The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1884-04-24
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you knsv that my father was q millss
- ! an. and that lesrs. The business m
der hin when vas quite young y
In srdsr that you may undsrstsDd wAa
q ! am soisg - ssllg@ must rsmisd -,
that, VkFPf os mas, our sous
Try uA& - squisi aud psAcssbl'
state = " sSw IL Ne had bees st ~
for . losg time, aud there we're frsqass
threats Of an invasion Of EsglAad by ~
great enemy Nspolsoa the First ot Frauos
sAsss threats kept the people quite il !
fsrmsnt Of excitement and made ou
lapp& ~ sDrSful ~ hs5rbS asi
A ~ y sSptd visf mp a4h{ {srsa
sxssfPhs ,h4 4rof rypd W
footing ssnssd much distress, BY makips
svsrything very dear; and. aaded 70 this,
there vas enc ysas ~ almost entire fall
urs Of the wheat crop al ever the country,
J and bread became % high 10 price thsi
. many persons we're brought 10 the verge
Of starvation; these poor people. driven "a
dssPsratieA by vAAk and urged sS,ky nu'
principls& asitsgn. septiHss paed
shsnselvsD VI lptl al bnmis.s many
ualawfui and wicked ssls. Several mills
in different parts Of the country we're at'
tackled by them. aud the corn aud -four
either carried of or destroyed. And It
vss no uneommsn thing for farmer who
had managed TO grow enough corn to
store 10 his barn or stacks, to have these
willfully set on fire by men who fancied
that these acts OF wicksdnsss wsuld be for
the good OF the country or else out Of spite
and envy against their moro prospero W.
seighbors.
"You may bs quite sure that with things
10 this state, those who had corn stored
away had rather an anxious time.
"Fsra while the nsighbsrhosa in which
ws lived had been rzsmarksblyv quiss and
isss fssn ths scb d vislsacs Ilsvs de-
sesIbA. Bpt ~ proved Mt Ss vere not
q be let alone. and ia The winter of which
II am going to tell you. when was about
20 years old, our past Of tie country be-
cameas ristous as any other.
Day after day we heard Of some lAwless
de- and sometimes at night We saw
red glare 10 tho sky, which We knew was
probably canssd by the burning Of some
poor farmers corn stacks.
Thsss things made % anxious about
our swn mill and my father oftsn locked
very grave when he heard OF what Was 90.
ing on around us.
Father. l said 10 him one day, "what
shall you do il our place is attacksd?"
II can do nsthing," he said, "but truss
in CD to hsaess. Hthsssrni u ths stores
wsfshy OWL vepld ssltit all out. but
As iisOnly hdts f. bs grRsd lsr other
psspls, saay DO thSs. "sssV ~
But" Iurgsd. these rioters won't care
about that And il they Dc visit us, it is
likely enough they will destroy the mill
as well as the corn"
F"Have you ever read Henfy "my father
answered, 'that the angel OF the Lord |
sacampsth round about them that fear
Him, aud deliversth them?'" 4
No ! said. "and yet should like
tosQ that nenSA Of those who have had
4 - Rropadv deepaCsd feared God"
"Gcd forbid that I should say 80 either.
my son, but wherever that has been the
ease. whstsver violssse tAey have suffered
has been allowed 10 fall upon them for
some good Or other" Il
~ caanst say that I felt satisfied with
'ey fashss's reasoning. The fact is thst
although had bees relisiously trained
ison my sAslisst childhood. haA net thsn
brought "a rsst ny ontire confidence IN
dsd's watchful cAse and protection. can
sss nov hsw wrong ! WAS to have 50 little
faith in bis sbility TO help Us. and in his
care for his people - \
II vas = rule strictly attended to by my |
father that every day should be opessA
"a elossdsby pkaysk, "a ~ u ~ Syfami.
asssmhltf ~ II ~ 4ms 80 3 10 ! bio in
pS 80.
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Very touching did be Pfsy that tlss
country might be brought out Of its pres.
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