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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1895-02-21

Mr.. and llr'. Slspsbot were starting for
SUNDAY afternoon walk, and Mrs. Snap
shot as usual, prepared to shut her pug
in the room with the canary for the sake
Of the society they would be to each othi
et.
Look here, 'Eliuor, said her spouse, why
do son never take that wretched animal
along y hen yoI 90 out? Are You aware
that it is cruel to keep hin shut up oil
the tine like hfe prl.oner2
But, llheus, be does bark so on the
street.
Just because you do not control him
properly. A woman always makes fool
Of herself over pet Speak firmly to him
and be will obey.
But, Alpheu,, Ifs cat -
All noufe1ee. You don't know how to
manage bin. Take him a ong this aiteu
noon, aud vii show you bow TO break
him in properly.
Fer the first block or two the dog was
on his eo)d behavior, and Mrs. So psbot
looked at her husband with admirng ey
ts.
How well Bvllerphon does behsye' she
remarked:
just because be knows will punish
tim it.
The sentence was never finished, A
ca ran aero the hdewalk, and, deftly
taltcnine the s,Ilag by which his mistress
vas leading btm cut Of her hand, Beller-
ploo, ,ut,eriug perfect crescendo Of barks
aud beedless Of his masters warning calls,
pursued the fleeing suimsI
On, Al heus, the cat will kill him!
Save him, oh, cave him cried Mira. Sasp-
elot
Mr. Snapshot dstted across the street
10 rur.ntl, knocking over email child
a. be vent aud colHded With lamp post
What brute cried the chiIds mo hi
eF.
e., there, is the cops Altar ye2 yelled a
gsmia,
o., Lurry, Alpbeu. He'll be Liiiedl
sbtieEed Mrs. SusPsbot.
Ipro 40 alleywsy between tao high bull
dines rsn the cot. pafsusi by Bsllerphou,
.bo gn taru vas holy followed BY Mr
sgsp,hot, vsialy COMMANDING 'he fleeing
.rimsl 10 rstaru. Ups algLt Of ou',t
stair dsrted the cat. pun8ed by dog sud
nAB.
Stop thief ca led % excited individual
90 The Afst landing.
Stop hin'aehrel eTs.'ea To.as' oo 'i-
stc ai laudIaR.
The ct .o,k t,lUsr 70 The tLrl I'Id
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1895-02-21

The latter rlIlisn soalI osll ou the 80
ycr su3 engage tls service, ia buylus
,ome valuable mice 10 the Cno1e j,'
ticf.
Ibs uonll be uoith Abaui g. 90. hot
the capieient would claim VS. ~1r,h
macy thouands He you'd send Mr.
Lawyer to sce Mr. Bassr. the osnst 10
make him an easr inr bis property The
latter woali be 20 tskea up pnb business
aud a mytbicl amedi.,e trip to Europe
that be scarcely Listens 10 auy PROPOSE
tion go bay b., mine, ani lha attorney
would have To call asatn, lie dii call sud
10 bis pos,csti "a vas b,g roll OF money
fufulshed by lis client 10 s5mo ins'succs
$4,000 tn S45 uOu Btgss never oarcd
much ahaal scIhas, snd ssemrd uoaSate
u the resi- 'aDu Of a.. Ctcede = lstess
ions
TIE cupljny at the legal eeutl,man
did the rest. Ia niue t0ms1 oot Of leu TO
would hu7 from u sse 10 lis own name,
freeze out his eIent,au vh3 would make
q big row over being lett au' Of the dosl
aud take back he money giths great
show Of reluctance, stll claiming that he
had been badly lrealed.
Macy sud many a olcv business msu
hil at the bait, aud the chances lre that
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1895-02-21

