The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-02-10
GREEN MOUNTAIN FREEMAN, FEB. 10, 1862.

smoking his pipe as leasurey as though NJ
expected to remain there forever. y single
glance developed the fact that there was
difficulty in that little train OF one wager
and three persons, and that 1t had attained .
point Of quiet desperation beyond the reach
Of pc.yeiul adjustment. Three days before
they had pitched their tent at the forks OF
the road, and as they could not agree upon
the route by which to enter Cal''ornia' there
they had remained. The husband expressed
q preference for the Carson road-thc wife
for the I.essen-and neither would yield
The wife declared she would remain there all
winter the husband said he should be pleas
ed to lengthen the sojourn through the sum
ner following.
On the morning Of the fourth day, the
wife broke a sullen silence of thirty six hours
by proposing division of the property
which consisted of two yoke Of oxen, one wag"
on, camp furniture. small quantity OF pro-
visions, and So in silver The proposal was
accepted, and forthwith the plumber , was di-
vidcd, leaving the wagon to the old man,
and the daughter to the mother The latter
exchanged with peighboring train the oxen
belonging to her for pony and pack saddle,
and pi!ing the daughter and her portion Of
the divided spoil upon the animal, she reso.
luely started across the desert by the Lessen
trail, while the old man silently yokcd the
cattle and took the other route. Singular as
this may seem, it is nevertheless true. 1t ia
among the many occurrences OF lite stranger
Than fiction. Of course both parties reached
California in safety. We say Of course ,
Tor II is scarcely possibly that any obstacle,
death included, could have seriously inter-
fered with the progress of stubbornness so
sublime. Arriving 1T Sacramento with her
daughter, the old lady readily found employ
mont---tor women were less plenty than low
and subsequently opened d boarding house,
and 10 few years amassed handsome for
tune. Two years ago she wen; to San Fran
cisco. and the daughter, whose education had
not been neglected, was married to one o.! the
most substantial. citizens.
And what become OF the old man The
wife had not seen or heard of him since they
parted on the Humboldt They had lived
happily together as man and wife for years,
, and she sometimes reproacbed herself Tor the
wiIltulness that separated them alter 50 long
!. pilgrimage together through this rough lie.
But uc Was rot dead. We cannot trace bis
cou,sc in California, however. All that We
know OF him is, that fortune had not smiled
upon him, and that for years he had toiled
without hope. Finally feeling scarcely able
to Weld the pick and shovel he visited San
Francisco in the hope of obtaining employ
ment better adapted to his wasted strength.
| For three months he remained idle after
arriving here, ard then Tor the wan, Of ovcu-
patioa became the humble retailer of peanuts
fnd oranges, with his entire stock of traffic
in a basket upon his arm. This was about
six months ago. A few weeks since in pass.
ing the open door Of q cottage in the south
ern part Of the city, he observed a lady in
the hall, and stopped to offer his merchandise.
As he stepped upon the threshold, the lady
approached, and the old man raised his eyes
ana dropped tho basket And no wonder
either---!or she was his witc..his old woman.
She recognized him, and throwing up her
arms in amazement, exclaimed: Grea; God .
John is that you g All that is left OF me,
replied the old man. With extended arms
they approached. Suddenly the old ady's
coun'onancc changed and She stepped back.
John, said she with Il look that might
have been construed into earncstneSS, how
did you find the Carson road ?" Miserable
Suky- miserable replied the old man, "rull
Of sane! aud alkaIi :. Then | was ,iyht
John ? she continued, nquiringly. You
wele, Suky,' he replied. That's enough y
SAID She throwing her arms around the old
mans neck f; " that's enough, John = and the
old couple, so strangely sundered, were again
united. Both are living with their daughter
on Second sreet.-San Francisco Miy,or.
CHARlrY.---Charity must be domestic ar.
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