzgammond but she would be de-
lighted TO lave Mr, Raymond accept her hand,
Ter heart and her fortune
AS John surmlsed, that very evening there
was grand solree al the house owned and oc- r
'upled by the naughty, homely Mrs, and the
lard fsted' dignfed Mr.. Mullins. /
AT an early hour the washed ,combed, brush c
I'd, Cured, perfumed and decorated Mr. Fitz. I
!ammon might have been seen ascending a h
night of granite steps, and after spelling out ;
"' name on tne SllVer uOOt~plate, pulled the c
oell with such violence that the lap-dop howl r
I'd with the ear-ache,and the servants screamed i
with alarm, and the busy old mistress won
Tered what on earth was the matter. a
lie was escorted into pleasant room, which 2
vas handsomely furnished with the most
aNhionable furniture After being introduced s
o the company present, he made a low bow y
ricd to smile, scrapcd his feet upon the carpet, i
md then awkwardIy tumbled like bale of dry
good upon the sofa alter which he looked up /
"lth an air of great importance, which seemed :
o say, what think ye OF this important speci. t
nen Of gentiity?
lie really was remarkable lookinr object. h
lis coarse hair was oiled, cured, and scented /,
lie stared at ever one in the room through his
luizzng glass. lie wore on his intellectual
ace mouslache, whiskers, imperial and goatee
md looked like an ass that had swallowed /
lorse, and left his tail sticking out of his mouth.
lis red carrot fingers were hooped with huge
ed rings, and broach large enough for a ,
ooklng glass, stuck upon his ruflled shirt bo.
ON. ;
Most persons could have seen at glance
hat he was one of those nondescript creatures. 1
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