The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1876-06-01
VOLUME XVI
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About week so tlo New Yosk
Ledger pahba De- iatcmens that
man ia Neo limpslac, wba had tooa
aesba o spsk g dive ,ean, went u
sleep one NgH vita qaii II tobacco
ln bic meuh and swukc lhe ncNt mofninF
with Dds month smooth aua steady. Old
Nc Jarvis who ivts ont on roiu, street
is sorc.y afflicted with an impedlmenl II
biz speech, and often says be could t.t.t.
tsw-taw aw-tAk ii.tf last enough t.t-to
tt-t-icil q gusgug sugErooer what be
w-w-w.wanis bub.bub.bub before hc
lEug-gug-gc,s q measured out
DO tabe ihe Ledger aud bas taken Il
for twrnly-ihlgc years, and be armIy
believes everything be reads in Il; syl.
vauus CobHs stories, Nh Booehcrs SET.
mons, Mr. parlons Lives of Emincn,
AmGicsps, Tie answefs 70 oorrespon-
dcuts Nh Jasyis bad taken them all Ia
aud believed every word lie thought
that probably tbc quid.oitobacco treat
meui might uclp Sis voice little and
hc ihcu resolved 70 give Il lair trial
anyhow
Tic Grst trouble was that bo didn't
chew and Mrs. Jarvis would never allow
q bil Of tobacco about the house. but be
begged = big chew Of navy, and when he
went 70 bed be tucked il snugly away
in his check, and prepared 70 sleep "a
hope lie bad his misgNings, aud thew
grew IN numbers and strength as tie
quid began to assert itself, aud be soola
bic, and assimilale Itself with its sur.
roundings. Mrs, Jarvis asked him il be
fastened the front gate
I'm, said Nj. Jarvis, meaning that be
had.
Arc you sure you locked the front
doorg qneried The restless spouse.
I'm, replied Mr. Jarvis, meaning iba,
be had not, for no was by this time IL 10
condition to open his mouth
Hey, she demanded
I'm, persisted Mr.. Jarvis
Whatf she demanded
Um-mnl protested Mr.. Jarvis.
Wei, she said, you cant make mo be-
lieve you are that near asleep,
Um-m-ml said Mr. Jarvis, meaning
that he would get up aud bounce her
out Of that front door IL she didn't hold
her elack
Presently she set up In bed Snin,
sniff John Jarvis, she exclaimed, II
don't smell tobacco in this house Pm "a
sinful woman. Don't you smell ~
NJ, replied Mr.. Jarvis; which by inter
probation is, that he didn't smell anything
aud was going to sleep.
It's in this very room, she persisted er.
citedly,
Um, said MI Jarvis, moaning that she
must be crazy.
lt's under Tie bed She screamed. -.
There's a burglar under the bed Oh,
helpl fire polioel John Jarvis! aud she
smolc Mr.. Jarvis furious pcll In the
stomach 10 waken him up,
II was terrific thump and lis first
effect was to knock an tho atmosphere
out Of Jarvis lungs 50 far that he could
only recover his breath by a violent
gasp, which ffst carried the quid Of to-
bacco and all the nicotine preparation
that II had been steadily distiling down
his throat, aud was Immediately sue
ceeded by tremendous cough, az lie
struggled to rise up in bed, which shot
tho quid squarely into the eye of the
shrieking Mrs, JARVIS.
MurderI she screamed, Pm stabbedl
I'm stabbed
And John Jarvis choked aud coughed
and cutehed Mrs. Jarvis By the throat
and tried TO choke of her noise, but he
grew 30 Ill that he couldn't hold his grip,
aud Mrs. JagYis, the moment her throat
was released from bis trembling pressure
rose from the halfslmngled gulgles 10
the sub.imity Of d0uble.5dged scream-,
and made Rome howl with melody. AMI
the uCi2bbors broke into The house an
found bedroom that looked and smell
cd IKEA jury room or a street car, wit.i
the sickest man they ever saw lying WIN
bis head over the side Of the bed, aio.n
log at tbs rate of mile a minute. .nl
the worst frightened woman since Bc
flood, up beside bin, screaming fB.lg,
than he groaned, while one Of her ~.
was plastered up with black quia Z
tobacco. Aud that ls the bay Mr jatt
came to stop bic Ledger, and deuonhss
il as the most Infamous, mendacious ai,i
pcstilent sheet that ever disgraced Alnsr.
lean journalism