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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1882-10-12

There were plenty OF seats in the car
but as he walked down the aisle he LOOKED
sharply TO the right and left until he
reached pretty girl who was sitting
alone.
'Sest engaged, Missy' he asked with q
knowing wink.
IN sir" stammered the girl, looking
around in dismsy.
Down he pumped and braced himself
for the campaign. He was regular pas.
senger and held his Communication ticke, in
his hand.
"Shall open"
Tickets roared the conductor, who
had watched him from Afsr.
The regular passenger smiled sweetly at
the pretty girl and put up his pasteboard
ont Of which two sides were promptly
nipped.
Tickets"
Hold onl" protested the regular passen.
ger You havo punched this ticket twice.
This lady isn't with me-
Sorry" replied the conductor, "but you
walked in, sat down and went to work in
the regular married style. Supposed Of
course IL was your wife. Take a vacant
seat next time Ticketsi'
And the passengers went TO the conduc.
tor and asked him to drink and offered
him cigars and bought ont the train boy
for him.I
II knew they weren't married" said he,
As he squinted at glass Of extra prime.
I've seen him before, but this is the first !
lime it cost him couple Of dollars to play
hat game"
"Do you know who the lady is2' asked
IN inqusitive man.
"My wife, gentlemen" And even the
glass uttered merry "glug, glug as he
poke.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1882-10-12

A littfe semi pagan who for the first TINA
was receiving some sort of religious in.
s'ructiV,. ''s-- 'amale frIend ne was 'is-
iting, found some difficulty in understand.
ing that Sunday had anything remarkable
in It over any other day. At last by dint
Of cline upon line and precept upon pre-
cept he was made to comprehend some-
what the sanctity Of tho day. Unfortu-
nstely. however, soon after be began to un.
derstand things, coming from church one
Sunday, he noticed the apothecary shops
open. His newly acquired moral senso
received = terrible shock, and he entered
into very unorthodox dennnciation ofthe
unconscious compounders OF samples.
"But, he was told, "the druggists must
keep open on Sun lays 50 that the sick peo.
pie can get medicine
why. do people get sick on Sandayi"
''Yes, just the same RS on any other
day"
well, good people don't die on Sunday
do they2"
Certainly"
"How can that beY Does Heaven keep
open Sunday
II Is needless TO say that all further con.
versation on the subject was impossible.
--ADny A,ya
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1882-10-12

A fine fat Pullet who roosiing on tho
limb OF tree safe from danger was salut.
cd by Fox with.
Good evening, Miss Pullet--I mover
saw you look better Your figure is per.
fectly lovely.
"Do you really think SOP"
Certainly l do. I'd give anything II /
could wear my hair done up in French
roll and have il become mo as Il does
you"
aren't you jokingY"
IL WAS never more serious in my life.
Your small feet and pretty mouth are thc
envy Of all the Pullets in The neighbor-
hood"
Dear me, but is that SOP"
"And everybody says you have sucl,
tony air about you"
'Ohi la"
II think If we were TO walk ont togeth-
or we'd smash the whole town.
'lReally nowr
The Fox gave her more soft solder.
and in the end the vain Pallet flew down
and furnished square meal for the crafty
Villain.
'Flattery,' said an old Rooster, as ba
looked down at the few bones and feathers,
'hattery is the soft purr Of cat Tha
sweeter the purr, the longer the claws and
the sharper the bite,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1882-10-12

A retail grocer in a village In the interi
or of the state remarked yesterday while
in Detroit that change in the
method OF advertising for customers
wond soon be put in practice in cases like
his own. Instead OF advertising sugar,
coffee and tea "at lower prices than ever
heard of in Slabtown before, his idea is TO
drop ia something like this:
During the winter my grocery will be
the headquarters OF every man in town
who can point out the mistakes OF this
country for the past seventy five years.
He will have full stock OF canned fruits
and jellies, but instead Of advertising
them directly he will say:
"Come down and sit on my counter and
the heads Of my sugar barrels and talk
politics, and tell each other what this
country needs to make her great.
He will have boneless Goldfish, dried
beef aud sugar-cured hams, but he will
call attention to them by saying:
"One hundred old settlers wanted every
night in the week to talk about the drought
OF 40, the panic of 81, the frosty summer
of AZ and the warm winter Of '5S. Cush-
ioned chairs reserved for the biggest IL
ars."
Instead Of advertising his new stock OF
syrups, or making any blow about his cid
er vinegar, he will inform the public;
ave talk horse. We discnss religion.
We jaw over politics. We revise the con-
sttution of the United Safes and run sew
eral OF the departments of government
What we do not know you cannot find out
anywhere else. Come and loaf and lie with
us. ~ Detroit Free Press.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1882-10-12

