Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1862-02-28
From Harper's Magazine.

CT The President OF village musical
Association communicates the following
essay to the newspaper of the town:
"MR. EDIroR,-Allow me through the
columns of your paper, the liberty of ma
king known to the public the grand insti-
tuition that has been organized, and reor-
ganized in the place for the purpose of
bringing the young people of both sexes in
harmenical concord together. There APP
pears to wonderful attraction and will
ingness when the appointed night of its
meeting comes around to be at the place,
when they can get music in there ears,
aud if easily affected be terribly moved
bv the concord of sweet sounds. The
members of this noble and well-regulated
institution are mostly of pure Yankee soil,
SO full of Sentimentative qualities in its
self that it can not withhold it from man,
and those by infuses itself into genuine
young Americans, and in no place are true
fellows to be found than here on the prin-
cipal of order in singing-school, and The
Girls to be like them, initiate their ex-
ample, which adds greatly to there etc.
o,sette and manners. There is little doubt
but it will work changes in the place if it
has not already, with regard to conjugal
friendship" ..r
ca A Californian writes:
"Some cute things occasionally happen
here Every Californian is aware that
our State Government levies a direct
monthly tax on all foreign miners work
ing in our gold mines, which gives en-
ploymcnt to numerous collectors. The
Chinese swarm throughout the mines in
nearly all the capons and ravines of the
State They are notorious for skulklng
into the mountains and cbaparral while
the collector is making his rounds They
can only be taken by stratagem or sur
prise, SO anxious are they to shirk their
taxes. Some three years since, on one of
the tributaries of Feather River, the Chi
nameu got wind of the near approach of
the tao man LAS they call him), and
stampede Immediately ensued. A shrewd
(but untutored) digger Indian happening
to be on the ground, and being acquainted
with some of the head Celestials, proposed
to show them cave where they could
hide secure from the search of the tax
man, provided they would pay him five
dollars. The offer was Immediately ac-
cepted. The Indian showed them all into
the cave, and received his five dollars.
Now says the Indian, me 60 watch the
tax man; when he gone ME come tell
YOU The shrewd rascal Immediately
came down, found the collector, and pro-
posed, for the sum of five dollars, to show
him where there were one hundred China
men safely corralled. The bargain was
closed. The collector was shown to the
mouth of the cave, and the Indian receiv-
ed his cash. The poor Cinnamon found
that they had been betrayed, and sub
mitted with good grace to pay an exit fee
of four dollars each, and receive their tax
receipts for one month"
D Forty years ago there lived in the
village of Sag Harbor an aged couple, who
had son, Sam. Sam was trifle under
witted originally, and a good deal de-
mented latterly, and had come to be
burden to his parents The mother was
very deaf, and when Father came into
the house one morning early, and an
nounced that the old cow was dead, she
didn't hear correctly. :" Dead poor
SAM Well, he's better off, / dare say !"
" The old COW, mother the old COW p
in louder tone. Poor Sam Well, we
must be reconciled fatherP' 81 say,
mother at the top of hi' voice., tile old
coao Is dead? ?" 1.-The old COW dead /!
Good Lord! phat are zoe going to do?"
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