Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-02-21
The family Cirtle.
A Sharp Boy.

ported to be drawn by a prominent New
York firm, and bore the forged endorse
ment of II country merchant.
On this check he obtained the sum Of
three hundred and thirty-five dollars. He
had possessed the money but three days
when he was arrested He is now, at the
age Of twenty-siX, serving out a sentence
of seven years in the state prison.
This caso-one of the very many cases
wherein rogue and forger is brought to
grief-interested me, because knew Do
vor when he was boy. He was native
of town in northern New England, and
was considered one of the smartest lads in
that region,
AS read in Il newspaper the narrative
of his downfall, many incidents of his early
career came freshly to my mind. They
seemed the more vivid, from the fact that
in my younger days l had somewhat adj
mired his shrewdness.
Everybody who lived in his native town
OF in the county, ten or twelve years ago,
must remember Will Dover's black fox"
The affair caused great deal of talk and
merriment at the time
In those days the boys of the town used
to hunt foxes in the autumn and winter.
Sometimes we received very remunerative
prices for their skins red fox-skin, if
in prime condition, was then worth five
dollars. Red foxes were the most numer-
ons hut occasionally there was another
snncios Of fox found thonoh if was rather
rare which we called a "silver- orav. 81
and tw;no T remomhsr that hlnci5 royos
had been couaht, A silver. orav fox.skin
was worth from twelve 10 thirly dollars.
and tho elm If , trnn hl,ck fnx vos sliIl
MOVE ,M w., v,lnahIc ava ~
Thnre wern also what wc termed " cross.
Oh Grave y whose skin thonoh inferior r.
thai If The " silvrr.cravs =" Vas vet worth
WHOM in nrimn conli,ion os mnch md
n,oro ih,n thnt Of - red fox Wbonver
wos lnckv cnongh to rontnre = genuine
:, silvnr Grov y E7lt that hn h,d n,ode . Good
wenk,s worI, and to RIM down a black fax
wac =, Grant nvnnt
Rnt 70 roturn 70 tbe story of VIII Do.
ror,s =" bIart fnv y "
We had hoard tho b,ring Of Dovor,s
bornJs f,r two J,ys ami sm7nosod that he
hoJ aoi - fnv Vivian hownTpr NO renor,
roanTnd ne hat IVnl haI c,nrht ~ bI.nl
G, IN tho rn,'rcr , NJ eahon,s yore
vow mnnb aycit77d'
Vo wont in eo,ads to coo tho elin 7,
soomnd r. hn tHat NJ = hlsck fnv sure
ononnh ava il was l,rro ono too TberC
yns So ~ Wv. White ~. ovon y or,v bni,, On tb(
melt
:. ne met like mi. foIlows " VIII said
tons IT ranilv DOM think th,t this Cox
was in inst whit ynn nirbt call nrimG
o ""Y J'' I;1 ho;r soaife Joosn,t hnv(
inst tb l sn,rLIo tn if th,t I wish if did
INT it's = vnrv Mica nolt for MI th,, y
Tno tbo ~ wo. not sn olis,nnioo =,
,,o ha1 coon rot if was III honlr 7onr
Iootnd vorr r}icL How ,yn onvioJ wa
his Good c,ytune' ' v -
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cone into tbst section of tbc rountl,v
sono,vhnt nnsor,,n,lous ,r,vnlir, frr.jn.I
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In hnvinr on', rnrs bo uynd n ,olo o1.
van,o~o' NJ ,G7 ne hovsNot ,onsf ws fnlt 60.
and we hnd coo1 reason for the susnicion
Ito Knew Row 10 deceive ne in deprecin.
tiro ou, f,rs Wbon bIrtIinr ,vn,ild no
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ni l, tolIino ~ that tbo nricoS Of f1r h.l
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lioG ['iaO VI u pl'1N IN pu| Vi !" coiili,io
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ol unys' No'il'''S iurl'ior was oohe 'oou
inc e., fraud ...,.. p
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P'PoI' anu was col1le'' lit anu "I"0 us
rare piece Vi ro?uery. ,.,.....-e
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nUya ie,V VllaS " III ii'1u 9one Il slll'tI tnls
we 50 nc"lllly ue'cslG.! l1''Il'ul t1I'V "
saw no wrong III eNult'hS over Ilie JUG
lil'V NC h"o iouAu MS ill''cll' anu DceI
cleh 1 a. EE ,G lv.,, was muSlllhs a
Wlf'U they cIlieu "l!l sll"lP 'E''ue'
NO one called IL by It's rISliI name JF""d