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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-03-13
now A MAN GOES TO BED.

Speaking of how man goes to bed an
exchange says:
There's where the man has the advan.
tage. lie can uDdress IN cold room, and
have bis bed warm before woman has
got her hsirpius out and shoes united.
That's how II looks In print, and this is
how il is really:
I'm going to bed, my dear. It's half
past ten. No reply. Now, John, You
know you're always late 10 the morning.
DO go TO bed
Yes, in minute, be replies, as be
turns tue paper wrong side out, and be-
gins lengthy article.
Fifteen minutes later. she lcalls from the
bedroom: John, come to bed, and don't
keep the gas burning there all night? and
and murmuring something about the bill
being big enough now, she creeps be-
tween the cold sheets, while John reads
placidly on, his feet across the piano stool
and q cigar In his mouth
By.snd-by he rises, yawns, stretches
aud, seizing the shaker, proceeds to that
vigorous exercise, shaking the coal stove.
just at that stage not altogether pleas
ant voice inquiries, For PHYS sake ain't
you ready for bed yeti Yes, yes, I'm
comingl Why don't you 20 TO sleep aud
let fellow slonel Then be discovers
that there Is coal needed. When this IL
supplied and ratified into the stove, be
sits down 10 warm his feet. Next be
slowly begins 10 undress; and as be
stands stretching himself, aud sbsently
gazing on the last garment dangling on
the back Of chair, be remembers that
the clock ID not wound yet. When this
is attended to be wants drink Of water,
and away be promenades 2 the kitchen.
OF course when be returns bic
skin resembles that Of picked
chicken, and once more be seats himself
bsfore the fre for = last warm up. A.
the clock strikes twelve be turns out The
gas, aud With flop of the bedclothes,
aud a few spssmOdie shisers, be subsidies.
7 No, not yet be forgot 10 zee ifIbe front
door was locked, aud another flop oftbe
bedelothes brings iorlh The remark, Good
gracious II that man SIu't enough 10 ify
The patience of job! Setting her teeth
bard, she wAlls The final fop, with the
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-03-13
a TURKEY DRUNK.

A Glenburu farmer came into Bangor,
Me-, recently, and among other things
purchased some rice and pint OF whis-
key. Fearing that the bottle might get
broken on The way home, be placed il 10
the box containing The rice. When be
reached home and took the box from the
puug he found that the stopple had got
ont Of The bottle, and rice and whlskey
were thoroughly mixed. He dumped the
box behind the barn, aud in a short time
Luge turkey came along aud, as be was
not a. particular as the farmer, gobbled
up the medicated rice. Shortly after this
the farmer was greatly surprised TO hnd
the turkey lying out behind The barn dead
as door nail, aud yowing veugence on
the mAn who sold him whiskey rank
enough 10 XIII turkey, be carried the
bird into tbs house. The farmer was
soon after seen carrying the naked bird
--ss every feather WAS gone with the ex
cepiiou OF the wings and tzil--oat behind
the stable, where be left IL on the snow !.
The next morning when be entered the
stable, il being hardly light, be detected
whst be thought wac The ghost Of that In
temperate turkey and could almost ieei
bic hair rise; bat be made up Bis mind 20
Investigate the matter aud boldly al.
vabced. Imagine bic surprise, on getting
nearer, 70 discover the bird shlveriBg on
the roost, aud looking 81 him with re.
proachfuI eyes Tor baViaE stolen bis
clothes while belplessly drunk. Al last
scooangs the tarkey was doing - well ~
could be expected during this zefo wesshef
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-03-13

ANY one who has seen the rivalry of
the contestants in a Western spelling
school will appreciate this incident from
Edward Eggleston's "reminiscences OF his
school days, published in The March
Scribner. lie says:
1t was in the same old Bethel school
house, about the same time, that the mas
ter, one Bene6el, called out the spelling
class of which my mother, then little
girl, was usually at the head. The word
given ont was onion, | suppose the
scholars at the head OF the class had not
recognized the word by its spelling In
studying their lessons. They all missed
il widely, spelling 1t in the most inge-
niously incorrect fashions. Near the
foot of the class stood boy who had new
or been able to climb up toward the head.
But of the few words be did know how to
spell, was onion. When 1t was missed
at the head he became greatly excited
twisting himself into the most ludicrons
contortions as il came nearer and nearer
to him. At length the one just above the
eager boy missed, the master said next,
where upon be exultingIy swung bis hand
above his head and came out with: On,
un, ion yum, ing un,-l'm head, by
gosh! aud he marched TO the head while
the master bit him blow across the
shoulder for swearing,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-03-13
WANT or COURAGE.

