The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-11-15


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8 came 70 aitsWpt fastening bis wals
s ruat wHta ho t9sud ihat operation. hi
i possible Hftr many ibgGcutual stua
. giles De- called his wife ta his aid vii
. likewise found ihe wajsteoat d.ajtul
, lasuuuugutai,e She was al loss 4
. explain tbe rbct0Ueuon. fill she ap
J peaed 90 east Ter eve on the shirt tray
. ID was cmp's The minister. IN hi
d absence of mind had pot an the wh0l,
hali.dazca shirts. one an top uf ano hcl
and It Is uo woudcrh his waisteoat would
not button Oa another occasion ho ana
bis wife ere under invitation 60 dino
az the lair of tHe parish The minister
had been ont far long DAYS work
sting bis parishioncrs, and when be
came Tome, q little late, hc found the
mistress already dressed and waiting
lie al q &c went up stairs Go make his
toilet with stsict iniuuctious from his
good lady 70 be quick. BE wa, SO slow.
however that She got inpatient. and
went to see what was the cause Of the
delay Entering the bedroom che
found the worthy man placiily cnjoFing
bis FIRST sleep Having undres,cd, il
seems that IN his absence Of mind he
had taken it for granted that the nat
ural sequel was q go TO bed, aud hclsy
totally ubIiyious 10 the dinacrparty al
the laird's
IL is said of sir Isaac Newton that he
often forgot 10 eat his dinner, which
bis house keeper was accus toned TO
leave ia closet near his study door. -
bis head was too much ia the heavens
to mind the rlh; bis friend. knowing
his pecnliarity, one day slipped his din
mr. out Of the basket and ate itup. -
" hen at las I the philososher came out
and greeted his friend, he asked to be
xcused till he took his lunch. On look
u e INTO the bas ct and finding it gone, /
he simply exclaimed, much to his
II ends amusement, "0h / had forgot
| had eaten my dinnr!"
An absent-mi ded man, Mr. A --, of
Troy, receives letter; he knows the
handy ritiug-hc wants to read it in +
haste is already dark he strikes a
light, tears paper and lights a lamp.
but the letter is goachc h used il TO
light the lamp
There is a late striking instance Civ
en- OF Pere Gratry, who has lust been
nominated director Of the academy in
Paris One day, whun going to the
oorbome, where he lcctured ON theolo-
5y, he imagined he had forgotten his
watch, and to k it out Of his pocket TO
see # he had time to go home and fetch
t.
1t is said of Neander, the learned
ecturer and ecclesiastical hi torian of
Germany, that bis stor had to watch
nm daily, TO see that he did not start
o the university W til bis night cap on,
n with his study gown aud Slippers
md 1t was not Uncommon forhim, when
moving aside from the jostlng crowd
u the street to step into the gutter,
where he walked on and on seemingly
unconscious where he was stepping.
The following anecdote illustrates
cyeral tainSs, among others the pres
nee OF mind Of medical students. and
nd the absence of ditto sometimes in
abmen 4 medical student, returning
ONE late ii cab, recOIccted upon !
nding he had no money to pay his
are that he had dropped two soyer-
igns az the bottom of the cab lie
Old ia cabman, in an agitatcd manner,
/ his loss, and begged OF him to wait /
II he got a candle to look for them
le went into the hall to look for one,
ut while falling over the chairs in t
aarcb Of Iuciier, he heard the cab 0
H. lie ran 10 the door, and, to his
stonishment, saw the cab galloping as :
.st as it co Id down the street. He :
alloed, and called, and shouted, but e"
ie sabman was SO deaf that he could
OF hear him, he medical student,
owever, went quietly to bed, and, in
cad Of rcproa ;hing himself for the v
ception he had pr5ctced on the cab :
AN, he laughed he rtily at the ingen u
,us way in whice he had got home for "
Dthing D
A story is told cf a very good elder II II
gentleman, an affection te husband =
nd father, who, upon a fire breaking =
1t in his home, rushed across the !,
rect, and earnestly begged friend =,
no lived opposite to take care of-his =
ghtcap. u
People have been known to throw },
lass and crockcry out Of first or ..
.cond story window in order TO save -
when real valuables and human life u
as ID jeopardy Au old servant was :
jagged ianting from a house in flames :,
hen she came 10, She said, Thank ~
lodness, We saved thisf Now, =,
hat s had saved as a parlor broom y
1t IL not everybody who can be as i, !,
Iol as the cotchman, who flung him -
II out of the sixth story on hearing
9 cry Of fire When be had got hall :,
ly dow "a he fould there was 10 fire " "
all bat seeing friend in the third ~
ory looking out Of the window, said 0'
Eh, Sandy, mon, sic
IA rs viii hae r.
4 milkmaH ou the lire Of the Harlem
ilroad was ssen lately driving Je u '
.e, with bis miik-wagOn, on a four y
lc beat. thinking ho would be too late 81
/ the train TIE villagers stared az y
rushed through the streets. The in' \,
,in was already standing at tie depot 20
: dashed across the track, backed 90 81
, empty wagon with endb0Ari out. 90
rned around held his hands and =
claimed BY iukcs thought that ~
te had put them cans In A fonr uo
.e race with an empty wagon 30 81
.ch t9r miad wandering Per contra ~
,amslaus wif never forgot herself y
any mUmentary fit 0f enthusiasm