The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1872-10-17


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al tlg capital
IagA-lgn serrgs 90 hear iboaEb, my
dear boy. y8u have failed again 10 obtain
lar ffa1s thIs quarter Dear b9y-Yes
pa. Tm afraid I'm a chip % ihe old
block
a wesgern editor, ID acknowledging
zoe rla n peck Of onions from sub
sefihcF, sage
hh .aeb tiudnssse, 81 these DIST bring
Tears 90 cor eyes. a..
-Ofs ulieefIg man wl.a died Of soften.
ing 10 tbc brain, a local paper said:
iIaa head gave way, bal his hand never
a.d iIis brain s9fttned, bat his heart
couldn't
What ag0uies mas, that editor have
endured who, writing of bis love, assert.
elm bis manuscript that be Kissed her
under TIE silent stags, and found the
a5mpositeF bad made him declare that be
kicked Der under TIE cellar stairs.
There are some people who seem 30
meataIiy and spiritually sluggish that one
81 reminded Of the lHshman's remark,
0p9n watching the squiruings Of tur-
l.e that boz bod deeamted: Az course lie's
dead. but the poor craytbur ls not sen.i-
bic viii.
II wish, your reverence said Cuuan
one day to Father OLeary, that you were
st. Peter, and had the keys Of heaven,
then you'd be able to let me IN. By my
honor aud conscience, replied OLeary,
Il would be better for you that had the
keys Of the other place, for then could
lot you out, ....
DR. Rich, Of Dalserf being moderate
ia bis opinions, did not satisfy, by bis
preaching, the CaIyinistle portion of his
d3ek.
Why sir, said they, we think You
diuna tell Us enough about rcnouncing
oar ain righteousness.
Rcuouneing your ain Righteousness,
yoclterated the doctor, never saw any
We had to renounce.
Its cported that man ia Cincin-
natl Cen from The top Of four story
house the other day to the stone side
walk beneath, aud was not injured in
the least He was life insurance agent
aud struck on bis check. At the time Of
his fall, he was leaning on the edge of
the roof, showing his papers to a painter
whom he had freed upon swinging
seaGold underneath.
"A Quaker married a woman Of the
Church Of England. After the ceremony
the vicar asked for tue fees which he said
were crown The Quaker, astounded
at the demand said ii he would show
him any text in the Scriptures which
proved bis fees were a crown, he would
give ii to him upon which the vicar at
once turned to Proverbs, xii, iy, where
be read: A yirtuous woman is crown
TO her husband, Thou art right, said the
Quaker, In thy assertion; solomon was a
wise man; there Is thy fee and something
besides TO buy thee pair of gloves.
A good anecdote is related Of DR..
Rice, which cnfoves ito own lesson.
When he was at the head Of the theologi-
cal seminary 10 Prince Edward one Of
the out parishes Of Virginia sent to him
for minister, As usual ia such cases,
they wanted a scholar, an orator, a pas
tor, tino writer in short perfect min
lister, They had formerly given $3.50 per
auuum butBow II they could get such a
man as they wanted, they could raise it
to 500. The Doctor answered by tell
Ing them TO send to heaven for Doctor
Dwight. llewas the only such man he
knew; and rs he bad been living a good
while on spiritual food, he might posi-
bly, live on four hundred dollars.
One Of oar citizens Is blessed. or 9TH
wise. with a very stubborn wife, In his
csse be tad, That when "a woman will she
wlJ, sou may depend ONT, aud when a
woman won't she won't, and that, an
ofal oBt. This peculiarly Of disposition
ta bis wife IS uo secret among hI, as.oci-
atc., and one Of them meeting him the
utbcr day asked
Well ----, do you know why sou are
Hkr a donkey
Like donkey. echoed W. opcu-
ing his eve. wide. No don't.
DE you give Il mp
Do,
Because yoor better half IS stubborn
urs- ll.ciL
That's Bol bad. Ilal hal IN give that
toag wife when get home.
Mrs. --, be asked a. bee sat down TO
sHwer do yoa know why / am ike a
aHnkeA
ile waited moment, expecting his
81 lie TO give II up, but sbe didn't: she
looked az him somewhat commiscratingly
81. .ae answered
.oPpase ll. because sou were born
$50.
has abiure,l TIE habit of putting
sanaHtlSams 90 hls wife
Odd Joues has been playing a sharp
game 0u the mosqaitoes You see. he