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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-12-01
A Most Peculiar Gaze.

Most peculiar csse ever bad, mused
the attorney who is still . favorite with
those requifing trong defense 10 crimi
nal court You Dever saw 6nsr looking
young fellow. He bad Q good face and
we'll shaped head. He WAS clean and
nea,ly dressed. He talked we'll snd look
ed yen fqusrely 10 the eyes. When !
went to the jail 1t bis request. took 90
Im mediate liking 10 hin. IL bad been nv
business TO study human Dsinre and ]
sss sstifed from the fret that be bsd
never committed the $40 600 robbery Of
which be stood accused.
He told me his VI ~ irsnkly and with
out reservation. ! vs convinced more
firmly thsu ever OF bis Innocence. He
outlined his own defense by accounting
Tor every minute OF his time on the night
Of tbs robbery and iSiorming me just
where the witnesses TO sub.tIntiste bis
stste menls could he seen. found them
sod they sfirmed everything be bad told
me. j, vas ss clear case 81 ] ever ssw,
,pd veut ibto court si,h Toe utmost COO
6denee. The prosecution did the beet I,
could nuder the circumstsnees. bat We
swept the bo,ri snd the young man VI.
segaitted by the ,ap's fret ballot. be
.took hands With all 10 his sfsieiaiaess.
Nov, cir, be beesn. shso We bad reach
ed ofice, What DO | owe your
oaly ~hs, yeu can ,hord 10 psy me.
The saving Of sn innocent msn Is some
ibing Of = ressrI 10 itselt.
Well would lie TO pay yoa more, bat
., preset, can only sford 10 give you
hall oi the 60, 600. II lhst isir'
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-12-01
A Colonial Thanksgiving.

Among ihs papers OF the lsts e,.s,ste
senator Gay q, Stoddsrd oi the town Of
Ledysrd vas found sn old coloni.l Thanh,
giving church service aud dinner, l., w.s
written In The year l7lA by the Rev. Law
renee Consnt Of the Old South parish. in
Dsnvers. Macs, and runs thus:
Ye Governor WAS 10 ye house aud Her
Msjesty's commissioners OF 20 customs,
and they set together In = high seal OF ye
pulpit STAIRS. Ye Governor sppears very
devout and attentive, although he isvors
EpiscopAcy and tolerstes ye Qiskers and
Bsptists.
lie was dressed in black velvet coat.
bordered with gold lace and bull brooches
With gold buckles Vt ye knees, and white
silk stockings.
There was disturbance 10 ye gall,riee,
where II was filed with mulsttoes and Ia
diane, and negro called Pomp Shorter,
belonging TO Mr, Gardner, was called
forth and PIT In ye broad isle. where he
WAS reproved with great csrefullucss and
solemnity.
He WAS then put in ye deacons seat bo
tween two deacons, in view OF ye whole
but ye sexton was ordered
by Mr.. Prescott to take him ont, because
OF his levity and strange oonto rtion Of
giving grave scandal TO ye
grave descons), and put him 10 ye lobby
uDder ye stsins; some children aud .
mulstto woman we're reprimand ed for
|suening st Pomp Shorter.
When 20 services at ye meeting houte
we're ended. ye council and other digni
aries we're entertained ct yo house Of Mr..
Epes, on 70 hill near by. and we had .
,onntiiul Thanksgiving dinner With bear,
neat and venison, the last OF which wass
lne buck, shot In ye woods ne,r by. Ys
rear Was killed In Lynn woods nesr Read
ng.
Alter 70 blessing was craved by Mr..
lsrrich OF Wentham, word came tbs, ye
,uck WAS shot on ye Lords day by Pequot
n Indian, who came to Mr. Epes with
20 10 bis mouth like AnsDi.s OF old.
Ye council therefore refused to eat yo
enison, but It was aftsrwsrd decided that
'equot should receive 40 stripes save one
or lying and ptofsning ye Lord's day, re
tore Mr.. Epes 70 cost OF ye deer, aud con
iderug this . just and righteous sen
ence on 20 sinful besthen. and that's
'lessing had been crsved on ye meat, ye
ounoil oil par!ook Of 1t but Mr.. Shepard.
'hose conscience WAS tender on ye point
I ye venison.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-12-01
Jimmy Wallace.

