The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1851-05-29
BEAT AT HIS OWN GAME.
Not many wears AZ, there wa,

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Not many years aga there was.
and perhaps there is yet. law in the
State Of Connecticut which sets forth
that any person found driving upon
the highway on Sunday should be
fined ten dollars, the complainant to
receive half the peraliy' Nov there
never was a law devised. planned or
laid down, but what some "cutc" in.
diyiaual will find hole or flaw TO
crawl through it, whatever NAV be
it3 tight fits or intricate details
Bat somebody must be caught Of
course, and sometimes it does happen
that the most wary and wakcful gct
caught III the very trap set by them
selves to allure or trip the unwary-
hence my story.
1t is now no longer, believe. an
unsolyed question, but a fixed fact,
that Yankees are cute if occasion re
quire it. There is no question Of it.
When the Connecticut Sunday travel
ing law, the s'uRHIHm tonum Of which
| have set forth, was in the flower Of
It's bloom, one rainy, dirty, muddy
Sunday Just such day when both
man and beast feel strong inclina.
ton to lie back in some dry place.
and Crew the sweet cud of fancy, as
it may be, live and veritallc spcci.
men Of genus gen yesc Ohc latter
phrase is aboriginal, | believe was
to be seen without charge, sin the
very act Of violating the Kings law"
or that Of the Commonwealth Of Con.
nccticut, driving wagon and an old
gray mare upon the highway, lfhc
did not know the law he was not lonr
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 makine
five dollars out Of the lone traveller.
ran out Of his dry do,nicl by the road
side, and exclaimed:
"Ilallo there Mister :"
Certain, squire" said the Yankee
''wo, Sock, heoll on ye fool yc, woo.,,
Mornin', Squire, what's the neusc :!
llaint got the collery deown this way,
tew, | hope? Dien like sixty in
York with it,
"No, friend" SAID the man, "we
haint got no cholera down, but | aucss
you dent know We have got law
what fines people that drive on the
Kings highway on the Lords day ~
"Dew tell, said lie in the little
tight wa.on-''well | shouldn't won
der If yeou had, an
And shall arrest you, friend,
for breaking the law"
81 want to know, nov : We'll,
Squire, | cant help it; you see, in
fact, am in the altircicst hurry to
get hum | hey been thar il New
York, about two weeks anon. the
dead and dy-'
W Idt Will INC -
"Collery, collery, squire. It's car.
ryin' them off by hull wagon loads.
(Thc Squirc's eyes dilatedJ, got
good job at hauling the dead in iuy
wagon to Potters field"
"What, this wagon -
"Zactly, squire, it paid well, Nhc
slulrcs check grew litter Ialcr),
and I held on till day fore ycstcr,
day ] felt ii comm On me, and
started for hum
"Fricnd." said the squire, it's scy
en- miles to Nj town, and"
But ! say, squire, I'm dispirit il,
, sick As a doG f; can't you let me put
W with you until
NO, no, no, no, 20 Oh you i sooy
, &c; to M----town, and"
But YOU amt asoiu - let a fcllcr
die in ih!s are kind way -
Drive Oh, drive On, friend, don
stop a minute aud the Old felo0
stepped of as fAs. as he could todli,
from the pcdlar's pest wagon.
, "ilal.o , Squire ~ roared the Yam
kce, "hcoS aoeout the fine.
/. ID Llast you and the fiji,
700 drive oif ~ shouted the Old fcl
!. low, and on went the Yankee, show
! lna a set o.! iyoIies to the drzlly day
+, enough to set a dentist in ecstacics.
r "no aAead, SooG guess that fel
lcr wont stop tral.u' iolks soon again
y boo : hoo lin han re- lar a.c
!. e."
Eut tie feil4r hal hot made man
: miles before he was again hailed, au
, by al abs sylute constable, who, ex gd
eio, soon brought up the oid mar
and her driver 10 a dead talt.
y would not 20 down, perhaps, 50 NC
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