Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-12-01

himself loved. honored, sought after---a lit
tie too mucl-by the good peasants who sur
rounded him. Eighteen hundred and fifty
L,, a,pro,chel. aud who could tell what
MIGHT haupeu 1t was as we'll to cook a
little rar6ut Of popularity beforehand. The
yisronnt denied neither his door nor his ser
vices to his new friends.
As he came from the capital, and as every
pari4ian is supposed to be gifted with uni
vprgal genius there was no process to plead
AGAINST. no lease to renew, no clover crop to
secure. but NV friend was consulted. Did n
difference arise. the disputantS strnightway
rushed to the rresence OF NJ. le NIcoint.--
They explained the matter Ill hand--he gave
His adyicc--and the interview usually ehlcd
Inv tho b,llirerant parties, as in duty bound,
G,Iliu, to fsticuffs in the very audieuco-ch I'M
b.r Of thoir arbitrator. lie was nt once the
viIl,or instite. advocate and notary.
Eni ie did not rest here. He became ita
,hysician. Mod.cta H,aigre iH'.' be it
understood. They forced him to say what
he thought fsuch Il one s cut hngcr--ot such
another's asthma they awoke hun III the
middle of the night, that he might apply plIs'
ters and administer eau tucFtt' nc was con
suited nv the entire community' ihNoihhth Il
that he at length attempted leerhes, and even
vcnturei to Law sacrilrgious hand upon the
lancet But here the faculty awaited MN
The officer of health of the nelShDorinS V'l-
lage. who owed him grudge Tor having re-
covered without n prescription, sur lriseu MIN
in the very act Of phlebotomy. Inc hai,
made his report in the proper quarter anu
the correctional police taught my noble nG,igh-
hor that philanthropy becomes nmenaoie to
the penal law from the moment that 1t launch
cs ont into the piercing Of veins and the al-
plication of lccches.
The yiscount, who was far from wishing to
resign his post as general benefactor. now
thought he would contine himself to an en-
,loymcnt out Of reach of legal Interference.
Recognized from the first as the only decent
writer in the community, he became public
scribe to the hamlet. From morning till
evening. his little cabinet was crowded with
all who had a cousin at a distance. Il sister
in service. or II lover with his regiment Ny
ncirhhor thus composed more than three
folio volumes Of epistles. in every variety Of
style. The pcnknife superseded the lrun-
ming knife the Watering pots gave WAY 10
the ink-tnnd.
Two dav- az, the crisis arrived The
Young and fresh FrancoiSe, who had Waved
godmothcr to my friends part of godfather
at his first baptism, was seated near his desk g,
explaining how she wished to break with Fran.
wa, desperately Jealous of all the shepherds
of the hamlet. She had come to ask the Wis
count to arrange the matter, seein. that
.arouet. the farmer head man, had asked
her in marriage and Jacquct was IL likely
lad. who could easily earn his thirty crowns
in the wear. without counting tho oats he ril-
fercd from the stable, and the cccs he picked
M in the poultry-yard.
The GOOD viscount was hnstowlng upuu
his pretty client the most fathcrly councils,
when the door suddenly opened, and Clrpu-
raj numanet. with cuffs turned up and nous
inches lristing with rage. entered hastily
Jle first applied his cane Justify TO the should
cr- of his beloved, and then falling upon the
innOcent yiscount, proved how very possible
it i, for our best attentions to he mistaken
hv a Jealous lover. Thi, was too much for
M friend He seized the first weapon that
came TO hand, and retaliated the Gaming by
thrust with the pruning knife.
Poor fellow 1t was the first time he had
had an opportunity ofusing it and 50 excel
lcntly did he profit by this one, and so neatly
did he operate upon his adversary's face. that
it never lost from that day the marks of his
skill. But arboriculturc, applied to the hui
man species, il forbidden bv the law, as we'll
as the uurr0tessional exercise Of leechcs and
lance,. The viscount spent forty-oieht hours
in n tedious negotiation With Eumanct,
which Was yesterday evening brought to q
conclusion. lie bought substitute for the
corporal. who remained III the village and cs-
pouscd Franchise The business cost from
100 to 1900 francs Lnt then my neighbor
received Il pressing invitation to tho nup-
tIa!-.
This morning | was coursing near my
house, when saw vehicle whirling along
the high-road towards Paris. Within il was
the yitcount, who looked out of the window,
and observing me, ordered the driver to stop.
My friend" cried he, as | came within
hearing, "au revoir this winter ut Paris
prccede you to the modern Babylon, re-
turn to iny pleasant entresol, which happily
has not yet met with 4 new tenant. | 20 to
seek calm, leisure, peace in the Boulevard
dcs ltalcns. take with me a rose tree. that
| shall prune on my window-sill, and tive
straw berry plants, to water in my dressing
room. leave hamlets, shepherds, and tht
shady grove, to live and die far from the hum
Of men