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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-01-06

A hard old customer was Badger He
was never known to attend church, and
and was considered the wickedest man in
the town in which he lived. One night
his old COW was prowling about the house
seeking about the house seeking what she
may devour, and stuck her head in the
swill barrel. by tho time the barrel was
empty, her head was so fur in the barrel
that she could not withdraw it, and she
made blind rush to free herself from the
incumbrance. As luck would have it she
struck bee-line for the front door. Tho
old man WAS sitting inside telling his
family all about tho great murder trial,
when the COW gave frightful below.
which was prolonged by tho empty barrel
into an unearthly roar. At the same time
the front door crashed from its hinges,
and tho COW with her uncommon head.
gear bolted into the room. Old Wicked
ness gave one look at the frightiul demon
which confronted him; each separate and
individual hair stood on end shivering
feeling crswled up and down his back;
his eyes protruded from his head alto
gether he was a picture Of abject terror.
Suddenly his tongue was loosened and he
screamed. For heavens sake, take Mary
she's better prepared than ami Since
that eventful night the man has joined an
easy-going church. which is one step pro-
gressive, and he only swears when he sees
old brindle or the swill barrel The old
COW fetched him."
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-01-06

watched yoar oonduo With great pleasure.
have s~cn ron refuse 10 gamble, drinh.
snd smoke. should bc glad II you
would 60 into the noxt car and allos me
10 INTRODUCES you 10 my daughtcr"
Young Man Thanh you: never mar
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-01-06

]. Is the impulse and daty Of every
right-minded man TO secure time for him.
self and bis personal culture as we'll a.
time for bis business. The education Of
school is tho mere portal 10 tke higher
education which everyons may give 10
himself In many cases in fact il may 10
said that education does not begin till we
leave school. Use the aftsr-houre for i'm.
proyement
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-01-06

The queercst companions for man arc
those OF an old man in New Orleans He
has mania for spiders, and in his rooms
are more than 800 ofsvsry shape and color
The ceilings are hiden by the webs that
they have spun. Occasionally tho old man
throws . handful Of flies into the webs,
and is greatly delighted at seeing the spi-
dcrs seize their struggling victims.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-01-06

A good joke on = young city fellow who
bought 4 farm last winter, has Just leaked
out He had fine orchard u about two
hundred apple trees, aud few weeks ago
hs tapped every ono oi them for cider
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-01-06

The fuel famine In Mennosots ID com.
pelling farmers in many sections TO cut
down their young groves. thus putting "a
end TO tree culture Tor the present 10 those
localities.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-01-06

A jealous soul without meekness is like
a ship in storm, in danger Of wrecks.
A meek soul without zeal 10 like ship In
q calm, that moves not ~ fast ~ IL ought.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-01-06

PITCHERS CAsTORLAisnot
Narcotic. Children grow Eat
upon, Mothers like. and Physi-
clans recommend CASTORIA.
II regulates the Bowels, cures
Wind Collie, aliays Fcverishness.
and destroys Worms.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-01-06
NOW Is THE TIME
10 get those
Old Clothes Colored
Anh CLEANED nm L. eua. w

Ahu IItAutd UP Tot SuMmtf WtA.
!, viii nske them ioot ~ well xs neu and save
bnysnr. We shall seed bon sesris every vssi
durtlg the sprsns. AL cellars vafsnte6 fsst
s1d rusrrsniss 10 slre ssii.fss. sob. bresses
st0alc b. ffpyeG bsfors dy4ns. hHl e@sss Essts
ava other rosas esI be dyed without.
DIX sIhoADs
sosrnA GEes
hAsshsssss, w.. April iosA. .is7s xtf
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-12-23
A Clever Railway Theft.

