The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-03-03


The height ot modcssy is that of a
Young lady who deauuR les Of chick
,n at table said III take tie part that
ou b 60 ~ dressed Ia drawers
l hops ms little daughter. said
uut morning that yoa viii bc able rs
enntrol yonr little temper to day
Yes mamma, and ! hope you will bc
aisle "a control yoar big temper
The man who has never tried the
compAuiauship nf a little child has
carclcssly passed ty ouc II the greatest
pleasures e liie, d one passes a rare
flower without plucking il or knowing
rs value
Young Steele who, wear or two
ago, was considered tho millionaire II
tho Neuango oil regions, his income for
time being estimated az two thousand
dollars day. is said 70 he engaged
now IN teamiug oil NJ Oh Greek.
Some idea 81 the extent II a great
Texas ranch may be gathered from The
fact that on one, last wear, 10000
calves we're branded. and 100000 COWS
were given pasturago A free hotel il
kept on the ranch for tho benefit Of Gus.
toners
a desparado calling himself Col
Baker G 5. A is al largo ii Texas. AZ
ter having committed forty murders.
substratum lake Of boiling water
has been discovered at La Crosse. Wis
One might suppose that Brick Pome-
roys home must be somewhere near
hot center
Girls, do you want to got married,
and DO you want good husbands? III
SO, cease 10 act like fools Don't take
prido IN saying you never did house
work, never cooked pair Of chickens,
never made bed, aud so on. Don't
trn up your pretty noses at honest in-
dustry; never tell your friend that You
are not obliged to work. When You go
shopping, don't take your mother with
you te carry home the bundle.
During Sam Houston's incmbencv
of the Gubernatorial chair Of Texas il
was proposed in the Senate Of that tur-
bulent State to abolish tho State Geo
logical Commission, OF which n very
capable German professor was chief.
On being asked his opinion Houston
said he was opposed to abolshing the
Commission, as the professor was a very
useful manyery; for added the
Governor, "he has already discovered
sac dVerent strata Of dirt on Dick Scui-
ieys neck, pith uariouS animalctdlpt"
Dick was Member Of Congress.
"A Boston correspondent says:
Your anecdote Of the late lamenied
Isaac O. Bcrnes, in the January NUM-
Der, reminds me Of one | have not seen
IN print. AT the time the Second Ad
vent believers were in full blast in Bos-
ton Mr.. Barnes was passing their place
Of meeting and urgently solicited TO en-
ter He inqnlred the object Of SO
large end solicitous gathering, and
was told: I'VE are anxiously awaiting
the second coming of Christ do come
in and be saved Excuse me, he re-
Piled; Il am now in somewhat Of
hurry, but II III nrices bcg of gou 10
trcai HIN, better Ataa uhen he made His
fTI eiMt
"A member Of the House Of Repre-
sentatives at Washington writes that
While at his home in the Granite State,
during the holidays, he found chat
Professor Chandler Of Middlebury, Vt,
had been engaged to deliver course
Of lectures on geology, notice Of which
had been posted about town, headed
Geological Lectures" A youth Of
Irish extract, who is called bright
boy in school, and who was evidently
vol up in his abreviations, seeing the
notice, went home TO his mother and
informed her that there was to be a
lecture that evening What is it
about asked the mother. well"
replied Danny, Il don't know what it's
about but Geo Logicai is the man who's
going to lecturel"