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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-12-17
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saw n Fish swallow liis W. ieh


A rather strunge az well as amusing inci'
dent happened on board the schooner En-
ma Clara while at sea last Saturday on htr
way mp from Rockport. They were vel
out ut sea where the waler was blue aud
clear and the wind very light wien one of
the passengers discovered large hsh.
which il known In those waters ara hrn.
following close behind the boat
Several OF the boys were soon leaning
over the stern aduirlpg the fish. when on"
OF them accidentiy dropped bis watch
erbosrd out Of his oyersbirt pocket ~
var a large, old.fnshioned Swiss silsrr
watch. and when /. hit the water IT elan
ced of sideways and dsried on its 'oy"se
IN the bottom Of the sen, but the linn saw
n and AZ be isa fish that bites ut every
thing that shines, regardless OF hiyor or
tsste. opened bis huge month and swai
10 wed the watch at one gulp. The sur
prised aud chagrined young man said that
the watch had just beeD wound up and
was good 10 tick away for twehti''onr
bonis At least. The fish seemed TO ENJOY
the meal, and followed leisufely after this
boat for some time
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-12-17

day when ~ we're aaesmped 10 New Mex
leo. hourly expecting an cngssemsnt win
a.. Indians. Among The veteran Iudian
D sateis ia our cam was serstan. sbulior'
sho sfoaished us Yeuag, ,ers-l vas bot
twenty years old then by thrilling
seoouets OF biz driug achievements. From
h.s talk ono world have thought him eqnal
10 tho task Of putting = whole band Of
painted l.dian warriors 10 nlshi. sina'e
handed.
Ny eomp,ay rad camrcd bear the bank
ola snail ttoos i, was = beautiful su'
tumn afternoon. Some d the men went IN
bathing, some mended their clothes. while
Others oyefhsuled tbeir guns. Strung ou'
at . distance from camp we're . few pick
cts. TIE horses we're given chsnce to
Craze, tetbered with long larists fastened
10 iron pins driven into the ground.
Suddenly there came cry OF Indians
Iadiansi The mea rushed IN from oil d.
rections, and for fea moments Wild con
fusion reisued. ln the midst OF u all wc
hoard sprfmodic yells, and. turning 70
ward ne sonpl heheld The tat sergeant
the bod fearless hero oil countless Indian
enccnul. =, capless. costless, running as
fest "a he could toward his horse, and
blow ioe and pulling with the eXertion.
WitLout cioppiue for bride or saddle,
be scranb bied upon the horses back, seized
its nens aud due his spurs into the beasts
sides with all his might Excited by the
pain thus inflicted, the horse plunged for
ward with sudden bound and set oil At a
mad gallop,
In = minute the animal reached the end
Of its tether and WAS brought to a stand
still with tremendous jerk. And Der
eeant Shulter3 ! verify think be was
thrown forty feet over bis horses head
He ceme down with a tbump that could
be heard throughout the camp, and WAS a
wonder that every bone in his body was
not broken.
Despite the supposed seriousness OF the
moment, every man Of III stood still and
laughed at ihe ludicrous spectacle. Pool
lel.owl His terror Of the Indians had
,nele hin forget that bis horse was tether
90. He wasn't much hnri; aud the cry o'
ludians turned out TO be a ialse alarm
caused by the approach Of few friendly
Pswuees. Ssrgeaut Shuter was ever aitel
called the flying Duichman, title which
lie did net relish.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-12-17

There is a very simple method by which
the greatest skepiic may ascertain whether
a piece OF music is good bad or Indifferent
II is as follows: II. the music gees one,
two, three, bop, hop, hop. or ene. two
three. bum, bum, bum, You may depend
upon il that you are listening TO unmiliea'
ted rubbish. But when you bear music
which sounds as though q number OF wei
arranged notes were stuck into u barrel
and enerce,ically stirred about like sort
of Harmonious ohmeal porrdRo, then you
may assume that It Is fugue aud At once
compose your features into al expression
OF profound interest
II Listening TO The music. You fancy The
notes are dropping accidentally on the
aoor. and from time to time ASS ring
themselves again in quiet, dreamy sort OF
way, then the piece ia probably u poctnrne.
and pociurnes, ss you are aware. are very
high class music indeed.
When tho notes set N to arrive 10 truck
loads, and each truck contsius, 20 to speak
a different sort from the one that has gone
before, and when the train appears to take
an unreasonable amount OF time ~ pas
sing given point, then the masterpiece is
most likely = symphony and symphon'eS
are the greatest musical creations hitherto
produced.
When 1t appears as though The notes
had been tumbled down heller skelter,
then vigorously shovelled mp into heap
and lasily blown into the air With dyna
mite cartridge that 10 rhapsody, and
rho psodies pre the latest variety OF music
nnt
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-12-17
How = womH. Iost ibrse wishes,

