Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-10-18

.~D\Y. Ot.ODrR Is, 1876.
NLw BEDFORD, Sept, 1876.
LpirpE:-l have Il strong affec-
,-mout, Lccause | am a scion of
At WA, nurtured on its emerald
fr father drew his infant breath
.'l town of Barnard, and many
.a sitting upoh his knee (when
la~ depicted to me his child
ami the youthful sports tina. he
. farmers lad in this romantic
\ force of circumstances
81 at the early age of fifteen to
homestead. and with many a
uj'y link was severed, and a
.,-t boy was set aGoat upon
, s,Gou~ sea.
-.l the Mountains, and in a
a- at its foot, he was duly in
.u apprentice to the book bind
il Of eighteen hundred and
4 ., daWned, ard the clarion of
a.racd its ayenging tones over
ip rrvcrbcrating hills reiterated |
.u"r and troops in large num-
r,.i there on their way to the
adj | forget an incident he has |
"a to me of two soldiers that
u.atants. Whether of the
ANY or not | am unable to saw;
.p son Of Erin and the other a
L Yankee. The quarrel grew
.'. hurled by the Iri>hman to
... He thought that he was
-..'cd. and resented it by deal
run9l blow. When the Grim
.t. began to flow, his beloved
8. not far distant, ran to him,
uN}-ms of grief stopped down
! lis gory head in her ample
uqtrlr in fearful attestations of
urut and the goodness center
wing spouse, then in a volley
.- upon the guilty one who was
,ag Of the cruel deed, and, in
tire race Of Iankeedom, with
81 = hrart >he looked upon his
3u. and in an out burst of ma
..r addressed his cold corpus
.,ic,ir like these: Many a
travelled with We; how we
.. vows in the " ould.' country.
..I newer to be separated. come
Gar Young hearts, like Il
,u'.I across the big ocean,
.or the hirdships endured
u u'W anl then would interrupt,
gLilt5 would 90 back to the
country we had left. But
'Y seek Il fortune in the new
.uHi>hcd our regrets. and with
- ..i'> we lit upon its shores
.-A.Ho of prosperity brightning
Then. with a forlorn hope
80, ],
...r FROM tha world, she re
has left his poor Molly to
..'rHugh the cold world; my
..n nothing to lean upon If
.'" " soul could but take pos
~. and light up his blessed
... t,hlt relief it would be to
Lcart.
U.tNIN LEADING TO A CON
VERSION.
e nineteen my father was at
H RI" lung fever. and wheu it
1.c,t. and fears were enter
rl..- Of his speedy dissolution.
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