The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-03-17
stllY's sralcr MORAL pRoposl.
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1 The ehsllense wSs . distinct relisi
Baessys Btisgs II bed looked % ihooa
ab.re zee 10 be stoinsf county sect 90
srd blood.hed 10 Dot . piessstt ihonss
10 ,ns easy .soins ctllE o q Wshoo Cau
". Nos. there ws.sssy cu,.
L,nls bit bossuui. sisi u. rensrhs
fedoiep, lac. soppose 700 read u sesiI
Billy Hcnck took The paper from b
pocket, deliberately upiOidsd II. pro
ped one foot 90 ,he back Of chair %
fesd:
TO tbe citiI,ns oi Baokeye b i3sss !
ssttlem OF OF The lone aud bitter eonsr
vessy bttvteo yonf town aud ours ~
Which shsll have the ooaniy-~si, We, tb
citix 90 OF SAWS Point. hereby chslienR
yon to any kind Of contest thss Jou us
name, the winner TO hsve tbs eonuty-'es
si,hout opposition.
Well jat take 'em mp on the imp
said Dan David promptly. They oil seres'
TO tbsl
Bat What thsll she bsi ssked Ike
Billy Houct, Dan D.vi.. snd Ike YER
appointed q CON i'tee 10 '.csre up SOM
thing"
Billy vas st the hesd oi every comm
tee appointed ., the Bridge. He va
ssedy looking little old cbsp. wore ovsI
ellis. boots, and . slouch bat; bot whet
Billy tqoiu,ed his eye sDd drsvled: a
reckon you cen fi.k it," Buckeye Bridge
sss ready to go 10 ou the ron With every
dollar up,
Tnres days later Billy reported be hsd
EN-, Hi, plin YES received With IN occs
sionsl cbuckls snd vsg OF the bead. snd.
Of courss Vas adopted.
Next dsy Birvis Point received the fol
lovios communication:
"a Gsp,lemen and CIuzsns Of S.rvis Point:
We, the Inhabitants Of Buckeye Bridge sc
cspt your proposition snd ssfee TO its
terms. We here With chsllsnse you TO sel
ect mao 10 NEE. one selected by us, on
the twenty fourth Of May, in . whistliDs
mstch."
Somehow the Bridge knew every thing
that happened 81 the Point. How they
tested The vbistling capacity Of every cii
zen snd ct last slipped ofi fellow to
Cbicsso to fud 9 professional but THEY
buckled to themselves and said moth
Jog.
The next week sdeputstion Of Point bu'
ness men drove over and bad . little talk
sith the usual croVd OF Brideers assem
oIed around the store stove.
Issy. began the spokesman, we've got
700 fellows faded faded worse than your
,slico
Th,pk 90, remarked Ike iodiHsrently.
We've got money thst says 80, broke 10
be bubsr who he'd black curly hsif end
,allcd himself . dop.sone sport.
About hov much' drawlsd Dan Davis
On, any smount. said the real estate
gent.
Well. nov. gentlemen. said Billy. ve
,ever esmble. Buckeye Ridge hss been
,rictly moral ever since / csn remember,
nd esm blin' sin't honest.
Soeers broks from the Pointers. Well.
10 got 'em faded good and plenty and
hey know IL, ssid the spokesman. Guess
'e msy % veil be going, boys.
Say tsllevs. ssid Billy. % they reached
be door. possibly ve might srrsnse some
hing tbst wouli be interesting and yet
trictly moral. The party torned back.
Go shesd, ssid the spoke.msn,
We're needin' new hotel purity bad.
I'D Widder Jones sin't able to build H.
Iupposin' you'd sgree, II the court house
ONES our vsy. TO donate . thousand dol
,rs towsrd the Wilder Jones' hotel. and
! il goes your way veil donate thousand
D spy charitable institution you nsme
nd. ve vonldnt be particular whst IL
'ss-you o.n settle thst among yoursel
20. and there son't be coy questions ssk
q. II vas 90 sRreed.
Since the mysterious trip OF the Pointer
, Chic,so there had been . new oitizsn st
srvis Point. Certain vell-knoWn tport
" gentlemen OF the Windy City hsd REQ
him % the greatest Whistler oD
ve continents. he could whistle 10 sny
tituds from stsndips 90 biz hssd 10
vineios 10 . hsmmo He could vhis
. loud end long and strike sny tune
ON the 'Irish Washer somsn' 10 the
4 dsrseillsi.e' Hs hsd been tested end
}, found ssotios.
The barber declared be wss . looloo,
ID, being . Frecbmsp. be admitted u
= said be hsd ~histled from Cape Town
H.mmsris.t sud carried tnne oil the
", .nd sssnred the gentlemen tibet there
>, no. oos sbistler snyvtsre the san
one that couia be prepared TO him.
Bockeye Bridge v. boiiiins its bopee
Hsury Todd. q nry bad been wbist
70 ever since the oldest iohsbitsnt could
N embss. that is remem Der Henry. for
vss not yet thirty. Hs sbt bis
: n TO the tane OF % 4 D.a Tocksr sod
ilose5 the plov oil dsy TO Marching
,roush Gs,rsi. II the day vss espec
Ily gloomy be chspsed TO Nellie Gray,
nh, w.. fefllas p,rtisoisriy good. be
pressed Z, By Toe Girl L,it Behind
a. A. Henry q. known 10 Iesn toward
Ii,iss. the csmu,,,se hsd promised II
son to elect him c,un,y CLERK.
My the tssnty.'ourtn =. public hol
~ 10 wsnoo q sunty. Tos wagons be
o 10 sst,ls 10 before the 90, vss 90
,or bish snd the grove son,h Of Back
g Badge sss sl,vs siib people BY nine
u ock
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