The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1886-05-12

II uss Sunday Afternoon 70 New Ply
month. November. 1854 The ople ol
the liisle village we're going home from
I~.nesssng. +" marching grsvely and sedatsAu
iron the ssses. sasass - Sssrobs vish
" ia, rasf deeorstcd VI sir @is eld
i<annos. dSvn tAe bitl slxs 10 Ne ce<tsssl
lined street sirewn wi.ktdesd leaves Of
\ What strange looking figures they would
hare been 10 ua those Pilgrim men and
women. the Ant ia their broad. d.brimmsd.
sssAr-losf hais. dark. long and vide flap
ped roundaboah, trouser OF petticoas
breeches long gsrtered hose. and buckled
shoes; aud the latter we're dressed 10 their
long closks and ehsise-topped bonnets oi
the FIRST King JAps1 tina M@
sSsssslye so9mS "a . upvAsyisg
snvkI SeSp tbs coun.snaAos Of ~. =
they moved along two py two. or three BY
three, the men carrying their psalm books
in one hsnd sud fiiusiock II ths ettsG
Even the young folks bad the same grave.
quiet. department. though there were
some among them whose twinkling eyes
told OF spirit Of merriment within that
even the sternness OF Puritan society could
not entirely depress.i
I Behind ~ ~ elbsrs walked thres lads,
laassssed NE tAsir iathsts in rdaA. saail.
clothes. short. close jenkins and steeple-
crsvsod hats, They, had sat quietly
snoas III o. thu hard hoasd benches through
the long. tedious three hours sermon,
kept somewhat 10 ave, perhaps, BY the
stern glances Of the titheing- man. or the
thrsssaniug shake OF his dreadful wand.
Even now. on their way down the bill.
among tbs stunps of The clsarisg. where
tho first May flowers had been found, and
where the first dead lay buried, they cast
ever and anon suspicious glances at that
official. and carried on their conversation
in low, half.whispered tones, - il fearful
Of being overheard, for their subject was
sacriligiousiy secular. VIII
Hey. Master Jonas. John Goodman says
as how be is going TO have = shooting
match on week Wednesday. And he's
engaged the Indians TO furnish him twenty
turkeys, aud whoever shoots them will
take them home. said Abiel Mullins.
Yea, verify, and mean to shoot one Of
those same turkeys, at least shall try,
and persdventure may succeed.
And the speaker. tall lad, whose dark
blue eyes looked almost black. aud whose
thick brown hair curled like . Cavaliers
ell over his head, . source Of constant anx.
iety TO bis father, William White. one OF
the prominent men ot the colony, and
Who wss dsGided Round-head in his
proclivitiss, tossed his head with very
important air.
II You compete you will certainly get
one. None Of the old marksmen can beat
ron. MastAr Paraarine. whisrArnd Ahiel
Won't il be fun il you do?
It's the musket more than me. answered
Psrasrine very ppdStlys You ktow Nh
= bonght II a IN 1sslish trader lAst
year. and theresHo other like u in 'ths
settlement.
Anyway, you can hit silver button at
forty yards. ssid Jonas, and ! don't be-
usve MiIss Shadish can do that.
Nay. hut 'he would cut an Indians head
of with his sword quicker than I could
shoot turkey. declared Peregrine. who
|t~s gtsst sdaireE v the little tupuv,
|erAa sapkh. bS KEA k
II I &shmy Nj \ puld n ~ 6fs atsn
shooting, whispered Abiel.
! shall ask mine. and il he won't let me,
~ Get King James. the Indian boy TO
.>st Tor ~ with ahis bow and arrows
~ N ~ hsss , Ghanlogiviug Asit Y !.
mest ia ~ fsssytiae, s.urdiiy.
ny way, :.
)hl -eeasionaA By a|
Tho exclamation "a. ''hsiog g.mau,
lroke from the wand !, ,,ha !, -'cssly
no had seen the three heads Too
'gether, and surmised they must be d.
'ssing some other subject besides the !.
'rmon, wicked boys that they we're. \
One tsp was enough, aud neither OF
em dared speak again. Peregriue look \,
70 see II his father had observed his dis. n
ase, but, 70 bis relief. that worthy man :,
= lnst enterieg i5s hehss that W. dns I,
ns dfst on long, straight 1eydea 4,
'eet. -
p... th
PRESENTLY Peregrine himself was in the ~
-rooied kitchen, stirriag the Sss in the
Then be put log on be- a.
~ PLACED the asdisons up 10 the loS, =, ~
s&st lorstick ppon The .Ddirous n
= spss between So died 10 viii 4 i
Ailer wood. and he soon had a roaring
|. which cracked loud aud blaxed up "
o the chimney. "
Aitsr the light. old fash ionsd Sunday
'per vas served. and il had become 40 80,
= that Psregrins could see no longer ",
read 10 the great Bible, the whole fam h.,
gathered Arpund tls blazing firsplaos.
x and cold II might be out Of doors dis
in the Puritan household there we're H.
ays warmth and cheer. n
I'd Dockey, the cat. purrcd before the I
Tho 4uaint furniture, the battered vb
= ~ shc wooden latcIss ths seusi, On,
q sAAs and timbersH q the ceiling, -,
dresser. With ths sbiaisg pswtsr plaAes Iae
be corner. slissrvedto 70 sivs The room -.
Old (ssha0psd. comfortable air. Al 4
sgrtns knsv no other. and all the 49,.
ses 10 Plymouth vss very much alike /,
shirtsen yesr-old boy thought that his aga
. was = good - palace. N
be day Percsrins had been longing unc
came q last. and dsvned sIeas and row
ing. The shooting match - mot IA n