The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-06-16
THE DISPATCH.
IKspAY MoRNIN .......
GREEN. BEARD AND sLYBoOTs.
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With pleasure we quit this grim. green'neaiaea
william, his plagiarlst, conscious or UNCONSCIOUS,
the captain OF the Forty Thieyes-this u" .s a.
rufasn who had probably stored his mind WIZ hs.h r.
Lithuanian fable OF the CAT and sparrow, Wh"n
expressly directed against good manners anu
which We may AZ well recount hete. $50 hin,
was once caught by cat was as The birds re-
mach s,,at no gentleman ever ate his ofesa'sss
without having previously washed ms mouth, I ~.
who setting his prs lner down, oegsn 70 w az ass
lin. with hi. paw. Thefonpon. the sparrow he 's
80 ana The enraged cat vowed that ne "oaid
never again be gentleman for the res. Oh ni'
Jsxs klIthis by way Of parenthesis WIN plea
we quit the grim green bearded sI'l,an, 70 $50 sen
81 sS,atv o, the pleasant. kindly, murder hating
lille thief who lie imnortatzed In Lithuanian
fokiore by the name Of Siyboots and whose MS
tory shows what an inesiimabe hsure may DC
made BY a robber.
There was once rich merchant, an inhahtant
of the town who had q wretchedty poor brother
resident in the country Strange 10 say the mao OF
wealth far from forgetting his miserable kinsman,
had the horses put 10 his siedge one tine winters
.fay aud paid him fraternsl visit. Edaestfoh
Was evidently more esteemed than bravery OF ap
parel among the Lithuanian peasantry, Tor WINE
ON the one band, the poor mans wife would nov
show herself on account of the scantiness OF her
wardrobe, his sons were likewise inVisib'e because
thew we're at school However they soon came
home, and highly delighted they were "heh tner
lind nncle gave them each a suit OF new clothes
that had been made ia the town; aud stu more
delighted, when he took them out for ride IN his
sledge.
took world of interest ia the different objects that
presented themselves on the road. "Theres a big
ash-tree, shouted the FIRST. "Mhat nice table 1t
would make-capitai oak for csrt-wheeis.' cried
the second. "a splendid thicket that, for thieves
to hide 10 :" beloved the third. ~ bat, SAID The
uucle, with pleased smile, "would yon like to be
jefner, my little mans-and you wheeiwrght,
my second little mainland you thief, my tbird
little MANI every nuch.' Amazingly" and
sswouidn't rather" were the three answers to
the three questions. OF all three answers the good
& uncle took note.
Now the merchant was not merely man Of
words but be really meant to do his duty to his
humble relations. So bidding an ahectionate adieu
to his brother, he took the three boys with MIN TO
: town, where be in the first place sent them to
school aud when their education was complete,
placed them in the professions OF their choice
The young eonnoisseurs of ash aud oak were re.
spectiveiy bound 'preutices to joiner aud wheel
wright and as the merchant was on kindly terms
with a robber, who lived with his band IN cave
near the city. there no difficulty in providing
for the third nephew according to his wish AS
friendship founded on reason IS OF all friendships
the most estmable, it is worth mentioning that
the respect entertained by the robber Tor the nier
chant was based on The good offices OF the latter
towards the former Whenever other merchants
left the town with their goods, the rob5er was APP
pri,ed of the circumstances by HIS commercial
friend, aud took measures accordingly. Thus,
while the Damon of the heath Allied his vaaits with
pinnder, the Pythlas of the town got rid OF dan
gero1s com petitors.
To ugh the Youth found much to admire in the
+ robber band ef VII en- be had become member
there cerSain pecuiarites repuguaDt to Dis
better nature. sbe robbers had the bad habit OF
- numbering people after they had pluudered them,
and this practice struck him as not oniy barbar-
Gus but absurd lie sheref,re wished to work a
moral retoim It yau Kill people for sake OF wha'
they have he urgen, You act as wife robbers
/ gu gut to act and 10 sensible man could TO the
preceding bat surely when pooa degil Is strip
ped of everything, it is AS well TO let him CO.
Tue robbers shook their heads and answered as
e}riing 10 the several temperaments. The more
sentimental sad they would lIever abandon the
principles bequethed by their fathers; the sag"ci
Gus alluded the practical inability OF dead men
to tell tales: the sarcastic talked about mksops.
SWELL said the young man, 10 PROVE that craft Is
better than vioence, L will undertake to steal u
goat three times over, and sell it twice"
..IQmph!" said the robbers in chorus.
