The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1876-12-28

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proceed Bot ! notice. that The golden
iays Al present are exceedingly bret
The Sga rubs over low circle In our
s9st6sfh sky ard We housewives fad
great diaieulsy ID achieving aryihing
beyond the three meals day. which Is
= siFuag remiadey q COED Old times 10
Fsrnoat wben We used 10 say our
dKys work consisted ia getting up.
getting ourselves something 10 eat,
and going back 70 bed again
] sit by an open window. the aies
come ard 20 At their Owa sweet will.
Carpenters ia their sbif, sleeves are at
work on new boilding near BY; there
are 30 few deciduous trees by the road
sides and 10 the gardens tia, see no
trace Of winter, and my soul reJoiceih
q the iackiag manifestations But near
me sits yorng lady on whom these
sunny days and gentle airs are wasted
Il don't like il, she sage. with as
much Of frown as ia CONSTANT with
her pretty looks, there isn't any fan
10 such weather like snow storms.
add sleighrides, aud skating. aud
moonlight on snow. and winter evening
games aud - everything they have
hack East Thus do tastes differ
Around our evening Gre tfir one
needs 40 evening FIRE as much, bat not
As much FIRE, in California as ia Yer.
montl, there gathers pleasant circle.
young aud old such gathering Of
Sith and Kin As seldom favors new
Caiforsia home. II makes us feel a.
II we were not so far away FROM the
old home. and brightcns us up amaz.
iu2ly. Here Is our tall young shepherd
from the wiIds Of Nevada. Two years
of sun aud storm and rough frontier
life have considerably bronzed aud
broadeued the pale slender student Of
other days and what be doesn't know
about sheep isn't worth knowing. A
strange wild life he has had amid the
magnificent desolations Of those sage
brush covered plains aud rocky gorges,
bis only human companion some half
savage " herder, often refugee from
justice, with history which dime
novel writer would have to tone down
to make il appear real But it is a
wholesome thing sometimes 10 dwell
apart ia the vast solitndes OF Nature. II
is well to know how to live with men
or without them There is something
IN a shepherds life too which suggests
all manner Of peaceful and beautiful
pictures, aud calls TO mind dim old ira
ditions oi the shepherd kings Of the
Nile, and that later and immortal shep
herd, King David Of Israel but our
young kinsman looks little amused
when we speak Of his poetic pastoral
avocations, and evidently doesn't see il
in that light He has come to Caiior
MIA intending to try another sort Of life
beneath these softer skies, and among
his fellow men.
Near our David sits, another young
cousin, who has also been seeking his
fortune here for about the same length
Of time, but in an entirely different
fashion, In the great whirling, rushing
city Of San Francisco he has been one
little spoke in the big wheel of jour
nalism. To explain more fully, be has
been pursuing the business o! paper
carrier, and early and late, at all kinds
Of unreasonable aud unreasonable,
hours has been hurting the fresh issue,
Of the press at the front doors Of i'm
patient subscribers. He pictures him
self clad ia india rubber garments and
mounted on fleet mustang dashing
through rain, aud log, and mud anc
darkness az il he were Brom Bone,
himself pursued by The Headest
aorseman OF Sleepy Hollow. To be
the swift bearer Of news seems Il mos
beiitting business Tor this young strip
ling, who has the precise head AMI
front Of young Greek, and who nigh
serve a sculptor as a mo lei for Mercu
rius himself. the fleet messenger Of the
gods, new lighted on some heaven
kissing hill,
Aud here IN this favored circle is an
old Californian. an Argonaut OF 4g
bearded like one of Joaquin Miller
heroes bat there the resemblance
ceases, for be is most quiet aud kind
A ~ old gentleman, poor but unconsciou:
Of poverty, wise but modestly igno
rant OF his wisdom Then there is the
fair young cousin Wolverine, who i
fresh from Michigan and slightly home
sick. The rest Of Us your Dorse
readers know well, saving and excep