The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-11-26

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iovn every veek-snd III call 80 To-
0ood'by, sir.
Cutter wopper departed. and Eniipides
Binblc reflected. II vss bitter pill, hut
discretion told bin 10 tsken He made
sur,her inquiries concerning Mr.. Wopper,
and discovered that he hsd not before
learned half OF tbs, mAo's bold and feek
less wiekedness. He would q. iief shoot
or kuiie = man ~ TO cat
10 the en ] Bimbie 10, down aud wrote
a. his Instinct Of self.pressrvs,ion direct
ed. He was sorry be bad done inIusiice 10
our iellow citizen. Mr.. Gutter Wopper. In
what be bad written in his previous issue
be had been misled by The eliminating
reports OF others; bnl he Was now Obliged
10 state that. from suthority which ought
to be reliable, be bad learned that bis III
i'm pressions Of Mr.. Wopper had been false.
and that be bad Inadvertently done the gen
tlemsu great injustice.
Oa the following week Mr.. Wopper
ordered two hundred copies OF the paper
for circulation in the Wild Bottom district
ana a month lster be ws elected to the
Legislature.
Bimble made up bis mind ths. be WAS
not cut out for political leader IN such .
country, and he resolved TO conhne him
self to matters OF general interest, and to
cultivate II possible. literary, taste 10
the community Of Scslpers' Bluff. Here
at least, be should be at home. Here be
could WELD his critics pen without fear oi
such interlopers as Gutter Wopper
For time everything went quite
smoo,hly, though the patrons began to
com plalu that the paper was growing
tame and watery. Ooe day Bimble recei'
we'd by mail. an original poem for pnbli'
cation. 1t was entitled. Lines to My
Sally" aud WAS the most execrable thing
be bad ever seen in manuscript-sbomi-
nsble both 10 composition and in senti
men', and as innocent OF all knowledge oi
English grammar rs the vail OF . wolf. IL
WAS signed Grizzly
A brilliant idea possessed Bimble. In
his next issue be published series OF
Notices TO Correspondents, in which he
alluded to Lines to My Sally, by Grizzly,
as one OF the most brilliant aud pathetic
productions be had ever read. 1t was
literary Jewel from the mine Of genus.
He was sorry that be had not room Tor II
in his present issue. What could tran
scend in touching pstbos these lines
"On rock sot al, lookin' gud enuf ter etc,
| Amt she trump, and a bower throw'd int"
But he must forbeAr. II the poem was
ever to be published it must not be mutt
lated by present extracts.
Bimble smiled when he bad written th'
article and be smiled again when be reac
it in the proof. He regarded it as exces
sively funny. and he had no doubt bu
that bis readers would do the same.
A few days thereafter Bimble sat sgsil
wnsn ,ue ou'1i "oo.
opened, and msn entered, who nigh
have been ghost Of the giant Blunder
bore. il he lad not been too substantia
for specter He was tall and gsunt
dressed in catamount skins, aud when b.
spoke his voice sounded like the RUN blinl
OF falling rocks.
Where's the editor9 be asked.
Bimble nodded and snid he was th
man.
Good rumbled the stranger. I'm gla
I've lit on yer. II does me good to sc
yer.
Bimble thanked him.
/ happened dsown. an l thought L
ell.
> Bimble invited the man to be seated
but the offer was net accepted.
I'm heyr to see bout the piece writ.
J The piece, sir--thst your wrote2
Yes-rm Grizzly - The Wild BottuI
Grizzly, folks call me on the river. wr
J the piece My Sally. You say sumth
bout i, 10 yer last paper, and Cut Wopp'
= says be thinks you was putin IT on me
D stufiiu " when ye said twas brillisnt an
b pathetic an jewel from the mine o Re
i ius. Tbst's what Worper says an
y jeSt drop ia and see how twas.
T. Mere, cried Bimble, how could be
II been no misunderstood?
!. Then ther' wan. no .tuflia bout III
Cert~inly MT
Cause, If there had been. Id Just
YOU see that ken tote q bowie kniie or
IT pistol b, tern ken pen. But, Mr Bi
r. BILE p'r'sps ye'd jes, show fair for Sal W
per to see 1t ia prin'; aud her broth
st Cut, would like it. too.
ar Sally is u sister Of our fel'ow.oitiz'
" Cutter Wopper, E.quire?
" Ysss-sb' that's vat made Cut no qui
,e to set me on your trail reckon yor
. print the hull on II. won't YET
ne Certainly with pleasure l will
I'd any thing. my dear sir, to oblise friend
s' our respected fellow ci'iz'n, Gutter W.
per.
I'd All right Good bye, sir.
10 Good bye
lis Euripides Btmble did not remain
Scalpers' Bluff to issue smother number
the Bulletin. He did not like the cobsti
ency. lie did not deem that msn OF
ce temperament could do himself justice
ok the char editorial where the pen bad
a. play s,cord psit 10 the pistol snd bo
I'd knife, tnd where a brsip was good Tor o
ipg unless backed mp bymusele. Bimbl'
rie now teaching school In bis native bt'
,se and be wi,be. TO exhibit TO bis scbols
striking illustration of the blessings
e3ucstion which they eijpy. ~ comps