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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1895-09-26

Coming east over the AtchIson road
from Las Vegas. n M to Kansas City,
said J f. Raukine Of Elizabeth, n j.,
our train was detained west Of Dodge City
bg wushout. There was crowd Of the
roughest sort aboard some Of them cattle
men from the ranges and others railroad
men returning from the construction work
of railroad nst oompI5tei 1t was a
hungry time, or there was nothing to eat
but there was plenty Of beer and liquor
aboard, and the passengers in the inter
walls of drinking amused themselves with
cards aud bet6nR and by firing pistols
| fr m the car windows al the telegraph
poles.
IN one seat 1eHt window sat avery
young md innocent man from Boston, one
# be many from that locality sent out to
points along the line Of the AtchIeon road
by favor Of the management to grow mp
With the country. He had come to the con
c,n.iop that tho Back Bay and Cambridge
were western on augu for bis tastes aud
was on his w.v H. the East Beside him
co, d. s,,s,oe, .gr...1msp wearing q
hIaoL sonh,e,o rg.,....by the Example
.,.',,o wan vhl a.,. .,,o from ,ba "a,
an:.,Sr.,ho pastooi., ..aL tr,n b;s fra,
",.a. taa n,.,ol ,bst ropr nave Deen a
.,n a,G,,,,g feualo relatiys, 1t w,s ID
',.a.,, w.. Ihue pe.rl handled affair it. thy
n.'raI hconutelIy chased and ornament.
T., ,Iooked more f, n be bnog % a
n.,,h on.,d tbsp 70 nae az weapon. but
,,..a,n,r io imitation. n the otber.. ble2
',.a., r,,n,t NJ. ,.,eor,ch role with
.,oo the lo,.r and feet II, At a fire crack
., wonId haze rro1oced
The pebm.a.b.si,s him Looked with
.o,or,.e and then with grim smn.emept
., IN. Boston ma,,'s sboo,i,o and 10, tn,
8,.ttIme. seems,i 10 take so interest ID
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1895-09-26

Te1uIsou, tbe distinguished Laslern gen
'ieman uha ls fe!aurnlus ta ont midst
and Who. By the way, has made some heavy
Investments 10 New Kimberly mining Pre-
petty iar the syadi ate be represents .lo
oiieutslly. the colonel states, without rt
setysuon, We may iattrpolate, that the
Miner snd Bnehusa is the best pewspsp
et west Of ST. I.onn aud south Of Den,
yrr
I There n smother chsrter to the story.
aud al interesting one Al the last hour
before gong 10 press, ne received by spec
Ial courier Il message from Deputy keYc
nue Collector Bages and Deputy United
States Marshsls Newton aud DWyer. slat
ing that they have arrested the parties
wAo, for two years past. have operated the
Illicit whisky still that has so long been
battling the vigilance Of the Government
officials, aud will arrive here with their
prisoners before this issue Of the Miner
and Rsuchmaul which has the news exclu
sive, rs usual, the old. worm eaten, musty
PFospeota or being, ss II ever was, too
stupid TO know MI item Of interest " ben
it sees one) is cold from the press
Aud will the venerable, moss grown
prospeotors believe it? 1t affords us TN
mingled satisfaction TO record fot the hide
bound editor Of that spawned sheet that
first and foremost among those captured,
and more certain OF conviction tbsn he
ever wes Of d honest living Is that fldus
Achates OF his, that sweet thing known
as hi Hendrix, heretofore editor OF that
dl.grscefu rag the Gold Hill Avalanche
Hendrix, the base low born creature
whom we have exposed time and again 10
the past four years, aud for whom the
poor old Prosp psctor's editor, ,on the other
hand, has us It because birds Of feather
etc y ever carried 40 inky cudgel. VIII
the latter shut up-now2
Ia addition to Hendrix. there are old
Dan Hanks, proprietor OF the Merchants
Hotel; Jim Fulton and Ike Bullet, of the
Gold Hill Exchange; Marx Wolf OF the
White Wings Saloon; Joe Godfrey and
Pat O'Hearn, the latter two being caught
a, work IN the still,
1t appears that the night before Colonel
Tennison was assaulted be sCcidently over
heard a colversation between two lonn
gers on the hotel porch, in which one OF
them said something about a revenue OH
Ger On reflection, the colonel decided
Aat be was the person referred to, inas
rtnch as several parties bad tried unsnc
cessfully TO laarn hi business; and the re
suit was that he put two aud two toRe'h
er and on meeting Colonel Boggs IN our
office, told him Of his theory as to what
was back of the assault upon him. There
upon the officers went to Gold Hill, with
the gratifying result above recorded.
II, as is believed, tue arrested men can
be convicted Of the supposed murder OF
Deputy Marshal White something over a
year ago, 1t will go hard with them. At
sny rate, the people of this county will
be pleased to know that they are safe for
good, long terms in the pen,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1895-09-26

