The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-10-24

/, took Il up aud went TO Psrson William
= about III and the pArson be told EN- jes
20 keep still, not iel the fcllcrs know the
was bsin' watched, and next Sandsy b
] aud The tithlngman aud the conslAbi
! they'd ride over and catch them 10 "a
, very act.
! 50 next Sunday aiteruoon Parson WI
/ liams aud Deacon Popkins snd Ben Brad
/ ley (he was constable that year, they go
J on TO their hossts and rode over to re
qnoi Holler The doctors blood was ul
aud be meant to come down on en-
! strong, for that was bis way Of doing Il
; his parish, aud they was In sort . da,
% Judgment frame o mind, and iogge,
along solemn ss a hesrse, till come 10 ris'
the bill above the boiler they see three ol
four felers with their bosses gittin' readl
TO race aud the parson says he, lett
como on quiet snd git behind thes'
bushes, snd Wen see what they're up /,
Anu catch em IN the act.
But the mischief out was that IkC
Sanders see 'em, comm, aud be knowet
Tam in minit-lke knowd Tam Of old
snd he jest tipped the wink TO the rest
Wait, boys, says be, let 'em get close up
aud then IN give the word aud The
doctors hoes will be racin' ahead like
thunder.
/ Wal, so the doctor aud bis folks they
drew up behind the bushes, and stood
there as innocent as could be, aud saw
'em gittin' ready TO start, Tam be began
10 shuttle and paw, but the doctor never
mIstrusted what he was up TO till Ike
sung out, Go II, boys aud the horses all
started, and sure as you live, boys, Tam
gave one fly and was In among EN-, goin'
i 1t like chain lighlnin', ahead OF 'em
all.
| Deacon Popking aud Ben Bradley Jest
stood aud held their breath to see 'em all
goin' il so like thunder; and the doctor
he was took so sudden il was all he could
do TO jest hold on any way, so away be
went, aud trees and bushes and fences
streaked by him like ribbins; bis hat flew
of behind him, and his wig srter, and
/ got csiehod in barberry bush; but
Lordy massy, be couldn't stop to, think
o. them. lie just leaned down and
caught Tam round the neck and held on
for dear life, ill they came to the stop
ping place.
| Wal, Tam was ahead of them all, sure
enough, suorting and snu ding as If he'd
got the very old boy in him, and was up
TO racing some more on the spot.
That ere Ike Sanders was the impu-
dentest feller that ever you see, aud be
roared and hawhawed at the doctor,
Good for you, parsonl says he. You
beat US all holler, says he; takes psrscn
for that don't It, boys? he said. And then
boys they just roared and danced round
like wild crittnrs. Wal now, only think
ont, what situation that ERE was for a
ministers man that had come out with
the best of motives TO put stop to Sab
bath breakin'l There he was all lrumpled
up and dusty, and his wig hangin' in the
bushes, and these 'ere ungodly fellers
gettin' the laugh on him, and all acause o.
that ERE hoss, There's times, boys, when
ministers must be tempted to swear, If
there amt preventin' grace, aud this was
one o. the times TO Parson Williams.
They say he got red in the face and looked
as if he should bust, but he didn't say
nolhn' be scorncd to answer,-the sons
of Zeruiah was too hard for him, and he
let EN- have their say. But when they'd
got through and Ben had brought him bis
hat and wig, and brushed and settled him
ag'in, the parson he says, Wal, boys,
ye've had your say and your laugh, but |
warn you now | won't have this thing
going on here any more, says he, so mind
yourselves.
Wal, the boys see that The doctors
blood was up, aud they rode off pretty
quiet, and believe they never raced no
more in that spot.
Bat there Amt no telin' the talk that
'ere thing made, Folks will talk, you
know, aud Jheie wasn't house in all
BiIlriky, nor in the south parish nor cen
ter, where it wsrH't had over aud discuss
ed There was the deacon ana Ben
Bradley was there 10 witutss aud show
jest how the thing was, and that the doc
tor was jest in The way uf bis duty; but
folks said that /, made great scandal
that ministers hadn't no business to hev
enemy occasion TO speak reproachlully.
II RELY did seem as if Tsm's sin was i'm
puled to the doctor; and folks said be
ought TO sell Tam right away and get a
sober minister's hoss.
But others said it was Cuff that had got
Tam into bad ways, and they do say that
be had to catch II pretty lively when the
doctor came to settle with him. Cuff
thought his time had come sure enough,
aud was 50 scairt that be turned blackef'n
ever; he got enough TO cure him o. hoss
racin' for one while. But Cuff got over
il arler while, aud 30 did the doctor.
Lordy msssy, there amt nothin' lasts for.
ever. Wait long enough and most every
thing blows over. So II turned out about
the doctor; there was a rnmpus aud a
fuss, aud folks talked and talked and sd-
vised; everybody bad their say, but the
doctor KEEP right straight on, aud KEEP
bis boss all the same.
The ministers they took Il up 10 the as.
sociation, but come 10 tell the story Il cot
'em all a-Iaugbin' 80 they couldn't be very