Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-05-30
Riding TO Will.
r.xrnAor SUMNER nEsr, BY GAIL HAM =
ILroN. H. press by I,cknor f Fields.

The wagon Was brought out-none + your
airy, fairy hints OF wagons. with nothing
really ceI tain about them except the wheels :;
but good solid wagon, with pal pablo body
sides tOot and hail high, una le III panels,
painted green ou utside and drab within, wheels
with sp0kes III them aud not spindies, a back
seat and front seat, movable and removable
at pleasure, buffalo robe u sit on, AMI an
honest, unambi tIous nag u drag you-ChaI
Is what l call wagon. On the present oc
caslOn the front seat WIS t-ken 0Ct, and the
back seat pushed forward for the better be-
slowing oil the freight. " ltn lively con-
sciousness that possession is nine points OF the
law Il Ire-em pted this seat as soon the morse
Was harnes-ed, and so ANTICIPATED any obJ-c-
tious that might be raised 10 my part OF the
Durney grounded on the character or bu TX OF
lne iOa1. Ihe wagon is backed up To the
gate, and the taIi-board lct down. The 10 d
II brought out on the shoulders OF . stalwsrt
Atlas-ooshei bags Of tow clota pulled out
With eheiicd corn Oh It's winding way to be-
come Johnny cakes, brown bre .d-caKee, ana
Indian puddings, oG, with rye, winch Is
| equally ~uTe 10 suHsr hre-chauge into drop
cakes, Lnufins, and other things rich and
Strange gathered up a. one ead and bound
with strong cord-jusr such sacks. for
aught | know, Us Joseph's bre hren Carried
down into Egypt, anu with plenty of room In
every sack > mouth Tor Il silver cup and corn
noney-Out never IN my experience was cup
and money found there. These bags
| Atlas dumps down on the wagon floor, clus-
my the ancient vehicle to groan and trembe
through all It's frame, and raising little puts
| of -four dust In the air, remn ,nts OF many
vanished yrist. Then come baskets Ci corn
on the cot, to which | offer constitutional OBJ
Jections but Hailcarnassu5 maintains that 1t
is ,the cream OF classic elegance-the very
style of Orienta splendor 20 which Dido en-
tert.sined 4neas--
''Cereremq1e canistris
EXpeCiunI-'
a theory which .ehenently demollsh, having
no manner of doubt that her = Cereremque
canis,rs was frosted tIult-cake IN silver
baskets, as becomes a queen; and while the
dispute is vet hot betw cen Us the hnal tOuche
are given, the taIiboard Is screwed up, Rosl
name stretches her old bones, the harness
rattles, the wheels revolve, and we lumber
down the lane dew -besprent in the early
! morning. uJ~ bright me sky, now cool the
air, how fresh the smells The rough gates
s.gging slowly back, grating harsh thunder,
seem 10 be the ever during gates on golden
hinges turning. Sedately We wind through
the open pasture, lingering long among the
broad tracts OF sweet fern. past the black,
sulien pool in the hciioW-sullen to me, but
| most wInsome to the panting COWS, when the
sun wakes hot and they saunter down 10 stand
knee deep in the muddy Goodness and while
away the noontidc with lashing their tails.
| And the stagnant ponu will By and by bloom
out with brIilisnt beauty which 10 gard n
Of I-tamtoul can surpass. Up from its bleak
| bed will leap aD army of lIlies, fair as the
| sun, clear the moon, all spotless OF the
| slime from which they sprung, and breai hing
only sweetest odors Aud past the ber
berry hedge, with its sharp set acid leaves
dear to child tongues and beautiful now with
clusters at graceful, dropping yellow HJwets,
to be still more beautiful when the deepening
summer and the glowing autumn shall fes-
toon them with crimson fruit. Berberry-
the children will look askance at the word
but 6arberry bush they know foil well; and
joining lands IN circle they dance wildly
| around, singing a, the top OF their voices
"As go round the barberrybush,
The bsrbeSry, ,barberry, barserry- bush,
As We go round ,hs Darberry bush
So carly every morning.
This 3 ths way We wash our clothes,
We wash, wash, h our clothes,
This is the way wo wash our cothes
So early eve ~ morning.
( And ali the time you are dancing around In
| the circle you must initiate the motion OF
washing, washing, washing clothes, OF iron
ing, ironing, ironing clothes, combing,
CON bing, combing hair, or whatever else you
lsrke it into your head TO do SO early every
morning, and woe to him who first loses
1breash. What lun it was! And now we
i turn an acute angie, and passing through