Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1858-11-20
GIVE HIM THE BAG.

young female Michiganian was sent to
Massachusetts few weeks ago by her parents
to be educated at boarding school near Bos-
ton. Awkward, perverse, illiterate, and very
green, she was at once the aversion and butt Of
the other girls. 1t happened that frequenter
of the boarding school was a good looking Bos-
ton dentist of some pretensions, who wished to
get him rich wife from among the pupils
Aware of his mercenary motives and determin-
cd to punish him, the young ladies led him to
believe that their new classmate from Michigan
was an heiress. This was enough for the hand
some dentist. He Immediately laid siege to
the heart of the "Wolyerine," and confiding in
her ignorance of etiquette, made her present,
among other things, of some money to buy her
bng with, meaning something of the rcticule
order. Highly delighted with the lberality of
the 'hoss with store clothes on" (as she at first
called him. the girl confded the fact to three
or four of her new companions. Coffee bags
had already become quite fashionable for skirts
and her companions requested her to procure
one "to make her dress stick out" as he was
pretty smart himself and doubtless desired "his
girl" to appear so. A few evenings afterwards
the dentist escorted the Wolverine to an eve
ming party, in which there was fair represen-
tation from the boarding-school. EVERYTHING
went smooth with him until his partner threw
off her cloak and bonnet, and entered the room
where the company were assembled. Here his
attention was attracted by the half-suppressed
tittering of the school girls, and the wonder
expressed in the eyes of the others. CHANGING
inquisitively at his companion, who felt as
grand as Luciier, he was mortified and enraged
TO see her ague-marked complexion set off in
horrible contrast with a profuson of green
ribbon bow-knots on her head, while her dress
stuck out like the famous Spouting Horn at
Nahant. Mad as u March hare, he soon left
her with an expression of disgust and passed
the remainder of the evening at whist table
in another of the suit of rooms.
The Michigan girl, who was clear grit, was
mad enough to tear the eyes out of her ''true
hearted false lover" but she was by her con-
huents persuaded not 10 do anything violent
Their advice was that she should return the
presents, and "giye the sack" or Dismissal
"Return him the present, and give him the
Sack too ~ said she; "dod rot him, IL do it
lore the whole crowd" She went out, and in
few moments went into the room where her
companions were gathered around the card
tables expecting a scene. wonderful change
had taken place in her dress, and she was now
straight up and down as looms leg. Advanc-
ing to the astonshed dentist with queer look
ing bundle under her arm, she threw down a
pencil, chain and locket on the table exclaim-
ing contemptuously, "There's your presents,
Mr.. ---, and there" continued the Wolver-
Inc, unfolding the mysterious bundle before the
astonished company, and throwing it over the
head of the petrihed dentist, 'theres YOUR old
coffee bag wont war it another minute"
Everybody was convulsed with laughter at
this new method of "giving the sack" except
the unfortunate dentist. He sloped immedi-
ately and has not been seen since.