St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-03-12

Bradbury, she salu 10 NaShei'
"Heaven forbidm thought the
daughter.
~.
1t was not long after this that the
only other member OF the house OF
Witan arrived in town. Father and
son sat up late that night after the
Others had gone to he'd.
Dad" said the young man. u
don't see how you ever crawled out
of this hole! It's the deadest place |
ever saw. I've been down to the
store, and don't believe they do ten
dollars worth Of business a day; and
if you want to send a telegram,
you've got to drive over to Stump
Vile"
How do you like the neighbors? ~
said his father.
"Well, if YOU mean the Forrest
helds, they beat anything I've seen
yet; and | want to know who Gen.
John Sullivan is.
"You mean Sullivan of the Revolu
ton, suppose. Well, he was born
in Durham. this state, down near
Dover. He was friend OF Langdon
and Stark, and was pretty close to
Washington. Your great-gran'sir'
served in his company"
"Well, that's joke On me. I've
been over 10 the Forresthelds, and
they've been showing me round.
When we got to the dining-room,
and | came near tripping on account
OF the holes in the floor, they opened
a great mahogany sideboard and a
buffet, and there was regular silver
mine inside. Such porringers and la
dies and teapots and tablespoons
never saw before. Solid silver tank.
ards, tool Well, among the rest Miss
Rachel fshed up a pair of sugar
tongs-they were really toe heavy
to lift they would have made first
rate pair of ice picks-and said
These were once the property OF the
famous John Sullivan Bless my
soul if | didn't think she meant
John LP'
You'll have to study up history i
you're going to associate with TIT
Forrest6elds. How is the family
now, pretty much run down ?"
1.-THE barns and sheds are all cav
ing in; but the old lady puts on
heap of style. She has been telling
me how they used to do things il
Observation-Disclosures she call
it-when she was young. Where di'
all their property go?"
ooh, the sons spent good deal @
it and then the Judge was Away
shiftless. His father, old Gen. For
restfield, was hustler. He came VI
here after the Revolutionary War;
YOU see before that folks hadn't go
very far from the seashore, and h
took up a lot OF land, toward
thousand acres guess, and h
farmed and traded and built mills
and was high sheriff OF the county
and was big man. 1.-THE judge ha
been smart he might have kept thing
up; but he married Henrietta SteE
tiptoe of Salem or Portsmouth"
"Pourchmouth, she told me. Sh
was brought up in the family of he
great-uncle, Sir Benhadad Sal
pepper
eyes, and he was a blasted Tory
| remember now she did come irol
Portsm outh, though guess she wa
born in Salem, Well, she was use
to high living, and she and the jude
were considered the handsome.
couple in the state when they we
married. They built this big hous
and there was great goings on. l.,
heard my folks tell how people use
to come up in their coaches, and the
had more company every mont
than the tavern. They used to BIT
all their groceries in Boston, sacks
coffee and loaf sugar by the hundr,
weight, and everything on that sea-
, Things were pretty fine round he
in those days"
{ MADAM Forrest6eld told me tn
e she had never entertained preside
n since Franklin Pierce died. He w
? an elegant gentleman, she said"
!, you're right. | remember Fra
5 myself. Everybody liked him,
d ways just the same to high or 10
= rich or poor, Now the Forresthel
a lifted themselves up. They We
d pretty high and mighty in TIL
e prime; but Pierce, why I've seen h
d with my own eyes take of his hat