The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1875-10-21
raE pArsRlEss MAY.

No sir ! don't want nothiu' q the
kind. In The first place ba'ut got two
dollars, and, IN the next place, II | bad
the money | wouldn't have any Of your
papers.
So spoke Titus Closely, il answer 10
man who called 10 see II be would like TO
subscribe for the CoWaat said mau
kept store, and had made arrangements
10 ada TO bis business BY establishing a
newspaper agency
can furnish YOU with the CograHt,
be said to Mr.. Closely, as cheap as you
can get Il in any other way, and through
il you may find out all the local news In
your own and in surrounding towns;
aud before one year is out IN warrant
you that you viii learn that il is worth
more to you than il cost. You have no
idea what an amount Of general and To-
cal news you will find in II, in the course
Of one single year.
Nancy Closely bad heard some Of her
aeighbors tell Of the many items Of news
which they had gathered from the paper,
and she wanted it, but her husband
said
"Oh, botherl don't want it tell ye.
I've got as much as | can do to look ai-
ter my farm; and if Nancy and the chill
dren want to read they can get tracts Of
the minister.
Your neighbor, Deepwater, has sub
scribed for two papers, said the agent;
he says he will take the Couram for
family reading and a paper especially
devoted to art, science aud agriculture
for himself.
The more fool be is said Closely, con
templuously. John Deepwater can't ai-
ford it any MORN can. My farm Is
better and bigger'n bis is; tell you fat
and square than hain't got no money to
throw away for newspaper.
But, Titus
Shut mp, Nancy, tell ye don't want
| IL.
And Nancy closed her lips, the gent
went away, and Titus Closely went forth
TO plow his ground with the old wooden
plow which his father aud grandfather
had used before him. And time passed
on. The newspaper agency was estab-
lished in the illage; but Titus did not
patronize the local paper. lie felt be bad
principle at stake. He had said be
wouldn't But in one thing he was con-
sstent; he would not allow any Of his
children to borrow the CoHrdRt Of his
neighbor Deepwater if be knew it; he
was too honest man for that; he was
not going TO neglect to pay Tor local
paper, and then steal his neighbors, so
as to half keep up with the times.
One evening Titus Closely aud bis wife
took tea by invitation with Mr.. Deep
waters family.
| declare, Nancy, said Titus on their
way home, Prudence Deepwater beats
all creation for cooking, don't she, had
no idea she was such hand at it. ]
wonder where she got the fresh straw
berries.
She preserved them herself, said Nam
cy.
! Oh-git eout, them wasn't preserved
they was as fresh as new picked ones.
It's the way they were fixed, Titus.
Eli, can you do il?
could if had her paper, She fonnC
the recipe in the Clinton Coaram ant
! that is where she learned how to presery,
those berries so nicely.
Titus changed the subject Of the con
J yersation.
Autumn came and the annual cattli
show was held IN Bolton. Titus wen
, over with what he considered a very fin,
yoke of oxen; but be found, when Tia
/ exhibition came of, that he was very ia
: behind The times. New breeds, Of whic
a he had heard nothing, had been intro
! dueed, and bis own animals were 30
/ deemed worthy Of notice.
G Whew! whistled Titus, as, about
r week after, be sat in his kitchen, with
n crumpled list of "premnmsp ia bis hand
n which be bad presumed 70 borrow frot
v a friend; John Deepwaier has got %
y premium for sheep. BY hokey | bet
e cut more wool 'en he does next season
Because you have got more sheep, sus
/ gesled Nancy. Bat wait aud see. III
-e new breed whioh be has procured Is
% very valuable one.
Bahl Think wbat il cost him, ili
10 dollars for pair on 'em.
III And, added Nancy, be sold two Of b
IS spring lambs to Mr. Thompson {,
Is eighty dollars!
r, Git eouil
,e Prudence told me SO. John Deepwal'
10 saw so many nitteriug accounts oi theI
he sheep 10 his paper that be thought
" would be safe for hin 20 invest.
Titus referred sgain % the report,
= Hello! I'm blessed II Polly Down
r. ain't got The fret premium Oh cheese
fiye dollars.
lie Yes, said Nancy, she was telling .
All about her cheese. she found out bow
l's make them in her paper. ! tell yo
Titus, It's good thing 70 have . hoI
ho newspaper. ! wish you'd
as Don't talk 10 me! Aud Titus thr'
IN down the report sBd retired from
kitchen iB disgust.
iiy The winter passed, and tie spfIni
III work was done and The time for shs
ia- s6earing came. fiius closely sheAi
one hundred aud diiy sheep, aad reoe
ed theFeirom not quite six hnndi