The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-08-02


, ia the care 81 lis wood.suw, having !,
always At hand ia bis study, ha feot .
: ctaled among minutes of councils ia.
complete magazine articles and ser.
mons, and the setiine u bis saw Was
often daily accomplished Wilde he set
tied nice points OF theology with his
boys, or took counsel with brother
= ministers.
Looking oat Of his study window
one day, when his own woodpile was
reduced 70 diseouraging state OF or
dcr-cyery stick sawed aud split--hN
san, wiih envy, the pile Of old w. in
the street. Forthwith he seized his
saw, and soon tie old sawyer Of the
street beheld man, without eravat
and IL SHIRT sleeves, issuing from Dr.
Beechers house. who came briekly
np and asked ii he wanted hand at
bis pile and forthwith fell TO work
with righl good viii, and soon proved
70 his brother sawyer that he was no
mean hand ai the craft
Nodding his head significantly at
the opposite house, W said
"lon live there
i. Yes.
W. "Work for the old man I"
b. sYes.
w. "What sort Of an oil man is
he:"
b. "0h pretty much bike the sosi
Of us. Good man enough TO worl
for"
w though old chap, aiut he 7"
b, "Gucss so to them that try 70
chaw him up"
So the conversation went on till
the wood went so fast with the new
conner that w. exclaimed:
"First rate saw that Of yourn y
This touched The Doctor in a ten
der ooint lie qad set that saw as
carefully Ms the articles Of bis creed
every tooth was critically adjusted,
and 50 he gave a smile Of triumph.
II say" w, "where can ! get
saw like that Z"
b. Il don't know, unless you buy
mine
w, "Will you trader What do
you ask I"
d. Il don't know. III think about
it. Call at the house tomorrow, aud
III tell sou"
The next day tie old man knocked,
aud met the Doctor at the door, fIe,,h
from the hands Of his wife, with h.
coat brushed and cravat tied, goins
out to pastoral duty. =
w. Satr et"fe.vr .... I.t--
"Oh," said the Doctor, you're The
man that wanted TO buy my saw
Well, you shall have il for nothing,
only let me have some Of your wood
to saw when you work on my street"
w said that lie then felt as II he
wnelcd TO crawl into an auger.hole.
ms MANUSCRIPT.
His habits Of composition were PEE
culiar. His social nature was 80 nc
tive that as soon as he had written
sentence that pleased him he had an
ardent desire to read it to somebody.
Many a time he has rushed to the
dining room where Aunt Esther was
washing dishes-'llere, Esther, hear
this Aunt Esther, with marlyr-like
patience, would stand, towel in one
hand, and an unwipcd plate in the
other, tor he must have her undiyid-
ed aitention), till he bad read his par
agraph and trotted back to his study
again. 1t sometimes seemed as II he
would never get a sentence dome
lie would write, re-write, erase and
interlhe, tear up and begin anew,
scratch out and scribble in almost
In tie latter part Of his
life this habit became morbid, and
actually shut him out from the posi-
)ilily of publishing bis own writings.
lie was the torment Of printers, both
by the delay Of his manuscript and by
he condition ID which they found it
when they got IL. One oi his daugh-
ers said there were three negative
.ules by which she could always read
,er fathers Ariting, to-wit !. IL
here i. a letter crossed, il isn't t.
!. ii there is letter dotted, it isn't
u !. 8. II there is capital letter,
: isn't al tie beginning Of word.
At Lame Seminary he lived more
han Two miles from the city. One
me, the piintels Lad been On tenier-
.ooks for iorly-eigbt hours for their
opy, he hastily finished bis manu.
cript III liis study crushed il INTO the
rown Of the hai lhal lay nearest BIN,
lapp II another hat on his head ydioye
own ~ the city, rushed up to ihe
riniug office and snatched of his
at Heres your copy-b'm, I'm
7 well. II il isn't here, il Is somewhere
I-e.' The copy aas siill ID tile hat
iat had been len al ho,ne. Dnl who
Duid be angry With 50 mach good
aiure, even If il were gblaguet
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