Show A tonne young italian twelve years ago a ragged little italian boy strolled into the farmhouse garden of edward vansant of new hope rope bucks ducks county he ile was entirely ignorant of the english language and when asked what 1 ie be wanted responded by playing a tune on I 1 an old violin which lie carried with him mr yr took the boy into the house gave him his dinner and through the help of ft A far who spoke a little italian italia offered him work the boy gladly accept n ed edthe the chance and proved to bo be A bright and reliable ashi as stant both on the faroux arm and in the household when he le learned english which he did quite soon he said that he lie had bad left ne new york soon after arriving from italy w in company with his fiLth fatherland ert and two other men on a strolling tour as musicians but that after a few days he lie had been forced to run away on account of the brutality of his father A canal boat captain had given blija a long ride and he bad at last been put and bad had wandered to mr van cants llie the next day after being on the farm for a year he disappeared A few days ago sir fr vansant received a newspaper from fulton county 0 in which there thero was an article which e 11 told of the career of one frank t the be young postmaster of that place it was the story of the little italian waif walf and mr vansant was delighted to read that ho lie had prospered and become one of the leading of the thriving town he ile Is also pro probably binen the first italian postmaster in the country philadelphia record |