An oll ma with knowing look aud u
tlg black sstchel registered at 40 uptown
hotel the other day aud Was shown to BIS
room.
He WAS quiet and remained IN his room
most Of the day. At night be came down
to supper aud after that went ont for a
walk. He came back about 3 o'clock and
went to bed.
10 about 20 minutes bellboy came run
ming aown and told the clerk there was =
man on the third floor walking GROUND
il his nightshirt.
The clerk hustled up and fouad the old
man parsding up and down the hall swear
log loudly. Heie, shouted the clerk, what
on earth's the matter with your
I'm mad, replied the old man, sn I'm
lookin fer gas.
Lookin for gas2 What 10 thunder do
YOU want with gas2 Going to commit
suicide, or isn't electricl good enough
for you?
Taint that, mister, replied the old man
as he edged into his own room. This here
light got in my room i4 all night nut1, |
s'Iose, but I'm kinder rled at rot tindn
gas here.
Let me ask you again what you want OF
gss2
The old man sat down on the edge OF
bis bed. Wal, be said, it's jus, like this:
| hain't hin to the city for good while,
an Sile Soule, he's the man what owns the
the next farm L mlne He SAYS { me when
| cum away, look out now, Jake, an don't
blow out no gas,
That kinder gimme turn, SEEN rs |
read the papers an know nufi t come II
when it rains, an | was goln to turn out
the gas all right an reg'l lar an take home a
note frutn the proprietor Of this here
house testliyin had staid here oil one
night.
An now, bgosh, wen cum t go t my
room they hain't no gas, as might Ist as
well gone downt Cousin Jim's an stsid
oil night an saved 81 SiIe Soule'll b. a
talkin at the store bout my not known
nuiI t. turn ont gas. an | won't have moth
in T. say fer l cant prove but what | did
blow it ont an was rescued on my dying
gasp.
And the old man wept bitter tears.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1895-02-21

sm les,ias the tirgiop aod uy 'Ascase'
ate rety bes,y ] cspDo, sIve yoa all 1t Is
sot,b. l'u plssscs heaven 1lll re'nfn
THIS vay, aud SiII pay yen then.
The poor mao dtd pot like to sccepi -
mach gold ter sbst be ludsed T. he
worttl ~ stone. bat ou the bobieman.'
,rtrcsiv be ttuk ihs money aud ran btos
10 lis vii, foil Of Joy =, bis good ief
tuoc. Both husband aud wife then uebt
1t ouce 10 toe hermit 70 ncoaptto HIN
al tLal had iitou place, snd offer hin =
tluta uf ibe money. Ibis be refused to
take. bot hade then rttnru TO the village
aud rtturu tl thr village aud distribute It
10 slms ta the poor, Tbey returned 10
the yiIlage accordingly sudoii ss the
monk had biddeu them They also gave
psit oi the money to the parents OF TIE
.ds sbo had fought 20 desperately Tor
the posse.si0u oi the stoae. The rect The
m.u speut il purchasing piece Of land.
IN. uaIe plot Of ground proved very
felt.le aud whstever be plated produced
buudf,d iold His trees we're borne
down by the weight OF the trui, which
always etched good price.
Y.ars passed ere the Ambassador return
ed from the foreign country where be bad
.ained high houots aud wa aItb. Ga Ia's
lng the village again where he had Obtain
ed the stone heirquired for the good man
aud was told how be had pIo'peIed with
the IL ouey be had given him aud Was noS
a person Of inn orlauno
On trnyiug at the cont OF his sovereign
he reoouuted to the King all that bad taxi
en- place. The hing was greatly pleased
with tue history Of the honestly earned
coiu and had the stone y..ued ~ the hfsI
lew, lrrs OF the king dom. " ho all Ironouu
ced ID to be einguIarly valuable gem. A
large eum was given to the AN mbassadot Tor
If. and be was loaded with distinction
and donors The uoblt mdG wishing toI
slow bis gratitude for the honors confer
red upon HIM, sent handsome presents to
the .oyd man and his wife.
Aud so It came to pass thst ttey who
had been honest were prosperous as
well
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1895-02-21

STANLEY, said his mother, do not like
to tee yon playing with snoh dirty boyr.
The language they use, too, is not iit for
your eOrs. They arc not the boys for yon
to associate with.
The boy looked at his mother minute
and then, as bis little head was thrown
back, he sraveIy asked;
Who am that should not associate
with those boysH
The mother wes petpleIed an instant
and then she saId
But, Stanley, dear that is not 1t at all,
The boys are not clean. Their clothes are
dirty, and they
Mother, said Stanley quick as hash,
you have been aiding TO me about Abe
Lincoln. Now, he wasn olesn when 10
was boy, al be diln't wear fine clothes,
and he was Pr sldeDt
The no Der looked at lhe boy She bad
nothing to sny, snd IN two mltutes STAN
ley wos chasing up the alley with three
Of ihe rDpped, dIrty, tut Ilucky u,ehrpa
gi,h VII taI be was iond Of PIytng
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1895-02-21