The intelligent youth, who for oreylty sake we
call Slyboots, proceeding to town where a fair
was held took his station at the gate, aud waited
for the arrival of the couutryfok with their goats
Presently an old man appeared with fine white
animal which he offered to sell for three dollars.
Slyboots agreed TO the price, propos sd to seal the
bargain with a social glass at neighboring puplIc
house, snd while the old man was absorbed IN the
contemplation OF his liquor skipped out OF the Oack
door into a neighboring cornfe!d, where he ngen'
iously spotted the goats hide with black tn
operation effected he boldly returned to the town.
and the first person he met was the old man, who
of course, failed to rec5gnise him For Lsh uanien
cunning TO have fair play II must have LithuAn'
ian dulIness TO work upon
.'Is that goat for sale, worthy youth!
"Uf truth it is, good father, aud any one Will
give ten horins for the same"
..Nsry. | will buy il; for 10; when came to town
this morning had with me a white goat, Of which
scursy knave hath iobbed me may say rob
bed with a good grace; for though gave him the
boor beast with my own hands, he never paid ME
the price demanded, but vanished like thing OF
nought."
The bargain was again concluded over glass,
and a SIvbO "a
the corr field, where he painted the goat black all
over. Returning once more to the town the first
person he met was again the old man, who again
failing To recognise him, again purchased tue goat
for ten FORMS Little docile he had hitherto
been 20 the instructions OfexpereDce, the old man
this occasion, refrained from GROWING the bar
gan with social glass, and walked straight home.
First he put thebiacke sed goat into the stable,
the door of which he neglected to lock; then he
proceeded to the house aud told his wife that he
had performed series of intricate commercial p
erations the ultimate result of which was the ex-
change Of the white goat tor a black one. the Old
lady listened with small admiration. and when on
visiting the stable with her thickheaded spouse,
she found no goat whatever, her rage knew no
bounds. Nay, she vocferousy stated her convic-
tion, that the money obtained by tue sale oil the
white goat had been expended on tap luzu-
ries, aud that the CONNIE. cial operations go cir.
cumstantally narrated were but the creations OF
81 a brand CHEATED brain. The old gentleman an
swered the accusation by setting off Immediately
in search of the missing animal, and as he soon
heard a bleating in mis- vicinity. he proceeded in
the direction of the sound. veritabe Ignis fat
nus was that unfortunate bleat. 1t led the pur-
!. suer to marsh; and it induced him to step into
the marsh, and it caused him to cast off consid-
siderable portion Of his habi'iments that he might
go deeper into the marsh. But the coat was never
found the clothes disappeared from the spot in
which they had been laid; and the old gentleman
went home sadder, and colder, and We trust
wiser man.
When the robbers heard from Slyboots the mar
- . hasa fanfs rharl
cribe how without change OF attire, he had passed
for three several persons in the eyes OF one indi
yidual, and robbed that individual three times
over how he bad followed the dupe to the stable,
and observing the unlocked door, and distracted
the goat how lastly, he had led the old gentleman
into the marsh, pinchlng the goats tail as he car
risd it in his arms, and had thus become the pos
SCISSOR of o WARDROBE in addition 10 ire previous
booty the stern rufians murmared applause and
stating their opinion that the time of apprentice
ship should be regulated by degrees OF proficiency
not by length of service, declared that Slyboots
had now fully served his time. lie therefore babe
them farewell and proceeded to to his kind uncle
who rejoicing to nd that he had fully realized the
promise ofhis youth, at once placed 10 his hand
large SUN Of money, that he might start In ousi
ness with capital as we'll as talent
-EG How is life regulated by accident! Scarcely had
Slyboots left his uncle's home, than an event oc
Cured which caused him to abandon the profes
sion in which he had hoped TO make SO brilliant
figure. stoppug at public house to take glass
of beer, his bag VI gold extracted the eyes OF the
respectable widow by whom the business of the
establi shment was conducted She at once ex.
planned 10 him that a male superin endent would
give an Improved turf 10 her affairs, and that If
he would marry Der daughter, aud take the
agenent of the public house into his own hands,
be would confer real obligation. syboots
jumpal at the offer, and abandoning all thoughts
OF the heath aud the forest, espoused the blushipg
maiden, and employed his capital lin the public
line"
His old friends, The robbers, soon heard of his
whereabouts, and two of them determined to pay
him visit Like many other persons who are
not robbers, they c0ntrived TO make their call al
time when they not to find their
fsiend ~ home, and entering the house with an
easy air. cooiiy told the ladies that they were the
bruIbers OF miue host Iesnectiyelv beion oing u,