0 grento in California: _-~ ____-~_C~L-IFO~iITIA-------f -', • The' San Franotioo *lgillonoo Coot: mate. (Correspondence of the N. Y, Journal of commence.) SAN FRANCiscO, AtigA". l % • The Committee. of Vigilance is_a secret body .. ,2 1 ,-feery member worn_to-keep secret:ell _pro feedings ',bleb ay be proposed or adopted by the body, a to give all needful assistance, ovewlife he'll/if necessary, to carry out. its ibis and , - object... tee; nevertbeliss, much does leak out, and I will try to, concentrate All Ake - es smSlVerspiect as-possible for your- col ••-itinns•.=--TheEitientive'-Committee-is composed of 90 members, besides two Secretaries. The ~'resident of 'tbig body is understood , to be 'Wm. T. • Colentan,•Elq. a merchant of high and honorable standing here and elsewhere. ,The others are 7 taken-from ttll chime and cop ditions 'of men—merchants, doctors, • lawiers. ship carpenters, Masons, blackstitiths,,carpen tars, irop mongers,' Ao.,—perbrips two•thirds of the whole are composed. of the mercantile jobbing .houies -of our city: Thera are two or three Frezirth aud - Germans iu the . Executive body. The General Committee is composed of a- bout 6,000 meinberti, - Whoiti names, residences add places of tinniness, tire duly enrolled, and signed to the Constitution. The _Committee ib divided into about : 35 divisions or compa ntes.--three cavalry,' . two of artillety, and the remainder of infantry. These are 'minded by proper- officers, and 'ate_ weekly drilled,• end each company - take their turns for,guard . and garrieou duty. The whole is divideilinto-battalions, and duly commanded* by a Grand 11tartial, his aids, &c. Iniant, it is•one grand army, composed of cur best and most - highly esteemed nitizens: _ ' Tbere are about 1015 !lien' constantly on du- ty, (lily and night,,in and about the garrison, -without pny, fee or reward; all ioluntary ; four hours off and on during the 24 biuirio —nne acitnpany ou during the day 7 another at:hight The police ie goierned . 11 'Captain - and his side, nli under pay. Rations are furnished 'to —all on duty in - thegarrison. The Executive Committee is sub=divided_ into -Cowmitteekt; who have their ileoretarlea: -The toter only =are paid._There_is_sloo _the___!..Commiseary -llepartmedt, 4 iluartermaster's" office, &c. The armory and magazines are .all its per fect order, and everything is ready for action. The moment the alarm bell is sounded,--two taps of the CoMmittee bell . would, 'in thirty minutes, call out tea thousind men, night or day, half of the number armed and equipped, "as the law directs," I should have stated previously that the various' Sub Committees - are designated as follows—Evidence Commit tee, QUaliflealloll Committee, investigating , Committee, Military Committee, Prison Com: mittee, Finance Committee. The expenses of the.gimeral Committee are all paid by volun tary contributions - by-our-citizens.—The-tot •..and entire expenses up to this time, probably -- olceed - be - present - eipenses - or rent, Scc. probably at this moment do not ik ceed's.soo per day, though they have run np to $7OO, Everything is dune on the cash sys tem. Bills aro paid off daily, iron' 11 to 12 : clerk hire, once It week (every Saturday). - The garrison is, in all respects.iu good ry order. Barracks for 150 men (relie f gum* with blankets and mattraeses,' uttione guar-. tern, The EstabliebtOtit even provided with horses, everything ready end ou the p,ire' wives Tor a campaign. To show 'the true feeling of -,the-people, I have seen frequently men on du Vii,tiftlibir whit - el - Otis, over 601 aMirothers -65 and 67 yeare (dap. Probably a score of these:old gentlenien do guard dtity night and day ; watch at their poste, in or but of doors, or wherever duty calls; and these too are men occupying - the high. and honorable calitrif of merchants; mechanics, ;to. These men 'shoulder the mUsket, sind•drill as good as sol dieit, attend the reviews, Sco. : I Na i ve said previously that there' were clergymen in the Committee; probably twenty in•bumber,mostly ' 'Methodists, t a few of other'denominatious. In nearly al r churches (Protestaut,) Pas tors have spo n and preached approvingly, of 'the comtnittee d 'of their acts.