Lhe stranger Looked up snd eA'aR
piercing eraS cyoon thc Young m'o Iale'
'y bat significantly remarked
II E''oe' Aoe9 ynn we're down hf''.
Won would be esIug verse ttcak ihat
hat
The yuang fellow to ned pae snd afol
PED h's ls", aI'o hls kn'ie and i'tk. h'
sppet's seemod TO hs'e sndaeoly 'e'l
him lie called Tor h'' check pad u aud
'ei' ib' restaurant 10 hanp'
II Sss Ike Vail who was scot nr Al
terU'fd for s1ind'oe man With oot
Iedersis so h'L
The myslehons 1rAns" man was none
other than but that's another story a.
k'plng wculd remark
1t doesn't look yost night, sail the 'us
piclons Mrs, Joues,
II does certainly seem 4ne"r' "s''rl'a
the.caniiou' Mrs. Brown.
It's downright soandeiens. lhA'
what 1t I', declared the 'mpeto'oS Mts
smith.
lPen they all looked at e"'h o'hef "
much ns TO say. Nh"' su"'' We TO "'"u'
w
7hSnl call there ae"'o' declared "'s'
'ou's
NW !, said cautions MIS- hro"n.
! vii, anu II give her piece Oh my
m'o' about soeh s''nda'oos uo'ns' o'
c'ared Mrs om''n l"Pe'uou'.5
me person h1n petn oluoR'u bu""
Auo 'he nuhlshm'u' h'u "e'u "A''' 80
''e Only matter I''' 'ot u'''u''''o was 'n'
e'ln'nce'
wonder WHO 1t Isf mo't' MRS Jones
q IKE TO Know, "''''f'' MIS- ''.,'"'
lop mean VINO '0ey are 'o''e'''' ''S
broWh'
never 80" one oi tntm' S''' MIS-.
Jones. ana We ""''h'" u'' tue "''''"oo"
TO Fea them leave
'nei VI" . '''' '"''
bn' saw tNe'f h0'S' H'S'''e" '"o o''
hVs YRS, nmlt'
may De she Is h"' I'll ora u'''' NJ S'''"0'
has husoau" sue ashamed o. tuBs'F'
ed MrS, jones' ho' because Tne "e'''''"
It, nut by way OF d''pe"''6 Tue ny'
'ery'
MAY "e' asserted MtS' Drown
0he 'onIdn nave three huSo'u"' S'' ~
once declared MrS' 0m''n' 'n' "p'''oeo
thinker oi 'he 'n'e''
u LOOKS very SuNp'cI'uS' S"'u "'''
Jones
u surely ooe'' asserted M''' '''""'
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1895-09-26
Salutatory

