The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-03-31

hondfed ysrds sssy. THOSE ross Yer
isrser sod . darker sreen.
k~p IL up. aid Lsnsn. sleeiuiIy, su,
keep siiIil
We bessn srplyins The vs.ef TO The q
tire sese sve,y second evening. snd cou.i
ned doins this an,ii Ja'y ~ D. We nave
made IL stronger than tvo oaness 10 th
boekeiial. Ithibh ve applied IL slcvel
or tselve tipes. aud The visible Effect OF
the cprn VS.. 10 tbst csse and st that ,ins
really remarkable. II started 70 aros lee
si and tsek Oh darker green oolor yer,
pleasing 10 . farmers eye.
Meanwhile the eight bad raised . con
motion smons or yootbiui neishborr
sho we're sll ss,cbios our corn. snn COS
psrine II vith their own. Each sss slos
to admit ihst oor scse looked better thar
bis, to, BY Jaiy la the dinsrepcs hsd Il
be confessed.
The night before the Foorth Charley
and Llne Whitcomt came ever TO sss
us. cod stsyed and talked about slmos,
every thing except corn for tso hours,
Jass ee they we're sosoa. Chorley Mked
csrsiesslJ:
sly, vhs, ara Jon putting on your corn
thst mskes II look 90 veil
We l.ushingly ssked Why be vented 10
kbov.
O,,I didn't suppose 1t VS. q secreil said
L1rios. rather si fht.
But Win prz, OF one hundred end
6fty dollars ahead. We did not feel that Il
~ss iocum bent Oh us TO tell What We used.
30 se changed the subisct. They left With
ous even saying good night.
They resented our re,icerce. II would
have been more generous TO have told
them. bo, We did not feel colled upon to
do 20. Cedric Ttusston and Alvin Cox
agreed si:h them that We we're somehow
obtaining % upiAir advantage. 10 fsot.
they grew quite indignant over II and
made unkind remarks about our mean
ness. Ba. We vent on spplyi iug ssI.pe'
or wster every second day, and said potb
ipg.
Soon our envious young neisbbors went
further. % the evening OF July 5th Oed
rio Thurston bid behind . stone wsll on
one side OF our sore Of corn, and watch
ID us. l, was twilight. snd after We had
gone be examined the still vet bills OF
coru, smelled them, and touched bis ton
que 10 the leaves.
He wss unable TO make out quite what
Il wss. but the boys we're nov ell bsnt on
our secret. They spied about
our barn and stable. end the next sfter
noon Heory Thurston oonoesled himself
10 the hsy, OF the stable. where be
,ould peep down through . crack 10 the
loor.
Lymsu snd l hsd 20 idea thst our move
ments we're observed. We powdered The
,sltpeter snd mixed ten buckets Of the
1ster, as ususl. Henry observed where
1e kept orr box Of ssltpster, aod after We
,sd gone be came down and msde sure
That II was BY taking some Of IL swsy
sith bin.
Oar secret was nov ont. Bot knowledge
obtained surrep.itiously is often imper
ect. aud sometimes reacts on the spy.
Henry and Cedric took the Whitcomb
,oys and Alvin Cox into their confidence.
Henry had seen how we mixed II. They
cit pretty certain nov, snd the next day
hey purchased several dollars worth Of
altpeter.
Bat the iboys had 90 one 10 caution
hem. % our Penl ~ lvania friend had csu
toned us. Tso ounoes seem but . little
o pot 10 ten quarts OF water. Besides. We
I'D the start. and they wanted to mske up
or lost time. do not know how much
sltpeter they put to the buoketiul. They
,ould never soy . word about that 10 Ly
asn or me; but they must have pot 10
reat deal. on the priucipsl. psrhspe. that
little is good, more Is better.
Pfobsbly the peeping Henry he'd not
een able to see jost how much We used
i sny rate, they did not mean to be be
iodhsnd for lack oia good stif dose
hey meant to send their corn shesd Of
uss, II 50 tp.tsr.wster would do T..
Late th.t afternoon their three g. psrste
ores Of oorn received copions bspiism
u they paid us the compliment Of pott
,g the sster on Al the same time OF dsy
,st We did. slihongb l dc not imsaipe
,st the time Of day mskss any difl ,fence.
TIE ntx, day there wss . change. 10
eed, bat not the pleasing one which they
nticipsted. All three scres Of corn began
, wilt and 10 turn J, llow. b. the follow
g forenoon it was the "sickest-iooking'
,rn ever seen 10 that tovn. Much OF II ,
led. or st least died down to the ground
I'd . fortnight passed before IL started I
rain. 10 fact. Ill three acres we're stan, I
J. end never grew yell siter~srd. |,
Lyman end suspected ahss silej their I
,rn, end ve tsitted them. Tor we tboneht I
lot they deserved it, We ssked questions
TO what they bad been doing 10 tbst
I'm. We said that II must be wireworus
I'd that they must dig them ont sith their
osers and pat 10 nev seed. We gave
ZEN oil sorts Of good sdsios; end oil the ,
bile i've more sbeepist.ioolioa fellows
,uld not bsve been found 10 oil New Eog ,
nd. They bad not word to ssy. for I
ey could not end soold not tell us What 1
% the trouble. Iav-rdiy, too. they mn /
I'VE been spery enough to thrssh Lyman Z
ID me. but they we're obliged 70 keep ,
met.
Later 10 the summer We learned tbst the |
1hitcomb bows and Alvin eefe 40 sncry .