Ncsrly every one knoss the story o' inc
woman who hsd three wishes granted TO
her, and who. while thinking whether she
would like TO b empress OF queen exclaimed
involunt.riIy on .eeipga fioe bed OF Goals
in the fireplace before her. How Wish !
had black pudding tizz ing on those em'
ber, snd presto, the black pudding was
there. yeIed with herself for losing ons
Of her wisbes, she was 10 no mood 10 bear
her husbands reprosches. Animal tbs'
thou art! she es l.imed in aug :. 1iSh
il was on Thy nose aud suddenly there II
was, fixed 30 firmly that Their oniied 'hdf'
Ia failed 10 remove i. IL vain the frp"o
tsnt vile pfomi-od lrr good mas al' no
wealth snd pr ~ fit he nnnld si-1 y"
What would Its ~ 10 tntN bli1s
pudding % my pGss7 > 5rnoihios retD'i''
I'd l., BIZ me bnt 10 use mp her las, Sisu
10 wishing II ~
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-12-17
Shs Fsit inssi,sd.

Up 10 little Penpsyivsnis town
petched on the top OF the Allra tsnies lives
: p.,ri.rchsI aesfo knosc as 20 Booey'
oo the ant day q ,be week be leads
email a ,ck Of bis irliow country 10
their devotional exercises. eipoundins 10
them Tho Law. w.th many ccmmentsiies
,,ri tly Lis owe. The other sir days b
devote. TO gathering bones from fer and
near which after = soficiest quantity hs'
been accumulated. be conveys TO ferii
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-12-17

liner factory IN arsishborins cisy, wher'
such wares apd ready market
80 great has been his diligence 10 'bi'
good work that The nsishborhood ions
.iHOe became thoroughly picked OF "
bones. and all sources Of pcssibie supply
are nos watched nost Dsrtowiy
II thsppened tbs, farmer Of the locality
being Of ,huiiy turn. had himself beet
saving such bones as can.e IN his way IRON
time TO time. thinking that when he hsd
secured = -iz,hlt load he would carry taeel
TO the factory. But Ie bad At last sbsa
doped the project, aud CHANGING recently
10 meet the old professional he said. MI
Booey. there is swsli pile OF bones bach
OF my barn which you can have, II You
want them.
Thsnk ye, sab, thank ye, sab; Ise nigh
~ glad TO get them.
He proved his sincerity by repsiring al
most immediately to the farmers house
The farmer had not yet returned, aud bis
wife, = particular thin aud rather scri'
monions wsmsn. came TO the door
Goo mavnin. ms'sm, said MI. Bocey
With great courtesy.
Well what DO you wsn.i che replied Q
little sharply. for she was women who
believed In wasting neither manners MOI
time upon those she thought beneath her
Use come FUR yor bones
My what?
Yoh bones.
How dare you talk to me that way? she
exclaimed, greatly inceDsed, for her eX
treme tbinness was very sensitive poin'
with her. You shall answer for this when
my husband comes home
Why ms'am, your husban' tple me tc
come aftah them. He said he got tired
seein EN- round. and be be glad II ! cart
EN- of for fertllizing.
She stood sptechless for moment, with
amez sment and rage.
My husband sent you.
Vas. mAsm.
Oh, wait till see that mani she OK
claimed, for SIZE had given that meek and
accomplishing person sound rating jns
before he left home that morning, especia
ly charging him with excessive fslness end
lszinesss, and she firmly believed be had
taken this way to get his revenge.
Yes, ms'am, continued the venerable
bone collector, greatly nonplussed 1T thi'
unexpected reception. but still intent up
on accomplishing bis errand; be say dey
amt many, and dey pooty old; and b,
reckon dey pooty dry. but ii put 'en
long " ith de old boss down by de crick
hs reckon git load.
Most opportunely the farmer at tha
moment drove into the yard, and seeing
his visitor, called out. You'll 6ud those
bones down under the big apple tree thu
other side OF the wall.
II was a week before the farmers wife
rececovered her cheerfulness.
1
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-12-17

