The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-01-13
A CHANCE PURPOSE

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uti's beet sui breHsLt tbe fgseots buzEin
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os d tsht ta tae laoj. sui ustnr.llt II
settlers ADD tone seekers Ftsctt 4 b
ctci srlrol rjstiou Of 60 tis osu us'
There sett meu sh0 wsulsd % tur home
spd who stre entitled To II uDdrf th
lsvs,rut these meu looked up0a Klso'
conduct = hsce luiriBg meut on thrI
nights sud ~tre oct tparus 10 their q
uuaei.tiou ui ban sui be order
Aesr RJsn's E.uch tbere ass II Il
to.u tnosn a. pnius Cny 1t v. a
iusisriaesBt place, wish lees thsu ts
haudred population, bal it gave promls
OF great things 10 the future. Its lnhsb
tsLts aud the settlers 90 ths prsirle abou
II, believed thst 10 time Prairie Cit
would become o1s Of the leading osus o
Kansas uaiouunstely. bosey,r thu
hopes OF those people we're never 10 b'
resIIzad. A railroad sss 5000 after bnl
through that part Of the oouutry sud i
missed Pfsirie City by !0st two miles
The resul, was new tOEn on the raj
road and the death OF the old one
Prairie City vent the wsy Of hundreds OF
other Kansas towns. lts population tCok
up their possessions, including thtif
houses, aud moved across the prairie 10
The rsilrosd,
Ia Prairie CITY Is hslcyon days, however,
1t bossted Of newspaper the Prairie
City EIsle II was hot much ois paper,
being small aud poorly printed, but it
vas quite as good as its patronage lustl
h,d Its subscription list was extremely
limited, and its advertising business was
dvsried to o0e column OF display matter
and few lines Of pay locals,
The Eagle, as matter Of course, stoo /
by the town people and the settlers, sud
when Rysn set Lis men to fencing 10 the
public lands for gtr2tng purposes, 1t came
out With = strong editorial denouncing
bin 10 the sevetest terms, 1t pronouno
Bd bis action dishonest. rs be was stealing
ihs peoples rights. vent further and
.aid that it wa the lowest and most con
.emptble species Of dishonesty, since by
/ be was stealing the homes ir m poor,
men and their wives and ehil
iten, thereby fobbiDg them Of chance
earn su hone living.
Ii is The duty Of the bomeseekers. it
vent 90, to protect themselves against the
OF this greedy cormorant,
1ho for the sake Of adding to bis illgotten
aeslih. would stsrve even the Innocent
lnconscious, helpless babe IN Its mothers
rms. 1t is the duty OF the settlers TO
,snd themselves together to take the law
q their own hands, and cat the wire that
huts them ont from their own, Tear
lown the fence, drive of or kill the usurp
RS cattle and give him to understand
hat il the Government won't protect you,
ou can and will protect yourselves.
A copy OF the paper ooDtsing this editor
ell into Rysn's hands He read 1t aud
,ciled over with wrath and indignation
lie was forced to admit that there was
ouch truth 10 the article, but i. was none
he more pslstsble to him for that. he
wore vengeance sgsinst the Eagle aud its
ditor, and vowed that not another issue
1 the paper should be published
At dinner time be read the article to he
mployes ss they sat at the table They
we're siI in number, recently emigrsted
rom Q ranch down 10 Texas, and had q
eputstion for being he hardest and most
ckless dare devils that ever rode ther
snge. When Ryan had finished reading
9 said
What do you think OF that?
think it's blamed big Gro sing from
lightly ht,e rooster, one Of the cowboys
eplied
1.-THE settlers want to take that edi' or's
dvice and try it on about cutting the
Tres, smother send, Just lei them
hoy II lind before tn y get through with
that they We got tito the hottest and
Iost unheslthy job they ever tackled.
Then You boy will stand by me2 Rysn
uestlontd.
o. course vewill, one Of them srsveted
We're paid to work for you, sud we've
OF got suy love for settlers. Well see
lat your fence is not cut aud that your
,ttle ere ot bother d.
That's sll right, Il 90 ssld. but there !
,metblng else want you TO do.
What is Itf
] want this paper squelcLsd.
We'll tquelch il.
| want you to ride over to Prairie City
night aud clean the thing ont root and
'snch. Barn the ofii se, smash up the
d press and chase the editor ont OF tue
J1utry.
Well do it,
j Just after supper that night the COW
lys loaded their pistols cBreinlly and
leIled them shout their waists. Then
ey brought ut th,ir borses, ssddIed
ID mounted them, aud rode away 10 the
rectiou Of Prairle City at L sd gsllop.
-, before they reached the towu they
me TO halt Ole o. them sal:
Nov, loys, ve don't wsat to take suy
ckless ehsuces 10 this business, 90 We
"a better be little caalons. gue,s
At editor is tpiudle ,AAuked, goesled
ed old rooster from The Eist, who'd
op dead at the nsb' Of pistol, bat
III be m.y be = rsiDeui Il different
lor For sll se AMOS be NAV turb
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