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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-02-01

cop, aud pair Of scissors oil The table,
to make room for The old, familiar fal
sample-cAse, and said in cue briei breath
am sgsni for Gambertou's Popular Cen.
teunial Worlds History and American
Citizens Treasure Book OF YAlusble In.
formation sold ouiy by subscription and
Issued 10 monthly parts whole work com.
plete ia thirty parts each humber smbei-
isbed with one handsome ct seel.plGte en-
craving And nnmerous beautifully exeeu.
ted wood-outs no similar work has ever
been Published 10 this country and at the
exceedingly low price at which Il is on.
cred only g. per vol The spring
clicked like a pistol shot, the window
went up half way through the ceiling,
the nail-grab took hold like three-bar.
relied hsrpooh, aud the column moved
on Its backward way through The via
dow, down the newsroom, past the cases
vocal with the applause aud encouraging
aud c1nsolAGory remarks of the compost
tors, on to the alley windows, over The
siIls, bowling, yelling, shrieking, pray
ing, the unhappy agent was huiled TO
the pavement, three stories below, where
he hit on his head aud plunged into .
cellar, where he tried to get subscrip-
llou out ofa man who was shovelIng
coal
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-02-01
BROWNS MATRIMosIAL METHODS

Brown, don't know how ii is that
your girls oil marry oG as soon as they
get old enough, while none Of mine can
marry.
Oh, that's simple enough. marry
my girls off on the buckwhcRt straw
principle.
Bat what is that prineiple2 never
heard Of II bl fore.
Well, | used to raise good deal OF
buck beat, and it puzzled me TO know
how 10 get rid of the straw. Nothing
would cal IL, aud it was great bother
to me. At last thought OF plan
stacked my buck heat straw nicely and
built high rail fence around it. My
cattle, OF course, concluded that IL was
something good, and at once tore down
the ieuce and began to cat the straw.
logged them away aud put up the fence
lew times, but the more | drnvr them
away The more anxious they bce4ms 10
cut the straw, aud eat il they did, every
bit OF it A. | said, marry my girls oti
on The same principle. When young
man that don't like begins calling on
my girls | encourage hiG Ia every way
can. tell him TO come often and stay
as late as he pleases, aud take pains TO
hipt TO the girls that think they'd bet
ter set their caps for him. IL works first
rate lie don't make many calls, for the
girls treat him as cody as they can. Bat
when young fellow that like comes
around, man that | think would suit
me for son-iu-law, | don't let hin make
many calls before I give him to under
stand that he i-b't wanted around my
house. | tell the girls, too, that they
shall rot have any thing to do with him
4 aud give them orders never TO speak u
him again. The young folks begin 70
| pity each other, and the next tsing
know they are engaged TO be married
/ When see that they are determined q
marry always give 10 aud pretend "a
make tee beet % H. That's ibe way
/ manage II.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-02-01

Mandarin Mung, the head OF lle
Chinese embassy, which recently r. ed
Paris, entered railroad coach with ri4m
seats at Marseilles with the six memp,,ts
OF his suite, aud f,nnd well.d, s-rd
Englishinau enscJnced Ia o0e OF tht
Mung politely allowed him TO reA -.
aud, being able to speak English i"I'
bly,, soon entered into conyersali0b
him. The EngIishman was wider
formed aud interesting. Ia a easa.i
way be earelossly spoke Of himself AZ @
proprietor OF both the trails aud The l,eo-
motive, aud dropped the subjec.. Muuk
renewed Il, aud the Eng!ishmGn told h',u
that The locomotive and the coach ia
which they rode would be very useiui 90
himself aud the embassy Ia rapid
trayersing the Paris streets. llsssas
plenty Of other locomotives aud coaches,
he offered to sell both for ten thousssd
france. Aaug eagerly embraced ~
opportunity, and, taking the moay
from his treasurer, counted II out. Itr
EngiishmAn gave 8 receipt, and At 9
next station disappeared. On reaehi
Paris the Celestial became q wiser ms.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-02-01
now they ounED THE TuTOn.

