The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1876-03-09
VOLUME XIV



unemployed time on hand. such party
socn Joined tho observer, end immediate.
/ y took an alhabsotbing interest IN thc
contemplated Improvement From tha,
subject they very rapidly drIled into O.
nance.
Pretty hard times, observed the neigh.
Dor.
Yes, they are that, an t'i be tougher
before We are over with u, ! imagine,
was The reply.
They were both silllpg on saw horse
under an sppe tree, near The back door,
when the conversation commenced, The
owner of the premises was chewing on =
BIT OF straw, and the neighbor was mo
ehanicaily pulling tops from the plaatains
Ia reach.
What do YOU think Of the money qnts.
don which has got into politics this yeArf
inquired toe ncigbbor.
think its 10 be settled one way or
another before another presidential cleo
tion is over, replied the owner You SEQ
the matter is being
Ezekiel pronounced sharp voice from
the stoop.
Well, what Is itl be curtly replied.
wish you would get me pail of
water.
In miuule-as was ssyin', the mat.
ter Is beiu' pressed with unusual force,
There has been this effort for years to
come down TO a specie basis, but nothing
definite has been reached Now, Inn
agine this campaign will settle Il.
You believe specie to be the best cur.
rency, do your
Certainly. What does the increase Of
paper money amount
Ezekiel came the voice from the st6op
again.
In minute-all The paper YOU might
print from now till
Ezekiel
Thunder and lightning, Maria, what
Ia the matteri be passionately ejaoulat-
ed.
want you to get me pail Of water;
I'm waiting for 1t.
I'll get IL In minute, II you'll just
hold yonr breath. You might, as | said,
print money till doomsday, an If you
ain't got the gold 10 back II up, what ia II
going TO amount tor As far rs exchange
is concerned among ourselves, / will ad.
nit that paper
Ezekie!
Good gracious, Maria, what do you
want2
want pail Of water I've told you
dozen times. If you don't hurry mp
with II you'll have TO go without your
dinner.
Where is the pail5 snapped the annoy
ed husband, seeing IL in her hand. It's
pity If can't get chance to say a
word without being put out ever min
ute.
Seeing him rise up, sho set the pail
down on the stoop and retired, and he,
helping himself TO fresh straw, eoutinu-
ed.
As way sayin', paper Is well enough
among ourselves as matter Of exchange,
but what are we going 10 do for import
ers2 We can't get along without gold
then. And what are we going TO do
when this money is called in II we have
not money enough to redeem itf Now,
suppose for instance, that had ten
Ezekiel came the voice again, but he
did not hear it.
thousand dollars In each, am suppos-
in wanted TO use forty thousand dol-
lars. What do dol take
Ezekiel why on earth don't you stop
that CAB OF yours, aud get me a pail Of
wateri
Yes, yes, In a minute -and ! take
my paper on the market Tor that amount.
Here is one thousand dollars Ia cash,
you see, aud hcre il the---woosh gar
Dob
And just here the gasping husband
was awed into silence by seeing his
neghbor dash over the fence 10 drip
ping condition. The $4,000 on paper
was net there, as might have reasonably
been expected; but pail Of indifferent
water was there, hurried with sIl the
force and fury an exasperated woman IL
capable Of.
And As the choking expounder Of spe-
Gle as 3 basis reached out spasmodically
for bis breath, the interested neigbbof,
with fully two.thirds Of the contents Of
the bucket in bis hair aud under bis coat
collar, sped across the lots with yebe-
menne that was truly marvellous as an
exhibition Of speed, aud With silence In
regard TO the caase which was born Of
twenty years Of married life.