- I may enu merate the alibi-Rev.. Bishop Kip of the Epis copal Church, hey. Messrs Briggs and Thom *is of the methodist Chinches, Bev. Mr Cutler 'of the Uniorico, Rev. Willy_ of the New Sohool' Presbytiriiii, Rev. 1%,1r. Lac) , of thO Congre gational, _ l and Rev. Dr. Anderson of the rres byterianOld-Behool, and many others whose - niter /44 n .... .p . ' ot ricsw recollect. • Thellev. Dr.. S t, k believe; is the'ionly • clergyman' who ascrefcained..frous alluding to the subject in his pulpit.: ileis,•however; not friendly to the sets of the Committee,. and the- Elders and Tructees of Calvaii.Chur•sh Made a forotalt.te ... . - , quest that he should not , bring the matter be fore the congregation—bnt‘ alinply , to preach Chrietend . Rim Ci!rifie 4 l'to ',Me hearers..., h a ve no do u bt that ; had Tir'.".,ficoti•:he'en Ili ,the city .at, the time of the • organization: of ,the t i. Committee . he . would bare_ Jspeken•ont holdly spinet it. At all mute, the law and ,order men claim hita,ns their friend and advocate. In regard ,to the publio press .of this city, ailltre . :ftc:faror'2iind,efronglk,,Morss, , ,She stekn, _.of-,tilr'Pt:tpillet, siiif OttilpiOttillilliStiA tizili liei44, : ,W,ltiiiiii .cirettlatlon cOnibineir,Je mit nrobtttli"inor4;thenl,fro4thirde:of that`,: Of the, ,Aullitiui iitille tho' : 4ifiitaisticlo,' Tkue'caltv. : fornian, Toirn Talk,.olobe, and !eine: thris French paper's, and all dailies, fully' endorie the Committee: So also do ell the weeklies,• not excepting the Christian 'Advocate, the or- , gen of the methodists,. and , the 'Pacific' . (new. school). , The press thioUghont 'the Slate, and so also of a large nejeryy-lif the citizens of the entire State, nee "eigilantie,"'and,ln ease of need are with us. . :', , . . ' you ?low, o aud , your readers are, ready' to ask, what ot: aff this ? What eye you aiming to attiOtnplisiffiji - uTsWeWle'lld - the - city - utal - , - State of the murderers, rowdies, ballot box suffers; and.auoli 114 e man , who., have stt.lea our birth-right'end'inatleilaves and hirelings .. of those whim they by force baTedrirsin from the Polls - at the mouth of, the pistol, shoulder, or knife i' and who hoie controlled our eleo - tions by the use of folio bottomed ballot boxes and thus foiled the known and express will of the people. I will in passing yty, ' that the .strongest opponents of tho/COmmittee ar e .. Southern Democrats; but few of . tiny other Orly or section, except Irish Catholics, keep aloof, and some of thOse_we v 7i kept. out with the idea that the original orement was for ' political effect, and of a. "Know-Nothing" stripe ; but this is not , true in,any respect. Is fact, 'I knowof.leading party men, who were Atiglined to . talk loud, rith a leaning towardsr politics) in the Committee rooms, who , were politely notified to withdraw es members, and _this for no other reason, than to Pievent the" . introduction of politics- into the Cbmmittee's .garrison. NOW, to come hack to the air-absorbing and 'engrossing thethe and topic of the dap — the Terry trial. , I beg, first, to rethark, that if ' qottnistakin, - it'is necessary forthe - Exeentiie . Committee, acting as a jury, to . give a _ major ity lute, te ,deeide.a ens(4lthat done, ihe ver• diet, and the entire testimony taken - en..tho . trial, go to a board of delegates for eoneur- • yence: These - latter are composed of thacap