The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-08-07


Thursaas he il,h Lat, A. ne CoagrO.
gttlouai Sabbaih sthsois 81 EAa, Arlington
an8 this place arr to upiie In holdinE :
plsnis In the grove pear nc village. Ar.
raaEsmsais kFe being made 20 secaFc thc
tervioes n the sandsrlaad Cotaos Bapd.
AZ luvlialion 10 exiended 10 tie Meiho-
dist sundAY school ofthis pisoe kud to
I'll 70 join us with baskets o. good thisgs,
aui ptrllclpaie ia he exercises and pleas
ures Of the day,
We DO moi bellows Ia speaking Lightly
Of toe mistakes or uistorunes Of car
neighboFs, especially wheresuch mistakes
cad tragieslly, ba, whoa they end CON j
eally Instead Il viii besr telling and
laughing over. A certain well known
add prominent individual Of this town
bad been uuwell f0r icw weeks, com
piaintd o. headache, loss Of appetite, etc,
aad Al q neighbors. ~ wss natural, re-
counted over biz ailments when tie kind
uelghbois wife, whom we viii call Mrs.
d !, recommended L9belia emeiic and
said she gave them 10 Der husband Mr..
ID. with good results, whefeapon the
gentleman consented to take one II she
would return bone with him and admin.
lister &. She consented aud took along
The necessary tlncturcs We mast pre-
mise however that the gentleman isnoiei
for bis opposition aud skepucism as re-
CARDS the regular practice Of medicine
aud often quotes TO The regular NJ. DIS
portions Of Burns Poem "Dealh and DIR /,
Hornbrook, wherein the Poet bad been
out 10 the evening on Publication and
while returning home meets Death and
entering into conversation Death com
plains that certain Dr. Hornbrook had
ruined his business, and that his insiru-
ments (scythe and darl, had become use.
less on bis hands, aud says further Of DR..
H.:
"Thus goes be on from day to day,
Thus does be poison, kill, and slay,
Ans weel paid fort.
An fobs me o. nay Lawful prey,
WI his d'fn dirt.
which is The fayorite quotation OF the
gentleman TO the doctors. Well, the lady
returned home with the gentleman, the
preliminary hot drinks were given, tinct-
ure Of Lobels followed dose after dose,
but il didn't work worth cent. The pa
tient was impatient that be didn't vomit,
the last drop Of tinolure was given with
no result but slight sickness at the
stomach. As last resort a quantity OF
the Lobelia seed was pounded aud several
doses taken when "the fountains OF the
great deep were at last broken up aud
The play began and progressed well for a
time, bat, the difficulty was the vomiting
never stopped. The patient became so
spent and exhausted that he could scarce
| ly raise hand, pnlsation nearly ceased
aud the family becoming very much
alarmed sent hastily for DR.. lloyt, who
promptly gave the proper remedies and
the patient soon rallied, and before the
DR.. left was quite comfortable. DR..
Phillips, to whom the gentleman had
often quoted Burns, passing a few days
after got even with him and aud paid him
off IN bis own coin. Well, Mr.. -,
asked he, "what do you think Of the d'rn
dirt nowp
wooDFoRD.
-"Durn H." as Moziz Aaddums
says.
--Selectman Harbour rejoiceth again.
or course the births will tell you.
j. w. Hsgar says be feels about as
happy as ever and everybody is happy to
see his genial countenance about again.
Eugene Gleason, of Charestown,
Mass, who has been tarrying in town a
couple OF weeks, returned home Monday.
Master Mortie knights caught the
king trout the other day. II tipped the
beam to IL pounds and looked about as
big as Mortie.
--Haymakers go slow this year. Since
the dog star commenced shining the
weather has been propitious. The crop
is pretty good.
The season for harvest apples and
choke cherries is rapidly approaching
and the physicians hereaway are begin.
ming to wear once more the gladstone air
which distinguished them during the
slippery season Of the winter.
Little Arthur, infant son of Mr.. and
Mrs. james Higgins, has gone 10 bis
home beyond the clouds. This is the
seeoud time the young couple have been
bereSved, but what glorious thought
that their little ones are in a happier LAND
4 than this.