The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1899-03-23

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TIE ole msu bad aven boys. Mr.. Te.
wood vent op, 9th dry inusrd ehuck
st some memory. 40 1.-THE ole folks bad
raised EN- right be oauli a sei back 10 b
easy cheer sn never done 20 more voft ,
long ~ be lised. lie did Try the ess
cheer game. bni il was everlsstin1y %
late. Thtm boys bad srew up TO thin
thsi the sirth wss pretty much made 60
they ooulj bsve good time an notbin I
| do.
they slot one o. em seven boy
that's worth kiilin to-day, srd the oil
msns workin harder io-i.y than be di,
% years tgo,
Bul reckon be thought jim ws goit
to be somethio. Long lat winter Jim b,
ssn u thi 10 up to one o them Fois,sl
girls the one With the tnra up nose = Of
1, xould ma ie any body sick 10 have ssv
the WY the ole mao took on,
Iteil you. the,'s oatcome 10 thai boy o
rice, thar jim. be ssys 10 M. rubbia bis
hands together, pleased ss pie. You
wonldnt thought that they WAS thai
much spunk 10 jim. would your Al
there he IL, sparkin op TO that girl, 90 ber
sr L'pa was . member o the legislator
Al STORE ss yer lisio Jim'll be 10 the leeis
later himself some day, iur he's got the
nerve 10 try it.
II pears like come TO know ell 1bout
this freeman business kinder accidental
like. Yoo zee, long middlin airly las
srring ! got ole Nance opo day an rode
over to ole Ffeemsn's for TO bolrer his
bsirer | was a.gitiia my garden ready.
and II was that grassy ii was plum bonn
Tor TO be hsrrred.
When ! got over there, Squire Digss an
some more men w.s jss ridin away, ALI
the ole man met me 10 the gal'ry look in
like he'd been s-cryiu al says he:
lm a.6xiu for change. Lie. says he.
Jim's s-9oin to get married Sunday, an
me 80 the old womsn is jes decided this
place. an him and bis wife is a-goin to
take keer O. US the balance O. our days.
You don't know how happy il makes me
feel. I'm a-poin TO have me big cheer
su set on, btre in the gal'ry where kin
watch the COWS goin to paster, and Jim
plowin In the for fell, and wh,r re the ole
woman hin listen to Jm's wIo potterin
round the house, you know, sn l kin kind
er oversee and tell him how to do things,
Iur jim don't know pesky much sbout
fsrmiu.
You better hol' on TO th deed till you
die. says 10 q wsrnin tone, and let the
akin keer come first, Or, gracious, the ole
mao was SO mad be come mighty nigh not
etiin me have the hatrer.
Well. shore enough, Jim be m srried IN
3rnng his wife home and got his deed
sie Gn sound, an for good while every
hing was ss moe as pie. Every time
passed there the ole man sn ole woman
q d be settiu up 10 the gspfy in two big
,heers, lookin like they owned the earth
u q good siz,d chunk O. the moon.
Std o. isdin away an dyin as any body'd
thought they'd done, the ole man an
lie woman begin to pesrten up an cit fat. |
When vent over there along in June for
0 take the hsirer home, the ole man said |
10 blieved be was good for 10 more years
ct
jim sn bis wife heerd it an wasn't long
tier that before Jim's wife begin to fix |
or seitlin the old folks hash. She got |
wful mad because the ole man chswed
erbsccer, an she ies couldn't stand il.
ohow. 90 she couldn't eat ut the table
nth either Of them because they ct with
heir knives. sn she made EN- move into
ne o. the back shed rooms because their
norm disturbed her, and. when, about q
,oLth ago the ole woman got sick, she
ss' ripped 40 she sDorted. Jim's wife did,
q said they'd better hunt come other
usrttrs, for che was plum tired o wait
, on EN-.
When the ole man besrd that be natchal
! cbimed 10, an twsn't long before che
as 9 scrs min IN Roin into highstrikes,
D ssyin that she was iDsulted In ber own
onse, and other things like that.
Jim. be beerd the row. 80 he come d
sfiD 10 50 says Dad. can stand this no
niger. Yot'D mall halter git out. Aw
II bock soodsy Her Jim was. Always
sen d like be couldn't take no POLISH.
CT optf We'il halter git out. will we2
ellis tbe ole man, al before you could
,ora'n siSk be jumps on to Jim en-
1rows him down, sn recbt up along the
all for the wsggin whip that WAS bangin
o under the gun, 'iowio TO use the han
lie on jim.
The whip was outen reach, but Le grab
cd the topgs that WAS hsngin up at the
I'd The chimbiey board. sn be gave that
oy sech a lsrrDpin with them ioogs as
mt never been heerd on 10 this psrt OF
ie morsl betitsge.
he beat jim, the ole man did. I'LL be
romised to deed the place back, an then
9 1 90 i'm sud held i'm down while
pc The hands wett for Squire Diggs ~
,me xitnessef, an Que o them wac me.
be minute the deed was made the ole
IAN Gays TO jim: Nos britg the wagein
,une' AID be quick about il too. for yoor
DIN TO iisbt t t-.Dielt. The Gle wo
Isn 90 me 1. ei.tiu middIin snIious to
ave b t.cs TO ourselves btsp lively
ow
A. u be moved into tia. CABIN on
,e 81 ,rs place,