The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-06-27

had a caller the other afternoon wheI
y Mr. Bowser came home, and ter she ha,
: gone he asked:
q How long was Mra Blank hereg
y About half an hour.
i And you talked about fashion ! sup
a poser
: Ycs, mostly; what sho1ld we talk about
Mrs. Bowser, did it ever occur TO you
: that there was s1ything 10 life beyond
millinery and dress goo's. aud dress
mskers2
. How?
How2 Why select some subject OF sense
art science, mlneralogy. the labor ques-
tion, or self government discuss il
with calmness and justice aud learn some.
thing worth remembering for half an hour
You women folks might as we'll have been
born with pumpkin on your shoulders
in place OF head.
made no reply to this, bnt determined
TO catch Mr.. Bowser in bis own trap be
fore the week was out. Fortune favored
me. II was cnly two days before neigh.
Dor called over as he was at work ia The
back yard, and for two long hours those
men sat down on ladder and discussed
the question whether a back gate should
open inward or outward, and the adyanta.
ges offered by either situation. Mr.. Bow
ser contended for the gate opening out
ward and the neighbor for the. opposite
and tho discu asion resulted /, Mr. Bowser
getting read clear back Of tae eafa and
jumping up to exclain
Well, let's drop the sabject ng1, here
There Gan be cranks on aiey gates we'll
as on politics aud religion.
Aud there can be lunaiics outside OF the
asylums. holly rep cd the neighbor.
Don't call me lunatic.
And don't you o. me crank
Go home aud hans your old gate TO The
moon.
I'll hang II according to the lles of
common sense, and don't you forget it.
When Mr.. Bowser csme in to wash T. ,
hands observed:
Mr.. Bowser, did it ever occur to Won ,
that there W. anything :, life beyond !
hanging back gate2 II
He replied with "humph!" OF dis. |
gust.
Select some subject OF sense. Mr. Bow |
er-art. science. mineraloa. tho labor
question or self. government. and discuss
with cslmness and judgement and le n
omething worth remembering for b. 7 an
lour
He looked around in desperate. help.
ess way. and put on his hat and went off
vithout word in reply. wasn't going il
0 let him of on that, however. When he b
anne home that evening had Mrs. Orfen- =
OF over to supper. aud az soon as we we're el
eated at the table queried: r,
Doesn't it g. ike you that Germany's ii
olicy on the Samoan question is one OF CT
onciliaiion instead Of aggressioDl n,
1t certainly does, she replied, but there th
sy be hidden motive behind the seem,
Ig submission. Trace the record of the d,
an back as far rs you will and poll tb
! has been either aggression or strategy. "
Mr.. Bowser looked from one to the 9th TO
OF us in astonishment.
/ notice. said 1. as passed the biscuits =,
at the Spanish coloni' po' cy is work -
Q toward radical change. J cited by 80
Q example Of other and stronger nations. 40
is about 10 extend its arms and enfold
" possessions. II,
The stare Mr.. Bowser favored me with I.
sde my flesh creep. "
l do 40 hope you can come down to the -,
1t meeting OF the Womsn's Scientific =
'litical and Literary Climb, said Mrs. Or. a
,doi, as she ioyed with her strawber -
.. Those gatherings are very, very in :
'esting. AT our last meeting VIC d. scus u
the Drift Period. and at the one next zen
ek We shf'l discuss Two Proposed Tue
,anamon,s ~ ,bs cons,;,u.,o, !, ,ho du
leuumeuts w tps tbbetttutiop VI tne
ited States d
Oh. I'd like TO go ever SO mnch, aud ! 'n''
ok can promise you ! will be there vis
n Mr.. Bowser come tool
Well. hardly. Men take such little in tue
est In such things that they are obstruc. ~
ns.
Ind Mr.. Bowser sat there, turning red the
pale by turns. until his chair ew so ef
that he had 10 rretend headache 'ne
get excused anticipated aw II ~
sedy after my visitor toos her aps 'sel
e, but Mr.. Bowser contrnted himself 'fp
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