The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-07-04

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hazard his reputation he says Tie
ilns mas, be drAwa somewhere
The fact that George WAshia e
toas STic bcTef asked where be bad
teea shea he came bone late AT night
goes great ways towards accounting
iat bic extreme tfulhiglness
Why ga yo1 not admire my
dsoghtsri said lady 70 = gentleman.
Because. paid be. am actually 20
iadgc q pAiusieg Bot. surely, rejoin-
ed she. yoa never saw an angel that
was not painted
A visitor remarked, 10 speaking 81
Zoe beads 81 haif My wise's hair is
80 loSg. Il falls IN wary uesses TO her
her waist, That's nothing. said SBod.
grass. when my maiden sister lets hers
doNn, i, fails 10 the aoor
"A philosopher was examining some
skulls 10 graveyard. and, picking up
obs, be said 10 the grave digger All ]
this was lbe skull Of philosopher.
Very likely, your honor. said the other.
iyr see It's somewhat cracked.
We had shorLcake for tea. said q
little gil TO a neighbours boy 10 whom
sbe was talking through the fence. So
did we. be answered very short--so
short II didn't 20 round
The basket that you bring home
from The picnic these days is about
seventeen pounds lighter than the one
you take out, but the red ants up your
troaser-legs fully make up the deficit.
Nature abhofs vacuum,
~ married man adopted an origi.
hal way OF reducing household eKpen.
ses. One morning, when be knew his
wife would see him, be kissed the ser.
want girl The expense u running
that house were Instantly reduced
$3.50 per week
"a very laxative soa.h camo to
Socrates 10 study ora,o,! no phil
osopher charged him Antbr ptice,
stating as reason that Le AUST teach
the youth two sciences how to hold
his tongue, aud bow to speak.
What's tbatg he asked his land.
lady, as she set bis cup by his plate.
Coffee. was the prompt and decisive
reply All, innocen,ly remarked the
boarder, with an air Of interest, and
what is il made Off And there was
silence around the table for the space
Of half an hour
Leasing, the German author, was
80 Absent.minded, that one night he
called at bic own house aud asked the
servant il the professor was at home.
The servant, not recognizing him in the
dark. said; He is not in. Oh, very
well. replied Leasing, l will call an
other time.
The summit Of the Dublin post
Office is adorned by three statues. Up.
on an Irish coachman informing a trav-
eler that they were like the Holy
Apostles, the latter inquired Where
are the other nine ? They are inside
the building, said the coachman. sort.
ing the letters
What pity all our conscienees
are not as tender as that Of the youth
fol truant who was overtaken by hail
storm. and who hurried home in terror
aud told bis mother that God was
a~iul angry and had been frowing
stones at him.
"A lawyer had his portrait taken in
bis favoTite attitude standing with
lie hands in his pocket. An old farm.
ct remarked that the portrait would
have been more like the lawyer il il
had represented him with bis hand in
another mans pocket. instead Of his
own.
While the boundary line Of Viz.
ginia and North Carolina vas 10 dispute
the residence 4 q lady was uncertain
as 10 the State. When the lice was
finally established she WAS 10 Virginia
am very glad Of il, she observed. for
North Carolina 10 always such q ackly
State.
"A Troy Inventor will shortly take
90. patent for a cAtapbone. By
means Of wires stretched along back
yard fences and housetops. be conveys.
~ilh the aid Of some simple machinery.
ali concatenA,ed caterwauls into an
alright barrel. BY another simple
oon.risaaee the sound in the barrel
eau be compressed, and can be used in
quahti.ies for Gre aud burglar alarms
The inventor urediets Tint be vii give