The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1854-03-24

1t was coming home one night from
attending patient who resided at Hen
don, and who promised not to be long
for this world, when, as crossed a siie
that led me into the high road, after
making which ! had near cut across
some fields, heard words of contention
between man and woman.
IL was an autumnal evening. and
twilight was fast disappearing, yet there
was sufficient TO enable me TO distin-
guish the figures of two persons, who
were too intent upon their quarrel TO
see me as they passed the stile, pariic-
ularly, AS paused and drew back a
little.
You shall carry IT, cried the man.
with brutal oath 'yon shall carry it,.
! know well that if ] don't take care
that you have n good hand in il. YOU
will be preaching upon the whole affair
some of these days. Garry it-curs-
esr
oh John, John, / am ill-so ill.,
I'll be hanged. Come on. Its an
excuse. You don't like TO carry a
coffin, but shall
IL am faint, John. do not know
what IT is that has come over me, but
Il am very faint and i'll. Oh il this
should be some judgement of God. Oh!
john John, let US repent
Silence, will you? D-n it--how
do ! know but what some one is listen.
ing. Give me the coffin. Confound
you, won't you come on? wish had
the buyiig Of your own coffin. instead of
the childs. Come on, will you What
will you lie down, will you. Take that,
them
heard blow or kick given: and
commenced whi>tling with all my
might as ] iramped on after them with
quick step. This had the effect of
stopping any further violence, and all
was still ill reached the spot where
the man and woman were. The latter
was upon the ground, while the man
had an odd shaped bundle Of something
upon his shoulder. which was 80 well
disguised. that If had not, from their
previous conversation, known il was
coffin, ] certainly should not have at
all recognized il as 30 dismal an object.
\ fine evening | said. 'IIillua 4!
anything amiss
oh dear-God bless you--no sir
SAID the man, ia cantIng voice the
Lord be good TO us--no, sir. Ii my
wife, bless her heart-she's litile Tired
or SO. lhafs all. Come Old woman get
up, the Lord will help YOU
The old woman struggled to her feet.
and ioftered on with difficulty.
Good evening said the hypocritical
seoundrrl good evening, sir thank
you. sir.
oh I'm going your way said l.
lie paused moment
oh be said to Hampstead, sir.
suppose, Come. old soman, keep up.
Think Of the Lord, and cheer up.'
Partly TO Hampstead. said |, and
partly not. lt'. a bracins night, ain't
~ have come acros. thr fields, and
and don't know much about here. l.
hat pahlic house 2
Yes ar. That i, a resort Of sinners
called ihe "Ball and Bush" Al, sir. II
people would think Of their immortal
state Il would b. better for all WHY
--vhy old woman, you can't get on Z
Dear dear The Lord help u..
Bot for The offered assistance Of my
arm. The woman must have iailen.-
Dim n the light Sas. ! could see yes-
siion depicted upon the mans face
and be shifl-d lhe coffin fr.i on 10 one
shoaldeF and ihen 90 the ether, 60 see
Il be eould not help the woman uiihos,
ne, bot that took good care be .hogli
not DO and said
SHE .e-ns 81. indeea all help
you 20 yuar o~n door, 4 you are Hei
going far.'
'iui ~e af soios far' Be saii, she
Lord v..lins