The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-07-03
yOLUM ME XIN.

On blm from every mouth lle vss sstcd
more questions ia those ten minutes than
he will be lkrly 20 be ever asked agstn 10
that space Of tlme AZ asl ne lntofms
mallon came that islehmend had d,teou.
neeled lseit iar the present Ail retired
to Gen, Eokctt's room cxeep, NJ riukor
and Kettles who stood IS tbe window
endoAroriug 70 bear themselves ,hluk
Neither hal drawn pteoppuble breath
for ten minutes. Oatside we're ihc broad
grounds Of The department baiidlngs
Looking ,romlbc operating room window
the prospeot was clear, hot . single per-
sou was TO be seen. Sadaeuly : George.
town horse car appeared So ihe distance.
On /, came at the usual rate Near the
building i stopped, A msu got on aud
started with slow, lcisurrly steps up The
center walk 70 lhc door Inside the
operating room spectators looked out ou
the slow, steady paee aud could scarcely
contain themselves At his uueonocrn. lie
was meditAtiug, actually medilntiug as
II there was nothing o throw % bis hat
for aud cheer tlll be was hoerso Keep.
lug on be presently li0ed bis head and
looked at the window Tinker was there
aud knew bin.
Any newsg ho casually inquired
Tinker leaned fat ont OF The window,
Rlchmond's fallen he said.
No tongue can describe the features Of
that man while be was coming 70 him.
self, He turned red aud white by turns,
til, suddenly realizing The meaning oihis
words, he waved bis arms, then turned
aud ran. Down the street he ran, spread.
ing the news TO everyone he met. Soon
there was great crowd, The excite.
ment rose The people seemed almost
wild. The war department was soon be.
seiged. Outside was multitude. Inside
were excited officers, clerks, operators
aud an excited president The outsiders
looked in at the insiders, and the insiders
looked outupon the outsiders Questions
came hot and fast from the multitude,
and answers were shonted back from
every man who could get his head to one
Of the two windows. The crowd got the
news fairly IN It's mind and then seemed
to want three cheers. The three became
four Then they wanted speeches. They
got them. Hall dozen speeches were
under way IN less than that number Of
minutes. Some were good ones. Andrew
johnson was there. He was saying God
bless the old flag II | was president OF
the United States
Al this point something exciting occur
red Secretary Stanton entered the
operating room leaning on Gen. Eckcrrs
arm. Gen Eckert pointed out TO him The Z
boy who had received the message. The
next moment Kettles iouad hImselfseiEed
by the secretary, and held at arms length
out at the window above the crowd. The
secretary called to the crowd that this
was the young man who received the de-
spalch Of The fall OF Richmond The
crowd wanted speech from. Kettles
gave them speech in few words, ap.
propriate and pointed, for he was 10 the
humor.
Then followed other scenes. Fire en-.
gines were brought anything 70 make
noise. In the evening the city was abaze
with Examinations. Kettles who is now
an operator In Boston, says he can never
forget how father Abraham started for
Secretary Stanton's door after receiving
the dispatch--hop, skip and jump, shout
ing, Clear the track
Willie Kettles was Burlington boy
and learned the art aud mystery Of teleg-
raphy, in the telegraph office Ia that city.