Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-04-12
story Of Tough Winter Thirty Years

They used to have tough winters in New
York. That delightful editor. Levi, Gay
lord Clark. told us in his department OF
he old time hnickcrtorher .Ntg9cinc. :,
rOuching story of the cold winter nrh' :
thirty years gone. He got into a stag.
one night at his Office. way down town. and
was for some blocks the sole occupant OF
the drtughty. creakin~ vehicle. Then il
stopped and took in Il pompous Old fcl-
low, swlth~d in iurS and warm woods
The fare in those DAYS was six cents and
the new conner pokcd Il five dollar bill M
1t the driver, who dumbiy shouted back
hat he could not make The change. his
fingers were 50 cold, and 50 the pompous
man curled up in his comfortable clothes
md the editor sat and thought what a
small mean soul that man had in him
! They rode on and on; finally, with u great
! -al of smoky breath. the drivers thick
Voice came through the hole: Haven't
We got any hange at all?' AMI the rich
man looked insilteI and shouted. :. No.
| tell y"u; there's that bill. and again h-
offered it.
But the driver faced round saying
! I'm too cold to change il
/ And the stage drove on. the rich man
doing and Mr. Clark thinking him over
md making up hi, mind that he htd th.
round,>t shouldered narrowc~t cile>ttd
soul that VAS ever mad" in~i le him.
On, on they rode. till the stare was way
mp town. up ;t> far rs Blcerhcr street..
which was up own then. Here the rich
III IN got up t" leave and to Cl,rk's great
indignation. handed up the five dollar bill
'yain, but TO tl,rk'> utter imaz -mcut and
.,btshment. also said:
'lland in six cent, To the company and
put the rest in your pocket; it : a cold
night. that II help warm ve."
He bounced out and Clark felt Mr.. K
f. Mor>,. tugying At his heart Strings He
wanted to run after, >h K" h.n.l> an / n~h
th.t mans pardon, hut tn" resolve, Ike
most good ones. eilne t"" ll'r.
And the editor f.ll to m"!l)ilin-. per
hap> to sleep. Anyway. ihr tit,~t lhjn. hr
An'w he W.l- carried away past III rec.
and n, "mn,lI, Lad swung rnunl in'"
the stable >ald. Two 81 three .rutf men
with lu''tn> -Errnun'II liI'm :tni wrIr
pulling A HE ,l iyrr'- leg. with Ill BIZ.
Wak'. M. old u,n'
Mr Cluk lnmhl'~l out and finding
-omt, hing WAS wr"ng hnL.rcI Il n"mcn
To SEE. to III horror. the mi-cr,b cdrver
fled from his seat a corpse troz"n to
dc:.sh on the perch; hi> lines still Wing in
the ~till fingers the CLASSY eyes open. :t- if
in death ih,. poor dI ivcr meant to look o-l
G., hi. h,,.>.
Then Mr. Clu. reln~mlnlel the Incl
dent of the FIVE dollar bill AM wen, with
III. dead mo ,h. Office Th.r,. +, koI
in-iJ, the man, r,r.r.I mi1,,ns s,, M.
money. ANA very wiIlinrlv tb,. man in
cir.r.e 'chntWicdg,.l hi> r.ht t. it.
Ban the, n,r.. n,lt uf the. uiYh;', work
remain. Bu L,l /. vIt,.. ana SOM. Of
the n.n told h w tl,. poor. devoted crr.,-
IIlre. fhr>. cOll nirIr- h i :. nice waru
sumner ana !: ;on.in.r tir. IN v,irin., f,r
her man VIII, .Iroy,. lIe ;,,t ..,,o. nm.
And Mr. Clark y,,lunr.r,..l IA ,,,,.,Lr th..
~,l >iuhr which VA, 10 h'iu4 ii.u>,. t.,;th-
fuI v.,,,.l, NO eve, Ui,h fh,;r fears ,n.
break th.. news gently to th,. Door widow
Thon L, I,,,rih,.- fin. f,r1,ilr.n,n IN I'M.
miserable. hons. on Tenth Ay,uljr. where
rh. Iirh- If ~. l;,ti.. winI,w s.re,n3,.J
nur far into ,Lc n;rLt. ! beacon 10 1b..
hnn,.,. hear, ,n,nin,r homo "a l,cr. thc
,h..ar,. fac. - H.. on..pin,, d,o,. that
>hrank ftarfillv hack i. = >rr,n.r,r. the.
p,.. r,nn, Win .f. .onfort,l,'.. >n,,..,.
,nokin., -, ,hn save. IN. IitrI. ,.,l,.. 80,
FIR tI,n- ,Ln nnnf,.,I.., e,.;1nn.r. nf IN.
xon,n.. ,b,ift III! l,ya ,n.I ,b.n ,'1..
,h.. },,,. .lf,,l stow.
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I>pIA>s AFTER AN UoNt>r MA>-In-
dams can be made tretchrrou~ bat they
can be honest and who shall >lv hoW The
dishonesty of others ha- led t. their
treachery' They know when thcv ar
cheated. IL our government has t,'uul To-
il cost. An old trader. who had esttb-
li>hed himself 1t what happened to be
favorable lntalitv among the northern
Indian, tell, L good ~.orv OF hi> tir>.
trials with hi~ red customers. Other ira
,!er> had located in that same pIa,,. before.
hnt had not remained lone. The Indians.
who evidently wanted goods. ani had
money and fur>, flock krl about the store g.
thc new trader and examined h~ goods
bu, offered to buy nothing. Finally. their
chief. with a Iar1c number If hi> tribe
visited him
How, do .Iohn3 SAID the chltf. Show
me- goods. Aha take that blanket for
me and that calico fur >ju3w-tllrec otter
skins for blanket and on, for calico nh
pav YOU hy'm bv-to-morruw
liz. received his goods and l,t, On th,.
next dlv he rr.urr cl with a large part OF
his band. his blanket well stuffed with
skins of various kinds New. John.
lav.''
And with tins he drew a. otter SKIN
from his blanket and laid il on the coun-
=, fourth. \ moments hesitation. as
,hourh calculating. and he drew out a
fifth skIn. 4 very rich and rare one. and
n,sS,d il over
.Th,t's richt. John.
last skin. with
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