Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1853-09-08
miscellaneous.
From Cooley, Lady's BOOK
LEGACY-HUNTING.
BY MISS A. NJ. DICKENS.
CHAPTER |.

CHAPTER L.
Among the several varieties Of contempt.
ibe characters which are 10 be met with 10
the world, Is that of the Legac, Huuter.-
individual specimens of TINS genus are to
be found IA almost every class of society,
aud there Is mo- work too dirty ff them to
engage an, IT there be but tie distant pros
peci Of success. II would be sometimes
amusing, if II we're not disgusting, to watch
The orally cunning with winch such persons
pursue the object before them, and the per
severance they EXHIBIT 10 their pursuit
Aud IT Is highly lDstrucute To observe how
OXEN, despite oil the tricks aud wiles To
winch they have recourse, these might,
hunters are either thrown out ga the chase.
or lind, To then clagun, that they have
thrown away much good time aud per-
,erted aleni, for what proves 10 be OF little
worth
la the following sketch we think we can
promise our readers some slight amuse-
meut, while, by st. we hope also to serve
The interests OF Home Morality.
The prcluost house ga our village IS that
which once belonged 70 old sampson
. SANTA, who, by virtue OF idy thousand dot.
Jars IA The funds, aud suudry land, aud leu-
c'"e"'s 10 a''u a'ou' Tue village, was unan-
'mousy recognized as sampson Smith, Es-
flme'
But sampson had not always been an es-
4 q'Hei ''4l ~ "e had not always had nj
~ thousand dollars "a the funds, or any
4 where else. la eafler HE he had neen
shoemaker But shoemakers, "a those DAYS
however u may be IA these-s,,t,.stt,,,es
s'' I'0n' % u WAS WIN Sampson smith
- "'uon So "la'' al Inc ageol lorty hive, ne
was Ia d position TO cast The slough OF trade,
a"l appear !" az the pomp aud glory OF an
niue Pe"ueu' gentleman.
"e" ""'Pvo" sunni 'e''icu 10 -
W 'uAu'l''v on MS anP'e i'so'ne' ne
"ous"' "''n nun MS very eAee"e"l wiz
10 ""oin ne "'u oeeH married some twenty
years anu "i""sh up To mat ""'e' tHey
: "Au "o' occe" u'e'seu--" ooUneteu' as the
OA7e i"'s"' nave zee" d 'd'hlylN was
"0' 700 '"o '"' Pe' ""4'e'e' eApec'7-
"""s' "o"e'e'' "'s"' nave zee" loi'"eu on
'"'s 1t" 'a"' 'I'."'' WI S'"'' O'' s"''
i y re ue1'" o' "'s' ''''"' anu a' "anp'
''' vac" "'''0" s'e'" 'os''"''""' N"'0"
ne afterwards o''iled Out 20 pass .ne re-
'""'"ue' % '''s Gays ~ "'uo" '''"u' co"'-
W'" 'eP''' as we" as 'he ua'n'" o,def o'
mugs se'"eu upon ms hePhe" and heI'
"''i"' 'uN"l h"Aef' as Inc ll'"'e sue
Sos''' ~ '"o ia! '"ous""" u0"''s' &C
"1.
0ta"Ae 70 say On' 10 'ess ""e' "o'"'''
Nanu'"s, in"iAy b4Aef cIed, or seemed
20 care, oot niue ABOUT Tue uue OF so"C
'''o"e 'nf'' Some Jay OF "hei, was ues
"Neu 10 ioI /" "'s lee| IeIharS ne 'h"hsh
tna' ms uncle was as himself TO I'VE out al
"N 1dys' anu mat waiting 70 s'eP 'n'o uea'
neN SHOES Is oui .d'e "o'" al pest d.
'ia' as " m'sh', iho'hJ TOOK ou' h'u'
PA'us 10 wrss'e himself mo the good g'ac
g OF uncle sampson, "n'le be sci To "oTi
independently aud diligently IA carving on
ms own io'tune-tb'nkng probably, 'ha
'ne shoemaker Smlh cou'd manage l.
accumulate huy thousand doi'afs' theF'
eouid 0e no reason "hy tie tanner Bake
should not DO SO too. But the race Is h'
Always TO the swift, nor tho Datue u Ia
strong; and by the tlme Sampson SAM
was bordering upon seventy, and Iimo'h
nor lar RON my, ihe fe"fing point OF IN
latter seemed IN as distant a perspeoliye a
ever 10 be sure, Timothy had sons an
uaushlefs, goodly number, ana 'hls mig
have made difference.
Ny dear, SAID Mrs Baker TO her hu
pahd, one day, think you should pay
niue more attention TO uncle Sampson
ne looked IA yesterday, aud you sent "ol
lha' You were 30 busy you could not spar
"lie 10 come into the house can 't
you mat the old man was not very we
Feasec with the MASSAGE.