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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-12-10
Taking Ills Chances.

Ga the Colorado dland Railroad, be
tween Cascade and Nanitou, there are very
Iftaep grades whore runaway car or train
ld soon affair 4 friphful speed A
tuck, awn es ssfely switch. has lately
/ been tui from the down grade mp the
noun ain, and connected with tho main
line is CONSTANT kept open. When reg
lar train comes down The road, the switch
mpD Who il always on duty at the safety
turns his switch, and let's tho train go by
90 The msin me
II th engineer whistles a certain signal
Lowos tha swi,cbmau leaves the safety
switch . correction with the main line,
and the runaway train runs of up the
mountain. and Is soon stopped by the
steep ~rade.
A fri, ,utlul accident took place just be
ae this safety switch q switch short time
hGp illDugb the reckless Indifference OF On
eng ineer, who preferred To take his chance
on the main line instead drumming up the
mountain track.
His train became unmanageable through
some defect in the air brake, and soon at.
tanned fearful speed II was a freight
train OF ttirteen cars, heavily loaded with
orc from the nioos at Aspen. There were
four men in the caboose, which was the
last car as usual. They soon perceived
that the engineer had lost control OF the
train, and they succeeded in uncoupling
the caboouse from he rest OF the train,
thereby saving their lives. Applying tho
hand brakes they soou brought the car to
u stand still
The rest Of the train rushed on; and as
il nesred the safety switch. the engineer
wbisiled the signal to let his train pass on
the main track. The switchman had
nothing to do but obey orders. He saw
the i'll fated train dash down the grade at
the rate Of mile o minute, carrying the
engineer and fireman to what proved q
fearful death.
just below Cascade is series Of tunnels
seven in number, and just before reaching
the first Of these the train lesped the track.
going down su embankment or rather over
The side of the mountain on which the
track is built
The entire train was dsshed into frag
meuts az oae spectator expressed il, into
toothpicke rhe Gromsb wbs buried un
der The wreck NE saeineer lived to tell
bis reason for ee,1ias .Ds track. he said
preferred to teke my chances ON the
main lire | dot believe the switch IL
safe, ANYHOW.
Yet tuere vas not one chance In = mil
lion, so sold railroad men, OF his stop
ling traii 'hs' "as rnnnirg away as his
was. There 10 o ,rstition among rail
road men about leaving the main line; and
not yithslaniog this accident, there are
probably few engineers on mountain road
FaD would not stiet % the msin track and
take t.s chances l as this one did
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-12-10

II wss little luncheon. snd one woman
he'd be floor.
sna Pid vith spocket to day said she.
- otteusIble pocket a the front Of her
gost her stf could 20, q, II. The open
lag rra 1ed with 1,p and button,
"A i, ror esponded In ii1ish to the rest oi
the dress.
Now II sear1s 10 me 'ha, here is the soln
'iop Q' tie pogket pfoLl IA 10 a mt shell
The =, % the elnsiyeness Of the femi
biae pocke, is tbst i, is s.bsmsd 10 be seen
ESD wnGis to shrink sway smoug the folds
81 yioltt- and thst sort OF thing. The
encfselpfs verdiciof the dres.fasker. that
yau caa 4 tsv~ pocket In that drrss, u
.0uriialts accompanied by the etplsns'
iioa: You can SEE for yourself that tberf
isn single place where il wouldn't show.
II doesu't strike yon 10 argue the msi'ft
further, - one does no, play out gsms
u chess after cheek - three moves bAs
b ea subnanred. OF cOure@ the pocket
un-, DOT b~ seea. sB1 that's the end Of
q.
Bat perhaps, slter sli. The world would
continue 10 ssg II pockets were Visible 20
'he naked eye. They nigh, lie asde orca
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-12-10

