The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1873-04-17

ike itgHryed ~wiutoH PLAYED with
DIS watch chain nerfously. 40 unso-
phIsueated old woman, ills-beiug 4 So
lieitor for her patronage vas not agrea-
BE, but ia business very dIaereable
things have sometimes to be done
1lis deposit, you say was made for the
benefit Of your son, Reuben His death
was q great loss to yoo; loss 10 the
community. Rube was fnll O! lifo aud
enterprise. He would have made a pub.
lio,spiritea man. ! wish he were alive
now
Ariiord Swiutou's small, light ewes
could detect human weaknesses: Arlfofd
swinton's quick apprehension and tact
enabled him to work mp those weaknesses
for his own Interests When, half hour
later, be passed out between the lilac
clumps, be carried on bis paper Uncle
'Liphalet's subscription and IN bis pocket
Uncle Liphalet's bank book
NV hand frembles SO, Ihain't made an
the letters very good. Uncle 'Lipbalet
bad said as be removed his spectacles
and critically surveyed his lahorcd sigma
turc
We must trust Won 10 take care Of Il for
us. sir; father and dou'tknow ANYTHING
about business. Aunt Dolly had said as
she relinquished the precious little blue
book.
Certainly, rely on me--I DO assure ven
II shall remember the circumstances
ANY favor that Il is in NV power to con-
fer-Mr. Swinton had said glihly
Aunt Dolly stepped to the window
with her knitting, and watched the man
az he struck light for he cigar on her
gate-post.
wish we hadn't done it. LiphaIcl,
said She.
Oh! don't say 50, Dolly don't.
don't liko his ewes, and for all he
talks so open and honest he seems to me
like a close man, q man who keeps some
thing back
You mustn't be preiudiced again him.
Dolly, because he appears lcetle vain
and iiashy. Men amt now what they
were in our DAYS Tie comes Of an hon
est, obIeeging kind Of family. and they
call bim a very smart, honest young man,
Dolly.
Time with its incidents and accidents
went on, and Aunt Dolly grew used to
thinking of Rube's money as in Swinton's
hands. This certificate of stock in the,
Native Village Manufacturing Company
was carefully laid away, and she no
longer speat sleepless nights oyer it, nor
did she sigh when the matter was men,
toned.
The mill went up and the operatives
came; real estate rose again and the Ma
tive Village fourished Uncle 'Liphalet
peddled ont carly potatoes, sweet corn,
and mutton by the quarter; and Artford
Swinton, though he had president, and
and clerks, and heaven only
knows what else around him, was The
and smoked cigars-best brand
or none-gave the company's notes, and
forever stroked the fox-colcred NOUS
tache, While he carried on the cotton
he did a still more flourish
ing business in the manufacture of facts
He heaped facts upon facts on the head
Of the president until he smothered that
gentleman in facts; he piled bales OF facts
before the directors until they conldn't
see over the pile; he threw facts into the
eyes of the stockholders until they were
he gave banks and creditors
security of facts, and his friends quafled
nepenthe of facts in the social glass.
Days when croquetliDg was duh the
books were fixed Bookkeeping, once
a science, designed to show the pecuni-
arg standing OF individuals and compa.
mics, now became an easy and economical
method Of fixing things. Now and then
a dividend was declared and the stream
that turned the mill glittcred in the sun
like the river Pactolus. Uncle 'Liphalet
pat grcenback, into the coutribution-box
and thanked the Lord daily that He was
giving him increase of substance.
Then there began to be a haze in the
air through which bad gIiuered the river
Paciolus. Swnton said II was smoke
from the Boston fire. Il grew denser
and dcuser,
smoke from that --- Boston fire
wind blows It this way, set. said Swim
ton. between the pu Fl, Of bis cigar.
But lie smoke has an unpleasant effect
on mems eyes, aud meeting after meeting
was held to devise means to get rid of it.
Uncle Liphalet, at ,heae meetings, sat
silent and trembling, listening to talk
that be could 40 more understand than
the chatterHgs Of Cboclaws. and was
shown statements that he could no more
comprehend than the inscription on
Pompey's pillar The Man OF Facts
l1uugcd iu au attitude Of such elegance
as men are wont 10 assume when by
themselves, aud agreed with everybody,
assured everybody, waslfor putting ibis
thing through, aud offered bis facts for
this latter purpose with astounding libcr-