The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-04-20

Gfcelgy came latu - The rouhrv
SboS. - usual fbe atlsa5anc~ vas
small. aed lookea all the smaller frOm
the vast SPACE fhe show wss bed ia
The venerable editor Of the Tnhun
wAs not IN hts tone that be usually 70.
suals 10 public resersing bis chief disa-
gresahleness feJ the editorial room asd
his intimate irionas
His voice wps pitched 30 q higher.
trchle than common. and ths various
birds there not being very intelligent.
failed fo recognise Il as human. They
evidently mistook il Cor the expression
of an unknown auimal and greeted il
accordingly My friends. began H.
g., aud here rooster poured forth =
eook-a.doodlo-doo in clarion notes that
fairly drowned The feeble orga Ne u tie
journalist MY friends, be repeated.
Il am glad TO meet you. (qnack quAck.
qnack, went whole corps Of ducks.
and kept il up for Eve mmutesl. As
was saying, am glad 10 meet YOU here
tonight gobble, gohhIe, gobble from
,undred turkeys, until The speaker was
ed With yexation) Farming is the
OLDEST calling. as every wise man viii
ttest a countless number OF geese
rowned his voice with hideous noise)
every one viii attest who is within
each Of my (quack, quack. gobble, COB.
10, cock k-a-doodle doc, all IN chorus -
thin reach Of my voice.
The farmer (quaek, qnack, quack.
the faamer say (gobble, gobble,
obble. tho farmer (cock-s-doodle-
ool, II could make myself heard | in
DIS somewhat noisy place (here II.
!, lifted his shrill treble 30 high that
ugc Cochin-China cock, considering il
challenge from rival rooster. tapped
is wings, aud gave such a loud and
rolonged crow that the Spruce street
Philosopher was completely drowned in
ne volume Of sound).
Greeley made no effort 10 finish the
entence Ii was evident anger was
citing the better Of his judgment He
,as silent for some minutes before he
,ent on mature dwoels in the conn
~, there is her sanctuary; there
,peyunk, peyunk, peyunk, yelled one Of
he many dogs the farmers bad brought
20 town, and tied in the inelosnro)
Once more the sentence was cut Off,
and another began, II G. growing red
about the ears and saying, sotto voice,
ID n poultry, anyhow Who that
has a generous soul will respond "
(bow-wow-wow, peyunk, peyunk, gob-
ble,quack, hiss, hiss, cock a-doodls-doo,
peyunk, ,bow-wowwow, chimed IN geese,
ducks, roosters, Turkeys and Dogs.
The audience could not repress their
merriment longer, Everybody burst
into roar Of laughter save Greeley,
who looked as mad MS ever he could
There was long pause, and then the
venerable journalist took heart again.
Great cities have many attractions;
but they arc arti fial aud deceptions,
my friends. Look into your heart,
question it, and il viii answer in still,
small voice" (hee- haw, hee- haw, below
ed mule, almost under the speakers
nose, and submerged the editors slen-
der organs as the roar Of battery sti-
Aes the piping Of a thrush.
The philosopher lost his philosophy,
He spoke no more The mules protest
against his continuance was too much
for human nature. Ho left the rostrum
saying in audible tone Il always did
hate mules. Dn mules; they'll do
anything"
The audience exploded once more
The geese hissed, the turkeys gobbled,
the ducks quacked, the roosters crow
cd. the dogs barked, and the cows bel
lowed in such grand menagerie cho-
rus as has rarely been heard On the Is
land Of Manhattan. Attempts were
made to pacify Greeley, but he strobe
off in a towering rage, declaring, it IL
said, "D~-n you; bate all Of you
You re as bad as that d--n mule !"