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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1890-09-04

Yesterday forenoon q tall, slim msn
wearing faded Greedy hat and well enyel.
oped in linen dnster OF ancient date en-
tered the Woodbridge street station and
said to the ssrgesnt.
Just came 10 on the train. Look st
me and see il resemble Capt Kid or
Charley Ross.
can't see that you do. replied the ser
gesnt.
But people are oil looking u me and
grinnlng. Anything wrong ia my dress2
Well. that--that duster 10 little of.
perhaps.
Oh it's the duster. People don't wear
'em any more. eh2
Not that style and color
see. I'm little ancient?
A trihs
We'll, of che comes bought II 10 this
town six years ago. The man warranted
ii TO me ss q combination Of dus,er. ham
mock, flying iib, liver pad, bed blanket,
burglar alarm, life preseryer aud cerid
cate OF moral character, and II has pulled
me through steamboat explosion. two
railroad smash ups, hotel fire. and half
dozen free fights. Kinder hate 10 go
back on her. bat style is style II the
style has changed, them I've gotto change
with il.
lie pulled il OF. rolled It into bundle,
and laid II on chair aud said:
Give il TO some poor and disconsolate
man some one who hasn't ssensitiys soul
1t has kept out the flies. warded of tho
moths, and saved ms from rsttlcsnskes
snd mad dogs. but see the time has come
W ben we must psft. When strike De
troit and hear boy call out Is that thing
alivei' know he means me snd that dos
ter. When 90 up street and 8 man
calls ont. Sch ooner Ahoyf ] know he
means that dnster and me. When get
on car aud see the women look me over
and then hitch away. ] know they are WOO
dcriug which IL who; aud whether II viii
bite or not. I'm too sensitive by half. but
| cant help II, ! laye her 10 yoar'hands.
Good by.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1890-09-04
Happy Mountains

A Senator who, not very long since
eft his place vacant foreye', used often tt
quote remark which he once overheard
in the White Mountains at hotel wher.
be was staying with his family.
On piszza one day girl near him said
to her companion. damsel Of her age
o Marianne. l dothink that gown OF yourt
is just too lovely for anything, and II IL
so appropriate TO wear mp herei
The other smiled self spprovingly,
Yes. she said. smoothing down the folds
Of the frock 10 question, ] do tbink this
gown sets of the mountains better than
any other ever'hsd on.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1890-09-04
A Parros Msks. 9 Smash

The Sheppsds down at west Cape NAY
have poll parrot iha, enjoys life and
lives like Turk Every sthing goes With
him. and his scresms Of laughter drowu
out the roar OF the waves. The West Jer.
sey railroad freight hands threaten 10 make
pot pie OF that parrot at the first couven
lent opportunity. About 200 feet from
Ftaaks cage run the trsoas of the West
Jofsev road. where cars are drilled aud
trains made up.
Frank has listened TO the "Way bo,
shoo.ee." OF the railroad hands. and he
has the language very fine, The other
day the giant monopoly - the knicker
booker Ice company --~ vas getting 10 a
train load OF black diamonds, stocking up
for the summer. Things were rather dull
about home. 80 Franz concluded to help
the railroadefs. 0ae or two cars bad been
shot up the high treslle over the coal
bins, and the engine pulled out with an
other and made ready TO shoot IL IN.
There was pause. This was Frank s
opportunity
"Wayhoo, woo.ee, came forth in a
shiill tone. apparently from the coal yard
The engineer opened the throttle. and
bang the car shot iuto the yard. Smash
went the car into couple OF Others, which
were knocked of the trestle the coal was
scattered around, aud tho trainmen fed
for their live,
Who gave that ordet9 Who was respon
sible2 From the Sheppard mansion could
be heard Franks shrek. way hoo, whoo'
ee, and then bis hoarse laughter, The
foreman of the gang rushed over TO de-
molish the parrot, bat he alarmed The
household. as he always does when he
sees tramp, with; Get ont you scamp,
Scampsl Scamps There Is a reward
Tor that parrots head
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1890-09-04

