The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1872-10-10
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70 tell MY friends and brother chip. wbJ
read the British Hortplaa, that | SIN
not given 70 loilering 81 a-gspe A. street
corners OF listening % Idle ramors, such
- town tax generally consists Of bul
last winter bad something to see and
hear that was 50 pleasant and 80 rare that
I I both looked aud listened with all nv
might, aud | nov set down 10 writing
what ! saw aud heard, and pledge my
I word that tell The exact truth--tbough
I I am obliged to substitute fictitious names
I for tie real ones-the only invention In
this true and joyful story.
Ina populons town on the southwest
coast Of England, which shall name
/ Fairport, there was last February, what
/ tie women folks called very wedding.
The window Of my little parlor com.
manded a view Of the street III which
stood the place Of worship where the
wedding was being celebrated. As a
stranger, only Just arrived In this town.
( could not Al first quite understand why
the street was so full and 80 many of the
midllc-aged people were talking with
animation about the wedding, 0feonrso
there was plenty Of gossip amongst the
women folks as to tile dress of the bride
and her maidens, and the look Of the
bridegroom and the ages Of each, which
was not particularly interested in, and !
should soon have turned away aud shut
down my window, but that my eye was
attracted by two little girls among the
| bridesmaids, about six years of age, who
were carrying choice punches of flowers
aud smiling so sweetly in their childish
| innocence, that ] was induced to take
more interest In the details Of the we'd
ding than staid old pilgrim the shady
side of fifty generally exhibits.
The bride was a very fair young lady,
4 in whose sweet pale face one could see
traces of beauty that shone more bright
ly than gems and gold. The bridegroom
was man in the early prime Of life,
something more than thirty years of age,
and with a marked expression of counte-
nance, as if hard working and hard
thinking had come to his lot in an unu-
sual degree--a firm, energetic, far-seeing
man.
The Lord bless them bothl said wo-
man in the crowd, with a child in her
arms, as the tears ran down her cheeks.
He's a good man if ever there was one.
Look at him he's quite the gentleman,
and eight years ago saw him with a
tool basket over his shoulder, not bit
better off than am, said lazy looking
man, with tattered coat. Heaying a
sigh he added the old adage that idle
folks often quote, Luck's all.
No better ofrthan you, said an old gray
haired man. Well, that's cool! you put
yourself on an equality with Mr.. Rich
ards! You, indeed!
Well he was just journeymq car
penter; neither more nor less; and that's
what am we were equal eight years
ago, though he has got his thousands
now.
Equals, said the old man, dryly; with
this diference.-he had brains that he
used, aud never abused; be knew the
value of time, and never wasted it. He
thought about eternity; and while he
worked hard, prayed hard. Intelligence,
industry, and piety-that was all that
made the difference.
was about to say from my open win
dow, A pretty considerable all, but a
woman's voice interrupted me.
Aud nobody begrudgcs his prosperity,
am sure; for he's worthy Of it.
To be sure he is. Think what he's
done for his parents.
Ali hasn't he been blessing to them
said the woman with the child in her
arms, as she kissed her little one.
And the only one to live Of all their
family. The old folks had deal OF
trouble once.
The white haired old man said I've
known them for forty years; and like the
rest Of US, they one while had pretty
bad life Of It.
/ Just then, the last carriage of the we'd
ding guests departed, and there was a
perfect torrent ofgood wishes poured af-
ter the cayalcade, as 1t left the sacred ed
ifce. Ny readers will understand that
! bad heard enough in the various com
ments "a few only of which | have set
down,) to rouse my curiosity; 50 | sci
out to learn something more, and deter
mined on following the white haired vet
eran, whose words to the ragged coated
man bad to my mind, the ring of pure
I gold in them. thought had seen the
old man before, sitting on a bench that
overlooked the harbor; aud ! bent my
steps to the place where | had noticed
him sitting was right in my couject-
ure; be was there, looking out over the
/ ripping sa, that CLEANED and sparkled
IN the wintry Sunshine
I sat doTn beside him on the bench
aud yeutured to interrupt bis meditation
+ by the words: ! should think, sir, that
was q remarkable man who was married
this morningy
And you think about right friend a
i remarkable man.
Z lie reapsed into sllrnec; observed
with, Town wish to draw lin ont.
These cases of extraordinary success 10
+ lifa arc % out Of all ordinary experience