A great deal Of talent il lost 10 the
world for The want oi little coursge.
Every day sends 10 the grave obscure
men, who have only remained Ia obsouri-
~ because their timidity has prevented
them making their first effort, aud who,
II they could have been induced 10 bcgln.
wonld IN all probability, have gone great
lengths in The career OF fame. The fact
Is Ia order TO do anything in this world
that IL worth doing, we must not stand
shiyeriug on the brink aud think Of the
cold and danger, but jump ia and scram
BILE AS we can. II will not do 10 be per.
petuslly calculating risks aud adjusting
nice chances. II did very well before the
food, when man could consult bis
friends upon a publication for one bua.
dred aud fifty years, aud then live 10 see
its success for six or seven centuries ai-
forwards; but at present, waits, aud
doubts, and hesitates, aud consuIts hi.
brother, and bis uncle, and bis particular
friends, lilI one day be fnds be Is sixty
years Of age; lnat he has lost 80 much
time in consulting first cousins aud parlie.
ular friends thathe has 10 time leit 70 fol-
low their advice. There il such littIe
times TOR oyer-fqueAmlshness At present,
the opportunity 50 easily slips away, the
very period Of bis life AZ which msu
chooses TO venture, II ever, j. 50 couhned
that II is 30 bad rule 10 preach up 'he ne.
cessity, in sueh instances, Of violence
done 10 feelings aud Of efforts made 10 de.
flsBce Of strict aud sober calculation.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-03-13
A VERY NATURAL MISTAKE.

A young man from one OF the back
towns came in TO buy present for his
girl last week. His wondering gaze be-
ing fixed by be gorgeous display in
dry goods window, be entered the store
and bashlulIy stopped in front OF young
lady behind the counter.
How much are those? he inquired,
pointing to psirof handsomely wrought
nickle.plated garters in the window.
Seveuty.fye cents, replied the young
lady, sweelly, handing out The articles in
question, blushing slightly.
think they are kinder pretty, don't
you5 inquired the young maa, anxious
for somebody clse's opinion.
Very, replied toe young miss, they are
the latest style.
Everybody wears them, don't tbeyI IN
quired the young man.
Almost everybody, said the young lady
affecting an uuconcerued air.
was goiD' to gil them for girl tkat ]
know, said the young man somewhat
nervously. DO you think she would like
theml
should think she might don't know
returned the young lady, blushing again.
Well, don't hardly know, myself, said
the young man, picking up ons OF the
dainty articles, and examining il closely,
You don't suppose they are too large,
now, do you?
why-I-I-stsmmeredth the young lady, /,
the blush growing deeper.
They seem sorter big like, continued
the young man, noticing ber confusion; I;
bat, Of course, wouldn't be certain.
She's middlin' size, but not very fat, and
mebbe these would be q little too loose
should think she was just about your
bigness, and il these would iii you, Of
course they'd ct her. Now iust suppose
you try them on, an if
Sir, exclaimed the young lady behind
The counter, 10 an awful voice that lifted
the young mans bat on the end OF his
hair, you are insulting and che swept
away to the rear Of The store, leaving the
bewildered young man standing In dnmb
amAEement, holding in his hands what be
supposed TO be beautiful pair OF brace.
lets. And when one Of the men clerks
came and explained bis mistake, the
Young msn from the back town struck :
direct line for bic team, and 10 a very
shor, space Of time wAs teariag toward
bone At rate threatening to irre,rieY
ably ruin The oidfamiiy horse. lie wou'
+ buy 1ny brscelets nov unlllhe's married
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-03-13
soak as,MKLY. wnoLEsoaE SASTTA-
~ AnNICK.

