The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1866-09-25


ow Ihe De4e6n wagon toppel oa
moruug before Widow Jones aow,and
he gave the usual country ign tbat hs
wanted somebody In the houso.by drop.
piug tha feiua sr3 sitting double with
h.s elbow IS ITS knees. Ont tripod
lbo willow lively Is a ciioket,w with tre.
mmdous black ribbon on her SNOW white
cap Good morning said on both
sides sul tie widow waited for what
vas further aid
Noh, maum Jones perhaps you
don't want to sou one Of your COWS,
now, FOR nothing, any way, do you
"Well, there, Ar Smith. youcouldu't
have spoken my mind better A poor
lone wuuln like me does not know
what 70 do with SO many ercturs.
and should be glad to trade i We can liz
it.
So they adjourned to tie meadow
Deacon Smith looiod IL Roam. then ut
tie widow &c Briudlc, thon at the
widow at tie Downing COW, then at
the widow again, and so through the
whoic forty cows The same call Was
made for Il week, but the deacon could
not decide what COW lie wanted At
length on Saturday, when the widow
Jones WAS in a hurry to get through
her baking for sunday and had "oycr
50 much to do III the house, us al
farmers wives and widows have on
Saturday she was little impatient.
Deacon Smith was Us nrosoluteas ever.
"Ihat cro Downing COW is pretty
fair cetur, said lie, but, he stopped
to glance at the widows face, and then
WalEcd around her not the widow, but
tho COW.
"Hho Downing cow | lnew before tho
late Mr. Jones bought her Here he
sighed ut the allusion TO tho late Mr..
Jones, She sighed, and both looked at
each other II was highly interesting
moment.
"0ld Roam is a faithful old milch, and
80 is Brindle but | have known bet
ter 4 long stare succeeded this
speech the pause was getting awk-
ward and at last Mrs. Jones broke
out
Lord! Dir. Smith, if Tn the COW
you want, DO say 50!
TIE intentions of the deacon and
the widow were published the next
day.
H,HDsoMaY TupND. 4 correspond
cnt # tho Macon Telegraph, writing Of
some Of the incidents Of the late ses-
sion of the County Court Of Putnam,
reports tire fgnooing seod rcpartoes
by J. A. Turnor, late Of the Country
man:
After the business Of the late court
was over on this samc day, just before
the adjournment, and while the bench
and bar were ndulging ii pleasantries
DR.. IT,, a wag, applied for license to
plead and practice law in the County
Court. In order to humor the joke, the
court appointed J. a. Terner to exam
inc the candidate for license.
Quoth Turner to tho applicant, with
great dignity and gravity: "What is the
tust requisite for making n good law
ycr?"
10 Be 4 4 rascal was H..
ready response, followed with great
,the spectators evidently think
nag Tuner was done for.
But Turner arose with dignity and
the court, said: MAY it
please the court, ! deem It unnecessary
10 prolong this examination DR.. II.
has said that the first riquisitc to make
/ good lawyer is to be a d. d rascal
| pronounce the Doctor fully qualified,
md move that he be enrolled as mn at
orney Of this court.
TIM DEAcoy's Cow A contributor to
iarpcrs Monthly tells a story Of a GER
ain deacon who was one of the best of
nen, but By nature very irrasiblc A
,ow was SO exceedingly disorderly rs
.hc deacon was attempting TO milk her
me morning, that the old Adam got
he better Of him, and lie vented his
ceilings IN a Yolcy of cxecrations very
III their character. At
his moment Tie good deacons pastor
appeared unexpectedly on the scene,
md announced his presence by saying /
why, deacon can it be? Are you 4
wearing2" "Well, pason, replied 1
le deacon, = didn't think of any one
,oing near by; bat the truth Is, Ineyer (
hall enjoy religion as long Us | keep (
his COW "
SrorIISa PAfEE An exchange SAYS
hat one If IFS subscribers, D few weeks +
incc. concluded LIE would stop lis pa
.er lliuiiag lie couldnot afford news
aper tnlnt The papcr had
casal its visits two weeks, when he
anne into tho Office and said BE wanted
again, Re Lad lost 500 the week
ef3re for SAINT oi information he could I
ayc obtained from the paper The
.orst economy IN tho world is stopping
our local paper
Good morning, AIr Henpoek,' said
printer to a friend of bis iho other
aY. have you any girls that would /.
rake good typesctter! SO, but
Laga a wife that would mako d good
JerH
Some people are never c0ntented.
Iter having ali their limbs broken,
heir heads smashed. and their brains
nocked out ill 4 railroad accident they