The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1875-01-14

Hsaa a.t aatts af steamboat teChujgallt.ss
lu h5s 'aEi,, as 80 ba were SO used 80 them
chat Bee forgot common people could not
aa3euiand them. ne woull speak Of
tbe agbnara side OF q horse lu an easy,
ualawl way that wpBll make enc Wish
hg Wa. aead And be was always talk
5ug about SO, Issoy Jbe au old citizen;
be would rcIer casually to occasions when
. Dee 49, coming down Iouuh street or
when Die was passing by the Planters
House, or when there was fire aud he
took a turu on tbe brakes of the ola Big
Missouri; aud ghou be would 90 on and
ie about how many towns The size Of
ours were burned down there that day.
Two or tUtce Of tbe boys had long been
Feuuus OF consideration among as be-
cause they had been 10 81. Louis once
and hai "a ysgue general knowledge Of
il, wonders, bu. rhe day of their slo y
was over now. They apsod into humble
/ silence, aud learned 10 disappear when
/ lhe ruthless cub-ongiuecr approached --
This fellow had money, too, and hair oil
/ Also au ignorant silver watch and q
snowy brass watch-chain. he wore Il
7 leather belt aud used no suspenders. If
( ever youth was cordially admired aud
hated by bis comrades, thi. one was. Ne
girl could Withstand his charms lie cut
out every boy iu The village When his
/ boat blew mp at Inst, 1t dilIused nan-
quill coutentment among us such as we
had not known for months. But when
/ be came home The next week, alive, re-
uowued, and appeared IN church all bat
tered up and baudoged, a shining hero,
stared at and wondered over by every
body it seemed to Us that the Partially
of Providence for an undeserving reptile
had reached 81 point where it was open to
criticism.
THIS creatures career could produce
bul one result, aud it speedily followed
Boy after boy managed to gel on the
river The minister's sou became an eli
giuger. The doctors and the posImaster's
sons became mud clerks, the wholesale
liquor dealers SON became a bar.kceper
on boat; four sons of The chief mer-
chant, aud lwo SOUS Of the county Judge
became pilots. Pilot was The grandesl
position Of all. The pilot, even in those
days Of trivial wages, had Il princely sal
ary--from hundred aud fifty to two
hundred and fifty dollars a month and no
board TO pay. Two months of his wages
would pay a preachers salary for year.
Now some Of as were left discossolate.- --
We could not get on the rver--at least
our parents world not let rs.
SO by aud by ran away said !
never would come home till was pilot
and could come in glory. But somehow
| could not manage IT, ] went meekly
aboard a few Of the boats that lay packed
} together like sardincs at the long ST.
Louis wharf, and very humbly inquired
for the pilots, but got only a cold shoul.
, der and short words from mates and
clerks. lad to make the best of thi.
. sort oftreatment for the time being, but
had comforting day dreams of future
when should be great and honored
2 pilot with plenty of money, and could
? XIII some of these mates and clerks anC
pay for them.
Months aferward the hope within mt
struggled to a reluctant death, aud
found myself without an ambition. Blu
was ashamed to 90 home, was il
I Cincinnati, and / set to work to map ou
new career had been reading abou
tic reecut exploration OF the river ANA
zou 10y an expedition sent ont by on
Government. 1t was said that the expe
. Gi,iou, owiug TO difficulties had no
thoroughly explored a part of the country
yiug about the head waters, some fou
thousand miles from the mouth Of th,
j river ll was only about fifteen hundred
. miles from Cincinnati 10 New Orleans
- where ! could doubtle., get ship.
had thirty dollar. Jeff; would 90 an,
complete the exploration Of Ihe Amazon
Thi, was at Tie thought gave to th
-ubicct never was great in matters 0
detail. packed my vai.c aud tool
passage on an ancient tub called the Pau
{ Jones, for New Oneaus. For the sum o
sixteen dollars / had the Scared aud tar