Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-11-22

md the two ladsy Not ut all. They were
too intent on their fnory "A large portion Of
which came inside also. concealed in band
boxes held on their knees
We were row twenty passengers, all told -
twcuty-three including children having actu-
ally been crowded in and upon that some
coach. SLOW, indeed, was the pace at which
we moved The three young girls were all
Isctty, and they lad promising faces; they
looked n5 if they were good girls, leading
wholesome, harmless lives. But. alas how
they chuttcd about their own private affairs
and those of thcir best friends, utterly indif-
rercut to the small crowd Of passengers in
side, 10 say nothing of baby and bird They
must have had q very generous wish TO enter
tain ua; uipo-t hattaring opinion Of our dis
crotion. Three merry inagpies could not
have ignored our presence more decidedly.
1t was impossible TO to close ones cars to
their gossip, so shrill, so fearfully shril, were
the voices Of these young damsels. Their
tones We're tarpierciug' indeed. Most Of
us, however, were well accustomed to this
public c,posC of private affairs, and also to
the shrll, girlish voices. wide experience
in car and stage-coach had made us familiar
with these peculiarities of certain young girls
Of the period. We can have no scruple in
sharing with the reader the information thus
acquired. If he had been one of our thirteen
he would have heard it all himself. The
bride We learned. was Amanda, the groom
Tom. Amanda had been engaged until late
ly to Bill, who had gone to sea, seal hunting
in the North Pacific, had been shipwreckCd
on the coast of Alaska, badly injured, and
forgotten. Amanda was that evening to
become Mrs. Tom, the groom being dash
ing clerk from II store in Schenectady, whose
brilliant studs, sleeve-buttons, and watch
chain, had proved irresistible. There was
much more chatter also about the wedding
guests, the wedding cake, and the wedding
bell, - beneath which the happy couple We're
to pledge their vows All this agreeable in
formation aud much more, We received in
the space Of hour, during which the after
noon grew wurmcr aud warmer, the old coach
more and more creaky, rolling about under
the heavy load in way to make the nervous
lady very anxious indeed.
"Ouly think Byansy, suppose We should
upset. What would become of our band
boxes, and tIlle dresses, and trains, and arti-
icills :" cried one Of the brid snaids. laugh
ing m,rr.iy rs she spoke
And our Goman pearls. wouldn't there
be "A smash = replied Byansy, with another
laugh
There was no catastrophe, however. at this
prec!s. point Of the rohl At the end Of au
hours drive the excitement and clatter.ng Of
the bridesmaid, increased they We're about
w. i1"' "-' w - ~
az, - Is - -'''''' '' go. -''
,t-.. .. ,,, ..,:..l .,.,.,. .l,,o-,
twisting her neck ult Of joint ps. sitting ON
tho front bench, -He looked backward out of
the window near her 4 general fiutter OF
o,'i li;', ,'t,i' 'i'' m h. | .,,,i,', , ,,oi,t
explained by iAl eo"gh tiopPins ,S at H",h'
mngro I"iio" ,i ' VIZ "a ;i, i,' i,l'
under hl9sk walnut 'r's' were 'hfee Dugg,1S,
''lu ~ iI"'t " '.'''iu'' si'I s''t' .I
sli5in8 10 Nl' '.Ayi,i''oo'' nti'''I'' on' Wv
i.' ''''r ,I "a e., t,- Ta
m ,, I,,
me yO'us -. ,,r''t
ltusn'"b "'" I""s'.'.Ss d" - -. i'''' ''''''
MY l'.,a,I o.' u 5 ,,. '''' ~
ne ,''nel l1uNs,, io' a. IN "a ~ ti
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me oiI i!ru'Sr u,ac.iu,N i','''i ;''' P'''"'
anu 'ooN LIS I''"'e "b''" ''' an '''7.''''
u kno" them J9nessS' |i'.re the T.uihe
is to be tonight Lt SAID, as we 'Hush' uiS-
tant glimpse OF the boggi'S climbing Ii'
ana l kho" van bruht loiA7' 700. lH'l
don't Nv" more 'hah haii Il ihIis apart across
lots Us hVe miles rounu ny iha' ere eFooh-
Cd road yondtT. Van. .Brnht $ got ue next
post office on this road. us queer con-
cern' 's tn"t lo''-one.' soLieu,.hS ui,SoIi, nm
mou--weH come TO II presently Ana III
shoWy' the cHnningest niue Po,tnls'r5sH! ri ou
| ever see, he added, with hearty laugh 1t
was her brother BilI that was gong TO marry
I'M, ere Aihahu!' ..r,
niue I"7'H''N'I'SS I'm ".
res h"'in anu !,,I'.A 'tr i'.o,iu %.
h,lhc; "'", E'' my nloIe nun ven T"i
olu' IItA"r anu '' i''o"'i i''' ''''' DIV
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i"''''''S'''S' 'tA H''i' o-' % 'i' .''''
surrey, ., ..., 1. ,....,;,,,.
W t4 W 10 A7s .t+lAl ll4N lll ilNAs gums
80, go -. ~ -, i,, ti,a ,;,lln,i.
.n l;,,r. - So Lg',
sat,;,, In. ,ta r,,i-.iIs a.yyenri,,' her Iittls
rt,'l- .,,,lonn.t aud a ,yatcbin' for tb. mail
r,-.', ia, til ,,,n,r Won 500 thr cilds
80 - -, sr,,,, r. Ir,.l,or T;u
49,. ,l,o c,sn ST1ondv was to Iove had for
ber husband Hrt shc,s tIl,en mn with an
otbqr Most folks thinks that Bill won't new
or he heard Of But little po.tlnistrcss is al
ways a-lookin' out Tor a letter"
''She must be good little sister
so she is. / guess when she gets old
enough TO have sweetheart she won't forget
| him Ike Amandy. Youu see her presently,
and see her pos,-oihce, too, which il an on
common concern, not much like that ere big
buildiu in New York City, that I've seen in
a picter'
you seem To have a goo4l many post-of-
fees in this part Of the country, considering
the population. We have passed several al
! ready, - observed our businessman.
such indeed was the fact. The country.
thouoh ouen. with broad reaches of farm
| iend strctrhinr in every direction, lad rather
n Jrsolate iooE There were but four or five
| Ion,lets scattered along p highway measuring
tycrtv-ssysn miles i'm length. Small. single
| bomosteods. however. red, white. yellow. or
unnoipted gray. were seen on outlying farms,
r-5,hrJ lv narrow winding roads
e., ~ MI, sor,,s mail. .boos dron
sun .I; - ,.N - Co.. a., ~'ooJ Of s,aoIl
''i- of .lt riSbt and left obseryedthe
tn',,'e,. binu,5 o"' ~ ''o'''''
.Ilo s.,,,, dro,,s his r,,ilbaos into some
NS'o ,1.. ''''',, 'f; 1aid tL, I6,sncss.n1a,,
w p'1 I'M .'' 'f ,I,.,,, last ynar
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Lei near "DoH' S'H, s"aN ~ 'i'I O-Ct -
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