lie was the pink of perfection. II the
cream OF human excellence was TO be
churned, the butter would lump up in
the shape of Professor Porteous Prye,
tutor. He had contracted the habit of
stealing up stairs in bis stocking feet to
see If the lights were out at ten. 1t is
,..rd teaching Old dogs new tricks, but
bovs sometimes succeed better with old
professors.
Tommy yayre is cadaverous youth,
with q sulipsr. coored muslache, but the
iron had eHtesaE bis soul, aud lie said be
must do what keeeald. so he bought
three papers OF eaFg4t tacks one night,
and stood the nnoceEt ft,le nails, busi-
ness end mp, all the wGg up end down
the stairs aud retired with A,a ts,thiul
followers 10 the wood closet appye "
pgait fLsults Promptly The chapel beIl
y,ru~k Lee thet Aelson II waiting ani
whispering sol@Sed Presently came p
surry recpag soaOa ate wQ2lep 4ipqk'
iaqs feeling their way oyer rough boards
Jomny tucked bis bal Ia bis mouIh-hls
maath runs clear round, eKcep a small
isnn,as which connects The top OF his
head witi, the nape Of hi- beck-and heid
his nose til The FIRST burst Of sleo had
subsidized.
Now came suppressed scream, one
foot on the stairs then another foot
down. then scream that wasnt sup
pressed thea a howl; he had struck The
second stair; then nc Eat down Oh The
next step, bat he got np again, and
eroan, with exclamation points after II,
came tearing up. the wood closet, The
boys stood back TO give Tommy room TO
kick; lhen came scrabbliug aud shout.
Ing Of heavy world, aud distinct mention
oi the father q iniqaiiy,' aud Tom
promptly appeared snd asked, in voice
fresh RON The valley of Nod:
What ,cems 10 bc the maitert
Mater. The boys; tic demoa-; cru
found 81. see here; heIpi aud he shifted
aAsout ars4 hung 90 the railing, aud tried
l1 sixad ou bis keees
Tom brought a light aud the boys car'
iea lie wounded man 10 his room, aud
nert . sympathy; got claw hammer
"a h ew aut the lacks. The professor
V ears snd slis GU cushion Tom sit'
o,.. nssies. .or seventeen boys know b
!, eret. and Il is spreading Ike smallpox
r.. an lE4ian camp.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-02-01
a PRINTERS nREAM,

A printer sat Is bis office chair, his
boots were patched aud his coat thread.
bare, while his face looked weary aud
worn with care. While sadly thinking
OF business debt, old Morpheus slewly
rouud him crept, aud before be knew Il
be soaudly slept; aud, sleeping be dream
cd that he was dead, from trouble aud
toll his spirit had fed, and that not even
q COW bell tolled for the peaceful rest OF
bis cowhide sole. As be wandered
among the shades, the smoke aud scorch
10 lower llades, he shortly observed an
iron door that ereakingly swung on
hinges nisr, but the entrance was closed
by red-hot bar, aud Satan himself stood
pesping out, and watching for travellers
thereabouts, aud thus 10 the passing
printer spoke, aud with growing voice
the echoes woke: Come Ia, my dear, II
shall cost on nothing aud meyer fear
this is the place where cook the ones
who never pay their subscription sums,
for though In life they may escape they
will find when dead Il is too late; will
show the place where melt them thin,
with redhot chains and scraps of tin, and
also where | comb their heads with
broken glass aud melted lead, and if OF
refreshments they only think there's
boiling water for them to drink; there's
the red-hot grindstone to grind down his
nose, and red-hot rings to wear on his
toes, and If they mention they don't like
fire III sew mp their mouths with red-hot
wire; and then, dear sir, you should see
them squirm while ! roll them over and
cook to a turn. With these last words
the printer awoke, and thought it all q
practical joke; but still at times so real
did II seem that he cannot believe II was
all dream; and often he thinks with o
chuckle and grin OF the fate Of those who
save their tin and never pay the printer.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-02-01
AN onLlelSG HOTEL GuEs

