The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-04-19
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sea.nlsoeace Of ofseventesa Years ago
Here | ANA glc Eeombea4 IL Tu.
/ rm dfly a laiel. le i said pas.
sinslg q auy yoall 6ni oa, oil Ire
land and seventeen lofg Bears il Is
since saa II first. Itdy has chang
ed a good deal "a tie meanwhile
changed rulers landmarks, systems,
and ideas n8l 50 my old afQuain
lance, tile IT mbrua There's lhe
/ dirty waiter tipnrisdng his diriier nap
I kin and here. he long, low-eiliue-
ed td5ted' hate room. nfEy and smoky v,
and sutiocaiing as ever aud there
are the little grinning coierles 81
threes aid iOnrs round small tables
soaking tiieir rolls III chDt,lale. ula
1 putt ng their .CAvours' with iacas as
innocent Of soap u they were before
/ the War Of the liberaou Alter 81.
perhaps, ia have 30 objection II some
lrieud would cry out why, Con.
my boy, you don't look day oller
/ than when saw you here in iG.
think ] prote you nave moi chang
cd ID Ilie basi. What ehxtr gitp
liayc.Jo swallowed, old fellow Noi
a wrinkle, nor grey hair, and SO oil.
And yet seventeen Years taken Tonl OF
TIC working part Of a mans HE that
pelioi thai Corresponds with the n
terval between after breakfast Re'll
say. and an hour before dinner
makes great gap in existence tor |
did very lutte aS a boy. being not AN
early riser. perhaps, and now, IN the
evening OF my days, | have goi the
ory that 4 map ought 10 dine early
and never work after IT, Thougb I'm
halt ashamed, on 50 short an acQuain-
taBce with my reader, 10 mention
personal incident, can scarcely avoid
indeed. cannot avoid -relating
Circumstance conrAied with my first
visit te the TrombSA.
| wa newly mars when came
abroad ior a short wedding-tour.-
The word at that time required new
married people u lay in small stock |
a contm naI notions, 70 assist their
connubialily, aud enable them to bear {
tli yoke with tie graceful ease Of ior-
eigners and 70 Mrs. o d. and
started with one heart, one passport,
and-w what's not 50 pleasaat-one
hundred pounds, 10 comply with this.
ordnance. Of course, once over the
border--onee III France--it \ was
cnough. SO We took up our abode in
a yer, unprelending lttleA hotel Of
Boulogle sur.mer called La Cour de
Madrid, where we boaHled\ for the
- I---..~7 7.y-.,. ~ olvtvu nancs nEy
,entimes per dIem-the odd ffy\be-
ng. saved by my wife not taking the
post prandial cup Of coffee and rum. K,
There was not much TO see at Buul-
Jgne, and we soon aw,it. For a week
u So Mrs. o d. used t. 20 out muf-
!ed like one,ot the Sulians i've ham
ired wiies, processing that she'd sure
y bu recognIzed but She grew out
u the gelusion at lasi, and discovered
NJ our residence az the Cour de
iaNId as effecilally screened Us from
u renMrk o. all inquiry as il we had
lken upNur abode in the Catacombs.
Now when one has large stock Of
ny commoditN2u hand--l don't care
that il is-thereN noihing 50 pro,ok-
lg as not to find a M2rkel. Mrs. o.
Us investment was 6ashiulness.-
he WAS determined 10 be\the most
mid, startled, modest, and Bdushinq
reaure thai ever wore orange .Qow
rs and ct there was not a man, :
oman, or child ii the whole town .
iat cared to know whether lhe act Tor
Inch she leit ENGLAND was II matii
Iony or msrdef
'Donl you bate Tins place Cornell {
5 Z ste never called me Con III the
ou ymoon.
'lsn't it the duilest, drearest hole !,
on lave ever been in:' "
MOI with you. "
Then don't yawn when you say 50. :
really .Sbhor it. Its dirty, rs yuI- :
4 !e aint dear, my love :
Billie 1, perhaps, and iilby Sc y
Az, ana fhat greetisl biiter--anuis-
te, | think they call it-are cneap !"
iough, perhaps; bui these are ali &
Nunes ! cant share in. r
Here vas tie cloud no bigger thaa
mans hand ihat presaged tie first
nnubid hurricane. A marled
lend-one Of much experience ami
ng sutierlng-Aad told me d this, %
ying: ~
Don't fancy you'll escape, old tei- e
IS but DO tbs way the Ministry do su
'oai luise5 pul lhe esil day oii- re
piomaiize- promise, eaJole threaten
oi' II ueeds A, uai by all means az
.stpuc. vi
a. d u ~ ~in iese pfeeepts, M
gci'a.e .e''- a. 'ae pbrass i, aad--- 70
th q dasn q reckless iibefaiay tAat Dc
IrcnDls. at aow Is ! Fecord til 81
ID n
lou'ye olaj TO say wherc--nothng M.
I where to- and III AXE you- Cd
ipe Rhine, down the Danube,
:ypt, Palestine, lie CAaracis- G,
Il don't want to 70 SO Tar, said she, NJ
yiy. Italy will do +.
ibis Was a slnuaer. ! boped that D
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