day in bed With bervons headache. and
the children losi their mo,hefins they bad
right 10, What Ia time good for " a
somsn cant use IL 10 mother her own chil
drenf What else YES lost DO one can
ceunt Surely the Lord dossb't spread
out May day for His h,,le creatures to
snub and ,urn their backs upon. A iresh'
made world neu every morning aud never
two after jus, the same pattern that time
Of year. Folks are made difierent there's
no doubt Of that and the Lord tonebes
one by music, and one by picture. snoih
er by q sermou. but believe He means
sky and trees aud flowers and sunshine
and ocean sud mountains TO speak TO every
ons who will take time 10 listen. Despis
ing the works OF the Lord will have to be
explained some day, and We go up with a
poor, miserable III 10 dssrfed dried'up
soul, the excuse 10 time, DO time. won't
sound MS we'll as 1t does here, for the Lord
gives Us sll the time there is, and all the
privileges we can use 10 make something
Of ourselves that We be credit 10 the pat
tern
But. Aunt Martha. ! said. bopeing to
draw her on, everybody looks upon Aunt
Mllly as model wife and mother. She
has even given up her music, which used
to be her very life, for the sake Of the chill
dren, aud she is the most unsel6sh woman
| know, most self sacrificing.
Jennie. my child, said Aunt Martha,
putting her hand gently On my shoulder,
never be self.sacriiciDg in the same way.
The Lord gave Milly wonderful musical
talent, and He expects some return for 1t.
What right had she to neglect such bles'
sing. such means OF glorlfying Him2 lis
your sacred duty to cultivate your paint
ing, 'us hers to cultivate her music, and il
AS is the case with most OF us. we think We
have no special gift to cultivate, then do
day by day something which makes the
sVui yurth ih'ic i'Bti, guoe u ii't'p biBhoi' |
aud by and,by we discover there is point
10 cultivate. Perhaps It's CHEEKY smile,
perhaps 'tis I esh way OF telling story,
or quickDess at seeing the funny side
al little things but little things make all
he difference between happiness and mis-.
Try in this grand old world.
Take time, child Take i'll Don't feel
hat YOU are stealing it, but take 1t as the
light of IA fre,,born citizen, and use it to
make the best kind OF ciliz5n for the
country, for this is ouly The train
ng ground for that
So ended Aunt Martha's s, rnon, and we
v ent to tea
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-12-10

Some people boast of their own climate
to visitors or strangers, comparing It
with other places to the disparagement oi
the latter. And sometimes it happens that
the boaster is overw helmed by that nnexi
pected bad weather " hich seems to be poe
sible even III the most favored religions
Cousin John and his wife were visiting
relatives in the West 1t was their hrst trip
to that part Of the country, and they listen
ed respectfully and admiringly to the de.
scriptions OF the climate given by their
Western host.
There's nothing like it in the world.
Why, we have days and weeks here with
out any moisture at night. We sit right
ont on our lawn until ten o'clock and new
er think OF taking cold. We don't have fog in
the morning the way you do back in New
England, either. Clear bracing air, and
dry for an hour before sunrise. And the
people talk about the wind in some parts
Of the West. never saw any ywind to COM
pare with the ca winds on Boston Com,
mon. The beauty Of the climate. though,
Is its dry. cool, brscnig atmosphere. 1t
beats the world. Yes, sir, this is the Psra'
disc for peope suffering from lung and
throat trouble
Tue next morning the visitors awoke and
looked out Of their window. log or
something very much like fog, such as
they were familiar With down east, held
possession Of the country, and they could
see nothing OF the scenery
They went down to breakfast, and the
host apologize ID for the weather; 1t was the
fret fog be bad seen for two years, be as,
sured them, and it would lift in an hour or
two
Sure enough. it did lit and before
night it was blowing gale. The severest
wind that the oldest ipbabtsnt could REL
collect set iu sDd lasted three days
Several houses were uufoofed and consid
erable damage was done to growing crops
During he visitors stay, several very
severe rsln'storms occurred. Only
one or two evenings were dry enough
to permit sitting on the lawn. Couein
John was sfiieted nearly the whole time
with hacking cough, and his wife caught
cold iu the head from sitting on the We
randa after sunset
The host was disgusted. Catch me
brsepin again sbout the climstal It's as
dangerous ss trying TO have child show
of. It's fure 10 do Inst what you don't
want it to. After tbis don't say any
thing ghou, our weather.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-12-10