talus of inch - division. and two men - chosen from - their respeotive—companies ;. lo --that there are with the field off cera [also dele gates.,]; ame 112 delegates:. "'A two-thirds . --voteior- majority ] is 'neeessary—to=earry- a verdiet of guilty or acquittal. It is generally'. understood that in the Terry -case, in the ex ecutive body ; or, if not so, a bare majority in • favor of acquittal, while, on the, other hand, the delegates are althoet to at man . in favor of a verdict of guilty. If the two combined bodies cannot harmonize, of course a 'non-suit Will be the result, which will probably be the brat of the ease. I think now that the Oen ec's are decidedly ot Terry's acquittal by the Committee. He may be teuteoced to banishment from the State, but the difficul ties in the way are so great 14 this case, that it would be almost en impossibility to °arr a y' -- -into-ezeoutithi- arty -sentence- that might he pronounce(' against the Judge of the Suprenie Coitit of California; With - Several years ofhis unexpired term yet to serve out. •• Ten thoumnid rumors are afloat as to the finale of this case, and predictions are abund tint 'as - to Ili; disposal of Terry, and ite .,,...t e4T:t upon the people and the Committee. • predict an immediate dissolution, and a gen eral disbanding of the association. Others that the,poople suddetilj : rip r e up. in con -junction with the dissenting - (nr minority) eau ll l ittee men, and will imprison and prose.• cute, and harass and tortiare.the native meth; l• ' - berg of the - Committee - offigithitue. - But allow your humble iaformant to itiggest,the fallacy' 'of all suclieroalcings.. , , Noel; in p oonclusiono let -.me add,, that , this Vigilance Commitfee is cianPosed of the poor as well as the nob: h bhve seen two . men at one time standing sentinel, with; muskets on their ehouldere, on the,eand bage in — front of Fort Vigilance,. that Were worth ooh their hundred thousand doll:era in,eash ; while, at the saute time, by their aide Mood men who had left their workshops, their daily toil, And lost their usual daily4aine, for" thi purpose of doing what we all believe is a•duty.'we owe to our Mothers, wives, children, and property. , MILKING COI;VB BY MABiINERY.—TIIO Scion. tific American gives an ne i Nunt and engraving of,a new invention for the Dairy, whiCh is ar, plied to milking cows, The milking is done by means of a crank Attached to a shaft, on which there, are four elaatio arms of;steel, the ends of which are furniabed with rollers. On one side of the ring iti which the rollers move there is an elaika pocket in iddeli the animal's dal is placed. The back of •this pocket is stiff, se that when the rollers revolve they will come , in . contraet with the front part of the pooket, aid press it with the teat against the -back The t tqh part. 04 UB pressed is relieved of its milk, which tioirsdowerthrouith the poektit, _ and through a hollow ease of the instrument, into a tube s and thenee , into the milk pail. the '..thnirieen says that - nothing can exceed the simplicity of this device. Its size is -, con. ytenisnt •and its cost is not great. If desizablei _ the Instrument may b. made' with two•pooltste , 80 is ,to idlik two teats at a time; - ,gexalb. , L ll I gieliatepg 'G‘' .. .:•'•‘..: lei • •.- • . , 4 A. 4 •S.;11 ','!.: li ' • ~. 1 1 , . _ , 1 _ ".' '. ' ' _ • ••• t l 4 • T4,„451ch (manila, •411. 4 11 5 1 4 , liter% • aliont tLie"*Cath I a `'d.itrirno N tv ,proviog that Col. Fremont is a memher of the Ronsish Church. They contend that " Amer icans" cannot vote for him tat . that socount, and cordially them--a Tell • the ;hloody " darlt lantern" Know Vothitligni to rally for Buchanan, and save theie sinking ship. i Col. FrenfOnt and hie 'wife Jeanie. belong • to the Prottettantlpiecoal churob.