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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-05-12
Lime Kiln" Philosophy.

At midnight las night, said the old man
in sol emn voice as he looked up and
down the asles, at midnight las night de
sueerit OF Bru,ltlel CLa,los ChmaH Cool,
port local member ob dis club, passed
from y'urth to de unknown. Only week
ago he sat in dis hail. tonight he am dres-
sed fur de grave. What ackshun shall de
club take?
'spose, sab, said the Rev. Penstock as
he rose up, dat it am in order to present q
| resolushun to de efIeck dat he was q man
of de highest integrity, liberal hearted,
high minded, an dat his loss am n sad
blow to de hull city.
Yes, such resolushun am in order
Brudder Penstock, cah you remember dat
you eber took Brudder Goshport by de
hand an gin him O word for his hard work
an honest ways?
| I-I-doan' remember dat eber did,
sab
Am dar pussson in dis hall who kin
remember dat he eber put hisglf out to
favor Brudder Goshporty
Not man answered.
Kin any one OF You remember dat you
took any pertickler interes' in how he got
along?
Not voice was heard in reply.
To be a little palmer. continued the
president, am dar one single pBson in dis
Lall who eber felt five cents worth of an1-
iety fur Brudder Goshport's worldly or
spiritual welfare?
The hall was SO quiet that he sound of
Elder Toots rubbing his back IN the sharp
edge OF window casing gave everybody a
start.
Not a man in dis hull club-not man
in dis hull city, SO far as We nov, eber
put hisself out to do favor for or speak a
word in praise of our lamentel brudder,
an vet we have de cheek to tax Of reso-
luton setting forth his many virtues an
our heartfelt sorrowl No, sir We doan'
pass no blcl DlIness ueau1 bAOuiu Dc
ashamed to look his widder in de face, il
we did. 1t am de way oh de world to let
men alone jist when a leetle help would
give EN- broad and easy road We h'ar
OF dis man or dat man havin woD de graf
itude Of de people, but we ioan har OF it
until he am dead When man has gone
from y'arth de papers an dep,blic sud
denly diskiyer how honest he was; what a
big heart he had; how much sood he was
allus doin', an what loss TO 10 world his
/ death will prove. De time topraise man
is when he am livin beside us. Praise
! hurts nobody. but many ma has grown
weary for de want fapprsciasiun. Heah
am seventy-two ob us in dis hsll tonight.
an' We have to own up da not one OF us
eber went outer our way 10 p'oye TO our
brudder dat his gentle Ways his squsr'
dealin' an his upright lie wr any mo
precis,ed by us dan as hehad been q
hoss thief An 10 pas resolushun
A would be 10 brand ourselves hypocrites.
Let no man dare offer on, Detroit Ere.
$ Press.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-05-12

But il is not generally known that at ih'
moment when CORVALLIS surrendered u
General Washington the humhled English
man simultaneously uncovered has head
General Washington with characteristic
thoughiiulncss. prayed him to put on has
hat. a. the weather being chilly and
there was danger OF his catching cold
at does not matter much what nov he
comes Of me. exclaimed the detected
Englishman. TO which, ia firm voice
General Washington al once replied
.on the contrary, my lord, ] anticipate
for You long career OF distinction aud
honor IN the service OF your king and
country How truly these generous and
prophetic words were borne ont may be
seen by those who care to read the
epiiaph, upon the monument erected by
grateful country to Charles, First Marquis
CORVALLIS, in St Paul's cathedral, Yet
memories of this kind serve only TO remind
us that, lin kemble's beautiful words,
"Brothers are brothers evermsre. No dis
tance" and, il may be added, no blcker'
"breaks their tie OF blood
England is, happily, on terms OF the
close amity both with France and the
United States, and no celebrations OF
events which happened century since
are likely to diminish the cordality OF
their friendship. --Loaaio. Telegraph
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-05-12

cold Alexander the wandering jew,
who for over half-century has wandered
alone over the face OF the earth,
making his appearance periodically about
twice year in New England, has just
died without friend, aged 81, at the
Middlebury town farm. His real name is
supposed TO have been Francis William
Alexander. He was Scotch highlander,
and in early life removed with his wealthy
parents to the north Of Ireland. He grad
uated at the University OF Dublin, but, for
some mysterious crime, as is supposed,
fed from tho country and became tramp,
wandering principally over the United
States. He was supplied with ample
means, frequently exhibiting hundreds OF
dollars, while dressed in the grab Of a
mendicant. He was possessed OF a remark
able memory and fine scholary attain.
ments, vet was at times very course ana
profane in his language. Many elderly
people Of to-day throughout New England
remember cold Alexander" in their youth.
He was then the terror OF all school child.
rem. for whom he manifested an especial
dislike. He died without revealing any.
thing more AS to his identity or that Of his
family.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-05-12
tn. Boy Who Could Say Ne =