and promised 10 keep his secret on @ sndit
ion ,ha, be would provide for nae h.y hi
will. Dn, be has been false 10 me ~ b.
was years ago. and nov won't keep sile nc
any longer.
This is most serious, said the solicitor
turning to silas, who stood aghasi will
horror and amazement. IL this.-tbi. lady
can prove her marriage.
Oh, have proofs, ] took care Of that
in,erposea the soi-tiismi Mrs. Draycott'
drawing an oblong slip OF paper from her
bosom and handing il to the lawyer Read
that and look at what made him s,gn on
the back.
II isa marriage certificate. said Mr..
Reeves, glancing at it; and turning 1t over
be read aloud as follows: / Joseph Pop.
plewell, do acknowledge that my house
keeper. Mrs. Draycott. is my lawful wife.
which married under the name OF Mary
Saunders in Is. and /. Mary Popple-
well or Draycott, do here by swear that II
my husband, Joseph Popplewell, leaves
$4,000 by his will, ! will kssR~his marriage
secret.
a. This extraordinary documents purports
to be signed by both parties, added tho
lawyer, handling the paper reverently,
and must say that upon the face Of
1t. taken in conjunction with the certificate,
1t appears TO be incontestable evidence.
Who gets the money now. then demand
ed the same person who had asked the
question before.
Well gentlemen, am sorry to say that
Mr.. Silas Popplewell being unfortunate
ly for himself, nullus iilius. illegitimate,
can inherit nothing, replied Mr.. Reeves.
The estate will, therefore. be divided be-
tween the lawful widow OF the deceased
and tho next Of kin, according TO the
statute.
The excitement Of the audience at this
announcement found vent in q hoarse
sheer, in the midst Of which poor Silas
sank into eli half-fainting condi-
ion. He now. .understood-too late, alas
what had caused his father suddenly TO
make will, and lie was also keenly con-
'cious Of the fact. that having borne wit
less to its revocation, it was out OF the
question to endeavor to set it up again,
Ie was aroused from his bitter reflections
" the toucb of the houskeeper upon his
houlder.
Cheer up, my lad, she said roughly, but
lot unkindly; ! did not know that it would
'e so bad for you as this, and don't pity
ou less because suspect you've brought
/ on yourself. Now, won't make any
ash promises, because don't know how
nuch money I'm going to get. But you
hall have the $4,000 you grudged to me,
ven if ] don't receive farthing more.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1882-10-12
Fooling.Gsneral Sherman.


About SIX miles out OF Savannah came
across farmer VINO accepted pug OF 10
bacco and was ready 10 SIT down on ios
and answer all questions When asked
him apout ohermahs aPProach nc "ui''
into q loud laugh, and slapped his ieg' ana
was so tckled lie did not calm down iof
two minutes.
Excuse mo, stranger he said' "Dut
when thihk OF now iooieo oincfa' ohcr
man IL tckies me aii over
did You fool him?
"Weii, rather reckon
How
Well You see, mats my place up thefe
on the rise. when the war broke outi was
the most cantankerons rebel you ever saw
swore I'd hight TIL we heked the TANKS
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1882-10-12

Twas on, q, walcc,t, \. J.. the other
day. The farmer drove into The village Ia
The afternoon 10 DO some tradlng. lie
didnt always drive ia. sometimes he vail.
ed --in fact often. This dsy be drove hia
horse under the Baptist sheds aud anchor.
ed him there. Then be bought bis iue ~
molasscs and Eve pounds of sugar and a
half gallon Of kerosene. aad then he shay.
ed little cheese a, The groccry. and hclp
ed himself TO handful oi crackers. aud
talked aud visited and ilumped his heels.
Ana isli good aud comfortable,
Then he bethought him IL was time. ANA
he started for home on foot III fact. Ne
footed !, clear home. And when he VA.
unloading hi. bundles on the Kitchen table
his vito asked II be had sold his horse and
wagon at tho village.
"By lingo, ! forgot ii. he exclaimed.
aud he dropped the Kerosene can and made
grease spot on the floor
Forgot itl' said she. Aud pl,o put her
right fist on her right hip aud her lef, hst
on her left hip,
Then she looked at him sort Of plying.
ly.
Suddenly thought seemed to strike
her.
"Let me smell your breath. sire' and
she did. but be was sober Thon he plod.
ded back to town, unlocked the horse.
and backed him out Of the deep hole he
had stamped in the ground and drove
home. He went TO bed mcekly that night.
and he hasn't been so solf.asscrtive since.
His wife wears an air OF superiority.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1882-10-12

