Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1861-01-04

INTERVAL FARM, December u, 1856
h,ssr,. Editor, Of II; Fee Prsss:

INTERVAL FARM December y, 1857.
n,ssr,. Editor, Ct r.; Fee Prsss:
guess you VIII Ia
Kind Of surprised Ct getting letter from ne, n.
it wouldn't surprise you any more than II dos Ice
to think can make up my mini 70 write O.. .s,
editors Of - neWsqaPe-. But you see. 7 felt I;a5
Of obliged 10 Do it Is sort Of duty. f. -,-,
know that people don'' seae-ally SEQ tiisr, -.
lie Just around them IA a stranger does 50 tbe.b
I would write, and tell you wha: an awful .i--,z-
had :ae other day when VIC went down Q. Ru-I7--.
ton shopping, AMI see if you oouIia't get Il Fzss
some Bow, 50 that other folks wouldn't get IN z.5
9 scrapc. You see, day before Christina, s.oi-,-
aunt Jerushy. and thought we would 70 70 ,-=.-
and get some thiogl for the children. Fath=rs,.
he'd got % take a load Of hay down 20 town so We
couldn't have either Of the old horses ard b., rs
afoarcd We couldn't manage the colt. We .o..l.-
We was al used to driving, and guessed we s-l,I
manage him, so at last nc said We might g.. It's
children looked dreadful wistfal aite- -s az.
philadeIphy nest cried, but we had 10 leave kerr
home to see to the lit.Ie ones, AMI then r. -.,
rood Ell ght mile drive ia tie cold But --..
told her that she should have that figured r.---
dress she hal been after 90 long, for hay ---
such good price we could aFordi,. We'll vs..
20 town in good season, about eleven oclo--. al
we thought we'd drive down Church Stree. So,
hitch tbo horse when We 20; down TO where zsss-
something in tho windows vslikel. We 1--
regular place to trade, but sre gc1erau- --s
in Church Street because the stores WIS a.. z.-.
But my gracious when wc 60, taeTs. ,- -.,
was chuck full Of wood teams FROM 5ir. z-es--
drug store to The corner, CT both sides. e-s---e
We wanted 70 stop. they ve75 as tlisk -s 5-
berries, and We couldn't get within seeing d-s---
| Of the windows, and hai to keep Ioozis. az T.
sides for all the teams behind ami before E-z.
ouite an eubarrassing situation. sv-el.' ssvs=--
sr. "this Is rather dise3ursyl; r,r yo-" Jaras5-
| Aunt Jerushy IS quite lame =he Las haI the che
raatizs9 much and it IS hard far bar q, sss-sa,4
on the slippery sidewalk. SIZE is So ti-l-i 6sl7-
Wei, mother sa;d she'd try and e. ,1.. IRA
drive as near as 7 could, and va. 'rler. ,s-
when l stopped. saw tholed he troz5lc. f.--=--
half way on. IN tho street. AID right in -hs Tsvl.
| all the teams coming each way, and didn't ze-
| how they could pls1 ui.h-u, running into --f
and. sure enough, one came along, sad So.
sp,1 ,e5,s. thought We should be smasa-i W
The col. reared and kicked. ill vas atearea l-'
break bis harness. bu. e young nan Wb' saw v-s-
* 70 were II. came u9 ard --ek him b.
l..- .5 led him ny, 70 the corner, where bio -s-.
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re drove o''' 10 - --''
/ ed the -orse' anu IL "1- ny --
shat -acy l-4 S'lse --'I- i-'
/ know Aew We should nave o'--
thai day.
Ia, we @A7'5i % SOP o, '
saEe DrIsl--'2'''ea P''.-'' -.-.
ones, and an Almanac 10. ''-'- --.-
wanted e 3 20 -ll-s'-'1l-
Loisy. 10 g sure '----- - -
fer farmer 4'-A'' '1- '---
20 'a' O-'1l7' --s' 49, t.-.-s
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511s CT o--'' '--'- 49, T-.---.-.-.
1sed 20 o. 50 -, - -, +,..5.-- ..---
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49, - ....--t--.l -.--.f OIL.
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.-or7e5 inst H., from. NJ the eroz,-B- 20. "a s,s.
sts7 3 where the siie.vz1k turns rou.. az
there it was dreadful sleep AMI slippery. VIE --
teams cut The snow IN rounding the corner. L-.
e she would carry tie doll though 5,gs-. beg
20 give !, to me- but she said. Suppose. Cg-.1-
you should fall and break IT, and /. cost So 49,
Wei, I declare, If Mother didn't slip E-s- ----
there; ana as sic went 20 right herself ---s-
Up, she was 50 kind of upset, that she di--- t.-s
sai over she went On The doll Z vas avn
scared. for I was ajelred SIZE had broken SONS
her bones, but helped her un, AMI as soon az she
h2d looked al round 70 sec how nay s-~-.
fall she looked at the doll. 10 see II E, vas ---
rs f-5s ras ~ smashed 10 P-s-es. .-.t -li
enough to CRY. If I hadn't been in the s-rss.i-
burlington, should have burst riga, o1.- l---
er. SO looked dreadful sober mint, t--- s-=
said. '.Te.i Cyathy, Z think this is SOD .sss-
, Us wo shouldn't have spent money so -,-----
The BEST thing we can DO Is 70 60 bacz q r----'
! and get good book. 1t wont cost SO mus
will last great while longer 81 We Ta---
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