Custom has prescribed formal address from
those about 60 arsamr the csGtrol Of business
10 Its patrons, We will iOregO the pleasure o. 4
detailed chat and beg to be excused IRON the
rkeome i0Tmauty OF 4 lgugisHlutStory address
defining posItIors and promises, which through
tho changing conditions OF bhurs may be Uolat.
ed The condition oi our environment viii
dictate our Cuurse. ever keeping 10 NINA 'the
greatest good TO the greatest number. aud our
chiei mission vii be advocacy oi onr iocsl ID.
terssts We solicit s'rhSre OF the patronage OF
tbe peouIe. without IL the very best business
IN the state could not be sustained, or would
dytpdIe down to = par with the patronage Ac-
rorded "Iu err IL human" Perfection eau"
not be expected. Among the diVorsihed opln-
ions 10 the minds OF the human family, All can
not sec Ike hence no msu eau please every
BODY II he trles to do 50 be will please no one
| The surert way IL 10 feel lustied by his own
conscience and trust to the charity OF his
fTiends 10 eNcute his uiutakes aud short com
irgs assuring all that such are errors Ot the
head and not Of the heart
Pleased with the beautiful location OF man
chestet Centre fascinated With its lovely scenery
aud heAltbiLl hretleH- cspuvAied by the hospl'
Alty, energy and progressive spirit Of lts peo.
ple, which has relogattd It TO a second place
.maug the villages Of the county; and tempted
| hy the prospects ul prosperous Investment IN
our business, we have sought 10 make the IN
terests Of the public our interests and 70 iden'
| tfy our happiness aud prosperity with thelis
| Wlth this end in view, We Will cudeAVot 10 make
our store and business reject credit on TINS pro-
| Rressiye village to promote its growth to ln'
| eresse its prosperity, extend lts business and
making it AuIIAty IN the promotion OF our gen
| ersl welfare. People OF Manchester. Centre,
| shall We have your cooperstlOnt
HeIY TerpCCttully,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1895-09-26


The gusst from the East was sitting in
the bsrroom of the one small tavern in u
small town OF the Southwest. Presently
a delegation of cItzsns came IN, under
the direction of the landlord and, rang
ing themselves before the bar, they asked
the visitor to Join them, This he did,
and after a drink the landlord addressed
him.
Ireckou, he said you never knowed Bill
keeton?
OF this town. inquired the guest
Yes, be lived here.
Doesn't he live here how?
No. He'd live here if he lived any
place. fer he knowed we thought a heap
nv him, but be let go bis holt last week
and ent over.
Did be go naturally? inquired the
guest, with smile of appreciation OF the
Situation.
You bet be did, said the landlord, proud
", Mater Wuz the only one that could gIt
the drop on Bill,
Is be buried hsre2
Course be ID, aud hats what we want
to talk TO you about. We are raising the
cash to bny him a monument, and to b1o
der show that strangers haln' nothing
az lu this town, We Usually ark them "a
chr in what. yer they feel like.
Wss he such prominent citizen n'
that? asked the visitor, going down intt
his pocket Tor bis contribution.
Wuz he? responded the landlord, slap
ping the bar counter with iorceiul vlgor
he WIZ the best we had, There hahn I
hoss thief hung in these parts IN The
last ten years that Bill hain't bad holt Nv
the rope,
Alter this the eastern visitor doubled
bis subscnplion aud invited the delega
tion to b ave one With him.
-
!
tendent Of police that one day middle
aged man walked Iato popular Green
vich street restaurant and calIei Tor
broiled beefsteak. Men do thst every DAY
bn, this particular man wore long hai'
which was brushed behind his ears, and
had a smooth face, save little lul d"
obin vb,skers. He was dressed IN grey
sai, aud carried carpet sstobeL
There vas 20 question that the mat
w.s from the 'toor.l dIstrc:. tor op'
conId .lmo-t see the hays-ed Va hls On
sborp locks. aud his pockets we're sppa
emily bulging srtn cora husks. The stfa'
Ger had 90 more than seated himself "hel
a well dressed. smart looking young maj
entered aud took seat at the ssme table
Re also otJer-i stelk. 10 due tm'
they wefe served TIE couatryuan wen
10 work i1dnstHoasly and VAS soon eDIo
ing bis meal Not 70 bis YistsVis. tn
Young mao complained thst his meat VA
toneh tough as sole lsathe',
Ho~'s yours stranger be ssksi
Mioe's sil night. vas the reply, with
nasal twsug.
Bat try a. be would the Young ielio'
eouldnt induce the other TO talk VII
him. Finally be ssi1 It vas sthsme
, ,efve suea . stesk. BE deelsfei be belle
= "a the cook hsd Siped the door With II,
/ vas 20 inll Of gfit
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1895-09-26

