Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-09-19
UNCLE BEN.
Character Sketches by a Vermont Pnrson.
Written for the Free Press by a. j. lIough Of
Montprlier

Character Sketches by " vermont f"r'""'
WRITTEN for the t-r.o Prose- nv 4 / IIouph Of
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Uncle zen, met him carly in my pastoral
-, IurSVils,
Typical Ncrmqntcr standing straight and six
lr't V!' VI p""'9' d., ,t .tt
was ,n,rlA, -. vas elsh'y' ouI TINS s"sle
,e siEH Hpp'"ot -
or , me = WjnsslnE work the whiteness oil ms
At the h Close OF ny irst sermon with Trend
by the altar rails he met me- led me down the
INTRODUCED me e, to the people, praised the pms
~, !, r. zone nel9re. o, ILL.,. no ,ro
A''u ntoJ nv t I{n' mnVIo !" ""'' HI" 10 wv
! az, plI 'el ~ tnp iIoI'- 49,, 49,,
"V up ny We Nuu-c 5chool mousse t"Ao uhe
! = III ~ III" - lout IIihi' - , -
Keep on ,l, ~ you PIES lhree houses Two are
~, pIoNI an" Vlo IS Wlil'e. O.. ,
"hrn y y0G rf E ine s,GnOo'rd standing Just
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lurM sh4tp I'D HoG nr eit H'nd leaving on your
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TO Sliasht doMn the NIL and follow stu your
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pii, iUtus' ,n o 'i,cH' c.,. ,,,. : ii,,
hlgn, poioiG on 9inN Ia farm mousse i've
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"olh 1Eo on, mGt my brother nan way through
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vi ei Iir,. IRE, ana snuihE' lac SAID Farsoh'
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war ITn. wn%u' to give '"''" al 'hey wanted
When On tI.ssu. said the other we emit take
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:, MS Nnr,ra, bre..L ar -trai,i,tet,el ,t ,,,,
iound AID ,tI1ck " n,ce '' ''''
lltt IND looms ~ I,,-i,... i'm II nd 700 -,t
- t,l dow, i,ra..
Road wa. tu.i q. teams and reouie but tIav
br,rd tn,. M. 81. and drew.
I-..,.tust tI ,,.Y,-,, t,,,. - -, ina, noon, t,
Y et rn,,'N 7'' i'''s ''N''S room ''
How tho, rhc,red a- we shot MAST ,l,,p,
women cI,pro,i d., ,,,li as mo-,
. ,,ii Li o. - MN uo,l,
'J out. TO- yncle Ben" 9''"'''7' '''' 'i
And wont Et,r ,I,ia rs-o,d If took tl,. hit
! ri.,ht in her trrth
| \VLiIn tl. tr,ps nd f,rr.s ronrd ,is and ~,
nm firm I ground u nd ''''0 u.s. anu ''''
, E,.,,' IeiirJ ~. H. ,yara l,rt- i,,... ....
ran MINE f',yTs few ''' n '''- -0'7'
ish ht IG1[e r IG IathsU fences u17'n clouds
ma WH1 raSfi,'hsi i%r1"n 'r"Fellhs 'eNerl
! -erruod alive Ear'. neck evtendod md be,
a tail laid in my LAP. ''''''
a o,..r LiII tt J1,,.r il r,,.,.,', ollo,,.s -.,;-
tili , Io' bo IlIs1 No''o"' c''ss'''
And tLc Wheels went so like lirbtnfur tina
,yen M M ,nc 7' raI 10 zen It. '1' az
y Thai tGourbt II T,St to head her for n,
i coursr strei.,ht tlrou ,h ND ,,ate 80 90
+ And O calm hCr down and cool her yet he
:. ''' to6er"d we'll in land -'' N'' Nv
ant the Lor.ro ,yr,. il,st starting ms reacle
l. The ind re. stand
Il And No folks III ,t 'tond tho races had tho lc
q NJ r' st Kind Of Show '''' ''''1 '''' VIZ
. For tbc Instant NAT tbe stqrter sbou+cd M,
g the 1urs.a,re 10
Fan yea. in II o,ui,In.t sion ber ond H.
# Jockeys in tbejr .,ir5 sup -' anu '''
- WIZ, mn I'M. ot7nrued with ribinn In
l. r.a i,c nlT ri,. WIN 'l'''H ID
Il l(-l,inn,.d and spnutsJ bnt M ,na+ter W.,
;. Ieading with mare
y ,rrot Ini nr,,r s+fToL n Loof iIro,, , ra,
Al N' co,, p af far N'N ''0o' u''" rae
r. D,n.t h,Ii.vc il, rares uarson uevar did Inn
e Ills Was one '''' w
ar mo nrTr.t ~ slIrnrises and the peoplo ba,
5 There was old fashioned buggy. old stra,
r nan without a Whiu