St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-06-23

Ndl'li'tl mus NIHtS Dl an l:itl'lthl on lllt
Boston X Albany railroad, not many
weeks ago.
ran across what first struck me as Il
Il very singular genius ON my road from
Springfield To Boston. This was Il siuut,
black -whi>krlcl man wac sat immediate
ly IN front OF me, and who INDUCED, from
time to time, in the most strange aml
unarcuuntaht manuu,rr-. Every now
ani thea he would oct up and hurry
away I" the marrow rI~Sa%c which leads
To the door IN thc-r drawing room cars
and when lr Thought himself secure from
observation, would fall to LAUGHING in
the most violent manner, and continue
the hcalthiul exercise until lac was red in
the face aS 4 lobster. As We ntareL
Ho>tun these demonstrations increased in
Violence, save that the stranger no long
or ran away to laugh, but kept his seat
and chucklrd to himself with his chin
deep down in his shirt collar But the
changes that those pnrtmantrIu@ under
went. lie moved them here, there, rv-
crywhrre; ; lac put them behind him, in
front of linn, on each side Of h:m lie
was evidently getting ready To leave, but
as We Were yet twenty-five miles from
Boston, the idea of such carly prepar;t-
ti1ns WAS ridiculous II we had entered
the city then, the mystery would have
remained un~olscI, but tie stranger at
last became 81 much excited that lac
could keep hi- seat no LONGER. Some
one must hrlp him, and a. was the
nearest lac selected me Su Idrnly lmrn-
lng. as ii | had asked Il question, lac said,
rocking himself tn and fro in hi- chair,
the meantime, and -lappin" his lr.S, and
brcalhing hard, ''Bcon zone three years"
"Ah.' Yes, been in Europe. Folks
didn't expect INC for six months yet. but
| got through AMI started telegraph
cd them at the last station; they've got
ii 10y this time A. he said thi, lac
rubbed hi, haml- and chan@cd the port
mantcau on his left 10 the ri.ht, and the
one un the right Ia the lett again "Got
4 wItr - SAID / "lca, and three chill
drrn, hr returned, ami lac ut up and
folded his ovrrr"ai anew, and hun" it
over the back of the seat. You are
pretty nervous over the matter, amt
you !'' said, watching his tid.ety move
mcmt>. well, | should think su,' hr
replied Il lain't slept soundly for a
week. And do yuu know" lac went ON,
plamcing around AT the passengers and
speaking in a lower tone, Il am almost
certain tins tram will run of the track
aud break my neck before | yet 10 B,s-
ton. Well, the fact i, have hal too
much good lurk tur one man lately. The
thin% cant last 'tain't natural that it
should, You know. I've watched it
FIRST il rams, then it shines, then il Iains
again 1t rams ri hard ynu think it,
never goIn% t" stop then it shines 50
bli@ht y"u think its always goin. To
slime; and ju>t ~ You're settled in either
belief, yuu are knocked over by change,
t" show y"u that ynu know nuihin"
ahnnt it. well, according to that PHI
l"sophy, SAID /, "you Will continue to
have sunshine h"call>c ynu ale expecting"
Il storm lis curious" lac returned,
''but the only thin" which makes me
think | will get through safe, l. because
think won't" ''Wrll, that j. curl
ou>, SAID l. ''IprI, yr-," lac replied
''lm Il InarhiniSt-madr a discovery
nobody believed in it spent all my mon
cy III trying To bring it uut-mort"agrl
my home-all went, Every body laugh
ed ut mc--eyeryhody but my wife
Spmky little wuman-s;iI- she would
work her fingers off before | should give
it ur. Went TO England-no better
there came within an ace of Iumpin"
Oft London bridge. Went INTO Il shop TO
earn money enough Ia come home with
there met the man wanted. TO
make Il long story short, I've brought
thirty thousand pounds home with me,
and here | am" "Guod for you" |
exclaimed. "lcS," SAID he, "thicty
thousand pounds and the best of it is,
she don't know anything about it. Eve
fooled her 50 often and disappointed her
80 much that | Just concluded | would
say nothing about this. When got my
money though, you better believe struck
bee-linc for home" "And now you
will make her happy ?" said. clap
py!" he replied, ''why you don't know
any thing about it. Shes worked like Il
dog while | have been cone, trying to
support herself and the children lecenlly
They paid her thirteen cents apiece for
making coarse shirts and that's the way
she's lived half the time. She'll come
down there to the depot To meet me in
glngham dress, and 4 shawl Il hundred
years old, and she'll think she's dressed
up Oh, she won't have no clothes after
this-oh, no, guess not :" And with
these words lie implied that his wiie's
wardrobe would soon rival Queen Vic
torIa's. The stranger tore down the pas
sage-way again, and getting in his old
corner, where he thought himself out Of
sight, went through the strange-t panlo-
mime, laughing, putting his mouth into
the drolest shapes, and then swinging
himself back and forth, in the limited
space, as if hc We're ''walking down
Broadway" a iull-rigged metropolitan
belle. And 50 on till We rolled into the
depot, and | placed myself on the other
car, opposite the stranger, who, with a
pOrtmanteau in each hand, had descend
ell and was standing on the lowest step,
ready TO jump TO the platform. look
ed from his face 10 the faces of the peo-
pie before us, but saw no sign of rccog-
milton. Suddenly he cried, 'sThere they
are" and laughed outright, but in hy-
| sterical sort of way, as he looked over