The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1876-10-12

'estn 81 boys aHd Gtfis, bked az sATsEetFt >
| tell you. iookei sFanHd far adder,
thinking they were going 10 hssr bsil,
hat ! wondered what lhey Al kepi 50
s'ill fsr, snd was abeal puposipg reel
Wbea up gels itile preacher, and be-
fire ,uu oouikswslioW lire oysle; be
hAd p.,uy aDd The doctor ,iei faster than
Mexican greaser cond tie bull's horn
I was 80 completes aummaxed 'hat
sat there wi,h nv mouth opeeed as
though | was goisg 10 swallew ihe bole
crlwd, and my eses looked ike billiard
balls tiii the ceremony was over, when |
jumped np and bel.ered:
forbid The concern from being iusli
iuledl
You are a little late, my friend, said
the preacher, and they 81 commenced
lsnghing ike they had seen sou ething
very innhy
l'l be burned squizzled il ! don't be
-oon enough for somebody, yet. SAYS !,
Tor was mad, Squire, aud no mistake in
the ticket. DO believe could eat up
that doctor quicker than bungry dog
could have swallowed squirrel ska, i
| cauld have a fair chance at him Ii
was too bad, after had fixed up. marry
her myself, for her to walk right oui
before my eyes and marry that great
Da0Oon
Il WAS bad, that Isl fact, said |
Bad cried he, il was meaner than
eating fried cnou | first thought Pd 80
straight home, bnt then concluded that
wouldn't spite nobody, so determined
"a stay aud zee it couldn't get sali.fsc-
lion out OF somebody, You know Pm
the devil yet my yself or somebody else
iuto a scrape, when take notion, and
I'd taken one that night that went all 4
over me like a third day chill, SO ! com
meuced sludJin' out some plan. |
recoliected hearing the doctor say that
where he came from (but the Lord only |
knows where that wa,) the BRIDE aud
er before they went To bed, as a charm |
against ibiideity OF s0me other long
word. While | was study in about that, |
| spied he doctors saddle bags in a'clr-
ner, 80 | waited until they went into
supper and lheu got The bags and look
ed 10 see what could discover. Nearly |
ihe iifsl thing | saw was piece OF
caustic. ! slipped it into my pocket, for
| had my plan as soon as | saw il. Weu, /
| watched around till | saw one Of the !
girls 20 to the water.paii with pilci e.,
aud | weui out aud asked her what h /
was going TO do with it. She said he
was going to carry i into the room for
ihe doctor aud Polly to wash their faces
~. ! kept taking With her while she
was liling The pitcher, aud when she
lurned her head away ] dropped the /
caustic into il. 1t was then about bed
lime, aud got my hat aud put out I
couldn't help laughing all the way home,
aud whenever I'd tilink about il tho next
Wei, Squire, they do say that when
that couple walked up the next morning
they both had the hardest kind of fits,
each one thinking they had been sleeping
with a negro. On, It was rich! He a
cu,sin' and ,earin' up things, aud She
screaming and f4intiug, and coming 70
aud gong of again, and me not there to
see it, They made such an ungody
racket that the folks broke into the room
10 see what was the matter, and there
bey was with their faces and hands ali
IS black as The inside Of forty year-old
,tove-pipe. ia given half my Interest
ID fother worid just to have been In some
lie place there | could have seen the
wnole row. AS soon as they found out
Lhat they Was really thea same folks thai
was married the sight before, they called
for warm wafer and soap; but ju,t here
Tue doctor happened TO think about the
pitcher, aud took il 10 the doHr 10 see
y hat was the matter There WAS little
piece ot caustic lhat was not dissolved,
aud ~ saon as te saw il, he says:
les no use washing. All the soap IN
New York can't wash The black Oft.
That was he truth, Squire; soap and
rags would have no more Effect han They
wuuh on nalive-bUrn African, aud All
q
,be change Was 10 wait and let u wear
Jfr How long il look lheu 10 get Whine
igain ueger found cut, Dul unc hing
10 kuoS. ie coucpded, getting np To 90
1ut, me nexf tine saw the doctor had
The hardest ligh, aud colne tie highest
getting whaIed. that ever did in All my
5orn daysl