The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1863-09-01

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thirty years experience ~.
Yoa bad a good uc,ldiu The pa.
pers hav a good 10 ,ay about ,ik!u.~
in connection tharcwdb. Not know.
ings what that air and So frankly
tells sou, nav mobile lord dook Of thc
throne, ! can't zackly sag whether we
had EN- or not We was both very
much frustrated. Bot never inioyed
myself better in my life.
DoetIess, your supper was head
Of -ou'ln, As regards eaiiu' uses
Badinsyille was alters shaIy. But
you can gii good meal in NV York
and cheap too. You can git half a
mackril at Dylmouico's or az Mr.. Ma
son Dory's for six dollars, ank billed
peuaiers throw'd in.
As sed manige my wife without
any particular trouble. When fast
commeust lroinin her ! insuiooted
series OF experiments, and them as
didn't work | abanding'd You'd bet
ter DO similer. Your wife may OBJ
jeck TO gitlin ny aud buildin' the fire
in the mornin', but if you commence
with her at once you may be able TO
overkum this prejoodiss. ] regret 10
obsarye that didn't commence drly
enuii. ] wouldn't have you spose |
was ever kicked out OF bed. Not at
all. ! simply say, in regard to bildin'
fires, that | didn't commence arly
enuil. Ii was a ruther cold mornn'
when iust proposed the idce TO Bet
So. | wasn't well received, and |
found myself layin' on the floor putty
student. ] thought Id git up and
bid the fire myself.
/ OF course now you're married you
can eat onions. / allus did, and If
| know my own hart, allns will
My daughter, who is goin on II and
is fri,ky, says they's disgusln. And
speaking Of my daughter reminds me
that quite a number Of young men
have suddenly discovered that I'm a
very entertaiEin' OLE feller, ana they
visit US lrekently, especially on Sun
day eyenins. Ono young chap-a
lawyer by habit--don't cum as much
+ as he did. My wiie's father lives with
us. His inlelIecli totters a little, and
he saves the papers conlainin the pro-
ceedns Of our State Legislator. The
old gen'l'man like TO read out loud,
and he reads tol'ble well. He cats
hash freely, which makes his voice
clear; bat as he optortrilly has TO
spell the most Of his words, may say
he reads slow. Wall, whenever this
lawyer made his appearance would
set the old man a readin the Legisla-
tiy' reports. kept tie young law
I yer up one night till ~ O'Clock, hsle-
in 10 lot Of acts in regard TO a draw
bridge away orr in the east part Of the
State, hayin' sent my daughter TO bed
at hall-past &. He hast'l been there
since, and undersian he says | 90
round swiudiin' the Public.
i never attempted TO rcorganize my
wife but once. shall never attempt
il agai. I'd bin TO IA public dinner,
aud had allowed myself to be betray-
ed into drinkin' several peoples
heallIs; and wishin' TO make EN- as
robus as possible, continued drinkin'
their hcalths until my own became al
fected Consekens was, | presented
myself at Betsys beside late at night
with consid'ble Ticker consealed about
my person. had sumhow got per-
scshun Of a hosswiip on my way home
and rememberin' sum cranky obser-
yations Of Mrs. Wards in the mornin',
snapt the whip putty lively, and in
a very loud voice, ! said. " Betsy, you
need reorganizin | have com, Betsy"
continued crackip' the whip over
the bed-'I liaye cum 10 reorganize
you Ha.aye you pcr-ayed to mite "
| dreamed that night that sumbody
had laid a hosswhip over me scg ri
conseekooliv times and when woke
Up found She had. hain't drank
much of any thin' since, and If | ever
have another rcorganizin' job on hand
! / shall let it out.
Ny wife is 81 years old, and has al
lus sustained good character. Shes
a good character. She's a good cook.
Her mother lived to venerable age,
and died while in the act oi frying
slap-jacks for the County Commission
ers. And may rood hand pluck a
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