The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-07-19
THE WIDOWS RLroRM.


old Bhshsn. th' .otdef II The si
DER well, l .'poss .hs slht th,i qsits
hss etpy idss TO. well OF abe o Ma
Jsbs's soin 10 bel
fls, I've bs'n up eli risht He'll dfol
sosi toward sundovr, susu Ne,
doet ihink they knuv what's vsi,is 10
sr. ior hs's hep shll iongue 10 BIZ
heed. 20 wsll 20 tils rein 90 I'm,
kinder fsgsr sp bis s,ib while be IL,
ar allin. ard - be slnt osrsr spent holl
In, bis iaire., mus, eount ap 10 pish OF
tssuty theussu', surtl
Well. well, he's been .ly, sn ksp II
from hi, vimnsb folks sn' The SCISSORS
ssid Listening ntistbor.
Yes. he's lived CA what the widow and
Msti-Jsne bad earned s.iskins 10 and
ssoing ont. sld bs, boosted that by 20
doing be could 'salf his own vsasti
don't know what Heaven can cfgr such q
man 10 place Il the pleasure be hes taken
here 10 scrimpiug and tsltirs,' % be
called IL. obined 10 one Of more inteIli
gent OF the ueisLbors.
The news Of old Brigham i'm ninsnt De
psrlure from bis narrow sphere here to
the unknown land that swsits US all, was
discussed 81 every breakfast table 10 toe
little neishborbood. where even smaller
affairs thsa an occasional death in their
nidst crested a nsighborly ripple, that
served them in plsee OF wave OF epth ns
ssm such rs nov and then stirs the life
stream that bears on its bosom broader
lives.
The widdor's ben q hard working,
pssh mt woman. and shes bore With him
beiter'n should. I'm willin to say thst,
30 ! don't mind ssyin, es long es he's
got to go vhuther l'u wllin or not. that
I'm resigned. ss old Mis- Howard said, |
when her darter Sussn's druhken coot OF
. husband died an Suke balled and took
on, es ef he'd ben sum use to her: Sukis,
I'm ashamed o 20; tsinl rite to ball so.
He's better of. es the elders ben telin
on ye, an the Lard knows you bel Anes
fur Mari Jane, hope she'll epjy her free
dum awhile Gfore she ties herself down
to man her own; not but What jim
Reed is we'll ennff. but there's . good deal
to be put up with, il one has the best OF
men. There's wus things to my mind
than being left widder. or even than
bein an ole maid wonder il they'll dare
let Jim come TO the funtrsl9 Id be
afraid th.t the copse would come to life, {
40 ! wouldn'trun no risk that, ef was
berl I'd let well snuff slonel
At smother table the fsthsr said; As I
nsusl. Harris h,z ran 10 on a cheap {
ticket 4
Didn't get q retarn one, though dad, s
did he2 =
Hs. bal that's pretty good. 'sideiiog q
yer sige, Joe. But was a sayin be the s
doctors an spongej what belonged to 8
them an the muses., out bis nay bors :
who watched an tended him out pity b
lur poor Mis- Brigham. tho they've felt q
like tellin him some plain truthsl An y
there's poor Mari Jane; ole Hsrris hadn't v
RELY ennytbin sgin Jim Reed. onIy his @
,omin there hendred the wimnen folks c
lbout their work, as callers allus dpz /
But . man needn't be q hog. il be duz S
lnow howl An Harris bsgtujsd the e1 o,
ry ole punk an bresh that WAS used II he f
'sme in TO 'set up awhile es it ss material OF
ur young folks to do, even the best on Q,
IN; ye mite es we'll try 10 make water
IN up bill by whistling 10 it, es to try m
hsnge human nAlerl Yer can squelch hl
IN es for es ys can see but don't 70 for tt
ii II, yer sgoin TO get left in the end,
o the grass 90 bis grave won't need cut 80
10 afore Jim Reed will hev . rite to eut er
You're rite iterel Did ever tell ye ds
'hst Brigham ssid when lie beard that th
be nsy bors bad got hold OF his taking th
barge o the wimmsn folkses srniEgsf on
Ie Was msdder'n a settin hen Sez be /: be
is trus thel ! du put ten cents out OF
rry dollar thst l let 'sm arm inter = VI
pice boz; and It's true tibet the res OF il cs
NJ viltls us three, an wy shoodnst IN ia
10 the bizzibodies know how much | civ OF
u outrite bt.idesi Then tell them that 10
iey hev oil there il lei arter our livin is sv
ervided, to waste On ther backsl Yis, tn
Tree, it's . homes fscl ! du oil thet. pa
tier providin q ruff over ther hesds, 80 a
tin EN- split up ennythia tn burn tibet no
ont selll Sum wimnen hsv tn help go
ny fewel, II makes EN- more ssviuer. No, So,
sint never been lite 40 mean With EN-. he
hers 10 secret sbsou, the f.c. thet vim VII
en- cost foil es much 60 they're with To a do
an, bat I've tried To fargi. II an du my to
atty by en-, an hevs hardly tax my jus 20,
,es. SEE be. I'sea clean rite 10 all they pr,
o. sill the ten centsee folks lsf abson', on
We pat tsice q year inter the savIu's del
luk - in their names, mind ye, row, not ey'
ice, es mean man wool; but they don't fee
,ow I'll I've ben, ye ses, more'n homes vo
I,h EN-, eivin en-, what WE minel LIS he
nerous, | call II, sn srter I'm dead 81
no they II fn ont how nuch tLsr 10 for wo
D, en- can't help tber hsnlin /, ihsbl I'D
hope they'll hsv ersti,ood spuh 20. TO cor
en- eusy on1! Poor Brigham, bes been res
bard master. like all the Brighsms Store see
N. The
Well. veil. hes been queer chap,
a has took pride in Lis ,msllnetses; lie
IA me ouce. ihsl he'd got more'n vas 3