It's indoors, sir, AZ kils half the peo-
pie being indoors three parts Of the day,
and next to that taking too much drink
aud VittAls. EAiing's ~ bAd As drinking
Ane there ain, nothing ike fresh air and
the smell Of the woods. You should
come on, here ia the spring, when the
oak timber Ia ihrowed, (beeauss, yoa see,
The sap is rising, aud the bark strips
then,) and just sit down on trunk fresh
peeled mean = trunk, you know and
snIf up the scent OF that there oak bark !.
Il goes right down your throat, and pre-.
serves your lungs as tan do leather And
I've beard say a. folks who work 10 the
tan-yafds never have no Illness. There's
always 3 smell from trees, dead or living
Il could tell what wood log was In the
dark by my nose, aud the air Is better
where the woods be. The ladies up in
the great houses sometimes goes out into
the fir plsntation-lhe tnRentine scents
strong, you see--and they say It's good
for the chest; bat, bless YOU, YOU must
live in IT, People 20 abroad, I'm told, TO
live IN the pine forests to cure them
say these here oaks have got every bit as
much good In that way.
nevar eat buttwo meals day break
fast and supper, what you call dinner
and maybe in the middle of the day q
hunch OF dry breai and an apple. | take
deaf for breakfast, aud i'm rather lear
(hungry) at supper; but you may lay
your oath that's why I'm what arm In
the way Of health People stuff them
selves, and by consequence II breaks out,
you see. It's the same with cattle; they
are overfed, tied up in stalls and stuffed
aud never no exercise, and mostly Oily
food, too. 1t stands to reason they must
get bad aud that's the cause OF these rin-
derpests and pleuro-pneumonia and what
nots. AT least that's my opinion. I'm
In the woods all day, and never comes
home till supper-'cept, OF courte, in
breeding time, TO fetch the meal and stuff
for birds--so gets the fresh air, you see !;
aud the fresh air is the life, sir. There's
The smell OF the earth, too, specially
just as the plow turns II up-wnich is a
fine thing; and the hedges and the grass
are as sweet as sugar after shower.
Anything with green leaf is the thing,
depend upon 1t, If you want TO live
healthy.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-03-13

A rejeeiedeolored juryman soiiio4ailed
don't uu'stand this bisiness Look 81
me ike Bslsrsl for man what's is trou.
bic to git hia friends on Dc jary. | alters
bin friend to dat man in Dc box, and YET
IL rejected.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-03-13

They we're At a dinner party, and be r..
marked that be supposed she was fond oi
etbnology. She said sbe was, bat Ale
WAS not very well, and The doctor bad
told Der not 10 eat anything Tor desert er.
ecpl orsnges.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-03-13

accompanying blAsl Of cold air, And iheu
qnielly inquiries Arc you settled for 'ee
nighly II yon aln't The pfcvoklngesi
woman
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-03-13

slslghing sil the year aroand-al tho
slaughter house.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-03-13
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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-03-13

oFgan.grindsn are ordersng spring
Enils for their monkeys.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-03-13
LiyEAY sTABLK.
TAILORING!

uiee bne - s8rfies Just received SUITS
iis b. sc made iu the laieflstyio ~
II, l.. BAAGklKKEED.
Racioty F0iBt, ~. lane 9Th, 1875. 25-u
The New York herald., 1879-10-07
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES.

We have the gratifying assurance from the physi-
has passed aud he Ii now convalescing.
The English cricketers have accepted Mr.. Abby's
invitation visit the Park Theatre this evening and
witness the play Of ''Our American Cousin
Edwin Booth made his first appearance this
at Ford's Opera House. Baltimore. last night.
Hamlet. and greeted with a full house. He was
called out at the end of each act.
Maurice Grau has been obliged for the second time
to yield to the especial requests of certain of his
patrons for the repetition of la File de Nine. An
got" which will be given for positively the last
time" this evening.
Miss Cecilia Gaul. of Baltimore. made her first ap-
pearance in public since her return to America at the
Academy Of Music, Baltimore, in concert rendered
her under the conductorship Of Mr.. G. Carberg.
She met with kind reception.
Miss Linda Dietz has been released from her
eagement at the Haymarket Theatre to accept
better one at the Prince of Wales. where she ap-
peared the 27th of September Marcel in
"Mother and Son." n part in which she very
successful in this city.
The appearance of Mr.. Boucicault at Booths next
Saturday night will displace his play.
"Rescued." from the bills. This is the last Of
it's appearance for the present. But significant
orders have been issued to preserve the scenery the
run Of the play will be resumed. doubt. later in
the season.
The New York herald., 1879-10-07
OBITUARY..
GENERAL FRANCIS LAuRExs vrNroN.
the season.


