Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1869-03-12

( nature- assembled in solemn conelave, say,
"Blank has always had the grab-bag. OF
1 clYfrse she will take 1t again." Then some-
onc waits on the doomed Blank. eve
wg2t you should take the grab-bag. No
nAe'cah do IL as well as you can. II will be
eeftain success if you will only consent to
flke IT." As we all secretly cherish fair
I ptinion of our own abilities, Blank, in
Lsfss Of stern resolves to the contrary, grad
alS thaws out under this treatment, and
Zhen sufficiently buttered, yields, only to
sfF.ke another lesson in the we'll -patronized
|. ssihool of experience.
Ihardly know which is the most disa-
fsf4eable committee TO ofiiciate on, of those
4 E4tidered essential to a successful fair. 1t
4 l8iilSe choosing between the gallows and
dis gui lotine, only choice of evils. To
! 10 On the soliciting committee is peculiarly
Aelrcssng, such halo of impecuniosity
hivests he whole thing. Though the pro-
/ ectbe i1r the general public benefit, you
I earnDt help feeling as if begging old clothes
and co d fragments for your own private
/ pecessiics Everywhere the wall of pow
/ orty groc.s you. You are astonished at the
7 wid s-s. ld destitution, hitherto undream-
| ed of br ught TO light by your subscription
1 pnoel You feel yourself to be, so to
! sneS n oola-blooded robbor of ,vidoys
and ornbans. Inn driving snovv-stor,, on
bleok doorsteps round which the north
east wind howls playfully, you meekly
stand, with red nose and sympathizing
expression, listening to mournful details OF
hard times larpe families the war taxee
sickness. buildinp and all other ills the
nurse is heir TO. Tben tbero ore worthy.
people who always insist upon poinp at
| longtb into their moral obioctiona IN vour
causo Won nust fry, lilo Ct poul 10 ho
oil things IN all mon reioicn with tbe roioic-
inc woen with tbo waning talk nonsonso
with tba iivalv bo sterniv vcon,r,o,.sors;,,,o -
with tbo nrocticol auvtbipg IN decoy the
ro,nctont c,aonb,cl, forth forth r.o,,, i,s
lurking place. Nothing affords a hotter on
nortunitv Of studvinp human nature lint If
il doubtful. rs the bov said about the aIn,o-
bot vbotber IL is worth while to 90 tbron,,b
! or, ,,,,,o,, q, 1o,,r ca 1it,lo Utis dool oosi
| =, =, -, -, !,
u W 9' 9H"S'' DS wv nv anu '''O II '''
III lhackef'y'
Serving On the reireshihent committee
implies ihhhlte distracuoh ABOUT spoons
erockery' ana every ones basket grease
spots on your dress' ana viva conscious
ness ol every pohe III your oody 10 Wlha
up wheh you seek hhuch heeueu rest Ill
troubled sleep haunted by VISIONS oi end
less 'hroat'' s""iio"ihg ehuiess oysters
which you are onulessly hahulhg th'in'-
Taxing the grabbing involves all the mise
RES OF begging, besides breaking All the
childrehS hearts, VINO each expect hht"Id
| splendors IN return Tor their ten-ceht m
vestments. All the passions OF wall street
surge in miniature around the grabbing
Eyes sparkle with excitement, hopes rise
and fall the lucky hit OF the boy vino
ura"S '"o-piaoeu khlIe whe's tne eaRer-
| ness OF the little spectators; the hllslor'
tune Oh the heart-Drokeh pelhg VINO "iilH
gets cracked plaster-lrlage' uailpehs II
ana so on IL taxes more thah one gi'p'
bag to learn us that only lew ara" th'
two-bladed knives OF life.
Being ON the tableanN committee is per
maps S'l', olD"',s ",'Soiy o' "ii' we 'neN
! ,'a. LIN tbcs not ,,,nid ,ro,,,,,,,r,, -,
| so,noho,t,,s fooIiuas No,bino co dovolo,,,
,oo,,,o.s .,c,o1in,,s,, nc ,ot,,oo,~ ,,,ia.. =,
dood n bo rri,,oto thootr;o,1s uo,.i,,,
roo,,od ,I,o;r hroi,e Il, do,,isi,,, toI,loa,,x ~
stortli,,, ho,,,t,, ori,,inolit7. .,.
s;cped tho nor,e no oonotl,, os ,ossillo
ha,.i,,- i,,,.o,,,od o,o,,,,,. ,',o1i,i..I ......
,,,, or ,,i,,l. 80. oo,,,l.i, ,a ,.;,
manor t,o cnmp,ittea venture ,o drou.
lone, hrootb lint la tbis r,.o,.a. Ian, ,l,
boainuino of sorro,vs Run,ors Of di.,.tor
roaol, tl,or, ovor,, bo,r polI,. porl,ins NJ
tor,v rorises to he q Ghost Geelino secretI,
that sho sbonId have been asked 70 do ..rh'
Flowor of tbe Vale :" NIiuicent NIildcy
"uo,,t bo n nm :" while Katie did milk
tho rood child of the song. does not
..v.rt 10 ho an ,nod
And with the angels stand"
uvo,rs hos tho measles "Rehecco an.
ponana,, Won have ossicned IN noonle No
~, ,roai,;S,, torr,s and Jonathan Homes dc
ci1adIv objects 70 beinr n Highland chic
unloss he can wear his customary panta
looms. The distracted committee thinl
soriouslv of tillinpally vacancies themsclve,
Somownv they struggle through this sea q
troublos to the fatal evening. Then thing
eliminate. "I.cander' discovers with dis
e. -. =. ,,..... =. .
velvet tights constructed for him by th