The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-11-13

| =" w hen was practlclng law oul IN ILLINOIS,,
says the Honest Abe, twisting the how of hl'
black necktie around from under his left ear
" there was an old cock with two sons, living
near me in q tumble-dOwn old Rhanty. lie
lived there till half his roof blew off one windy
night, and then he concluded to move to \ new
house, where the chimney didn take upall the
upper story. On the day wncn he moved, he d
got most all his traps taken to the other resi-
dence, and had sent one of his sons to see that
they were all got safely indoors, when sudden
ly shower commenced to come up. The old
man and his other offspring, who had stayed to
hurry him, were taking upa carpet from the
| floor when the first dose of thunder cracked, and
the offspring says he Hurry up, old crazy
bones, or We II be ketched in the ireShet before
we get up this rich fabric. The stern parent
needed the admonitlOn, and went ripping away
to the carpet around the edges OF the room,
until he came hear where The offspring was
standing, and there it stuck. He pulled, but
it would't come, and he says, says he Pears
to me that dod rotted tack must be tenpenny
nail-it holds on SO. You see. the old screw
was very blind without his specs, says the
Honest Abe, buttoning his vest a:ke", and
couldn': see Just where the tack was. Another
peal of thunder at this moment made the iras.
chile offspring still madden, and he says, says he,
" You misabuI old cripple if you don't hurry
up we'll be ketched, | sell you - As he made
this dutiful remark he went stamping to the
window, and at the same moment the cantan-
kerous old tack came out, and the aged parent
went over on his back with the carpet up to
his CHR. lie got up and busted, and says he :
Well, now, that is cur ous--how student it
went Then he proceeded to rip away again
until he came near the window, and there it
stuck once more. The wild offspring saw him
Juggling away again, and it made him so wrathy
that ne says. says he : Why you cooked old
sinner you, why in thunder didn't you take
out the nails? It's enough to make me weep
,tresh for the old woman, to see how you
But be didn't finish his sentence !, for, as he
walked toward where the hammer lay, the tack
inder the carpet. Up sprang the sad parent
again, splitting rags, and be says, says he: !
Well now how eur ous-that il should come |
V student = Still on he went, till the carpet |
vas all up from around the edges but when |
ls tried to drag it away on his shoulder, it was
asst somewheres yet. R-r-rum bum boom !
vent the thunder and says the Infatuated f.
pring, says he !; Well, never did soc such
blunderin old dad as you be. Wen be keteh-
d in the rain as sure as grasshoppsrs ; and all
because you didn't take my advice about the
Hammer In the frss place The poor old ,un
ugged, and pulled, and painted, and says he
Well now that is curious, | swun to m2ssy.
There can't be no tasks way out in the middle
# the floor, can they y 10 make sure, the old |
bind pate was goin, down on his knees to take /
mouse-eyc view when all of tuddcn he gave I
start, and he says, says be : Why, pears to |
ne Sammy, you're q s1Sndin' on the carpet your-
elf ~ And SO he was--so he was, says Honest !
\ be, smiling into the fire. and that was the |
eason why tie carpet had stuck fast in SO many |;
,laces.''
Now, v says the Honest Abe poking the
Democratic chap in the ribs with his knuckles;
: ii your organization wants me to move vaor
'usly in this war, tell them not to be standing
N my carpet all the time. Otherwise, must
Keep still lacking about
The Democratic chap had been slowly rising
rom his chair as tuis moral tale drew toward
IN exciting conclusion, and at the last word he
led the apartment with qui7ering watch-seal.