Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-01-03


i,ur, but allus at time when Lcandcr
found it posky hard to give up flyer. 1t /
warn no use cussin Higgins. Higgins /
jest LATED when Lcnndcr allowed that the
cyclopccdy wuz no good, n that he wuz
bcin robbed. Meantime I.candcr's family
wuz incrcasin n CROWN. Little Sarcy
had the huOpin cough dreadful one winter,
but the cyclupccdy didn't help out at all.
cause all it said wuz, lioopin cough
see whoopin cough, N NV course there
warn { no whOupin cough to see, bcin is
how the W hadn't como yet.
Oncet when ! iiram wanted to drccn the
home pasture he went to the cyclopecdy to
find out about it, but all he diskivcred
wuz, "Drain-soe tile" This wuz i'm
1859, n the cyclopeedy had only got down
to q.
The COW wuz sick with lung fever one
spell N Lcandcr laid her dyn to that
cussid cyclupredy, cause when he went to
rcadin bout COWS it told him to "Sce
zoology"
But what's the use NV harrowin up
ono 5 feolln t"}kin n thiuktn bout these
things? ICandCr rot SO after awhile that
the cyclopccdv didn't worry him at all.
He grew to look at it cz one NV the crosses
that humar critters has to bear without
ou"lpi"IHu tHTOuHh tHlo Ndlo NV tcdrS'
inc only thih% that boz 'ercd nm wuz tho
Tear that ln"hhc wouldn't 10 see tho
last vuiyuma to I'LL the Lrulh, his kind
NV u |" me his BOLDLY n We hr'rn nm
talk bout j; many time sottin roun tho
stove ut the tavern n squirtu tobacco
juice at the snv..JSt box. His wife HAITI
passed away visa the Nalicr iandvrs tho
winter W cI'i". n all that seemed to rec
OnCilC Leland " to SurNiVin her WuZ tho
prospect NV seem the last N"lYuH" NV tha'
cyCIop'r IT,
L'lh'tI Ill gins the book AGENT h"u
gone TO ~" ''cl!"t'h pun'.l ''"l hut
ms son II'"l'' lHu succ'V.rI /" his lt
lhVf n"sih'N5 II c"htir"'d NlNlt tho
loikS ms one H1n .du i"l 'o IN ~ inns
tllne L,hhu'T rI"urt Il hhu 2'oW'H up
All on en- wa MARI q. II lh'r' WIZ hu-
lncrls Erallu'hlINrn l." hInlNc inc one gen
llVIlal' bUV I'"nu'f Wu|U 10 ne SAT- %
H'u wiz INC common Things NV ali'h' go
uluh seem iu u ke no ll'iHlir6 IN hH
gr'hurhiidrrh AXE Il ost men 90. Hi' nlnd
uIallus sol ON SOM mn else. F"f hours
houra--yes, all day long-hc'd set uut on
the 'front.' St"op lookln wistfully up tho
road Ter th't BOOK agent to come along
with cycluic dy. lie didn' want to die
tlll he'd got AL the cycl"n 'rdlos bis con
tract called fer. lie wanted to have every
thing Strengthened out before he passed
away
Mh'n-how well rncollcct lt!-when
l come along he wuz 50 overcome that ne
Tell over IN " lit NV paralysis, II the ole
gentleman never got over 1t. Fer the next
thr'e years ne dropped II plned seemed
Ike ne couldn't hold out much longer
FINALLY he had to take to his bed-he wuz
so ola II feehIo-but he made 'em move
the bed up against the winder so he could
Watch Ter that last Nolyume NV the CYCLIC
pecdy.
me ehd come one balmy DAY IN tho
spring NV 1851 His life wuz a-obbin pow
er1ul fast. The minister wuz there, n
me- II DOCK Wilson, n ledge Baker, n
most NV the fam ~. Lovin hands smooth
Ell the wrlnkled forehead n breshed back
the long scah', white HAIR but the eyes NV
the dyln man wuz sot on that piece NV
road down which the cyclopeedy man allus
/ come.
All to oncet bright n joyful look come
into them eyes, N old Leander riz up in
bed n SEE, 1T Gomez
"hat Is II, latherE asked MS daughter
0"rcy' SonnIh llNe'
IluSh -" the minister solemnly.
lie secs the ahlhlh gates NV the MOO Jeru-
SaiUn'
40 no! crled the aged man. 1t Is
the cyclopeedy-ihe letter TITS comin''
~ sure enough, the door opened, n
IN walked higgins. lie tottercd rather
IMAM walked Ter ho had growed ole n fee
pic IN ms wicked p'rieNslun.
Here the Il cyclopeedy, Mr.. Hobart,
SEE Higgins.
Leahder clntchcd 1t. lie Rugged 1t to
ms pahtln bosom; then, stealth one pale
hand under the piller' he drew out faded
bank note gave 1t to Higgins
Il thank thee fer TINS BOOM SEE Lean
gave IA deem sigh
"Hold on" cried Higgins eNcitedly,
"you'vo made IL mistake 1t isn't the
( last
But Leandcr didn't hear him. His soul