One time there was young cote which
felt butty, and there was a ole ram wieh
lay 10 the road, half a sleep, a chune his
cud The cote be bad been ebet up IN q
psster OIL his life, aud had never saw a ram
and he sed TO bis sister ihe cote did. You
Jest stan 8 ill aud se me wbipe that freek
Of OF the erth.
SO tho cote be went mp before the ram
sn siompt his feet sa shuke bis head real
iriteiul, but The ram he ditent get up,
but only jss KEEP chune bis cnj aud
watched out between his lasbes. Bime
by the cote he backed Of and tnke a rnn
an then rose up IN the air an come down
With his head on The rams he'd, wack
The gote's he'd was busted, bnt the ole
ram he never wank bis eye. Then the
ole ram be smiled with his mouth. an
sed TO the buttersotes sister, Pears to me
miss that ksngroo Of yourn is nifty csre'
less where be itea. be come gum dasted
near maxim me swalpr my cnd,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-12-10
nngsi,d win worth

Every man bss bIs price. II is ~ the
case Of renowned persons occasionally
high. No one understands this better than
Worth the man milliuer, AZ any womsa
who wears bis confeelions can goneh for
There is good story oi bow one misguid.
ed woman yeulnred 10 Temopsiflte sih
the faiscnr de- chifiJns becspae he charged
her $500 Tor irees viiel at int sight
seems to ordinary peHis aIher 40 erpen.
sise gosn
The maietia said the lady, conld be
bous bi ior sio0 and surely the work Of
making MP would be well paid with s25
more.
Madam. replied tbs outraged tailor 10
li- loiliest mauter. 20 20 " Co1s'sn'. tho
painter. aud cay % bIu' Here Is . csayss
ard eolors. v.lus g. tbese paints ant !
vii psy you 33 3 CENTS. What sld 10
fite answer2 Maisp. tbs is 90 payment
~ ap artist So. blt ssY more. I'Joa
tbiGk ny terms err tao biGh. hep tho
dtess aud pay De eoiti5k A. toes
not descent I, 70 prt'iness Of taR
Cling
History does n9l coIi tbs lsiis reply
sdis the n. Y. Esc1risf.
When yoang lady oiIsf. 10 hem cam
bric handkerchief for a rich bachelor
friend. yen can 20. !, down that she means
TO sew In order ibs, sLe may reap.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-12-10

II is hard to tell where eccentric N
will not hide money, said cetect tho
other day. was once sent for to 4u tue
money OF man who had died suddenly aud
left no visible trace OF his wealth. The
family bad made careful, systematic
search before l arrived. ] learned that he
wss not mserly, and inferred that he had
not used any OF those complicated methodt
OF conceslment which are one OF the mis-
ers chief characteristics.
found that his business took him fre'
quently from home, and that he had form,
erly been sailor. asked what room he
usually slept in, and they said, all over the
house; adding that they had fully examin'
ed every place in which be was ever known
to be. / asked about his clothing, and
insisted upon seeing it. Some one brought
his garments in at last, and very shabby
looking they we're. went over them
without success until my eye caught the
binding.
He always kept them well bound sal d
his wife; sailors are good sewers. The
binding WAS wide, but we soon bad it of,
and there we found, folded lenet wise and
protected with oil silk, fourteen $500
notes and score Of tiyers, systematic
search is often not ss good as q shrewd
guess by an experienced person.
Yes, there are men who conceal wealth
away from their homes. Ctiminss aim ~,
always do it. Middle aged countr men
will do ~, but when they get old they are
almost Away snre TO hide il near the spot
where they pass most OF their time | have
found money 10 the covers of old family
Bibles, behind mirrors, 10 the bored ont
legs OF chairs, bchiud cupbosrds nailed
tightly to the wall, in iale ceilings, b lus
ters, pincusblons, IN the iining Of old hats,
IN clocks, stoves ard bronze images. 10
vases With the bottoms covered inside with
plaster Of Paris, in black bottles weighted
with mercury and marked poison, in canes
shoes and vest linings. 10 po,ted salmon
tins and tea csuisters, in cracked walls COW
cred with wall paper, Ia oil sorla Of bed
ding and upholstery snd iu almost every
conceivable place.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-12-10

