The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-01-18
Letters of the
Counting Period
fy DONALD cHAMBEldIN

AME ~ Ia that fhVIF nf inNRFg Rli
a,n,m. ,t.g. .,t,t,n ~ zach o,bo, q,
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: " ." '''''''''' "'p'" anu ''s''e '''tl
: froiaued dePth 10 heavenly heish'
! " one ~ the many mysteries OF love
S Ovid wrote u the art Of love. lie hat
better have written OF the chaos Of
( love Here are some letters writer
~ olie Of my erandfatbers and one Of
nv rrandmoibcrs when they wcr,
counting The first is from grandma
Iust listen 10 n
q.
~, 80. ",'''.t n,'' s' ''a'e ~
. say that you would Toe mine. but | eanno,
refrain from writing yoU how happy you
have made me hayc met many girls
but you are tho only angel among them
/ am awostrrk when ! think " my hay.
ms secured such a prize / only fear that
when you mad cut how unworthy | am
sou VIII cast me on
T.. ~,
tbat ten minutes aftfr he had loft my
grapduotbar "a cnntfn,,, ~, n,par t,o
tuoddle no bad uyisbcd nm bar l.,
sncerb No was in his rnam v,itino tho
aboya erfus{ou II would soon tb.t
These yoi,ng lovers nnyer can broak
the steady flow Of ,oye thot nonrs from
I their hearts. and II they succeed in
| doing so they must needs repoir the
t,,aI, g., co., -. ra.,,, ~, It'll
!
/ as lheg can get an opportunity
And what possessed the man possess
/ ed Tho woman Searcely hnd GRAND.
father loft bis mato ,ban gho rnshad
non and manor ana ,,nttn,,od A. o,,,,
bo,rt o,t,o,,.;,,,, !, ~, rot,,,.t,,,, 80
,,...,.
csnnot.tbou"h "on ha,e NO, honr % ,noa
ten minutes-refrain from telling YOU how
Infinitely happy you have made me by the
uonoF you nave uole 'l'e. ~ oe loyeu "
orah,a Won have been IN reira,ning fron,
telling me you loved me before speaking
TO papa!
OF course can't rive what must
boro t.i.or ho,rs % n,,;.o poaiaa,
Nhat Woulu De the use! IL Is all on
the same high G key. II he was writ
ing tn nm onpel shn was WRITING IN n
80 -. 49, - - ,,o,,
sou - "' o'c w" 'he h'ei uiS
dropped after the first spat:
Dear Misc Marsb,Ii-I uust sav wos
slrnrlsed M vour actto, tbis averin, I
supposed you were above treating even
eo' ' ~ say "ot,,'is u selllellan,
YOU did IadylIkeY confess that 81 NV
father had kitchen maid who would act
toward me as you have done should in
s'st on iei oiScnafse'
Note the RAPID Iall IRON angel TO |
kitchen maid. And the old dufTer-I |
forgot. nv grandfather wos tbon
t5s, .,.,e
mon oontIomon 80 oo,,nora ~.
host cir, RI a kitcho, moidr M hia
act 10 notbino n commune VIII, ho,.
II takes n woman TO exDress her onin.
To-, 90 ~ ho -.
~" " "o
Mr.. Winchell-1 thought you were a gen
tleman. That Illusion is gone forever
You VIII always hereafter be cassed with
those young men who, having been
brought up In the backwoods. have not
consider you worthv 70 en,.r nv nou u""
beg that you win never again do so
Should you persecute me with your a.tcn-
IONS hereafter shali INFORM my brother
Watch loose, His teeth are yerv sharp
Notihg the uate OF tnls Ietter, ma
hat a reconciliation was expected the
law # was written At any ratio bere
,a.. a., g..
nc wv 'e.'ei'' 'ne MS. iioin siahupa'
bearing the same date as the last
luoted.
Iii, -, ~. - .,,, ,
yo,,,an IN 49, narIa =, ~ 'o "a ,.'.
Ter million kissesl
The dog that was to have been let
Dose seems to have lost his terror
This Is her reply:
oh. NV darling NOW ,,nmeasn,,n,v
.appy ain that this horrid nightmare
> over And TO think that II should have /
cen apout 80 .Ilnihs natter Us your [
ome earlier nm baIf n,s, W. shaVt
o through dinner by half past 4 and how
an | wait n whole hour for your
For fortnight after this the waters
,ere untroubled: then came n flash Of