The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-05-13


uarke in The besg carriage saw ia
H. entire eollcrt on sas used by poCky.
,onias. sun tao hundrcai years ago -
..ai pm. lsrcnuin' 20 u%rd up lssai Il
sslldis's bold gate. thss fair ssaa 4uslr
.asage Pat Il ~ a auction. Sahsek nsly
10 : u ed ~ i,os, al 70 sick calves, then
a. heneoop, ani inAly il wat put on
wheels ail Is nos d. n doo,y A. a hack.
called on s,cetsry Welrs. of tie
Navy. lon kroN lac Is quite mariner
limselt. havin' o sec owned u rail OF logs
~ the Couurlllycut river, So | put on
.alcr style anl hollrtd Alloy, slipmcl
ZIP US yer grapplin irons 7
"Yps-- yep he sed, neryously, but
mercy on "a, don't be 50 noisy
"Ay, NY, my hearty Bnt IL, me sing
about how jack Strokes lost his gal,
"rhc reason why he eouldn'i gaiu her
Was bresp he's dtuuken saler -
"Thats very good indeed said the
Sreky, but ",his is hardly the place to
sing songs in. my friend.
"Let me write the songs Of nashun."
sel /, M II doa't care cuss who goes
10 the lrgislalerl But | ax your pardon
---hsw's things
Comfortable, thank you. hare
here, he added ~ copy OF tho Middle
town Weekly Clarion OF February the ID,
couiainil.a report that there isn't much
Union sentiment in south Ca4roiiny, but !
h,nlly credit it,
AR yeu well, M. Secky, sed |. is
you Ii er al risht' llow's your koti
God bless me p sed The Secky, risin'
hastily and gIarin, wildly u, me-, "what do
you mean r
"Oh nothin' partickler. Only il is one
Of the beauties of Republican form Of
government that Cabnit offisser can
pack ~ his trunk aud 90 home whenever
he's SICK. Sure noihn' don't ail your
liycr:' sed |, pokin' him putty silent in
the s,ummick
called on Abe. lie received me kind
Iy | handed him my umbIeller aud told
him III have check for il il he pleased.
That said he, puts me in mind Of a little
story. Taere wts man out in our parts
WIN was so mean that he took his wIie's
coiIi out OF the back winder for fear he
would rub the paint oil the doorway.
Wall about this time there was man
in adjacent town wh) had a green cot
ton unbreiler."
did il fit him we'll? Was it custsm
made2 Was he measured for {"
Measured for whatf' said Abe.
"'The umhreller|
AVAIL. as WAS soyin," continued the
President, treating the interruption with
apparent contempt, "this man sed he'd
known that there umbreller ever since It
was Il pamsol. Ha, ha, ha !"
"Ye,," sed |, lafIn in respectful man.
ner ..but what has TIL, to 10 with the man
who took his wiie's coffin out Of the back
winder y
10 be sure" sed Abe--"what was il
+ | must have got two stories mixed togeth-
er, which puts me IN mind Of another lit
"Nevcr mind, Your Excellency, called
to congratulate you on your career, which
ha, been honest and a good one--un-
scared and unmoved by Secesh in front
Iof on and Abolish at the back Of you
each one of which is lit wuss than the
other il possible J!
"Tell Il Stanton that his holiness, hon.
esiy and vigger merits all praise, but TO
keep his under garments on. +. Stanton
lapmcrently las only one weakness, which
il is, he c,n allus keep his nnder garments
from hy in' up over his he'd. ] mean that
he occasionally dances in peck-measurc,
and he .lon look GRACEFUL at IT,"
took my drpartur. Good bye, old
sweetness r sed Ale, shakin me eorgully
BY the hand.
"Ado,. my prahayrie flower" replied,
and made my exit. twenty-five thous-
and dollars year and found ! solilo-
qulsed, a. walked down the street, "ls
putty COOL wages for a MN with mod
eot appyti;te, but recon it is wath II 10
run the White House,
"Whal you bowt, sall What the deb
Lle you d9in, sab 2
II was the voice Of an Afrikin Brother
) which thus spose - me. There was q
cuIlud procession before me. which was es'
conin a elderly ba'd.heddcd Afrikin e
i. his one IN Bn,s Alley. This disiin'
guished Afrikin Brother bad just returned
from l.ybery, and in turnin' corner puty
snlent | bad s,unbled and placed my he'd
ag.n his stummiek in rather strensihy
manner.
: "Do you wish to impede the progress
Of this procession, sab r
{ "Certainly not, BY all means ProeeslI!
: Ard they went on. !.
I'm reconstrdctu' my Show. I've bot
collection of liie-sze wax hggers Of oul
promin, nj Revolutionary forefaihers.
bol EN- Al auction and got 'cm cheap =
Thry stand me about z dollars and MY
cents (sl,50) per Revolutionary forefath
: er. Ever a. always yourB,
A. WARD.