Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-08-27

done. Il
To il he owed sOal-birth, which butt
comes from the cOntast Of the at,empered {
spirit with the dear touch of mOther-na-
tare:
He loved every BIT OF 1.-THE lichencd
and veined rock, with It's necklace Ofwid
flowers; the brook which chattered and
sparkled at its feet the cOlumuar trees,
up whose stems his fancy mounted and
gamblsd with the squirrels; and afar be-
yond to the left the crowded blue Of the
distance, whose vast crest mingled and In
terlOcked in evsr-vssying suggestiveness
and beauty.
He promised himself, some day, to Wis
il these, when the vacation time came,
and his life should fall of satiated and
full from the nourishing scenery now
around him.
One evening, after release from the
humilia,iug smells Of the farm-yard, and
even escaping the milky glimmer Of the
fair dairymaid's moving arms, he sped
with a small book Of very uumuscular
poems which Le loved to his dear retreat
Already at distance, his spirit pre-
dicted disaster. A malevolcnt power was
abroad, and he felt it. All the
more quickly did he fly to his dear cas-
cade and rock. While afar off, he be-
, held an intruder.
j.. Another had discovered her, and was
wooing his sylvan goddess, A rival
one more devoted and faithful than him
! self it maybe. lilo sighed to think of
Q sharing Whit till now had been so wholly
r his. He advanced with caution, hiding
!, himself as he advanced, beyond field and
f bush, till, breathless and on tip-toc, he
stood silently behind the intruder.
= Gracious heavens. what did he discover
's A lover, rival this A little ignoblt
L fellow in thread-bare blouse was seated
ON what he had called his throne, and wa
l. compscently contemplating the work o
10 his hands. On one side of him was al
a ignoblc hand bag open, and showing fold
ed paper Of various sizes and celors. l
is looked like a toad with his mouth open
1t and revealing its polluted and vcnomou
F. interior. On the other side Of the iguo
n BILE figure wssu vast pail or can. with
k, long stick projecting from it, and ladder
c. But, horror of horrors On lookin
re upward TO see what made the isnoblc fg
I'd ure rock and undulatc with such unez
rs planned satisfaction, he lifted his eyes an
lis saw.-"Use Gobbots Pills." "Quack
ar Vcrmifuge. "Pettinworth's Kidnoygills
W Willoughby Aspen did not pause or d.
Al II lay an instant. His timidity, his drocl
''S ing. hower.like tenderness. convulsed b
's' the insult. fell frsm him like garment.
'"' With cry of rage and exultation,
rushed forward, and before the ignob
is- figure could rise. er recognize the Hatu
OF Of the attack the daring Willoughby hi
at bonnetted him with his own paint-pot.
ng The stick caught under his chin, al
'or he could net extricatc himself. His moa
ion and imprecations from within his hea
ms gear but sent the paint streaming do'
we his face and blouse the more. No d
ere with his head in stone pitcher too sm
his in tho neck for him ever was more unco
an- Portable.
He got to the neighboring inn in q sta
Ter. which need not be described. No wat
to no soap, no turpentine, could for long
She move from his person the marks of
en- vengeance of Willoughby Aspen. \
nth would the aggressOr have been suspcct'
and unseen as he was by his antagonist,
ere that he came forward himself to modes
un- ayow an act which he thought did b
and credit.
hat He was arrested and tried for assa
e of and battery. The courtroom was cro'
The ed. Desolate for the time was the CO
,ty; try bar-room; its loafers and story-tell'
Q of and the gentlemen who took their sti'
'ises lants below in silerce and privacy, II
'ook crypt, as if il were religious exerc
ide, all had deserted for the over-aowing CO.
ess- room. The simplicity of the case m
like its duration short AT its close, the ju
rock addressed the jury.
ated Fortunately, he was wise, aad hun
ist; and neither Coke!nor Littleton
his dried up the juices Of his affectionate
,ent, ture.
Ding After sly look at the jury-box'
bled shook his wattles, and beamed upon
ley's multitude.
: ON "The offence, of battery being prt
( the against the prisoner, he must submit
wen, the rigors Of the law. His assault
ition sudden. reculiaf; and so using the
f the strupents of the arsist's profession,
auti. dsluging him in color, it was like s.
rould ing kid in its mothers milk, And