The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-06-18


ing of that fatal recepiion-roor. And III
might have been attended with damp. moi
some vapors, and hence been iuminenily |
perilous. However that may have been.
there is little doubt that an injected candle !
would have been speedily quenched.
On the very summit of Budge's chin.
huge war. erected its miscreated front"
contrasting its icy palcncss with the adjacent
ru'ldiness Of his complexion. This, like the
peaks oil high mountains, was barren of all
verdure aud the red beard, which copious
ly fastened its roots in The surrounding soil,
here found little encouragement to growth.
But Budge's counienance was variegaied oy
lowland scenery, also. At the foot of this
glandular excresccrce. snualy lay quiet
vale which, in his PALMER day, his mother
had fondly termed II dimple This seques
tered spot had volunteered to produce shrub.
berry, both for itself, and its less favored
neighbor. Here. Budge's razor, being TOO
little searching in It's passes, usually left a
cluster of promising siumps TO top oui luz
urian'l, 70, the next Sabbaiical crop. Bndge
had shaggy, matted bead Of fer, brown
heir. which either care OF a halbe might
have brandshed comb and scissors over, and
vet leit numbers enough Tor pretty lengthy
capillary re,iew
But now, mosi patent rcader.-if you
have followed me thus far snc4 lha>c had.
my way. ,oI shall have yours. - We left
+ Bulge Circulating his thanks for the cNqus-
itc sensations attending u deliberate sneeLe.
He ronlirues We give only the thoughts
not the language
Yes ten thousand blessings resi- upon
the head OF him. who first invented >neezing.
What jo, Gus. tickling sensation precedes it.
One shuts up his eyes, that he may enjoy it
alone. lie resigns himself to it AS though
it were 'he perfection nj earthly bliss. How
expressive. too. its language Not translate
able to be sure. Nor need it be, for we all
catch its meaning. And poor folks have IA
right 10 sneeze. Yes, thank Fortune, and
our patriotic forefalhcrs there are no taxes
on this privilege. And reckon we enjoy
more good, hearty sneczes than rich iolks do
| wonder il they wouldn't call il vuigar, too?
And what set of refined machines the aris-
tocracy are getting 10 be. They would twist
have their laws of etiquette that are as
changeess and iuflexible as II bronze statue.
As though mans impulses and incliharions
were to have no voice in the matter. Well
there's one thing do like. That's the fash.
ionablc hour for breakfast Here Bulge
inwardly chucklcd nj the compromising turn
his ruminaiuns had assumed.
" hrt'.cr he would have proceeded
farther, must remain II matter of doubt for
just at this juncture, an exPostulating voice
iouni its way up the stairs, and broke his
solitary musings.
" Bulge, my DEAR" said the gentle tones
:" will you please come down to breakfast
I've kept the table waiting this halt hour
and Jamie wants to ea, so he can 70 tt
school. You've mad two calls at the shoI
door, beside -"
AT tn. first words of this summon, Budg
t groaned and tossed in his bed as thougl
| just walked from The fastest of slumber,
r Then, shade passed over his countenance
and a kind of comca smile fingered abou
! his mouth. lie finally broke in,
J. Well, | should like TO know if it ha
e come 10 this, that can't enjoy my sleep Iik
4 an honest republican, without this etern'
!, jahbc about ,ctu,ls? Twas only yesteI
day morning. you broke in upon one of IN
:. besl dreams, with this same talk of breal
fast ready" Then, too it you must wax
Il me, why cant you come up stairs and do
n gradually. and not burst III, with v ice
n like IA thunder clap? The 'abe may stan
% till noon, Tor all OF me. I'll have my ma
& out" Bulge had very peculiar way Of IT
of ferrine 10 his native land, the perfection
$. is government, and the struggles of his sir
e, peculiar, say, but it never struck me
N entirely unique or original in him
n. AT thi, moment, Bulge heard the stai
III door clcse most meekly, and complacent
a. muitering something about the bother Of
=, wife, he sprang from bed, and soon was ia
II exploring the depths of his Sleeps gray.
ia We may here remark something very e
I iraordirary in Budge's disposition. Int
h. nally humane, and benevolent to a fault
m was desirous OF appearing a savage.
-. thought it the onl, way, 10 prevent peoI
Iy from taking advantage of his kindness
heart. When alone, he overfowed wi
Al. =" the milk of human Kindness" and W
Fl. continually devising some means. by viii
q, he could benefit The poor and suffering, II
still hide his own agency in il. But in pr
4 g? rnce of any one. whom he had relieved,
i? who, ht thought had claims upon his
10, erlons, hr was as ssvagr as an un'u'"l
I'm beast. lie had been known TO drive a p'
in blind beggar from his shop, whom, only
40. day before he had made the recipient
,.,, acts Of kindness; ard that TOO, smrly
Ib,. cause he was charged with the deed, or,
nh. be called il, " charged with giving pensi
Ia. to idlers A lone, on his worb bench,
, a was josial; bathing his soul in all the $
out light of conieoIed spir''-in company
lge was complete personlhcalion OF he'd
you hog awaiting some hostile attack. lnd'
hi. when LEI alore, he did not always act u
i,y the defensive.
But That dear help-mate wife OF his, chaste