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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-11-13
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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-11-07
vAGABoND MINERS LUCK.

One day mining vagabond named
Bassick, just from Australia, without
dollar In bis pocket, began digging In
Tyndal Hill. About three feet under
ground there was a calcareous subsiance
like chalk or rotten refuse chalky matter.
That formed the whole bill. The people
OF Rossta were all laughing ut tho poor
beggar who had found a mine rs big Az
piece of chalk. Bassick's Whilewssh
Mine II was called In derision. The tat
tered prospecior brought the lime down,
had an assay made Of IL, and found II was
very rich In carbonate OF lime, carrying
silver. Az soon as the discovery was
made known, they found boulders, aud
pebbles from the size of hickory nut TO
that OF pumpkin. They lay like peb.
bIes Ia The bed Of river, 10 this horizon
tai gulch or river bed OF lime. Every
pebble was coated with pure silver ehlo-
ride, as thick usually as the Gnger nail.
The Ike Of this formation boulders In
silver capsule. Ia found no where else Ia
the known world. II is 50 lar geologi.
cal pnzzIe From The surface oi the
ground down t~o hundred feet, that ore
has paid richer than any niue IN this
country Bassick has worked the mine
six p..alhs, having the ore ali worked by
Prot. llil OF Black flswk SO far II has
yielded and Is yielding Mr Bissiek an
average OF $6l 900 a month.
This may be considered pretty big
yarn. stood with my mouth open for
at least half 40 hour after heard II. At
length got my pafait zed jaws Ito work
Ing order, and began an investigation.
They shouldn't fool me, II was green
one, and had no shares ia anything except
helf interest Ia little blue.eyed girl
back east. found the sum authentic
and capable Of proof felt Ike hunting
mp rayine then and there to die In,
when | recalled sl the bills perhaps
chalk hills--l have walked over duIiDg
my lifetime. The thought was aK0ny.
Perhaps ii.ase hills were full of sugar
coalpd Mills
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-11-07
mao. o,npska'. rreonss

The spelling is not according TO lhe
dictionary, but the moral ofhis arithmetic
Is first rate.
Dis mawuiu' a. | war walkin' out
'mong do sunflowers IN the back yard,
began Brother Gardner, at the last meet
ing OF the Lime Kiln Club, Misser DIrins
Green, dc white man, come long, an
dere was a powerful sad look on his face
e. be leaned ober dc fence an' said, Mis-
ser Gardner, dis snilerin' hcz got ter
come TO cease. lIez yoo got DC shakes
and chils2 | axed. Wuss dan dat, Mlssef
Gardner. lze workln' all the long week
for ten shillin' day, an whar the money
goes can't tell. DE ole woman wants
new clothes, dc ehillin' wants dis an dat,
dc rent runs behind, an l'zo giltin' des-
perit. Shool but now, but let's make
some tigers on de fence, tole him. Now
den, you chew terbacker? Yes, chew
bout ten cents worfa day. OATS seventy
cents week. An you drink lagerp
Well, of course drink q glass now and
den--maybe fifteen glasses a week OATS
seventy.five cents NOAH, sab, What dye
do on SnndaysY Oh, 20 up TO de beel
garden. An you spen' dollar at leastf
guess so-may be TO OF EN-. Say twelve
shillins, an dat makes two dollars an
nlnety-tive cents per week. ! reckon You
frow away at least free dollars ebcry week
sab, frow II away Yes, sab. Dat
money would pay your rent aud buy
your -four. But a feller must have some
comfort. DE same, sab. DE greatest
comfort in dc world am to, see de rent
paid up, dc family dressed mp, de table
loaded down, an de ole woman able to go
20 TO church You frow away free dol
lars ebery week, sab, an den you 90 euss.
iR de times, de wedder, an de man who
hez saved his money. Gem'len, dat white
man called me an old black fool aud a
dog stealer, but dat didn't alter the case o
bit. He is lrowin' away one-third OF bis
weekly wages, an den BLOWN roun' dat
he's gettn' desperit an ready to head a
riot Doan' let me heah any member o.
dis club spinnin' dat yarn, kase Of be does
dals gwine to be d committee OF investiga.
shun, an dat committee wont whitewash
wurf cent.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-11-07
PRESCRIPTION FoR FITS.

