The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-03-17

young man who needs recon
siruciiou SAYS "A pair pi sweet lips. a
small waist a pressure q two delicate
hands has unhngsd him 'worssr than
can Be- done ~ three foyers TIE mnmps.
the tucascls large sired who8pinr
cough pair q lock jaws. several hy-
dropliabias. and the doctors bill
\ country editor. noticing tho az.
cease Of wealthy gentleman. observes
"lie has died regretted hy numerous
circle q friends. and leaving awidow a.
dssconsolale ne ans widow need bo who
has obtained the uncontrolled possess
lon e eve thousand pr annnm More
Than twenty Young men have sent let
+ terH ol coincidence ia her.
Henry Wand Becchor, when a hoy
/ Of eleven years--hia sister writes was
sent % his sisters school. The only male
scholar in the school, bot after about
eiA months was returned 10 has parents
hands with the reputation oi being an
lnyetorato Joker and an indifferent
scholar II was the opinion ol his class
that there Was mueA talent lying about
loosely IN him if he could ONLY bo
brought to apply himself
AbQah Hunt, an old resident of
hlllamsburgh. Will be remembered by
many Of the other residents of Hamp-
shire County for bis quaintuess aud
love Of a Joke. On one occasion he
went 10 Boston aud nj the hotel al din
ner inquired for chicken. winch proved
70 DO remarkably tough, whorsapon the
old gentleman asked the landladv
where the fowl came from. She knew
her esstamer and replied that III came
irom williamsburg "Impossiblot
said Ar. Hunt, for the town haan been
Incorporated over forty years r
An old gentleman in Arkansas re.
Gently presented himself for reQistra.
ton with his two sons, and the eldest
Of the latter was asked by the clerk il
he could write. "No, SIR chimed in the
old man, Il am happy TO say my sons
cannot write. When ! was boy my
parents sent me TO school, and after
had got a little start in tho world | en-
dorsed a note for man, and it cost mo
all my property then made up my
mind that no child Of mine should learn
to write
In certain school in Springfield,
Mass, the lady teacher, few DAYS
since, had occasion 10 punish one Of the
little boys for using profane language.
There being knot hole in the floor che
conceived the idea 10 mako him think
he had got to stand near by with n pair
OF tongs and watch until he caught a
rat that should come mp from below.
otationing him she gave him strict in
functions to remain until lac had accom-
phshed The feat; calculating, of course ai-
ter he had stood there couple 81 honrs
to send him to his seat Judge Of her
surprise, whom two minutes after, he
fastened the tongs to genuine live fell
low OF the rat kind, with enormous
and tail, and holding him up
exclaimed, by iinks, I've caught him.
"A strong and sensible writer saws
sharp thing and a true one. for BOYS
who use tobacco. IL has utterly spoil
I'd and ruined thousands Of bows. IL
ends to the softening and weakening
'f the bones, and il greatly Injuries the
lrain, the spinal marrow, and the whole
learvous fluid A boy, who smokes
'arly and frequently, or In any way
ises large quantities Of tobacco, Is new
n known to make man of much en-
'rgy and generally lacks muscular and
physical as well as mental power. We
would particularly y warn boys who wish
o be anything in the world, to shun to-
,acco as a most baneful poison. II in
nres the teeth. II produces an un-
unhealthy state Of tho lungs, hurts tho
tomach, and blasts the brain and
eryes
An incident recently occurred at
ale which goes very far to establish as
fact that the world moves A Yale
lumnus OF twenty years standing re-
entity returned after long absence TO
lslt his alma mater, and was very
received and shown round
y Prof T. After having exhibited
. hls guests all the modern improve
ients, the Professor said to him: You
ave seen, believe, all that is new in
he institution except the gymnasium.
ONE, let's go up thore, and / will
oll a string Of ten-pins with YOU
What, sirl" exclaimed the guest, start
lg back in real or simulated astonish-
Ient. Why, exclaimed the Professor,
we have fine alley in our gymnasium
nd ! would like to 90 there and roll
string OF ter pins with you, Ten
ms, cried tho alnmnus with a CLEAN
malicious fun in his eye, why, sir, |
as expelled from the college for rolling
n-pins Y