The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-01-08
MANCHESTER JOURNAL.
Local and State Matters.

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BHail Es9a = Bennington has
oocntly sailed ST. California g = ab-
est Few m8a.ts oa business
TAsre abs general meeting e
De Profitable Temperance n q
Aianchosisf. og Fujay essa.ns y tbs
cok. ID the Congregational Meeting
louse. 5, 81 O'Clock ~ Sir Olmstei
Nd deliver a. address on the Liquor
as. Al arc invited b attend. ospeo.
Ally shose opposed 70 the law ~ ~
iey = ~ Presidoat
We shall expect 70 see a large iurn
alt n oar cliisens a. she lecture FRI
lay evening 18th ~ Roy " s Smart
q ihe Congregation Church Mr s
ras Chaplain Il dc It'll Vernon, reg
mont and tho bare announcement =
DO fact that be j. 70 SPEAK here w'll
,o sufficient ve presume q oall ont the
members u shat organization. % this
icinity. ia 'fnll ranks
Bennington claims 10 havotbc most
.ovcriul water fountain ID tie world,
recently completed Il "AIallc grove.
he uow sutnmer residence - Scll b.
Hunt At llIe FIRST iiial il threw water
o The heigll, y Ii5 folt. % f-ct higher
ban any other known fountain ID aio
world. The water Is conveyed Ia iron
pipes distance % Gg00 feet aud tho
III III the whole distance is 305 feet
James Bronn, 81 Ellen has ground
81 GOO bushels Of potatoes at his starch
mills thc past season, $1,000 o. which
scre ground AZ Ellen, and the remainder
Il Lowell. The yield Of starch 10 tie
buSscl IL not as large this year as usaal,
owing to the carly frost which killed the
ines before they were ripo. The Ellen
nill ground 500 bushels per day
The seventeenth annual meeting 81
he Vermont Teachers Association will
u held Al Ludlow Jan 10Th, 18th and
18th.
Butter WIS worth from p 70 38
rents in ST. Adams last week A few
extra lots u ftll bntlcr sold from IS to
~ cents
Russell W, Collier, belonging in
&Worecsier, hung himself IN the horse
stable ~ Mason Wheeler, ii Calais, this
Estaic, Friday, the 2lst alt
fIeng Phelps. q Eas. Highgato,
was killed last week "Wednesday by his
horse becoming unma1ageabio and raa-
ping away.
Luther Henry, q vel X own meme
Der Of the Washington county Bar, died
Of CONSUMPTION ut his residence IN Wa
tefbnry on Tuesday last
The story ihat has gone thc
rounds ot tho yclm3uter ah3 nag im-
prisonel for selling blackencd sheep IN
Ohio, hns a sequel The astute Buck
eve aud the vermonlor have exchanged
places, by an action i1r imprisonment.
Doubtless, tic tLcep inqncstion Did lose
their color on exposure to storms. as All
sheep will which have attained dak
snrfacr by being housed whsn i rams
The fact that they whi'oncd On exposure
is the best possible evidence that no ar.
iifcial means was used.
Tho Vermont Mutual Fire Insn-
rance company los! $4,000 IN 1866 by
fires oceasioned by The careless Use o.
Kerosene, ana has just adopted q ncn
bylaw imposing an additional charge q
ten per cent for insurance on building'
wherein explosive materials ARC drawn
by artificial light
HaIraoe Spaulding, Of Fletcher
while engaged on the evening ofthe 2lst
nit. in calting meat, Suddenly placed
his high, upon the stairs. and with hi
razor cut bis throat
As Hon. Schuyler ColhS was on hii
way to Burlington, SAYS the Fec Press
the afternoon ~ his recent lecture,
gentleman toes the tram a Shelbun
and found q Sat ito Mr. Collar Dis
] posed to be soeiablc he turnel 70 hi
fellow passenger with,
Going ia tho lecture y
Nj. Colfax said he should probably b.
8 ihere.
$50 ami Did you ever bear Colfax 2
cob yes very often, was Air g g &c
iily
wei what kind II a man il hc 4
be a good speaker, does he know any
& shing ="
eWen. reals, don't know as my opin
ion IS worth much on that My mans
E is Colia1
This reply brought TIE questioner NJ
al standing bus rallying In took
good ,,fook a his distinguished fellop
] traveller and Begging bis pardon. toll
& him ho thoagh. he would know hsu
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