For fit of passion--Walk out IN the
open air. You may speak TO the winda
without hurting any one, or proclaiming
yourself to be a simpleton.
For a fit of Ideness- Count the ticking
Of clock. DO this for one hour, and you
will be glad TO pull off your coat and
work like q man.
For fit of Extravagance-Go to the
workhouse, or speak with the ragged in
mates of jail, and you will be con-
vinced.
For it of Ambition so TO the church.
yard and read the gravestones. They
will tell you the end OF man is at his best
estate
For fit OF Repinng Look about for
the halt, the blind, and visit the bed.rid-
den, and afflicted and the deranged; and
they viii make you ashamed Of complain
ing OF your light Affections.
For ct OF Envy Go and see how
many who keep their carriages are At.
ilicted with rheumatism, CONT and dropsy
how many walk abroad on crulches OF
stay at home wrapped In flannel and how
many arc subject 70 epilepsy aud apo.
pIexy
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-11-07
JOSH Killings PHILOSOPHY.

Caushun IL good thing for man to
hay, but when be haz got so mutch that
he IL afraid to tutch cast iron lion for
fear it will bite, ignoranse 10 what's the
matter ov him.
II thare IL ever a perfektly happy man
found in this world, 1t will be the one
who haz got but little, and don't want
emmy thing more.
Man IL a dissatisfied kritter, and that IL
just what he waz put here on earth for
the man who il satisfied with everything
just as he finds it, is no better than
number mackre.
Ilele IL the CRATE difference between a
tool and wiz man--lhe fool il known
most bi Others. The wize man bi himself
1t was was gong into the hermit bizz
ness, wonld 20 into the heart ov CRATE
City rather, than tie heqrl ov CRATE
mountan--a CRATE City is a CRATE ,oli.
lude.
Thare IL only one kind oy person who
II fit to 1--we in solitude, aud it IL the one
who is capable oy sdorHing emmy posish-
M in sosiely
THE reazln viii there IL SO little GEM
inc friendships in this world IL beksuse
thare are 80 tu people who deserve it..
Mankind are very proud ov their judg.
ments, but they are az often convinced
against what they call their judgments az
emmy other way.
Take all the phools out OF this world,
md thare wouldn't be emmy fun nor
profit living 10 IL.
My young disciple, don't tail TO take
advantage oy yure good lux, for good lux
seidum Gums TO man late in life.
When deakon falls, ,thare IL joy in bell
and grief In heaven for one hour.
never hi to settle other peoples quar-.
rels; bsv seen people hi to do this, and
git badly whips bi both partys.
The world all prsze the philosophers,
but toss their pepnys into the caps oy The
monkeys.
Il IL ailwuss safe TO follow the reli.
gious bclehf that our mothers taught us
ihafe never wsz mother yet who taught,
her child TO be an infdel.
Employment IL the grale boon oy life !;
a man with nothing to DO II not bsn so
interesting a sight " ripening tarnip.
A healthy inGGeI IL a brave man for
sooth, but give him sharp turn OF the
belly axe and be il he meekest howard !
kno oy.
safkasm Ia powerful weapon, lbul 10
handling it. many people take holt ov The
blade instead OF the handle.
The man who robs The widder and the
orphan ov their pstrimony Il simply 8
villalu, bat be who undertakes 10 disturb
lbe religions fgiih Of others IL iisnd
Basbiullness IL oflen nothing more than
ignorance, and, like he plating on 3
spoon, soon wears OF Aud shows the
odions brass
I iIsppnese don't seem to konsisl 20
match ia what msn bar az Il dur 10
what sumbeddy else hzz got.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-11-07
VOLUME XVIII.
oss ~ Lirs.s su.pow

