The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1873-09-04
ruE r,NAerrY or LosE.


for Ghe reason that Hie ls nueefi alu.
Should death ovefiakc hlm where there
was anything 90 make li,e worth pfescry-
ing, be thinks IL would annoy hm To go
iuto the dim hereafter. Hence be remains
On HIS tent, pbilosophising oa liie, and
making lic entirely undesirable by gir-
iug audience to BIS ueiebbors who hnH-
ger for advice; which, as &. she custom
OF mankind, they 20 TO great tronble 10
get, bat mover regard Bothered as hc
b, By these seekers after wisdom, be is
kept continually m frame of mind that
causes him 10 regard death as rather
/ pleasant dcliverer.
One morning In May, just before tie
mosquitoes drive all Of New Jersey in
doors, a man, dusty aud trayel-stained,
rode up 10 hls hospilable door Abou
was sitting outside bic tent, and bad
been solaeiug himself with the elixir Of
/ life. With great presence Of mind be
+ pat the bottle behind bis chair, before il
could have been observed, that eXpccta-
/ lions which were not TO be realized should
not be awakened in the mind OF the
I stranger, aud with great skill assumed
the thoughtful expression that is always
seen ia photographs Of Young ministers
and lawyers.
Great Abou, said the stranger, ! want
advice.
State your case, replied Abou, blaudly,
You have come to the right shop, Advice
/ is nay best hold. As au adviser | am
cqualed by few aud oxoel,ed by none,
I have a daughter, said the stranger,
who is passing fair. Her hair is ike silk,
her eyes are As blue as yon arch that
bends above us-the gazellc is not more
graceful in movement; in shape
Cat it short, said Abou, impaliouty,
know al about il. | have read novels.
Your girl is pretty presume. | will
eouccdo il. TO the point, garrulous man,
to the point.
am sich--I am a bloated aristocrat.
| have blood and Keturah Jane, my
daughter, is entitled to mate with the
highest and per.roudcst Bat, great
Abou, a dry-goods clerk--a nameless
couuter-jumper, on a salary Of $500 a
year, has lifted bis presumptuous eyes to
kcturah Jane
Aud she2
She lowers herself to him. lie has
black hair which he parts in the middle
he has broad white forehead, white
teeth, and be wears No. boots, which
are always patent-leather, lie brushes
his teeth regularly, has always q white
shirt front, and
What n tiresome ass thou art, inter-
rupted Abou, impatiently. By the bones
Of the prophet, man, dost think know
not the fellow? Be chesm, say at once
he is a village fop-say he is a clerk in a
dry.goods store, photographer, a dane
ing-mastcr, or writiug.ieacher or that he
run a siugug-school, and shall | not know
all about him? II you say to me my COW
is q Durham, must you go Oh aud tell me
Of her hair and horns2 Mankind, oh most
stupid runs ID h'nu7 Us 90 cows say 10
me o' i man, he ~ -" ~ ""'u po"u-
c'a"' anu oo "o' az oioe h"o" 'la' he
mas ".Oo'Lo nose " oi"'l'o"o Pi,' prom
i''en' "Ooo,"en' Il fef o''ei anu d oIoNeh
nose On d 'a'e "i'lcn Is d record ol oFo-
ne" coiil''"u"C"'s' o"y % '"o'ncr
~ ~ - q ,'e''O'' Vi 'o's''ss al" j.
poPu'uf WIN tne people, anu uo ! pot
know ne "eate'" a PeFPe'uai s'hl'e' ana
'haI u. manu- ',"'" wv" "'o''o'S-o"e as
( il shaking ''e n'nu o' ""o'ne'-.'c o'i'ef
as u p'i''"s q 0'o! "' '"' nt"u' Do'"
mol nature anu 'o"''''0'' ,, put '"''' stamp
on all men, "n'e'' ne VINO runs may feaa
u he ha' eyes Dy u'c u".' o' my anees-
'"''' f'" t''' "''' ''e ! " "'! soous
c'cth <" "n'
Mi2"lE Aoo", oo" Va 'ne aust oo'oIe
'hee' F"'"oo Tue stuP'o''E '' your oo-
'o'e save I'"'y' wisdom eometh not
I win money, nor aoo'ehe,s WIN Iahd'
ana he'"'' hu, h''"'"' '""o '"'c'c'h
lO'' man ana "'" mol we" 'ehN'os'"hom
y prefer. she WIZ near '' no one e'se
ohl 'h'' arF'Eooo' o'e'"' ana because
forbade MN tue "o"Se an" "o''teu h''H
oil my iro'''-doof s.'P WIN .''e Toe ol my
boot ana se' u! dn2s al hlih' ana s"o'
at lam "l'' uonO'e-Dafte'eo shotgun,
loaded WITH DiFa shoi' 'He honf"e'h ana
reioseth TO be eon'o''ea'
Aud lhe mani
Like iicS s'icAeih he' The mnsquIio
OF our beloved Ne" jersey j. not more
perslaicnh bindeeohs. shoi-gnus aud
bulldogs have uo elect upon uim. lie