The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-08-31
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+ Prudence told noe So John ngepwatc
aW So many GauerHg accounts g tbose
,heep Is lis paper tlat De know Il would
le atl 3 invest
Titus referred again % .l5 Report
Hello. rm blessed lf Polly nowacr
hasa't sot tbe he,, premium f0r cheese
1,e dollars
Nrs. aJ Nancy hc was tllliug me
about tie cheese. She found out how 10
make thcm II her rsper Itell you, ii,
ius. i,s a good thing 70 have a good news,
Ipaper wish you'd
I BAH Don't talk 10 me! and Titus
threw down the Report aud retired Rom
the kitchen IN disgust
! The winter passed aud the SPRING work
was done, and the time Of ,hearing came.
Titus closely sheared one hundred aud
d1y sheep, and obtained tbcrefrom net
quite six huAdfed pounds Of wool being
less than al average 81 six pounds to the
sheep.
/ Jehn Dcepwatcr shcarcd seventy sheep
and optaincd from them very usar five
hundiod pounds Of wool, thus giving him
a yield Of uiflo over eight pounds from
each sheep
Titus, didn't tell you that ueiehbor
Deepwator's sheep would prove by far
+ the most profitable? Il costs no more to
keep one Of his splendid animals than il
does one Of ours. And then lis lambs
are heavier, and his mutton is-
Stop yer CAB. Nance | know what
ye'ro pltchon at, It's ono O them tarnal
papers Let John Deepwaicr 90 1t, ifho
wants to. I've got more woorn he has
And you wintorcd more than twice as
many sheep as he did
shetup, win yc?
Nancy was silent, but the end was not
yet.
Amer the haying had been done, Mr..
4 Deepwator aud his wife called over and
took tea, and spent the evening with Ii
tus and Nancy.
4 In the course Of conversation Prudence
told Nancy many new things which She
lad learned fhousohold mysteries, whlo
Nh Deepwater talked to his host of the
great improvements which were being
made in Agriculture And Titus was in-
terested in spite Of himself though he
/ tried to appear otherwise.
BY the way, Titus, said John Dccpwat-
er, later in the evening, when you get
ready to sell your wool, think can rec
ommend you TO good market,
Much obliged, John but have sold.
Sold TO whom?
TO Sadder & Rider, Of Brinkton.
Did they come fot it?
Yes, old Saddlcr eano himself.
i What did he pay you?
Thirty cents.
Thirty Thirty cents pound?
4 Yes.
Goodness mercy, Titus! You didn't
sell your clip for that price?
4 Yes. Nhy2
Why?- Why? : wool like yours is
worth forty-hve cents, and was author
lied by Mr.. Fairmsn to offer you that
price for your clip. You must have had
over five hundred pouads.
Yes, said Titus, gasfingly, sold five
hundred and seventy.
But didn't yon know that wool had
risen in value?
o,Mr. Saddlcr said thirty cents was all
twas worth.
Mr.. Saddler deceived YOU But you
should have watched the market reports.
Didn't you notice them il the paper?
I-I-don't take no paper
declare, Titus, am sorry for you.
But it can't be helped nov.
( Mr.. Deepwater saw aow badly his
friend wns feeling and he said no more,
When Tie company had gone Titus
4 Closely took down the old slate from lie
.ppg by The side Of The looking-glass, and
began to cipher, The difference between
thirty and forty-fyc was fifteen, multi.
piled by five hundred aud seventy gave a
product Of cighty-Glc dollars and fifty
cents!
! Outhc following msrniag Tim, Closely
went % the village md subscribed for
/ two papcra-oGc for himself, and one for
bis wife, and 10 timehn came to regard
tic newspaper az ono of tic greatest in.