The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-09-20

on The back OF two chairs, and two oIor;ous
iiaVahas elevated from onr lips, looking
around through the cloud Of smoke, | espied
the evening paper lying on the table. which
ON, IN his usual quiet manner, had dc eposit-
ed there. Without in the least distu,binc
our dreamy cogltailons, picked it up, and
"e"an ian"uillv to dozc over its columns.
when my eye lighted on the following para
graph. which, old bachelor like. | felt quite
enough interest i'll to read aloud to nv com.
panion:
."lAEE TIE LoT.-The young ladies' of
Aurora, Illinois, having resolved that if they
didn't get merricd this year--Ieap ycar--somc-
."!v VIII be to blame. the senior class in
"!!i'an> college have Sent a communication
to The aurora paper. Offering to take the lot.
hey say that now. having been four wears
under college discipline, cNilcd from almost
all intercourse with the fac-similrs of Adams
nb, we think with Shakespeare, that there is
h"d IN the affairs of men, and that the time
tor the hnot has come to u.s."
No sooner had finished. than Albert with
merry churkle-noboly else can chucklc
like hlm-whcn he chuckles. he chucklcs all
over-tarpcd me en- the shoulder, and cx.
claimed
by Jupiter, Seth, there hangs tale
'Ah, ha" said !.
wv ou!l YOU Ike to hear il q
'Of course, if there is any o,d to it. and anv
lIoint to the end :"
Wcll, there arc both according TO nv wav
OF thinking. Any how,wi,h PERMISSION II tell
the yarn. Ofcour>e You know where Auro-
IA ls-one of the >martest towns in the west i,
1t lies Just below Geneva, on the Fox River.
and is in Kane County. Whether the coun-
ty was named after or for the North Pole
Name. ard the town of Aurora because thc
Aurora Borcalis shines brighter At said poIo
than anywhere else, is a question that some
nomenclators may discuss: but one little item,
vo" may bet your life on. they raise the pret-
tlcSt girls there that ever made fellows
mouth water
'llow do YOU know .
How 90 know? Wasn't at Geneva
this last winter one whole month on business i,
and was not out at Aurora every other dav
to see our old friend, Jack Spauldnr, who
has Just hung out his shinglc there. and cone
INTO the practice Of the law-or. rather. in.
tends to, when he gets case? OF course
was; and as Jack is death among the women.
he toted me all around. All, Seth, YOU ought
to 20 TO Aurora-you ought
But the tale
why. YOU see, one glorious afternoon. when
1t was just cold enough out doors to make it
comfortable by Jacks old Franklin. while he
was doz'nS away over-somcbody, I forgot
who' no mat'er-on contracts, and engaged
IN my usual Occupation. reading Dickens.
and smoking, suddenly there came a tap
p'ns' as OF some one gently rarpins at the
occ door, Jack, while visions of fair
client who wanted to get divorce or cct rid
OF testy guardian, fiji led his mind, cried.
come in" " and in walked two special consta-
bles Of Cupid
'One "asa noble looking cirl-eyes as dark
as the future to fellow who doesn't know
where his next meal is coming from. and
checks as deeply red as Cambridge protes-
sor. Ah, Seth, she was perfect Goddess
the other-well, won't say anything about
the other, for she hasn't much 20 do with nv
story
'l'nt bow came they there p
why, up the stairs and through the door
to be sure but their oIject:'
N"s-their object?
why. that was to invite us-vcs. Jack and
me, to leap year c-baIl-suppcr-and
all Of that
'YOu:'
"les, me; and she of the black ewes. too
was the identical one who would he YER,
happy TO have my company on a little sleigh
ride to Geneva, to wind up with a little warm
flip, hop ats, and slide home bv sta,
| light
Did you go?'
Did 20 ? Jack went, and could back
out? Besides it isn't every day man get,
, such an offer. AT D. p. m. we started-one
OF the mcrriest crews that ever went any
where thirty single sleighs-thcy don't O,
IN tor your grea, double arks there. With ;
hip and hurrah off we speed, and over III,
road we skinned, like comet dasLinc along
the milky way. The girls were cxcellen,
whips, and my black-cyed katc was Genes
see Mills, extra superfine' She had selected
her steed with admirable taste-'
AS we'll as her beau-'
Get out His neck arched like the Thame:
Tunnel, and his broad breast marked his no.
bic strength. while his slender legs told vow
volumes for his swittness which were backed
up by the very example. We went bv them
alive dId-and Kate led the grand pro.
cessIon, prouder, dale say, than any Julius
ever was of any Roman triumph
what did YOU talk of on the road y
'Of the weather, the delightful seichinc,
the difference in horses. &c. After surper
came the hop-well, row, it was a hop-none
OF your tame parlor dances, through which
the parties 90 with the same regular prccis-
ION that two old chess players move, who have