A young lady travelling from Paris to
AK by the $40 train on Sunday had her
box broken open during the night and
f44 in gold distracted. The box was
locked, strapped and registered. The
thief was evidently not pressed for time
and no novice at the art, as all the
contents of the box had been carefully
readjusted and the small dispatch box,
whence most of the money was abstract
ed. had been locked again, the lock
being simple one. A friends appeal
to the Paris authorities only resulted in
the usual formula of taking details.
Struggling of shoulders and handing ON
to higher authority, etc. The box
and its contents were untouched when
handed over to the registration Office at
Paris, and was taken direct from the
AK station to an hotel and unstrapped
by the porter in the lady's presence.
Consolation was offered in the shape Of
an assurance that such losses on the Paris
and Lyons Railway ara common enough.
London Tines.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-12-23

just as wrapped up at the dry goods
and other stores, which had doubtless
caused much vexation to women just
returned from shopping. Some dinner
pals, shovels and mechanics tools were
reminders of the Woodworking men who
could in-afford their loss. Careless
school children have nearly shelf
foil of books to witness against them,
though there are also novels, scientific
works, and one handsome new Bible.
Lunch-baskets are also left behind.
There are a few big black bottles, that
were probably not much more lost than
their owners when they left them be-
hind. Two large baskets are full of
pocket books. containing various sums
of money. They are mostly portemon-
naies, as the shopping sex have the ex-
elusive right. apparently to carry pur-
ses in their hands, and consequently to
lose them.
There are several bushels of travelling
bags, which probably were lost by per-
sous passing through the city. and will
never be called for. One day big bass
drum came to the property clerk. and q
few days after the hig bass German
owner after it. A cornet was also sent
in, as if to support the drum. One day
. rabbit was left in car, costly tucked
up in a basket. The property clerk
also had the company of poodle dog
for while. A woman telegraphed in
great haste one day, inquiring for a
basket of jewels she had brought in
from the country. When she had ider-
titled the Jewels, she did not reward
the needy man who had been so honest
as to return them, nor did she conde-
scend TO say "thank you," as she swept
down the stairs. The clerk says that
not one in ten parcels has the owners
name on it. If they were marked they
would be more apt to be returned when
found by passengers, many of
whom do not know of the property
clerks Office. Notices formerly were
posted telling passengers where to look
for lost parcels, but for some reason
they have been removed from the sta
lions.
You will probably receive many
umbrellas to-day, as it is rainy?" sug-
gested the reporter.
"Not SO many" said the clerk, "as
If it had been threatening in the morn
ing and had cleared of. Then people
would forget their umbrellas, whereas
to-day the rain will remind them of
them. However, l shall probably get
dozen.-N Y. Tribune.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-12-23
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Rev. w. H. Milburn. so long and
favorably known in the pulpit and on
the platform as ''the Blind Preacher"
has returned to take up his residence in
New York. after long absence at the
South.
According to Mr.. Volk, the sculp.
tor VINO took the Lincoln ife-mask.
Old Abe had decided preference as to
preachers. He said: 81 don't like
to hear cut and dried sermons. No
when hear q man preach, like to see
him act as if he were fighting bees!
And he extended his long arms, at the
same time suiting the action to the
words"
"A Baptist association. embracing
twenty-seven churches, has been organ
lied by the Choctaw and Chickasaw In
dams. At its recent annual meeting
LOG baptisms were reported for the
year. Two churches had been organ
lied and two Indians licensed to preach.
The whole number of members is sos.
Considerable missionary work was &C.
complished during the year.
"A medical man in Toronto has been
ventilating in the newspapers recently
the subject of overstudy among the chill
dren in attendance at the public schools.
and asserts that the results of an inves-
tigation made by him show that several
deaths of school children which came
under his observation were due solely
to too close application to books by
scholars of nervous temperament and
weak constitutions. He claims that the
course of study in the Toronto public
schools is SO severe that many of the
pupils are compelled, in order to keep
up with their classes, to apply them
selves to their books outside of school
hours, and that no such condition of
affairs should be allowed to exist. An
investigation of the same matter in 9th.
er cities would doubtless reveal SINH
lar fault in the public-school system.
AS you came into church last Sab
bath with your creaking shoes. after
services commenced. you disturbed the
whole congregation, and many of the
young folks turned round to see who
you were. And yet, you were not in
the least disconnected, and entered your
pew with as much complacency as if
you had respected the house of God and
the opinions of your Christian neigh
bors. Was it right? If this had been
the first time of your dereliction, I was
going to say. there might be a slight
excuse for you; a second thought tells
me there is none. A person has no
business to be late at church or any
where else. I know of man, more
than three-score-and-ten years of age,
who was never late at the house of God,
even for minute. In future see if you
cannot improve and pay some little re-
spect to the services of the sanctuary
Religious Herald.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-12-23
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Strictly speaking, march is about
the only music that can be called sole
stirring. Yonkers Statesman.
When you reach the plane of man
hood it is quite natural that you should
indulge in little shaving. Boston
Courier.
Appearances are deceptive. One
cheese may seem to be the exact coun-
terpart of another and yet be mighty
sight richer.-Boston Globe.
fare you feeling very ill?' asked
the physician; 'let me see your tongue,
please" '.It's no use, doctor" replied
the poor patient; mo tongue can tell
how bad I feel. "-Boston Transcript.
"A frank old granger, in advertising
his household goods for sale, wound up
the list of articles with land lot Of
trash not worth much" If he had been
an aesthetic he would have called it ''a
lot of valuable bric-a-brac. Morris
t0,cn Herald.
There is a town down the peninsula
that seems to be improving itself to
death. Every time citizen puts on q
new button on his front gate, or white
washes his pig-pen, the local paper
cries that there is fear in the commu-
nifty that the spirit of Improvement is
too rapid to last.-Middleto0n Trans
cript.
-Fullness under the eyes, says .
chronological journal, denotes language.
A close observer might infer that full
ness under the vest also causes flow
of language. It has been noticed that
towards the winding up of dinner
party there is wonderful flow of Ian
guage among the guests.-Isras Drift
tngs.
An exchange says that " at Boston
weddings the newest feature is to have
the bride and bridegroom stand during
the ceremony in floral grotto made Of
chrysanthemums, asters, lilies, passion
flowers and smilax." At Chicago we'd
dings the newest feature is for the
groom to hustle around and get living
for himself and wife after they are mar
ried. Fathers of Chicago girls hail the
innovation with delight Chicago 1rib-
N.1e.
-" see you have the motto Excel
sior' over your door," remarked .
stranger who entered q Detroit saloon
the other day. Eyes; I gift a banter
two tollor for dot" It's beautiful
motto" Yes, l tink So" "You
know what it means, Isupposer' ''Of
course. 1t means dot when one of der
boys says 'Shalk it down, Yacob,'
shalk him on der neck mid q Club. I
doan take feefty dollar for dat motto"
Detroit Free Press.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-12-23