} aeo bmsti played enc Instrument, ws'
scct ned 60 uatA the lea, by stamping
On the iietr ~ ~ oas 'eot For this reason
ihs conductor q ~ orchestra was ii that
period cslled the nedarius
Af'rrvM q h.camo customary for him
. give be time by olspping the hBgers oi
bis rssh' hand agate, The hollow Of his
leit The heater Of time after this fashion
was called the mapnduotor.
Meantime experiment we're made in
mR'kirg the time By strikiog together
sheils aud boaes The bones we're soon
given mp as instruments 10 be used by The
conductor Of an orchestra; but they sutvi'
we'd as AL independent inftrumenL Boys
and negro miusirels "play on the bones
with great gus'o TO this day,
N the early part OF the seventeenth cen
iury the musician already alluded 10 Lully
by name, arose. Tie found ell these in,
struments OF leadership Ineffective, and iu
order 10 reduce bis performers TO omplc,e
subsection, he procured stout stsil six
feet long, with which be pounded vigorou,
slv ou the floor to msrke the time.
Oae day, becoming particularly irpps.
tient, and pounding with especial yigor,
Lully struck his foot instead OF tho door
with his baton. The wouud gspgreped,
and Lully died from it's effects in 1857.
The baton continued in use throughout
the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries,
bu, though II gradually decreased in size,
there is no evidence that conductors
marked the time in any otbor way than
by pounding upon their music,stands or
some other hard object.
All this rounding must have had an un.
pleasant tffect upon the music, and critics
and muioians began TO rdicule the prac
tiea, Ia eGufso Of time. therefore, we find
musical conductors no LONGER humping
npon tho iioo, d i II music's,snds, but
beating the time en,g,y in the air il
seems to have taken players very long
time 10 learn that thry could got the time
as easily BY uesns Of the Eye ns by means
of he snr.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-12-10
The Epitnph suited Him.

City'Pfosreutor stephen A. Douglas
tells this story oi an experience be had in
Charleston. $. O.. just after the waf He
used to make himself useful TO the colored
freedmen by writing letters for them. He
was thus engaged one day when darky
came TO him apd said. Massa Douglas,
wants you to do mo favah. Tee a,get.
ting my Tombstone ready afore die, Gaze,
you see, il | dosn do II ! doan' ee. no
Tombstone. / just want you 10 write
some scfpiion to put on it.
All right, Sam, Gays the lawyer; what
sheIl say2
O. you just make mp something yo'scf,
Massa Douglas. ltll be all right, sab.
Mr., Douglas took some paper and wrote
in large letters:
/ dn't come here for TO do no harm.
That Was all, and IL was enough. evi,
IDENTITY, for tho darky went of highly
satisfied aud had it carved on the stone
he had bought The stone is now stand
ing in the Charleston cemetery aud the
epitaph is one OF the cutiositios Of tho
place.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-12-10

