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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-02-15

Vorn Whether person votes
"fes or "No, be mnst add TO his vote
The name q the place where be would
prefer 10 have the county conferred, il
II should be cen,ered. Thus. il a per-
son wishes TO vote against centering,
but II the county should be centered,
would prefer 10 have it centered at
Manchester, be should vote NO" Man.
chester" fla person wishes to vote
against centering, hut if the county
should be centered, would prefer 10
have il conferred AT Arlington. he should
vote No Arlington" Votes printed
in both ways will be properly circula-
ted.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-02-15

The March Riverside" gives for a
frontpiece, another Of Stephens famous
animal pictures illustrating La Fon-
tain's fable Of The Cat, the Weasel,
and the young Rabbit" A new series
is begun, in Pictures from Froissart +"
by Paul II Hayne, poets renarrating
of the Old Chronicles for youthful
readers, Travel is illustrated by two
papers-"0n the Ice in the Baltic" by
the Sculptor Krntze, vnd Chile" by
Pelham W. Ames. Some Of the stories
are How Little Patrick found bis
Way over the Sea-" Princess Eva,
and How the Captain came by Leg
acy, by Yiex lioustache The droil-
est thins is The Romaunt Of the
Sleepy Princess" with its killing pic
ing pictures, although Anne Silver
nails Little Quaker krtist" aud her
highly excited drawings will make
households merry. The Editor gives
al account Of the Historian Prescott,
and pictures with rhymes are happily
grouped uader the Leadings Little
Folk Song" by Alba, and "Fatbei Gan
der's Rhymes" by c. p. Crspch. "Tbe
Settle" creaks under the weight Of puz-
zles, and The Calendar" shows how
many things have happened in March
Published by Hurd & Houghton, New
York. 81 so year.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-02-15

Nh EgroH Citizen n The last
JolFS,t. avs. -sapposs that n one case
IL ter, the parties q witnesses are -
situated, that i voall be cheaper. 70
try causes - now. than 9Th one Court
House He thinks there sheuld he
but one court boase, and that err
should he q, Arlington.
Wouh no, al persons attending
court, who live ia Bennington. Wood
ford, searsbufg PoanAl, Stanford and
ReAdsboro, have TO 60 from, or right
throagh Bennington to fIet 10 Airing
Ton. distance q fifteen miles by road
and seventeen Is railroad 2 These SIX
towns comprise baliof the present pop
ulation Of the county. Glastonbury,
with her forty tsaF inhAbi,Auis. Is Just
a. nigh Bennington as Arlington, aud
a majority Of the people Of shahsbury
are nearer to Bennington than Airing
ton. These eight towns are all there is
il The south sLiie
In the north shire, the towns Of Dor
set. Peru, Landgroye. Winball, Man
chester, and a good part Of Rupert,
mus all pass through. or 60 from Man
chester, TO attend court at Arlington
or any where south These towns
make two-thirds Of the remaining popu'
lation. Sandgate aud Sunderland, are
geographically as near Manchester, as
Arlington, but large majority OF the
people IL Sandgale can get to Airing
ton with less travel, THAI TO Manches-
ter. The inhabitants OF Sunderland
are convenient to either town, and not
far from equally divided between Man
chester aud Arlington, as to distance.
We have then Arlington, with twelve
hundred people. the greatest part Of
Sandgate, which has in all but eight
hundred inhabitants, and portion Of
Sunderland, that could attend court al
Arlington, by travelling less distance
than they now do perhaps two thou
sand people in all
This county now contains twenty-five
thousand people, fourfifthe OF whom
must 60 right by court House. to &C
to Arlington to attend court, II the
county is centered there few, if any
could go home nights, but must wait al
the hotels with their witnesses till then
turn comes-as il now is, nearly all par,
ties and witnesses living in the county
can go home nights mainly board al
home, while they are attending court
Why did not Citizen" say admit
that nine cases ont of ten, can be tried
much cheaper With two shires, as they
now are, and that very many cases could
not be tried at all for the increased ex
pense, il the county was centered ht
would then have spoke like man o
candor, and his opinions would hav,
been entitled to respect.
FAIR Play.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-02-15

