The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-01-04


The chin breath or Winter i n the air.
snd As The night wind whhtlss aWuna
The house, and wrestles with The blinds.
The husband and father, happy THAI hla
wife aud little ones arc sheltered aud
comfortable, draws tie drapery II n.
couch about him snd is shou, rolar oIl
to pleasant dreams, when Tho partner of
bis ioys aud sharer ofhis sorrows SAYS.
Seth, you must 80 down apd DIX The
iurnaee, OF the gas will strangle the baby.
Then the wrctehcd man battons bis
hreakiAstjacke, over hia nlehtshIrt.
pokes bis lcit foot into the righl sllpner
and bis right iato the leil, and. drunken
With sleep, feels bis way down stAlrs,
falls over The cooks aod OF coal aud
Holdings at The Kitchen door, aud bursts
Into the cellar ikea torrent. lie Jerks
open The furnace door, inhalcs few
quarts of coal-gas, splits Il up mixed with
some bard words, bangs the door and
knocks over the long poker aud casi.lton
shovel with elang like rolling ,ullil IL
foil opersuon. lie SEXES the wrench,
and, booking L on the CRATE. shakes i,
sayagely; and the grsto, (which has here.
toiore yielded sulenly TO his strength, 70,
wolves as II II we're set In oil, by deposit.
ing the whole fire "a the ash boz, with
the exception OF two or three big ulmkers
that wedge i up edgewise, Nirst be ,rias
to pail L back with the wrench, bnl tho
thing won't move. Then he gets down
on bis hands aud kuees and labs al tho
elinkers with The poker Ike Inau stir.
ring up cage Of animals 10 monagerie,
but The hot Goals beat him up TO apotser
attempt on the wrench, and, springing 70
his feet, he braces himself for a mighty
pull, when the crate slips Into place like
a spring lock, the wrench slides on and
bangs bis bare shins as he aaggers bark
aud knocks bis bead against The plaster
partition.
just then The policeman rings The front
door bell and asks lflberc is Gte IL
thercg aud having the door slammed H.
his face With No, | wish there wa.
tells his relief at the next corner thA, oil
simpkihs, Al ~, il drunk aba raising an
awful row. ~a 5H 3a
That nnhappy citizen lms hurried bacl,,
tothe cellar, and throwing baskettul 3
wood and kindlings iuto the furnace, h.
lights them, and starts for The coal bin.
Returning with hodful of coal, he a..
say to pitch IL dexteron,ly iuto the IA
mace. just then pnn OF wood smok
strikes him IN the eyes, the edge OF IT.,
hod strikes just below the furnace db,
and the contents are dashed on the na :,
with the exception OF finer particle.
which sift into his slippers. With the
calmncss Of despair be fills the furna,-p
by shovels full, sneczes heraldlng a coie
ing cold, waits until the fire Is an aconm
plished fact. AS he reaches the chant
floor dismal wall freezes bis aIrea,i,
chilled blood, and he Is welcomed ba /,
by his loving wife with:
wish you could ever do anything
about the house, Seth, without makiug
such dreadlul noise. Here Ii the bal
broad awake, and don't believe we sbs,I
get another wink Of sleep tonight.
Then the wretched man pulls the lew
hairs a virtuous life has left him, t..c
comforts Of bis home fade from his mi,J,
aud he wishes he was homeless wand
er IN the cold streets, with the prospect
OF warm lodging at the station house