• and never did belong to oily ! ' di or. ' Sdll theßuchan,- afr. . o have " proof to the contrary, just got out 11401 i frOre'die2lnitil. by _ a leading Buchanan !non of Beaton. It is an follows : -. let--When the runeway match of Freriont and Jeiale'llenton was agreed upon., they? were married lry a Catholic prieit, because no other clergyman would offend - old Benton' _by performing the ceremony. C n And Jessie were determined to get married, and it seem. they were not'very particular shout ceremony. They are, therefore, Catholics. . _ ' 2nd—Fremont once gave employment to a Catholic Servant, 3d—Fremont' was onee miek, end after hi recovery, he . wee visittd ey a Catholic 'Pries lrastutinrciolte knows all about it. - ' 4th—A gentleman once offered Lima Pro= teetant book to read, which he didn't do,- say ing that be hadn't time. - Erasing Brooks bag the proof of this. - 6th—A gentleman whose name in in posses stun of Browns Brooks once saw•Fremut i t was' hierhandtt in. holy.. water. , ' • ' .-6tll—Prentoqt crgased the Rocky Mountains --whicli--,everybody—besides ErnatuaLllrooks knows to'be a foot. - ith—fremont,-afterAe_conquered:XaliTo - !tin, once went into n Romun'etttlitilio• church" in-that-country, And conformed to the rules of the church by taking of his hat. Btla. . ,o nit year taut-he , wits Married, hie wife Jespie said to him on Sunday morn_. ; ing,' deter," anys ebe, "•tvon',t you go to church ?" No," .maya John,- " I don't feel " Oh,' said Jemsie, •• I'm, sorry fOr that, what's the mistier, • dear r' p:l3:S . John„ "-Oh, not much, onliniery slight indieposi tion, and I would rattier be excelled, but, my dear; "dou'rutny nt home on my accoutit,"*. Whereupon Juseie went to church, and it r in_ - strongly euspectol that es soon its .. . Jessie Ina left tor. the PrOteintnf church, Fremont Sneak ed off to the Itonsjeiti church. The Buchanan ites dare the friends of Fremout,to prove that he &dn . : yo. • , - oth—A man who slept with Col. Fremont , long before the latter had a wifi - to sleep with saw the . Col. take off his unmentionables, whet?, he discovered the Poet that he habitual ly wore crossed auspenders. , The affidavit of this tact is now In the hands of Ereatue Brooks and will soon appear in the N. Y. Express. 10th—Mrs. Jessie Frement,,• only a tow weeks back, gave an old-Irish - Catholic beg gei woman a sixpence. whilst walking up , Brondway,, New York. Ervsiivi 131,.t.t0 , •nw this with hiti own eyes, for Hu followed the Frernonts on purpose to watch theirilloinge. Singular Znidianial,Superatition: On s E reeent-Stindayost a, certain country church in Worcestershire, there were 3 christ enings, 2 boys and a girl. The parents of one boy were iu a very respectable class 'of life ; the parents of the other two children were in . humble circumstances.. The parties' st the front had been duly placed by the officiating clergyman, and as it baniened, the. girl and heir epousons were placed last in order. When the first-child-IwbO-iiis the boy- of the poor Percete:-Wee about to, be hePtinap_the women who held•the little, girl elbowed her way up tb the o;ergyman. in order that the'cbild she oar ried might be the firsi'lo , he hiptized. TO do this, she bad (very conararY - tcTlll4 - u - Suid - iiiiit= of the poor, who in essential points, are gen erally as refined es their anperiore,) to rudely push Oast "her betters"-4 e., the_epoieors of -the:ttecond boy. As ale did so, said to otie orthesponsers, by way of apology,--“lrq a girl ; so it , must bo christened ftrst;• and christened first it was. .Bnt the peculiar maia ner in which this was brought .about .showed that the woman was influenced by some peen: liar feeling ; 'and on the next day_an Opporiu laity was taken to-disapier her motive.. ,This was , hir explanation ". You. eee, sir, the , parson paint a married man and consequently is disfsmiliar with ohifilein, . the girl td be ohri i Mened after the boys., Although it.sadly,fluater'il inct, sir,. to put My self atora•my betters iti.the way which fwd . to do; iet; sitit4o B a doing a kind ness,to them - two.little ham in me- a setting al nide girtafore:o'lo 7 7:,..L.t!Why,:!" A' Well, cir,.l'har astonished as,yon don't know.: Why sir, if them chrtstCnid afore the little . iiirskty'q hive - Aad -- . - her -soft. chin, and.shed- have had their hairy beards— thi poor innocent ,! ' But, think goodness, I've kept her , from that leferetlit l r the woinen iredly believed that she bad dons - so; and tbi generality of iker neighbors shared her Ilusian. Ml.strev:-.Tealoue ' Of - "her Slave. • 411lleTeitte Zeitung pfithe 21haf, of July, gibes the iblloWing4liustratiet; of i tterfdom in IfUssia,*i of*adeoo f ilrfeii4V27' thi , aerfe:siwned.;Wiii:tivi ow lady; . 'wara-girl--whtt-hed-iteen-brought-ap-With7un— usual iudulgence,:had received , w superior' ed. uotitimi, and acquiredmanners far more cut; dieted than belonged to her class, to which Witiantageil was addett the natural gift 'of an attraetive 'Orion': At an early age .she aPPrentitted 'at. St. Petersburg to $ French dressmaker; and heattimpattained copse skip in the' business, was after s time offered profi- . table - employment," " This her mistress permitted her to accept, uti-the titiusi-paymeat:rof-aa--Obtok--to—herself in lieu of tier pereenal i4trvice. The girl con ducted herself well in her situation, acquired' e knowledge' of the . ;French', hailing find formed habits of considerable 'refinement,' Here she attracted the notice-of an officer of the rank of celonek 'Who in due time proved' his attachment by offering marriage. The girl• accepted the iroposal, and nothing re. mined- but - to obtain 'her "freedom from, her Mistress. The purchase money the colonel' was willing to pay. This ought - it:l hapi.been. regnlated by the obrek which 'the girl -had paid, calculated by se many years' purchase: leas not dispOsed' to cavil about the price, but on applying to the mistress, to whoai he unfortunately explained - his purpose,- he received for answer that on no 'terms what• ever would she emancipate her slave. ' Every effort was used to shake the resolu tion, which appeared unaccountable; but gument, entreaty and Money. were . - alike mita 'ailing, and the 'lady .remained inexorable, in the end the clue to her obstinacy by. MD observing ilnit'shf would never nee heiselt take Tifi'eetlenc`i of her; se she -would do if _married t& a colonel, while she was herself but tihe wid: ow of_a major. The 'match was necessarily broken *off; and the girl's prespeot of happineis destroyed. ru complete her'utieery, her finis • 1 tress revoked' her leave of absence, and. ordered her as soe)m is possible to return to her native village. Arrived in the vilfte, the unhappy irl, accustomed to the habit's and customs of orrilised life, wad clothed in the ...coarse gar- Amite of nu ordinary peasant, and was:.f4r,ih with ordered to.marry?a rough moujik- of the same class. Revolting at this tyranny and retusingtO obey. stke watt flogged.-and though elle still resisted-for s•while, • long cOntium . _ -sues of oruel iud dygiuding • treattuent con quered her in the end s and she was.forced to submit to the mieentiklelot'entailed - upeon he by the wretehmljealoupy of , her keartless min tress. BRILLIthiT TO THE LAST: 7 .