A, eight o'clock lhe other metning
Sseopd street wife followed her husband
down 10 tbe gate A. be wss starting ioF
down town aud Kindly said TO him
William you know how sadly need
blue buutiug dress
Yes, dear, he remarked. bat you know
how lard up am As soon as eau sec
my way clear you shall have the dIess.
and a new bat to boo, Rc patienl be
good, and your reward shah be great,
Forty minutes after that he emerged
from restaurant with big basket and
Dish pole bonnd up The river. 10 The
basket was a chicken. pickles, cake, fruit
pie aud bottle Of liquid Ola rich color.
aud he was jasi lighting twcnly cnt
cigar when his wife came along
What YOU here heenclaimed.
Yes, ! was going 10 The market
Where are you going what il In that
basketY
! was going 20 carry this a-h pole
10 friend on Jefferson avenue he mod.
e,tly answered,
Aud that basketg
This basket well ! was goihg TO take
Il 10 the orphan asylum Al present to
the children. Il Is donation irom sin
leading citizens.
William don't believe III
Shl Don't talk so loud
William, shall talk louder yet she eH.
claimed. IN bet you are going fishing.
Mary have ever deceived your he
plaintiyely asked, never have as proof
of my sincerity, you can take this basket
10 the asylum yourselil
And IN DO Il she promptly replied fs
she relieved him fit.
Mary, hadn't you----7
No, sir, ! hadntl You'd better hurry
mp with that Dish pole, as the man may
want II, aud be careful how you stand
around in the hot sun
She left him there. lie watched her
take the car for home, aud then he re-
turned the fish pole and crossed the street
aud said to an acquaintance;
Tom, pm suffering with neuralgia, and
the excursion Is or till next week. Too
bad, but we can never tell what day
may bring forth,
There was chicken and pickles aud
other good things on the table al dinner,
but he never tmlled. Even his wife
wished she was an orphan, II that was
the way they were fed, be never betrayed
the gloom in bis heart. It was only when
she handed him the bottle he had so care
fully tucked into the basket aud saw il
labelled, Good for Little Children, that
he asked:
Mary, It's an awful thing for wife to
get the impression that her husband is
cold blooded liarY
ltmust be, she replied Us she took the
other chicken leg.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-11-07
QUICK WORK

The last sensation occurred last Thurs.
day when about fifty men were present,
by invitation, TO see jim Lawson beat bis
own time two years ago, when bis wife
had baked bread in eight aud quarter
minutes after the wheat was standing in
The field. AT 10 O'Clock, the Buckeye
reaper, drawn by Cy BurDetts dun mules,
stood al the corner Of The growing wheat,
machine In gear, resdy TO start. Men
we're stationed every few feet along the
line Of grain, ready to seize an armful AZ
il tell from the reaper, and rash with il
to the thresher close by, which, under
The direction Of veteran drivers, was get.
ting under way ior business. At the mill
jast sixteen rods away, Lawson stood 81
the window watching the moment when
McCaw, on the swificst horse IN tht
country, should start from the lhresber
with the grain, while Nrs. Lawson and
her niece, Mics Alice, bad al The prepafa.
lions made TO make griddle cakes and bis
cults in the shortest possible time. Al
the drop Of bat lke dan mules sprang
10 the work, aud 10 I'm. lss. the lbreshed
wheat. about peek, was 10 The sack sud
on the borse, aud The race commenced foi
the mill There we're two bridges ID
cross, aud the exelted spectators could
only see > column of dusl, hear = couple
~ taps on the plank bridges - The hoFss
few over them Al lightning speed, aBd
tie wheat was delivered 10 LswsOn Ia
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GtyE ~ 10 'Esf ~ LATts.

