Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-07-25

,. ne o,on'it go back over s,a
months, He said that wna' nu' a,,us
l nr"s 1or,cho and what would anus
keep her down was the want o. Hr0 tho
the compass p'ints. he wass ualf
univ ono who was turned around na'
The folks in town couldn't go nucs ar
h 10, without gittin lost and wander.
IN around all night Hogs aho oU sn
walked around in circle oecause . ,n
was confused. and every ''m. ..ossos
was a lawsuit most Of the witnesses
soid west fur east. An emblem OF NJ
nocence would be all right, and roos,.
ar wo,,ld he thing Of beauty, but Do'n
would be beaten by compass Nus.
"Silas has made a purity good speech
and purity good pint" says the ue ss
oon "and I'm sorter lettin 60 OF Tue
rooster and leanin to his side. lhousn
rvo lived in Jericho fur % years.
can't make out yit whether my plsp.n
"a IN the north or west SIDE OF 'ne
house I'm understandin that Elisha
Tov,or has sunthin to spring on tnls
meetin. and we are ready to near IT,
Elisha was ready. He had pm watch
IN the growth Of the town hail iur SIN
long wears. and he had had his eye on
the tower day and night. He had look
cd Mt it from the street and from 'ne
roof of his barn, He had looked at II
at MONDAY and squinted at II at ll'o'
night and had come to one uhalterapie
conclnsion-be wanted the figger or
Gilt angel to finish off that tower ana
he wanted that angel to be pintin up
wards. same as on gravestone ne sa"
In Buffalo. The angel would signify
the goodness of Jericho, and strangers
would no longer stop and raise row
because they couldn't git glass or
beer or find anybody to take hand at
poker. Her p'intin upward would be
an object lesson to the Sunday school
children, and the sight Of her would
| calm the feelin's Of Aa about to
lick his wife.
There was a howl Of derision as Ell
sha sot down, and the deacon said that
no pint had bin made. He was dea-
con of the church and good man, but
he'd never consent to hist gilt angel
on top of the town hall. She might
| pint upwards or downwar1s or any
other way, but angels didn't belong on
towers. He called upon Beverly Jones
| fur his views, and Beverly jumped up
and declared himself in favor of the
American eagle. If a rooster signified
grit and independence, an eagle signi-
fed all that and a dozen things more.
An eagle stood fur liberty, freedom and
equal rights. 1t was the emblem of a
glorious republic. Its wings sheltered
the helpless as well as the strong, and
Its soft cooin lulled the infant to sleep,
while its scream sent the father to the
field Of battle to fight fur the grandest
principles of mankind. 1t was rattlin
speech. full Of redhot patriotism, and
Deacon Spooner saiu that Daniel Web.
ster never approached it in his palmiest
days. 1t didn't affect the other fac.
tons, however. They stuck out fur
the gilt ball. the rooster, the compass
p'ints and the angel, and each one de.
clared>he'd fight to the bitter end.
AS a compromise, Jim Shorely. who
didn't care what they put up, moved
fur a gilt goat, and Abraham Scott,
who was goin to move away and had
lost all interest. moved fur a monkey,
but they was hooted down and every.
body began to jam his elbows around
and call everybody else hog There
was every sign that the meetin would
break up In free fight. when there
comes flash and an awful clap Of
thunder. and at the same time Lish
Billings walked in to git out of the
storm. Deacon Spooner appealed to
him to save the honor of Jericho by
brtngin about harmony, and Lish
looked around and replied:
AS ! understand 1t, this crowd ia
divided as to what shall ornament the
top Of the city hall towerY
That's i'll" yells everybody.
"And you've bin 1awin and sneechi
fyin fur the last three hours without
settlin on anything? Waal, l don't see
no use Of any more bein said"
but what's your idea, LishY' asks
the deacon.
MY idea y that that fust thunderbo,t
Knocked your blamed old tower into
a Continental cooked hat, and that Won
KIN save your breath to pick I'D the
sllvers fur kindlin wood"
And the crowd rushed out and found
'Aa' A-'Sn was k'rect. M. QUAD.