A dog often makes good reeimental
pet, but from an article in the New York
Sun it appears that the Ninth United
States Cavalry has . pet that exoelled st
least one boys admiration. Whist 1t is
will be seen from reading the Suns &C
count OF visit made by boy and his
mother to Camp Wlkon ut Montsuk Point
They had bad most interesting day. and
on the way home the mother asked the
boy what he bad enjoyed most. Without
hesitation be replied:
Oa, Jimmy WsIlacel
For moment she WAS surprised: then
she realized that from boys standpoint
Jimmy Wallace probably was the greatest
attraction 10 that strange city OF tents by
the sea. She had frt seen him early 10
the afternoon, small black boy, with
swee, childish face, gazing up into sn
officers eyes with tdoring appreciation.
The ificer was saying:
Nov, Jimmy don't do II sgsin. You
gave me an awful scare when they said
that they could not find you. ! thought
you bad got on some train and been car
ried off Don't wander far from the
csmpl
And Jimmy touched bis ridiculous cap
10 trne miliitry style and scsm pered swsy.
Later the womsn found him adjusting
his snspender on the one button OF bis
ragged trousers, and for 4 blissfnl ten
minutes she and her son had Jimmie oil
to themselves. At frat be was sby, ~
any unimportspt little boy might have
beep; bot prefently be lost himself in the
glory 0f bis achievements and possessions |
and then indeed Jimmie was brilliant.
did live in Tsmps. be said. bat did
not have 10 folks, 30 de Ninth Cavalry dey
took me long wid dem to Cubi.
suppose you we're 10 the battle At San
tisgo2 the woman sssed, with smile.
Yessnm. | wss, aud didn't hide. |
stood long by de colonel all de time. |
saw De S1tnisrds all covered up wid |
ieayes liks de trees so dey shot at US like |
murder. Aa sometimes dey yell 0ni,
Wees Cnhsosl snd den uheo ~e-uns
wett up clo.e dey'd fire 90 Us. Ysssuu,
sn' wasn't tca'ed. 1 Iusi rsn after tb.
the colonel.
A ter pause he went oo, looking re
sre,iully Il bis airy costume,
I'se got .nit just like the de boys, su
gur, 40 lite spsnisb poDy psmed
BuiI.lo Bill sn % nis nsmed .ck. 90 lee
got liiHs tent eli far niJssif up on de
bill by De col, n lie -sn -sn --ds.'s what I
goil wftb tinsl burst Of pride.
The somsn coald OF believe ell th.t
be told bsr, Tor be vac ceriiariy GOT more
thsn tsp years old, 80 she sent TO one Of
the Ninth Cavalry aud questioned hin
Yss, IL wss sll une, tas trooper. bat the
boy had lett out ODE item moss tosehiss
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-12-01
Fo"d Of crab.

A jolly old bay from the Midlsnds enter
cd 01e OF the hotels OF the seaside sLd
seeicg on the slab on The right 8 crab
dressed on the shell. with iees, claws aud
parsley ranged round, ssid to the lard
lord.
What dye call thpt7
Grab. wss the answer.
Looks good. Ill have no, sDd gle us d
pint OF sle.
Bfes I and ba . vss added and tie
diner wss left 10 bic dinnr Ia shout 81
nour tbs genial lao iiord ebtnsd tbs din
iug ssloon TO see II hii snssi vas eeitlns
90 sll n ibi. He foo.d him chssigs w
the last ci.v, tue chaser red " tbs f,se
bat bssmIns.
Lite the orb, siff
Ys.. He w@ esptA q y-f tasted
one siore. bot tbink yoa b4kud "a
little o long. Tue erast vas hsfs. Its
bsss .nothef piDt
He bsd sstsa ihs loi--shri snd all
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-12-01

