St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-09-05
The Squares Guest.


shaded street ut the north end" stood
the stately red-b brick Orthodox church.
at the ''south end" the homely white
Methodist. Possibly its being so well
guarded at the cXtremities might ac-
count for the Subdued and altogether
go-to-mceting air which prevailed.
The people of Dutton were ike their
dwellings plain but very reSpectablr
They came of good Puritan stock. at
tended closely to their every day at-
fairs, did nnt run after ''ncw tangled
notion" Wee Staid and Scdatt- in ap-
pearance AMI behavior. and made Il
very worthy md steady going commit
nifty.
There WAS one grand parsonage in
the village, however. who would not
thank lis for Jumping him of iudi>-
Crlmlnatcly among the people ot Dat
ton. He word consider The gen
tlcman of Duttnr as Il much more ap-
prnpIiatc designation. This WAS squire
Wilheriorcc. Il httlc. pomp"u>. AFRO
CANT man If we may Use 50 general a
term who lived upon a slight cmimcnce
ucar the Orthodox church. If this
square. old-ta>hioIcd mansion had
been Il fortified castle of stone and hr
the lord of the MAJ or. he could not
have taken upon Himself more high
and mighty airs with the village folks.
VIII" in their Turn. looked upon him
with great deal of vtnclati"n. His
claims To distinction were chiefly based
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amaze and h,.nildrr Them in nrd.. that
The, miahI realize, ar,.A th,. iu,uin.,:iblr
distance which lay hrraccu Them.
Onc, hc made a tlip To Ro~rnn. and
uunu his return hrnuuht with him -
lone. uty>rrrinu~ InnL, inc" box. II u.t,l,
o, .rT,.,t deal nf t,li y,L,.r rhr ..I,ir,.'
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with il upon hi, vannI. and il VA,
souu rrnrraIly vhi>nrI,d ,hnl,r and he
licy,d that the spur, had been to town
tu select his own coffin. Deacon .Jour,
uI,>>rd rorcthcr hi, finger tin. and
s.,id if WIS ..tittium h, >hnuId think of
hi, Latter end" While his lively wifi.
added that. :. 'Tvaut yer, likely thr
squire would run the ri<k of letting
,nyhody else choose if when hr rnuld
do il himself: and ne was 81 ;maliuu
nice and particular that. for her part.
she shouldn't hr Il mite taken ahark tn
sr, him rouse up and conduct his own
funeral if things didn't suit" The dra-
con and his wife were both vroum,