"No!" Clear. sharp and ringing, WITH
an .mphasis that could not fail 70 arrest
attention.
II don't often hear such negative a.
that remarked one gentleman TO another
as they were passing The play ground oi
the village school
III is not often anyone hears Il The
boy who uttered il can say yes, too, quite
as omphatically, Heis new conner here
an orphan, who lives with his uncle, about
two miles of. He walks every morning,
bringing his lunch, and walks back at
night. He works enough, too, to pay his
board, and does moro toward running his
uncle's farm than the old man does him
self He is the eoarsest dressed scholar in
school and the greatest fayoritc. Every
body knows just what to expect OF him.
quite character. Boys OF such
sturdy makeup are getting to be scarce,
while the world never had more need OF
them than now.
"All Of that is true, and il You wish to
see Ned, come this way
They moved on few steps, pausing Of
an open gate near which group oil lads
were discussing an important question.
ut isn't right, and won't have any
thing thing TO do with it When say
no / mean.
"Well, anyway, you needn't speak so
loud and tell everybody about 1T" was
responded impatiently to this declaration.
I'm willing everybody should hear
what I've got to say about it. l won't
take anything that don't belong to me,
and won't drink cider anyway"
"Such fuss about little fnnl It's
Just what we might have expected. You
never go in for fun"
II never 90 in for wrong doing. / told
you no to begin with. And you're the
ones to blame If there's any fuss.
"Ned Dunlap, | should like to see You a
minute"
"Yes, sir, and the boy removed his hat
as he passed through the gate and waited
to hear what Mr. Palmer migth say to him.
HAS your uncle any apples to sell2"
"No, sir He had some, but he has sold
them. I've got two bushels that were my
share for picking. Should You like to buy
them, sEl"
Eyes, if we can agree upon the price.
Do you know just how much they are
worth?"
"Yes, sir.
"All right, then. l will call for them,
and you may call at my house for the pay.
This short interview afforded the
stranger an opportunity to observe Ned
Dunlap closely. The next day call was
made at his uncle's, and although years
elapsed before he knew what friend he
had gained, that day his fortune was as
sured. After he had grown to manhood
and accepted lucrative position, which
90 not of his seeking, he asked why 1t
| had been ouered 10 him.
because ! knew you'd say mo- if oc-
casion called it replied, his employer. "No,
was the first word heard you speak, and
you spoke it well. More people, young
and old are ruined for want Of using that
word than from any other cause. They
don't wish to do wrong, but they hesitate
and parley until the tempter has them
fast. The boy or girl who is not afraid to
say no is reasonably certain Of making an
honorable man or woman.
"Yes," is the sweet and often loving
word, NO" is the strong, brave word has
signaled the defeat of many scheme for
the ruin of some fair young life. Temper
dace Banner.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-05-12

have peeped into quiet ''parlor''
where the carpet is clean and not old. and
the furniture polished and bright, into
"room, where the chairs are deal and the
floor crapetless: into kitchens, where the
family live and the meals are cooked and
eaten, and the boys aud girls are az biithe
asYhe sparrows In the thateh overhead and
/ see that il IL not so much wealth aud
learning, nor clothing, nor servants, nor
toll nor idlenesg, nor town, nor country
nor station, AZ tone and temper, that make
lie joyous or miserable that render home
happy or wretched. Aud bee, too that
10 town and country, good sense aud Gods
grace make life what 20 isachers or accom-
plishmeuts, or means Of society can make
4 the opening slaye Of an everlasting
psalm tbe fair beginning Of an endless en-
issenee, the goodly, modest, weil'ptopor
TONED yestibule 70 q teinple on Code build
ing, ,ha. shall never decay. wax old, or
vanish away. -Rsr Dc. Joih Liaa.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-05-12