Two girls both pretty asa pewly blowr
rose, dressed isshionsbly, and talkslive al
4 pbonosrsph, occupied seats in 40 ont
bonnd av 'nue car.
Do tell me about Nel's wedding SAID
the pretty creature 10 the military blue
suit. Did it go off wellp And bow
Oh, beautifully ssiI 'he other lovely
bit OF feminini'v stirred ~ - nowest Ct
Spring jacket uiA. hy 'rs p'r
fectly lovely ana my nnir 4 II - ctrl
ss we'll as if 1t WAS attending d. old maid .
tea party.
My. how nioe; but tell me about Nell;
was she
She was horrid. Actually wanted me
to help her dress for the ceremony, as IL /
hadn't my bridesmsid's toilet to think Of
| sm afraid that Nell is too selfish to
make really good wife.
Then she will naturally have an unset
fish husband, my dear.
Perhaps 60. Oh it was delightful to
walk up the aisle and feel that every
body WAS gszing at you.
Yes. / know. But tell me, how did
Nell get through the ceremony
Iieslly don't know. My mind was full
Of one awful thought. ! was standing
with my back to ell OF those people and
there was no telling but that my gown
was crumpled after that long drive to the
church.
Oh. probably it WAS sll right. Was
Nel's gown
And wasn't 1t too bad that Jack was ont
OF town and could not see how lovely ]
looked?
Oh. we'll you can send him a photo
graph Of yourself. l suppose you have
hsd one tikeD2
Not unless be apologizas.
For whst-going away2 But, then,
even an engaged man must attend to busi
ness. you know, my dear.
II wssh't only tls', it was his subse
quent behavior. You see' | wanted him
to share soms Of the festivities. go / sen
him q box OF wedding cake. And you
should have seen the letter got In re
turn. II was just too hornd for any
thing.
But perhaps the cake disagreed with
him.
II wssL's that. You know l thought 1t
would be nice TO write him q nice. sweet |
little note and slip II 10 the bottom OF the
pske box, so that when he bad eaten the
cake be would have pleasant surprise.
Good gracious, do yon mean to say thst
be gave the box away and never knew
No. don't. The-well, the trnth is
hat those horrid posiofiice men actually
made poor Jack pay letter postage on &C
,ount OF my little motel Oh. how / do
iespise such pryipg ipquisitiyeuessl Not
'siis6ed With that. they
Goodness, grscioup, can't they send you
10 Jail for violating the postal lsws2
No, they can't DO that; bat they sciusl
y made poor jack pay Letter postage on
he boz before they would let him bays IL.
Inst think OF IT, four square inches OF
Wedding cake cost him sl.40. and now he
= be says that be ia afraid that am D.
lot ecouomicsl enough 10 make . good
wife for mani Aud inst think Of OF him
sying such = hor'id tlins after i hsd
put that letter 10 the box ln.t to save
postage, III jnst write snd iell-oh, good
lees, dear. We are away past opr street
oaducttr, conductor, condue,cr stop
he csrl
Then they got of.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-12-01

