Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-02-12
Don QuiXote;
OR, ADVENTURES OF THE MAD
KNIGHT OF LA MANCHA.

ioned gentleman named Alonzo Quixana.
He had great library of books on
knight errancy, which he pOred over
night and day, till at last he stumbled
on the crazy fancy of turning knight
himself and setting forth upon his steed,
armed cap-a-pie. in quest of adventures.
So he secured up suit of rusty old
armor, dubbed his bony nag Rozinante,
rechristened himself Don Quixote de la
Mancha, and pitched upon good look
ing country girl named Aldonza Loren
20 to be the lady of his devotion, renam-
ing her Dulcinea del Toboso.
Thus prepared, he mounted Rozinante,
grasped his lance, and sailed forth from
his back yard into the fields early one
morning, in the greatest heat of July.
"Oh. happy age p'>he cried, ''decreed
to usher into the world my famous
achievements. Oh, Princess Dulcinea,
lady of this captive heart remember
your slave, who for your love submits to
so many miseries !''
Full of such soliloquies, he rode on
till toward evening, when, being almost
famished, he reached an inn, which he
fancied to be castle with towers and
pinnacles, moat and drawbridge. The
fat innkeeper Hospitality received him,
and pig driver happening to sound
his whistle several times, Don Quixote
grew the more positive that he was in
famous castle and entertained with mu-
sic at supper. Then he gravely depOsi
ted his arms in the horse trough and
fell to watching them, preparatory to re-
ceiving the honor of knighthood, which
the innkeeper, becoming aware Of his
delusion, readily agreed to confer. But,
before the ceremony, two innocent carri-
ers, who removed the arnAS 90 water
their mules, we're so valorously battered
by our hero's lance that their comrades
returned the attack with a volley of
stones. The host, disrelishing these
mad tricks, quieted the carriers and has
tened to slap Don Quixote on the back
with his sword, which was then buckled
on by cobbler's daughter, and the new
made knight started for home to get
some money and clean shirts.
On the way he rescued a lad whose
master was strapping him soundly for
carelessness. But no sooner was Don
Quixote out of sight than the man gave
the lad seven-fold drubbing
Highly pleased with himself as re-
dresser of grievances, the valiant knight
next essayed to make train of Toledo
merchants confess the peerlessness OF his
Dulcinea. But Rozinante stumbled and
rolled him on the ground and muleteel
broke his lance and belabored him with
the pieces.
In this plight he was found by al
honest husbandman, who helped hin
home, where he informed his niece, il
presence of DR.. Perez, the curate, tha
he was bruised by dreadful fall from
his horse while fighting ten outrageou
giants.
"Ho, no !" cried the curate, "then W
will have them all burned by tomorrow
night !'
This threat he executed by rummag
ing through the knights library Will
he slept, and making bonfire of tn
mischievous romances that had bewil
dered his mind.
After some days rest Don Quixot
sailed forth secretly again, accompanie
by Sancho Panza, silly fellow whor
he had secured as his squire by promi:
ing to make him governor of some islam
or other which they were likely to COZ
quer. The first enemies they met wer
thirty or forty windmills, which DO
Quixote valiantly defed as giants, will
out giving ear to Sancho, who assure
him they were windmills and no giants
"Stand, towards % cried the her
Rand fly not basely from sing
knight"
Then, devoutly recommending himse
, to his Dulcinea, he couched his lane
{ rushed with Rozinante's utmost spec
/ upon the first windmill, and ran
\ lance into the whirling sail, which shi
cred his weapon and hurled both knig
and horse upon the ground. Sancho r;
. up as fast as his ass Dapple could 2
e and exclaimed:
}. "Did not tell you they were win
) mills, and that nobody could think OF
I, erwise unless he had also windmills
o his head 2"
- "Peace, friend Sancho." said d.
a Quixote 81 am persuaded that ours
IS necromancer who carried away my boo
has transformed these giants into win
: mills to deprive me of the honor of v
J. tory"
q In his next encounter he put to fig
= two monks, who hurried off, maxi
q more signs of the cross than if satan
lie been after them.
d. Stopping at another inn, which he
u so took for castle, our hero loftily
~ fused to pay, and, brandlshing his Ian
a made off without opposition. But S;