Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-05-30

another gate ar In the s&smp-tbe sunniest
most undismal swamp that ever settled ON it's
lees The sweet dry, aromatic pasture smells
have given place to the sweet, damp, thick
otors OF the spongy bog. The roadside at
fret liz pink studded with the regular, ornate
ebeep-laurel The low blueberry and huckle-
berry bushes give promise of future feasts
and NV the road arrows and is shus in be-
| tween I'VE walls, which indeed, are quito
| covered up and lost the clasp Of wild grape
vines, and clematls, and roses just opening to
the sun. narrow road, but the swamp
begrudges US even that, and presses up closer
and closer, and the trees reach out and join
hands over our heads, and we ride through /
| green tunnel, rose bedecked-a green bough
bolder than the rest. now and then dashing
the dew slap in ouI faces and splendid rhodo-
ra5 swinging their ceDsers afar, unseen. Long
delaying, we come at last uron the high road
and - wage through the village-not swift
! iy, l know, bet that is no excuse for the sau-
cy urchin. loupging wi his mates under the
churchyard fence, calling and drawing,
'' Mister your wheels turn round tho
rambling, struggling village over which
broods the quiet OF perpetual Sabbath. On
under the shadows Ut the great elms and out
Ct the village again upon the broad causeway
| built across the meadows, and fringed with
willows, winding around the vine clad rocks
to walk in alone, till Satan Was unloCsed In
these later days, and peopled lis dear solitude
with dre .d phsntoms. | remember the last
| time | sencured there. L had just left the
village out OF sight, AMI passing round a
bend, came upon some COWS grazing among
the bushes. and man, half hidden, leaning
against pair OF bars | was a good deal
afraid of tie man anu not at all afraid of the
COWS, so | pretended to be very much afraid
Of the cows and utterly rrustiul toward the
man. :. Ihesc cows Won't hurt me, vii
they L called out, wI;h what was q signed
10 be most winning conf ience, u my han
dit, shylng around the leader OF the drove, Il
soft-cyed creature that would not have harmed
Hy. | think the wretch saw through tht
himsy subtertuge, for surely the Eva Ont
span kled In his wicked ewes he called back
-onor 3usly, - No, guess not that one mex
you - apt To hook, but guess she won't "a
long I'm round" \ little farther on a cav
alcade OF teamsters came up with their grea'
square loads OF English hay, and l felt safe
lnere Is something IntrInslctlty honest about
seamsters. Tney seem O. be sort OF country
police. " henever they rumble by in the
night they give sense OF security. You
know there honest men stirring. Is your
barn catching fire Is Z burglar tamperIng
with your locks? A teamster comes up anu
gives the alarm, and the fire Is put ouc and
che burglar cuts across lois. For We get bui
u second rate order OF burglar IN the Country
| There 10 nothing 10 attract Ii connoicseur
| lie must be but 5ung.er IN his business W he
will prowl away OF nights for the mere
| chance ot stealing iittia dirty paper curren-
| cy, mostly counterfeit. l reinonstr .fed one
With i woman Tor sleeping with her uoors
untastened. = Ii any burglar has any though
OF making US u visit, she cried, empbatl
| eaILy a ; | ,l- ~ at
ne viii come and TAKE one look al the silver,
ust one. 1e Viii never come again, tor Is
All sham l was counting up Once, vita
dnoj hcr trend, the number Ot outside doors
IN ms rambling old house. To the best OF my
know ledge aud oeiIet We made cut fourteen.
- nope you iasten them ali night, said
one. = y, We generally .aslen sOaIe ot them,
Was tue Careless reply three or four, ana
| Oy that time get tired OF 1t, and let II
rest So " hIch l. very bad tor tne burg lar
OF course no Respectable member ot the ro-
lesson would care 10 open IA front door and
| .sa.Ik ilka ts..4stIan
Atlcr the teamsters had gone by, and before
l wAs well out OF tue wilderness, two men
appeared sight, real Italian bgIgands. with
stiiiett0s uAuclng IN tnels eyes. Up they
| came TO me soon as they saw me, and one
| ot them held out his hand. - W ouid you be
| pleased 10 accept tne gItL Ot young robin
indeed ne had i pIlltul little bird, well teath-
cred, but hast educated. l took It from his
brown FiorcntIne hand, thanked him with
| yUlu ole, anu | trusted ds .rmlng, gratitude,
| and walked Is last possible TIL, had
reached a settled country again, " nen placed
my little t0undilng tenderly on the grass, be-
iievIug that Nature could lake care of her
minors beiG tnan /. | am convinced ne was
no robin at ali, but d parendge or quail, for
ne hopped of directly IN Ino BEST spirits,
and 50 dId |, ami that Vas his end and the
end OF tina Walking.
And noH with many crook and turn the
mill Is gained, tue bags and baskets haul
Ell cut AMI deposited che mill !; watch
he Process OF grIndins 50 long as 1t amuses
Is, see the SLOW Whirlpool oi corn slowly
stnking, and the little rivuiet OF meal trick
ing mo the waliog trough. and learn that
l. not only the malIs OF the gods, but the
mills oi men, also, that
grind slowly,
But they grim exceeding small
and then We stroll out anu down che mill
stream, am where an overhaDgIng tree gives
pleasant sh de, anu green turt pleasant
seat and tumhllng rocks IN the mill brook a
pleasant sound OF gurghDg waters, and all
The place Is full OF peacc. We dispose our
| luncheon on the grass, aud The hue black
ants gailop III and get theIf share of the GIN
cat our meat with giadness and ngieness of
| heart, aud scatter toe fragments TO the fishes.