The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1874-11-26

" H@t 1AHA TOR 8s EeHN 80 a it ANt ~ > +
aHI gat up Sorf vhah you gomngm
eam- fsam, sou m sat s#eeH him. uay-
be. au could is33 ma SO SIS I could iud
bm aesg. De was very little, an he bii "a
skar an DIE Ier wrls', 900 az Be sop Of Dis
forehead. Den dgy look manrnfa' aa
De Eo01 sag, lie would be liuIe no 100,
uow-he's a man.
/ mover thguEht o. dat bcf0' III was
ouly da' little iellcr to me, yit. lover
thought bout him GROWN mp aa being
big. Bot | see &c den. None o'legcm-
men bad ron acfost him, SO dey cmldnt
Do uolhiu f5r me. Bat all dat tiur, do
| didn't know it, me leury was Hn ofl
90 de N3r', years and years an he vas d
barber. too, 81 worked for hi.seil An
bymcby, when De waw cum, be nos an
be saws, Is done barberin; be sas, rs
gwyue to fine my ole mammy, less she's
dead So he stole ont gn went whih dey
wa. rocruim and hired hisself oHtto the
colonel FOR his servant, au den he went
all frao de battles overywhah. humiu for
Dis old nanny yes iudaedy, he'd hire
/ tust TO one officer au den auoth'r, tell
he'd ausacked de whole Sout; bat YOU
see didn't know nofiin bout dis How
was gwyne TO know il?
Wen, one night we had a big sojer
bail; dc sgiers dnh at Newbeu, was
always hayin balls an carryin on Dey
had EN- ia my kitchen, heaps o times,
cos it was SO big. VI inc you wa. down
on such doins, becos my place was wild
de officers, an it rasp me to hare dem
common sojers cavortin round my kitchen
like dat, But always stood ar3un an
KEEP things straight, an sometime dey'd
/ git my daudcr up an den Ia mgkc 'em
clar dat Kitchen, mine tell youl
+ Well, one uight-it was Fridsy night
-dcy Gums a whole platoon from mig
ger regiment dat was on guard at de
house de house was headquarters, you
know-au den was jist a.bilin' Mad'
/ | was j.t a.boomini | swelled arouu an
swelIed aroun. iist was a-itdlin for
/ 'em to do someGn for to start me. An
dey was a-waltzin' an dancin my but
dey was hayin q timel an jist a.swell-
in up an a-swellin up an a.sweliin up!
Pooty soon, long Guns sich a spruce
young nigger a-saiin down De room
wild yaIIer weuch roun de wais; an
rouu and rom de went, enough to make
a body drunk 10 look at 'em; an when
dey got abteas o. me dey went to kim O
/ balaucin' aroun fust on one leg an den
on tother, an smilin u. my big red turbaD
an making fun, an ! ups an gays, Git
along wild ye!-ubbage Do young
mans face Kind o. changed, all Of a sud.
den, for bout Il second, but den he wen.
10 smilin agiu, same as bolo Wei,
bout dis time, in Gums some niggers dat
/ played music an b'long to de ban, an
dey never could get along widout puttiu
on airs, An de very fust air dey put on
dat night, lit into 'em! Dey laughed
an dat made me wuss. De res of dc mig
gers got to laugbin an den my soul alive
but was hot! Ny eyes was iist a-baz
in! jist straighten myself up, so-iist
as is now, plum to dc ceillng-an dig
my fists into my hips, an | says, Look
a-heah' ! want you niggers TO under
stan dat | warnt bawn in de mash to bC
fool by trash! rs one of dc ole Blue
Hens Chickens, | isl an den | see da
Young man stan starin an stiff lOokr
kim o up at de ceiling like he fOrgo
sometin and couldn't member it no mo-
/ Well, ! jist march on dem niggers, st
lookin' like gcn'l-au dey iist cave
away befor me an out at de door Al
As dis young man was a-goin out, heal
him say to another niger, jim, he says
you 60 along an tell dc cap'n be ol
hand bout O'Clock in dc morniu; dey'
somdn on my mine, he says; | don
sleep no mo- dis night. You 90 long, b,
says, an leave me by my own self
Dis was bout O'Clock in dc mawnin
Wen, bout was up and an on han
Citing de officers breakfast. wa
a.sloopin down by de stove-jist 20, sam,
as il yo' foot was dc stove An ia opcr
de stove door Wild my right han-so
pushin it back, ji.t as ! pushes yo' foot
an I'd jist got De pan Of hot biscuit in IN,
ban, an was bout to raise up, when Sc,
black face cum aroun' under mine, al
de eye, a-IoOkin up into mine, jist as II
a.lookia up clost under so face now; al
. jj,t stopped right dah, and neye
, budged! ii.t gazed aud eazed, SO; an d.
pan begin TO trcmble, an an Of a sudden
. knowedi De pan drop on de floor an,
/ grab his lcf han and shove back hi
sleevo-jist so, Us rs doin to you-au,
g den goes for Biz forehead aud push d
bair back, so, aud Boy2 | says, If yor
aiu't my Henry, what is you doin wi,
, dis welt on your wris' aud dat sk-yar oi
. your forebeadI De Lord God ob Heay
) en- be praise, got my own agiu!
Ga, no, Misto C, ! hajn't had "a
p trouble. An no joy!-(Mark Twain Il
o November Aflantic.
d. Paralysi. il become a prime disease
Il is not confined TO the 1eshy, the pletl
orio nor the aged. The fast fife Of on
business Young maa tells GA hem. Il
s. very common thing 10 see men 80 an
50 bald-beaded, ioebe-gaited, aud walk
ing about with canes, their under piur
ing knocked ont, with other sigas Of pre-
mature age. These signs Of early wea.
ness develop in paralysis sudden death
, from this cause are very common. Sc,
oral haka occurred "a - 81 rf5aH fFgFsl &. Ill