Jim Webster sighed hayik. What's
de matter, Jimi asked Urle Nose, in a
sympa,hizing tone. / hal made up my
mind to quit the chicken Business. II
tired bein' arrested and hing lawyers an
habin' folks ask "Whar's ny ehiekensf'
when | passes down on Carleton avenue
am gwine 10 60 inter binsss whar III
be respected and whar de plioe wont peb
er bodder me no noah. Wat bizness an
dat, JimY "Gambling.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-05-12

The average Southern nogro has not yet
mastered the mystery OF the electric tele.
graph. A colored man took despatch in.
to the telegraph Office at Easton, Md, the
other day and ordered it to be sent imme.
diately. The operator replied all right,
sent the message, and placed the copy on
file. The darkey took his seat and sat for
half an hour, never taking his eyes off the
paper on the file. After waiting till he
was ont OF patience said j say, boss,
haint you gwine ter send dat messenger
It's berry important; it should go
mejetly. The operator answered. Why,
old man, / sent tho despatch long ago It's
delivered long before this The darkey
then SAID, 'Ye cant fool dis chile. It's
not sent at all; it's hangin' up dar on de
hook / saw yer when yc pnt it dar, !
hasn't taken my eyes off'n il since. The
operator tried to explain, but without
avail. The African doesn't yet believe the
messape vas sent
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-05-12
Vol UME Xxx.

ReConily similar but mow serious ca
lami,y occurred at Sag llarhor A Breok
lyn lad who had taken part in pcdes
trian contest when removed from the
track. ioll down dead lie had prepared
himself for walking and running. aud dc.
pleted bis vital organs 10 build up his
limbs. When the strain came the impoyef.
ished aud most important part gave way
The severe muscular exercise Of college
athletes has carried oh many fine Young
men by consumption. heart disease, and
other disorders, directly tacoahlo TO tho
absurd oyervork required 81 their bodice,
There is limit Of human endurance.
That limit il reached when The body Is
impaired in ono quarter To benefit special
organs
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-05-12

The most disastrous earthquakes are
those OF Italy (596l, when 10, 600 persons
perished, and of Sicily tl6g3l, when CO.
600 lost their lives, According TO Gibbon
toward 5i2 each year was marked with the
repetition Of earthquakes Of such duration
of such duration that Constantinople was
shaken above forty dsysoi such es.ea,
that the shock was communicated TO the
whole surface Of the empire, At Antioch
a quarter of million persons are said to
have perished. This period OF earthquake
and plague t5l2.T)was the period when tho
supeior planets were in porihelion, as they
are now. Arabian and Persian chronicles
record III earthquakes in tho seventeen
tn and eighteenth centuries, some lasting
from forty to seventy days and nearly all
accompanied by winds or Hoods, or terri.
BILE storms Of tightening and thunder,
Readers Of tho "Rolations des Jesuites'
will remember the great earthquakes OF
1868, which shook and tossed the earth
for six months from Gaspe to Montreal,
the rival of our own earthquake Of 1882 in
the Mississippi Valley. Chicago Ne'cs,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-05-12

Absolute health is attained only by the
symmetrical Development OF all parts OF
the body. The man with muscles OF steel
and a diseased heart cannot be said 70 be
in good health, and diseases OF stomach
heart and nervous system are often--it
may even be said usually produced by
that system Of development known as
training. At recent rowing match 10
philapelphia, two pincky lads in contest
inc boats tainted a. soon ~ the race was
over Their condition, which was aP.
parently good, Vas actually abnormal,
and their systems gaye away because OF
.ha strain 10 their vital functions.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-05-12
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sdy for sIeepiess and irritable Child
rn. Tne Recipe Of Old Dr. Pitcher,
Ifce from Morphine. ard not Mar
,otic. Formula published with each
bottle For Flaiulency. assimilaiing
the food, sous Stomach. Feyerishness
Worms, and Disordered Bowels,
Castoria has the largest sale OF any
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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-05-12

