and believed by the simple people ofthe val
ley OF the black mountain of Taos, and the
cavern of Moniezuma's Treasure.

From Meals Saturday sGozette-
GREEN MOUNTAIN MAID.
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GhEElN, MUM AIN MALI


lThe following play upon words which our
correspondent F. Benjamin Gage sends US,
may amuse many of our readers:]


. Twas beautiful spot where the vIne-co
cred cot ofthe mountaneer stood on the edge
ofthe wood There the forest birds song
echoed all the day long, and the mountain
stream played in the edge of the shade;
while ihesgraceful young fawn cropped The
herbage at dawn from wide-spreading lawn.
Twas beautiful spot twas beautiful cot; /;
and surely there mere was a maiden more
fair, nor a maiden more rare than the maid
that dwelt there. Shall picture this maid
of The green wood and glade as she was in
the day when old sAlleni~ hold sway, while
his iron nerved men were The pride of glen?
She was neither TOO tall, too short nor too
small, nor so light or so airy as the loim of
a fairy. But the pride of the glade was the
rosy-cheeked maid, with eyes quite as blue
as the summer sky'S hue, and iresses OF
brown floating graceful down, and nesting
below on boso,n of snow. She could war
bic and sing like songset offspring; she could
spin and could sweep, could NOW and could
reap-could ride the grey sieed at the top
of his speed, and had spnrled rifle with
her old fathers rife. Aud this bouncing
young maid of the evergreen SHADE was
chasle and refined and had such mind as
you seldom will fnd among The gay maids of
Ihaughlier grades. Ysss t.....-


A lover she had who would have been glad
10 capture her heart by his scheming and art.
O'Handy lis name, and a dandy for fame,
who though wIinkledand parched, was whls-
keIed and siarched,a displayed quite a
rare and a Gifted alr. at


Well, he knelt at her feet and began TO


entreal while his great bosom beat with
unmercifu heat; and he told such a tale as
he deemed would moi fail TO make her be-
lieve thai he could moi deceive.


While thus he knelt pleading, while thus
inlerceeding, he thought by her smiling that
his words were begUiling. But he found
the conclusion hopeless deluson: /: for tha,
maid was unlinkiDg his scheming-was think
ing; and she thought in a twInklng, she d
give him sprinkling of The well prepared
ointment ofblack disappointment. Ere he
drew 10 close she turned up her nose, as
you may suppose just as high as she chose;
and scornng his prose, though his pleading
and thus Twas she spoke


"Oh great is yoar fame; O'Handy your
name from the city you came with your
heart all fame: aud you thought in The
shade of the mountain or glade, 10 capture
maid by pomp and pride. Oh, save al your
tears, your hopes and your fears, your ducks
and your dears for some other ears. All
men are agreed you're a nice bird indeed
but your figures TOO lean you're TOO giant and
too green and that is not all, your excessive
ly tall; you're nose is TOO big, you've voice
like pig, and you wear big wig while your
upper lip seems just the shade of your
dreams. Now my answer you know-lhere's
the door, you may go!''


Still he fingered TO plead in his love and his
need and he boasted and told OF his tile
and gold of her station in life whom he
chose for wife. But he found Twas no
part of mountain maids heart to bear in
suit and wong from an eye or tongue.
That maid could not brook such word and
such look, and she caught down broom tba.
hung i'm The room, and hit him blow that
made the blood flow not gracefully slow He
lii on all -four just out of the door all covered
with gore. Then he sprang 10 his ieet, and
considered it sweet and exceedingly meet
to beat retreat TO cover defeat, and he fled
from The place in shame aud disgrace-dis
appeared o'er The green and was never more
seen and ever since then city dandy6ed
men have Iearnedto beware of the Green
Mountain Fair.