asked The usual question, Can you giv
me anything to dof Ir Stone, to vhof
he appesled. sofe cred NJ; fnIl now
then. happening TO ooiioe al erprees'oa Q
dependency on tho youths i'oe said -
lfyou want to work hal, IA bouy ~ vc
so down s,sirs A. q pile - ths, tia aaR
wood Do il we'll, and IN eive you tgvu
iy hye cents,
All right thank yon sir, ansv %
youus man, and vent below AZ th'
store was shout closiue ior tie AFTERNOON
he came up -terr ana vent 10 Sec Nh
Stone.
Alb Yes said the gentleman, somewha
hastily, Piled the wood? we'll, here's youi
money.
No. cir. I'm not quite through, aud
should like to come aud hnish in the morn
ING, said the young follow. refusing the
SILVER piece.
All right, said Mr.. Stone. aud though
no more OF the affair I'LL the next morning
when be chsnced to be in the basement,
and recollecting the wood pile, glanced
into the coal and wood room The wood
was arranged in orderly ties, the room was
cleanly swept, and the young man vas at
the moment engaged in repairing the
coalbip.
Hello. said Mr.. Stone, didn't engage
you to do anything but pile up the wood.
Yes, sir, ! know it. answered the lad.
but ! saw this peeded TO be done. and
had rather work than not; but don't ex
pect any pay but my qusrter
Humphl mutteted Mr.. Stone, and wen
up to his Office without further comment.
Half an hour later the young man present
ed himself, clean and we'll brushed, for
his pay. Mr., Stone passed him bis quar-
ter.
Thank you, said the youth. and turnel
away.
Stop minute, said MIR. Stone,
Have you place in view where you can
find workp
No, sir.
Well, want you to work for me,
Here writing something on . slip Of
paper take this to that gentleman stand
Ing by the counter there; he will tell you
what to do. I'll give You SIX dollars u
week to begin with. Do yonr work as
we'll as you did that down stairs, ard that's
all Aud Mr., Stone turned awaY before
The young fellow had recovs'ed from hs
surprise sufficiently to speak.
This happened fifteen years ago
Mr.. Stones store is more than twice as
large as it was then, and its suparinten,
dent to day is the young man whl began
piling kindlingwood for twenty Gye cents.
Faiihfulness has been his motto, By itl
be has been advanced, step by sep and has
not yet by any means reached the topmost
round OF success lie lie sure to be part
ner some day, either With his employer or
u some other business house.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-12-10


One Of the mos curious Inventions OF
this inventive age is what Ia called plstini.
zed glass. A piece Of elass i- coated with
an exceedingly thin layer of liquid ehars
cd with platinum, and is then raised TO
red heat The platinum becomes united
to the glass in such way as to form very
odd kind Of mirror
The glass bas not really loft It's tfans-
parency, and yot II one places 1t against u
wall and looks a, il he sees his image as in
an Ordinary lookingglasa. But whom light
is allowed TO come through tho glass from
the other eide, as when u rs placed in q
window, il appears perfectly transparent
like ordinary glass.
BY constructing window OF platinized
glass one could stand close behind the
paues in an upilluminaled room aud be.
hold clearly everything going on outside,
while passers'by looking a, the window
would behold only fine mirror or set OF
mirrors. in which their own figures would
be reflected while the person inside re.
msiued invisible
Ia France verious tricks have been con,
tfiyed with the aid Of this GLASS, In one
person seeing what appears to be M orli,
nary mirror. appfaanhc9 Il TO look at him,
self. sudden change IN the mechanism
sends light through the glass from the
back, wheroupon II instantly become trans
parent, and the startled spectator Gnds
himself confronted by some grotesque fig
ure which had been hidden behind tho
magic glass.
What wonders might not a magician OF
have had piece OF pla,inizsd glass.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-12-10
EOR SALE

EOR SALE.
= Three second hand Upright Pianos, nearly
new, 4 second hand F-tey ofgAns Ia good con-
aitlon. second hand BRIDGEPORT Organs, sill be
sold At n big bargain. second hand Wilcox
White 0rgsns Alec large stock OF new pisnos
and organs which can be bought cheap ont he
instailment plAn, Every instrument warranted,
catalogues sent free. Address
Is. G. LONG.
6u IS Merchants Row, Rutland, Vt.
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ALMONEDA pUBLTCA.

