The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1874-09-03

Ne IuHaa gives the following So IS
.pegmeu ui tlse simplicity OF truth. Oh,
wHAl as SEQ thua, Mr. LiIbbrowt Toe
other da, wa. lakeu t'r 4a, and aul
only 49, Haw, Wonder what you'll
b. take TOR when you're 2J' For better
lof worse, bopo'
Teacher Peter, you are such bad
boy YOU are not til 20 sit In the company
nf good boys on the bench. Come mp
here aud SIC By me, sir.
twenty-five cents worth Of green
watcrmclous, iudiciously administered,
will keep your neighbours boy of your
gate for while
$3.50 We are told that a ady in Iowa put
gitrol on her scalp for the removal Of
dandruii We do not care to present
painful scenes, bat she said IL certainly
vas the dand.ruiIest experiment she ever
undertook.
Who asked II ger wanted anythingl
said Lowell peddler to lady who said
tbat she did not, as soon as she opened
the door. Mind yer peezness, and don't
refuse 10 buy till YOU are asked.
Beg pardon, sir said coIored wait
e. to a stranger at fashionable hotel,
recently, but Mr. Crit,enden am undo.
yoidabiy obtained wild transnm guest
Ia de exception room.
A poor woman asking an English
Government official for favor, 10 his in
qnlry from what locality she came, aus
wered: ssrc, yer honor it's no loweality
at all--irs a very rispctibe 'eality.
II shall awaken IN heaven, wrote a
Boston girl before she took arsenic. Bat
she took too much for death dose, and
awoke with stomach.pump down her
throat.
Sir John Ashley, an English NJ. f.,
attended meeting of his constituents,
recently. when a man In tho crowd called
out: What about The liquor bill Wen
said john, mine was nncommonly high,
last year; how was yours'
A Pennsylvania boy got so homesick
that be walked seyenty.cight miles, with
out eating, Ia order to sit down once
more II the family hearth.stone. He was
received with such warmth by his male
parent that II was several days before he
could sit down anywhere,
Papa, do YOU think Beech. Hush,
Johnnie. Bnt, Papa, don't you think
Beech. Didn't you hear me tell you
to stop your noise, sir5 won't have
YOU talking about these things. Go In
aud get your face washed. Aud johnnie
with tears la hi. eyes, wants to know
why papa Won't tell him whether beech
Huls are ripe.
a citizen OF country town, noted
i1r bis dishonesty, wn. lately taken very
ia, and becoming alarmed, sent Tor ii
minister wha eauc tn -ce him and laid
tb,Na thc divtur law to him with great
laithlainc.- aui emphasis. The sick
man va, much affected and -ard, W "a,
par,Du. tuink you're fighl, and I've
made up my mind that Il get we'll
sball la future live principally hopest.
What can be pleasauter than the lie
Of a Missouri farmer. 40 daylight lac
gets up and examines The holes around
his corn.lIiil- ior cut worms, then he
smashes coddiug larvae with hoe
handle until breakfast The forenoon is
devoted 10 watering The potsto bugs with
4 solution Of rari, green, aud after din
ueg ail bands iurn out 70 pour boiling
water uu the ebiutz bugs iu the corn aud
wheat fields, lu the evening a Tayodtc
occupation is nudEiug peach trees TO
discourage lhe eurcuiio, aud, after a
hi season OF family devotion al tie
shrine 81 the ulghtAying coigoptera, gli
Che t5I retire aud sleep soundIy till
Aurora rydlcn, ltr EAST nud the grass
bgprcr uskie agausg ,bc paaes and
smaman llrm 30 he laiaTs Of another
day.
"A bAtmau ga thc Mississippi river
tells the following story \ poor Ga =
nas going down the rlycr la a dHx-oal,
aud bsd been Informed OF = certain local
iif, RICK. Rend, which vas eighteen
mlirs arUuHA, aal ia one place about i
haaArd yard. scross. ile vs.. adyi.td
"a iaa u tbc aarrJw p3ial. and drag
his efatl over, bal be passed lbe spot
going down without observing a.. Ard
padding oa eighteen miles Dec struck g.
90 be other side Landing ID once, Ire
dragKed h.s best aafpss, and ~eat Gid
lng along a9wH alih i light heart. can he
came song Wlilhn tew pisces 81 lhe
spol shore be dragged across beforc. -
Tuluk8bg i wAs uew cot OF, Ae went
ashore aa4 tagged BIZ boat over again.
wheu He X, back 10 The bend a SECOND
umt ia saamenel aruund little to
stretch h.mselL and soon discovered au
a.d afNspsper, aui IT which De bad TAX,
ea Bis breakfast that morning. II was
BOA aboa; san1oua, and IS be- bad pad.
died taiug -siK milrs without auy daucr-
lag progress, he seatllei BE dag ous with
) b4tesel. bail, camp, aud waited uu
heat day iof . steamboat