The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1903-11-26
A SISTER IN NEED


had Tell sirsishi. noi . le.i shock on tss
iivt-osks OF psosps the roads sere sptie'
deep 10 dost.sveu the " q mssnoIiss sssn'
ss 10 uitber ssd droop. For isc weeks
tte mercury 10 the Thermometer bad cfep,
ifon eins,y-nVe degrees TO tissty nine
degrees spd b,es sesin Nobody. hos
ever. seemed to mi9d tie ves,ber. The
men we're too bo.y 10 eomplsio, Tor The
eoiton.firhios season vM 81 Ito heisbi.
spd the eins we're running 90 double
iime,
oa "N iiIos Glen" plantation. the old
home Il the Dsres. psw sin house bad
bsen buia. A1drew J.cksoo Dare, iarior
The elder son; he'd taken charge Of IL for
the sesson Ii Rinned 10. only eo,tan
sfovn on Willow Glen bot that OF sur
roundirs plantations Mn. Dare. Peggy.
siitess yeats old. BABY Lpu," twelve.
snd Tnonss j fisrsop. tep. bed moved TO
the pisrt,,iop from toe parish sess g, Oak
vile 10 gel the country sis.
About the bouse, from the big road back
10 the swamp Isnd. tne fields we're snoSy
snb lint Fifty ebony men, women aud
chisdten we're working shoulder high
smoDs tie plstts. Eieh OF them had .
ong sack, suapendei by = strap which
passed over tbs right shoulder. The open
mouth OF the sack was foot below The
I'm srnpit. They worked vito both hands
the dsfk fingers lying among The role.
II wss voDderful TO see their speed,
,nd It wss 10 bs noted the, the most ey
per. did 10, lock st the balls 1t oil. Their
hands seemed TO fnd he way 10 them by
instinct PerspirsiioD rolled from them
al 10 streams; but most OF them we're bare
headed, and o. their hands vent 10 snd
out they sang. l. vas the prosperous time
OF year With them.
A. the Gin 9 dtx,n men we're employ
ed. and AadreW Jackson, junior. 10 sblrt
sleeves and under vide etrau bet. vas
full OF executive sbiiity end Importance.
The frame buildi0g was utpslnted. il
confined bu three rooms. Ia vpe OF them
vas sto,.I the cotton % IL came from the
aeli. Ia 40 adjoining room stool The
huge gin, q msohioe OF vbifriog saws,
mounted upon ylinder nd enclosed 10
massive o,s',
Itwss the porp9es OF this machine 10
separate the seed from the lint Its fesr
orfice opened into the flint room," snd
ioto this room poured . storm Of lint -
light o. swan n's.1own II lay six feet op
the h,or, SUD the sis was filled with par
,icles OF IL. The eia vas driven by etesm'
aod its pairing was sudible . hundred I
yards away. Tae boiler aud engine we're
ia smother buil ling. removed some ysfde.
II Ia the most risid OF rules thst 40 ffe q
nor soy hing /. d .mmsble may / Q brought
to the gin houses, and the insurance rates Z
upon them are I've times the rate charged
upon ordinary buildings. The s:e. how /
ever al ways insured. L
Aodrew J.cbsop, junior, made . mistake
when be told Thomss j, ffsrson the story
OF Dick Cooper and the wstermeloos. He
wss fond Of telling stories to the cbild. .
Dick Cooper. ss he bad told Thomas .
Jefferson. was 90 ssed African Who lived .
near O,kville. and planted two acres Of
sslermelons. He wss much bothered BY .
.town boys" who sole bis fruit ss night.
BE got 90 old musket. loaded it With pow 4
der. and placed u 10 the middle OF the Y
melon patch. Leading from the trigger q
we're msuy twins string attached to small 4
stakes driven into the ground, II vas bis .
hope that the foot OF msrsuder would =
strike . string. disobsrse the musket and
iris h,eu I'll the boys into the next parish 0
The boys found l.. loaded II to the muE q
Gle With slternsts charges Of powder and o.
punk. and set the top punk on fire. II Il
vent a tsenty times without stopping, II
,pd scsred old Dick slmost into As. 4
Woen Thomss J fsrson heard this story y
b. rolled 90 the h,or In laughter Then Il
ne ssked, cAsuslly.
whs,'s punkY 1,
Pauk7 bis brother answered. Why. q
punk is punk is You'll Hnd it grow q
ne 90 old siumps and fallen trees. I,'s o.
% ds OF decsyed wood. Sometimes ii b
hines in the dark. and the ne ,ross call 1t b
foI-hre o.
Doe. i. sure barn that wsy' Thomss
Ief r.on ssked. ia
Y.sl Yesi II certainly burns tbst wsy b,
vas the imps.ient snsser, snd Andrew
I.ctsoo, junio-, vent 10 bed. having 10 a.
lee early 10 the morning. te
Gpo-ge Wssbi1stoo, Who sn tbs engine 6l
arpsce st the Clubhouse, y" Tbomss fr
siisrson's friend. They held many lope b.
alks. Y,
Panki be ssid. in snsver 10 . qusrfy Oh
be next morning. Yes. sub. Dsy's plep n
, puak .boot teAh. Yo' kin 6o' bit any 10
'hsr ROM de sidse o. de swamp back ysn or
er Yo' vant soCe. honey7 "a
Ys, ssid the boy; ! want some; good
iece. plesse.
George WSbipston got the punk. . 81
ROM. spoopy sobstsncs. - large - > &C
i've, q,.r,er. He told the boy ihn The iii
rl8 h,od. lighted pitoss Of puok When
hey sen, 10 york 10 The morning, wrap k1
I'd thrm 10 rolls OF cotton, and Thus ksp,
,tt. icr their pipes sIl day. Popk 90 pe
u.rrsh, he ssid. would sGolder for 10. uJ
' ,istt b u-s. When the neld-hspd vsnt
a lisht. he ua,olled the cotton. blew CO lie
be pant little, sod bad oil The Ore be II
esded. THIS sunck ThomN Jtnsrson - ID
sing ca,I q, snd worth remembering. fel
hat stterroon be end bis sister Pessy DE-