The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1866-08-07

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hcod. The bans in mine pody vas all
gone away put mine hand in mine
pocket and there was twenty dollars
So ! ahall shtay nit dc temperance.
Teacher what part Of speech isthe
work eggY
Boy (hesitatingly) "Noun, sirP
! Teacher is ii masculine, feminine,
or neuter2'
Boy Cooking sharp Can't say,
sir, Til it's hatchcd
"A week filed up with selfshness,
and the Sunday stuffed full Of religious
exercises, viii make Good Pharisce,
but q poor Christian Thero are many
persons who think Sunday is a sponge
with which TO wipe out the sins Of the
week Now, Gods alter stands from
Sunday to Sunday, and theseventh day
is no more for religion than amy other,
II is for rest. The whole seven are for
religion and one Of them for rest.
The following good story is again
ia circulation through our exchangess
4 year Or two ago after Tylcr's ac-
ccsson, the president contemplating
an excursion in some direction, his son
went 20 order a special train Of cars.-
II SO happened that the superintendent
w eIy strong Wing On "Bob's'
Drt 4 known hls errand, chat official
u1lmcd him that his road did
podm tram for the Presi
aaa aud bob did you not fur
DO aa eli train for the funeral OF
Con Harrison Z"
'te sad tho superintendent, pat
ting Bob on the back, "and il you'll on
Hra your father in Htat shape, You
sha!l haga Tie best train Oh the roadg'
"A fictitious notice Of death sent 70
thc editor Of the Worcester Mass
Spg, is thus served up quite daintly,
and made to answer double purpose.
"If Pratt was really dead, We should
be very happy to write his obituary ~
nothing; but as we are quite certaU
be is alive, we would respectfully slia
gost TO him that he has On unsettled
account at this office, and that il he has
any serious intention Of dying il may
case his conscience little, in the last
hour, to know that he has paid the
printer"
a prayer meeting recently held not
far from New Haven IN earnest broth
er whose zeal surpassed his Intelligence,
offered this petition 20 Lord, have
mercy on us poor miserable sinners, of
which / am the ehiefest among ten nthou-
sand and the one altogether lovely
Stock viii fatten better il the dark
than in the light better in the fall ION
account Of the longer nights) than IN
the tgmmer With less food, moro
W gsF can De secured Ia the dark than
in the light Experiments have sufii-
cienuy demonstrated this. The pig
pen should be dark We have often seen
IL made 50 With the finest effect ia favor
Of the fattening % stock. II Is known
that light toughens the tissue. For "a
work k-horac, the sun Is excellent; for
the working man the same but not ior
the accumulation II faL Yet how fey
people take advantage of these things.
re that is choice u his time VIII
also be choice Of bis company, and
choice Of his actions
An Illinois chap IN describing gale
0f ain3 says, 4 white dog, while AZ.
tempting 10 weather the gale, waa
caught aith hia mouth open. and turn
"a inside ont
When you aee o man on q moon
5 ht night trying 10 convince his s1ad-
7w that i Is improper % follow gem
sleman you may b. sure i IL high time
.or ban n JON temperance s0eict
sag wrote % the back u fat
"W.doael q tie erpcn
corporation
Western editor aays thai -
MAKING tho earth MAS Z great
saIuabl aiegpH
Pe3p ney im1roye when i
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