II j. an oft.spoken whim OF the eynics
--Hnd possibly something more--tbat tho
doctors give their prescriptions Ia Latin,
30 ~ 10 afford lheir igDoranl patients the
benefit Of little Imagination. Botas
pani|icus sounds good deal more len.
pauant ihan bread pin. Some years ago.
IL Rhode Island Legislature, = member
moved 20 translate all the Lsliu phases
In the statutes, 20 that lbe people could
uadentaud them. A Mr. updlke took
tie ground that Il was 10 advantage %
have people understand the laws IIe
said they Were not afraid Of suYlhing that
they understood. That Il was the Latin
words they were afraid Of, aud proceeded
70 illustrate bic position ~ follows: Mr..
1pesker, there was BaB IN South king-
ston aboui twenty yesfs aEo ~ho was
perfect nuisance, and nobody knew how
10 get rid Of him Dae day he Was hoe.
ing corr. aud he saw ibe sheriff eoming
with paper, aud sssed what Il wss
Nov Il be bad told bim Il vas : writ.
wbat would be have eAredY - be told
capias satasfi4cieadam, and the man drop
ped bis hoe and ran. ADD has not beea
Aesfd of aaee.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-11-07

Why should any one despair ofemploy-
ment when such diversity Of trades and
occupations honrisbes 10 New York as
Is indicated by the shingles Of the profess
ionas: Sick dogs are medically attended
by week or month Birds TO board; Dogs
cars and tails are cut In the latest fashion /,
Cigar stumps bought st the highest
market price; Cross dogs taught to be
gentle and weIl-behsved Ladies' and
gentlemen's feet and hands are profession.
ally aud artisticaly treated by the Job or
season; Young ladies come 10 aud learn
the name aud calling Of your husbands /;
Round shouldered persons made straight (;
Perfect grace taught Ia twelve lessons
and satisfaction guaranteed; Sore eyes Ia
poodles efieeiuslly cured Ladies' deficient
ia wardrobe, fashionably dressed, very
cheap, by the month or year Babies or
children hired or exchanged False noses
as good As new aud warrentcd to ft (;
Marriage certificates are furnished al
once Black eyes painted over neatly I;
Dress coats furnished at reasonable rates !.
and Trustworthy information given a. 10
lucky lottery iiekels.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-11-07

the mill Ia I'm. iss The -four was De-
Hyered TO Mrs. Lawson, aud In Sun. bSs
IRON the slattiug Of The reaper The ars'
gtiddle cake came from ihe hands Of Miss
Alice, was gobbled by a doznn eager
hands and was The last Of Il. 10
im. Sc, from the starting OF the reaper,
according TO the best doable'iimeF stop
watch 10 the country, pan Of biscuits
was delivered TO the hungry crowd by
Mrs lawson, and that was The last seen
OF them. Then other pans Of delicious
biscuits were baked more At leisure, and
boiled ham aud one minute biscuit formed
sandwich Il was rigbt bard 70 beal
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-11-07