nursing Matty In his arms, IN . state q
bliss. Cousin Kate's Christmas-tree had
been brought across the street and set
M in the parlor, and Cousin Kate's hus-
band had been sent down town for .
multitude OF gifts that met the fate
they deserved, and were hung on the
instant.
And the tapers were lighted. and the
neighbors' children were brought In,
and Matty, in toilet whose decorar
tons consisted chiefly Of brown paper
and butter and vinegar, satup till nears
" midnight. regretting that hex moth
cr's chest could not have been hung on
the tree, till some one suggested that:
with the baby, it had already played
the part of the Manager and the Christ
child.
Then, after distributing tho gifts to
all the other children from her thro4e
on a high chair. and laughing at every
fresh kiss under the bit of mist,etoe, she
fell sound asleep at last, with horn of
CANDY in one hand, q box of china dish
es in the other. and hugging to her
breast q wax doll, and . book OF fairy
stories, and q paint-box, and bottle Of
cologne, and Ai SO
But there! what is the use of naming
the possessions that poured in upon
Matty that night? Let Us say whole
toy-shop full; for never had any child
such a Christmas Eve before.
And surely never was any child's
mother so happy as Mrs. Watrous was
as she hung over her two children that
night, and felt that the great chest which
had been the desire of her heart, and
was to be the delight of her eyes.
splendid Christmas box as it was. with
its carved cherubs and crowns. was only
the smallest part of her Christmas.
Harriet Prescott Spcford, in fouths'
Companion.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-12-23
Sailors Yarns Of Arctic Life.

