The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1873-10-02
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ihai's ne Young isslow Phgbe sueliiog ;
/ engaged for, Pbebe hsa Bin away fst
Bosting 70 visit hcr aunt, and bed landed
Dig oatall, - every body " GWlford
thought,
Goodness! Aun, ssysi, men must be
skas0 II Fhnbe snelIiugs going ter mar
y thas one Why, he's 81 homely as q
hedge fence. ! wonder he aiHt afeard
OF his own shadderi
Wei, II girls VIII marry said Ann,
tiey must take sich husbands as are 90
ing. Aud s'pose Ana foidthe obligation
binding, f5r she merried a widderer with
ten children that same year
I.of, said ! | wouldu't merry that mas
II there want another % earthl
Don't deny before yoa,re asked, said
she. And then we turned our heads ter
make sure he weui iulet the Smelling =,
and 10, aad beholdl he was lest pulling
the kuocker d, Deacon Thurlow's and a
looking after us. ! felt cheap enough 70
BE- caught staring attera Strange yeung
/ fellow aud be 40 beauty either.
He's got a good figger OF his own, said
Ann, in whose eyes young man alias
he'd some redeeming traits.
he looks HEe ssim-lnik, said lsgI
should think be might be the ghost of
somebody eIsc I'm surprised at Phgbe
Smelling, with All her adanlagesl Aud
jest then we come upon Deacon Thurlow
himself a turning the corner.
Mercy deacon, how you made me
jump said Ann. hedu't 10 thought of
meeting anybody.
s'pose you was that immersed ia gos-
sip you didn't hear me coming, says
he. @
Oh 10, says Ann, who never spared
4 anybody; we don't believe in immersioRi
No, we was only speaking of Phoebe
Snellipg's young man, who Jest went in
Ter your house ."ita ".tn
lnler my houoe PhGbe Sueliug's
young man! There's some mistake. Il
lsoyer SOC him. lRuess you've took Elisha
Ferris him that's bought the BIeuht
Farm--for totler Ha hal May be ii
was your young man, or Hannah Eliza
Ibcllfs-l leastway's il wanlt PhGbe'sH
! Heaven forbidt cried |, Unless | Should
chance Ter lose my eye-sight fust. 'Aila
LA, hal laughed the deacon, Elisha
amt got no beauty teg spare, but he
makes it up in faculty.
II want long after this when the deacon
what did he do but bring Mr. Ferris IN
ter talk with our Jack about the crops
and stock.
Lknew you'd be pleased, 70 see him
agin, said the deacon, slyly ter me. a
thing Of beauty is a joy forever, the poet
tells us; aud he picked you out in meetin'
among all the girls, aud asked who you
was
hated him worse than ever after that
and when he got through talking with
Jack ,and come and set down on the settee |
where was bnsy patching jacks over
alls, | wished ter goodness one of us he'd
the coat of invisibility Id read about in
the fairy books; and | would make no
sort Of conversation with hun, but jest
said yes aud no. Aud when he asked if
took any interest in farming, told him
there wan'tnothing more hateful ter me;
and
s'pose you're familiar with my place,
says he.
Oh yes, says J. You must feel the
wind from the four corners OF the earth,
the situations so exposed. The Blounts
was alias complaining OF mlueuzie, and
a sneezng aud shiyeriug over the fires
Aud then he laughed good naturedly
and said, Yon seem ter forget that Sam
mer pays Us a call once a year, aud pays
us up lor an old Winters tIicks and he
went on ter tell bow much pleasure he
expected IN watching the spring open,
and the leaves unfolding, and The faint
breath OF bloom deepening day by day,
til we ind the blossom on the bough aud
the full blade IN the ear.
You oughter hey bin u preacher, said
L.
| would be, said he, il there was
chance OF my converting you. And then
the Deacon said il was about time fur
mother to be looking for him home, and
never bid anybody goodbye with
better relisBl sAN H9f
Whenever we come out of meelin'
there was Ferris standing iu the porch,
staring with all his eyes; and onst be
asked ter walk home with me ia broad
daylight aud ! jest told him was go-
ing ter make a call by the way, though It
want my habit 10 be caliug round on
Sabbath-day; but You see, ifs a good bit
Of ground from the ncetin house ter the
farm, and hednt 40 mind to be wasting
my time aud breath in his service that
way!
lie bad a houso warming, too, a liuls
later, and. invited youag aud old, rich
poor, aud mc aud Jack among EN-; aud
nothiug ter do bul Hiust 80. Jack said
there want 40 .eHce 10 NY setting myself Z
up aui puuiUg 20 airs bceause fellow
wasn't a. puily a. a wax doa, when DO
was good a. gold, and The besl match ior
miie- around, aud | might thank my
star. q .ach : one looked !, ue Aud 80
! ncnl; 4nd ! wore lhe uglie.t gownd 4
bed, aud devoted OF myself ba Old iady
Peuigrew, willie the 5oans folks wa-
plaaug ssmes and lirhtg, aud pulling
andg la tAe siirheu And .he Carried
me aiI iilc aaT through ber cJan.hip,aud
and tie ehildfeI- mumps aad wboop!ng
cough, and Mr pe,u.rra blind-stax-