+ plll hs ever swallowed COL Benlon' :
honse vas not far Rom mine Wilson
took The note. and - be afterward told
me, weai up with trembling hands, pot
Il with bis own hAuds into the hands Of
the girl that came To The door, Aud ran
away 70 bis lodgings. lie had been hard
" hall so boar a. home, trembling 10
think what be had done, when 3 note
came from Col. Benton, saying that be
bad received the card aud note, aud thst
Mrs Benton aud himseli would have
much pleasure in receiving Mr.. Wilson
81 breakfast Al nine O'Clock the next msr-
ming. They would wait breakfast for
bin, aud no answer was expected,
The idea said be to himself, thst am
going TO breakfast with Tom Benton!
John Wilson, what will people say and
what shall sayl The thing is not to be
though; Of; aud yet must; baye de.
hyefed the note and sent my card; ifI
don't g now, il viii be rude; | wish |
hadn't taken IL; il doesn't seem TO me as
II could go and sit there Mt the table.
| lay awake, seid be afterward TO ne,
that night thinking OF il, and in the NOR.
ming ! felt as man might feel who had
sentence Of death passed upon him, and
was called by the turnkey to get mp for
his breakfast. rose, however, made my
toilet, aud after waveriug great deal
went 10 Col Bentou's house. My hands
trembed as rang the bell. Instead Of
the servant, the Colonel himself came 10
The door. He grasped me by both hands
aud said Wilson, am delighted TO see
you this is the happiest meeting have
had for many years. We have been call.
ing each other hard names, but really
with no want Of mutual regard and con-
idence. Ii has been mere foolish poll.
tical fight, aud let's wipe It out of mind.
Everything that have said about you
ask your pardon TOR.
We both cried litlle, and asked bis
pardon, aud we were good friends. We
talked over Old affairs aud spent the NOR
ming till twelve O'Clock in pleasant con-
versation. Nothing was said oil the letter
uutil was departing. He turned to his
desk aud said: have prepared some let
ters for you to my son-in.lsw aud other
friends In California, aud he handed me
nine sheets OF foolsesp.
1t was not letter, but a ukase; com
mand to every person to whom these
presents shall come, greeting; II was to
the effect that whoever received them
must give special regard to the wants o.
bis particular friend, Colonel John Will
son OF ST. Louis. Everything was TO give
way to that. He put them into my hands
aud | thanked him and left.
Mr.. Webster continued: Col Benton
aiterward came 10 me and said: Webster
that was the kindest thing you ever did.
God bless you for sending John Wilson
to mel That is one troublesome thing
off my mind. That was kind, Webster.
Let us get these things on our minds as
fast as we can We have not much long
er to stay; we have got near the end we
want to 90 into the preseuce OF our
Maker with as little enmity in our hearts
as possible
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-11-07

II signs don't fail, The coming winter
will be the coldest experienced In lhi.
latitude since the country vas discovered
by a man named Mr. Columbus. The
sqainels are laying IN their winter Goa,
the beavers are pulting 10 heaters iu the
Easements Of tbeir lodges, The bees have
killed or al The droues and lined tbeit
hives with sheet iron, the mntkrats are
aying SOUTH, Wild ducks are committing
suicide, The goose-bone i black sixteen
inches deep, Western editors are soliciting
wood Ia exchange for subscriptions, poor
families have 80 extra dog and We have
bad uew collar pni 90 our overcast
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-11-07

More money Is spent ID New York Tor
cigars than for bread.
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TIS CANS, HEATERS

tbs CANS, HEATERS
Zap naehsts, Ae=aia aud Galvanized Iron Pan.
A l. 5 q
Tin were P4sis aud stamped. sheet iroA AHA
Copper Ware. Coal Hiods, Stove Pipe, Corrogat
ed E!b0us.
4 L y u
IaFt APoats, Tia kooang. Pumps, Lead aud
iron Pipe. Cast Iron H0nAs Eiuks PiAlu ss6
0Atr4nlzsa. aooas furna3hedto order.
I0hs promptly attended 70 ana wDFk done In a
Satisfactory manner. rFsess 80 low ss any party
eau knosd Zoe the zane quality and style of
goods. Orders BY nAii vtllroceivs smmsdists
etenuon.
y ". CooLED0K
AFlinEton. Vi. Jan 30 1873
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-11-07
SELLING
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Paws better than d;yyiog for Gold

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EAAAs and ~ pian1s srcEa al YAsgs af the Inian
Ma years ~ Gee. With ineseAEfEg ard eFtrubeia.
lag stsSs AgfnA wasted for sycfy HnoScuptsa
Tess ard CesAts ih tbs States ard Dan&aks~-
CsFeslArs giving fnii particulars sent 90 e&lle-~
A Asedisg zeal 50 Gay 0Ns a4shine te heo1Ese ~
Agsat. fpF - osnss. Aeents rfeesge fhssr ssF.
FatefT free.
Address h. SMITH.
Drawer ~, Baislis We.