aug HF#A# 4tkk. tf@ To ~ RaTN a. 80 stturk
t5e telegraph pole be- the rottgs. sbIDe the
. mg ballet babloi sent splhlers 6ttog s.
. tpIanebei though The timber
/ lpoa This worse thsa raalamrturn,
Treatment eI his ptapagsy taa Eas,opisn
inakoj With eeAsttrnsflan snd At Gr.t vas
lndtseant Hat bo bad some tact aud a
sense Of bumer despite tls nativity. sud
'hete eeinr uathtue better to Do. be sron
Joined "a with tbe others In the laugh that
as raised Hls btF crtshhet rasscl ham
I, pgsfo I'd u4g la the fbapn oia Aask Ap
praaebtug 90 aey eautrru ia tlaA the Hos
taulsn pnlsej maalalIr at lt. and for co.,
rect OF The tHp tho tsa were most friendly
,ampa0leaa The rauebman took tba tra
ietloul under bis protection sud vonld
snIleF DO one to impose upun him. A
/ grand tnsb followed uur arrival AZ the Rrst
rallroad diaJag station where ailor onr
two dsya hstnf, meal IN llfty persons
sas served to laa FINISHED passcn gore
! II vas grab evetv body. and the hig man
doomed above The crowd ns he strobe, bold
ing elott o whole hniDad ham ia one hand
and u Loaf Of bread 10 the ether back TO
the car to Iapn b,s friful from Boston.
Il happened at lIarbor Springs few
lays ago. A young man from Chicago
was stopping there with Ais wife. and tho
slle had wandered down to- the shore Of
the harb3r tn euJoy the evening breeze.
The short pier putting ont luto the harbor
looked inviting, aud she went on 1t, no
miudul OF several small urchius who we're
hovarIng about the dock housa at the end
u the pier few inmates later her hus
band came to JOIN her. but was intercept
ed hy one OF the utchns
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,r.s ra.n, 49,, ...,a,,,,,, ,.,,,,,., IL,
vile Of the request. hnt she was enjoying
horselt, aud was not aulious to leave. She
laughed and called to new arrival at tbe
lockhouse, Tell the boys, ehe said, TO
run ont and Iump into The water If they
wish 10. ! won look.
The little fellow hurried back to the
lockhouse with the M eaage, and there
was an immediate council Of war At its
conclusion he returned 10 the end uf the
pier and said
Please. ml'am, tho bows say they dasn't
risk it
-
IN the "i'emihlscences OF an LmIgfant
MiIeslan" IS the following curious anoc.
| dote: Stack formerly Of Walshe's repit
ment. was among the officers Of the Irish
brigade who went on bolf pay at i's disco
luton,
lie had remained on half pay go long
that he became the olleet colonel IN the
army. lie obtained his promotion to the
rank Of major general afte. a somewhat
cntious interview with the duke Of York,
| the commander in chief At that time. llav
ing solicited the honor Of an audience Of
The morning times., 1895-09-08
AS TO THE SEA SERPENT.

The Norwegian fisherman regard the
existence of the sea serpent as thing be-
yond doubt and can tell any number of
stories about his appearances. CLAUS Mag
nus in 1922 described the serpent as 200
feet long and 20 feet in circumference, hav-
ing fiery eyes and short name.
Hans Egede, bishop who Travelled to
Greenland in 1874, described the serpent
which dawned upon his vision as on level
with the ships maintop, with snout long
and sharp and q whalelike way of blowing
water. 1t had broad, paddlelike paws and
a rough, uneven skin. Furthermore, the
modest bishop drew a picture of the ami
NAL
One of the best authenticated appear
ances of the monster is the one which ap-
peared in 1S47 10 the officers of II. Nj. s.
Daedalus 1t was fifteen inches in diameter,
was dark brown and yellow and had
name like horse.
Capt Nelson of the American ship Sac
ramento saw a sea serpent in 1877 that
was big around as flour barrel.
DR. Biccard of Cape Town saw monster
one. 1t was 200 feet in length, of dull,
dark color and spotted with white
The number of sea serpents which have
been seen is innumerable. There is no doubt
that they do exist, for the reputable persons
who have reported seeing them preclude
all possibility of doubt. And still men are
laughed at who announce that they have
seen o sea serpent.
The morning times., 1895-09-08

