Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-07-10
How Vermont Town was Settled,

How n Vermont Town was Settled,
AN OLD MANS REMINISCENCE.
BY GAY HUMBOLDT.
Where by the log heap fire.
As the pane rattlcs and the cricket sings,
l with the gray-haired siro,
May talk Of vanished summer times and
spring
Alice CARY.
Scene, the old farm house. \ group is
gathered here Tonight which would make
any painters fortune To- describe There is
no light in the house. save that which lick
ers from the dLncirg fire in the old stone
fire place. $50 hom Ii and chc"riuD vet
the old grandmother, Mrs Prilu MIrcAousa
is knitting in the darkest corner. The
wind whistles louder, and now il SHOWS.
and the chimney is large enough - let
down n whole snow bank at once vet the
Major Grandfather (or Squire as it happcnsl
keeps close by the fore log. his genial. we'll
defined countonance never lnching for the
snow blasts, or ittul smoke. and fire gusts.
as it never has for the irving winters and
summers of eighty iitlul wears Nolr him
on the right is tn" son of an old flrmcr-
now freshman member Of V University.
and duly registered MS Danlorth Durkcc
Butolph. He is dressed very well. that is
in very fine cloth, and very hlack boots. and
he talks very properly and precisely, but
shivers like ii two year old aguc (vrrv pro
cisely) while the farmer is warm enough.
quite happy in his huge arm chair and
shirt serves.
The Colcglan'S face is hid in the shadow
of the hired man Binrhlm's nose. Bing-
ham is six feet three. wears shoep's gray
pants and "A linscv woolsov frock rpachinr
below his knees. and fastened with a lnath.
er girdlo while his freckIad oLa.I- nuu
small blue eyes ran behind a regular noun
tam OF "A nose and thick hedges of yellow
hair in quite natural order. Indeed land
scIpe taken from the nose Of MinSirld
Mountain downward would be vcry good
likeness
Mr. Timothy Bush the school tnachcr
this week boarding here is undoubtedly
wearied with his day, Labor, of wndir =
through snow drifts. and nouns. and verbs.
and pulling questions in subtraction for
he has Just leaned up against the wood box
and is nodding to the dog Bruno who sleeps
at his teet.
The girls. Martha and Bertha, AMI --
but it's Of no use, | ann no PAINTER and can
only ''daub" their natural beauty, ST. let
them -it whore they ure--in the dark
The old clock in the adjoining bedroom
with its spi1rr-lrg hands, and weights
reaching down through the il 'or, as old
Jake used to say, So as to be pulled by fine
hinsel-tolls forth the hour Of six. We'll
Freshman Dan I've all called hIm so) how do
YOU like studying the sprucos .
Bertha now gave Martha a knowing
glance. for she had been laughing about the
Freshman while he was rambling in the
woods anticipating he would say on arri-
wing, how he hdd cnilvcl the ramhe and
gunning-how cigmSi',ly beautiful was
those evrr-verdaut spruces-how ne ,c1S
perfectly enchanted as h. wandered among
them with the snow for a sotliy-U,Ij,ng
carpet, anL gazed on the thickly woven roof
hundred feet above supported by the
thousand taper columns in Il long cjStq us
far MS the eye could reach &c., &r. But
really he only had time to stop shivcrins
as the old Squire looked around before
Bingham broke in with, -
Its the toughest hole that ever a human
Greater fell INTO, dHy,ody. went there
chasin cheep, there by the stays horns.
and he-catrdc'S-and ih' sheep lett their
iGoOi and | my hut, ol VIc0y--no human
hibitauOn wluhin oigAt-witnln five miles
0HylCay.
The boys (Ilenry and Oliver are 10y this
time listening and laughin. at the cracks
in the chamber llor overhead,
Mr.. d. d. Butolph simply says that he