The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1872-06-13

trAlWoHsgA COUNTRY school. sNu HOW
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was taking q quiet game Of eachre a
Wilson's saloon; Whapsy was tondiu q
buFrycn," far he was also coroner and
undertaken, and Sharp was dead drunk
at bis Office III The village ltwas q sultry
september afternoon, toward the COM
7 menoemont of The autumn term aud the
young teacher, endowed with second
grade certificate, and a good degree Of
pluck, had travelled ll0 miles 10 her des.
tinatiou. The yellow dnst lay on the un-
plankcd sidewalk Ike siit of Indian
meal, aud the parchcd leaves threw their
skeleton shadows over il, hopeless Of
moisture; the very air seemed 10 come in
palPitatiug gAsps over the inhospitable
looking brown hills, aud a wretched sense
Of inactivity peryaded, benuming alike to
soul and body.
Patty roused herself from is influence.
Is there no conveyance into the village
queried she Of the lantern-iawed man,
who stood watching her small trunk with
an air Of appropriation.
Oh, yes'm--a bus The instincts Of
proprietorship in this ark v Iefuge awoke
IN his soul at ouce Here, you hett up this
yere trunk. now, git to Bunkum, and tell
'em the new hool-marm's come. This
was addressed to an oyergrown boy,
whose dust-covered feet suggested buck
skin boots.
You bet, | amt a-goin' there, was the
instant reioinder, accompanied with a
twirl of his thumb to his nose.
Jehu looked at Patty, and said, with a
chuckle, He's one o. your scholars. His
folks raises garding sass for the hull
neighborhood, an he peddlcs it raound.
Patty smiled. She began to think sass
was cheap in Bluc-nose Canon. But she
felt like crying,
/ Lots more out o. the same bale, said
the driver, encouraged to loquaeity by the
smile. You'll be a chiperer school-marm
than we've had yet, ef you ken git along
with them young yarmints. We've tried
men, an we've tried gals-married wo-
men an old maids. But they hain,t none
of 'em conquered, specially the boys.
They're towerin' set; and the gals amt
much better Ef you've ever broke a colt
you'll know how It's yourself.
A faint, little All, h,indeed checked fur
ther remark. The coach--a sepulchral-
looking concern, driven in hearse-like-
pace, and smelling like a cofin--contain-
ed besides herself two other passengers.
One Of them volunteered the observation
that this here team was fetched across the
plains in 'Aq. and was Just as good as new
yet. The other, she mentally character
terised in one word, "Pike," as the dri-
yer, shutting the door, to keep out the
sitting dust, said Them's the store keep
er an the ditch superintendent. Gents,
make your manners to the lady.
Pleasant day, miss, yentured Pike.
Warm tho, the store keeper supple
mented.
Going to the hotel? queried the first
Wilson's is the best, ,chimed in the other.
Fleas at Wilson's and-and bugs Pike
brought this out with triumphant into
nation which made the vexed little teacher
crawl all over, and convinced her he had
an interest in the opposition hotel.
That's nothin, said Cheep, the store
keeper; haye'em at the doctors too, an
you'll allow she's house keeper.
An animated discussion ensued between
the two regarding the doctors wife, to
which Patty listened in silence,
The hotel was soon reached. twas a
dingy monstrosity, which, for economy's |
sake, had been whitewashed at an earlier
day, and now was shedding its skin in
crisp little flakes, which, falling, left bare |
spots here and there and exposed a sick
looking front, suggestive Of an eruptive
disease, Over the doorway hung tat
tered wreath, which had been used as a
decoration during the preceding Christ
mas; but which now brought the un-
pleasant idea to Patty Of the holidays hay
ing scabbed over, the dry crclet being
saved to vaccinate the next season of fes-
tigity, The windows were occupied by
women aud children, attracted by the ar
rival of the "great forty-nine" name
bestowed by its proud owner upon the
bus and painted in garing letters upon
its side.
a group OF men, with hands in their
pockets, lounged around the entrance,
with aa air OF nothing .to-do-ae not at an
calculated TO impress q stranger with the
advantages Of Bluc-nose Canon a. a place
Of business. Patty had the satisfaction
Of heafing Cheep inform one Of them that
you'd iind that 'un stuck-upper; see 81
yoa didn't
Turned up her nose at both Of us, adj
ded Pkc.
There amt much Off TO turn up, said
Bob Lgdlow--a six-foot loafcr, lounging
out OF he hotel bar.room, aud joining the
group
How hot and ifriiated, and uncomfor-
table, Patty feltl Ontwardly She was sc-
rene; Is the landlords one-eycd man,
with bald head aud salmon-colored
whiskpsadyanecd to meet her, and
with acrushing grasp, shook her little
band tll Il ached and with bis eye kept I
single 70 the main chance, gnshcd over ,
with aboistcrous You 'uns i welcome !
hope ypu're peart and hearty, marm
Ishdiug her up long flight Of stairs, /
at the lead Of which stood dingy table
aled With candlcsticks- yet .mirrhed with I
the gatering tallow of the preceding q
erenlnl. ~ sal1 will Al nnargntin ylen I