The great attempt Of the American swim
mer, Dalton, in swimmiug across the En-
glish channel. resulted 10 his success
Tuesday tight Of last week. when he srriv
cd ST Foikesione. after travelling q distsnc,
OF 60 miles aud being 10 the wster 23 hours
and 2s minutes.
The beach VAS tbropged With people
awaiting his landing. sDd there was small
fleet OF crafts sailing about on the lookout
for him. Dalton fainted few feet from
the waters edge after coming ashore
There ~ss new Interest given this nsim,
as Dalton rev reed The old order OF doing
things. snj started from Cape Grifuez on
the French shore. Instead Of starting from
some point on the English shore.
He was accompanied be- the life boat
Ocean King. .ith Capt Duun and seversl
nesmsn. HE course was greatly increased
by the force Of The current, which carried
him far ont OF his way and more than dou
Bile his distance. TIE feat 10 regarded ~
more wonderfnl thsn that OF the i'll is.ed
Capt. Webb. Who vas the fret 10 really
swim acrcss the chflnel
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1890-09-04

sor with The same title always we're. snS
II vas necessary 10 come TO vote de iai
i NJ straight blow from The shoulder did
| ior Sir Michael Hiram treated Sir Han
10 what is technically known ~ . crosse
bnitock.
Naow. Du,chmau. said Hiram. II you
don't want TO be planted in that are post
hole, y'd better take y'rseli o this piece Of
private property, Dangerous passin, as
the sign posts sly, sbaout these times.
| Sir Michael went down bali stunned by
my expressive gesture; Sir Hans dad mol
know whether his bip was ont Of joint or
he had bad sprain; but they we're both
ont Of condition for further hoslillies.
Perhaps IL was hardly fair to take sdvan
tage OF their misforiunes TO inhic. dis
course upon them, but they had brought
IL on themselves. and We each OF us gave
them piece OF our mind.
| tell you what it is. said Hiram. I'm a
free and independent American citizen.
and ami soia 70 hsvsny man tyrannize
over me. II be does call himself by one O.
them noblemen's titles. III l cant work
jes' ss choose. for folks that want me to
work fur 'em and that want TO work fur,
! might jes as well go to Sibery and done
with 1t. My gran'fther fit in Bunker Hill
battle guess il our folks in them days
didu't care no great abaont Lord Percy
and Sir William Haowe. we ant goin to
be scairt by Sir Michael Pagan and Sir
Hans WHAT'S his.name, nor no other iel
labs that undertaken to be noblemen. aud
tells us common folks what we shall dew
an what we shan't No. sir
] took the opportunity to oexplain to Sir
Michael and b'r Hans what it was our
athers fought for, an what is the mean
ing Of liberty. II these noblemen did no,
like the country they could go elsewhere.
II they didn't like the laws. they had the
ballot box, and could choose new legisla.
tors. But as long as the laws existed they
must obey them. l could not admit that,
because they called themselves by the ii.
ties the Old World nobility thought GO
much Of, they had right to interfere in
the agreements / entered into with my
neighbor. told Sir Michael that il be
would go home and help Lady Fsgan TO
saw and split the wood for her fire, he
would be better employed than IN med
ding With my domestic arrangements. ]
advised Sir Hans to ask Lady Schleimer
for her bottle OF spirits to use as an en-
brocation for bis lame hip. And so my
two visitors with the aristocratic titles
staggered off, and left us plain, untitled
citizens. Hiram and myself to set our
posts. and consider the question whethef
we lived in q free country or under the
authority OF self constituted order OF
quasi.nobility = From "Over the Tea
cups" 10 The Atlantic.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1890-09-04

