Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-04-12

The great beauty n the humJr 0t John Z %
nix vas that there was not pafude Gi u
nature about IT, mentioned how be jJka.
rs lme-ieaI in nroducu, himself 70 uras Nr
Fur4uson whom We had before met. But lau
nier, md rerhlps a more pcrpiexin2 thing, va
Nha. Ae dli b "a clerical missionary from Co
Mission d l,arre, tOrlurn es ab.ishmoGt ust ia
from San faucisc I1e atora -ii uisl9nar'
tas leau " Yank,' as our rebellion roHt
brethren would term bin very or and verl
piDus, trt oae q the most iQul-it}e Of hl
,rlbt. lie Sas iutroducti bY Mr. POmIN &
his wife, 40 accomplished and attractive lady
TO whom the missionary was anxious, Of c0urs
to make bimseIl acceptable Aiter the utoa
changes wer, ruug upon the usual motcoroiozl
cal topics, and the growth and wcsednes' q
San Francisco, the lcArCd prea'c suddepl,
asked
Capt Darby, what aas the name OF you
good lady before you married Lcr2
Without moving wuscle, an locking hU
steadily in the eve PhGaix replied
80 Her namo, sir, Was Coon (Which u was by
the by, being that Vi al opuleut and we-knowr
lamlly in ST. LJuis) you mus. haye heard Q
her father?
" Not that am aware Of answered the ME
-ionarY
You have forgotten il, probably, but BE-
was well known ZIP Coon Old Up Coon
they used to call MIN lie vas a United State
Senator 0r several years sni was very popu
ar ever body who know him always spoke
about him a. caIog fellow"
" on yts, responded the simple minded pre-
late, " DO remember having hclrd OF him
there were some exceedingly complimentary
sleglac lines written upon him after his death.
Not a SMILE says our informant who witness
s1 the sceneani heard the conversation, mantlec
TIE face OF John Pn@lix during the whole d
IS.
His power OF face, IN fact, was sometbin,
uderlui as is sufficiently az es.ed By the fol
lowing Authentic auec4otc tie vas s1unE, u
enc occasion, ~ the guests loilagroom Of tit
New Yoik Holol, tro,ing On Broadway, wbcI
o litlle b9ggst girl came n, and, with the keen
dscernmeut ii Ittle people IN general, noticed
lis child loving and benevolent cuuntenanoe,
and approached him asking arms She va,
very young innocent looking and had none o.
the Iavenlle whine aul persisieney ol mos,
yJuOs menioants waom one meets IN The
streets euc halls Of our public ho.els Pn@niI
az nee assumed mournul expression Of face
and began to talk, as it we're, con6iennally aud
very aftclionately to her lie told her that hl,
father Was long since dead, aud that he,
Having early los his mohsr,
Without sister, without br0ther'
was now cft lntrely alone in the world that
he was then but little boy, with noDody to
look to and often aud oittn he had not known
where to gel piece ol bread, or where he wss
to sleep at oight The ittle giIl's eyes began
to moIsten the loling guests most Of whom
knew Captain Derby, gathered around when
what vas their surprise to see the poor, sympa.
thetc bsgear girl 20 close up TO han, and IL 0
quiet, confidential way take out OF the little side
pocket Of her soiled and attered irock all The
money which she had gathered during the daY
and place il IN bic haud This uibute to Mr.
Derby power ot cOQulonenoe aud manner, aud
the e1Quisteiy beautiful evidence of the ca'ct
of itin the act Of tue little grl, struck every
per on present with kindred admiration. Ii
is needless to add that the tender hearted and
generous little doner OF her had days Gaming.
bad not only her small yet grea, bcne'aouor
restored, but went away with great poss, saious
,duced from the sympathetic ockes of the by
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