-A gentlemen' wri thig from Paris, states that M. Place, the, French banker, who recently failed for the immense amount of sixteen million franks, gave on the evening before the grand oaten troPhe, a.splendid dinner to which were the celebritiee of ii.certain grade upon the BoureeiTtogether:with - an - equal-numbee-of ladles. ' The feast was one of the most ?eche - r: the kind—the coat probably being Dollen than twenty-five dollars a bead: ank•the buoyant. spirit of the .'liberal'host was the theme of general adniiraficin. When the enthuitiasiii Was at its height a magnificent ,dessert'was placed upon the taille. hiving in the centre a vase of silver gilt, which- M. Place ordered the waiter ' to page xouud to the ladies, as it contained a few nuts for their , especial crack ing. Every lady then phinged her hand with in the vase, and drew forth whatever chance bestowed, in the shape of some rare jewel, the cheapest of which could not have been lets than eixty - dainia, while some of thew were of great price. After.,this delightful mirempur the_generettOost took his leave amid :the:re. iterated,applause of his guests. The 'nett deride hoissewas silent and deserted,' and a .erslostioluorsixteen million' inse anuouneed before Ili tribuclol of commerce. A SINGULAR ACIOIDEN,T.-A' youngirishinan residing in Bristol, England, while larking, ran after a girl who was engaged in son:petrels work, and gave her 'iv_ hug in sport ;•_.but it proved ar4thing but sport to Ikim, for_ as hp pressed her to hie bosom,' it turned out all but a fatal embrace. as' a needle - which she o liad in the breast of her gown,' literally ,entered . his heart; and : broke oft leaving. nearly three parts of an inch of the steel in the mus elea:-..-Eie instantly felt tieVafid faint,, and was taken to the infirmary, when it %vas determined to make an effort to , extract the;broken needle, acsitould it remain where it WAS; death t must quickly ensue from inflammation of the been. Aphysioian,accordingly, out thrOugh.the outer iiesho , and having laid bare the e,urface - of the been; disootririci portion ti . e . needle fragment protruding,, and with the forceps be drew s it out. 7 --,The delloste operationireentoat successful .but ra as nch' iniiiimatton had sit in before the needli'iioald,be eatracted, it was titl44oa Oilikti:v4.7 . 4 o6tf ! Ll 'i ' !Wi let:'l / 1 / 5 life would• be saved. It horrever a. .nib un 'common , oPeratiOu', end' ~ singular 'accident; showing that Oren the lieart itself may sustain a sharp wound Without death Immediately fol lowing. ' ' AN"SxalWliiia P. Critter,, c" Darlington . ; Vt., •hde lately returned frOn . Kansas, after traveling for several yreeke it - different a t rthe_lit t h • pr 8 0 e._ a__ as- a eI- --- addressed a meeting at Jilt. Albene, and Iv hope be will . he heard tyranny other places pa his statements, are perfectly • reliable. ^ HI reirennt" - th"thnitirto - boli triblibtiCenc the-soil unsurpsemed' for richness and fertility ife lipoid's highly of the spirit .of the wearer in' Kansas, and soya he - savr only 'one pro. • • slavery:womett—.lhir wife of 'Charles Bpauld ing,.a Vermonter. life - eopy from the Nilsson. - ger a brief.sketch °film way he:' saw affairi ntanaged by,the, "Inivr and Order" or pro slavery party ; " Before he went to glossas he nee > Mardi) prepared du . helieve _that Air heart reirdinp ramie& that-aro-constantly-resulting . --fretr there were true. ilie cilcd,was, no* changed, From what be bad been with his, owp eyes, and heard with his own eon, he was prepared to Pam, almost anything.- Beery one thert , who , was formidable to freedom-.was stamped " a Abolitionist," and was threatened 't and Insulted' by the land 'pirated ,who infest that fair-Territory. Freedom of speech writ not allowed there. All the arguments, that they made nee of Were the bowie knife and revolver. Coleman, the murderer ,of Dow, waspointed out to• him by Charles Spaulding, a Montpelier boy, but he was eorry to 'Say a member of the ao-olifted-4 Law and Order party. Coleman• was armed to the teeth, andsine undoing - hie authority' by charging an honest and thrifty looking man with - steal• , Mg