The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-12-13

- a"" nc looked at me in ap,az.
lneht at my stupidity. So as Chris, =,
was registered, and that melodious ,non1 ~
sy'la1ie was the only name he ever az.
MS dress was the most vo,d,...,
,h'hg that ever was seem and No. -
ranged without the least co.s;Joras; W. "r
- wh", s,me or .l season. On stormy winter do y
: % mnen the cold seemed to pinch ones vary az
pones, and an Esquimaux suit oF ,syy s,.y,
~ woulo nave been comfortable. Chris wonIJ
Jaw: uawn upon the school in smiling satisfso-
!. .lon' attired in the thinnest possible snn'
.ner clothes, and usually barefooted a.
IN q warm spring day when every ono oi.a Gn
8 snrew aside extra wrappings. be wo,,1, S,1s
=" frequently appear with two snits ~ "vo'u r.",'
d len clothes, one over the otbor - nu1 Jooi-
I o,ereon, that reached to his heels tba
e ,a'ters dragging on the ground md oo, .%'
If ...O''ng mud fringe around the odoo -
'he garment. With this costume bo s. -
g usually one boot and one shoe or r. ba
t con'ormed to fashion as TO wear Nv I :"
0 ol Doors, one leg of his pantaloons pa. mai
sure TO he tucked in, and the otLaS Wa Wa
hanging down. Uniformity woa III ~"
, thing that his soul abborred "as some
lug lh's varied attire was betwbm
M NJ n'aS' s nave paragraph all to itself
No description can do Justice to H.
La. " was without its Ike in the IL |
word; His mother had made ;t ont "'o ne
ao,ne PACK material, quilted. twas ' in, "
.,e'seIy .h large of no particular shane and ,
'ne binding was sewed so tiobtlv r'"n1 rn"n1
Tue edge that The rim--broad onc,ab ,o'no a.
"a '!uakor--was trayn Jown 81, .or
a'sa., Th;. and rested on his shoulder.
.L in'' article he wore wrong side or.
'.'lough the week,-"sos ter kean toJa a.
s'us c'ean Ter Sunday, he cxnIoinod
auu ~ tue Inning was Of q bright colorad
.s''ro' ne looked, at a litile distanoa eu
flower ''" big sun
.'e.y sunday | read to the class .on,.
part OF Bible history, and tbn nnat 'at' Souie
tbSr urs',onea them as to what part of II
.ney remembered. On one orcasion
Tn raa 'aken the history of Adam md I've
.h Jn.'s sce'ned particularly interested and
;n~a: auah?o'ed his usual occupation Of n;ncb
nag his ncighbors for fnllg five n,;nn,o r''''u
s llsten. The next Sunday when I". / astsG
VINO could tell me any,iin, abo', ''neu Me-.
last reading, his hand went m , ;rstantp' T'
~ Can you tell me anytbing [ ,I"n,
Chris ?" asked. 'S """'' IT,
.,, "iaasm, Kin tell heap. Boy. -,
u;1 u,a,n yer moui ct yer don't 1ait fooln.
via me- Cues knows as much .. yo,,
., uo'S' This last was addressed IN o,.. ~ -.
the class who sudibly oppressed ii.
uono'' as TO Chris telling auyt,;nr aj.on,
les-on Ii va The first tina h. ~ ~
attempted such thing IIsgina
,n.' ms""' '.'. IS'd' " Now Chri,, let a. hear
40" much you eau remember"
-, "as m' DE Lord done made Adam
Hn; r. r'''' an Put 'em in de garden oh
rN' boy, III choke yer ewes onten
yer head eyer don'l oui. rollin. ,em -.
ne') Dey got long well nnff ,;ll Era
,oae eat de apple. den she carry one ,o
AuaIn an cnss at him to eat il. an, dan
ey done druv EN- outeD Ie oardsn on,
omin' back '"' '''H
IL -; 81, mar sud Of an engine was it
mrs 9'ked, when he paused breath.
so.
ns-iug'he na'an, responded Chris.
,iumphautly He had understood angei
engine and this accounted for bis in.
resi- ie the story. He had once seen
,, t''"s,ne ~, mat greatly interested him
~ nothing could persuade him that il
'is' sne 'eFr 81 FATHER disadvantage
hatever question was asked oil Petei
Is sure to receive an answer OF some
nd, whether he knew anything about
G subject or not. He utterly disdained
ask for assistance or explanation and
is disposition, together with his un-
,unded confidence in himself, frequent
led him into comica, and TO him rather
ortifying mistakes.
One Sunday the class vas repeating III
,ncert Psalm 1903 In the fifth verse.
He satisfeth thy mouth with good
,iugs, so that thy youth is renewed like
,e eagles, s,"-Peter said something that
FUNDED strangely. | could not make
ut Just what it was, but surely something
OF in the text. I stopped the class and
old him to repeat the verse alone and
yideutly considering this distinction
warded to his superior merits, he shout
d out with great emphasis, ale satlstieth
nv mouth with good things, so that thy
Ycuth is renewed like niggcr's' -
At one of the monthly concerts he un-
iertook to recite the third chapter OF
Matthew, and told about the "Pharisee.
and the Paducees' and burning the chan
with unsquenchable fire. and once when
the HYMN IL want to be an angel was
sung, Peter sang, apparently pouring ou'
his whole soul in the words, 81 wants to
be an eagle, an wild de eagles stan
Was it any wonder that they should
have made many and great mistakes,k kept
as they had been in ignorance as complete
as that of heathen lands! Was 1t not the
greater wonder that they so eagerly aud
readily applied themselves to study thai
they learned so rapidly and remembered
so well .
Many pleasant days We spent together
in that old school.house, and when the
time came that we must say good by
II was hard for us all very hard | know
for me. for dearly had grown to love
INV little Virginia freed children
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