Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1855-11-02

"Peter," SAID |, II think my car
rage runs heavily. 1t wants groas-
ing. Can you do it,"
"Sure, sir" said he, "what I'D |
be good for if could Mt; Is it
erase a carriage Faith, that's asy
enough any way"
easy as it is, Peter | am half a
frald to trust you to do it. You
make so many bunders. Perhaps,
after all, | had better go with you
and see it DONE"
ooh, wirra, wirra did liver hear
the like o. that? What 'ud you be
gon' forl Sure know"
"Ah, but Peter, recolIect what
you said about the ploughing."
Begorra !" said Peter, nothing
abashed, It's all the fault of the
ploughs in this country any how
Them's the contrarest things that
liver broke a poor divll's back an
that's no lie"
And the horses too, Peter, that
you knew so much about"
It's Ameriky bastes they are, s.
said Peter, "would yer honor undth-
erstand Irish, at first, if We whit
across to the Ould country -
! shook my head.
Shure, thin, that's the way it
was" said Peter, trumphanlly. "Il
real ginlleman, like yer honor,
couldn't undlherslsnd Irish, is it a
brute haste that has the farming to
know il before iachc him Z"
Well, well but Nbout the car
rage."
Bedad, We needn't trouble your
self about 1t at all. There's mighty
little differ in the carriages, see, all
the wurld over
"Be careful, then, Peter; and
grease it well, do you hear :"
Faix, III do that same thing =
III be placing yer honor this time,
any way
An hour passed, aud waited i'm
patiently for the carriage. Once or
twice | saw Peter pass the window
with the slush basket i'll his hand,
and | began to wonder what took
him 10 the kitchen So often. AZ
length hailed bun, to know if the
vehicle was not almost ready.
Ayeh !" said Peter, "would ye
have me spoil purity piece of work Z
It's litle them naygurs know about
graslug anything, the a,thcns y
But You are so long, Peter, |
had better come aud see about il my
self"
Fax an there's no need. Yer
honor shall have it fornist the durc
in no lime"
WelI,make haste, then, for | am
10 a hurry"
1t might have been fifteen minutes
after this that Peter knocked at the
door.
" win put the horse in, sir y
"Ceriainly, if you can. Is the
carriage ready =
"Och, sure, but It's n beauty -
Would your honor come and look at
it"
Draw it out, will be there di-
rcctly."
Peter went off, and was in the act
of hlnglng open the doors of the
carriage house as approached.
There sir" SAID he, pointing to
the carriage in evident admiration
A." Did yer honor iYer see the like o.
that Z"
Why, what on earth have you
done to iti"i
erased it, sure, Elegantly Be
dad but il takes the shine, anyhow -
never felt so angry in my life
and yet, the whole affair, combined
with Peters conscious importance as
if he prided himself in having done
good thing, was so ludicrous that |
soon became Undetermined whether
TO laugh or storm. .
There stood my new carriage
creased all over with slush, or what
is commonly called in the country
soap fat; not only the leather cur
talus, but the top, The body, the run
ming gears, and even the shafts and
swinsleiree. literally one shining mass
Of unsavory grease. And there
stood Peter, with his hat cooked
knowingly on one side of his head,
his arms aklmbo, aud his eyes travel
ing from nlne 10 his work, with "A
look of the most intense satisfaction.
The axes were lief, untouched.
Peter Mulrooney never creased
carriage for me after that day.
THE Use OF MoNEY.-A vain
mans motto: Win gold aud wear it.
A generous mans: Win gold and
share 1t.
A mlser's: Win gold and spare il.
A pronigate's; Win gold and
spend it.
A brokers'; Win gold and double .