The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-06-11

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n sheep by dogs sas reported at four hundred and
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the New England States, lhanks to the deg las.
--Barna Cooper Of Rochester shot himself through
the heart on Thursday. lie was 90 years Old and
10 easy circunsianoes.
In North Hartland Is The grave ard ofthe CAL
Top family, IN Witch every Ons Of the race, GO in
number. are buried, the last one having been placed
there last summer.
The Fourth Of July is to be celebrated in Rut.
land By = Gnnd fircmen's Muster, IL the after
noon a Trial Of engines for prizes wu take place
when the following prizes VIII be awarded tlrst
prize $500 second sa9o third 800
THE ASrKIcAS fArMER In the June number
Of this sterling agricultural monthly just received,
We aHd 4 most Interesting and instruct We Essay on
Cooking Foot f0s stock. which should lie read by
every farmer 10 the land. Also other valuable mat
ter suitable 10 the seasons Ne notice that sub
scriptiors are lie, cved tor sk months at the re-
markedly low price o. 30 ret'. tor single subscrip-
tlour, from inUse who wsl % give iHE FABMEE u
trial, and all hnfnts received this month, get The
June lumber exirt. Subscription prpce lor tie
Year oaly si.0u, publishtd al Rochester, n. Y.
We copy the following biographical
sketch OF the aie and services of the
lase Rev. Ii. w Ransom from the min
ntes Of the last session Of the Troy Con-
terence.
Rev. Halsey w. Ransom, NJ. d., died
Of CONGESTION Of the lungs after nine
days illness Tuesday, March 26, 1867,
at Dorset, VT, aged 5j, lie was born
at Argyle, Washing on county, n. y
Enjoyng no SPECIAL advantages for ed
ueatlon be- oud the common school Of
that locanty, 1t is remembered Of him
10 his advantage by bis early friends,
that he deciiHed the evil courses and the
growing paslimes of the average young
nien OF LIS section, at a period when
many were addicted to drunkenness and
kindred vices, and gave his leisure to
study. A Young mar he taught school
winters, and was Il Hudson river boat
man summers. When and where he
began the study Of medicine we have
no data at hand to say. 1t is certain
that he wls duly graduated into the
profession Of medicine, and became a
skillful and successful practitioner
While pursuing this profession he was
converted TO God, aud from the work
OF healing the body, heard and obeyed
the call Of Heaven, to the cure Of souls.
1t is under stood by us that for some
years Brother Ransom was a member
of the Michigan Conference. He join
ed the Troy Conference in 1S4S, and
llbored with as nineteen years, serving
the following appointments: Orwell,
VT, Rensselaerellle, Lansingburgh,
Safe street, Troy, Pittsburgh, Fort
Edward, Glens Falls, Cheshire, and
south Adams and bennington. He
was serving the Dorset Church, having
left his home in Bennington to preach
Tor them, when he was oyertaken by the
disease which laid him low. Brother
Ransom has been heard often to refer
IN language of grateful Joy TO the rare
Happiness and saccsss OF his ministry ut
Lansingburgh. There and elsewhere
his memorial lives IN grateful hearts by
him brought to Christ. He was an able
energetic and popular preacher, his fa-
vorite manner beng to rush impetu-
ously upon his spiritual antagonists
His charges upon any obstinate AIala-
koff of error were sometimes almost ap-
paIling for yehcmenee. so, too, j n
prayer, he took the kingdom of heaven
by violence. He has been heard to
struggle with God as for ms HE, and
with an importantly that would not be
denied; his mouth fnll Of swift argu-
ments, which he hurled forth almost
fercely III the consuming zeal Of bis
spirit. His ardent temperament and
his keenly sensitive nature made him
intensely love his personal friends and
enjoy their society most keenly, and lac
knew how to charm them with the rare
magnetism Of bis speech and look
TINS same sensitive and inpetuous ma
ture SO vitalizing bis speech and so in
teBslfyIng his social and Christian de-
became inevitable, when his con-
sItntion was broken and has nerves un-
strung by disease the source Of acute
suffering to himself, ard was the occa-
sion, doubtless, Of whatever cmbarras-
ments he experienced IN the later years
81 his work. Other men may have been
more symmetrical in their character,
and more methodical ii their activities,
but those who knew him best will agree
thvt he was a Jealous and able minester