The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1882-03-09


How'd ron lits tho scrmou, sands,
morsin'. Anat Ph9be' Askei Fsru,el
Hayes ot his fsiriseed heisbbor. .. ,h.
iook sea, ia his cool broad ke~pisp
rvom.
], moved me decplr. Philip, aud led m'
10 iaquire whether | had rcmemb<red
those IN bonds as IL serc bond with
them,
Why. Ph@be. there siut nohcd, il
bonds nov, since slsveryis bolished
That tent is gu. o fashion nov.
There are people In bonds al about US
Philip. uss the calm reply.
Who for mAssy's sakep
our neighbor Lawson for bound
by the cords of raging appetite in the
bonds Of Satan.
We cant help his making fool Of him.
self With drink, and brs&kin' his wife |,
heart, and mortgagin' his farm.
| He's not beyond the need OF pity and OF
prayer
Bat, Phoebe, you aud me can't make .
sober man Of him by secusin' ourselves,
aud frettin'. can wey
No, but. we can remember him in the
bonds OF Satan, and help him to break
them.
How. now
Vel mean you men shut up the bar st
the old tavern. Lawson never wslked
three miles for liquor when it Oas shut up,
and he tried hard 10 break the bonds
Now 1t is open again. aud the temptation .
too much for him. But we have other
neghbors in bonds too beside Lawson
Philip
Have? Who. for massys sakep
The Widow Lane is unjustly bound in An
insane asylum.
| Well, we didn't put her therel reclaimed
the old man.
But have we taken her out?
How could we do that?
There is law, and We could demand its
protection for her. Although ws all regard
her as nervous and excitable, We sll believe
she has been unjustly immured by her
step.sons, so that by and by they may in.
validate her will il it doesn't suit them.
But, PhGbe We don't kaoc she's sane.
you were put on oath, would you
swear that you had ever seen any evidence
OF insanity in her?
Oh, lal No!
Then would you testify to your belief in
her sanity
Well. wouldn Just like to do that,
when Jeemes and Eben is no such good
terms with their neighbors, you know.
don't known any such thing; but do
know that we ought to remember all in
bonds as il bound with them.
During this conversation psle little
fellow Of twelve years had been peeping in
at the half-open door, listening aud hoping
for smile from Aunt Phoebe.
The old man now caught sight OF him,
and shouted in terrific tone: Is that the
way you weed onion beds? I guess you 70
after another thrashing, you lazy young
| scoundrel!
The child flew, as il he had been struck
by lash, past the win low ut which Aunt
Ph@be was sitting,
Don't shout in such u tone TO that
motherless child! exclaimed Aunt Phoebe
entreatingly
you women folks had farms to run,
they couldn't be so mealy y.mouthsd as you
and my wife to their farm hands, said the
old man.
DO you call that baby farm hand? asked
Aunt Phoebe.
A poor sort o one. He don't do half
what Lunt's boy does.
DO you pay him hslf2
Why, don't pay him nothin'. He's
bound to me. He wants TO swing, and
play ball, and whittle, just III il hc wasn't
a bound boy.
Half the work Of childhood is play, said
Aunt Phoebe softly.
Pho! Who'll feed a boy for plsyin' He
don't arm his salt, sand Hayes.
see him driving the cows to and from
pasture, and milking and wedding, bring.
ing in wood, and
Oh yes, he does some such little chores,
but you see m responsible for making
him work, and the town can call me TO
count il | let him go idling about
No danger of that for Joe Harris told
me that when he set off for the doctor the ,
other morning at four O'Clock, that child '
lay asleep On the onion beds ,
He did? Well, then I'll have settle.
ment with him for that He had no bust.
nees to sleep there! cried Hayes. S
No; he ought to have been asleep in his
bed. What man will you find, who, for ,
good, round pay, will work from four in |
the morning till seven in the evening? '
do sometimes; and you couldn't eX.
pect me to treat bound boy better than '
do myself, could your $
Treat yourself better, then. You have !
motive You want TO lay mp money. and il b
you are willing TO sacrifice ease and com s
Tort and to convert yourself into bunch I
oi nerves, you have your reward. came h
10 speak about little Jim. 5
Little jim Why, Phoebe. he has all he
IAN cat three times 3 day, and good bed =
10 sleep on. I
Yes, your good wife will nee TO that; he 8
has no, the love and tho tender words r
rom you for which his little heart is sch
ng. nor the long hours of slesp that lac
Ihould have Instead OF these, be 10 Lur- q