DIR. Brodus, an old Baptist parson IA
nous in Virginia, once visited plantation
whore the darkey who met HIM at the gate
asked him which oarn he would have his
horse put in. Have you two barns2'
asked the doctor Eyes sar, replied the
darkey, "dar's de old barn, and Mars
Wales has jes built new one "Where
do you usually put the horses OF tho cler-
gymen who come to see your masterr
"Well sab, if dey's Methodis's or Baptls's
we gen'ally put EN- in de ole barn, but II
dey's 'Piscopals we put em IN de new
one" "Well, Bob, You can put my horse
in the new barn; I'm a Baptist, but my
horse is an Episcopalian.
The following incident, related by
member from the Black Hills, us having
occurred at Yankton church may be true
but lacks confirmation but ] pass,
said the minister, in dismssiug one theme
OF the subject to take up another. "Ihon
| make it spadesl'' yelled a member of the
committee on charitable and penal institu'
tions from northern Dakota, who was
dreamily engaged in an imaginary game
OF euchre He went out on the next deal,
assisted by a bald headed deacon with
full hand Of clubs.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-05-12

One day Fox discovered fine chance
to capture Pullet for his dinner, the only
draw back being the fact that the Farmer
had set trap just in the path which any
depredator must travel. In this emergen-
cy the hungry Reynard hunted around till
he found Hare, and after few remarks
on the state of the weather, the scramble
for Office, the Whitaker investigation and
the Turkish question, he said:
was just thinking, as / overlook you,
what impudence some folks have.
How?
WHY. / met Miss Pullet a short time
.ince, and she boosted Of being able to
out.run you.
The brassy creaturel exclaimed the Hare.
Why. / can run as fast as she can fly
Certainly you can, but she's doing you
great injury among your friends by her
stories. II / were you I'd see her and
warn her that this thing must stop.
I'll do i'll Come along and show me
whore she is.
Well, I'll go as special favor to you, OF
course, humbly replied the Fox ! viii
let you take the lead and follow in your
footsteps. As they neared the coop, he
walked into the trap, aud ere The had re-
covered from the shock the Fox had sc.
cured his dinner Say Say I'm caught
yelled the Hare as he struggled with the
trap. SO observe, WAS the reply. What
is your advice To get away as soon as
you can.
MORAL Every neigbborhood seandal
has three lies 10 one truth No person be
comes a tale bearer except 10 forward some
scheme Of his own. When the Fox is anr'
ious to preserve the reputation OF Hare
le, the Hare look out
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-05-12
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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-05-12

He WANTED TO ksow.An aged negro
came into the Neps Office. and approach
ing the desk Of one of the staff, the follow
ing conversation took place:
81 say. boss, want to be sot right,
Go ahead, but be quick.
Am dar man named Rescue Conkel IL
Washington city2
Certainly.
And women folks aint safe when Res
cue am about onless somebody kiyers Res
cue with a shotgun
Yes; Senator Conkli1g is very mucl
that kind of a man.
The old darky was absorbed in thongh'
for brief space, and then he went at i
again.
Galveston city is in Galveston county
amt it, boss?
Yes.
Den because Galveston city am in Gal
weston county, Washington city, wha
Rescue Conkel lives, is bound to be II
Washington county, on de BrazosY
Nonsense Washington county is NOR
than thousand miles from Washington
city.
Who told you that lie9
jim Webster did sir. Igwine to TAX
my old mudder up to Washington county
on the Brazos, to see her folks. She an
ninety five years old an jim Webster sai'
il wasn't safe to take her dar TO account
Rescue Conkel, onless | had gun.
What did lie tell you that lie for9
Dunno cepting dat he has got shot
gun he wants to sell me powerful bad.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-05-12

Is SPITE or JoHN's Vors. There re-
sided in Springfield, in 1860, an Irish Ia
borer, james McCarty by name, red-ho'
Democrat. Shortly after the Presidential
election, Mr.. Lincoln was walking past the
public square, where John was at work
cleaning out the gutter. As the President
elect drew near, Mccarthy, pausing in hl'
work and holding out his hand, said blunt
ly;
An so yer elected President, are yei
Faith, an it wasn't by my vote, ye wur.
Well, yes, John, replied Mr.. Lincoln
shaking hands very cordially, the papers
say I'm elected, but it seems odd ! should
be, when you went against me.
Well, Mishter Lincoln, said John, drop
ping his voice. lest some brother Demo
crat should hear him. I'm glad you go'
it, afther all. It's mighty little pace I've
had wild Biddy for votin iorninst ye, nm
if ye'd been bate, she'd have druv me from
the shanty, as sures the wurruld.
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" AAl nANpolrrc

80. said Aunt Deborah. severely cyeing
ht1 nephew you are going 70 marry
se~ihg girl
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