The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1872-01-11

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,Aks care 81 aurssivss PlwuAn told
- iie zane. on hrstmss ! 20 e.
the grooefy Abgut 2 d FarwyH
Graves. Eoumsn ara s1sus boys were
ihefe Fsrwell seat u bars aad ss98
anef tie tee Racks. carr and Haiier
came Is then TitBs scot ard told
farwsf tae tays we're their tea lbA
S.. e. & ia toak lie pisiHl from
ihe money drawer And pot L - ny
pocket Aad seat f. tie grocery b.
lnys danced ah3 played ~ ] ssrumcat
I beard Hanna ia the eating noon aad
went and pat the beer veg on The hoof
~ be doali uot reach Il through the
hole. ssksd farther II Aai { better
~ sua get barney e. cane and take
20 his men Ref1rs ! went ] handed
tie pistol . father ] went snd lef rncd
that barney bad gone 70 Chiselyille
aud walebed for him 70 come back and
saw BIN near Smiths and told him to
~ asd take care Of bis men He told
me 10 go 70 the house and not 20 % the
grocery While Barney ives talking
10 Hanna ! went 10 the grocery When
Hanna went IN again some one asked
what Barney said, be replied Barney
says 20 ahead and 30 what you have a
mind to. Del Carr jumped up and said
where shall We commence, some one
said the gable end Carr asked me for
beer. said no and he wanted to know
the reason Why. said he could get all
he wanted at Smiths and did not hay G
any trouble requested them 10 90
ont as ! wanted 70 hut up. 1tey
went out and we shut up the grocery
Earwell went 70 the depot for oysters
| staid principally at the barn Coming
from the barn met Bowman, be wan.
ted to 20 into the grocery and we and
another man went IN locked the door.
!. Buck and another man came and
Buck called for beer | told him we
had none for him and he threatened to
break in, then closed the shutters
Ne went out and locked the door be,
cause | saw those rowdies coming.
started 70 60 IN the front door Ct Far
wells house, and saw Carr coming
faster than the rest, ran under the
bars 20 the back side of the house aud
stood in the woodshed door and Car
came there aud ] took out pistol bat
did not raise it. Re saw it and said
ack come here, he has & I a revolver
lets Hill the d.. went 10 the kitcher
and up stairs, did not see Mrs. Far
we'll. heard these men come in bach
door 10 itchen Eel Carr asked Mrs
'arwell where | was She said | wa'
not in the house. They said yes he il
we saw him come in heard then
swearing and say, he is in here and we
will find him d-m him. we will Hi
him Heard them go out on the piaz
"a Mrs. Farwell's little girl was il
the chamber when ! got there, Mrs
Farwell came up and wher she saw ni'
she went aud got the key and lei 'nc
through. aud went through scuttit
to garnet She handed me three bee
stats to defend myself with Looket
through the window and saw tho
rowdies and towman, but could moi
hta ar them. Saw Frank Buck kicl
Bowman Afterwards Mrs. f. unlocked
the door and came down the from
into the sitting room, she dropped tn,
curtains 10 make il dark, Farwel
came while she was dropping the cur
tains
We remained there some twenty
minutes or more. After we had beer
told they were gone went out TO tn,
barn put up the horse aud then will
Henry Philips and, think two other,
weut into the rocery-we went t.
get an oyster measure. We went il
and locked the door Richard /, hay
and John Counolley came soon. The
pistol was in my pocket, bat Farwcl
didn't know il, Bacon and Titus came
next. Some one afterwards came I,
the door aud tried to get in, aad Far
well said LEI them in, they are friends
Farwcll came ont Of the little room
where he could look up the road. anc
said FOR mercy sake keep still they ar,
coming" They went by. We ther
made arrangements TO go out the
binds were mp. Wilton went out
first Ioper ed the door for Campbell
tsrwel said Hanna is coming fol
God sake don't let him IN. Then be
fore the door as closed Hanna came
in--he fell or pushed against the dool
and il came wide open. Hanna ther
sat down on chair stepped around
at the end and partly behind the coun
ter Farwell then went around by h,
stove and said gentlemen We want &
shut up the grocery come 60 ont,
md 20 Hanna "eome Jack ; Hanu'
said he wouldn't 60 till he got ready
went Ia taking his coat Of and s,if