The other evening kind lo0kin ~
man was escorted to room on the q, 4
floor OF hotel TO pass the night, -
wasn't five minutes before the bell n,li.
Gated that he wanted TO see waitel \
colored boy ran mp, stuck bis hcad lu'o
the room and asked what was wanted.
The old man said he didn't want nuy
thing, but the waiter was hardly down
stairs before the bell rang again.
Did you want sufiin'? inquired he, ~
he reached the room again.
In about two minutes bis bell rang
again, and this time the walter exclaim-
ed:
II yc don't want nuiia' what ar ys
pullin' de bell fnrY
want TO obige the waiter, replied the
old man.
DE waitahl Obligs de wsitahf
Yes, IL says here, Please ring ,h, bI
for the waiter, aud II he wants j. legs
Pm willing 10 oblige him, thoush iu
tired aud sleepy, aud shan't pull itm
four times more, unless know 81
some Of his family are sick
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-02-01
rwo seESEs.

A gentleman took bic son 10 . drsnken
row IN tavern, where The lnmAtss wsre
lighting aud swearing, aud said be;
DO you know what caused all thls'
No, sir.
His father, poIutlnR to the dscanlsrs,
ssid: That's the cause. viii you take
q drinkg
The boy started back with horror, and
exclaimed;
mol
Then be took the child to the cage OF
mau with dslirium trcmens. The boy
gs1ed upon him atrrighied, as the drunks
ard rayCd aud tore, aud, thlnklng the
demons were amer him, cried; Leave
me alone Leave me alone see 'em,
They're oemingl
Do you know the cause Of this, my
boyg
No.
This 10 caused by drink. win you
have somei aud the boy shrank back
with shudder as he re fused the cup.
Next day they called at tho miserable
hovei OF drnnksrd, where was squalid
poverty, and the drunken father beating
his wife, and with oaths knocking dowa
his children
What has caused all thI.2 said III.
father.
The son was silent.
When told il was run, no declat
that be would never touch . drop IL Il
life.
But suppose the lad sho6ld be insi -
to a wedding feast where, with frnii ~
cake, the wine cup IL passed, amisi se
of cheerfulness and gaysty, where ell
friends are respectable, beloved and
TO each other, and he should be askea =
drink, would be rsfnse2
Or suppose him walking out will
father on New Years day TO call 1 n.
young lady friends, TO enjoy the feat
OF the ushering In Of the new year. VI )
other things wine IL handed 20 him b
smiling girl, His noble hearted IA tet,
whom he loves, presses the wine.g
his lips, and compliments the youn- !,
on the excellence Of its quality; S'n
wonder II the son follow his exam
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-02-01
ADVENTURE or coSnucron

Conductor b. il always polite to la
dies. An conductors are polite 20 ladies',
particularly 80 when they are young Aud
handsome. Miss G. was hsnd-d on
board Al the statiOa as carefully rs ihaugh
she was glass 10 bs handled with care
An extra sest was turned over on the
shady side Of the car, aud The conductor
took a seat by her side 10 do the sgreeA-
BILE, having met Mics {. on the irsiu be.
fore. Presently ~ matters were going
along nicely, an old man, In lie shirt
sleeves, threw him.eli into the sest IN
front, which The conductor had unlocked
aud turned ever for the benefit Of the
parties more Immediately concerned.
Mr.. Is. spoke up sharply. Go sway
from here! But the man didn't go Con-
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-02-01

