The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-11-09

ieaftHaNsfaffN VIII tAft pantry ifH
windows "a the acllar wcre those called
balr.egps. sua they were 90 small that
ilany slender .. be was could not
sqnifm through lhem he found lha' i
VS., Impossible Is ggi oot without help
Thai 81. rs, g IS lad a, an the family
were away aud We lived at the end of a
ioug avenue 500 far from any neighbour.
far bin 70 make Dc, voice heard, The
dear lHge fellow realized tllc situation,
and accepted L without bii q winning
lI5 Iay down on tie lopoflwo soap.boges
and went Is ,lecp
III about two hours be awokc, very
much refreshed, but Al, DO told nae, very
hungry There wa, plenty Of food Of va
rious kinds ia the cellar on swinging
Shelf, but i was TOO high for him 10 reach.
50 be jumped up on the edge Of a soap
barrel He leaned forward end graspea
an app'e-pe. IS he was leaning back he
slipped, and went souse into the soft
soap up 10 the neck Then, ia lounder-
ing around, and tryiag 70 get out, he tip.
ped himself aud the son. soap over.
They both came .prawliug ont simnlta-
neously IN struggling TO get up from
the floor, which wasycry slippery, Harry
stumbled against the now empty barrel.
ENasporaicd, he drew bis foot aud gave il
q mall kirk
Il rolled back, and knocked out the
faucet Of barrel Of molasses. Now iol.
lowed great Hood, --molasses and soft
soap, IL great quantities, mingled 10.
gelher, enough TO hoat the little "City
of Ragusa.7 But the best Of it, or rath-
er lhe worst of it was, that Harry did not
know that the molasses had been broach-
ed. II was very dark in the cellar,
and even ifit had not been, lie might not
have discovered the leakage for the bar
rel, which he so unfortunately kicked
lay close up 10 the stream Of molasses
which was running, 50 that Harry did not
discover il, and il slid into the soft soap so
easily that he didn't hear ii running. The
fact IS, the boys mind was on his rev
suit Of clothes during all this catastrophe.
They were completely saturated with
soitsoap. lie was afraid they would be
entirely spoiled, or that the colors would
come ont if they were not Immediately
rinsed clean
II was impossible TO get out Of the eel
lar, and there was 10 water to be had in
IT, He had spoiled three suits Of clothes
lately, and now, at the fourth one, he was
afraid mothers patience would give out,
What should be do? @, what should he
do. 4 happy and original thought struck
him. The dear boy showed real genius.
He said, II will wash them ont with a.
der" He striped naked TO the skin, laid
his soapy clothes under the cider-barrel
faucet, and then turned it. When they
were well saturated, he took them, and
rubbed them back and forth over his
knucklcs like a regular washerwoman.
Just then his father and came home.
We were told by some boys whom we
met that Harry was asleep in the cellar.
As soon as we arrived we lighted lam
tern, aud went down, and there we found
him stark-naked, standing before barrel
and washing his clothes out with cider.
O, he was the most comical and laugh
able sight that ever beheld! His face
was as black as a negro's the burnt cork
not having been washed off since the per-
formance, and in contrast his delicate lit
tle body in the gloom looking as white
as marble. The cellar floor was covered
with soltsoap, molasses and cider, and in
these mixed liquids, floated pics, cakes,
cookies, apples, pears, peaches, three
loves Of bread and two Jumps Of butter.
All this we discovered in an instant.
was making the whole house ring with
laughter, but my husband had thus far
kept on sober face, thinking, ! suppose
Of the damage. lie looked terribly cross
at Harry, aud said, sternly, "Comc here.
and tell me what You made all this mess
for! You viii catch il, Young man, can
tell yon.'
Harry was frightened aud ran. lie
went racing around the cellar, ilnaked
with lis black face, aud swinging his
pants il his left hand My husband
caught him by the shoulder. TIE little
rogue gave dive hcad.foremost between
III, fathers legs, and they both went
down iuto the soap, molasses and cider.
Harry was up in an instant. lie made
for the stairs, but his father headed him
of, and the little fellow was obliged to
take refuge in the ash bin. His body be-
ing wet, the ashes stuck 70 him, which
made him the most ridiculous thing in
existence. was 20 nearly killed with
laughing that | expected TO fall down
from sheer weakness.
just now Harry came up aud claspcd
ni. arms around my knees lie had just
time 10 say, o mother . mother! please
don't lci father whip me. when like an
avalanche bis father bore down upon rs.
Tie floor was 50 slippery, and he had got
under such hcadway, that he could not
stop. Tie consequence was that we al
went down together into the slippery
food The lantern went ont, and we
were len in almost total darkness. Ny
husband now began % laugh; joined
him Harry came IN on the chorus. We
slI laughed together fof fifteen minutes.
then We laughed ior ten. Harry now
stood uP, aud pu'iing IFS greasy arms
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