Six blue jackets from the United
States man-of-war Alliance, which ar
rived here yesterday from the Arctic
regions, were seen at the foot of West
Twenty -second street by reporter.
They were all young and bright lock-
ing fellows laxative and merry.
1--WE had a rough time," said one OF
them, " and have got enough of Arctic
expeditions. Well never 60 up there
again unless'we're forced to it. It. was
nothing but fog. hail, rain. and snow all
the time. tell you we were mighty
glad when we reached New York.
Our four months voyage has done us
little good. We had to pay forty dol
lars for our outfits, which are almost
useless to us now, and we never got
more than few hours liberty during
all the time we were up there among
the ice and snow. seen a statement
that we cooked eggs in the hot springs
in Iceland. That IS not so. We never
had chance to 60 to the hot springs.
There's not sailor aboard who wants
any more service like we have gone
through without extra pay"
Another sailor said: Z" The only real
sport that I can remember was when
we sighted a bear on the beach of
Danes Island. He was a big white
fellow, and must have been very hum
CRY to venture so close to our ship.
Somebody fired and struck the bear,
and he leaped into the water. Then a
whole broadside was poured into it.
The firing was kept up so long that I
think some of the men must have shot
| in the same hole two or three times.
Well, finally we brought the carcass on
board. It was full of bullet holes.
The boys say the Captain is going to
use the skin as sieve"
An imaginative tar, with poetry in
his soul, spoke in glowing terms of the
beauty of the icebergs they encountered.
"They were all colors-green, blue,
purple. red, and pink. The sun, which
shone all night. made 'em purifier than
q picture. It was sight to watch the
mountains Office pass between us and the
sun. Most of them had big and little
peaks all mixed together, and capped
with pure white ice. The Captain
noticed an iceburg one day that
had q peak on it with nearly all
colors. 1t must have took his fancy
for he ordered out boat and had the
men tow it to the ship. He said he
wanted it to put it in his ice-box to
preserve the meat. I guess he must
have though that red. white. and blue
ice-sort Of United States ice-would
preserve better'n ordinary ice. The
meat that would rot up there where we
were I'd call purity bad. Sometimes
the sun shone all.night as bright as it
did at midday. As we moved toward
home we began to get little more
night. First the sun would dip down
q little and then come up again, like q
big red ball bouncing on the ground.
As we got further south it would 60
down and stay few minutes. Finally
it gave US good old-fashioned home
like night" IN r. Sur.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-12-23
gor Aoung 8eadtrs.
CHRIsTMAs sT0CKINGs.


Dainty little stockings
Hanging In row.
Blue and gray and scarlet,
In the firelight's glow:
Curly-pated sleepers
Safely tucked in bed:
Dreams OF wOndrous tOy-shopS
Dancing through each head:
Mother, stepping lightly,
Plans, with tender care,
How to give each dreamer
Just an equal share.
Funny little stockings
Hanging in q row,
Stuffed with sweet surprises,
Down from top to toe
Skates ard balls and trumpe.-
Dishes. tops and drums.
Books and dolls and candies,
Nuts and sugar plums.
Little sleepers waking:
Bless me. what noise!
Wish you merry Christmas,
Happy girls and boys!
-NuserE.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-12-23
A Miners Notice.

It sometimes happens that the
horny-handed prospector knows little
or nothing of the forms required by law
when locating claim. and in such in
stances the honest old boys just drive
ahead and do the best they know how.
A grizzled old bunch of antiquity re-
Gently struck . lead near Gunnison,
Col, and left the following notice writ
ten on an old envelope and stuck in .
split stick:
"TAK NOTlSi
The undersigned CLAIMS this lede with
all its difs, spurs, angels, sinosities,
etc., ETC., from this stalk 100 fete IN
each direcshun, the Same being A sill
yer barring load, and warning Is hereby
given to Awl persons to kepe away at
their peril Any persons found tres
passing on this Clame will Be persecu-
ted to the full extent of the law. This
is no munky talk butt will assert my
rites at the point Of the sicks shutter Il
legally Necessary SO talk head and good
warning. Accordin TO law I post This
Notiss. JOHN SEARLE."
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-12-23
The Things People Leave In Railway
Cars.