ron ever 50, eses ou. They hai hoofei Il
oil the way from Atlanta 10 rc, ,hoir paws
on me, and had all their long march Tor
nothingl expect Sherman was ready 10
burst with madness and reckon he won't
never qniie forgive me II tickles the old
woman wuss than !, iickles me, and yon
bad better come up 10 the house and hear
her tell wha, them 10000 YANKEES said
when they 50, here and toani me gone
W. Qn4a
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1882-10-12

Cant you help a orphan in dis 'stab-
lishment? said m old darkey AZ he en-
tered store.
IAN orphan"
"Yes sail
"How old are yon?"
Seventy five, sab"
How long have you been an orphanf'
"Sinee ds mornin'."
"Did your parents die this morningf"
mo sab, dey died fifty years ago"
Then how is II that you have only been
an orphan since morningY'
Cause my wife died dis mornin'.
"The death Of your wife doesn't maka
you an orphan.
ut don'tl But gets a pension, don't
II"
NO SIR"
well, den. IL dat's de case. III go AMI
marry sgin. Oars 70 many laws In dh
country dat IL takas half mans time Ia
keep up wild EN-. !"
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1882-10-12

A Philadelphian stole ton Of coal that
had been dumped on the sidewalk. and
when the owner came home he swept uls
the dust aud two or three Jumps that hall
been left. toted il into the cellar and re-
marked: I've stood the short. weight
swindling Of that eoal-dealer for several
years, and haven't complained. bnt, by tb.
Heas that bothered Cerberns, that IL liitl,
too much Of shortage. am done deal
ing with him from this time out.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1882-10-12

"whs. salary do do Lord call you from.
Mas'rS" asked clergymans colored ser.
want. II get thousand dollars here,
said the clergyman meekly "An' how
much de Lord call you tot 10 ont
wss the ready response.
"Eass'r.' said the ser,ant. soiemniy.
''when ls Lord call you back from tre,
thoassn' 10 one thousan. spec lie hur.
he's voice before you come
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1882-10-12

Dickens was not q ready writer. 1t has
been thought quite generally that he was.
bat Tbs testimony Of an amanuensis who
was with him for long time contradicts
the general belief The writing Of his nov.
els was toilsome. He would walk up and
down the room FIVE or ten Minutes seeking
to make progress, but making none More
over, when he had Dictated half . dozen
pages he was likely " change it almost
entirely. He rarely wrote or dictated
more than two hours day. generally be-
tween 10 .. IN. and II IN. The most lsbo-
rIous part Of his work was finishing bn
novels. II was here that he laid himself
out as il were Often he would himself
take the pen IN hand and elaborately write
each word. Those who suppose that novel
writing to Dickens was pastime- similar
10 reading OF the ssme-are 10 error.
These cost him much mental writhing by
day and sleeplessness by night. The COM
pletion OF novel found him thoroughly
exhausted aud unable for weeks TO do any
literary work, scarcely the writing Of let
tcrs even. In the matter Of names for his
characters he studied street signs and di-
reetories, taking syllables of different no.
aud making new and fre.
quently odd combinations. The most
Imaginable portions Of Dickens works were
produced most generally by the seyerest
toll Those in which psthos abound-ss
10 Little Nell, Emily. etc, were penned
or dictated only after possessing himself Of
the moods which work their emotions aud |
utterances. Dickens wrote better than he 1
knew, aud felt all he wrote -ior the time 1
Az man hs was not 1t all representative |
oi the virtues which be 30 eloquently por.
lrsyed.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1882-10-12
Killing Perkins.