There have been as great ch Inges IN the
type Of corn as ~ any Kin Of cultivated
pllrt 10 Nv England and most Of the
nort1eru states fiat corn is almost excldl
slyely grown as aheld crop. For the gar
den and to come extent Tor general pufpo
ses sweet corn aud pop corn are grown.
Am trlcan Cultyator says. We have
known farmers to hays popcorn ground
for meal, ard they said that when cooked
1t was sweeter and better than that Of
most flint corn. Sweet corn Is to some
extent grown as food for milk COWS The
stalks, if cut early, ar sweeter than those
Of ordinary corn.
West ru people think the dent cotu
make better corn bread than does the cas-
tern flint corO, but our idea Is thatthe flint
corn Is best for all purposes The weight
Of stalks OF flint corn is much less per
acre. but the yield by weight Of the grain
is larger than the average Of that grown
10 the west,
SuIl when on eastern farmer wants to
grow the largest possible yield OF corn be
ls apt to select soma Of the early dent var
elies to make ths trial with That shows
Jis belief that II is the greater care which
flint corn usually gets that explains its
greater average ptoiAcacy.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1895-02-21
Dawson.snrrow Escnpe.

Bailey Dawson was 10 danger OF being
expelled from the Soci ty Of Christian Re
pose,
The object OF the socleIy, as its name
indicates, is to discourage endeayor OF any
character. and its members, who comprise
such well known old residents as Colonel
A. NJ. Babcock, A. n Kellogg, founder OF
the newspaper publishing concern, Frank
Parmelee OF the bus line, aud others, are
men who think they have doGe their work
in life and row only ask for rest,
They meet at the Grand Pacific hotel
and do not even talk much, preierriDg to
cit in the easy chairs in the rOtuuda and
look at each other,
Bat last week CoIouel Babeook brought
serious charge against Bailey. He said
be had gone to work, what IS more, he
had the evidence to prove it.
Thugs looked really badly for Barley.
The work was no harder than that iugoIU
cd in drawing the pay attached 10 a poIiti
cal Office, but it was work, sDd be could
not deny it. 50 he took refuge in technn
cali leg.
Nj Kellogg was lying the case, and to
BIN Barley made biz plea:
lit plesses the court, be said, the mem
bers OF this society must not do any work
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1895-02-21

A venerable aud po upous EIgIlsb bish.
- ass having Ais poftfslt laluted BY sn
-ulueat ,fi.t. Altar at iIg sleady Tor
IL b .orlo iyuce the rL .feumsn thought
BE- ~unld Dtrsk ktism9.o d oty ~itb -
MARI.
H,~ -.e yoo g,st q !o3,; be iDqair-
rd
/. l4s a.t.n.sbment Il lbe bishop, The
t1is ut Of TIE palette. ab,ofDed 10 be work
ttPH IS
M.ys yygr bead li!lIe 20 tbr r, hi .od
,aat your mouih.
hDt tetug seeaaoDei 10 susn a bfn
ol siirrs.. Dls lofd.usp sslJ:
Asy ass -Dy yoa siifess IL 10 this
naane?
Tue srtiF. stiiI sJrorbsd 10 bic ~gtk.
said. wsnl 10 take ota ii.tls of yoat
cheek.
TIL bi'hoP @o!larssi.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1895-02-21

10 vii him asla 40 te, h,m q be c'o
t,lt who &c iust mab wss
he ought ta knog thai
lss, be orter, hul fmsrtct men daa bin
cant tell Ina dan forge, who it SSs my
slf
According to Scripture l, sS. Adam.
Alan Aism1 Yas, ,dsl's dc name La
b zen 20 husy duyln dtsy DAT dan forgot
Mr. Alan vas de iust man, 80 beio uo5u
III make dst Selma utsger wish BE- bad
nrbher ,tfuek dis io~u. Much obersej,
hasa
Tie ueui % smtpag snd ohuof lios, aud
three houa. later met ban At the poet
,fise fIe looked At ne 70 topr1aobiu'ly
thst atked tim What was up, aud be
shook his besd 10 ssylemp way as he fe
piled .u.
Cant pu, no ependonee on 20 pussoos
from way up 9TH uobes.
How do you mean2
Why, bout Mr Adam, &c iust man lo
tols me be Wa. de pussou. an | went back
40 found dat Selma nlgger al bet bin -
DAT be couldn't Bsme him
And he dld2
tie said de fast man was Ebeuee er.sah,
an when said Adam We looked fur 20.
As 70 had gone away, We LETT IT 0 man
from Oblo, aud he sided wid de Selma
man, sn had to gla Mp de cash.
But my dear man, Adam was surely
the fret man. There can Toe no mistake
on that point.
Mebbe 20 dun lo.ed me De best yo krow
ed how, replied the old man 10 lonesome
tones, but lost dat money llst the sa1 e.
Reckon Adam was de tnst man way mp
IN New York, but when You git down 10
Ohio an Kentucky an Tennessee Ebeneca,
er do iged in ahead Of him an is bound TO
take de muuey ebery time.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1895-02-21
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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-09-14
CAUSED BY VACCINATION.
From the Journal, Detroit, Mich.

