The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-12-24

they keep IL Once, while ii COMPANY
giih q detective. entered into c5nycrsa
lien with pickpoeket, who told as TIA
illey are 70 iind oui two lhug, first, wheth
q the cove has eoi any money. anJ
Il be has. where he keeps t. "Well.
TIE man said ~in order % 10 this vo plact
ourselves under the notice Beware Of pick.
poekeis,' at railway stations. Passengers
come on,aad, casting theireyes outae ao.ice
Beware Of pickpockeis" immediai IS clasg
their hands 10 The place where The money
Is % sec il il is safe. Now, having found
on. that he has money, and where he keeps
il, we follow him aud take #" Anl these
fellows are SO sharp, 50 dex'croas, "a cool.
so rapid IN their movements and delicate
in the touch, that even the most suspicious
and careful viii often become their yic.
tins. Mr. Bridge, a delrei,e. told ma
that he saw . boy p.ch a gentleman 5
pocket, bat he became so conyulscd With
laughter thai he could not arrest BIN.
The thief stole handkerchief from the
gentleman's pocket and looking at il III Il
sneering, despising air sud .- ills only
coltn F. Then lie blew lis nose on Il
with most terrible eff Ct, raa after the man,
placed il bacl, into bis pocket ana leisure
y walked OF.
A"cAurIos = TO coCNT&YMEE.
Sometimes their keenaoss Is surprising.
a couuiryman was accoaed on London
Bridge by sharp who, aiter a long
conversation, desired to know country
man had any money. The ceunt3maa
was sharp--oh very sharp They par
leyed together for long time, when, wog-
ried nearly to death our country lad a.
knowlelged that he had money, but you
can't find hout where ! keeps il though !"
" Well, where does yer keep tin your
bools?" +" " No" In yer haIband, then
+" No. No use; ! shani tell yer" Such
questions followed cachothar with wonder
iul rapidly, until the couniiynan unron-
sciously let slip the fact that he kept the
moaey,a sovereign, ia bis mouth. Present
" a boy came running across the bridge,
and tripping just where the two were
standing, fell heavily over, at the same
time dropping some halfpennics out Of his
mouth lie commenced crying bitterly
and searching around for his money, say
ing that lie cogld not find q sovereign
he had also dropped. a sovereign r.
said the thief-companon Of The country
man; you rascal, you have got it !" and
bouncing on the verdant youth, catching
sim BY the throat, and choking n near
y to death, our drops the sotvseign The
.rowd that had collected were on the point
# lynching ID countryman for stealing
nom a poor bcy :"
BOLD TH1EF IN THE BAXK.
! presume you know when a small note
S presented to the Bank Of England It is
lever put into circulation again Every
,ote is numbered and registered. One
ady had drawn $3.50 from Tie bank when
! clerk came after her, with pen behind
lis ear and no hat on, aecosling her thus: :
i beg your pardon, madam, we have neg
ecttd 10 take the numbers of those notes"
oh then | will 90 back instantly and have
t done" "Do not trouble yourself; 4
sill have It done and return them in five
minutes" He took them, bat did moi re-
urn The lady became much alarmed,
md upon inquiry it turned out that thief
lad taken the disguise Of clerk in The
,ank, and on receiving the notes for reg
stcring their number, took them 10 the
iesk, had them casled and walked oil
TIE COST or LIVING IL LONDON.
London is not altogether cheap place
0 live in, yet an economical persons may
i've as cheaply there as in any other city.
lie can read all the magazines and reviews
n the city for a penny; he can hire \
bedroom for l.25 per week,
nd he may dine for twenty-five cents
lady sent her son 10 London; was told
hat size might allow him for clothing il
Is used striet economy, $4,000 year
ui all men are not rs extravagant in their
aLils as That son. "What clever man
~ aNd ~ 2 Edlu Il EtiItlNtttfH sAitpN ,
I'm three hundred year, and he spends
lree thousand" In England almost every
has expectations, and many Of
hem i've year after year on the ;trength
their coming fortune.
TIE BRITISH ARisTocRAcY.
The power Of wealth in England is as !
iuishing, but even wealth will not bring
% into the circle Of the arisiocracy.- /
occasionally a rich man makes hio way
10 the charmed circle, and genius is I
lerated once in while. The arislocracy
exclusive. Il reminds one Of the bar- !
ar, who shaved the baker, but turned up /
IS nose at the coal-heayer, A certain
nperor admitted an artist inlo bis society, {
hereupon nobleman sncefngly re- ,
a,ked IL; the emperor turned 70 him /
Id said Il can make ten thousand noble
en day, but God alone can make an
fist A nobleman decoys yirtBons I
alden. blasts her chances in life. and i
lis her of il The cruel world, to hnger
poverty, OF, perhaps, 10 be drowned in j