same modest order a. those OF tue worl
ing ordsr smoug shom they dwell.
A buildef 10 . No'tAern tosu ia mat
oi this description. To the writer's kno~
ledge, be 10 worth 81 least s200, 900, and
Is growing richer year by year. Yet hs
has never lived In house OF hishe,
rett than 81 per weeAl aud bis house
bold 'ipenses probably DO hoi amoant 10
more than $500 per snnum, ADD this
despite the fac, that the same msn is The
owner Of more than a score Of hish-eisss
dwellinR- houses, letting st rents OF from
$500 10 $1,000 year, ip addition 10 several
block, Of cottage property Wbs,ever
may be said OF others, 1t is certainly true
OF him that he 'wsnls bu, little here be
low" II is scarcely probable thai when
he die, his wealth will pass into sucb
frugal hands.
Another welI-to-do tradesmsn whose 10
come is between 1000 and e. 800 . year
resides 10 still smaller dwelling. For
long time past . iour.roomed cottage hss
spilioed for his modest requirements. and
possibly will Tor the remainder OF his
days
Uplike the subject OF the preceding
paragraph, nothing would induce him 10
inyett his savings in brick and mortar,
fer he is strong believer iD the poten cy |
OF ready money plenty OF 1t. He |
has but one sm biton In lille, and that 10 10
sccum ulste sufficient wealth TO enable his
two children 10 live in comfort and indie
pendence after be has sbuili ID of this
mortal coil.
TIE old man has not forgotten the pri
vsiions he endured 10 bis earlier days,
when the grim spee.rl OF arystion Was
hlyen3g over him. Hence
the fund be is so eeli-deDyingly building
up Tor those near and dear. May bis
cherished hopes be realized.
A wealthy gentlemen OF the writer's 90
lusintance contents himself with . hum
Die abode for which he pays a rent OF
s6 90 per month. Considering that he is
he owner Of fine ancestral estate ia the
it may seem some hat strange .
bat he should prefer to reside in 0 small
louse 10 an indu trial district OF Q large I
own. q
Yet that is where he passes the greater /
'srt OF the year, the stately house OF his G
orefathers seldom sheltering Lin more @
han two months out oi the twelve, q
hough always ready for his reception. O
Int for the pleasure it Ofiords bis friends, q
9 would probably never think OF occupy |,
,g his country seat at ell.
One can understand. as we'll ~ desp lee Y
Ie motive which prompts a close fisted. /,
Iis'rIy mortal 10 live 10 wretched Il
polcRy ior u house. which he is able 10 b.
vi his own. He is aotuated by nothing m
ut an abnormal greed for gold; and, a
lough reputed TO be worth thousands Of b.
ollsrs. it is believed that il the premises in
pasted OF q weather-proof outhouse. how
Ier unfit for human occupation, he @
ould take up his qusrters there, aud en- b.
,avor to find paying tenant fer his VI
mshsckle abode. ly
Meager as is their fare. the liborers
nong whom be dwells fare sumptiously W
impaired with him, and be 10 not above p
ccepting from them anything they are 70
sposed to give-slwsys provided that At
,tbing is expected in rsturn. si
In
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-12-01

As is well koown. the sres, msJofiiy OF
people are more concerned sbon, apptsr
spces than realities. snd ste inclined 10
live 10 style shove tban bslos their
means.
At the ssms time, ther sra lev 0 hers
Who. though ~esltby. sni consequently
veil able TO shord large establishments
have 20 ambition 10 live 10 any such way
bat ere contelt With Lsbitstiors of The
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-12-01

MR. Gfoat Ii usbsbds srs 20 differ
cot iron other msbl Mrs baspper
koov II sid TO Jobn lat srslins:
Hos tie viid bi9~sf 500 be SAID sad
grualsd: 'Dii you ss,r kGos tbe siad to
do anything els.f Mrs. Groat -Ib.t's
lasi it, Bsfors you wsfs mstfisd ha
soaid have ssid something Iiss.
The evening times., 1898-05-11
DIAMom.MsT.

