St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-03-03


4 young man, faS',ionably dressed,
and with the air of one who would be at
home in society, reached Boston towards
evening, by the Fitchburg railroad lie
proceeded at once to hotel, not wishing
10 intrulc upon his relatives at that hour,
and took 4 comfortable supper. After
this he read the evening papers, ana then
went for Il lcisurely stroll on Washington
street. Ga his way he passed Vinton's
wcll-knUwn establishment, and it being
Il warm evening decided to 20 in and
have an ice cream.
lie according ordered one, and while
waiting to have it served, had an oppor-
tunity to look atout him and take quiet
survey OF the company assembled. These
were chiefly ladies, and to those who are
at all familiar with Boston ladies, | need
not say that the faces were very well
worth looking at.
Our hcro's attention, however, was
chiefly attracted 10y two youn. Ladies' W ho
sat 1T the table nearest his own. They
were apparently about the same age.
which could not have varied much from
eighteen. Both, too, were quite attract
i've i'll personal appearance.
They were couvcrSing together in quite
an animated strait on 4 variety of sub
jrct~. At length one said:
by the way, Emma, have told you
about the visitor we are expecting -
"No," said the other.
''lt's a cousin from the country, W hn
suppose will he a perfect rustic in cv-
cry respect Such iun ~ | expect To
Get out of him"
'NNhat is his name -
"Jercmiah Onthank. expect he viii
want us TO call him .Jrrry.'"
The other young lady laughed. Ills
name is rustic enough, certainly" she
said "You must bn sure TO give me Il
chance TO see him. Mustn't keep him
all to yourself, Alicc'
81 don't intend to- want somebody
else to enjoy the fun
''Do YOU know how he looks"
''No but | can imagine In the lirSt
fIisINt liC - stilu NV ~ llpL hIlp"
ing what to do with his hands anl feet,
wearing cowhilc boots and Il full suit of
blue, Including swallow tail, studded
plcntiiully with brass buttons There,
what do you say 10 that picture ?''
Emma laughed.
81 say this" she replied, ''lhat if he
at all answers your description he will he
u decided nc accession to our society. When
do you expect him ;"
"ro-molrow. Uncle wrote that .Jer-
ry, II, he calls him, will probably arrive
at that time"
~ VIII call
''Do So, by all means
With these words they rose from the
table and left the store.
The young man had listened 10 their
conversation with an air of min.led
amazemcnt and veXa;iun. Not to keep
the reader in suspense, we will tell him
what he has probably surmiscd, that the
chance listener TO the young ladies' re-
marks was none other than jeremiah
Ontlank himself. He was quite the re-
verse of the picture which his cousin had
drawn, being rs we have said, very gen
tlemanly, both in dress and address. lie
was born in Vermont, where his father,
good honest farmer, still lived, but had
enjoyed the advantages of education in
college in the city of New York, where
he had an opportunity to minglc in So
ciety. This fact was quite unknown to
his cousin. In fact they were not first
cousins, although the indefinite relation
ship was most conveniently expressed by
that term. Hitherto the two families
had known very little of each other.
81 viii pay her off" said the young
man to himself, with quiet smile.
The next morning he visited ready
made clothing establishment.
"lIavc you any blue suits - he asked
"Wc have none made up recently.
They are not fashionable in the city, you
know"
81 am aware of that, but intend to
do little masquerading.'
"What, to pcrsonate a countryman ~
said the clerk, smiling
''Preciscly."
'sIhen | think | can accommodate
you. Not long since, countryman call
ed in and ordered such a suit us you de-
sire, but, having been flccced OF his mon
cy by some sharpers, was Obliged to leave
them on our hands"
"The very thing!" exclaimed young
Onlhank.
"There is only one thing. lie was
not so tall as you, and they may be some
what short in the sleeves and legs"
'All the better Such is the trali-
lional country fashion. Will you let me
see them?'
The suit was accordingly shown.
Our hero at once put it on, and could
not help laughing at the metamorphosis
which it produced in his appearance.
lie hardly recognized himself.
81 think ! will keep them on" he
said, "and have the others sent to my
hotel. want two articles more, some
cowbide boots and flaming red bandan-