A Tribune reporter recently lost q
pocket knife in one of the elevated cars,
and on asking an employee was told that
it might possibly be found in the repos-
itory for lost articles at No. Front
street. On going up two flights of
stairs into the building designated the
reporter found small room occupied
by the property clerk, and across the
passage way another room in which the
missing articles were stored. OF course
the missing knife was not found. Knives
are proverbially elusive. But the store
room proved that the conductors find q
good many articles and turn them over
to the company. Mr.. Reeves, the clerk.
said that the railway employees were .
very honest class of men; but he would
hardly say as much for the passengers.
although he admitted that he some
times received articles found by pas
.sengers in the cars. The conductors
forwarded many small articles that they
could easily keep without detection.
As some reward for this the company
aims to return to the employee who
found the article such pocket books or
valuable things IS are unclaimed after
q long time.
Once in q year the accumulated UNI
claimed parcels are sold. In the room
the reporter saw the accumulation OF
about eight months. The most numer-
Gus of articles gone astray were UNI
brellas. of which over 1000 were slowed
away, ranging from the mounted silk to
the broken handled cotton article. Par
asols and canes we're also numerous.
Several shelves were filed with parcels
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-12-23

"A ninety-seven pound Pennsyl-
vania girl has beau that tips the beam
at 210. She keeps him in attendance
every night up to twelve o'clock, seat
ed comfortably in an arm chair. She
explained to . companion, under the
seal of secrecy, that beneath the cushion
she kept her autumn leaves in q book,
and as soon as they were sufficiently
pressed she would give him the mitten.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-12-23

Quite q number of leading mer-
chants who speculate in cotton futures
are "out on bale. '-Ameriean Isuestor.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-12-23

mammar, 40 f. an ru.hod oyorhor .stho
babvi the cbesti the new chestr' And
Che faiI hoct e~.;n ;,,to ~ ss,~s - 81 =
doctor who ;nstantlv he1er to nonr 10 a
Cordial down hor +hyo.t :
In another minnie her father had
dashed down sta;ra md hed nrsssed The
rnstv old snr;n@ ~ Tho go, To-, choet snJ
tossed nm The lid and there cmddled
down ali roav enS w.ru IN Tho wh;te
fnr If the rche Law The hehv 90 scnnS
.sieen 90 e be v a.. =, he f;..1e Oh
for the moth 'boles IN the rad lestSe-
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1881-01-13
Local News, &c.
SALE REGISTER.

Thursday. Jan. %, Y. II. Wagner Ex-
ecutor of Capt. John Hahn, will
sell valuable Real Estate in Nom
roe twp.
Saturday, Feb. IL. Adam Smith Ad-
miuistrator of Angeline Rothrock
will sell valuable Real Estate In
Adamsburg.
Friday, Feb. %, Adam Wagner Al-
ministrator of rillmin Lehr will
sell valuable Real Estate in Ban.
nerville.
Thursday, Jan. IS, Jacob Dingamau
administrator Of Peter Fetterolf
will sell valuable Real Estate in
Adams twp.
Saturday, Jan. %. the heirs OF Eliza.
beth Moatz decd will sell Person.
al Property in the Borough of
Middleburg.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1881-01-13

Tho "Nihonian' relates the following
ofa young gentleman of Elimsport
Robert Follmer, n young gentleman
from Eim+port, diminutive in growth
while enleavorieg to bride his horse
this afternoon, was thrown against q
brace in tho barn. aul received q
fracture of mis- collar bone. He il
thirty years old, aud has had thirty
six fr ,ctures. 4 remarkable case. BY
the time he is iiDy, il he pcrseveres, he
will have dpnJ over tho whole skclo.
ton, whereas bone seldom breaks
twice in the same place, il is to b.
hopel hc will be more solidly mad,
un.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1881-01-13
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