Por cuenta del duefio de Ia barca
argentina "Zelmira y, de 866 tone
ladss, surta On este puerto, y con
Ia intervention del senior Consul de
Santo Domingo, hacienda para este
case las veces de Agente Conner
cial de Ia Repdblica Argentina, por
Decreto del Excmo Sr Gobernadot
General de Ia Isla, & falta de Con-
sul en- esta plaza de dicha Rep6bli-
ca, el dfa Is del corriente, q la una
de la tarde, y frente & 10. Aduana
de esta Capital, SO rematarA pOr
Totes Ia dicha barca y todos los
enseres que contiene, de eonfofmi-
dad con el inventsrio que existe en-
poder de los Oonsignatarios, seiioA
res J. NJ. Izquierdo y Co, donde
podran consultarlos todas laa per.
sonas que tepgan en- clio ,inter6s.
Sera por Cuenta dc loe fematla.
tas ell pago de los derechos de
Aduans, que cobre este Oentto
|por Ia venta en- subasta.
81 en- este dia no termlnA Ia sti-
basta, continuarA el dfa siguientA
& Ia mlsma hora que indica este
Rnuncio.
Todos los efectos que 90 temA.
ten en- Almoneda PNblica, es al
barrer, y no 20 admitirk reclamA.
ci6n slguna.
Sc avisa al p6blieo para conocia
miento de los licitadofes.
Puerto. Rico, Septiembre 10 dc
1S91.-El Almonedero, FrancisOc
N. TaraH.
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desapareceran como por encanto
Purifican la bills y regularizan las
funciones de los 6rganos digesti-
1ivos, conservando ell cuerpo, POI
3onsiguiente, en- IN perfecto esta-
do de salud.
No hay case de dyspepsia que
res'sta & su poderosa accion. Pue
de decirse que forman una nueva
mucosa. La acedia desaparece, la
opresi61 Sc disipa y los dolores co
san al POGO tempo de su uso.
Libros rscibidos en- Ia Impren
to del BoLETIN:
COMPILACION LEGISLATI
VA del Gobierno y Administrator
Civil de Ultramar, arreglads en-
virtud de rea!es 6rdenes de 8 de
Febrero de 1886 y % de Enero de
1888, por don Manuel Fernandez
Martin, Abogado del Ilustre Cole
gio de Madrid, Jefe de Administra
ci6n de Ia clase y Official de la Se-
oretaria del Oongreso de los Dipu-
tados; 6 tomos pasta espanola.
COMENTARIOS A LA LEGIS
LAOION Hipotecsria segunds
edici6n corregida, aumentada y
arreglada al C6digo Civil VICENTE
por D. Rafael de la Escosura y Els
cosura; 8 tomos pasta.
MANUAL DE LA LEGISLA-
CION de Minas; comprende la ley
de 1859 y I'm reglamento reforma-
do por la de 4 de Mario de 1868,
las bases generates del ramo de %
de Diciembre de 1868 y todas las
dictadas con poste-
anotadas y concordadas
entire 81 para 50 mejor lnteligencia
7 aplicaci6n con I'm ap6ndice que
las leyes de 1925 y 1849 y /
,tras 6rdenes importantes aoerca de
q materia y las leyes vigentes sobre
a constitution y regimen de socie-
ladies' an6nimas, por la Redacci6n,
le "El Oonsultor de los Ayunta.
nientos y de los Juzgados NUM-
'ipales".
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EDICTO.

En- virtud de providencia del Sr.
Juez de i: Instancia de esta
Capital dictada en- el expediente
de Jurisdiction voluntaria, incoado
por Don Juan Hecht y Ramie en-,
representation de 50 Sr. padre
Don Felipe g. Hecht v Trillo, So
bre deslinde y amojonamiento de
uu solar ubicado en- el barrio de
Santurce, Sc cita y llama & los
vecinos, colindantes, D. Jaime For
tulo y Don Gaspar Barriola, cuyo
domicillo SO lgnora, q fin de que
concurran por 81 6 por medic de
apoderado On forma & la dIigencia
de deslinde que tendrA lugar el dia
treinta y uno de los corrientes y
hora de las nueve de la msnana
en- el citado barrio de Santurce.
Dado en- Puerto Rico & 9 de
Septiembre de 1891.-Vo BE-, In
zarreta.-Ante mi, Esteban Oal.
der6n. 4vad WJias-.