One Of my neighbors. a thorough Amer
lean, is much concerned about the growtl
Of what be calls the "hsrd handed aris
tocracy. He tells the following story.
Iwas putting up fence about my yard
and employed man Of whom knew
something; that be was industrious. tenn
perate, and that he had wife and chill
dren to supports worthy man. q nativ'
New Englander. / engaged him. l say, t
dig some post holes. Ny employe bough
new SPADE and scoop on purpose, ant
came to my place at the appointed tint
and began digging. While be was at worl
two men came over from drinking So
loon to which my residence is nearer thar
| could desire. One Of them had know .
as Mike Fagan, the other as Hans Schlei.
mer. They looked at Hiram. my New
Hampshire man. in contemptuous aud
threatening wsp for q minute or so, when
Fsgan addressed bin:
Aud how much does the man pay yez by
the hour?
The gentleman doesn't pay me by the
hour, said Hlrom
How mush does he bay You by der
veeks2 said Hans.
don't know as that's any Of your bus.
iness, answered Hiram.
Faith. well make it our business, said
Mike Fsgsn We're Knoighis OF labor
we'd have y'z know, and ye cant make
yer bargains list az ye likes. We names
10 know how many hours ye works, and
how much ye gets for 1t.
Knight Of Liborl said /. Why. that is
akind of title Of nobility. isn'tit? /
thought the laws Of our country didn't sl
low titles OF that kind. But II you hsve
right to be called knights, ! suppose ]
ought to address you. as such. Sir Mich
eel, congratulate you oD the dignity you
have attained. hope Lidy Fsgan is get
ting on well with my shirts, Sir Hans. !
pay my respects to your title. trust that
Lady Schloimer has got through that lit
tie difficulty betweea her lsdysh,p and
yourself in which the police court thought
it nesessary to intervene.
The two men looked Vt me. ! weigh
about ls0 pounds. aud am well put to.
getber. Hiram WAS noted in bis village Is
a 'rahs,ler." But my face il rather paid
aud peaked. aud Hiram has something Of
The greenborn look. The two men, who
had been drinking. hardly knew wbal
ground TO take. They rather liked the
sound Of SIR Michael aud Sir Hans. They
did not know very we'll ~bs, to make Of
their wives ~ "lslier. They looked
jonbifnl whether to take what bad been
ssii a- q casas bsIlI OF not. but they want
"a pretrrl Of some kind or other Pre-
,ently Que Of tbem saw = label on the |
scoop. OF long handled. spoon like
hoyel, With sLicli Hirsa had been work |
'ng
Arsb. b. ,befsi exclaimed Mike Fsgsn
but hssa't be bren s.irading wid' Brown.
The bsrjw.re fsiish tbs, We boy coitedl
jfab IL I Haas. aud veil carry II OF and |
show IL TO the brotherhood.
The men msis smove toward the i'm
plemeni.
You I-, thsi sre scoop shovel sione. said
Hiram.
l stepped TO bis aide. The Knights
sere eombslise. - their noble predeces-
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1890-09-04
There let the way sppear.
Steps up TO besvsn,


There let the way sppear.
Steps up 10 hesvsn.
she suug. and her eyes scene looking
straight through ihe shining portsls into
the Celestial city, and Ter lace 10 catch The
CLEAN from iis radiance.
"Aneels to beckon me.
Nearer. my God. to thee,
Ia imagination I almost cav the angels
beckoning the dear child. as watched the
elos OF enthusiasm. The rapt rpressicn Of
devotion 10 tho sweet facf.
The doctor Sss watching her, also, and
shadow Of pain passed suddenly acre IS
his coun,enance With qnIck movement
be drew bis child nearer, a. il he, too. felt
the presencs pf angs'is visiianls, and
would fsin hold his darling back from
their welcome arms
Oa rushed the train; clearer and sweeter
sounded the music.
"oh II on Joyous wings.
Clesviug the sky.
Sun, moon. and stars forgot,
Upward fly.
The glow deepened on the beautiful
face, the eyes were filed with the light Of
holy rapture. Of Intense devotion, and on
the wings OF her enthusiasm J. too, was
borne upward, when suddenly there was
terrible shock, crash, the falling OF heavy
bodies, crushing into us and burllng us
down from great height The lights
went out. aud through the darkness and
terror. the indescribabe confusion. echo
ed cries for help, shrieks and groins and
prayers.
Uucle Frank paused as the memory Of
the terrible scene pressed upon him.
Was it Chstswortb? asked as soon as |
could command my voice. And how did
you escape2
Yes, it was Cbatsworih. he said. Twas
saved miracuIously. | scarcely know now;
but was only stunned and bruised, and
was among the first to escape from the
wreck.
And zee pity little drl? Mabel asked.
her eyes fixed anxiously on his face.
Oh Mabel! little dsrlinel Uncle F-ank
said with deep emotion. clasping the dear
form closer and closer 10 his arms. bow
can you understand that the other Mabel
the sweet little singer wac found un-
der all that wreck, next day, clasped close
" 10 the arms OF her dead father. Death
hal come so suddenly that her face still
wore the look OF holy rapture of sweet
peace had seen upon it ct last. Surely
the angels had beckoned her, and the dear
Lord had answered her uncolscious pray
er and druwn her nearer himself.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1890-09-04

