The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-05-04

/ give and bequeath the sum of twenty.
five thousand dollars"
"To my beloved nephew Samuel o.
Haynes, who hope may have learned
during the year that has elapsed, lessons
of wisdom more valuable than money,
| bequeath the sum of twenty-five thou
sand dollars, which | direct my execu.
tor to pay over TO said HAYNES as soon
as may be convenient. further direct
my executor to annually pay to said
Haynes the income from the remainder
of my property, both real and personal,
and TO pay from the principal to said
Haynes on his thirtieth birthday, if he
be living, or to his heirs or assigns If de-
ceased, the sum of twenty-five thousand
dollars, and to pay to said Haynes on his
thirty-fifth birthday the remainder of
my property, be it more or less"
went down to the store just as usual
the next morning, for wished to show
people that | had too good sense to have
my head turned. When 1 filed our
best customers molasses Jug with kero.
sene, knew ] had demonstrated nv
GOODNESS.
The chairman of the board of select
men wanted to know what l should ad-
wise in regard to rebuilding the Piper
stone bridge; the doctor asked what
my candid opinion was concerning the
comparative merits ofmuriate ofammo-
MIA and iodide of potassium in a case of
pleuritis where egophony denotes slight
ettusion, but with strong indications of
adhesion of the mediastinum; and the
minister said there was an article on
"Semi-Pelagianism in the Fourteenth
Century" in the Bibhotheca .Sacra he
thought would enjoy perusing. AS l
stood on the hall doorstep after singing
school that evening, Evelina came out
back of me, and said she, with little
shiver: ooh, how da-ark it isl"
1t flashed across me, as offered my
arm for escort home, that to the femi-
nine imagination matrimony on the in
come of seventy-five thousand is natur-
ally less "solemn ordinance than on
a precarious salary of eight dollars a
week, and nothing found but pepper
mint drops.
Presently Evelina remarked: "Aren't
you very lonely since your aunt died?"
tender emphasis on the lonely. NV
aunt had been dead year, and Evelina
engaged" at least once during that
time.
"Not at all my time and attention
are likely to be entirely absorbed in
business"
"No one can rejoice more sincerely
i'll your good fortune than do |, Sam
uel."
81 don't doubt it, Evelina; | shall al
ways feel confident of your friendship" :"
| leave Evelina at her cottage gate,
and | feel that
OF all the glad words of tongue or of pen
The gladdest are these-"lt wasn't to have been"
The next afternoon my employer in
vited me to be seated behind the rail-
ing that fenced in our Office, and said
he, laying his hand on my shoulder
with confidential parental, sacrifl-
cial air:
Samuel, have been rejecting upon
my duty to you. You are a Young man
just starting in life, and starting in some
respects under favorable circumstances,
but everything depends upon your start
ing right. You have always been faith
tul to my interests, and l have deter
mined to show my appreciation of that
faithfulness. / have decided to sell out
to you"
A glance at the door showed me that
tho way of ooeapc was not out Off
'With all the varied interests of the
business you are already familiar; we
are yearly drawing in more of the trade
from surrounding towns; we have the
confidence of our customers; we have
the confidence of wholesale dealers: we
can buy to the best advantage. 10 all
these privileges you will succeed. Rare
ly is there such an opening for young
man. Consult our books, consider our
profits, reflect upon the income from
the post-office-"
Sir" interrupted |, in thunderous
tones, "by the blessing of Providence
and the benevolence of my aunt, who
is to have monument that will bring
a glow to the bosom of the president
of our cemetery association, I am
now the recipient of modest COM
petence; and shall l squander more
years of precious life on vulgar, soul
wearying dry goods and groceries, SUBJ
ject ever to the fluctuations of Amos
keags and Pepperells, or shall I live on
my income and avail myself of the hui.
manizing influence of letters and cul-
ture? Conscience and the voice of rea.
son within my soul cry, Live on your
income!' Never more will / lift nv
aching eyeballs to scan yon top shelf
for cotton batting and Agawam mixed !;
never shall my trembling fingers seek
to fit on warped pasteboard box covers !;
never shall my wearied ears be greeted
by the ceaseless tinkle Of the money.
drawer bell, or my sated nostrils greet
ed by the odors OF the grinding coffee !
No more shall the brown paper bag and
the white cotton string mingle In all my
dreams. Sir, hate tea, detest salera-
tus, abhor Goldfish, and loathe that post
office and three-cent stamps!"
was done, and knew by the hush
that fell upon that store that whatever
else l might be, l was an-orator.-
CHarper's Magazine.