a pair Of oxen which he was driving. " The owner of, the.oxen ' appealed to an lft.htr - blan air to the feet that he was rightful owner. The man said he woe. Cole man asked hid if be was ' a 'Levi.and Orde),. an._____Thesantr•repßect_Ll am Citix u:' ; Pressing the question twice o, three tithes in , a threatening manner, she mat_: charged him with being a murderer, whiot put 'a damper •on the guilt) wretch. Tht. owner of the oxen, in company with two .Lar an Order inert' was'obliged to go , buifidtin7"' forty, miles to prove that he r was, the owner o r the oien: 'Such and similar things were o every day Jp ccurien o e " "CIIAILTNit , Oaw:P—Tht : Telegiapl brings us intelligence which Will cause a pant of regret in every American bosom.. The -de- etruction of the celebreted_• Chtirter.Oak" tre at Sattford, Connecticut . Ainong the earlies of that Fong aeries of aggression on the part Great Britain, which resulted in the Aineriiiiii — AeVulution, was 6- measure for the destructio: of certain Colonial charter's, especially that o Connecticut. TL Cointlisaloners for this put pose, with the - Set traerrof the tnwn,-were as . a ambled in the'Toitu iloubeon the evening 'o the 6)b of May, 1680.—Suddenly the light were extinguished ; but .when replaced, the charter was gone, and the keenest acrutiu:,-- could not -detect the daring hand which ha( removed it or the place .of its concealment The old oak tree, though whispering_ AO evirj,,- breeze, was mute as to the tredsure coneealec :iu its - bosom. The storm of war swept on: the land, and the watch,fires of the revolutiot illumed its ancient branches, ere the eacrec deposit was restored $o the patriotic decen dants of those who secreted it Sines, thi "Charter Oak" basimen•splagiored object o: Interest, not' merely to The mighty nutiet • whichhaegrown up under the ahalow of itt renown, but to every man, of whatever clime, . ;viii)loves all acta'whloh tend to • the subver• sion of arbitrary sway. 'lt bar stood until ibc feeble colonists who be Le!(1 It in its prime, have, through their descendanta, increased to the first rank aniong the nation/. Let no ig• 'noble nee be made of its decoying branches, thingconseerated for all 1 - time in the . ;berets of free people. • Suunts-ff='s' Israttisruis.:--01 , 1. Squire 11--" wa'a tt-very suicessfut and substantial fanner in an interior town of Massachusetts; anUifiricire'amazing eater never lived in any town anywhere. And-especially much did he oat vrben.fresh pork.wan-to be his.nourishment.... Well, at a oertain=time one of his hogs had been kiiled. next morning there . was freak - perk:4r breakfaet,- andthe old man ate' most wonderonaly. In the cortrie-of the fore noon he ate his luncheon, 'consisting of bread and butter, intone pie, and cheese. At . noon his dinner consisted 'of freakpork, pickle's, 'mince pie, and thtt --- neutil - accoinpaniMente.— Ilis afternoon's luncheon weelike that • of the forenoon. Whin he crime borne to supper. his - f-e-ret'ite,Stie4- 13 4-niktheen prepttred as-part of that Meat The old man fretted- anti , scolded till fresh pork • was added to the eubstantialsl Its ate4oracionsly, se'usnal.. In the evening he toasted some cheese, buttered' nd if.— just'befOre going to bed;'he roasted a couple er 'apples and ate there.. !tithe - tight to war taken with 'a severe colic. ;,doctor'wsi with hint till movislitg; • and wiought 'siting_ the' next day Bonen' one of his neighbors 'went in tO condole With the- I.old sqbire."- trFaithful,Bollei," said • the. old "worthy, like to have died- last night. I% -never ex , another roasted.apple as long as I live. ~ did love them,verrwell,.and laitt night I a only two, and they'nenely,killed uto.' 801 l ,aster told hie itory without laughing. •
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