The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1853-10-28


Of every minute, | .uppose he slcpi
uyon to-, col Whirh hr keid in l,,. closet
hat o. bee was Rluays. ai work when
len ~ night, and when ] returned 10
thc morning. could not positively a.
srn ihat hr dii 80. am not very
rarrulou,. especially Whrn employed .,
ihr case. ard as he would mot first pl.
drc.s me, would no, speak 10 him So
while the iln aud joke were passing
rouud the other eases. we Werr silent as
the grave. was not long VA discover.
ing that there Was sumr mystery cun.
nrcird With him. ard thai hi, intense
application to Labor was moi prompted
merely by desire io make money for
II there j. anything in phrenologv. iuds-
unc from the formation ot his head. he
VA. the very one whom ! would have
selected irum score for Spcndihrit
Orcnlonall, hi. cheek wonld tiu.h, hi-
eyes light ep. and n happy smile over
spread his features then the smile
would 20 away. hi- eyes would iill with
tears, while un expression of sadness
almost despair would seat Itself upon
hi. counicunncc. have been tempted
a thon,aud times 10 ak him the cause
Of this bat as hr appeared SO cold nnd
isolated. | rv'nncd from doing 50. ~ It
Is moi pleasant prolerng sympathy un
asked
Well. how do YOU like your neigh
| bor y asked one ot the luurnrymcn of
me, NJ we were descending the stairs
/ one evening.
i can hardly make him ont, said
he appears to be strange sort Of be
/ ing lon are better acquainted with
/ him han ! how do YOU like him :
For nv part bate him. aud what
is more. be- has moi friend in the whole
office. That fellow has been here for
! three months. aud hc has hardly spoken
10 any one. 4 man who makes such
bills rs he docs, aud hordes his money
Ike miscr. have very little friend
ship for. We wouldn't any of us care
so much if he would be a little sociablc
and spend dollar. or even dime, oc.
ca,ionally hut 10, every five cent piece
he gets he hangs on TO a- il he wa'
afraid the eagle on it would spread ht
wings and fly away with it. doing hin
out of five cent piece. Bnt he cant
stay here long. We've insnlted him n
dozen times: and he has less spunk
than ] think he has If he don't resent 1t
some day, Wen get him into n quar-
rel then, and have him discharged
about his history; He may have some
all-absorbing end TO accomplish. which
i. the cause of his untiring assdutv.-
You should have littl, charity for the
fellow, aud taking Crockut's motto. 'be
sure yuu'rv rigin, '''," 70 "h, "d' -
No, we know nothing OF him and i
circumstances are as you suppose, u
will he his own fault, II they are discov'
cred too late, for We have tired Otter
enough 10 ScraPc an acquaintance will
him. You had better not take up OF
his side if you do not wish To incur th'
di-plra.ure of the whole Office. GooC
night.
had some charity for the fellow, an,
wa. resolved 10 see him righird shonl,
he get into difficulty. | soon saw lhn
he was very unpopular. and that |, a,
felt rather disposed 10 make allowance
for him. was considered n, his friend
MANY we're the Jokes cracked at our cx
pen.c; whenever the Quaker corner
rs the place occupied hv rs had bee
Dubbed. wa, mentioned a universal III
q
thing. irritatcd me some. but as wa
not the principal object at whom ihcs
arrows we're aimed, resolved To ior
bear and lei him he tn" first 10 ~peal
i say, fellows said n rowdy- y-lookin
customer. who went by the name {
Zeke, do Quakers ever have camp
meetings 2
'Yr,.' answered another. rhey ha,
n camp-meeling over there in Quak,
corner every night That fellow "aml
ont npon the floor every nap he iakr'
Well. said another. I've heard
boarding NJ the market house and slecI
ing on the bridge bat ! never saw .
illustration Of it before
Wonder If they wouldn't take
= boarder,? ? asked the first speaker |
see # they don't wan, the rule, aud r.
ulaiions Of The house printed If thcy d
III board out the bill
| glanced at nay nrichbor. to see ho
~ he bore this ridicnlc. iii. face W
o.. flushed and his lips firmly compress
~. as il 10 choke down the rising indirn
a lion. But he said not word IA
cied. however. that he picked up q
type faster lhan usual.
"A Things could not 90 on in this "
H. much longer. for a. god-like a quail
- a, f,rbenrance IS. it cannoi hold out
- rnin.i everything saw that a stoi
va. gathering. aud prepared 70 act .
. uarr As man when it bur,i forth.
- II was SATURDAY afternoon. I
hand. were ranged round the '.ior