stranger - Have yon suy sgli sindios
ss,cbes2
Js9el-r = Sell gipdingf
YES. somexhst ,ht, siil sind ittflf, son
tnow. Ny vile bss been p,s'sfing me
tar nsw ~s,eh. bpt ! kDos shs'ii n'ssf
(, la.tnber 80 wind IL siisr the h'si oisnt,
spd i, slli fap. ou' jasi iiks 'bs oid oas.
have no,biog q list kipd; bat ! bs's
ubooograpio watch which shouts Wild
me- ., the proper time every nisb'
That Won't 30. Ny riiy1l last. ss5 10 .
nloute. aud taen fyrsei 81 about IL III
tell you whst We ssni. Yen hr y up 90
that when II needs Winding II will start up
and whistle Comrsies ur.il she attends TO
IA
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-12-17

Margare, Paget was young girl OF no
especial mental force. nor, on the other
hand, OF any decided stupidity. VINO was
blessed, il one may so regard it in this
case, with mother OF exceptional ability.
The mother had written many brilliant
literary papers.
Margaret's father was dead. When the
child went to school her mother began to
perform her tasks for her. As the time
went by, therefore, the girl became more
and more dependent upon her mother
Through the failure to develop her own
powers she seemed to he able to do no'h'
ing on her own account.
All this OF course lei. Margaret very lily
grounded in sll her studies, and reflected
upon her rtsnding IN her examinations, 40
that she made slow progress. AT last the
mother ashamed to see ber lag behind
took Ler ont Of school and made weak
preiense OF instructipg her at home.
Margaret was pretty snd amlsble, and
when she had become eighteen years old
her hand was asked in marriage by wor'
thy young man.
The mother gave conditional consent,
and, ss the young man lived st some dls'
tsnce, a correspondence was begun, ol
course under the eye Of the mother
1t WAS then that the mother realized
how defective her daughters education
had been. She was unable 10 write cr,d
table letter. Her messages. as she showed
them to her mother, we're i'll thought, ~
expressed, even i'll spelled.
This will never do, said her mother
She began 10 write ber daughters respon
ses To the letters OF the young man tt
whom she " 8 betfotbed. Her own vii
and felicity OF expression charscterizec
them. and the young msn Was charmed
Once embarked upon such course OF de
ceit, the mother dared not make conles
ion. The young man himself was an exec
lent writer, and his letters spurred tb'
mother TO her most brilliant efiurts ss
correspondent
After this charming correspondence lh'
Young people we're married. Neither th
mother nor daughter dared to confess th
fraud. Neither had meant much at ih
beginning. but both bad gone very ceeI
n.a..a q lananltgn
The young husband was soon astonisbe'
10 find that his wife wss an ignorant per
son, incapable Of writing even s sensibl
letter: He questioned her sharply an
she coLfessed her fsult.
| Msmma always does things for me. ~
said beipIessly.
The husband found lis wife also incsp'
BILE Of caring ior household. She pre-
entity cen. for her mo,ber to come add li'
with her, though the husband. hssire be
80 iorcible lesson ss 70 her dseei' 'iDins''
could only regard her ai'b suspicion W
dislike
The marriage ~ss 40 unbsppy Que. IA
whole lives Of two young psople bad '"''
utterly spoiled by this tendency on q
part OF mother 70 .psre bsrchili nnrlsa
| ant tssss snd deprive be- Of the nous,Pt
, Ing. Inspiring vesr sni tear 81 self help.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-12-17

The man who boasts the lou )est lgts
not always shov besi uoder fire. whites
Colonel McDoxeliio Tie comPanioa. Ihis
uu.h vas lsughsbly ilius,rs,ed 10 ns one
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1891-03-12
WAsH1NaTON's HOME AND TOMB.
Nina steenslaud, of Highland Township is the
Author Of the Following,

Nina Steenslaud, of Highland Township is the
Author Of the Following.
The following is an essay ON which a
prize. was awarded by the teacher of the
school wv. L. MeinzeD in Highland
township, district No. 7.
Washington's home is situated at Mt
Vernon on the west side of the Potomac,
river, on elevated grounds. The house is
two hundred feet long, in front of the
house is a piazza, as long as the house,
where one can overlook the Potomac for
miles both up and down the river. There
is also, between the house and river a
lawn of pbout five or six acres, where
there are many trees planted by Wash
ington. In one corner of the lawn is a
garden laid by Washington himself. In
the house there are six rooms on the
lower floor of which two are about the
same as they were when Washington
lived there. There are his library, and
bed room and in one of the parors there
are some Of his clothes, sord, spy
glass, and large key given DIM by Lay
fayfette. The key belongs to well
known man in France His tomb is IL
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1891-03-12
Government Control.

