Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-05-31
How Jimmy Climbed the Tree.

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HOW jimmy Ollihneo tue lTe"'
II wa. waterng-place--a country hoie'
where there was q spring OF horrible wafer
which tasted lke--well' l can THINK OF any
thing dislgrceable enough to compare o. too
where hl tins happened. II was at the end
Of Che season, and the fall winds were begin
mug TO blow, and most OF the ladies' ana gem
uemcnr who had been spending the summer
enjoying the pure air and making believe to
ENJOY the horrible water, were expecting to
depart 10 day OF two. On the particular
afternoon of which am writing, large por-
tion Of the company were out on lawn, and
several Of them had croquet mallets in their
hands but they were not playing. They
were all gathered round tall pine tree,
which stood in one corner Of the lawn. This
trco had very long, slender trunk, with a
few branches. almost at the very top and on
one Of these branches there hung lady's
hat--a pretty little bat, trimmed with flowers
aud lace with a blue veil, which was now
wrapped around aud around the branch. This
bat had just been whrled from the head Of
,he young lady who owned Il, by sudden
gust of wind. This lady was very much an
noyed hy the accident.
" lts too bad, said She. ana going
home tomorrow, and that is the only hat
lave to travel ln And | can't wait here IN
Ill can send to the city for another
Some Que suggested a bonnet to 90 home ln
" No. said She. " l don't want 10 traye
in a bonnet, or staw fiat, either Can't
somebody get my hat down l'
Look here, boys, cried one OF the gen
tlemen, TO some Of the waters, who were Just
coming ont Of the house, IN give a dollar
TO any one who will get that hat.
The walters then came down to the tree
and one Of them started to climb IT, But h'
found it hard Job The bark was smooth
Tor pine-tree, and by the time he had gone
up fifteen or twenty feet he was glad TO sid(
down again. The gentleman now doubled
his offer and another tried, and another but
nei'her climbed as high as the hrst man
Then another gentleman added two dollars t'
the prize ana more waters came, ana alsC
boys from the hotel aud the neighborhood
aud they all tried, and all failed. Three NOR
added to the prize the excitement became in
tense. Everybody who could climb at all
tried, but none succeeded any better. And jus
at this moment jimmy Clarke came running
down to see what was the matter Jimmy
wa- about eleven years old, bright smar
fellow, and as active as a cat. lis mothe
was a widow, who lived on very little farm
about half mile from the hotel Nhel
Jimmy saw what had happened and that ut
teen dollars was offered for the recovery o
the hat, his eyes sparkied. lie was readin
boy and he remembered what he read anu
now flashed across hls mlnd that the savage
IN the Pacihc Islands climbed hig1er an'
smoother trees than man Ana what is more
ne knew now they did H.
W lthout saying Woru, ne 'urhel' ana TAI
ior the WOODS as last as ms legs "ouIu carr;
MN. in very lew minutes ne returned
carrying piece ol grape VINE ABOUT nan Ii,.', a.
luch 'uicN' anu 1--WE OF SIX nee. long' VIZ
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a' 'ny 'oot o' 'nS tiec'
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uolu'uS 'u' s'ape s'uS ao'l1ou'1''y '' po'Oi
nun nun p'"'ou 'u0 VSu'y' u 1t "g''na' ''o u "u'
nc 'u0u ",appcu ulv N'no Vuce 'iounu .u
uev' anu o'luS'us ,no Suus pI0N 10 n.u
'oON Que li e1O'l uauI' iio 'l'ot, 'oosuuou ,,i
vine d I',le uuu pu,leu IT up Tue .feG as IA
ls ne cVu'u reaCn' No"' hoiu'ug .gu'y
lne ehGs' nc ure" hnnseh up inc YIN
ulIinly pounu a!ouuu IN, sne 'loo py us wu'gn
u'u no, sup an inch' ln's was ,ne way nc nu
Teau ,, 'hat '1e savases climbed 'all trees =
ucn ne huu 'uuS ura"n n'nnsS', up
woupa nus ieSs aro1nu inc .ree anu e1 uele iai
un''l ng nau ,oo5eneu 'ee N,ne suu pu'ueu
up 1snin n9 -nua sVi ioo' W iooI' no "el
s.e1u',y eIy up .na' 'a.' plne ,ree, " |as I e'l
'lo'y t''osou'o "o'N' anu nc S'opPe1 ~ i1'
scvorSi '''nes' pu' d, iasI nc IoaO"eu u
prunenes' HrasPlne tno io"et one le uIe l''
nl'nsel up, uroppop nls e'"Po 'l1o' anu sos
.ug niulse'i r on the pfaucn, res.eu lor sever
minutes ineu ne cllnoeu up 10 Tue nat u'
ongageu IT, ana threw u uown, AS 'ne ha
WIN beautiful oiue VEIL came hoatlng uo"'
uV"ouuVus cneer arose from the people
'no grouuu out fortunately Jimmy was n'
s'ar'lcu @ 9y II. AFTER resting short hm
ne came down Ine tree lie could slip gra,
ually upwn' without any grape vine. a
soon aS nc reacneu inc ground every bod
clustered AROUND MN hin' ana the elderly gent
man VINO naa coiIeUled S, the money, hand(
nun .ae twenty ao'la's i;
now, lny ,au' saiu ,LIl me- " nope you WI