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Show WEALTH IN OLD VERMONT Relative Value of Possessions Alone Constitute Affluence. Up along the White river valley, In Vermont, half way between the towns of Bethel and Randolph, at a little bend in the road, is a watering trough almost hidden in the shadows of the trees which form a natural arch for the highway. A Washington newspaper newspa-per man was driving along there one day, and tells this story of his experience: experi-ence: "Just after I pulled up my horse at the trough a farmer came along and stopped. 'Mornin', stranger,' he said; 'how be ye?' " 'I be pretty well,' I answered, in the same vernacular. "'Be ye 'quainted round here?' " 'Some,' I answered. (I knew about half the people in each of the towns). " 'Well, maybe as how you know Jim Jones' folks?' " 'Yes, I know 'em.' "'Know Hen' Slack?' he persisted. " 'Yes.' "'Ever know Si Rogers?' " 'Yes.' " 'Know his daughter Sue?' " 'Never met her.' '"Sho! Waal, Sue's married now. (I observed that that was a very happy hap-py circumstance.) " 'Yes,' he continued, 'Sue's married mar-ried now. Married a wealthy man. Very wealthy man. Worth much '8 hundred dollars.' " Washington Post. |