Mos, Time FOR Tommy 20 come back,
&c cbucklcd 10 himself and even foot
steps we're heard on ihe pisxfa outside
Young Todd hid himself bShind the
door. swaiiing the result. II opened,
tbe pail poured ost It, contents, and =
voice went up 10 terror which froSe every
drop Of blood 10 youug Todd's body, for
Il was the voice Of Tommy's mother. In
medIalely after the voice came the lady
herself looking Ike waterfall with q
shawl on
a pitiful cry from the coal-hod caused
Nrs. RsBgs 90 rash 10 the rescue, and
Young Todd slipped out the door jast IS
Tommy came back. He took ia The sit
ustion Al glsuee. aud bis balr stood up
50 straight j, looked as though il had
been struck by iigBining.
Thomas. ks.s Mrs. Bangs, pointing
with one hand TO the baby covered with
coal from head to foot, snd With the
other to her own dripping self, have you
any objection 10 telling me The meaning
Of ail thlsY
And Tommy could only answer Ia &
feeble voice:
Young Todd aud stood there feeling
a. every luie hoy must feel who doesn't
know exactly whats going TO happen
next,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-02-01
STORY OF rus EMPERoR or RussIA

One morning the Emperor met young
officer on a great wooden bridge. The
officer was way, aud on this particular
occasion his assurance was stimulated by
plenty OF good old wine. The oldest
general in the army lrembled before the
Emperor, but this young soldier bad no
faBf of him. As he passed he gave the
usual salgte, but in decidedly devil
may care tRshion, which attracted The
Emperol's aliention,
Come this way, said bis Majesty, ie.ce.
~. The officer oheyed, fon belong TO
The stupid squad lbn fellows who know
nothing,
Oh, ile, excuse me, know ,,ery-
thug
Indeed Then how many nails are
there in this bridge2
Seventeen billions, Que hundred and
eghty.iour millions, three bundled and
flty.six, and four lacks.
sure OF thai
Perfectly sure, sire.
Hem, hem! How many fishes in the
sea.
Three hundred and sixty.nine billions,
nine hundred and twenty-six millions,
fonr Hundred and forty.eight thousand,
six hundred aud thirty~eight, and three
sprats.
sure OF that, too!
Perfectly sure, sire, without counting
the fukes.
The Emperor looked pleased and turn.
ed to 60 away, when the cunning soldier
remarked with great modestl:
But there are two things, sire. that |
don't know,
What are they? said tie Emperor,
turning around iiereely.
Where | live, and what's nay naRe.
The Emperor at once made coput of
him, aud gave him an estate.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-02-01
VOLUME XVI

ductor says, silll more sharply Go
away, o. III make yeu Bst stlt no 60,
while vaosn,, provoking smile sat up.
on the face Of the intruder. wbervupoa
Conductor y. grssped the old farmer by
TIE nape oi he neck. At the same time
the Young lady se scd the arm Of the cor i.
duc.ot, eaclAiming Please doa'i, Nr.
II, This 10 nv father. Ever siaee Con.
ductor Z always asks yooag ladies Il (
they are travelling alone.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-02-01
As Good as Gold.

We siii sfad e. aHy address one set 81 ID
Sc ~ husau tfuss. nus c3eg'knt sasff fliG GOA
asas io4E hskxa WatcA ekasG, eas uaag l.incrii
steaAg fas. aEF sseeaDilY eNEftved Fti q
s.etss lmaSis as4 ope inFf0tsa shaiae oeiiai
tai da fl - SO sSe rekl. gsete iets fGr fs@ -
fstf ~ SIS "a AsiuEas aFtalls can te SD ssf
fs9ts ~ she fgiee Il ske whe2s lot Ladies
~ tHsit ssfts, seEea EfTacits. sxtnr ffice. rs
r. lsaMs a.. Aeeufs. Address
JOURNAL eDAEEkTDNuf.AT.
Noaa sgd VI
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-02-01

4 Toronto paper has Just disgusted the
fishIonAble worId Of that city BY Insert.
ing = mysterious paragraph announcing
a sty lish wedding for y given morning.
The church was fairly jammsd with
arizloeraey that crowded 70 assisl at The
nuptisls VI Pallman car conductor aud
iaundfess both cOlOred
VIII the man wbO xriies "DiftclIohs
f1r Itesnseltsting Drowned Men" aud
Hos % Prevent sun.siroks7 please
change biz stsp ior season, aud tell "a
What il good ior = cold ia the heed
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-02-01

