Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-12-06

For him there was no beauty, no history pi-
ETY., no herOism. Vainly the stars shone
over him-vainly the south wind blew. In
the wake of the great ship Argc, in which
Jason aud his companions sailed for the Gold
en- Fleece, over the cleaning Mediterranean
where the ships of Tyre, Rome, and of the
Crusaders had been before him-tArough the
Pillars of Hercules, through which Columbus
sailed to find fame in new world-now sails
Aladdin to find fortune. To him all lands
are alike. No Homer sang for him in the
Egean he only curses the wind that will NOT
blow him into Odessa. No syrens sing for
him, but he loves the huge oath of the lively
boatswain. With the Bible in his hand and a
quid of tobacco in his smouth he goes about
the holy places in Jerusalem, and "calcu.
lates" their exact site. He sees the land o.
the Rameses and the Ptolemies and the
reverend records of the Lybian deserts, whose
echoes hive slumbered since they were tramp
ed over by Aexander's army, are now ava
kened by the shrill whistle OF Old Dan Tuck
er. He insults the Grand Llama, hob.nobs
with the Grand Mogul, turns his back upoI
emperors, and takes pinch out of the Pope
snuff-box. He chews with the Arabs, smoke
opium with the Turks, and rides for a brid'
with the Calmuck Tarters. ~
Aladdin comes home again, and the ADM
ring village points him out to the younge
generation as successful man. my son
look at him; he began with nothing-nov
see," "My son" does see, and beholds hin
owning million of dolars--of all societie
OF which is he not president, director &
His name is as good as gold; he has bough
pictures ami statues he has also bought
Mrs. Aladdin, and housed her in luxury
but he picks his mouth with silver fork. d
has home for poet, but he makes it hi
boast that he reads nothing but his newspa
pers. He goes to church twice on Sundays
and only wakes up when the preacher de
nounces the sinner of Sodom and Gomor
rah, and those l." tough old Jews of Jerusa
lem. His head is bald and shiny with tn
sermons which have hit and glanced off,
He clasps his hands in prayer, but forgets t
open them when the poor-box is passe
around; and he goes homo like successful
man, thanking God that he is not as othe
men are. And after dinner he sits befor
the fire in his easy chair, lights large ciga,
and looks languidly at Mrs Aladdin througl
the thick smoak.
By and by old Aladdin dies. The cor
ventional virtues are told over as the mourn
ing carriages are called out. The paper
regret they are called upon to deplore tn
loss Of a revercd parent generous friend
philosophical citizen, and pious man; an
the precocious snapper Of jack-knives, an
the model set up to the young generation
laid in the dust. Above his grave the star
he never saw now burn with soft lustr
which no lamps about kings tomb can EN-
ulate and the south wind, for whose breat
upon his brow he was never grateful, strev
his lonely, last bed with anemones and viz
Tents that his heel crushed when living an
we who are to be formed upon that mode
carelessly remark, as we stir our toddie
80 old Aladdin is gone at last; and, by tn
way, how much did he leave !"-Li& Ilu
tr0ted.