II is on record in that state that Il Mich
igan editor was sonce engaged to fighta du
el. II the editor himself is not living be
must have died within week The affair
occurred twenty-fv years ago aud wa'
brought about by the journalist making
several vicious attacks upon the honor and
honesty OF a member OF the legislature.
The Solon hiel the usual way OF first buy.
ing q horsewhip and hunting the editor,
but when he found him he was knocked
down and rolled in the mud. He then
sent formal challenge, and as the editor
read the letter he turned to his two com
positors and said:
''Boys, how much matter have we got
up fvi tho &c.. ragao"
"rhree columns" replied the foreman
after measuring up on the galleys.
"And we need five. You will have II
all up by noon tomorrow and by Wednes-
day night oil the inside will be up. Then
l will wet down the paper and make up,
aud while you are working of the outside
I'll run out and shoot old Perkins, who
has sent me q challenge"
He sent formal acceptance, named ri.
Aes as weapons, appointed rendezvous
within thirty rods OF the Office, and then
began scratching out copy. When the
hour arrived he was making up forms, hav.
ing got little behind the programme. and
after while his second came in at the
back door. and said
Owe have been waiting for you all Of
twenty minutes"
"But I'm busy"
'This is no time to be busy. Perkins
is all ready"
"Hang the luckl" growled the editor as
he filed out column and threw down his
rule. "That's just like old Perkins--he
wants to throw out our publication day.
Come on---Ill fll him up"
The editor seized his gun and hatless
and coatless set out on lope for the spot.
Perkins saw him coming in that fashion,
and his knees weakened and his chin
dropped. and though the editor yelled to
him to hold on Q minute, he bolted over
.he fence and did not come out OF the |
woods until he was six miles sway.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1882-10-12
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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-12-28
Big Fire in II uffaIo.

The fine new building of James d.
Warren, proprietor of the Commercial
Advertiser, corner of Washington and
North Division streets, Buffalo, was
destroyed by fire last Thursday after
noon.
The files of the Advertiser for fifty
years were lost. When the alarm was
given, the employees rushed from the
building, abandoning their coats and
hats. Those i'll the job department
owing to the smoke, were unable to
make their way down stairs. They
got on the roof and crawIed along the
parapet to the Jewett building, where
they descended in safety. Several men
tainted when safe. Out of hundred
and ten employees in the building, ,only
one man, William Mahoney, was in.
jured. He was badly burnt. The loss
on stock, fixtures and building is esti
mated at Sl75, 900; insurance, $125 900
Blakeslee's loss is estimated at So, 900
insurance, $4,000.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-12-28
A Prosperous state.

The annual report of the State Treas
urer of Texas makes the following eX-
traordinary showing: Cash in treasu,
ry, ST, 40, 189; bonds, 81, 4,427, $40. The
permanent free school fundof the State
consists of S492, 730 cash five per cent
bonds, $219, ,46S; six per cent. bonds
81, ,277, ,867; seven per cent. bonds
S323, 900; railroad bonds, 81, 753,3l7. In
addition to the above, the schools OWL
thirty million acres of land, valued al
$45 900, 600; but the price Of this LAND
is certain to be raised by the next Leg
islature to three dollars and five dol.
lars an acre, making the aggregate val
ue about $l1O, 900, 900, swelling the per
mauent school fund, which can never
be disbursed, to the magnificent sun
of $ll4, JIG, ,382. Texas is Democratic
State.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-12-28
A FATAL AEFKAY.
Cashier of the Penusylvania Sta te
Treasury Killed.

PITTSBURG, PA, December 24.-The
Commercial GaZette's Uniontown, Pa, e,
special says: Shortly before 10 o'clock
this morning, when the people were
on their way to church, the town was
thrown into q state of most intense
excitement by the report that Captain
A. g. Mutt, cashier of the Pennsylva-
MIA State Treasury, had been shot in
his room at the Jennings Hotel, and
killed by n. l.. Dukes. a we'll known
member of the Fayette county bar,
and member elect of the State Legis-
lature. The high social and political
standing of both men gave such pro-
minence to the affair that the hotel
was soon surrounded with excited cit
izens Captain Mutt had just returned
from Harrisburg to spend the holidays
with his family, and left home with
his nephew, Breckenridge, stating he
had some business at the hotel with
Dukes. On the way there he told that
he had received some infamous letters
from Dukes, and wanted to have an
understanding with him. The two
men went to the hotel, and Mutt start
ed up to Dukes room. Breckenridge
followed, but stopped on the stairs to
speak to the hotel proprietor's son,
named Feathers. While conversing,
scuffiing was heard in the room, and
both ran up to separate the combatants,
who were found on the floor clinched
in terrible struggle. Breckenridge
and Feathers succeeded in parting
when Dukes drew a revolver and said:
You came in to whip me, and SO /
shoot" at the same time firing ball
which took effect just below Nutt's
left eye, penetrating the brain, and
killing him instantly. Dukes then
quietly walked down stairs, where he
was arrested as stated. The affair has
created intense excitement, but what
was in the letters, or the motive which
cd to the murder, is still a mystery.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-12-28
MOGADORE.

