Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-04-29
What they all Saw.

Once upon time, carnage WIN SIN
gle horse before it, went jogging along a
quiet country road. In it were an old gen.
tleman, young lady, small boy, and the
man who was driving also a small pet dog.
Each of these six-the old gentleman the
young lady, the small boy, the driver, the
horse and the dog-had two good eyes, aud
exactly the same scene was spread before
them. They all heard the same sounds
All possessed intelligence the old gentle
man the most, indeed, and the horse and
dog the least, but each, nevertheless a de-
gree Of it. Earth, outwardly and geograph.
ically, was the same to them all but when
we come to look into the realities Of being, no
two of them we're living in the same world
The horse inwardly pronounced the day
warm, and the hills needlessy steep He
wondered whittier he was TO 60, how long it
was intended to stay, and if there we're
plenty of oats in the place to be visited
lie marked every turn in the road, and said
to himself, " When we come back and get
to this point, shall know exactly which
way to CO." Once he detected dreadful
monster lurking in the bushes, and SHE'D
with sudden fright ; but, taking another
look, found that it was only mossy rock
The little dog saw every other dog on
the road. Had he been on foot be would
have been as peaceful as the most consis-
tent of Quakers but mounted on high, out
of reach, as he was, be did not hesitate to
show his teeth, and bark savagely at the
biggest cur which he saw. He also noticed
n cat or two and wished that he could get
out Of the carriage and give them little
healthy exercise.
The small boy saw red squirrel running
along the fence, and wished that he could
catch it, He debated the question whether,
in case he should catch the squirrel, it
would be better to keep it, or sell it for 6f-
teen cents, and buy ball Of kite-string with
the money. He also discovered birds
nest in a tree but could not determine,
though he twisted his neck very much to
see whether it was a new nest, or one of
last years construction. He saw green ap-
pies in the orchard, aud wished his grand
father would let him get some Of them, but
concluded that il was useless to ask.
The driver looked at the horse won
dered if the old gentleman did not get taken
in little when be paid two hundred dol
lars for him wondered if this piece ofhar-
ness was not little tight, and that one a
little loose and whether the shoes were all
right. He saw all the horses that passed
him, and noted their various points of ex-
cellence and their defects. He wondere cd
whether he should ever have horse Of his
own; and spent some time meditating on
the comparative merits of blacks and bays.
Lastly, he wondered whether he would get
home to dinner
The young lady was given to meditation.
She reviewed the last love story which she
had read and thought how miserably happy
they must be, the course of whose true love
does not run smooth. Then she dreamed
out a story of her own, herself the heroine
the handsome young gentleman the grim
guardian courtship; proposal guardian
inexorable; interview forbidden; letters in
tercepted desperation fight; pursuit ;
escape; marriage; grim guardian relents
hands over the money; tears and recon-
ciliation all round; bliss.
The old gentleman was quiet, observant
and meditatvc. He heard the song of the
birds; he noticed the fragrance of the fields
he saw every beautiful tree and flower, the
meadow, the hill, the forest and the stream.
lie noted the blue heaven and the golden
sunshine, and thought of the goodness and
skill of the hand which fashioned them all