The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-02-23
Cbr Calr0ouiau.
F"E The CALlDo>lAS.I

'-i' o\ HIS IRNN FL .S.
If'v' Mr' EDITOR, what do YOU think Of
Winter? Every celebrated author. noet
warrior and politician, has his merits and
dement's fully vtliscussed-smal, mor;t so,,o of
'hem nave too-and think the aforc men.
''ohe' Old fellow. who has paid us in "OlJ
Vermont" yearly visit from ,;me ;r,mono
r'a'-'n TACT whose age is thought bv some 70
even exceed that of the WANDERING jew.
ought not to be neglected
! a Jew years since some of MS came down
south. thinking when we left. tha, nerhans
we had seen the last of our grim friend. Aut
7e haS discovered our distant haunts. and is
even at fh's present writing. paving MS visit
lie came with the Christmas HOLIDAYS. and -
he was such an Old acquaintance. we were O.
b'sed to receive him cordially. and intro,
duce INN TO our friends here. TO whom, ", was
scarcely known but. between ours,.r,os h.
gave us remarkahv coo' reception, which
seemed ra'h"r STRANGE. ccnsidcr:nn how C., "
lie had come to see US Wei. Ee orcw co,,lor
e"" co'd'r tor some weeks. and was 50 roupl,
IN hiS behavior as to astoni>h our friends .,
most ont OF their poitrnesS. Moro r.o.r.,,
"e mas come ont m new white .op-coat. and
SHOWS strong symptoms Of coinc a,
Now we loved him well when wc w.r.
oweiierS IN our northern honc.-whcn he
came Tor the season = when we huiIt linn
warm fires in all hc roonS-whon vo o
pea ourselves IN furs and ac"ompa,ird him in
S'e'"h-rIdes innnmerahlc-w he was e.
nous for irving us all kinds of froIi, Ii,S-n,r.
ties. s!ngir . schools. &C. and ,hop w|,,,,
de" his praises all the months he was away.
and welcomed him gladly when he came
bnt must tell yon how sadly he has ch,rr.
fd-or' at least. how differently he appeared
here
lie came unexpectedly ono nrtt. and. a.
''' You ueiore, gave Us a freezing reron-
''o''-al'pra:n" precisely as ii We were moo,
u.s. ''s'au OF MS beng our
guest lie commenced operations bv prrpc
'ra'ih" greater crueities on the poor ncyro
servants than thought anv Norrhcrner woujd
nave the heart to do-cxcitinc their fears 50
much that they actually Shiy.,4d At his b;s
approach the first DAY before noon.
Next ne appropriated such quantity Of
sweet potatoes. and apples. and every v.o,.ta.
ole he could find-evincinc mos, unccn,..,
appetite.
ANA then 1t was funny. notwitl>tan,liuc it
made so much m>chiet-he covered over our
biggest rivers so tightly tia, not a sirrl. s,,.,-
"er could pass along-and in CONSEQUENCE,
we had to wait days and davs for our Ier,ers
anu newsPapers-.vour paper. 900. Mr.. Edi-
'or-ahd he seemed clated at orr uncomior.
table situation.
besides all that, when he first came he was
covered with mud and ooked mos, ,,;,.,
old dandy IN his white o,crcoat and Ii,n,o,J
buttons. assure YOU
And he has not improved n;:ch IN r.,n.nt
~ costume SOMETIMES appearing in one of hi,
coats, covered with patches of hrown-wLi,h
] am sure be- would be ashamed ne ~ bo,
and at other times really in rays and tatt.rs
6uf, within day or two, As told Won b,tor.
ne has donntd one of those same ME. now
coats. 1t looks very we'll and makes T..
'orItle IMPRESSION | think, as the .Rorc,I
Dana are out serenadlnr hrn tonight.
hear.
Now, IN view Of all these unpleaSanrncsScs
10 you 'h'nk we cen invite him to STAY lon
ger espcc'aliy As he has moi treated u, +,
single s!elsh-rlde. To be sure. he mad,. h..
appearance one morning with a box on two
hickory poles, fastened to poor f,i, ht,u.d
Mite lcny-and told Us that wa, J,;,,i
put even the horse knew better. and danced
about, and smashed the old box. and ran off
with the two po'e>, ike a dwarf yoinc 10 bar.
tie with couple Of long-swords.
NOW would like to know, Mr.. Editor
whether the old fellow is really in his do,au,.
or whether he thought it was no matter hov
ne behaved away from home or if Won think
he was little deranged, from the {, ,,ma;, c,t
WIN MN Yours, H.