Grand Master Carr, Of the Wisconsin
Patrons of Husbandry, in his annual ad-
dress says the express and telegraph
companies should be brought under gov
ernment control. The people have been
bled by them altogether too long. That
extortionate monopoly, the Western Un-
ion Telegraph company, reports receipts
for 1899 of over $50, 900, 900, expenses
$14, ,5OO, 600, leaving profit of $6, 200, 900,
with an average toll Of thirty cents .
message and an average cost to the COM
pany of twenty-five cents a message.
The public, therefore, is paying to the
company profit of nearly 80 per cent.
for service which the national govern
ment might render with postal tele-
graph at an enormous reduction in cost.
What 1t Means.
The peoples party in Kansas is moth
ing more than the protest against the
slavery of 45,00O,OOO people to a pluto
cratic class among 100000 Even Mr..
Ingalls, said that in his last speech, and
if he had been clever he would have
read history quickly enough to have said
it a year ago. --.,... -
There is not hint of anarchism in
anything the Alliance has done, and nc
prospect that anybody will be hurt
Kansas City Times
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1891-03-12
ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE.

On the l54th Ballot John NJ. Palmer Democrat) was
Elected United States Senator.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, March 11.-Speciul
It seems evident that after the repub-
licans found that matters had been fixed
with two Of the Independents to elect
Palmer. They in their desperation were
willing to elect DR.. Moore independently
in preference to allowing Democrat to
be elected and held republican caucus
early in the morning of the 18th which
resulted in the steering committee Offer
ing Moore 100 republican votes, DR..
Moore did what few men would have
done under the circumstances and said:
II regret to be obliged to disappoint
you, gentlemen said he, "butyour offer
comes to late. After waiting eight weeks
for the republican, support Mr.. Cockrell
and myself have decided TO give our votes
to Gen. Palmer and have affixed our
signatures to an address to that effect"
DR.. Moore and Cockrell voted for
Palmer and Taubeneck for A. j. Streeter
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1891-03-12
Hear rhess Who Know.

Farmers frequently do some very
foolish things, for which they can give
no good OK substantial reason. Now,
who ever heard Of medical society in
yiting farmer to. deliver an address on
therapeutics, or of legal fraternity
calling some tiller of the soil to talk on
criminal Jurisprudence? We will vent
ure that the oldest inhabitant cannot
recall so ludicrous an event. Yet at
nearly every agricultural fair some law
yer or doctor, who is as ignorant Of
practical agriculture as the average Hot
tentot is of Greek, is booked for an ad-
dress to farmers, is to talk to them upon
subject with which they are, or at
least should be, entirely familiar, and Of
which the speaker knows next to moth
ing. The farmers of this country should
drop this custom, which has nothing but
its antiquity to recommend it, and get
some of their own class to talk to them
on such observation-disclosures Friend.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1891-03-12

short distance from The house on steep
hill side, where it was cut in the hill, and
built off brick, first there is rough iron
door, over which is passage of scripture
as follows: II am the resurrection and
the life; he that belleveth in me though
he were dead yet shall he live" And on
the outside Of this there is another iron
gate which is written 'here lies the body
of General Georgs Washington" During
the civil war the soldiers destroyed much
of the country they. passed through but
they never disturbed the tomb of General
George Washington;
NINA SteenSland.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1891-03-12
The Third Party Conferences.


