The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-09-27

Az you preaoh ths word. my yoan.
/. brother. cass your eyes around upoa th'
. congregation. and yon will observe lhos,
, people. ~ follows, namely, 10 wit vis
; l. TAr sLnnrn lie will he there
Persdventure he leaneth his chin npon 4
cane, 40 that when the moment Of deer
aud profound slumbcr cometh upon him
his chin slipreth oiI, and with the bang Of
bis head upon the pe~ 10 fron, % him he
il awakei. Ho~beit the bang upon his
/ .vifes head no man can hear Or. the
81 umberer may 81, bolt upright aud nod in
time 10 his deep aud regular breathing.
Only when you cast your eyes upon him
the wstcl,ful wife Of his bosom stabs him
with har elbow. and he glarcth upon the
congregation as one who would say, HE
that say / slept the same is liar and .
william aud horse thiei.' Or. ifit be so
that he leancth his head back until the lid
thereof falleth down between his shoul.
dAra, aud ns playeth phaatastic tunss with
his poas. insomuch that tho boys 10 the
gallery make merry over the same, then
is it hazardous TO awaken this slumber
right ssddenly. because he dreAmsth Of d.
vers things and sayeih TO the tithing man
who shakesh him up, Hey hel hal yes,
all right, I'm up" Aud thus the congro
cation is much scandslized But il be
foldeth his handkerchief over the back Of
the pew in front, and boweth his head de.
voutly upon the same, even in that mo.
ment when the text is pronounced, then
will the sleeper trouble no one, but will
slunber sweetly on until the time Of the
benediction; and he will awaken refreshed
and smiling, and he will extol the sermon
and msgady the preacher. He is the old.
timer from Siaspy Hollow.
III. TUE LorNaER. He falls into the
pew and slides ea&ily in the most comfort.
able corner. he laakas himself down
into comfortable attitude His legs ex.
tend under the pew in front srl meet his
hips at the crookedcst Of obtusc sugles'
He crooks his plant elbow into @he srm
Of the pew. and drops the side Of bis face
into the fearful hollow Of his hand. byl
means OF which he pushes his cheek up in-
to his eye. His shoulders are nearly on .
level with his head Every time you look
at him you expect to see him slide out of
sight And although you are a good man,
sometimes you wish he would. and never
como up again.
Ill. THE FIpoEa. Whether you look
for him or not you know where Le, is. he
pushes the hassock away with losg res
onant groan Of his own. Then he sits bolt
upright, hooks his shoulder blades over
the back Of the pew, and hangs on. He is
gong TO sit still This Sunday II il kills him.
But the pewis too high. so hesettles down
: little. Then he puts hymn book be-
tween his back aud the pew. Then he
leans forward and lets it fall with crash.
Then he folds his arms; he half turns aud
lays one arm aiong the back of the pew.
Sudaknly he slides down and braces both
knoel bgainst the back Of tile pew in front.
Ali flats comfort. II lasts 80 seconds,
when he abruptly straightens mp. elevates
both arms, and hooks his elbows over the
back of the pew. That isn't what he
wants; his legs are tired; he reaches for
the hassock with both feet, upsets it and
in frantic effort to stay it kicks it against
tho pew. Covered with burning embar.
he pulls out his watch once or
twice withegt looking at it. He folds
his arms across lis breast, then he crosses
hem behind his back; he thrusts his
hands into his pockets, be drops Bible
on the floor, puts his feet into his hat, and
At times you look to see hir gc ell to piec
es, but be doesn't He stays together and
comes back next Sunday, every limb end
Joint Of him - ]c
~. The WATCHER His neck is fitted
On globe socket and turns clear around.
He sees everything that goes on. The i
man who comes in late does not escape '
lim, and 1t is vain for the tenor TO think
he got that little note to the alto conveyed
between the leaves OF the hymn book un-
The watcher saw it. He zee. q
'he hole in the quarter that Elder Skinner .
lropped in the plate. He sees that Dea.
on Slowbow has on bnt one cuiI. II the /,
loor swings he looks around; II the win. /
low moves noiselessly he looks M. He G
ees the stranger in his neigbbors pew. y
nd he sees Brother Badman sitting away
'ack nnder the gallery, furiively taking v
hew Of the inhibited fine cut. All things r,
hat nobody wants, him TO see the watcher v
ees. He GEES so much that he has no \
ime to listen, - Bwdetie il Cincinnati En- h
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