The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-02-08

vsshing The Deia~H
"A peapy aas BAR a. !.
chlAerc soldiers var var
wages var fsfoeisa'ly
The WAy - x q the Sandwich
l'ia1as eAi's a chicken i to take
bold q -" iegs. draw long breath
aad pm .or al he's worth.
a germoat mother remarked
Yef. wAB, ny daughter 70 stady
ibslone, 81 fAe cant fry pancakes
pos without smoking III the bouse
~.
There 10 man 10 Colorado who
sgas himself II. Pot II i said
the least thing makes him boil over
Though very low, il able 70 talk
il reported Of a life insurance agent
Who was sbo, The other day at Say.
brook. Conn.
Mary. said an uptown woman 20
new servant. when you hang out the
clgthes be careful TO always pot the
nicest pieces hearet, the street
Here. John. said an rate mother.
that's twice you've come home aud
ttrsafiau that lard
Law. mother, exclaimed the young
duliiol. il Is 90 greasy il slipped my
mind.
A Kalamazoo woman being told.
while 10 church, that a divorce bad
been granted her. began 10 sing at the
top Of her voice. My country, It's Of
thee. sweet land Of liberty.
Probabilities When you see a
man going home at two O'Clock in the
morning and know bis wife is
waiting for him. il 10 likely TO be
stormy.
An exchange remarks. This is the
time TO 20 out woli.hunting. Nothing
will give you higher percentage on
your time aud money than chasing the
wolf from your poorer neighbours
door.
An old woman who was crossing
the street has narrow escape from
being run over by hearse am not
at all superstitious, she said to her
rescuer, but Il always seemed to me
that il would be unlucky TO be killed
bya hearse.
"A lady living near Troy has a
piece Of soap supposed 70 be a hun.
dred years old. Isn't il astonishing
how long some people can keep soap
in the house aud never feel the slight.
est inclination to use it.
A man ia an ulster tried TO kick
his horse the other day, and as he fell
his overcoat rip up the back to a point
several degrees above the horizon Of
bis diaphragm. he thanked God tire.
mcndoualy that he was not woman.
About this time farmers are sitting
ia the evenings by their comforting
fresides. with a pitcher OF cider, plate
Of apples aud pan Of nuts before them.
In the interim between their eating
aud drinking they look solemnly up.
ward and cXclaim, What awful hard
limesl
"A few Sundays since in one Of our
Sabbath schools, q teacher was ap.
preached be little fellow who said,
Miss ----, Jim swore; be said bad
word.
What did he say inquired the anx'
ious teacher.
oh, don't like 10 say il, it's wicked
but I'll write il on the blackboard
a gentleman 10 Cincinnati. who
has newly married son residing il
New York. received lately the follow
ing telegram: q
New York, Nov. II. Dear father
Maria gave birth TO two twins THU
morning. All well John.
Reply Cincinnati. Nov H. DeaI
son II congratulate you. But give
as fair count. Father.
The unsophisticated reader may
think 'tinker's dam Is swearing. but i
Is nothing approximating thereto
When the tinker wishes to solder uI
the holes in the coffee pot, be places
bit OF dough or clay beneath the hole
which forms the dam which holds th,
metal In place until ii cools. We dom
care a tinker's dam whether you believe
il or not. It's 30.
"A Chicago judge examines tb'
pAlns Of alleged Migrants. and il theJ
are not eallous be sends them up
deeming IL conclusive evidence Of a lif'
devoted 10 idlencss or the soft touch o
thiexery. The other day be applied
bic test to three reporters, and they
escaped only by showing the eAllou'
on their cheeks.
Have you, said be. - they finish
ed their last cigar. while the family
tAbby was at home upon the neighbor
ing shed. have you much Of that sor
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