Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-03-23
Adam Is a Bachelor.
FEW REMARKS UPON ADAM, THE NAN WIFE
OUT CHILDHOOD.

from Inc ElullrA AuFe1llsGI.
Imagine Adam in his loneliness, the only
| human being III this wide, wide world-a full
| grown man at his birth, with no one to grant
HIM u certificate thereof. or to furnish him
| with the evidence that he was ever born al
all lie has never experienced any of the
| perils OF infancy and childhood. such as the
| cutting Of teeth, mumps, measles, and chick
en pUX, without which no young Nan s edu-
cation is complete. Adam Is the only boy
who never had grandmother to mend his
| pants, knit his nfhtens, and stand between
INN and all harm. He had never played the
great and exhilarating game of base ball,
never Ind submitted to the indignity of hav-
ing chip knocked oil Lis shoulder by an
other boy No, he had none Of the essen
tials that go towards making up the average
| boy OF the present day lie found himself
born somehow, a full grown man, n bachelor.
| with no chum i'll the whole universe with
whom to converse upon that intermlnable
| topic. the weather; no one to 20 fishing with;
mo one to love, Zone To car,ss; no one to
sew buttons on his shirt; no one to lend him
u helping hand. there he was, the keeper
OF large geological garden, with no door
keeper to take the tickets, no one to come to
the show,
| Like all bachelors, he seemed to be a mis-
| take, and this quality OF mistake has been SO
severely transmitted through the long ages
that have INTERVIEWED, without let-up or him
ORANGE that IT has become fixed fact, un-
alterable as Persian law. His Maker saw
| what any one ut tins day clearly Sees-that 1t
v,,. mot cool t,r man In la, alone. He. be
| go. tJ,,.t,. ,r..r national and ont of
| ,,I,r ,,.nsr,ilv Adam had in all probabilitv
| h.,,u, Il, manifest same of these necnliar
| .l,r,.tri.t,. and u,s bins.lf convinced
| tb.t th.r. Was someibinr more necessary To
III Lnnu,r,.s lint Ia. L9d NOT tbe brams to
| invent rnr I'm. ing,unitv In devise ANYTHING
| - i,,,.'.,If
Al, '..,.i.1,,,tIv v,. NOT , hor,,, man in
hi. TIT. nj -ll.ss.,ln.ss. ma the Di-
VIM. Rim. .,,r ,nx,nus for fine weltnrs of
| In. creatures saw that If WAS mot nood for
I'm, a. H.. aInn,. and I,,,,,. nav. Lin, uLat
ayn,y n,II ,r,ws man needs ii, som. one
| In ,,ilL to 10 nr.ue with To low, md cherish
.nd II things don't 30 right generally, 90 Tor
| 10 Law paft of the blame upon.
ma Won oy.r co,t,rNnlota tba novertv of
,da,' u ,,e,, h.. tool Nv. for betIrr ar ,ynysc5
IT. ri 90, :, a., La,,r', y hat ,oL;s
III ..,,, Ii, L,.l. a roir ,r sboss 10
L.. 49,, ,,'r go ,,,i c1,,th ~ bis ,rnrrs.rs
49, ~. Ir',,,,ht ,,n low. sb.. haJ
TIN, T., I,..s,,,, ~. L.r Inv, AMI a.
nm md ~, n. v,. tb,. only vounp fellow
,r',nJ II was M, ar uobndv F6pnIIv MS
moor AS her husband. sh, cam. TO HIM with.
rnt :, L,,,n., ar sl.,vl ,.,lirn Gown ar even
81 mir at sinners. Moses fprnot in his re-
u,,r,sr,.,,.,I T., piy, Ms amy account OF their
w.d,I,n,, I'm, hui from what we can Gather
-, r.,.,,fI ~ tL,. ward, lbs of that J,v their
l,,,,,,1,.,. ,,nuII b,v,. t,rn,,J uo iucumbrnucr
inr very limited nmouut sniliced and
Cunt u, vi ',,,a, -,
-, H.. I,,,i.h
-, t'' a',,iII r., - =, tta
-, -, ,rn,.rs m mist boy.
started housekeeping. also, upon as small IL
,lpital rs c,uld well he imagined They
hadn't ms lar AS can lie CLEANED from history,
IL hair brush. II in,-tloth comb. II towel or
soap; NO bitters, soothing syrup, clothes
wrIngtrs smoothing irons no nothing.