Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-11-20
Little content and the GrumbletOnians.

Lille content ana the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
rARTI.
Hundreds. and hundreds. and hundreds Of
,-o,-s oc, in fact in the dark ages, before
.-,s ,ras invented. and when spectacles were
=. ,Dtbaarht Of. there lived a certain King
Pe-,lute. brave and good king, Of a large
and valuable territory. One portion Of this
territory was called Grumbletonia. Now
,bi, Grumb!etouia worried King Resolute
very much indeed There was not q morn
ing that he did not find on his break.ast-table,
clumsy and cumbersome petitions signed,
.. Your Maesty's faithful Grumbletonans.
They grumbied about the river that ran
through their town, and wanted his Majesty
20 have il drained off they grHmbled about
the roads, and the taxes, and the paving and
lighting Of the town; and, in short, they
-rumhlel about everything they could think
Of and when they had nothing more that
they could possibly twist into a grievance,
they imagined evils and grumhled at them.
. By my life said the king one morn
ing. when his tea was cold and the milk was
on the t.r IN a thin layer, sbv my life. IN
eztermiuate these faithful GrumbIetonians.
faithful indeed to their name are they.
I'll uut them all TO the edge OF the sword.
and have no more of this. q forgot to
mention that his Majesty toast was rather
eathery, and his egg as hard as a bullet.)
The looked 50 fierce, and spoke so loudly,
that Little Content. his daughter. who was
eating Strawberries and cream, opened her
ewes and stared in astonishment
Not that the name Of Grumbetouian- was
. now ,,,,ns II, Ler. She had bser i,miliar-
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II the weather was lot. their cry Was' I'm
dear. never -a" such weather o.. tins u 8
enough % roast any body all'e
ID i' was ''.l' taey eIieI' lio" can We
be expected 70 live Ii $50 cold that e0Ile
won come to our shops u buy
If u rnlncd, they said. 90 All the eraIs
spoiled as sure as m Vumoletonlan mo
If the sun wa- herceiy hot, it was, Do All all
the crois j be so9lehel up 'i course just
our luck
II Mrs. Baker gave her husaand mutton
for dinner be- Immediately ezciaimed, " We
never have hect. II E always mutton, mutton.
mutton, all the year through
When Mrs Butcher made 7eed-cake, all the
children haNled out, "Oh, ma! we never ave
no plumb-cakc> what a shame
When Mr.. Baker. on the other hand, re-
queeted Mrs. b. 10 have mutton ior dinner
she answered ui course true 60 acr nature,
" No, Baker. taint convenient. d ye think q
poor 'ari-worked woman got nothin TO do
but attend to your whims and tancies?'
The children were just us quarreIsome, Of
course with such examples constantly before
them, how could they be otherwise
If Billy got top top.ay with, sammy lm-
metiatey called out. " Now, then, Billy,
YOU re always playing with that there top !;
just give it to me
No, shan Q, returns Billy. 90 you Were
playing with lt yerselt all day yesterday, and
you aIT0gs want what ! get. HfrT have
anything ! want
Then, of course, there a fight, and sam
my being the biggest boy, gets the top, and
leaves Billy h0"lms with disappointment
and rage.
OH can assure You, Grumhietonia lrqs a
place TO live in. No travellers ever stayed
there more than single night, and as for
organ-gainders, dancinrddg-. and German
bands, and Pitieran, they went a mile ont OF.
their way, rather than 60 near the place.
Wei, this was the pitch things hal reach
ed when King Besolute made up hi- mind that
,5m,tiing must D. o9as. The king was in
the habit of thinking aloud. ard as he sat
opposite his little daughter, be spoke his
thoughts somewhat IN this wise
" e. something mast be- d0Hc. " by should
I leave such &retches to pollute the earth,
and contamiuate all who came near them
Grumbling is catching. ! never grumbled
myself till ! had all these petitions Ny ser
wants know of them. and they are infected 3,
they boil my eggs too hard, and they cook
my toast too much, until my sweet Little Com
tent shows her face to them. Daughter.
what is to be done2'' continued the king
looking up ar the maiden, d" happy art thou,
d child, that thy fairy godmother endowed
thee with a spirit that shall make thee ever
lastingy happy"
Little Coutent-a sweet little solden- hair
81 creature of thirteen. had been poudcring
deeply. She now rose from her chair, and
came 20 herlather side, a child still in years,
but woman, noble woman, in earnestncss
and ixity of purpose.
Father 90 she said uuttiur her little hands