Every one in the vicinity of Meldrum
avenue and Champlain street, Detroit,
knows Mrs. Mcdonald, and many a neigh
Dor has reason to feel grateful to her for the
kind and friendly interest she has mani
tested in cases of illness.
She is kind-hearted friend, a natural
nurse, and an intelligent and refined lady.
To reporter she recently talked at some
length about DR.. Williams Pink Pills, Civ
ing some very interesting instances in her
own immediate knowledge of marvellous
cures, and the universal benefcence of the
remedy to those who had used it.
81 have reason to know said Mrs. Nc
Donald, something of the worth of this
medicine, for it has been demonstrated my
own immediate family. My daughter Kit
tie is attending high school, and has never
been very strong since she began. / sup
pose she studied hard, and she has quite a
distance to go every day. When the small
pox broke out all of the school children had
to be vaccinated. I took her over to DR..
Jameson and he vaccinated her. l never
saw such an arm in my life and the doctor
said he never did. She was broken out on
her shoulders and back and was just as sick
as she could be. To add to it all neuralgia
set in, and the poor child was in misery.
She is naturally of a nervous temperament
and she suffered most awfully. Even after
she recovered the neuralgia did not leave
her. Stormy days or days that were damp
or preceded storm, she could not go out at
all, She was pale and thin, and had no ap-
petite.
81 have forgotten just who told me about
the Pink Pills, but got some for her and
they cured her right up. She has nice
color in her face eats and sleeps well, goes
to school every day, and is well and strong
in every particular. 1 have never heard of
ANYTHING to build up the blood to compare
with Pink Pills. l shall always keep them
in the house and recommend them to my
neighbors.''
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
are considered an unfailing specific in such
diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial paraly
sis, ST. Vitus' dance, sciatica, neuralgia,
rheumatism, nervous headache, the after
effects of la grippe, palpitation of the heart,
pale and sallow compilations, that tired feel-
ing resulting from nervous prostration; all
diseases resulting from vitiated humors in
the blood, such as scrofula, chronic eryslp-
elias, etc. They are also specific for
troubles peculiar to females, such as sup
pressions, irregularities, and all forms OF
weakness. In men they effect radical cure
in all cases arising from mental worry,
overworlz, or excuses of whatever nature.
Dr. Williams Pink Pills are sold by all
dealers. or will be sent post paid on receipt
of price go cents box or six boxes for
$25O-they are Dever sold in bulk or by 1907
by addressing DIR. Williams Medicine Co.,
Schenectady, N. Y.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-09-14
NWoMEN.s TEETH.

Even q Commonplace Face Redeemed by
Perfect Rows OF Pearls.
"Take one tooth away from fair
Helen's mouth" says an old author,
land there had never been a siege of
Troy and the divine Iliad had never
been written" It is impossible to con-
ceive of beauty in woman without a
set of regular, white, well-shaped
teeth, and it is true that with every
other feature of the classic mold-with
beautiful eyes, well-formed lips, skin
of roses and lilies, a magnificent head
of brown or golden tresses, the shout
ders and bust of Hebe and the limbs
of a DIANA woman stands or falls
by the beauty or defects of her teeth.
You may admire all her other features,
you may dwell on her grace of contour
and revel in the delicate lines of god
dess-like form, let the pretty mouth
open to disclose discolored, misshapen
and, above all, decayed teeth, and all
your admiration is forgotten. The
mental exclamation is always the same
what hideous teeth!
The other side of this picture is a
much more agreeable one. and we
must agree that a beautiful set of
even, white teeth is of infinite charm.
Many and many an otherwise common
place face has been redeemed by a
mouth full of brilliant white teeth.
Monin, the distinguished hygienist,
says: '"There is nothing in the world
SO enhancing as a woman's smile when
it displays two even rows of pearls.
Perfect teeth are compact, regular,
smooth and of pearly whiteness. The
front teeth of the perfect set are mod
erately small. The fortunates who
are possessed of such teeth are usually
very good tempered. Detroit Free
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-09-14
WIPED OUT.
The Town of Gridley, Kan, Caugh.
In a Storm.
Every House In the Town Injured by tho
Observation-Disclosures and Business
Men Suffer, but No Fatalities
List of Losses.

