The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1858-03-17

possibly want to hight with me again in
Smithburgh. So l mentally hoped he
would not return before I left.
May L beg the honor of just one mo-
ments private conversation entreated
shabby genteel parsonage, drawing me
aside by the coat-button. i am an at
torney and counseller-at-law but busi-
ness is poor here. By the way, 1 ought
to mention that 1 have always worked
hard for the party, and never dreamed of
asking any thing. Any body will tell you
SO. But what l was going to ask you
was, whether, if come down your way
there would be any chance Of my getting
an ofice7 wouldn't think of such a
thing if it wasn't for my straitened oir-
cumstances. There really don't seem to
be anything for me to do up here
All thought I, he is thinking of going
to New York to practice, and wants to
know about renting an Office there. So 1
told him Certainly, he would have no
difficulty in getting one, though it was
rather late in the season.
Yes, 1 know that said he; l ought to
have been on hand on the fourth Of March.
But you really think could do something
in that way3 And about how much do
you think it would be worth ?
told him there was great difference
in the rents, that they ranged from fifty
dollars up to five hundred, or even eight
hundred, or nine hundred dollars.
Yes, SO I supposed, by what | seen
about 'em in the blue book. One of them
eight hundred dollar ones would be just
the thing for me-.
could not help thinking it would be a
long time before he would do business
enough to warrent him in renting an eight
hundred dollar Office. But before the
colloquy proceeded further, it was broken
of by the landlords bringing the infor-
nation that it only wanted fifteen minutes
Of the time for the down train, and that
they were waiting to escort me to the
cars
Having by this time come to coaclu-
sion that Smithburgh was one vast asy.
lum and all its population lunatics, l
submitted resignedly to the programme
that seemed marked out for me. l walked
out, the crowd within respectfully follow
ing, and the crowd without cheering vo.
ciferously as made my appearance.
Captain o. Flynn's Smithburgh Guards
were drawn up in line before the door,
in their gorgeous uniform of yellow
coats with green facings, and blue panta-
looms with a red stripe down the side, and
were standing in obedience to the order.
Present aruisr They wheeled into
marching order; the drum and the fife
struck up Hail Columbia, General
Smith took me by the arm; the other two
committeeman divided between them the
honor Of carrying my carpet-bag the
citizens paired off by twos behind us, and
away we marched to the railroad station,
crowd lining the sidewalks, the ladies'
thronging the windows and waving white
handkerchief; the crowd cheering; the
dogs barking; the little boys with sticks
and paper caps marching alongside, and
General Smith, all the way, pouring into
my ears the deep gratitude of the town
for my visit, the equally deep regret that
they had not had time to get up more
be6tting celebration and urgent entreat-
les that would repeat the visit when
Congress adjourned
/ Arrived at the cars just in season, /
parted from nay hospitable friends on the
platform, with more hand shakings, and a
whispered entreaty Don't forget the Of
sce,' from my shabby genteel friend and
as the train moved of nine stentorian
cheers from the assembled gathering ac-
tually drowned the locomotives whistle.
had become 50 used to adulatien and
admiration by my mornings experience
that half expected. to be greeted with
similar demonstrations aboard the train
and half wondered whether the city bells
would strike up peal of welcome il
honor of my return. and whether should
find the Common Council and Genera
Sandford with the first Brigade of N Y
s. NJ. waiting at the depot to escort n
to the City Hall
Nothing Of the sort trsnspired, howsv
er. Nobody took any particular notice Q
me, either on the train or when I got o.
of it. Ihad quite sunk into my origina
insignifcance.
l walked home to my lodgings withou
t exciting any attention in the street
4 Reaching there, l pulled of my ne
/. boots xvbieh had nrovad thar tioht nm