The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-03-22

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ironing. Mrs. Green had been out 70 VS.
IL sick lady and hsd leit Daisy ss home
sos without some apprehension Lest she
might Get into mischief or trouble. al.
tLoxrh Daisy Was not quite % mischievons
Ms formaly.
up in che attic, i gues'' num-
the womsn's reply
So Ms. Green went up stairs and
paused ss the foo sf the attic stairway.
DAISY has company II seems" Thought
Mrs Green as she heard the sound OF
voices. Daisy oitea took her plAymates
10 the ra,iic where they leosid roap -
much as they pleased. As Mrs. Green 80
abou. to turn away she heard sDsisy ~:
aNow children. let's play church, % sAs
sat down on the stairs that she might hear
the play. &NEM
.I-ll be the Choir Icontinued Daisy.
and Iaaaie and Maggie and Ball and jim
ME may be the people. and Bsn,ie may be
: the minister. because he's sooder than the
rest of us; Vat you must Akip NE pRyen.
, Bonnie, because .its wicked TO pray rbsn
{ we amt in solenD earnest
The choir thea sGecuted solo With re-
msrkabIe trills and 4sAvers in childish
soprano then voice which Mrs. Green
recognized a that Of Beniis. little boy
who lived in the next house. began to read
as follows:
"Ani Isaiah said unto the peopte. Ye
have sinned and done very wicksdsst
things and must sit sit down in the ashes
until We have repented aud made up your
minds not to do bad things any more. And
the people answered Isaiah and said. Yer
'iay we have tried hard to be good, but you
nave been harsh with us, and we arc toler.
\ Ty diseswsGed. But Isaiah said unto
n san, Is must ksp on trying. for unless
Won repent you will all be lost, lost, lost
40 III II you can never be iossd any more.
Here saeah the chapte.-."
Then tho eicir executed a. 'esS@ s0'o' "a
Then Bs,njie's voice resumed. S'pV
now read the notices:
We sha. have the usual prayer m Getting
and all the folks that come must pray. no.
body must De lazy about il.
There will be missionary meeting at
my house on "Wednesday. All folks who
like to work for 9th er folks better than for
themselves will pl case Gamer to make it
more Interesting l will tell stories about
missionaries who have been eaten up for
candy balls for the heathen; and when
you get tired Of that we can have sewing !,
society. and talk about folks awhile" = :
"Oh dear J" moaned Mrs Green on the
stairs. where did he get that ideAi I'm !,
glad Dair , didn't say that" :.
"As soon as the choir itops siggling and
Whispering, I'll presch the Sermon" rs-
sumed Renjie. Most ministers don't wait n
for that. but think they ought TO. The
audience is asked to keep awake. II any :,
one sleeps out loud. the sexton will please -
wake 'em up. My text is about Adam and !; ~
Eve. Adam was the first man. and he was - :
made Of dirt; but Eve was made Of one Of
Adams bones. She couldn't have been
very good.looking without any flesh. I'm -
glad my mother isn't made OF bones. The ~
world was new and clean then, AMI Adam
and his wife lived in beautiful garden =,
where there were oil kinds OF animals; =.
there were lions that didn't roar and scare -
folks, and tigers that never ate folks up, - -
and dogs that didn't bite and cats that n.
didn't scratch, and there were lots Of aow- Z,
ers that never wiltsd or dried up, and lots
Of fruit, and ii was never wormy or rotten
or sour; and they could eat all they want. =,
cd without having the stomach ache but
there was one tree in the middle OF the
garden that God told them not 10 touch, =.
but they didn't mind him, for 9 great ~.
hateful serpent made Eve eat an apple a.,
rom that tree, and she liked it SO we'll !
hat she teased Adam 10 eat some too, and
hen Gol drove them ont OF the besutiful
garden into the wilderness and made them
work for living; and then lions began to IN
oar, and the tigers began to eat folks up, a..
md dogs began to bite, and cats began to (.
Nf
olks. and flowers wilted. aud apples and ~. 49,
'ears got wormy and rotten, and grapes
,ot sour, and ~atermelons got to giving 49,. ~
olks collie. and everything went wrong. = :
md that's tho way it will be with you. = =
rethren. il you eat what you've been told
ot to. Meetings done now
Then there was q rush and stamped Is mo,
I a rather disorderly audience passing :.
ut. inn,
Mrs Green on the stairs was convulsed ..
nth silent laughter. 1t is safe 10 say that pla,
be had enjoyed the play as much As the : te
hildren had. abo
"Now let's play school. said Daisy. "a mer
III be teacher. and we will have school "
here scholars will have real good times nv
II want to be teacher" said another B
oice. cree
Now Lizzie. that isn't kind, said Dai- Iool
!. "You may be teacher next time II you DOS,
ant to-" !.
That must he Lizzie Fowler, /" thought vii
lrs Green. ''As nearly As can Judge asks
here are FIVE children up there besides !.
'aisy. was
II don't want to play school," said Dsi,
mother voice; '.1'd rather play tag" "a
'Nov Belle. Tn ashamed Of you." said nois
'sisy; tag ia such rude play, and school ders
more cultivAting." q,
The scholars may Ill lake their ssAss. " .'sh
Daisy. who had never yet seen from
10 inside OF schoolroom. want you and