The firm OF O. A q. Merriam a Co, Of
Springfield. Mas. publishers. have
brou Ibt u tnt 10 the UGited States court.
district Of Vermont. against II. Il. Parker.
editor and pubiisbsr of The Bfsdfvfd Op.
iolpo. The charge msde Ia tbst Mr. Par
ker 10 engaged In preparing for publies
,ioa aod Tor sale dictionary Of 80 inferior
quality. 10 all respects "a spurious Web.
stei's Dictionary -snd attempting TO i'm.
pose upbn the pubic. aud si the sane
time 10 deir.ud tie eompl.inants VI their
rights "a sole owners Of this dictionary.
They claim heavy damages. snd ssk fos "a
injection against Mr.. Parker 10 stop bin
from further doings OF Ibis kind.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1890-09-04

.ilvery light We hope to reach The Golden
Gate .irinmphanily; enter wh.lc angel
hands hasmouiously sweep their golden
harps. aud we. on the golden streets. in
the highest orbilers,ion of feeling, and
with lubiiaut eno.ious. strike the "Hish.
land ding.
Almighty Dollar. thr shining face,
Bcspesks .hy woundsrrn, power!
iu nv pocket make thy resting place,
need thee ere.y hour
And nov. Almighty Dollar. Ia closins
this invocation We realiEs and acknow.
ledge tina, thou wer, the God OF our grand
fathers. The two fold God Of their children
and the tbree.foli God OF tho ersudchii.
dren. Permi, us 10 pcsess thee in Abun.
dance, and Of all their varied escellences
is our constant aud unwavering prayer
Amen
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1890-09-04

through the darkness. only slender rail
beiweea us AID eteraiiy-
Ia mirror ! watched Nth pleasure the
child before me. Hes eyes we're raised.
aud her face wore the rsps expression OF
. musical enihu.iss, sni arelisious de
voter.
The Arizona champion., 1890-11-15
Venality ok Cuban Officials.
ITemple Bar.

Officials ars all Spaniards, appointed 1ld SC 1t out by the home government and any change of ministry and changes of ministry are not infrequent in Spain, where to hold portfolio, if only for 8 dsy entities one to pension of l, 200 a Year) will disseat them al It is com mOnly reported that these officials owe their positions not to merit, but money; unl that the surest way to secure snug appointment is to make your application % Che mistress of the man in power Such stories sound strange in the nine. teelth century, but Span is still in the eighteenth.
 Il is said that in many cases the greater part of the salary is retained by the patron. so that the o fcial thus appointed. knowing on what contingencies his tenure of office depends. is 'fain to make the most he can par la voic ind.recte A gentleman residing in Cuba told me that he had been on terms of intimacy with a former col lector of customs in Cuba Tins man held his post for two years lie had to send homo. the whole of h.s salary t0 the patron who appointed him. and be left Cuhl .ih Sj2,00I net ITO l. Bu: cial pecHlation is part of the spanish sl stem; every man who pulls n oar in the govcr lment galley th'nls h m SC f al .ilIerly ta d.p in his private bucke! st the same time.
The Arizona champion., 1890-11-15
COMMERCIAL VALUE OF NoToRIETY.
Eaohers Coarse Taste and Robust ssy-

