The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-10-19
Storp.
Reuben Ruthven.

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Know SIR 'hat II actually came ABOUT that
was ashamed 10 register my residence
WIN my name, SIR VINO as man ana BOY
nave never known shame Ana WhyY lie.
cause l would theu become an oplect OF
susplclon' pecau9e Nperueell' III the ChiUeu
states OF America Is an apomlhatlon 10
every ho'eI Keeper OF hurope' because,
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Hon fnr wbiIo Renhen donbtiess ,rouId
baye o1iclIv ont1yorr tho etring|s 1f Eort,,.
rat,si Urea .+ill ,o,,a,t,, oftaT, ,,,o1aa ~,
odoon,to o,,l Cor pooos,,s
The lad vvas emf 70 Tho far,o,s otir
school at Anyway and thence was eX-
PEELED, the cause being certain anarchical
sentiments which he had managed to in
terpolate among the head masters notes
for his commencement sermon, which the
purblind old doctor did not distinguish
until he had stopped, horror stricken, in
their very utterance. Then, as if to prove
that he could do what he wouldn't, Reuben
entered West Point, and at the end of the
course was graduated at the head of his
class. His name is still famous there as
that of the most daring horseman, the
most skillful craftsman, the most thor
ough soldier of his day.
But after a sharp Indian campaign, in
which he won scar across his cheek to
ever afterward bespeak his gallantry and
the desperate recklessness Of the charge
which he had led, Ruthven ridiculed the
boasting Of general officer who had been
III on the day OF battle and then discreetly
resigned,
The European trip, which had caused
the kindly old gentleman to renounce his
citizenship, followed, and at the age of
thirty Reuben Ruthven returned to A ber-
deem ito settle down." as he gravely as
sured the friends, and these were his ac-