The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-09-15
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vsnt b.s 10 show her rga
60 10 tho ss,. thea sluggasd. IA A.
rsg veil. bui u The siaggsrd vii 80 ~
pienis, he sni gill come 10 him
The Baiiinae sas tells ola yoan,
laag - that ciiy xho gave $4,000 for
hsshaBd. u men cons high. bat thi
glfls have SGT 10 have IA
a. exchange explains ,bh, Tie bead
ipg smi,b's broken Truss. 10 yesior
ds,s issps. should hEte been Smith
llfoten Trns,
1850 NJ. sli. said be. II never hca, M,
wife. whru ihiak abe needs 10 suffer
physical pain. ponuAde her 10 Try 4
,nts a nail !"
Ercry mAn l. fond Of striking the nsi
oa the bead. bat when ], happens 20 b
bis hryef nail, his enthusiasm becomes
ia sud ineohereBt
4 lady ~A,ehing by the window foi
her husband. late Al night. sees mascn'
lne shape approaching through the dark
nes. lis IL your" she says mo, mad
ame. not
lie b "a lost bic knife aud they asked
him the usual questions; do you know
phere you loa ~" "Yes, yes. be re.
piir,i. 'of eourse do. I'm merely hunt.
isg ia these other places for il to kill
iimc
Neighbor's pretty daughter How
mach /. this yardf" Diapers son--''On.
~ one kiss" n, T.. u. ~ will take three
yards, grandma will pay
-''Crcmkiion fashionabley" said Mrs.
shutiIe. well. should hope not It's
isd enough 10 think Of your soul burning
M. le, alone the body" Mrs. shuttle
! sisb you wouldn't sccent the word your
aud look at me so sharply"
The repor, from Europe that DR., Tan.
ner. the faster, had fallen down pair Of
stairs In that country aud broken bis neck
ia con,radicted. II appears that all the
ben, news that comes over the cable lacks
the important element Of truth.
Inta sportsman "Confound III you
have shot the dog / thought you told
he you could hold agunf' Pat "Shure,
and so can, your honor. It's the shot,
sor. that couldn't hould.
The reason given for the non.comple-
ton Of the Brooklyn Bridge is delay in
supplying the steel +" This is the first time
we have heard OF a steal being delayed in
any public work in New York.
There isa young lady in Keokuk.
Iowa. who is siI feet, four inches tall and
she Is engaged TO be married. The man
who won her did j, in these words: "Thy
beauty sets my soul aglow-Td wed thee
right or wrong; man wants but little here
below, but wants that little long"
vonnor says that with little study
aud careful observation anybody can be a
weather prophet. We always knew that
anybody could be weather prophet, but
didn't suppose that either a little study or
careful observation was necessary. Ven
nor predicted wet July and cold Au-
gust. and wooden Indian couldn't have
predicted wider OF tho mark.
Postmasters have been directed not
TO deliver scurrilous postal cards. They
are also forbidden to read postal cards ad-
dressed to other parties. Therefore when
You drop scurrilous postal card into the
post Office, you must acquaint the post
master aud his assistants with the fact or
they will be terribly perplexed.
How quickly we forget the rules Of
arithmetic rs learned in school is shown in
that prominent dry goods merchant in
Boston worked hall an hour on the fol-
lowing proposition, and failed 10 give an
answer Iffouf men build wall Ave feet
hight in four days, how long will II take
six men TO build wall eight feet high in
seven days'
Why don't railway corporations take
more women into their employment
Most Of them know how to manage trains,
they can handle switches very carefully,
there IL less color blindness among them
than among men--a and occasionally one is
to he ionnd who can FIRE up" beautifully.
When he returned 10 his seat in the
theatre aud said he had just stepped out
TO see some one, she gnvely responded.
1T must have been the evil one" and
when the young msn asked III she saw
the cloYen foot, " she turned up her pretty
nose and said; mo. but smell the Glow
On breath.
"A newspaper agent being told by an
old lady that il was no use to subscribe
for the paper now, As Mother Shipton said
tho worl3 was coming 10 an end this year,
said; "But won't you want 10 read an ac-
count Of tho whole As soon a. II is over?"
That will, answered the old lady; and
sho subscribed.
An old man, with his head a. desti.
tute OF hair As melon. entered an Austin
avenue drug store, and told the clerk he
wanted bottle Of hair restorer. "What
kind OF hair resiorer do you prefer" III
reckon I'll have TO take bottle OF red hair
rcstorer. Tia. was the color Of my hair
Shen was a boy"
An apprentices boy who bad not pleas.
81 bis employer one day came in for
during the administration
oi which, his master exclaimed: How
long viii you serve the devily" The boy
replied. shimpering: You know best,
sir | believe my ini.ntura stli Ia r,,t 4,