Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-05-22
4ttistfllanu.
Our Farm in Rfdmud County.
by RICHARD =. ELDER.

tgat YOU might see Tor yourself Wnether or
,a- IIrr.nlans have-here it is again -
scranfed the situation" To do that
ra-- rake YOU out Of our sweet little viii
are ii direction Just the opposite Of
that which leads to the Grange. Let US
take the railroad track again; 1t may not
IS the best road. cut 10 Is the only one,
thanks 10 old ~uckins Of New ork
Ue f the man. YOU remember, who used
Fl. come 20 the depot in his shirt sleeves,
much 10 the qualification, no doubt OF the
Reduul bellies. wuo make 1t point OF
honor ALWAYS to see the cars come IN, ami
n wait on the platform till they 20 Oil.
r. fsa r-eat Inconvenience 70 them, but
ra.v are willing to sacrifice themselves
seerv dav If thereby they may behold
~r.czln-. and a. the same time afford the
...-s-.,sr- some excuse for pokIng their
heads out Of the windows
Sresius house is perhaps the most I'm
aa-sa, in the county Ii Is situated on
ibe shoulder of a little mountain. has
.la5.a to il, and is quite the country villa
u appearance. & wHJle-souled gentle
man full Of 4ueqI0te ami humor, used o.
own ii. Was rank -ecessI IouIst. After
saa war he became So melancholy that he
whipped clear over, and took 4 thoroughly
We1-tera1 view d politics which view
Dow maintains with wonderful astute-
ai a6i.itr.
IT -.ickIu- ever cdmc possessed Of
.H . house nobody ever knew exactly
T. -F br. son-in-law bought it for hlm
a #at a- { may. he no sooner came into
3. H. -CYI
Hu44 age which the neighbors had
.e.a H-.a. for fifty years That was not
Ua e5.0nz3d in the rear Of bis farm
twenty thirty families of freedmen
~tick5ns, Every one Of these
-8 voted for young Stickius for
ra aud they elected him. Nor
.-a On the farm next to the
-#.. a.3 .0,a. Suckins lived venerable
e4.r 4Ir. d near connection of President
81 N...a. aaI one Of the pUrest and best
i a.u-a beings. The negro coiouists ate
aaa aaa.el aud sevcnty-hve sheep for
lis poor old lady. They did not leave
a.r4 single cne. Meanwhile, SticlinS
devoted -.a-iu-.aw was sheariDg a richer I.
H. uige of the Federal bankrupt
lrt ~ owned TO an income Of fifteen I
...I-aaI dollars, then slyly took the bene- /
a-.. Bankrupt Act himself pOcketed, It
ae.evlI not less than two hundred thou
-aa. Ia..ar- aud fed to Omaha or else .
ra.-g ~rc>ius soon followed him, and
Ii. HaaH considered the riddancc cheap.
ea things are enough to make putty
@ b -ag nothing Of blood. Stickius .
aat ua.v said !. beow. but MIXED his
seows 81 th his own hand and the r ch-
mend per-. edited by men who couldn't
tae tie eHce between plough hand
4ul the Paaateulb, used to hold the Stick
IS zen les Hn t3 the young men as examples .
eeabf orezset imitation How We coua
trg peap.. layereI the wisdom Of these
Practical hard worsing editors
Our farm ay mile and half beyond
~lcsus We called il BoscobeI, because
pe we're such viruent PurlJans. you know
The tract consisted originally Oh five nun
Irei acres but We were quite content
F.,h tao hundred and fifty acres and the
house. 80 determined were we to recognize,
i not accept the situation, and to sink 10
the Ieve. Of the occasion We took all the
Richmond papers, and got plenty Of prac-
neal enough. indeed to manage two
such farms under the new. uo-slaye order OF
things
say "a' The fact is. nay aunt. Mrs.
smith. aaa-a, the farm but as l boarded
with her, and gave her tue benefit of that
s4-t common sense which distinguishes the
magazine writer from all other animated
creatures. l bold myself personally respou-
sIb.e for tie Ee.r.r of cur new no-slave
farming, aud therefore say We. "a
say il again We.
The first thing was to move iu. 80 We
moved IN. Now, this business Of moving
.- not remuuerative. as one Franklin, an
.eetrcian and wei. acquainted with the
-V- Of swift moving, mas heretofore re
ullael. P.ease consult him on this point J
-ai save me further comment We dump
FL several four-horse loads Of furniture
4.l Che yard-a very pretty yard-and
ael l-ged, 0r had it Iugged into the s
house i9r safety. | was surprised to see
vtl what ease negroes could be hired TO
move furniture INTO the house
was 6.g house and the most awk-
r-li.Y ana. 10 truth, insanely built house (
-tFes ~ ia The former owner was
.-aaI still Is, at seventy three years
ze-o1e ofthc haudsomest and court
mea IN the State Wealthy aud a b
.,s4a. be had Just begun to modernze
3. house when the war broke out and y
stopped him. The side which looked b
#slra the railroad was finished. Il had b
1ral .i1y sort Of Swiss roof, the under p
ls 9. winch was painted skv blue IfIv
7oa u.I been c6ng IF tb,s rnsa,zi,o q
.lI rem..a,dr the .6ove skv bIne f,ct d
h. r.rr r..os,or 80 tbronnt w. S, -aC,' =.
Nev0-es9s yog nav see nc bonts .';t1 ;t-eIc
which vii i, Won Srost deal . T',v of @ooJ I,Isii'