The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-09-21
CRISIS ON COW ISLAND.

Ttetei3s man on Gov Island Who takes
newspaper. He did not subacrIb be tor
il 10 8 rash, uutbiuking manner, bnt
calmly, and because he felt the need OF u.
This was 10 1867. He chose the Boston
Telegraph because it ~ss STEADY going,
con >etystiye paper. and he has stuck to
II. de do not get thu daily, OF courae,
bu, the weekly edition which costs Que
dollar gear.
The Telegraph continued to be steady
going aud conservative until 1887 when
it get iuto fnsucisI difficulties aud the
management changed. A lawyer named
Ananias ". Shystor-or il that isn't b"
name, It fits him like hemp co'lsr-obi
,aiued control, temp orarlly, aud ha got
out such paper rs would have said that
uo5ody but himself was bad enough TO
read. But the subscriber on Cow sl-pd
did not know the difference. Agsin the
management changed and cultured
gentleman took charge, Be made the rn
per so .tersry that even IN Boston 1t WAS
bnt dimly understood, Yet Lem hutoh
ins. OF Cos island, read il without . dic'
tionsrv. The literary el hoe was sncceedi
ed by Wild sensatiousllsm. Get murder
to lead the paper il you h.vs to kill stqb'
scriber said the new chisi to the msnas
ing editor, and it was done, But Uncle
Lem Hu,chius thought II was the same
old Telegraph, The world had grown
wicked that was all, and be had always
said IT would.
la the early part OF The moa b the mani
aging editor of the Telegraph orlered sn
article on the financial situation. And
make it rcd bot. he added. The young
/ m 40 who prepared tue srticle W" work
! ing for twelve do'lsrs week, aud he
thus was naturally disposed to take
| soml er and hoI eless view OF oil monetary
auestiops. He wrote from the heat; and
4 it was almost no trouble at sll for him to
cipher ont general bankruptcy. Tue
article went into the weekly and eventually
reached the sui scriber on Cow islsnd.
Old man Hutchius never doubted any
thing that he cav 10 the Telegraph. He
was doubly bouud to credit this psrticu'
i lar article because it boied disaster 4,
Cow island is off the main coast, and
things have gone wrong for so long down
here that the people believe cs'amity to
be the general rule Of nature.
Bjinks mother. soil be TO his vile. af
Ter perusing the scare story 10 the Ielel
erslh money SCENE to be s'mishty skerse,
IS now. They aint got none. even up
10 Boston.
Whst seems t be the ,roubls, Leuuelf
inquired the old lady.
Wall, as near as can End out, the folks
ths, hsve any mouey are hanging onto
it,
You can't hlime EN- for thst, m snie.
rel iued the prudent housewife It's what
I've alters tried TO talk to you. How much
did We get to day for your 6sh over to
Swans islAnd2
Seven dollars sn' flty two cents.
What ys goIu' to do With in
Wall, was thinkin' some o. psyin'
wL. owe down TO the store,
How much is 1t
Ola man Hutching so out diary. the
covers Of which had been .ousht during
the var The interiors OF such diaries
can be obtained stperately, thus saving
half the cost OF new book. Some
thoughtful Yankee devised this scheme =
long time ago. aud doubtless got rich on
IT. Mrs. Hu cLius always gave her husi
band the f.lu for bis dtsry AZ a Christmas
present.
lie three dollars an eieh, ceuts, he re'
Piled to bis Sites "a stIob, Il, shpt the
book With 40 sit Of 6e'p consl Grafton.
Aa'Isueo IN bang oato IT, be added,
,ll nett weeks paper, suyhos. Then
ve cao see bow things Is soio Aooe, q
,ker,e enough here, tbst In ,Sesr 10.
.I.ll bet tb,re ,iat hlteto dollars Of ready
cab 90 Cos island.
Hutcblfs vent down to the st, re on the
fo.losiUg uorpipg to get some orr-rip'
clans icr trolling lsit
Chalk em up, said he.
John Colhus tue st0fekeeper, took
, ,iule eaLy.s bsg CO, # bic pocket snd
enttisJ It oa The counter He ttel
e,au,ed the eoios shiet It bad outsi-ed
+, IA /. plesdiag aud path sic manner. The
tsi.lwu sl.g4 Old msa Hutohins VA
ugmoved by tlls IL ute .ppssl
In .ort o hopiu, UneIs Len, said
CoI.n,. II ~ spolozeiic toue, that y
uigbt 81 ne ecu hius 10 day.
C.uq DO IT, john, replied ,ss ospitsli'
Of Coz islstd. Moneys tish,-tishter''
|r,s ,ysr been before. | vn resdin' hbon