What traveller you have bscomef -.
claimsd BostoniAn on meeting ss
qHainianee At Cohstsu.inople.
70 tell sou the truth, was the iraaI
reply, l'm obliged 10 run aboui the wo. 4
10 Keep ahead Of my ebaraciefi ior &
moment Il 0veftakss me | am ruined
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-02-01
WHITMAN 4 GODDARD.
Manufacturers Of
CARRIAGES q SLEIGHS

SoClH LsSDoNnEHAT, NIHy0NT.
keep pouataBtiy On hand or baila 80 "a der
eyers dsscri s.tloa " IaTTiseer IRON = costnci
Phmtuu 10 skelet ~ buggy few second IA nd
bugeler usually on hand f9T sale cheap. Aiao
carnage nioek essaslfniiy sln hama f0r s4le l,e-
valupg deae 90 bod notice and satisfaction
RaArAnlesa. We ailus no material 10 euler a
cAftiSgv of sleigh tbatis bct ~ the very beet
qaK}ltf, sut has uai bssS thou0nghi iestsd.
EVERY FELLoE BOILED ~ LISeET1 OIL.
1hsnkfaf . pact patronage W hope e. fntrit
eangaHaaHss VI tbs sAme by 1oiRR RuCsi @urA
81 reasonable pfiets.
WHITMAN 4 GoDDARp
MAJ u, 1916. siiv
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-02-01
Pure Malt Yeast.

Mt Ctihs hss uAGe 8rrA4 i ips W. ia.aHtayes
tass bal &astf 81 huusf bsetaFs ~ Man D. sitF
gesalafly "a Tustdsss sau Fil1ass. For sAt -
as hFasf II Fsciasy iyttt
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-02-01
ur.arr.

lie aaw thlnks il ansafe TO leave
h.o,tiag Q4,.ss around the Office. His
v ife Gogud this an a piece
eue tseraeD
.sevoig 70 xOb dnes lliw
Iaa1zW
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-02-01
CHEAP AND RELIABLE.

lie w4il Also deliver uYsTEks ia Msnohesfef
uu Iae@Aafs a0a FGfgfasgss Mss. nnfsei sna
hHpff5 NafHtrs pn Wednesdays, Lzsf b9fssfuH
Esafsasys; Arlington, Essf Ariiastln aud run
aff-AHa oU lglasse -
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-02-01

The army records show lhst Ke1tusl,
ralse. tie taileu and Connecticut tss
shortest men in the country.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-02-01

Iie.s.es,y Is Ne a.ssl Policy.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-02-01
,o,se ropp
rlrht In lhe eve. Tomm,

look me sigbi Ia tbs eye, Tommy
ies'm
faa going over "a Ms Dtumps aud
wac, yoa Go sisy ahd tske care Fl baby
Ncs'm.
Aud soc afe nul going out Of ihis
National Republican., 1877-02-25
THE GUdRD or DEiTIT.

