The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-09-26
4 MODERN DELILiiI.


wholn eoniidelice was Justly placed by
Mcssrss Moonstonc q CO., Jewellers. hi.
cmployers, III whose establishment. nj
NE time We became acquainted with
him, he occupied the post of foreman.
ie was not ssself-made" man as vet.
bat he was on the road to it. For. as
we all know, Providence has still the
Iaiyaniage Of priority in this particular
II makes dts man (sucli az he is) mt a
comparaliv ely early date, whereas.
VIII IRA maifmakes iiin,eli., he seldom
'trcohpishcs It before he is foriv-five nj
the very least. W hen. Indeed. the other
cannot be compared with. him. John
iEvcr tbpil5 cXcepiia glass of beer with
ifiss cnrfv atiianer: M never Smoked.
nor, diScunfsd. took .smf; lac ncyc,
lrlrdlcd an.t hirg in the shape of bill
lard cns, tulcss il was his neatly and
AightiN'rolIed-up umbrella: lie never
was going to add he had no weakness
IS regards the ladies', but this | hardly
dare to write, because of the extreme
ii'fnl pn he ,nah 70 his, tnIc head OF
hair 1Why slolfld any man, not bcino
a. NairiSsns, ,t5kc sliGh g7rai bnins will
lids hair nDlrss 10 make - fayorabl,
Yet, even hrrc must hasten to Il,
john kiddel Justice. IL would have
si'ycked him to have supposed that he
had any general views in This direction
lie was not Don Juan, nor even gay
'lotliaMr; If he liatl had serious designs
iLcy would have been upon one lad,
oilly,hnd BY no means induced by an,
incrctiicions attractions, such as vouii
pr bcanty; he would. in accordance
with precedent, have attached himself
to his masters daughter, though she
lhld been twenty years Older than him.
sell, or n black woman or an Albiuo
Unfortunately, Mr.. Moonstone had onl,
nephcws, whom onr hero could moi
marry, and whowould, in all probabil.
ily, become partners in the concern be.
lore mn. sui hc cultivated that Guc
head Of hdif, harrowed it with a tor.
toiseTalmlN comb, drove furrow
slrnight atross'it from his brow to thc
nape OF his neck, and top dressed il
with maeassar oil and other unr,trnts
shone i'll the sun as brightly as any
of Mcssrs. Moonstonc A. Co.i's~cos,ly IL
wares, over which he presided. AR@
There were other assistants i'm the
shop, ana Win than am sorry TO sa,
MT. John iiiddcl was not popular
young men rarely appreciate in fheiI
ASSOCIATES. 80 much -yirtuo Us resided in
our hero, and especially if that virtue
has hoD been lis own reward, but has
enabled ilspossessor To walk over theil
heads and stop there. There was hard.
one among honh ,bnt at some time
during his seryiludei with Mcssrs
Moonstone y Co. had mislaid a ring OF
u uinkct for few hours, or even had
caused, some loss to, The firm, not So
I-ntch through relessiless as from moi
being quite so wide awake as a weasel
For the way ofa jewelers. assistant
Is set with springs. II is calcnlalec
hat about one ler cent. ofthe custom
ers. at snch establishments are rosuc,
and vsgabonds, people who come tt
Sly. .outshot The naledncss of The land
bt,t llspiches, a,d,'if possible. TO pos
sess Themselves of them by force ol
fraud. And these look as little lik,
rogues rs nature (and ari) can cnabl,
ihem TO do. Notwithstanding all tha
has been written upon the deceillulncs
of riches, il is difficult TO believe thai
gentleman who drives his own mai
phaelon, ora lady no comes in a char
rot. upon Z springs, arc brigands in dis
gnlse. ct The young men at Messrs
Moonspne & G9as, had been, most o
them, ,iakeii In by filPem'ahccs, and n
least once in the lives of each of thci
employees had paid for the cxpcricgce
One of them had taken jewelrv 10
newly-marifed couple at fashionabl,
motel ION approval and had been :,
successful in his recommendation thal
they had "collaredr The whole lot. mt
givsai hihf shelI dose 6fohlAroform il
exchange for them that he was unabl,
To give any clear account Of his adyen
lures for hours ailcrward. Anotho
hal been set upon bya Whole gang o
thieves IN such a prOmiscuous and over
whelmihg fashion that he could recal
nothing Of what had happened, excep
that he had been "siruek with nm i'm
strunctt like the ace ofspades," which
the newspapcRs expressed the hone
would afford some clue 10 the police
they thought it showed, suppose. ,tha
tho Perpetrators Of ilie Outrage mnsil h
either drunkards or gamblers: .bu
nothing came Of the Suggestion. ON
crs, again, had been exposed to the Sd
/ '".''n"' VI ti'V iiil Sun ana III lOSll
their hearts had sacrificed the diamond
of their employers. -.
lp this last regard, Mr. John Riddle
Icing adamanliie. was invalurblt
His youthful as well as handsome look
iattracied these ladies OF Industry, WHO
on entering the shop, gravilaied towar
him quite naturally A man Of lha
age, MS flcy fattcred themselves, an
one so particular about his hair. mus
4 surely fall sn easy victim 10 their lasci
"srS h SsS soiaSaA, r. fsSa sf e,gs. Hs the the
allowed their feelings TO carry them to-
lar Al they had stopped half way
|, where Mr.. Bobby, the cashier, sat, o
ille desk over which Mr.. Mallon Oh
lofo OF the ace of spadcs) presided