The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-01-25
VOLUME IX


A sohool boy being asked BY his
teacher, 'Of what IL the German Diet
oonsl,taed : replied. .Sourkrou,. sch
napps, lager beer, and ni1 cun arouse
SAID an ambitious youth one day
toa Young lady, Don't you think Ia
better dye my mousiachs Z carc&sing
the infant prodigy I think i You let
il alone It will die itself, said the Lady
:. Begger woman Please. air. give
me penny to keep me frem stArvingt'
Gent: Can't stop an great hurry
Two got to make speech at the Soeie-
~ for the Relief Of the Destitute.
"A wealthy gentleman who own a
country seat, nearly lost his vale, who
fell into riyer which flows through his
estate. He announced the narrow es-
cape 10 his friends, expecting their con
gratuht,ons One Of them IAN old
bachelor wrote as follows Il always
told you that river Was too shallow
The leading merchant Of Shang
hae IS live Yankee Io ships twice
rs much tea AS auy other fru in tho
country, ntteuds two churches, leads
the choir in one, IL treasurer Of MIS-
sionary society, member oi the Philhar-
NOME society, engineer OF fire com
pany, member Of a regatta association,
teacher ia Sunday school, assistant
editor OF "a newspaper member OF the
Asiat.c society, aud principal speaker
at a debating club
A Canadian Postmaster hal keg
Of damaged powder. aud to ses Il i.
was good for anything. be threw a
lump into the fireplace II cost his
widow $3.50 to put new roof on the
post-othce.
AS a railway tiain stopped at Han
ma, station in Indiana, lately, tho
brakeman thrust his head inside the
car door and loudly called Hanna r.
A young lady, sitting next the door,
probably endowed with the poetic ap.
pelation OF Hannah, supposing that the
brakeman was addressing her. aud
shocked at his familiarity on so short
an acquaintance, frowned and retort-
ed, Shut your month.
The surest road to poverty ia to
hoard up treasure The sureat road 20
wealth il to bestow Literally where il is
most needed. Tho miser is the poor
est man on earth the most liberal
anjsgthe most wealthy, II therefore
you would be rich, do not aim at rich
es, but simply use what You already
possess for the greatest possible good
OF the greatest possible number-
Who's that getleinau, my IHtls
man Z was asked Of an urehiu. That
one with the sp,ke-tailed coat z 'Yea,'
was the response Why, hes bfevet
uncle Of mine. How's that 2 was ask.
ed. Cause he's engaged TO my auut
Mary,
"A Clergyman went 10 hotel to -
der dinner for uutnber Of clerrtI
friends. May | ask air, demanded q.
waiter glayely, whether The lul it
high church or low church Z .,ow.
what on earth, cried the clergyman
do my friends opinions aa,tter to
you P "A great deai, sir, rejoined the
waltor, If nigh church, | mus provide
more wine, If loW church more whites.
--An occasional correspondent of
ours, meeting party OF settlers the
other day III Texas, inquired iron. tho
conductor what the men IN the inst
wagon were intend for. TO clear lhs
forests" well" sad he, "ani what
are those in the second iJf 2" 10
buiid the huts, was the reply. "Aud
that old white headed man IA the thild
wagon--what is he for n as the ne1t
question asked, to wnieh ths reply VAS
given "Oh. that's my father We snail
open our new cemetery With him ~
Our correspondent did not inquire lar
ther.
"A lovely girl in Wisconsin recently
recovered one hundred and forty dol
lars damages in breach of promise
suit against a peffdious lover. Her
lawyer congratulated ber on the amount
when she exclaimed With a ferocious
glance at the mulcled defendant, and
neryousy clinehing her fingers I'd
give every penny Of it just TO have ono
good pail at bis hair.
a man, whose wife is womau's
Fighter, has ordered grayestone on
which is engraved Let us have
peace" He says he don't care much
whether il IL crested oyor her or him.
A lady has Sunday School class
in one Of the churches Two brothers
attend Il alternately One sunday a
lady asked one Of the boys II lie would
be there on the following Sunday -
"OA no, said he. Il cant It's ny
turn 10 saw wood !"
For dosurlght. mean. unropentant
rebels commend ns 10 those who we're
Northern Copperheads during lbe var.
There for example IL Jesse ID Bright.
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