General Francis l.. vinton. soldier Of distinction
and an accomplished engineer, died yesterday at
Lcadville. COL. of Ipelas. At the close OF the
rebellion Gem well and widely known
for his VI tho BRAY est regiments in
Hancocks brigade. the Forty third New York volun-
teers. Born at Fort Pueblo. Portland harbor
Maino June 1. 1885. he was the
only son of Major John Rogers vinton, of
Rhode Island. who killed in battle while in CON-
mand of the trenches at the siege of Vera Cruz. and
he was nephew of the late Rev. DIR. Francis vinton
Of Trinity Church. who was himself q graduate of
West Point and military engineer.
General vinton entered tho United States Military
Academy on the appointment OF President Fillmore.
July l, 1851. and graduated with honors on July 1.
1856, when he became second lieutenant in the
First artillery. He spent three months
leave of absence in France. where he was
admitted pupil in the Ecole des Mines
Royale. In that institution he stood
the same footing as an eiere of the POLYTECHNIC
School. having without dispensation or favor under
gone thorough examination, and was the only
American, save one. who graduated with full
diploma. On his return to the United States in
1860. the year in which he finished his studies
In the Eole des Mines. he gave instruction in the
Cooper Institute, but afterward went to Hon
duras to inspect, civil engineer. the mineral
regions of Central America.
At the commencement of the rebellion General
vinton FASTENED homeward after receiving the news
The New York herald., 1879-10-07
DANIEL C. LOwBER.

Daniel c. Lowber, who died in this city on last
Thursday. what is termed in biographical slang
q ..seif- made man." Tho news agency system was
founded by him when he was young man. and ho
became at later day the city editor Of the Courier
and Enquirer. lie afterward filed different lit
erary positions on the Ecening Express and the
Ait.on. lie merchant in New Or
leans for thirty years. but during the civil
war his sympathy for the South cost HIM
all his possessions. In 1860, on his return from Eu-
rope he was imprisoned in Forts Lafayette and
Warren, but released by Secretary Seward.
After another visit to Europe he confined in
Forts Philip, Jackson and Pickering suspicion Of
being an emissary of the Confederacy. When the
war had closed he declined u lucrative editorial
position and entered instead into the manufacture
OF wire. in which he was enaged as a member Of an
important firm at the time OF his death.
The New York herald., 1879-10-07

pointed theatre were missed. The sturdy.
but kind-hearted. tpplng Rip. quarrelled with
his wife. and going up in the noun
tains encountered the goblin guard of whose
dubious hospitality he partook. He laid
down beside his dog and his gun. and slept twenty
years of dreamless sleep. to find himself who
had been dead. unknown to all who had formerly
known him. But while Mr.. Jefferson aud his admir-
able support enacted in lfelike characters the do
tails of the picture they represented. the audience
seemed to live throughout the intervening period
and to realize each passing incident in detail. Mr..
Jeffersons Rip Van Wrinkle is old favorite among
Brooklynites fact which will, doubtless, be fully
attested by the patronage which each performance
viii receive during the present engagement of that
gentleman.
The New York herald., 1879-10-07
DON FEDERICO FLORES.

Sefor Don Federico Flores. a son OF General
Flores. the founder and first President of the Re-
public Of Ecuador has just died suddenly in Paris
(France). at the age of forty He had been
aide-de-camp OF the President of Ecuador Don
Garcia Moreno. who assassinated; but he took
part in politics. and voluntarily lett his country
after the persecution instituted against his younger
brother the late Minister of Ecuador to the United
States. His obsequies celebrated at the Made
leinc the 13th ult with large attendance of the
South American colony in Paris. whore his great
modcsty. gentle manners ana kind disposition had
wCn him many friends. lie was unmarried.
The New York herald., 1879-10-07
SINGULAR ACCIDENT TO A BABY.

curious Of drowning occurred yesterday IN
the family OF James Hennessy. OF No. 139 Court
street. Elizabeth. Mrs. Henncssy was attending To
her baby, only dvc months old when she was called
ont of the ROOM She deposited the infant on cot.
alongside of which was pail full OF water Tho
child becoming restless rolled of the bed and fell
head foremost into the water No cry being raised
the mother was not aware of the danger until tho
babe was drowned. When 1t taken out life was
extinct. County Physician Terrill. on hearing the
facts In the case. granted permit of burial.
The New York herald., 1879-10-07
THE SOUTHERN BLooDHoUNDs.

Colonel Butler. from Hamburg 5. c.. yesterday
secured Fleetwood Park for the purpose OF exhibit
ing the antebcurn method of slave tracking In tho
south. Tho first chase with tho hounds after tho
negro will be made on Friday afternoon.
The New York herald., 1879-10-07
REUBEN IowfEy.