GRIDLEY, Kan, Sept. 1O.-This little
town of 400 inha bitants down in Coffey
county, one of the termini of the
Burlington branch of the Santa Fe, is
to-day a shattered wreck, with not a
single uninjured house in its confines
most of the buildings, and all of the
stocks of goods of every description
are utterly ruined. And what is most
human being was more than slightly
injured
About o'clock Sunday a storm of
wind and rain burst on the town from
the northwest. The wind was what is
known as a straight blow" and it's
mischief was mainly confined to the
unroofing of buildings. A down
pour of rain Immediately fol-
lowed of volume that can
best be appreciated by the state
ment that inches of water
fell. This de1uge completed the de-
struction that had not been accom-
plished by the wind. In few minutes
every stock of goods in town had been
soaked, and the household possessions
of most of the inhabitants were in the
same condition. Strange to say, with
all of the falling roofs and walls, and
flying debris that broke windows far
and near, not person of the town re-
ported more than the merest personal
injury.
So far as reported the losses are:
Methodist church, blown down; Chris
tian church, new, completely wrecked;
Pope's hardware store, building and
stock DESTROYED; Fessenden & Son. gem
eral store, building damaged, stock
ruined; Stockton, drugs, building I'M
rooted, stock wet; Grove, general
store, building unroofed, stock de-
s*royed; Giles, grocer, building un-
rooted, stock completely destroyed;
Richardson Brothers, livery, barn
destroyed, some animals injured;
Bakers lumber yard, stock scattered
and shattered; Bell, hay shipper,
barn destroyed and and large quantity
of hay wet. Adjoining the livery barn
were a number of frame buildings oc-
cupied as residences, the fronts of
which were blown out and the con-
tents flooded. Oleson, hardware,
stock utterly ruined, building torn to
pieces. In the second story was located
the Odd Fellows hall; Smith hotel, un-
rooted, contents ruined by water: adj
joining livery stable destroyed; Find.
ley hotel, roof damaged and contents
wet; Powers, meat market, building
destroyed.
In Keywest township, near Gridley,
one boy was killed, and at Strawn
Mrs. Jayne and daughter were slightly
injured
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-09-14

OMAHA, Neb., Sept lo--The grain
elevators which have been idle for a
year, owing to the drought, have just
opened and are already receiving large
consignmentso of grain. The movem ent
OF wheat and oats has fairly begun and
the quality of both cereals is excep-
tionally good. Both Omaha and Coun-
Gil Bluffs elevators are shipping the
new crop south. Much of the wheat
goes to Kansas. where the crop is
short. The yield in northern Ne
braska and South Dakota is very large,
and much of it will be milled in Ne
braalxa and shipped to southern mar
keta
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-09-14
ORNAMENTAL TRUNK COVER.
A Neat and serviceable Article for Home

A Neat and ServiceabIe Article for Home
Use.
So many women Of the present day
either board or live in fats that de-
vices for making trunks presentable
objects are not without their value.
Even the woman who has a whole
house to herself and abundance of
room will be pleased to hide the travel
worn exterior of her trunk either at
home or in her room at country house
or seashore cottage. A material de-
sirable for a cover is gray or buff
linen, strong and serviceable. Seven
pieces cut to fit the sides, ends and
top, are sewed together firmly on the
sewing machine and then bound with
brown braid. Before the pieces are
put together the decoration is put on.
1t may be simple or elaborate, accord
ing to fancy, but as the cover will be
taken off in travelling there is no fear
of injury to handsome needlework.
For the cover outline stitch and ring
work are all used. Long leaves from
center to corners are painted dull
peacock blue, with outline and vein
ing in outline stitch in dark olive. A
crackle a1l-over pattern for background
is done with fine lines of brown paint.
Circles set in the center and between
each leaf are made of brass rings
worked over with simple crochet in
brown silk. In the end pieces open
ings should be cut and bound to let the
handles through. The cover should be
held down by little straps and buttons.
A simple cover may be made of the
same material, with. a decoration of
brown braid. put on in set pattern.
This can be done by the aid of the
braiding attachment that belongs to
almost all kinds of sewing machines.
Very serviceable trunk covers may also
be made of the dark cretonnes which
come in such great varieties and in
shades to harmonic with any and
every carpet and wall paper For the
top of the trunk before the cover is put
on, thin mattress of hair or wool
should be provided. In almost every
bedroom an extra place to hold cloth
ing is welcome, and the modern trunk
is particularly we'll adapted for the
purpose Home Journal.