Tho horrors Of war have been detailed in
almost Infinite varIety-aifordng themes Of mex.
haustible abundance for the moraiist the poet the
historian and the romancor. Abundant In such
details Of suffering must have been the disastrous
campaign Of Napoleon in Russia--or, rather, the
most disastrous portion OF that campaign, the re-
treat from Moscow.
The ordinary disasters OF retreat through an
enemy's country were, in this instance, fearfuliy
aggravated by the intense severity Of the cold,
and that, Of tho multitudes who perished, thore
were thousands who sank beneath Its rlgors for
hundrds who fell beneath the lances OF the Cos
sacks. Yet the assaults Of these rowing warriors
Of the desert were fcarfuily destructive. Hover.
Ing In small bands around the divisions Of the re-
treating Frenchmen, and never falling to strike
separated from the main body on its march-and
quent, through the relaxation OF discipline and
the Increasing want q proyisIons.thetc was no
moan.S Snsf on S seI hfs az
ooursers, such was the rapidlty OF their movements
that they seemed to spring up from tho earth,
rcpufscd, securing away with celerity that dehed
pursuit, even II the worn and harassed Frenchmen
hsS esp sso sSs S IT, P0
sack. to form q solid squares and meet the shock
died.
lnub were tne remains OF NapOleOns great
army tolling back across the frightful wastes Of
that inhospitable region, but daily leaving thou
sands Of their number suffering on its shows; the
troops OF Csosacks sweeping around them, and
bringing up their rear. ready to pick up every
straggler whom fatigue or the hope OF greater
fellows.
The main body had passed on and there was
solitude on the vast and naked steppe which they
driving storm Of snow was whitening the ground
to which that intense frost had given the rigidliy
Of marble. Afar of, In the remotest verge Of tho
horizon, dark object might be seen dimly
through the snow; and from another quarter
comes whrling on troop OF Cossacks with many
avid hurrah. Their leader points to the dark
object in tho distance, and away they scour across
tho plain IN the direction Of his spear. As they
approach they see with grim delight that band
OF Frenchmen is before them but the . il seems,
are prepared for tho attack. The square Is formed
the bnyonets at charge. The CUssacks galllp
round and round, as if seeking for point OF yan.
age to atnck-tbe Frenchmon stand nrm, Pre-.
senting everywhere bold and steady faont, which
seems to dash the courage Of the assailants.
Meantime the snow comes down In wreaths, and Is
fast gathering In white masses on the dark uni.
the Cossacks wheel, approaching nearer every
moment-yet not hand Is stirred In that human
citadel: not musket Is fred although every shot
might tell. At length the leader of the Uossacks
shouts, "Forward. to the charger and, with q
rush, they hing themselves upon thc-dead. At
the frst shock the foremost rank of Frenchmen
falls, arrow Of stiifened corses on the plain They
and there, perhaps, they would have stood until
the next summers heat had given relaxation TO
their rigid muscles hut for the wild attack of tho
therce desert warriors.
National Republican., 1877-02-25
dYECD0TE OF BANK or EyG1.iyD.

An extraordinary affair happened about the
year lIiO. One OF the directors, a very rich man.
had occasion for f3o,OOo, which he was to pay as
the price of an estate he had Just bought, To IA.
cilitate the matter, he carriei tho sum with him
to the bank, and obtain ID for 1t a bank. note On
his return home, he was suddenly called out upon
particular business. He threw the note care.
lessly on the mantclplece, but when he came
back few minutes afterwards to lock It up, II
was not to be found. No one had entered tho
roomi he could not, therefore, suspect any person.
At last, after much Intellectual search, he was
persuaded that II had fallen from the mantel.
piece into the fire. The director went to aoquaint
his colleagues with the misfortune that had hap.
pened TO himi and, as he was known to be per.
feotly honorable man, he was readily believed II
was only about four.and-twcnty hours from
the timo that he had deposited his money;
refuse his request for second note. He received
II upon giving an obligation to restore the nrst
note IL II should ever be found, or pay tho money
himself IL II should be presented by any stranger
About thirty ycays afterwards (the director hav.
Ing been long dedd, and his heirs in possession
lost npte at the Hank, and demanded payment,
~ was In vain thdt they mentioned to this person
the transaction b{ which that note was aunuIled,
he wou. not listSn toit. He maintained that ii
had come TO him from abroad, and insisted upon
immediate payp<at The note was payable to
heirs Of the directors would not listen to any de-
mands Of restitution, and the bank was obliged
TO sustain the loss. 1t was discovered Afterwards
that an architect having purchased the dIrec-
tors house, had taken II down, In order to build
another on the same spot, had found the note in
an engine for robbing tho bank, In which he was
completely successful.