Reuben Rowlcy. we'll known lawyer Of this
city. died suddenly yesterday morning in the eighty
third year of his age The funeral service will DO
held on "Wednesday forenoon, in Trinity Chapel.
The New York herald., 1879-10-07

THE ITALIAN OPERA TALK WITH ONE or
THE sTRATEGIsTs IN THE MUSICAL FIELD
THE NEW pRrMA DONNA TERESA SINGER
MISS EMMA THURsBY AND HER SUCCESSES
ApRoAp-1HE PATTI SISTERS.
Mr. Maurice strakosch recently arrived from
Europe. While abroad he represented tho business
interests of his brother. Max Strakosch. and is
therefore Identified with the presentation of the
several operas that comprised in the repertoire
which during the past week was opened in Phil
The New York herald., 1879-10-07

BROOKLYN PARK THEATRE-''R1p VAN wINKLE"
Joe Jenerson's wonderful impersonation of Grip
Van winkle'' was given at the Brooklyn Park Thea
tire last evening with increased receipts over his ap-
pcarancc last season. Despite the outside attrac-
tions presented to the amusement loving public.
which entertainments need not be hero enumerated,
few Of the hdbttuss Of Manager Sims we'll sp-
The New York herald., 1879-10-07
ADJUSTMENTS LAST NIGHT.

sTEINwAY HALL THEODORE THOMAS oRcHEs-
TRIAL CONCERT.
PROGRAMME.
Purt T.
symphony, No. 2. major SO. L. Won Beethoven
Adagio motto; Allegro con brio.
Lirghetto. rq.I.
Scherzo and trio Allegro.
. Allegro motto.
Air. Air...............s... j. S. Bach
Ooncefto, MINOR Robert SchuuiAnu
Allegro afetuoso.
lntermezzo. LAndantino graciosol
Allegro vivace.
if Mr.. Franz Rummel S..
Part H.
siavonic Dance, op. 46, No cTenpo di Menuetto),
Anton Dvorsk
Siegfred Idyl. Richard Wagner
Fantasia on Hungarian airs. Franz Liszt
Mr. Franz Rump,
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-09-19
S.HOREHAM.

Those who attended the campmeet-
ing report good time and hope to &C
again again next year.
The Literary Society held very
pleasant meeting, Friday evening, Sept
5, at Mr.. B. b. Tottingham's. The,
met last Friday evening at Mr.. L. B.
Douglas
In exchange with Rev. NJ. Gas
coigne, Rev. Mr.. lilly, of Brandon, oe
cupied the Methodist pulpit last Sab
beth, presenting very effective, prac
teal and interesting seamon. AT even
ing he preached in Cream Hill school
house.
The educational meeting of las,
week Thursday was conceded by all to
be success. Superintendent Conant
of Randolph, and Rev. j. ID. Emerson
of Underhill, besides teachers and
others from town and superindents
from other towns were present, taking
part in the general exercises. The
meeting began at ten O'Clock, a. In.
Dinner and supper were served in the
town hall. In the evening Mr.. Emer-
son gave good lecture on Radical Ed
ucation. We wish more meetings of
this kind might be held, as it would
tend to largely increase the interest in
our common schools, and thereby raise
their standard.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-09-19
STARhISBORO.

Quarterly meeting services at the
M. E. church were held In Huntington
last Sabbath, Elder Mead being present
and preaching an able discourse.
Mr.. Otto p. Moore's select school
opened last week with an attendance of
some over twenty, and with the new
books II is hoped II may prove success
TO both teacher and scholars.
Tho Starksboro base ball club
went to Huntington last Saturday and
played with the second nine of that
place, coming off victorious, standing
for the, Huntingtonians and 16 for the
Starksboro boys.
Last week Mo-. ID. Baldwin re.
moved u portion of his mill dam, sc
that the pond might be cleared of all
fish except front, aud 1t is understood
that he intends to stock the pond will
the latter kind.
Elder BurgIn and family went te
attend the Free VIII Baptist year,,
meeting at Topsbam last week, anf
from there Is to visit New Hampshire
and Rhode Island during the remain
der of his vacation. Elder Fuller is to
supply his pulpit.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-09-19
NEJV IA YEN,

Last Saturday Mr. Henry Barrows
was made the recipient of a handsome
Bible, presented him OH his fiftieth
birthday by the members of his Sun
day-school class.
The latest sensation on Town Hill
since the rush TO campmeeting has sub
sided is the construction of the new tel
cgraph line. Between thirty and forty
men are employed. The entire COM
pany encamped on the Hill, and the
passing and rcpassing of men and
teams made matters lively. All is quiet
again. And so the world moves on.
The ladies sociable met with Mrs.
Ira Brown, Wednesday, Sept. 10.
About thirty ladies were present.
Work for the CLONE" in Burlington
occupied the time until devotional ex-
crcises, after which the usual collection
was taken. Then followed a collation.,
with dessert of the finest apples,
pears and plums. Many thanks to Mr..
and Mrs. Brown for their generous
hospitality.
The sociablc for the organ fund met
at the same place OH the evening of the
same day.