Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-08-18
An ex-PasfOr's First Day at Farm
ing.

The following, from the Northfelt
CNTinn-) .StlI,ldnrd. is said to rofer to tn,
Rev Myron a. Munson, late pastor of thr
Congregational church in Pittsford:
A two-horse, two-seated wagon in wait
ing before a welI.known institution o.
learning. as it the clergyman's pIeasur,
to become a sort of privileged harvester il
Mr.. IS grainfeld 2" Goliath advocatet
it, while the clergyman at first inclines
hesitates presently, then finally defines.
With crowded satchel and well-strapped
shawl the Ex- sallies forth. Not fur
long before pleasant voice arrests him
where are you going 7" Like Abra
ham-not knowing whittier" "On the
cars ?" "On the railroad" was the elu'
sive answer.
The sun flaming around, be boils along
between the rails, deliquesciDg fearfully
until it was doubted whether there would
be a single solid ounce remaining of al
the two thousand that had constituted
his Ex-iness. Two miles, sharp turn,
and he follows the star of empire. In the
outskirts of the village there appears a
man who is enthroned on a load OF four
teen hundred and ffry hoop poles Hav-
ing gaZed upon the pedestrian, and OBJ
served how he was dissolving into brine,
it was his pleasure to say that after carry
ing his freight to N be intended to re-
turn, and would give the Ex-a ride if he
should choose to wait. Somewhat accept
ed. On goes the adventurer, though
shaded mercury rises to the 1UO.h degree,
He is within the Big Woods. He ap-
proachts well, and drinks ike behemoth.
He treats the water of second we'll in
the same way, and that of IA third.
At length, it was time to lunch, and the
thing was taken IN hand. While this
amiable proceeding was yet incomplete,
fox-colored dog begun to bark at some
show of game away in the timber But
he soon withdrew 10 the dealer in bread
and cheese, aud begun to cannonade him
with his bark. The sound of hasty foot
steps was followed by an old man, who
having eyed the stranger sharply, re-
marked L thought perhaps the dog had
freed something, but L find that it is
man under tree This being intended
as a witty play on words, the luncher
concluded it was his duty to laugh, and
proceeded to do so. Nothing will more
crafty Goliath than to learn that it was "a
well conducted laugh and accordingly
that statement must be put in
The ancients had remarked that they
saw deer along there in the road almost
every day. Ex- begun to hunt for some.
Not any. He sought for gooseberries and
raspberries. Found some. He attempted
to get rid of the Precipitation which satu-
urated certain of his integuments. Had
much success. He lay down in the shade
of white elm, coatless, hatless, collarless,
boo41o.s a,d al Oh
of the sun, and cogitated upon the inva-
sion of France by the Prussians, and Ia
mented the defeat of Miss A. and himself
in the last game of croquet. He fell
asleep, but was at length awakened by
the rumbling of a wagon. One OF Its
three occupants was young lady-thirty
years ago. A short pipe protruded from
her mouth. AS her eye ran over the prone
stranger, she cried out: why don't you
get up and go where's folks, and not be
laying there? ?" 80, like this better"
was the Indifferent reply. Making little
essay at poetry, the creature added:
Anybody that smokes
Should go where's folks,
And not be laying round on the common"
After waiting for the Knight of the
Hooppoles four or five hours, his team
hove in sight. He was shielding himself
from the blaze of tie sun by elm, maple
and Eastwood basAes thrust into the
stake-holes of his wagon. The Ex-sig-
nified to the Knight that he was IN pur..
suit of teamwork in the neighborhood OF
lake: and added that he had thought
some of going to Bucklersville, the resi-
dence of Sir Knight. "You needn't, he
replied, sthere is no work there" The