A.dispatch from Topeka, Kan, states
that the Citizens National Industrial Al
lance perfected its organization, and -.
sued call for a national convention of
reformers, to be held in Cincinnati be-
tween the 10th and Goth of May. The
can issued at the Ocala convention waa
considered premature, and the change in
date is made in order that tho conven-
ton may be held at time when legis-
lative proceedings may not interfere
with it.
The whole matter grew ont Of the
Ocala convention. About 800 delegates
from six states participated in the meet.
ing. Thomas Gilruth, of Kansas City,
Mo-, was elected president Of the organi.
zation, and w. F. Rightmeiere, Of To.
peka, secretary. The work Of the na.
tional organization was placed in the
hands Of Capt. G. A. Power, Tee1<
Haute, Ind; Ralph Beaumont, Wash-
ington, D. c.; Mrs. M. e. Lease, Wichita,
Kan, and L N. Wood, Stevens, Kan.
The Citizens Alliance will add the
Knights of Labors' strength to the
Farmers Alliance.
John Davis, Of Junction City, mem
Der Of the executive council, Knights ol
Labor, and congressman from the Fifth
Kansas district, said today that the new
order would afford the Knights Of Labor
q chance to enter politics without inter
feaing with their old business organiza-
tion.
The Alliance leaders are confident OF
carrying the Dakotas, Minnesota, Ne.
braska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and
Ohio in 1899.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1891-03-12

S@
11l nl r1cA
l0Ch lNInfhnr,N
We have just received the finest line of
'o"'4' "'"ue o'o'''''55' '''"' YOU e'ei pu' you
T. "nu o'' soooS are S0'o a. 'ne
Closest Marpin Possible.
Evorv man con oonr;noo h;nso,f of tho
honoe+ of o,. s,rs+o,, o,,a +,o +,,,+,, of o,,,,
statement
-
animation Of o". good.
he rank '''''''''*:
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-04-24
Coons for sitting Hens.

AS q precaution against storms and
severe cold, all the coops for sitting
hens should be placed in the poultry
house or under shed. When the hens
come off with their broods the coops
should be carried into the barn during
stormy weather, and they should be so
constructed as to permit of carrying the
hens and chicks in the coops- No mat
ter how closely a hen may hover her
chicks, she can not protect them In
winter when they are exposed to Sc
we're cold, and the chicks will some
times become chilled during the day
when they are picking up bits outside
of the coop. All coops for hens with
broods should be well Uttered with cat
hay, and every care used to have them
as warm as can be When the hen Is
citing, her nest should be in warm
place and her food placed where she
can reach it without being compelled
to go very far from the nest--Farm
and Eiresidc
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-04-24

CONTINUANCE TOR PRE- or shrink h e
VENTING sHRISKAGE. tires. This pro-
cess is often unsatisfactory because
the weather may continue dry, and rem
der the tire as loose as ever in a few
weeks when it will need the same treat
ment again. BY this time the circum-
ference of the tire is much less than it
was at first, so that when the season is
past the felloe will swell to its normal
size in winter. The effect is that either
the tire Is burst or the felloe Is twisted
and weakened. This difficulty may be
prevented in most cases by saturating
the felloes with hot linseed oil. Have
a deep oblong pan made of galvanized
iron of the shape represented in the
sketch. Heat the oil to the boiling
point and pour it into the pan, having
previously arranged the wheel and pan
as shown. Turn the wheel around in
the oil very slowly, so as to allow the
end of each spoke to be in the oil at
least five minutes The oil should be
kept hot, and this can be done better If
a small oil stove is placed under the
pan. After the felloe is saturated In
this manner the wheel will be stiff and
strong, and it will remain SO. This
treatment will prolong the durability OF
the wheel as well as prevent loosening
of the tire.-American Agriculturist-
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-04-24

MY parents were poor, but honest" he said.
"And lived on the edge OF grassy lake,
And toiled all day for their daily bread
And sang all night for their childrcn's sake.
early TO school with the rest was sent
CBut only TO terms when cattails blow.)
And was carefully taught: AS your legs are
bent.
More than likely. my son, they'll grow;
That the early frog picks the ripest bugs
That flies of q kind buzz close together
That rather than fast be slow as slugs,'
And lay up bug for rainy weather.
To beware OF glittcring gandy flies,
That tickle the noso when one wants "a
think,
That under their jackets sharp hook lies
And line leads out 10 o boy on the brink;
That never to leap, before you look
"A bug In the mouths worth two In the eye.
And o thousand things from wond'rcus
book,
1never could tell II I should try,
Ilearned at the training school for frogs.
Besides / was pct through o thorough
course,
OF music, down in the willow bcgs
Singing properly nne and hoarse.
After weeks OF study one day made
Up my mind that knew enough for Z
start,
And concluded I'd loaf around in the shade
Aad indeed was growing very wise and
smart
The old man was nll / thought 70 worth while
To call my father, and old girl said
Whom I spoke OF my mother and one would
smile,
To hear Of the things hal In my head
Istayed out late sometimes all Light
A singing gay songs with lot Of boys,