The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1866-12-25
Temperance Column.
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49, eoal.lust uber e bad be driven
.anl the h1uer ly tte sweeping
win8a ~ brushed ifan the pafemerts
inss 49, rii,rra The FROST w a
al 81 ihe ground The esYe sfoois ran
,urue STREAMS n .nkT hu iag the
lhs dg4pint rain had thoroughly soaked
up the deposits - winter tfam tae
b8arlsned roofs
Add nat ireasa. blt & nas cold 81
ehfllv oald. wes and daasaecsbie as
ons raa possibly conceive > dag t. g
Fzefg boay who r5uld slut Tie door
saa sAl siaau 81 tle Ere. sliHering or
how. d.saereeabio K Is Those wbo had
Il - cat buit0Bei npclose, and hBrri
ii through tile shower Is best they
nssslli
rasrfe was i man building n foundry
IN our village. audlo supply his engine
With water be was having wcll dag
hesida hts farnacc. which was a heavy
30 ~ sonc.wogk This We.l was near
Il completed. and the mon engaged in
digging il beld O oonaaltahonn whether
tics should continue their work
The elder and wiser IF The tWo said
aSo. tic arh IS io3iull d water The
ground Is Too sofi, Tie pressure e ihe
stone TOO great, i W.il Gaze ~. And
he refused g. cutter
But tho other laughed AZ his fc0r.
f.. decsndcd Ia spite IF M remonstrancc,
and Il ran hisWork In vain his brother
.atreafed imtodcsist His reply was
sNo danger. | know what Im about
IIni he did not know The hardened
earth gave way, and be was buried many
feet beneath an avalanche Of sand and
gravel
Wild went the cry over the village
Fishers well has cayed ia, and Custard
beneath.
Tile storm. the wind, the rain, the
nua. we're all forgotten The merchant
dropped his yard-stick the farmer left
his markct.wagou in the street; the
LAWYER threw down his book, the me-
chanic has tools the minister his pen.
An rushed with throbbing harris to
the rtssuo. Women caught mp their
infants. and ran amid the storm To
sympathize with the frantic wife and
ail looked into each others faces. aud
asked in gssping whispers "What can
we do 2"
Ropes. ladders, spades, aud shoyels
were wanted No one stopped to ask
Whose IL thus no one said, That is
miao. but tho cry was Take it take
III for Gods sake hurry he lcH dte K
down they leaped into the dark abyss.
None said, "Tis not my business do
ii ihou but all were 50 eager that the
police had 10 form circle to keep OF
tho crowd, lest they should shake down
tic earth. aud bury the workers.
Then there was the stonc-work; II
was pressing heavily. "Tear II away,
cried Fisher, "sayc HIM" And with giant
strength he hurled the huge rocks from
their places.
1T viii cost him great deal, SAID one
more prudent than the rest.
aDont talk Of cost. wei all give him
something and help 70 rebuild Save
him save him don LET him die for
pounds expense.
They worked like giants, till the big
swoat-drops rolled from manly brows,
and strong hands trcmbled with fatigue
then others took their places, and thus
the work went on.
A tin tube was forced down. through
which they shouted, and asked the
prisoner, II alive to answer; and his
voice came back to them from his grave
alive, but make haste. it is fearful
here"
He was alirg and with Wild Joyous
shout, they redoubled their zeal TO save
him. No one said, He went in HIM
self let him die no one babe the
pleading, weeping wife mind her own
business; they had nothing 10 do With
her pcrishing fool Of a husband let him
DIE No one urged the matter as to the
legal liability Of taking this man spade
that mans ladder, and the other man
boards: or the penalty attached to de-
slroying the masonry and dospoiling the
works
No. no. there was a man 10 be saved
All else was forgotten, and in tho full
tide 81 human sympathy they risked
themselves TO save him And he ,ras
saved
aHc is saved Y he is saved Z went up
with shout Of JOY that shook the very
heavens above them. He IS saved r.
was echoed from every street and alley
"He is saved cried the young wife,
as with streaming eyes she claspod her
infant to her breast, aud thought Of his
relieved vito and little ones He is
saved bless God murmurcd theaged
mother. and the image Of her own son
fitted before her aHo is saved burst
forth MS from one voice from the whole
village.
Aud vet, this Was but oHe man day
lAlsorcr. famed for 80 extra virtue. Had
ne died, his would have been but O short
ASony. His wife would have shed tears
Of sorrow bot mol Of shame. His child
rem would have been farthcrless. hut ne
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