Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1856-03-22

. hht we ought 10 wall I'LL lhcf q iull meet
in aiore we vote
'The land alive = says Miss Brsley, Il
don't know what you call full meetin il this
amt one
The fact is, says Polly Mariar. streichin her
great mouth from ear TO ear aud dsplayin' all
her big teeth-(Jef says her mouth looks like
an open sepulebre full o dead mems bones -
the fact is, says she, mar and me of opin-
ion that we hadeni ought to vote ill Miss Sam
son Savage is consulted.'
Miss Samson Savage ain I a member O. the
society," says Miss Birsley, and she don't 20
TO meoiin' once in six months. don't know
wha, we should want 10 consult her for, I'm
sure
But you know says Miss Stllman, her
means is such tha, she's able 10 contribbit a
a great deal to any object she approves Of
And we'd ought 10 be careful about offend
in her, says Polly Mariar, for. you know, she
withdrawal herself from the Bapiisis because
their SEWN society ddent dew as she wanted
to have EN-.
Did the Bapiisis break down after il = says
Miss Birsey. Jest then the door opened, and
in marched Miss Samson Savage but afore
go on, I'D ought 10 tell you something about
her She's one o the big bugs here--thai is,
she's got more money than most anybody else
IN town. She was a iailoress when she was
gal, and they say she used to make dretful
sight o mischief among The folks where she
sewed. But that was when she lived in Var
moont When Mr.. Savage married her, he
was one o these ere spectators. Wonderful
fellers 10 uake money. them Varmonniers.
Husband says they come over the Green NOM
iains with spellin' book in one hand and a
halter in t'other, and II they can't gi school
10 teach, they can steal hoss. When they
first come to our place, he was a follcrin' the
tin-peddlin' business he used To co rornbln'
round in his cart from house to house, and The
rich folks ruther turned up their noses at him,
or he cOnsaled they did. and i, made him aw-
ful wrathy SO he determined he d be richern
any on EN-, and pay 'em off in their own coin
Old Smith says he's heerd him time and agin
make his boast that he'd ride over all their
heads some day-dident seem to have no high
er eend in view than 10 be the riches, man in
Scrabble Hill. He so, his heart and soul and
body ont and knowin how to turn every cent
n, tho hast ,dx,n,,,,o .,l h.;,, ... r. ! -
a, h,,o,in ho sn..,.I.1 ...s,.,,.;.,. ,.r
tool hoId os a,a.a..os - ..'i. IL
in, wh,, 90, ..nId oan -, 80 ~
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house and furnished it wonderful grand his
wife wouldeni have bit o. furnitewer made
here-no,hin' would dew bot she mus, send
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mind sha,d mia The rom, no ,,,,,or -, !,
-she,d he ,ho 6r,, IN s.,.hlIo IIaI ca.
know.d sbe w,o,, lads no n.,n,a ~, =. "a
dica,ion bp, she ,hon1h, m,hh, o,h.r c,IL.
would be f,ols eDon,h % ,h;nL Il 80 70 ~,
made GREAT na.ade So sho hsrna h. 49,
sin, ,oor, .ni ,;,;o, 49,.
body else or .our.e them ,La, ,hinrs mon.
ev.s The main ,hi,o (.,d ,h.r,. rIon,,, .,,,h
here and evervwhere l. ready 81 ea,,or 30,
and make a G.s over hsr and ,nnrova ae IN ~
her dexio's IL ,hsr,s ,nyh,dY ,h,, -,
knuckle ,ew her ,sII 90 ,hsv have 70 al. !,
aJo,g east She abuses ,cm 10 ,hei, faces and
slanders ,em IN their hacks sncb cond.c,
wouldeo, he nm, ,n with in n noor won,n
but ,bem ,h,, yould ha o,v Jrnur,;D, ,,,e on, ~
lawn IL sbonld oc, so i ,s,dy % upboId Miss
Samson SAVAGE and call !, ;,d.nes6,,,o, and
frankness in her. She's qot SO she nrides her
self on il. She saws shs aim, aleared IN tell
folks wha, she thinks of 'cm-if she don't
like ANYBODY. they k,o,g i, pur,v soon. Uus.
| and SAYS she woulden, think il no harm 10 80,
her neiebbor's house fire if She done !, in ,he
daytime. She shows her indebepdenee in
ano,her way sometimes. be ricoin' nm, in old
duds tha, would disgrace a wasberwoman. and
trainin' round town maxim calls and 90 for,h
sometimes in an old warm and sometimes af,o,
|, ,iekles her wonderG,llv to hear folks yyhis.
per as she goes alono-.jest SEQ Mi.s SAVAGE
that'll dew for her. bu, ,,Souldent do far eve,v.
body