The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1892-11-17

Wall ! sl.sss do laugh shen tainl
bos | lsnshed ia mestin and the ~bol
ssssGtiy sushed. tyr thai matter Tb'
iithisg @sn be spped Cepbs, Parker OF
the kbuekles Win bic .tick. Ton zee. b.
sss one of the fs, 70 laugh COS be YES II
The bsbi. ot lookiag round bebind bio
sod be zee The sight Tore any OF the othsr
did. but uhso the whole company Of wor
sbsp.r- laughed lited sinners be stood hil
siiak 10 ibe corner and, seil there. vbs
sn ole FOOL be add grsndms removed hel
srsos aud wiped tbs tear, from her cheek
for abe had isushed until she cried.
i Nov you must tell us the story, said
srandmss fsvoiits erandchiid Miss Mar
ths, Who bad been knitting quietly 10 the
corner by the huge old hreplsce. which
uss ssios. not With n.me, put with eres.
clusters OF bright golden rod aud blue
sebtisps with . background OF sumsch
branches and tall isrns Weeds aud brakes
the old lady said they we're. but she cd
mi,tsd their besnty after getting sccusi
toned TO the decor, tons which her city
friends we're so ioI.of.
Only lev dsys more grandma, xud we
shall leave you 10 your former peaceful
lquiet assin and We wsut sll the stories you
can tell us.
Call the stenogrsphtr. said Unole
Horace.
For the lands sake, don't take my pict'
are when am laughing with my mouth
stretched from e.r to eai aud tie meirii
mebt burst forth anew Ut grandms's mis-.
take. Ned WAS sn amateur photographer
and oft n requested grsndmoth,r - sit 10
various attitudes i,r pictures and she mis'
took the name. Cora was stenogrspb.r
and would get grandma to relate old time
stories aud take them down in short hsLd
fer practice rs we'll as for am using the
younger children by reading them at home
rs bed time st)ries. Quiet restored, grand.
ma found the importantly so great that
she yielded and tod the story OF laughing
out in meeting.
Twas morn fifty years ago. long ennii
fore the tobacco barn was built sud twas
about this time O. the year. rememi
Der the GIiddens was cuttIpg their corn,
for Amass was gettin 10 = load when faith
'r was drivin' us home from meetin', and
GrIndsir Hubbard was with us, an rel
mem Der he h,llered and asked Amass If
be didn't think the Lord was able to cure
crops without bis usin the Sabbath for
himself Citing 'em In. and Amasa said he
iidn't believe the l. ord wanted him to let
DIS corn stay out through the equinoxisl,
md Adels Almsnuc said twas comm that
,ery week. Well Amasa. grsndsire said
FOUL lose IN re'n you've gained out OF
bis job.
Aud sure enough he did, fur he very
asst load be got in that night he got hurt
~ one O. the oxen and didn't do ds,'s
york for nigh on ter three weeks; and l
emember srandsir calling to see him alter
day or two and the first thing be said to
Imsss was: The way OF the trsnsg
} hard, and Ausss said 'twssut any hbr.
Ter q some folks was, and grsndsir didn't !.
dmonish him any more be told us.
But what was the story about laughing
D church. SAID Martha. r
Oh, went philandering of cross lots,
idntl? You see, when the new church
uilding Was put up twas union church ,
be Methodist and The Orthodox or Pres
yterisns united and one year we'd have /,
rec by terian and the next Methodist;
'ell, this yesr We had Elder Follsnsbee.
10 was q good man and good enough =
reachtr but he was rs poor ss Jobs turn :,
ey in this worlds goods and specially :
oor so fsr as lis vile WAS concerned. ! :.
elieve my soul. she'd . starved rstber'n !,
one any housework She was no way like !,
10 womsn Solomsn tells Of in Proverbs ,
be lsyeth her hands to toe spindle and
er b. nds b, Id the distsf not bit. she
,uldn't b. Ia herself hardly, delicate they
sled her, but il the psrson bad made her
o the housework instesd OF keeping his Ie
alden acbt 10 do 1t. she been good fer Il
,mething mebbe. We'll keepin' three NJ
,st more'n To keep two and tney had 10 Il
ckon 81 ,sp ow tell We, to e. I the yaar m
rough aud not get behind hand. The N
arson s clothes got swiuily shabby and Ia
Dor and the yebr be preached here the m
st ime, for he weut TO OHIO after that, m
, bsdn't but Just enc pair OF pants that A,
ok ed tit for Sunday pants aud them was 90
10 OF es he was msrtied 10 number OF w
.srs before and they was light colored ar
ID wxsn I suitable for minister. won NJ
" som, time. il church members think a,
cd requires his servants to go fstting Ia
ID TO be clothed 10 ssckcloth aud ashes, al,
7 the way they give TO pay the person VI
ould lead . body TO think 80, aud the
OK cloth would be rather short 10 some tb
ses, I'm lhinkipg. l believe tas Bible 80
", as ye have ceived so give, or like D,
and cordin to some folks givin' they ca
Ut be credited with bayin get much rel ey
zion. tb
We we're all milling by this time and &C
indms weLt 90. Oh. philandering OF OF
sin, se.l Well. them pants: the minis' dr.
thought he coulja't sif the new Of
80 aud when Mathis went down to Or
sssac huse,ts and made visit, Elder ,h
lisnsbee went TO Il, ;kish Scudder and tb
I, q r-c.ip Tor colorins blsck; you see hs
saekish used & be 10 dye house snd fol
ew just boa to color over suca things d.
ell he borfos ed fathers big csldron kit, th
aud fixed crane ont OF doors aud went tb,
~,rx aud coiored his we'd din pants and no