Correspondence.
Mr.. r. l.. Atchinson, our much es-
teemed friend and merchant, has been
confined to his bed for several weeks,
where he is at present lying very ill
and the chances of his recovery are
doubtful.
Messrs. Ephriam Mills and N. A.
Kent are back from two years resi-
dence in Kansas. They expect to re-
main here during the winter.
The Arian Bell Ringers, accompa-
MED by Jimmie Field" will appear
ia the Town Hall Saturday evening.
Bills are out for a grand ball, in the
Hall, on Friday evening. A grand
time is anticipated.
Checker playing seems to be the or.
der of the day at the hotel. DR.. Fer
guson wears the. belt, thus far. l.
there any one in Portage that can take
it from him JUMBO.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-12-28

Mr.. SECRETARY FoLGER is alarmed
lest he may be unable to nnd storage
room for vast. .accumulations of silver,
He has stored in several government
repositories $l19, 9,830,43l. The people
would be well pleased if the sum were
doubled. Treasury vaults may be
readily enlarged or deepened and Mr..
Folger's anxieties relieved. The Min
ing Record IN. " says that on the
same day that Mr.. FOlger was weeping
over these heaps of silver, amounting
to less than $12O, 100000, the Bank of
France wasn't scared when there were
twice as great sums of silver in its
vaults. Three years ago this bank
contained, at one time, $242, ,000, 300 in
silver, and yet the treasury of this
mighty republic may burst beneath
the pressure of $l2O,OOO.00O. What's
the matter with Mr.. Folger ?-[ Amer
ican Register.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-12-28
Men Who Live by NIaing False
PretenseS.

There is a class of men to be met
with everywhere who manage to live
out a worthless life feeding upon the
industry of others, always where they
are not needed and seldom where they
ought to be. refer for short to those
fellows who loaf about the streets when
the weather is favorable for their
health, through the day, and during
stormy weather you can find them oc-
cupying the heads of barrels or boxes,
leaning over counters, spreading them
selves around stores, making them
selves useful in various ways about
other peoples business. They are
sometimes called settlers, sometimes
barrel men, and manage occasionally
to ask the groceryman or dealer in
goods Of any kind if he will trust him
to fifty cents, or, may be, dollars
worth of goods until tomorrow, says
he will bring it in the first thing in
the morning. But he sits on come
other mans barrel head next day, and
for many weary days to come. This
is N every day occurrence. That's
the way they i've. Ask one Of them
to work and he IS very busy. cap I
spen j tna .ilie. Now, it's a question
with me whether this method of get
ting property is not punishable by the
criminal laws. He tells you he has
the money to pay, or will have it, and
you let him ilave the goods with that
understanding. [ would like to tell
chant, grocer, buyer or dealer who
needs you about his premises. He
don't want you there. Better you &c
home and be of some service to your
broken down and broken hearted wife
Better loaf around small wood pile
with saw and relieve the grocerym
from any anxiety he may have fol
your welfare, because he has his own
little children to look after, and if he
has anything to spare he may have
some choice in the matter. If toe
tired to cut wood, you might go anC
repose on the soft tan bark near de-
serted tannery, where it is quiet ant
you won't be in the way, It's nobl,
tIait in the human character and is the
formation of all that is good and noble
+ to produce something for yourself, ant
if you have some little ones that neet
your care and attention, don't spent
your time loafing. Mans life is too
| short and uncertain to waste a singl,
/ day or hour, especially where you are
not wanted. Business men like thos,
J people who come and go quick, ano
| pay before they go. There is very lit
3 tie fun in business. Most of us prefe
l the society of our children at home TO
pleasure, and are glad when the houI
3 comes round when we are to go home
l G.