the train everything small enough to be
showed under an emigrant's coat had disap-
peared.
Sorry your poor mother-ln-Iaw has
met with this accident says to Cy. But
transporting remains on the railroad is a
mighty uncertain business. I've thought all
along that you'd better have buried her
where she died instead ofcarting her aHover
creation =
icy looked at me, and then athis samples,
such as were left, and then at me again, and
made up is mind TO take 1t smiling. 'WeIl,'
says he. Il had the best OF you while the
game lasted. It was worth the whole cargo
tosee the careful way you handled that there
coffin. Why, man, never had no mother
in-lsw, nor yet no wife-that is, since
left the East
1T was mlddlins smart game, ard III
allow that 1T took me In. But In the nature
or things it couldn't last, and I calculate
that 1T cost Cy in the end considerable more
than 1t was worth. We remembered him on
the road after that, and the accidents that
kept a-happening to his trunks would have
discouraged pretty near any other man"
The morning times., 1895-09-08

seen such a complete smash since they had
been railroading, and / consider it myself
one of the best pieces of professional work
/ ever did. The way OF 1T was this: l
hove that trunk out OF the baggage car
the minute the car reached the end OF the
platform. The train was long one, and
moving middling fast at the time, and it
was this that gave the trunk its magnificent
start down the platform.
ICY. Truefit came along to where the
splinters of his trunk were lying, and
was so overcome with the sight that he
just sat down on the marble rock and
remarked 10 himself in kind of low and
thoughtful voice: Well, III be ID!
l sang out to him as the train started on
again: that there iron don't seem to work
so very well, after all But Cy. didn't
say anything He was thinking and /
don't mind saying that he fought out
first-class scheme-,that is, 1t would have
been, if it had only worked.
II didn't see anything of Cy for a
month, until one day, when my train
stopped at West Tangie RS, where Cy.
lived and as l afterwards heard found a
handsome coffin waiting To be put aboard
The morning times., 1895-09-08

talking about bringing an action against
them. But he knows it amt no use.
There has never been a way found yet of
getting ahead OF a smart bagagemaster,
though lots of men have tried to do it. If
you just sit down and make yourself com
Portable, I'll tell you about a man who
did get the best of me for little while, when
L was baggage master of the day express
on this very road, and he was about the
smartest traveller 1 ever met profession
ally.
This mans name was Truefit-Cy.
Truefit-and he was q commercial traveller
who carried a full Zine of samples with
him, and carried them in middling big
and heavy trunk. Well, he got tired Of
having his trunk busted open and his
samples scattered On the platform two or
three times week, and he swore that he
would get trunk that no baggage-master
could smash. The boys along the road
smiled considerable when they heard of
it, for they knew me pretty well, and cal
cuated that 1 could attend to any trunk
that Cy. could Invent
The first thing he tried was natur-
ally an iron trunk. \ man always believes
that an iron trunk isstronger thana wooden
trunk until he tries it. When he does try
it, he finds that the heavier the trunk is
the harder it will bring up against any
obstacle, and the more eternally and ever
lastiDgly it will go to smash. Cy. had
a trunk built Of sheet iron, with heavy iron
ribs, and it weighed pretty near as much
as one of these fire-proof safes. He CAL
culated that or any other baggage-master
would find it too heavy to handle, and that
il some one did manage to send it kiting
across the platform it wouldn't come to
any harm. The first trip he made with
that trunk it came into my hands. Cy.
was to stop at Carthage Center, about fifty
miles down the road; and when he got on
the platform the first thing he saw was
that trunk flying down the whole length
OF it, at about twice the speed of an ordinary
trunk. 1t jumped off the end of the plat
form and fetched up against big block
of marble that was lying In the grass.
The air was just full of samples, and shirts,
and bottles, and hair-brushes and such.
The train men allo wed that they had never
The morning times., 1895-09-08

