The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-05-27
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kaoWu a. Jerry Mpddler. Bot WIZ Nod
aierl Who gave hlm ihst name, aad Why
Vas il givsHi The giysr Is upknown--lor
Who ever kuows TIE giver Of aieknamesl
-bat tbe reason tar its being bestowed
vss ibsl jerry Was always muddled with
drnk
he wss very good shoemaker, but be
stood % cbAscc with George Sseveus, =
sober man, and 30 dtlfed into becoming
our eobbitr Jerry. one idea Was 10 get
j0b, AID having doUe Il, 70 iuyss, The
proceeds 10 drink Al his fayarits beer
shop, The Dram Arms. The consequences
wss, that Jerry was seldom sober, and
bad be not possessed an iron constitution,
two years Of such lie must have killed
hIm bat be dragged on, working to-day
aud idiiag tomorrow, driskiHg when.
ever drink could be got. aud GnslIy be
drined ipio debt.
/ his score 81 The OrAm Arms WAS =
large one aud lbe chalks stood up against
him ike .flles Of soldiers bat Jerry ignor.
ed their existence of little
now aud then, and drinking more, each
time Increasing The army OF debt against
him, until Que evening Mr. Richard Rev.
/ ~, the landlord OF the aforesaid Dram
/ Arms, cried halt,
4 csu't 90 on any longer, Jerry, be said.
The last sum bad Of you was three sbil.
ling,, aud you have paid nothing Tor q
/ fortnight.
Work is slack, murmured Jerry; but
The harvest is coming on. and then every
body will have their soling aud heeling
done, aud shall be able to pay you of
I Perhaps so, returned Mr. Rewili; but
| you will have as much as you can do TO
square of what IL up there. Look at
theml Those chalk marks are = standing
disgrace to any man. You ought TO be
ashamed Of yourself
Jerry looked at the accusing marks,
snd really felt sghast al the long list
against him. The inner door OF the bar
was regular black book, and be lrembled
before II. Now when Jerry first came TO
the Dram Arms, The landlord was very
polite, and spoke as soft as you please TO
him. No spider courteously snlreAting q
fly TO entOr into bis psrlor could have
been more oily tongued, or smiled a
more persuasive smlle-that is presuming
thsI spiders do smile, which is just posi-.
bic but when Jerry got into the tolls,
and had been we'll confined ia the web,
mine host put on another face and tone.
If you drink, he said, you must expect
TO pay for il. Ny brewer would stand no
nonsense from me, and must have my
money from you.
Only one pint, pleaded Jerry.
Not halia pint, replied the landlord.
Go home and work, asd pay your debts
| like man.
The entrance Of customer with ready
money cut short the conversation, and
Jerry stood back pace or two while the
other was being served. When that was
done, and the beer drunk and the stran-
ger gone, Jerry made final appeal.
I've been good customer 10 you, Mr..
Rewitt, be said Almost every penny I've
earned has come into your till. I've nigh
lived on beer, II living II can be called,
aud my wife and children have bad to
shift how they could for their bread.
That's nothing to me, said the landlord.
Let me have one pint.
Have you the impudence TO ask for II
with that shameful lot OF chalks staring
you in The FACET
Jerry did not reply, but be took long
aud earnest look at the recording flies,
and drawing his hand across his dry
mouth, hurried out OF the Dram Arms.
Who is that yoH've been talking TO,
Richard' inquired Mrs. Rewitt, entering
the bar from room behind.
Jerry Muddler, was the reply. have
stopped bis drink until be pays up.
Then be will go the Green Goose and
get bis drink there, said Mrs. Rewiu.
They Won't trust him penny returned
her husband with a grin has tried IL
on aud failed, aud 90 I've got him. II be
dossn'i pay mp I'll make him.
There's nothing 10 be got out OF that
house, said Mrs. Rewitt shaking her
head. I've heard that there's not a chair
for them to sit down upon; aud Jerry's
wife--clesn and tidy rs abe mansgsd TO
keep herself--looks more like a skeleton
lhsna woman; aud as for the two child
ren, I've seen 'em look quite rsvenous at
the dinners coming from the bakobouse.
That's Jerry's look out, replied Mr.. Re.
witt, coolly, II be cGu't snord H.. be
shouldn't drink.
The subject was dismissed, aud Jerry
forgotten in the noise and hustle OF the
usual evening trade, About nine O'Clock
Jerry's wiie, to the sstonishmsnt OF both
Mr.. RewilI and bis wife, appeared In the
bar; but not, as they supposed, for drink.
Ny husband tells me, she said, that be
has heavy score here. How much is it2
I'm almost too busy to tell you, replied
the landlord, but II il is pressing will
reckon 1t up.
1t is pressing, aud | shall be very thank.
fai II you will iet me know al once what
Il is, rclurasd the poor woman, who vas
indeed wan aud pale, andislmost justi1ed
the title Of skeleton, which Mrs. Rewi Il
had given her.
TIE landlord went through the ehAlks
twice, and 6nally announced that Jerry
wac indebted 10 bin to The amount Of
two pounds, seventeen shiIliBgs and four
nance hallnsnnY. JerrNla wife received