RAcheTs Coarse Taste and Robust Ssy-
 ageness-EmiIe 5e Girardin.
 Rachel was unique being. She was born and reared a vagRbond gypsy. To the end of her days she retained the low kst and coarsest of tastes. It was the fact of her robust savageness that made her success. Sic was such novelty in the hot-hotse climate of French society But it was merely through her merits that she achieved eminence. No. And how, thenS Listen.
 This is the story. NJ. de Giradin,s first wife was ambitious to shine in the liter ary world. She wrote play of which the heroine was Judith. But no one could or would play it. After a time /, however, Rachel, as yet unknown to fame, came along. Had it been written for her the part of Judith could not have suited her better. At once she took it up. Eager to make the play a success NJ de Girardin began praising the wild actress most ex- travagantly in his paper That was the making of her fame. Jules Ganin also helped to praise her in various papers, because Mime. de GiraIdin coaXed him to do so.
 l suppose no man ever appreciated the value of notOliety as well as Emile G+ Girardin did. I well remember a striking instance of this. One night some enemy took paint brush and daubed on the trcnJ 0f his house the words. "Girarlir tine kuave, lives here" Next morning one of the servants, seeing tt, began 10 slrcpt it off. But Girardin rushed oUt i;.G stopped him. Let it be for day or two; he said; it will set people to taiAing ;ilo't, me!'- On another occasion. Uhcl riya, editor published an article bitterly as lacking him, he pUrci!;,-:d l..y.t ....ttcs the paper and sc-t thcal ta al Inc 'p:l..,,, .' pal editors and public uea t:.rou-.:cu France. Success has three ao=rccs." '. said to ne late ia Eisca5cer, and ;.cy als. these: First, notC;iatJ-; sscoi.,;, nCtu-.,'tr~ and third, not.rie y.'-j Far Cor. C..::...,, Tribune '-.D'-' H-. ''-''- -.-.. ------ '.s
The Arizona champion., 1890-11-15
A Rotterdam Book Shop.


 FnIios here are as blades of grass in a, meadow. Upon the shelves there are long lines of them the t,oor and chairs are hea. ell up with their portGy carcasses; Gne a cienl stair which leads from tina shop to an inner library is so cumbered that unt has to pick ones way like a cat among puddes. Here would be pleasure and learned excitement for a month, for the owner of this lore tells us hat he has 20,0J9 volumes nearly half of them in foio Communication with this hapry person 8 little cum 5rous; for while he Las r,adfng knowledge of SC el or efght languages he finds it diiicult to s eak snyth ing but his native Hutch. A dex- terous mixture of trench, ngish, Dutch and Spanish, with few | atinities thrGwl. in. e. ables us to jog along comfortably, If n t yer fuently
 Few of the books are sumptuous cR precious by reason of binding or typo graphy. There is spr!nkring of AldineJ and many hlzevirs. with a small librarT from tine presses of Chrg:opher Plantin, the famous court printer of Antwerp; where his o.Dce oh the Marche dJ ca: dredi, is most happily, still extant. These ilantins are mainly in atin and Spanish, and many of them re ain their original binding of oaken boards Lut the real treasures of the shop, to those whose bent that way lies, are the hooks upGn magic, astrology. alchemy and the black arts generally. The library ot some ole transmutcr of metals and compounder of philtres might have been emptied bodily here just as it was removed from the mystic chamber in which the secret of secrets had been practi, ed S'
The Arizona champion., 1890-11-15
Improved CoaI-Cutting Machinery.

A Columbus concern is making twenty se'-2' coal-1Gining machines, f"JJ' for the Hooking valley, three for illinois, and tho est for west of the Mississippi These machines can undercut 1000 square feet oC flooring in ten hours. English miners are also ml,fu'ing coal cutting ma chinery. One has just been completed in West Yorkshire which will cut twelve yards per hour, while the work of a good uIi.ler is i've yards ill eight hours. The machinery consists of a metal disk, eight cen inches ih diameter, operated by two 5eveIoI wheels moving from the vertical to the horizontal shaft; the machine will require the attention of two men ard a boy in the mine, and will produce POO tons a night, the coal being removed during the eday.-Philadelphia Record.
The Arizona champion., 1890-11-15
An English EIis..s.s r.,.,s,.;,,.,+,or.