The accommodation train from Athens
vile had just drawn up at the station, and
a solitary passenger had alighted. 1 was
standing beside the station-master on the
platform, nearly opposite the baggage-car.
Suddenly from the door of the latter there
shota large ,hair-covered trunk, which came
toward me, revolving on one OF it's ends
at a surprising rate of speed. The station
master seized me by the arm and dragged
me out of the way of the trunk, thus saving
me from serious injury; for the trunk con-
tinuing its career across the platform,
struck against q wooden column, and burst
ing open, covered the platform in its vi
cinity with the miscellaneous property Of
it's owner.
1 was about to express my indignation
when my companion exclaimed, with gen.
uine enthusiasm: "Wcll, never saw a
trunk handled better b'gosh! not even by
old Joe Stryker, and he was reckoned the
champion baggage-smasher of the North
west"
"You don't mean to say" said I, that
you approve of destroying people property
and endangering peoples lives, as that
baggage master has just dOne?"
~ mean TO say replied my friend,
THAT like to see a man thorough about
his business, whatever it is If his busi-
ness is baggage-smashing, like to see him
smash it thoroughly. That's what did my
self when | was a baggage master, and no
man who knows this road viii contra
dict me. Why, Stryker and me, we had
match for the championship one summer
The man was to win who smashed the
largest percentage of trunks, not including,
of course, valises or such small truck.
Well, l smashed twenty three per cent Of
all the trunks l handled during that time,
and Stryker, he only smashed twenty seven
per cent. Soyou see he wasn'tsov very much
ahead OF me after an"
1T must take good deal Of experience
to handle a heavy trunk in the way that fell
low handled that trunk" said l, looking
at the wreck of the unknown travellers
personal property.
Its all in the way you start a trunk a
going" was the reply. You can take q
trunk that is so heavy thai it stra inS you
to lift up one end fit, but if you balance
it on one corner and give it quick turn
with your wrist, it viii roll along until Ii
fetches up against s0mething as If it was
shot out of a rifleh cannon. Naturally,
when man has to handle fifty and hun
dred or more heavy trunks in day, lie
gets to taking a pride in the way he does it.
Why, remeG Der afew years ago, when tho
women get into the way of carrying trunks
six feet by four, and weighing six or eight
hundred pounds, thata baggage ge-master who
did notsmash fifteen per cent OF them wasn't
considered to be up to his work, and he'd
| soon find that the company hadn't any
further use for him"
The train was on its way. The owner
of the unfortunate trunk gathered up his
possessions, crammed them into their dam
aged receptacle, and climbed into the hotel
omnibus without a word of complaint.
Il like that chap" said the station
master. He's an old traveller, he is.
Now, if he hadn't been used to railroads
he'd have been cursing the company, and
The morning times., 1895-09-08

middle of gang of Dutch emigrants, and
laying them out right and left. She went
pretty near the whole length of the platform
before she lost her rotary motion, and
when she did lose it she just settled down
for good slide on her creased end. There
was big elm tree close TO the end of the
platform, and the coffin hit it good and
square and went into a million pieces,
filling the air with Cy's samples. The emf
grants that hadn't been hit went for those
samples, and before Cy could get out OF
The morning times., 1895-09-08
A BIT OF HUMOR.

'Maude, II have something to say to
you-but IL am really afraid to say it,
We'll, wait a minute; III tel my brother
Willie To- bring you pail of sand WIlheT
-Harper's Magazine.
She (cOldly}-I hardly know how TO re
ceive your proposal You know / am
worth a million. OF course.
He (diplomaticaHyEIes a mil
lion other girls
she (rapturoGslyl-Oh. Jscki-Truth.
Diggs-I see Jiggs has been married
Suppose congratulations are in order.
Miggs-WeH, don't know h4s bride, so
1 can't congratulate him, and l do know
him, so can't congratulate her.''-NeV
York Herald.
Little Ethel mortified We've SnEited
too many children to our tea party There
isn't enough for them to get more than a
bite. Little Dot (Fesignedly) That's too
bad. Wen have to call it reception
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