The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-03-16

upcommon good toil. The yisld sLoall b
rot less than seventy Ave bushels 10 II
scre, which. II coro coues down 10 sn nj
preoedentedly 10. fgurs vill still pay q
expenses for seed. rent. ,il.se .od ksv
Us enough 10 ia.tsn our hass altar eli.
The deacon ~ss ,iIept from sstos isb
mebt
lshsll raise ~ many chickens ~ possi
BILE through the best Of the coming sum
mer; 90 that the neIs spring l shall hsv
l'gss by the quantity. when the tasrk,t re
ports qno,s aeo1d price, With supply lea
ibsa the demsnd.
fou talk like = fsrmer, Pn~. ejsculs
ted the dszsd deacon. When did yor
learn 90 much, woDdsrs
Don't ssk me questions, but promise
M, siviss him . nst. sqaeezs.
promise.
She shook herself Il o,e hon him, On
poured out ior herself cup Of hot tee.
Very yell; go to work aud make me
some chicken Ups and ben house, and
fitch home rome hens ,o-mono~, and
tbi. fall | will 81 ow .qusre scoounts siih
some iolks / know OF
10 tie course OF time the eo~s we're
driven home. the chickens roasted in the
descol's ben honse. and Tho female hog
With her seven children occupied the st I
teDtion OF the deacon's daughter. OF q
morning Pns-y vent into the cellar and
skinned, and ohurned, aud outside tn.
deacon himself. ~ih spade and sx made
GOOD lime among thu s,umps, thereby
saving hired help snd the additional cost
Of 700 pile.
The deacon bad lived al bi, life under
lazy clond. He coulfut cut wood, be
said, because it made him 90 tired. He
could9't work At farming. becsuss the
westbor was either too lot or TOO cold, or
too wet or TO, dry. He couldn' stay oil
the while at his place OF business he was
q photogrspherl aud wait for customers,
b. cause be ~aptad t, get out and stretch
bis legs Bot suggest the idea OF an i'm.
possible enterprise to him, or ask him TO |
iuvest in a lottery ticket. or talk travel,
and directly the deacon was your man.
He was utsIly aud sbomioable lazy and
'eItisb. He forced Prssy to pinch and
ave dollar, while be would squsnd.r
ffty, and bave o.hiDg 10 show for what
be had paid out. Such is man that 10,
% much OF it went by the name OF Deacon
Dodge.
One OF the things the strong minded girl
,ot bin to do was to make Q fence, xhict
be insisted should be hedge. baw-
Lorne hedge she declared. wss both
esutiful and attractive, besides Just -
seful as any other.
So nnd.r her vioiIsnt oan.raishio ha
elivt rcd some t'ets for the purser J men
nd took his pay in hsdge plaDts, wLich
be made / ion set ont ard attend to.
Little by little she put the deacon on
is metue, until at last she herstl was
nrprhel TO Hnd how much shs had made
i'm accomplish. At the eud Of the first
ear ho had prnbbed heir one and half
,res, put the first coat Of paint on the
ouse, made the fence. dug the cellar,
uilt outhouses, cut all the fire VOID and
sds five dollar week besides.
At the end Of their first year Prissy
,und she had sold six dozen chickens at
,ur dollars per DOZEN, and bal ss many
ore to winter over. She had sold six
updred pounds Of butter. st 40 average
thirty cents per pound. The two calves
tched twelve dollars readily, and the fst'
ID hog twenty seven more. Their house. .
old expenses had been just one hundred
ollars, aside from Whist she bad raised in
le garden. and ihs butt and eggs we're
home nsnuisctnre, sl.o Sha spent .
OF penny Tor clothing. g
Tog III r they checked off accounts one
d 10 bis intense surprise the .
pscou found 3 lille matter OF four hum
red and fifty dollars to bis credit, besi.
Is having = much better start for the 9
q 1t year.
He psi 4 the balance due on bis lumber. Q
ID thu kiuIly took up three other notes,
4 which be brssthed more freely. The
1T year tie ipvincible Prissy sol! two .
nndred dollars worth OF hoss, sixty doll .
3 worth of eggr, and ten dozen chick, =
IS, still keeping bouseh Ia and personal
,peus at the o sest ) o'sible point.
The deacon, too, lal better luck, tr
.rhsps attended more strlcsly to bis busi'
SIS, and the end OF the seeood year was
80 tue death kn II OF be insatiable mori
age.
As this Is fancy sk,tsb, but, on the
nj ary, is . serit.bl, leaf from hfs,
NJ o state what the result was Tor the =
ird year OF Mics Pfissy's management
But | saw the dest 90 The other day
lmming bis hedge, which was eli white
d sweet with boom, and he tells me y
at the carpenters are buisy 81 his house, =
d II at h. sbsli have epolgh pro iuce TO
sto,e OF 10 ,hs fall 10 take him conf
eiely out OF debt He certsi ly hss the
.ndsomest place 10 the couutry. and by
7 the most stylish beuse. Az for Phssy,
y face is tsuned light brown. and her
.nds are no' quite 20 hlte aud snsll Is
~ ouce w,rs-io. 20 useless by bali, y
9 ssys. turning them oser c.refully. aud
.ing ,ue int calionsed Jumps on the
Ilms
Bu, ve are oai o. deb, any way. the adj '
Z, rriumpLsnily. Tits thing OF being :
lnbed by every other penoo one sees is !"
! thigg bat funny.
May Fo ret Hill lolg oatshipe iis :
d. b o !, .nd stand ~ ,ilkiog msmerto
o ~ y q nan ulgl