The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-10-07
COUNTY NEWS.
LEICESTER.

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filled.
Farmers arc oil busy this fue
weather harvesting their crops. No frost
yet in the Otter Greek valley. New
crops are growing as green as in June.
Leaves on the trees are dying Of old age.
Business is quite brisk at the lime
quarries now another large order Of
about twelve hundred barrels has just
been received, and for some time past il
has required the running Of the two large
kilns to supply daily orders.
Mr.. Irwin Barker sold his yoke OF
heavy oxen to NJ. T. Shackot. last week,
we understand, for two hundred and fifteen
dollars, and fat COW for thirty.fve dol.
lars. Those, together with some thirty
head more,were CARED here last Monday
destined for the Boston market,
Some of The good people in the
neighboring town Of Whiting, in District
No. A are, or have been, having quite q
time in relation to school matters. Eor
number Of years, from lack of scholars
there was no school and when, some four
or FIVE years ago, two or three families
with children moved into the district and
naturally wished for the chance of com.
mon school education for them, 10 q
bitter spirit of opposition met them at the
very outset. Last spring, from some cause
they failed in holding the annual school
meeting. This fall, wishing for winter
school lowing to the small number of
scholars no attempt was made for sum.
mer schooD. a school meeting was called
according to law, but owing to opposition
and the persistent efforts made to vote by
ono man who was not considered legal
voter, the meeting failed to organize aud
was adjourned to another evening. When
the evening arrived, the house was fall of
interested spectators. The district is
small as to numbers, only nno voters in.
Guiding the one whose vote was question.
able; one of these was absent, so only
eight remained. A moderator from this
number thinned the ranks of the minority
wanting school, SO when the question,
school or no school, came up, the lover
whelming majority" as the politicians
say,of FIVE against to two in favor, blasted
all hopes in that quarter. How is that
for the nineteenth century, in this cen.
tennial year, and here in Vermont of all
places in the world 7 And then another
thing, some miscreant, either from within
or without. did himself moro harm than
the district, by removing the school.
house bell. Verify, "reform" is needed
"A certain young man in this town,
whom for convenience we will call Joe
has acquired q serious dislike to artists
generally. In fact, he is in high state
Of indignation, and manifests it by saying
that he would be pleased to get hold of a
certain artist just once. How this was
occasioned, we will relate in the language
in which it was told to u.s. as nearly as
memory serves US right.
This young man has q sweet heart-as
most young men have,or wish they had
in one Of our western towns, and he con.
ceived the happy idea Of having his pict.
urc taken for the express benefit Of this
object of all earthly affection. So he goes
to a neighboring artist, and benignly
informs him that he desires picture,
taken in the highest style of his art lie
also gratuitously tells him that ho wants
it for young lady in whom he is deeply
whoreat the artist smiled a
sad, sweet smile, and remarking that he
hoped she had strong nerves, proceeded
to take the desired picture In due pro.
cess Of time all was ready; he entreatcd
the artist to do his level best, and manu-.
featuring smile that would have con.
quered stump fence, he complacently
awaited results. These were not salts.
factory to our noble youth, and So anx.
ious to please his fastidious taste, the ar
fist prepared picture number two,in which
our hero introduced an addition to the
smile, Of doubtful improvement This
was condemned, Picture number three
was produced, with the remark that If
this did not suit, he might go to the place
where furs and overcoats are never need.
ed. Our hero looked at it sidewise and
bottom side up. and failed to see the
perfection expected, save in the nous.
tache, on which SO much time and wax
had been lavished. This, like the city on
the hill, could not be hid. Finally he
got on the northeast corner Of it and
looked at it with one eye closed, and
gradually the light dawned on him, 1t
looked better than he feared, and begging
an envelope of the distracted artist, he
mailed it, enclosing only these words,
"irom your own Joe." Serenely he
wendell his way homeward, thinking how
pleased she would be to possess a picture
Of her faithful! one. Indeed he was so
impressed that he lay awake all night,
thinking how lovely she looked viewing
that picture, and almost fancying he
could hear her saying Just like my
darling joe" Alas for the vanity OF
human hopes. How rutblcssly the fabric
Of our ideal is torn by the stern. cold
hand of fate Imagine-for we cannot
describe, the feelings of this came young
man when, few days later, he received
the following exquisite note:
"Deer Joe Thank you for the picture
OF q gorilla you cent me. Pa ses he
didn't kno tibet gorrillas he'd muttach
befour Cum and SEQ mo
Yurc living Mehitablo.'
And now he is anxious to get hold oil
that artist, and We fear that if he does
his capabilities for taking pictures will
be exceedingly narrowed.