The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-07-27

Rutland is the smallest county 10 Eng
land it is but eighteen miles loog, and ~
extreme. .bsesdta y 6itssn. The consequ
ence Of this contracted area Is that what
ever happens in one county is noised ove'
every pslt OF it. and thst the sffairs O
every person in the comfy srs intimately
known to every other. aH
In ono OF the fifty parishes, which shsl
not be FAMED. because to name it Is no
essebti lived youth named Joseph
Samuel Wsrdley. He WAS the son OF
blacksu ith, WAS an abebodied. foe look
ing ieIlos, broad shouIdered. broad
breasted. with light red BAN, spd eys'
that seemed TO have fallen into the cop.
per when biz mother was washing, and to
have the color boiled out of them. so light
we're they. t'l
Joseph Samuel Wsrdley was-if virtue
consists 10 . series OF negstives--s most
exem plsry character. He didn't swear
he didn't drink, he didn't qusbble with
bis fellow men. III, however, virtue com
sists Of positives, then II would hs bard
t, say that Joseph Samuel Wsrdley was
distipg guisbed ftr bis virtue; for. as msti
ter OF fact. it would be hard to say what
Joseph Samuel Wsrdley did thst was
good. He was slow in his movements,
slow 10 tax ing in IDEAS, slow in making
use Of them when be had received them
into bis brain. III sN8 6#F&9
he hal worked witt his father at the
forge, but his istber feared that he would
never make d blacksmith, rs he tired the
horses ont aud made them restive before
he he'd shod sll their four feet. Then
Joseph Samuel was sent 10 work on .
farm. bat he was 30 slow at the pillow that
the farmers would not rstsiu him in heir
services. ~ # .& @srs@s t}A
1t was said that Joseph Samuel was
always asleep. This was not exactly true.
Joseph Samuel was SO dlowsey and Indo,
lent over bis work by day, that he was
never sufficiently exhausted by his efforts
70 enjoy ssound sleep at night. He wss
half asleep by day. be was half awake by
night. aH.tg4U6 8ls "
There is nothing 90 conducive to oil
forgetting sleep rs the exercise Of oil the
full energies by day. Joseph Samuel did
not put forth even one half OF bis energies
by day. The other remained TO disturb
the tranquility OF the night; consequently
be IS light eeper, and sometimes 1t
was as doubtful whether be we're asleep at
night. ss 1t was doubtful whether be were
awake by day.
AS be was dismissed from The plowtsil,
he returned to his father, who employ cd
him to work the bsllows which kept his
fire golrg in The iorse. Bnt. the i.sri 7
said, cbsp . nv 60 % sil his life Blow
ing bellows. linus. find some profession
or trade for which be is suited.
/ Accident Or Fate seem to give the rel
guisite Indication. The father Of Joseph
Sam uel had been an industrious man oil
his life. aud i, was believed that he had
smsssed money Hs bsd no dealings
with the bapkst Oakhsm; that was well
known. Where then did he keep his
money! II vas whispered that, Singular
enough. whenever he had reosivsd pay
uent Of heavy bill. Mr.. Wardley was OBJ
served to n. ount ladder to put straight,
>, be sid. one Of the tiiss 10 his roof that
was on, Of place aud let the water through.
That the coincidence Was no'iced, and wss
= matter Of discussion. never occurred TO
the Blacksmith. The last iins he bs oue Ia,
10 his bin TO the Squire ii was for the sum
Of fire aud twenty pounds aud some odd
shiihngs No scorer hsd be received the
money than i, was reusrked tile wss
! gain loose in his roof.
oue night that Joserh Samuel lay
awake, uusbie by an mesls TO induce
sleep such a. by counting sheep going
through ssp 10 the hedge, repeating
bis cstechistn. iisteiius TO the sntre oi
bis psrenis In M adjoining room be
thought be betri sound o1 the til 3. ss
II come one was engaged 10 fepsling the
root. He sotoat 81 hed, peerd ibrcush
the window, 81 d sas by the iish, ofthe
cres cent oon that ladder WAS eel
.s.iS,t Tie house, saa thai psiroi leg,
va visible 90 th, ladder
AZ Joseph Samuel xss inclined for
sc,iyity sIl niglt srd sss prompt then 10
bis rto uiions, which sAs &c, the Gaze by
day. be st IL DO siAt.ip ~ iploe, aud
opened The back door soi,iy. he va 10
bis be de nuit Tost dii Bct mater.
The air wss cool hnt not II rls,y. and 40
min wss isiiing. He wss q, the back Of
the house = ihs OPP 0 siie eide 10 that which
TIE ladder vss sei up. and where ts bad
observed The legs lie knew wtere bis