The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-01-03
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JAspcr ThroskmorioH, who lives on
Summer Street, Is The father Of ten chill.
dren. Yesterday mornleg Mr. Throek.
morton was jasi on The point Of pu,,lag
on his bal to start for tbc enlcc, when
Mrs. Throekmorion called afler him from
the kitchen
stop At Soldiers, and tell him 70 como
up and fx The waler.pipe, and get big
tin dipper and bring II home with yon
ibis noon, Don't tell them TO send il
tbsy'll forget il,
Mr. Throekmorion said be would, Anl
lbeu be put on his hat and started. A.
be reached the font door bis eldes
daughter shouted from np-stairs:--
Pal pa pal Go to GreenbAum &
Schroders and ask Mr. Scott to give you
two yards aud half Of brown sallu, cnt
on the bias, TO the dress got last week
he'll know the kind. don't want 10
wait for II, u4
And Mr.. Throckmorlon, pansing with
bis hand on the door said be would get Il,
and then sighed aud opened the door,
Jsut then his Oldest son shouted from the
sitting room;-
Father the man was mp here twice
yesterday for the money for my new boat,
and just gave him a note TO you, aud
bell llat the etilce to-day for his money,
and will give YOU apsir OF patent oar
locks aud dip-net. Bring them up with
You when you come to dinner.
Mr. Throckmorton Kind Of stifed 4
groan like, aud saying be would attend
10 Il went out. AZ he passed the porch
step bis second daughter leaned out OF
the front window and cried: -
oh, pa; do stop at Parsons as you
come 10 dinner and tell them to send a
man TO lay the new hall carpet when they
send il up, aud you get ten pounds OF
cotton batting and bring it up with you,
for we want Il right away and can't
wait.
The parent paused with HIS hand on
the gate latch, and with visible effort
promised to remember and bring mp the
cotton batting, and opened the gate. Bat
the voice OF his younger son from the
side yard canght his ear aud held him
mement;--
Pap, oh papl Want ten cents to pay
for winder broke In the school. house,
and can't 60 to Sunday-school iii get
a new bat aud some shoes, and please
can't ! have quarter TO 60 TO the picuicY
Mr.. Throckmortou silently registered a
fogsing for the broken glass, negative
for the picnic, aud said he would get the
boots and bat Then he turned 10 60,
but as he passed down the street his
six younger children came running after
him
on, pa, don't forget to stop and see "
the old umbrellas fixed, ma says.
Stop at the dentists and see when be
can Oil my teeth.
Bring my shoes home from the shoe
makers.
Ma says be sure to tell the doctor to
come up to-day aud vaccinate the baby!
Pap! Kin go swimming in IIawkeye
Krick tonight?
Pa, oh, pa gimme five cents to ride on
the street cars2
And Mr.. Throckmorton went down
town aud amazed Fred Scott by telling
him TO cut off thirteen feet of water pipe,
on the bias, and be asked Mr.. Parsons to
let him have eleven dozen skeins of cot
ton batting aud send him up man With
a tin dipper: he told DR.. Cochran, the
dentist, to come right up aud fll the
baby's teeth, and begged The doctor to
hurry right away aud put ha'fsole on
the school. house window, aud then ran 10
the shoemaker,s ID asked him II he had
yacciuned his little girls shoe, aud
amazed a sireet-car driver by asking him
4 for Uafb-licket, aud when lbe man came
1 around with the oar-locks and dipper he
told bin 10 take them up and ay them in
the front hall-the girls would show bin
where Aud by IN the afternoon II bad
got alI around that old Mr.. Throckmor.
| ton WAS drinking rs hard as ever again,
aud haiu't drawn a sober breath all day
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