The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1873-09-04
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lie came iu with au interrogation p1,Hl
30 one cyc and a stick Ia one hand oae
eye was covered with a handkerchief and
one min a sling Ills bearing was that
Of a nnn with s settled purpose iu view.
! want TO see, says be, the man lhat
puts things into this paper,
We intimatcd that several oi us earned
frugal livelihood IN That way.
Wen, want to see The man which cribs
things ont Of the othcr papers The iel-
low who writes mostly with sheas, you
understand.
We explained 70 him that there were
seasons when the most gilcd among us,
driven to fenzy by the scarcity OF idpas
and events, and by the clamorous de-
mauds Of an Unsuitable people, in mo-
ments Of emotional insanity plunged the
gliltering shears into our exchanges, he
went of calmly, but IN voice tromuous
with suppressed feelings and indislinct
through the recent loss Of half a dozen or
so of his front teeth
Just SO. lpresume SO, don't know
much about this business, bat want TO
see him, the man that printed that little
piece about pouring cold water down a
drunken mans spine of his back, and
making him instantly sober. II you
please, want to see that man. would
like to talk with him.
Then he leaned his stick against our
desk aud moisteued his seryiceabc hand,
and resumed bis hold on the stick as
though he was weighing ii. After study
ing the stick minute, be added, IN
somewhat louder tone:
Mister, | came here TO see that ere
man. | want to see him bad.
We told him that particular man was
not in,
just so. lpresume So They told me
before | came that the man | wanted to
see wouldn't be anywhere. I'll wait for
him. / live up north, and Eve walked
seven miles to converse with that man. |
guess III sit down and wait
lie sat down by the door and reflect
lively pounded the floor with his stick,
but his feelings would not allow him TO
keep still.
suppose none Of you didn't ever pour
much cold water down any drunken
mans back TO make him instantly sober,
perhaps?
None of us in the Office had ever tried
the experiment.
just so. thought just as like as not
you had not. Well, mister, have. ]
tried it yesterday, and have come seven
miles on foot to see the man that printed
that piece. 1t wasn't much Of a piece,
don't think; but want to see the man
that printed it, just few minutes, You
see, John Smith, he lives next door to my
house, when Pm to home, and he gets
how-come-you-so every little period.
Now, when he's sober, he's all right if
you keep out of his way; but when he's
drunk, he goes home and breaks dishes,
and tips over the stove, and throws the
hardware around, and makes it incon-
venient for his wife, and sometimes he
gets his gun and goes out calling on his
neighbors, and it amt pleasant.
Not that want to say anything about
Smith; but me and my wife don't think
he ought to do SO. lie came home yes
terday, and broke all the kitchen win
dows out of his house, and followed his
wife around with the carving knife, talk
ing about her liver, and after while he
lay down by my fence and went to sleep.
| had been reading that little piece; il
wasn't much of piece, and ] thought if
could pour some water down his spine,
on his back, and make him sober, it
would be more comfortable for his wife,
and a square thing all around. So l
poured a bucket Of spring wafer down
John Smiths spine Of his back,
Well, said we, as our visitor paused,
did it make him sober? Our visitor took
a tirmer hold Of bis stick, and replied
with increased emotion:
just so. presume it did make him
as sober as judge in less time than you
could say Jack Robinson; but, mister, it
made him mad II made him the mad
dest man ever saw; and Mr. John
Smith is q bigger man than me and
stouter. Bla--bIess him, never knew
he was half 20 stout tin yesterday, and
he's handy with his fists, too. ! should
suppose he's the handiest man with bis
fists ever saw.
Then be went for you, did he? we ask
cd innocently.
just so. Exactly. suppose be went
for me about the best be knew, but
don't hold no grudge against John Smith.
suppose he ain't good man 70 hold O
grndge against, only | want 70 see lhat
man what printed that little piece aud
want TO see him bad. ! feel as though il
would soothe me % see that man ! want
10 sbew him how a drunken man acts
when you pour water down thc pine Of
bis back That's what / come ior
Our visitor, who bad poured water
down the spine VI o drunken mans back,
remained until about six O'Clock 30 the
evening, and then went up street TO find
/ the man that printed that little pjeoe,
The man he " looking for started i0r
/ Alaska last evening for "A summer vaC8-
/ tiou, and will not be back before oePtgm-
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