The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-06-08

"a Lee ltsoanesle Our company rep
rewui@l sonlsty a besipeaa aUa pro
iesssoDas hai. happily, We were " one
temper and Taste
There aas Habbsrd. 8 gentleman
fsaltiess a geasluv and speeeh; The hi
e wAQsa oaal ana The gstus oi vheae
bo7ts. whether goa met bim in Wal
street os a. BIS taanu'a ,ory 10 CnHuoc.
aeut. migit weii srstt6 easy Of az ez.
sutsta Iamt WA Ertt to whose
naae yen ooald wUte photographer.
art.al, aalnist, ths most genial, sanag,
kiad.heartej, ard aelileksoRse fellow
tbat ever eaAFsugd camp. Or blessed
the world w.iA hia preeepee South
wick whan Il home. supplied hall tho
lgy with psles. vbo sells boots and
shoes b pcl a manner as 10 make you
tea, "a yoa go stamping away i.om hii
presence thAi 10 bias done yon a spec
81 favor u ounjeecendug 10 lake your
money al all, amau who crossed tho
Isihnus ond lmneIed tbe Palcbts of
California for gold "a 1878, a shrewd,
wide-awake Yankee. such as are grown
principally ia thai suartest u oil our
States, tbo Nutmeg State. And there,
too. was Fitch, who bad handled abe
saw and lancet 10 the army dunng the
war. Aud Fay. the lawyer, who had
fought the battle all young lawyers
must fight and won. And Burns, aud
the parson. A goodiy set of fellows,
one and al, equally ready for business
or fun
We were on our way "out," bronzed
aud tough from the exposure to the
sun, water aud wind aud with hearts
as free from care and as light as chill
drens, We clomb the bill, ut the base
Of which we had run our boats ashore,
and entered, with merry greetings, I'm
&c Palm RS house What a hungry I
we were, when, four clock that after
noon, we drew up to that neyer-to-be
forgotten table What Jokes and sto-
ries and peals OF laughter enhyened the
ropast, aud made the table and dishes
shake and clatter as the meal progress
ed. No eoarseness or rudencss there,
each man gentleman still, amid the
liyeiest sally Of wit and loudest roar of
marriment Al last the meal was over,
and we adjourned to tho open air to
smoke or lounge, or TO engage in rival
ry Of skin, until the day, rich in its
summer loyeiness, should fade away.
Several matches with the rifle the re-
sult OF boastinl banter-at last engage
the attention Of the entire party. Our
targets wsre pennies stuck into the end
Of slender stick, two or three feet
long, which Jerry held out some thirty
PAGES or; the rule being that no. bullet
must grago the stick Pretty close work
II was. requiring steady nerves and an
exact eye; but penny after penny had
been dashed out of the slot, and hurl-
Cd into the oat-deld beyond Tho blue
smoke from tie muzzie Of my rife was
curing gracefully into the air as clos
ca the contest, when Egeritt exclaimed,
what shall we do tonight, boysy-
Let ns have dance" shouted Hub
bard "Uucie's Shining is just the
place TO trip the hight fantastic toe "--
And be jumped up from the log on
which be had leon sitting, and struck
into doublg-shufilo, which sent the
chips {, ING in al directions.
"Hurrahl bull, a ball r. screamed
Sou.hwiek, "unless the Parson objects
A speech from tho Parsoni hear, bear r
he continued, as he tnrnod double
summersaua over Fays back. and land
cd soWe distance down the slope in an
onion-bed. Unfortunately for the Par
son, Soushwicks yell was iakea up, aud
the words Speech e eBallla par
son !" Dance I" resounded on all sides.
Beng thus called upon, could not re.
fuse 70 give my opinion. Indeed, |
may be pardoned when admit that
ielt quite battered by the heartiness Of
the call Ii was more direct and unau-
inous than ever expect TO receive
from any church whatever. Moreover,
foi ! sish the true state Of the case 10
be understood, / had not made a speech
for nearly tbrea weeks Now, as al my
readers know. making speeches" is
about the oaly bona 6ie perquisite OF
the profession. This is the great ad-
vantage We have over laymen. The
moment you take TINS away from cler-
gyman. you rob him Of bis great pre-
rogative, and be becomes no better than
al ordinary man. My clerical readers
will, am sure. sympathize with me in
ms position, For three wEks l had
been 81 DO Importance whatever to the
world, but bero was a chance 10 do
some good, here, unexpectedly. aa OPP
por,uni,y to make speech lad pre-
senlea itself mounted pile oi CO.
dar slabs, and, trying 70 feel modest,
began
"DAnesDg. my irieuds. / remark ia