y 20 /.
Jack Doyle,s long suit Is stealing bases.
MciIale is all thatlis Heeded in center
field. =,
selbach has evidently got his eye on the
ball at last.
"Remember the rain.'d is the baseball
fans war cry.
far this season.
Only two errors Yesterday. but they
cost US the game.
MCGUIRE is making connections with the
ball in great shape.
Secretary Gage saw yesterdays game
from a seat In the pavilion.
Cy Young has cut the pass to first"
feature out Of his repertoire.
Gettman, at the bat, has all the ap-
pearance of a natural born ball player.
1t is rumored that negotiations are on
to secure Mulvey to play third base here.
Wrigley puts In his leisure moments at
shortfield tossing pebbles over to Rietz'
beach. - faB
Selbach has a habit Of half-soling and
heeling his shoes with the bat when ne
is at the plate.
Brush's board OF discipline has been
termed by Western exchange the
Leagues "vermiform appendix"
The Senators are altogether too gallus
in the matter Of running the bases. Base
stealing Is one of the attractive features
OF the game, but there are times when II
is better to subdue the desire to shine
in that particular.
Barring third base, where they look to
be weak, the Senators have a great In
field. Make no mistake about that. When
Doyle. Reitz and wrigley get going right
they will take no wash from any Of them.
says the Philadelphia Inquirer.
1t has often been said that nothing
short of big circus could detract from
the attendance at League baseball games
President Robson. of Cleveland, says
1.-The futter of excitement over the de-
parture of the soldiers accounts for the
slack attendance at the Cleveland games
Yet the team could leave Cleveland for
ever without causing fiutter. says the
Baltimore Sun.
In Mondays game there was feature
that seems to have passed unnoticed. al
though 1t deserves attention. In the sixth
inning there was only one man on the
home team ''at bat Leahy drew a base or
balls, Reitz sacrificed, advancing the run
ner a base. Leahy attempted to steal
third and was put out. Wrigiey went oui
on a fly to Thompson. 1t is doubtful II
such thing as only one man being "a
! bat in an inning had ever occurred be-
fore In the history OF baseball.
The evening times., 1898-05-11
standing of the Clubs.

The Phillies took another fall out OF
the Senators at National Park yesterday
afternoon. The game was well played.
and. the visitors won solely because Of
their ability to bunch hits at critical
points, although a small degree OF the
credit for the Phillies' victory may be
attributed to Amole on his pass to first
feature. The Quakers took the lead at
the start and were never headed. Speak
ing of the game, the Philadelphia Inquirer
says:
THE second of the collisions between
the Philadelphia and Washington clubs
was what the upper circles of baseball
society denominate as good game to
look at This piece of wisdom invariably
applies to the town in which the losing
club is located. The Philiies won. and
they won cimply and entirely because
they made the greater number Of runs.
Despite the closeness of the score the
game was one of those wild. inoffensive
athletic functions which make people
yawn and long for something which will
tinGle their blood. The mild. unassuming
Quakers in their undemonstrative way,
went to the front at the fall of the flag.
and though they never gave the people
the SnSnteSt TtusoI lof tuc pchti iihe
they were going 10 win in a punch. they
were never headed.
"The Phillies not only hit oftener and
at more timely intervals. but they fielded
in a way that should have spurred on
Wheeler to his best efforts. They did not
hit Amole with any particular degree of
profusiveness. but the majority of their
hits were made when they would do the
most good. The Senators also found
Wheeler with a great deal of regularity.
hitting safely at least once in every in
ming save the second but their hits were
too widely scattered to be of any account
in a run-getting way. Wheeler was not
only effective so far as keeping the hits
down. but he was also surprisingly steady.
After the first inning Amole was also in
good command, but in that inning he sent
two runners TO first on balls. both of
whom subsequently scored. The game
abounded in slick fielding plays. in which
Monte Cross Lajoie. Reitz Ald WrigIey
showed up in great form" The score:
The evening times., 1898-05-11
An Interrupted Prayer.
(From the Memphis scimitar.)