 English printers are cu:-ii;...il.ilst t,,c, English2.en possess 10 originality, tLaE very few improvements are n:nt.c; t.;s, the papers and cooks printed ia i,3.l;...; do not shpN ihg sa::le i.;-qgress ll.glt i. the art of print as is i2;s,lei I9.@i ! c0::ii tries. An English editor cries ol,y i:. e.
 spair: ''Is there one gra;.t iiAp-aycIac:.t ii printing originally G;la tQ Gn I,a.....:- printer?" Then he tc:tl.3 l.ll his." by rc fe-ring to the 1Hc.!-,.::cyn I.is: ol fl.,l i:.jt that it was Gc:'.:l;::, w.Io iaYe..ie.i iitt,l ograPhy; a ErenC---,;-n -..,o ,.f$c..t..: :, Gth0grGphinG 0ut:Ii-lr:-,. .s,.-.- --, lGItU j.. vented t--- = ....---5; the first sIng.e-c, lnder book rI2cI;@c l.-.- ..-... ! bys ! Trenchm~-, ~, H-'-- " T --- -,"acting presu by q Frcachiaa:;; ..Lotaer :-:....-,, ..,-.... : t5ordon invented ,Le trc&G.l :;t'....:..g :.t, chine. S5ereotyE;ng was inventcu bv :; Frenchman, and newspaper l;crcotr trpins by an Italian. All this is very discourag:ng to the Eng fish printers. The s&:.ie :.t.:.or beva,. .. still more over ty2cfounGiEg. The ol,i hand-lnold WAS usad for centuries uuiil Didot, Q Frc:.o.:::lan, and Bruce, u1. American invented tie macliinc-inol.l' And worse than all that, Engi.sil printing ts going into Fra ,c@ 3gI Ger-4aDy--t;i Germany fCr 2he,i!n6Ss an to rance foI taste The cdity~ ctiS. 0U: "t1 t2., cCu' tinues where will Englishmen bef"-Ph.: AdelDhiA Record -'- .'A
The Arizona champion., 1890-11-15
The Biggest Sewer Yet.

IWashington Cor. Baltimore American,1
 The most important and extensive sewer work is now under construction here on the Boundary street sewer. on the northern edge, of the city This Is to be the l"rgest sewer in the world. It is seven feet higher than any of the famous sewers of Paris, and eight feet longer than any of the equally famous sewers of London. The Boundary street sewer for over 1000 feet is twenty-two feet in di smeter, and for over mile twenty feet in diameter. A train of ordinary cars, locomotive and all, could be run through It Jumbo in all his glory could have walked through it with 8 saddle full of children on his back.
 The purpose of this enormous work is to dram an immense watershed lying NN~fN f Ct' itsc'f ard ,.r--.- .I.
The Arizona champion., 1890-11-15
True Love,s uniyec,nI ranrnara.

Col. Henry WattelSon says: ~Thc >An bolt is The K.ss, the one Kiss, the ttut{- kiss, the original kiss, as old as man auE woman, Untau 5ht, unlearned, the long long kiss of youth and love It is I s;;crilege to call it the Abbot kiss Eesf : true lovers yet but it was ;heu kiss; it 1, bve's universal language, as free as the air it signs, as spontaneous as its throb bing heart-pulse. It is the kiss of the nightingale and the rose; of the mool light and the midsummer, of dream and realization; of rhapsody and rest; of pas sion and poetry. What true poet yet who was not in his heart of hearts truest ot lovers and sang not from it's fulIncss the ecstasy Of this kiss?-the Kiss which one Desought to grow to his lps;' the kiss of the soft lips which another swore would teT1pt you to an eternity of kissing;' the kiss which COriolanus thought as long as e,ilG, as sweet as revenge;' the kiss which Shelley sang as
 "'Tho soft and sweet eclipse
 When soui meets soul on lover's lips. -