The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-05-14

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A man sat on a picket fence.
Picket fences were invented by
Charlemagne and improved upon by
Charles II. of England.
a Still the mar sat on the fence.
BOOK II.
The fence surrounded q tall, gloomy
building. The building had shutters at
the window. The man was Q French
man. There were other Frehchmenin
the same neighborhood. They were In
bed. Frenchmen were discovered by
Oliver Cromwell and subsequently pat
ented by the author. They are copy
righted. Ali Frenchmen not bearing
the signature of the author are spu-
rious.
1t was night. 1t was a dark night.
Darkness is a shadow that arises from
the ground when the sun goes down.
The man on the fence was thinking.
His name was Lippiatt.
BOOK III.
Lippiatt loved Maronette. Maronette
was a girl. She knew Lippiatt. She
did not know that Lippiatt loved her.
Maronette lived in the gloomy house.
Lippiatt did not tell Maronette that he
loved her. lie was contcnted to sit OH
the fence in front of her house. He was
q quiet man. Like all Frcnchmen he
was the bravest man in thirteen coun-
ties. lie wa a tailor. A tailor is a
man who promises TO have your clothes
done Saturday, and then brings them
around week after next.
Lippiattt was poor. All heroes are
poor.
BOOK Nv.
Maronette opened a window and
SHE'D an old book at Lippiatt.
ais that you, Lippiatt?"
eyes" said Lippiatt.
Maronette laughed.
"My father saws | must marry the
man who will bring him the Norwegian
maelstrom," said Maronette.
Lippiatt got off the fence arid walked
away.
Like all tailors in France Lippiatt
| was a good sailor. lie stole q boat and
started for the coast of Norway. A
fearful storm came on. The world
drew on a heavy cloak to protect it from
the storm. The sea opened a thousand
months to swallow Lippiatt. 1t was
hungry for him. His beard and hair
were filled with salt. Great graspine
hands of darkness reached down to
snatch him.
Lippiatt only laughed.
The scene grew wilder. Monsters OF
water crowded against the boat. They
were reaching for Lippiatt. lie steered
his boat to avoid them.
A wave averages 90 feet in height. II
contains 400 tons of water. 1t is thicker
at the base than al the top. In this re-
| spect it is like a pyramid. But il is not
three-cornered. 1t is oval i'm shape. A
round wave is a water-spout. A water
spout is thick at the top and bottom and
slender in the middle.
SLippiatt knew this.
lie was afraid of waves. lie was
| fearful of w~aterspouts.
BOOL vi.
In four days Lippiatt arrived at the
maelstrom.
cit is for Maronette," he said.
The maclstrom is shaped like q
tunnel. The lower end ia at the bottom.
The mouth is at tho top. 1t is caused
by the tides. The Norwegians suppose
it is caused by a hole in the earth. Lip
piatt knew better.
lie went down in the mnlstrom and
fastened a rope around the lower end.
10 this rope he adjusted blocks and
pulleys. Then he climbed ont of the pit
and fastened the end of the ROM to the
masthead. The blocks gave him a pur.
chase.
He rested.
Having rested, Lippiatt pulled on the
rope. He pulled the maelstrom inside
out. The bottom was then at the ton.
1t spun around like All inverted top.
Lippiatt drove a staple into it and
fastened his line. Then he set sail
The maelstrom followed.
81 shall marry Maronette," he said.
BOOK VIII.
Another man sat on the fence. II
was Goudenay. Goudenay loved Mar
onette. Maronett loved Goudenay.
Goudenay saw something coming in
the harbor.
"What's that?" he asked.
1t looked like an inverted funnel. II
was 900 feet high.
81 don't know" said Maronctte.
She was right. She didn't.
BoOK TX.
Lippiatt disembarked. He took thu
maelstrom on his shoulders. Then h,
went to the gloomy house. lie hung
the maelstrom on the picket fence.
GLOW do you do, Goudenay" h,
asked.
He knew Goudenay. He had disap
pointed him about some trousers.