The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-06-04
From ~ .fHaafis Monthly
The PnnuIt Of knowledge ladtr difficulties
AND WHAT CANE ORR
NJ Co.

Mr. Grerr
Mr. Geer was mqaesiioaably asleep.
This certainly id not indicate a sudi.
GENTLY warm appreciation Of Mrs., Geei's
social charms but the enormity o. the Of
fence viii be greatly modified by brief
review d the attending circumstances. Ii
you will bat consider that abe cracking Of
burning wood in huge Franklin stove il
strongly soporiac in lis iendencies,--lhai
the cushion u capaeious ARMCHAIR, con-
structed aud adjusted as il with single
eye 10 delicious doze, nay, 70 a long sue
eession Of dozes, is powerful temptation
10 a sleepy soul,--that the regular, and, it
must be confessed, somewhat monoionous
click, chick, click Of Mrs. Gcers knitting
needles only served 10 measure, without
disturbing the silence, land, lastly, that
they had been husband and wife for thirty
years,--you will not cease to wonder that
Dir Gccr
was glorious,
Der al the ills Of life victorious"
To most men, an interruption at such q
time would have been particularly annoy
ing; but when Mrs. Geer spoke IN that
way, Mr.. Geer, asleep or awake, always
make a point Of hearings SO he reused
himself, and turned bis round, honest face
and placid blue eyes on the partner Of his
\bosom, who went on,--
! Mr.. Geer, our Ivy will be seventeen,
come fall
Possible ;'areplied Mr.. Geer. Who'd
a lhunk it n
Nc Geer, as you may infer, was emf
nentfg free-thinker, or rather, free-act-
or, in respect Of irregular verbs. In fact,
he tyraunized over all parts Of speech !;
wrested nouns and verbs from their orig
inal shape, till you could hardly recognize
their distorted faces and committed that
next worst sin to numbering ones mother,
namely numbering ones mother-tongue,
with an abandon that was absolutely fis-
cinating. Having delivered his opinion
thus sententiously, he at once subsidized,
closed his placid eyes, and retired into his
inner world oi--thought, perhaps.
Hr. Ger
This time he fairly jumped from his
seat, and cast about him scared, blinking
eyes.
Mr.. Geer, how can you sleep away
your precious time so Z
Sleep? liam sure, was never
wider awake in my life
Well, then, tell me what | said
Cal FL al anrnatHsps, abot,t
Ivy, wasn'titr
And Mr.. Geer nervously twitched up
the skirts of his coat, and replaced his
awry cushion, and began TO think that
perhaps, after all, he had been asleep.
But Mrs. Geer was too much interested
in the subject Of her own cogitations to
pursue her victory farther; 50 she an
gwered,--
Yes, and what is a-going to become of
herr
'Lud, Ind What's the matterF asked
Mr.. Geer, wildly.
Natter Why, she'll be seventeen,
come fall, and doesn't know thing
20 Lud that all +? That ant nothin'.'
And Mr.. Geer settled comfortably down
into his armchair once more. He felt
decidedly relieved. Visions Of smallpox,
cholera, and throat-distemper, the worst
evils that he could think Of and dread for
his darling, had been conjured up by his
wile's words; and when he found the real
state of the case, a great burden, which
had suddenly fallen on his heart, was as
suddenly lifted.
But tell you il IS something, contin-
ned Mrs. Geer, energetcally. Ivy is
most woman, and has never been ten
miles from home in her life, and TO no
school but our little district '
And she's rs park gal, interrupted
Mr.. Geer, as any you'll find in all the ten
miles round, be the other who she will
She's well enough il her way re-
piled Mrs. Gcer, in all the humility OF
mo,herly pride; and so much the more
reason why she shouldn't be let 20 so.
There's Mr.. bingham sending his great
logy girls to Mrs. Pouer's seminary. Ql
wonder IL be expects they'll ever turn out
anyihing-) And here's our Ivy, bright as
bntion, and you full well able 10 main
tain her Ike lady, aud have done moth
ing bnt turn her oui to grass al her life,
till she's fairly run wild. | declare III
shame. She ought % be sent 10 school
tomorrow
Nonsense. sally nonsense ! ant
a-goin to have no such doin's. SHAH I 60 /
Of to school What's the use havin' her,
II she can't stay At home with Us Let
Mr.. bingham send bis gals 10 Chiny, iii
be wants 10. All the book-larain' n the
world woa't make EN- equal 10 our Ivy
with only her own head. don'l want
Der 20 80 70 gettin' Up high-falu,in' no.