The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-11-13
An Awkward Arehdeaeon.


Some little time since, small boy Of ten
OF eleven years Of uFr might nave been seen
diving a donkey before him, In one of the
via lanes IN midland county. On the
! back OF she donkey was a sack of Goals. ON
lls way 10 a neighburing village IN which the
lads parents lived, For while ull vent on
smoothly The donkey logged along lust as
respectable and well conducted donkey
ought 20 do, and the boy, running by its side
ulH'f 'MW'llrd 49, hc went, from want Of
thought or neither whislirl nor thought.
h"t lhw iir state Of things, like true love,
was presently disturbed Tho donkey took
fright 90 something or nothing and the sncL
OF Goals irll 10 The ground. Here WAS % iii.
lrmmn. The dlnkc} wa, 6pil there. add the
hoy was there, aud thc Goals were thcrrt but
then ihe weight Of the lattvr ve- bryond the
strength OF the lad. llc could not Hn the
bag To replace Il in is original position
lhcre was then, no help for IL but 10 wait
ull some other traveller should arrive and
assist him out OF his difficulty. This mipht
not happen for hours in the dcsontc part of
the country, bllUnd, little travelled, but il
was the onll chance.
=. At last however, horscman loomcd in
distance, and approached the. SPOT. II .as
the venerable Dir. Bgwics. nrthdsaeon of
"randlirs, who, mounted on his sleek and /
well groomcd cob, was taking an npetiziny
ride, The boy did not know the church dir.
Nltnry' Ills only feeling, therefore, was one
ol JOY, nnmiNed with q single particle Of awe,
at seeing slN foot of man coming, who, tn
ms unsophistlelted eyes, looked, from his full
measure OF Drawn and sncw, 10 have been
made on purpose TO IN mp his bag of COL,
ni'y' rrTturr II on his duukcys back.
Nei'hcr was our young gentleman remark.
'"l' I"' p""''n,N OF manner ur courtesy of
ipe'eh' whcu' therefore, the venerable arch.
deacon reached the spot he was utterly ss.
ionishcd and electrified NJ being thu. hailed
by The distressed donkey hoy
"liilloa' thee Big fellow, wish thcc'd,t
Iet on my 'osh aud give Us a IN with thi,
here bag Of Goals"
Here was a snlutauon even from fellow
'reaturc ia distress The archdencon had
% tlUtsvN 90 ms uIuturr energy, Dut ne
lcNcr had so shuu and abrupt charge adj
lrcsscd 10 him before How would lac take
t9 What would lac do ? Would he play
he priest or the Lc,itc and pass on? MOI
by the milk Of human Kindness yet lingering
In his breast, the spirit Of the good Samnri'
tan rises within him, aud hc DR. BigWigs,
.hr venerable archdeucou of Grandairs, dis
mounts from his sleek and Well-groumcd cob
h, fest.lst iife ftti i,iift help ut,ti non
10 il thcy went, hammer and tunCt, the boy
and the archdencon and a!ler much tuggng
and pulling and tumbllnR II about, At lcnHth''
both Of them fairly out of breath, they sue
ceeded in replacing the sack and it, contents
ON the donAcys back. If the archdcacun
had been astonished 10y his Juvenile friends
application 10 him in its original form for
help, he was doomed to be more so by the
outp, uring Of his gratitude when the work
was done
"Wcll,' exclaimed the young hopeful. in
th, warmth of his heart "ior such big chap
Us thee art, thcc's the dNSwardost at bag o
Goals ever seed in all my born days"
And SO they parted. And 80 the arch.
deacon told the tale himself adding with Il
laugh: My white tic was soied, and my
layender-colored Md gloves were dyed black
but tt,rrr r1utir acquaintance with HuuthUr
feature OF human nature, and what is some
thing, got good appetite for assaulting a
good dinners and what is most of all, had
the shine taken out of my cnnreit by lnara.+
ing that | was the uwkwardost chap at bag
of, goals that was ever seen. Wei. well,
Poei0 Haseitur, non nj, and SO Of coalheavcrs.
But did my hest an 0n,dfeT and volun-
teer although'l am the awkwardrst of all
awkward chaps at such work The boys
criticism was as good as sermon, or us one
OF my own charges TO Philadelphia .
Iupcr.