The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-12-01

hls hand Ihgs venerable weapon con
sists q q stout handle about two fest
long with nine lasbes 81 somewhat
greater length Tie thongs are made
% thick leather. twisted together, end
as hard as wire They have beeu soaked
with blood before TINS, and i has dried
upon them uatii their edges are as
sharp as knives The sheriff has just
begun Bis term Of Office. and tins was
his FIRST whipping He looked as il be
was ashamed aud disgustod i would
almost as leave have hang man as
this said he The FIRST candidate for
the lash was the boy who stolo seventy
cents worth Of pig iron. The jalIer
brought hm out, fastened him to Ha
post, and removed d rough l.aukat
from his shoulders. lie MAS naked 81
the waist. The thermometer was %
thirty i've degrees Twenty lasbes
sheriff, sand the jnler Tho sheriff
swung Bis "cat UP slowly and it de-
oended on ths bare skln "One said
the jailer "two three, sc as the sher-
if tendtrly, and with not half his seem
ing strength, struck twenty blows
The skin was not broken, and the boy,
looking very sad, was burriodoiL Tins
officer is too humane for the law 9th
er sherifs that ] know 81 used to stand
of and eye the victim as a western dro-
yer would fly upon his OK, and then
measure the distance so nicely that the
ends Of the thongs would cut bits Of
skin from the prisoners back, and
bring the blood forth in crimson
streams. That was what law and chief
justices had calculated upon.
Out came the jailer with another boy,
boy Of fourteen, who was surrounded
by running children gazing curiously
upon him. He had twenty lashes, al
so, and as each blow descended his
muscles contracted and he tried to
dodge to avoid it. "Why don't the
sheriff make it swish n" He amt half
dom it, said another. "He ought
to cut into him, observed another man,
who seemed to take it to heart that
'the outraged majesty OF the law was
not better vindicated, When the boy
was released, he assumed an air of bra
vo, and cracked his heels together to
signify that he didn't care for such a
fogging, All the little girls elapped
their hands and laughed at this. Mr..
William Mulloney was the next star ac-
tor i'll this ugly drama. He wanted
darwers, and stole pair worth coup
le Of dollars. His sentence was, resti-
| tuition money, cost, twenty lashes, six
months Imprisonment, and six months
OF convict's costume. Mr.. Mulloney
seemed calm, and when the lash fell
upon his white shoulders, he only
shrugged them, and drew himself up.
He went away shiyering wife cold, and
with welts of a fingers thickness on his
back Then there was piteous sight.
An old man Of seventy years, decrepld,
feeble and very lame, hobbled ont, his
! grey hairs streaming in the Wind. lie
wanted shirt, heaven knows badly
enough this bitter winter weather, and
be bad very wickedly stolen it. lie had
none on now The jailer fastened him
to the post and suatched tho blanket
from his back. His skin was yellow
and wriukled, and it had scars upon it,
The lashes fell, and the old mans whole
frame was conyulsed with agony. he
writhed at each blow as if 1t was unen-
durable, and at last he put his head
down and cried like a child. Most OF
the spectators were affected. | would
liked to have had the unjust judges and
| the Delaware law makers look that
poor, broken down wretch in the face
then. / think they we're the great Grim
inals, not lac. The jailer whispered in
his ear very hurnedly 1T wasn't SC
very bad, George, was it. and then
helped him to limp away to his siz
months home. The next was foppish
worshipper as ST. Pillorys shrine lie
wore fashionable trousers, tucked into
aristocratic top boots Of patent leath
er But the upper portion OF his fine
figure was en- dishqbiHe. Charles Wheat
ley was his name, and the annexation
of those identical patent leather boots
his crime He wore forced smile up
on his face, and tried to assume a sat
isfed air; but when the zeal" furrowed
his back into ugly crimson ridges, BIZ
squirmed aud twisted as if he did mol
enjoy it hugely. He danced off will
affected gayety, and the boys and girls
rewarded him with cheers and laugh
ter. = philadelphia bulletin.
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