The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-10-18

il va sone 90 TIC ever 90 ths sgeae.
uho vas mad. passed few remarks
In regard 10 The grssrosiiy Of female Won
en- in general. bat mnss have said some.
thing scar. ior ! have bad severe pain
"a M stomach sves since ! have my o~n
private opiaioo d a sohaan who lives 90
'bilea porh aud ground hsg Why deaf
they live on pisi I soala II ! vas yong
lady Ba, 10 e;arn 10 thc sueirc, grub.
That asa8s Something 70 eat, 40 matter
shAt ills We tf.ea the game Of ehaaee.
VIE thai ls. trusting 40 Providence. bat u
didnt psu out worth cent, We came 20
near starving thai ne went 10 the beer "a
loon aud ioos free lunch Of Dnicb bread
aud bad smelllug cheese, l, Was about
tlsss ,aue laal sa old gray headed rat from
,hs pands slope nsde hisassaln this far
faa,,a miulas eamp. He came here 10
write up the mihcs aud otherwise 10 wboop
up the eouniry aud makeit blossom as the
rose. After be had been here some time
be thought tha, the miners didnt live
high enough He bad been accustomed
to luxury aud pie, 80 lac said be would
show the boys how TO make pie. Every
one was glad that professional pie pro.
moter had struck the camp, and there was
general good feeling all around. So ola
Eli took of his coat aud took chew of 10.
bacco. and laid the foundations for six
fircproof pies. He made some plaster OF
Paris dough With amaleam filing. and
proceeded ,epnl IN tho works. !" He got
some canned black berries that we're on
Avalanche Creek when tho Utes invaded
the camp two years ago, and that were so
hard even then that the Indians would
not touch them. These he kiln dried aud
laid in the pie. holding them in place with
ten penny nails ani trimmed vita over
skirt OF tue same. After tlat he was ready
to put on the sheet iroa roof. and this he
did. fastening it Gown with wrought iron
rivets. Then he got an engraver to put
his monogram on top, and put the whole
six pies into the retort Of the assayer's fur
mace. The following week the pies we're
taken out. still alta white heat They we're
gradually cooled, and after the midday
meal of bacon and coffee, every man put
his napkin under his chm and smacked
his lips. Eli took pie out to the black
smith shop to divide up the dessert On
ly one man ate any pie that day. He was
the man atove whose lonely tomb the
blue eyed poison weed is waving, and
where, in the quiet midnight, the soft
voiced coyote cooes mellow requiem.
The boys feared that they would have to
kill man in order to start cemetery.
but when that pie penetrated the system
OF its victim, death entered the Few me-
tropolis, aud on the plain white slab erect
ed over the newly made grave they simply
wrote: Turn. sinner, turD; why will ye
die from eating cold cast iron piel But
our old pard that stood his share OF the
mineral and the hard rock in the profits
and in the losses, in the joys and in the
SORROWS, and that paid the lions share OF
the grub is avenged. The old snoozer
from the Placer mines has gone to "that
undiscovered country from whose bourn
no traveller returns. One morning he
took his gold pan from the tree and start
ed for the highest peak of Treasure noun
tain to prospect for placer claim. He
above timber line to eternal snow.
1t was icy and his feet went astray and he
fell by the wsyside, or rather he sat down
in his gold pan, This was the starting,
but the eud was not yet Down the
mountain side he went in his gold pan,
faster than was his wont. The friction on
the pan sas too great. 1t grew hot and
then hotter, till it melted, and the iron
pie maker melted with it, All that could
be found OF him was as follows: One frag-
mept Of backbone, one small piece Of pie,
one old rusty suspender button, and two
crooked toe nails. We gathered them up
in an old powder can and buried them in
a secluded spot. The clergymen were all
away that day, and therefore we laid his
remains IN an old woodchuck hole without
Thus endeth all pie promot.
ers. WHO.
Lines on the death Of ADDIE J. HUNT, wife OF