Members of Presbyterian church in
Richmond, Va, are decorously enjoying
joke at the expense of the pastor. a
rather austere, but much beloved, man.
1t is his custom to deliver a long prayer
at Sunday evening services, during one of
which a ludicrous incident occurred He
had reached pitch of considerable fer
vor when Tapping, batting noise was
heard from one of the galleries. Those
Of the congregation who had their heads
raised saw the minister's brow contract
and wrinkles appear between his closed
eyes, but he went on. There was a lull in
the Objectionable noise, but presently it
began again. This time the minister
stopped short, opened his eyes, looked Sc
verely toward the part of the gallery
whence the interruption came, and said:
Il wish that whoever is responsible for
that noise would stop 1t. 1t is extremely
annoying
Many of the congregation looked up in
the gallery and saw at the point where
their pastors glance rested a very much
embarrassed man fdgeting in his seat.
The minister proceeded with his prayer,
but in two minutes the Tapping began
again with even more vigor than before
Again the minister opened his eyes, turn
ed them on the man in the gallery and
said emphatically:
Il insist that this shall STOP 1t is Inn
possible for me to continue unless 1t
does"
Up jumped the man and addressed the
minister.
Mr.. -. it's bat," he said.
"A what?" asked the minister.
"A bat, sir.'' said the man. and getting
confused in his perturbation at having to
speak out in meeting, he added: ITS flew
In at the window and can't flew out
again."
In that cases" said the pastor, 81 beg
your pardon
Then he proceeded with his prayer, but
the conservative members of his congre.
cation are criticising him for permitting
anything to interrupt his prayer. They
also consider that It would have been
well for him to omit in the reading of the
hymn which followed the incident the
stanza beginning: Though powers OF
darkness me alright"
The evening times., 1898-05-11
AUCTION SALES.
JAMES W. RADCLIFFE, Auctioneer.
DESIRABLE BUSINESS AND RESIDENCE PROP.
ERTY, BEING NUMBER HOO BLADENS-
BURG ROAD; ALSO STABLE AND STABLE
lot At AIT(sTInN

DESIRABLE BUSINESS AND RESIDENCE PROP.
ERTY, BEING NUMBER HOO BLADENS-
BURG ROAD; ALSO STABLE AND STABLE
LOT AT AUCTION
BY virtue of decree of the Supreme Court
OF the District Of Columbia passed on the Goth
day of April, A. ID. 1895 in Equity cause number
19.l0s, wherein Lila NJ Shacklette is complain
ant and Frances W. Shacklette is defendant, I
Will sell at public aution in fiJnt of the prem.
ises on SATURDAY. THE 18th DAY OF NAY
AID, 1s9s, AT $50 O'CLOCK p. NJ, lot 1913 in ] s
Swormstcdt's subdivision Of lots lis. 116. H.
l21, l22 AID part of 120 in r. f. Waggaman's
subdivision of part Of Long Meadows per plat
OF said Swornstedts subdivision recorded in
OF the Surveyors Office Of the District Of Co.
lumbia, subject to incumbrance of about 81 800
secured by deed Of trust recorded in Libsr num-
ber 2063 at folio 392 ct seq Of the land
ords of the District of Columbia: Immediately
thereafter parts OF lots 1n9 and 40 in wagga-
mans subdivision of Long Meadows, beginning
for the same at the northwestly corner Of said
lot 100. running thence easterly along the north
line Of said lots 100 and ITO seventy-three and
.orty-four one-hundredths feet (73.4D, thence
southerly along the east line of said lot ITO twen-
ty-fve feet t25), thence westerly parallel with
Lewis Street sixty-seven and ninety two one lun.
dredths feet C67.92) to the west line of said
lot 100, thence northerly with said west line OF
said lot 100 twenty-five and forty-one iundredths
feet t25.sn to the place of beginning together
with the right of way over parts of lots 100 ITO
and 112 in said Waggaman's subdivision, as more
particularly described in said decree.
Terms OF sale: All cash. deposit Of 800
on the first piece described and $50 on the stable
lot TO be paid when the property is knocked
days from day OF sale. otherwise the Trustee re-
serves the right TO resell the property at the
risk and cost OF the defaulting purchaser All
cost. CIIAS W DARR Trustee
Equity Building, 317 Four and half Street nv.
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