Gentlemen:-O Our Court House al
Bennington having been destroyed by
fire, il became the duty 81 our last Leg
islature 10 make suitable arrangements
for the erection Of new building for
the accommodation Of our Courts. 49,
And in doing this the Legislature have
seeh I'll TO appoint the undersigned a
committee to purchase for and superin-
terd The erection aud furnishing Of a
new Court House,
And your committee regret 70 learn
that designing men. for the purpose Of
affecting the vote Of the freemeu Of the
County. which is abou, TO be taken for
locating a Count House, ale c.rculat-
ing the story that III case the Court
House shall bs built at the village Of
Bennington, the committee intend TO
30 design the work as 10 make it nee
essary 70 have further appropriation
10 complete the same. Your commit
tee in consequence OF these reports feel
it their duty 10 disabuse the public
mind 10 that particular, and 10 assure
the freemen Of the County that We have
no such intention. But on the contra
~ We believe the appropriation is am-
plo and sufficient 10 erect as good a
Court House and jail as the County
needs And we take this opportunity
10 pledge ourselves to the people, whose
servants we sre IN the Performance Of
ihis duiy. that We shall 50 design our
plans % Tie bu.lding and its location
as 70 keep upon The safe side and With
IN The limits marked ont BY the Legis.
lAlnre, aud IN no even. shall We Leave d
dollar Of unfinished work to lie done
hereafter by further tax Nor shall
ws in toe completion Of the work leave
the county 10 aebt by contracting debts
over aud above the appropriation. aud
for the bees. Il reasons, tha, We bsliefe
the smouui fixed ~ the Legislature il
oil that j. nereeaaf, 10 buiid good
and Substantial Court House aud jail,
and "a good ~ The county are called
npcn TO build And Il ,be inhabitants
u Bennington stlisge should The
CouFi House be located there desire
any thing better. ee give Tins timely
notice they must og'ltrtnte for tha,
purpose. NOS ii premises. but 10 money.
and pay the same ever to ths commit
tee for the bepeft q the eooniy, before
The plans are drawn o. the vork oo1.
tSRc,ed II They sat to beAat.fy their
village they Has, A..sni u il IL ara.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-02-15
Fam Play.

MR.. EDITOR / nave read commu
nication, in your paper, signed CTR
ZEN" The writer assumes, that if the
the county is not centored, we shall
have to build hoo court houses. The
position is perfectly absurd lit would
seem hardly possible for any one to be
SO blinded as TO make such an asser-
ton.
This county has been organized for
ninety years-it has all tie time had
two Court Houses and the county has
never yet paid cent for building u
court house at Manchester. That
town, or its citizens, have built two
court houses at their own expense. -
There is now good court house there,
in perfect repair, and abundantly large
and convenient for doing the business
quite as good and expensive as
should DO built. if the county had TO
erect new one. Then why say the
county will have to build another there
Such assertions do not need a reply.
The writer further says, the erira
court house at Manchester will cost
foHy thousand doi'ars" goes on
10 show what vast amount Of interest
there will be, on that sum, in the course
OF years-and the tax payers are warn
ed to avoid it, by voting to center the
county.
As we have but one court house to
build, all the writer's logic, aud rea-
soning disappears at once. That must
be built, in any event, unless the coun-
ty is centered at Manchester which
no one, ! suppose, thinks will or should
happen. But is it not absurd to say, a
court house will cost forty thousand
dollars ?" The largest, most elegant,
ard IN every respect rs good court
house, as there is in the State, was
built by contract, few years ago al
St Johnsbury, for ten thousand dot-
lars. 1t is an exceedingly handsome
brick structure, highly ornamented, and
finely finished
Music Hall at Manchester, which is
much the finest public building this
county ever had in it--larger than Il
court house need TO be, cost, | am told
less than eleven thousand dollars, ex-
elusive Of the furniture. This beauti-
fnl edifce, was built since the war.
and high priees--has fourteen large
lodging rooms, two dressing rooms, a
billiard room and ten pin alley. each
twenty-five feet by ninety, with Hall
fifty by seventy-eigh', highly deeorst-
ed and ali fer eleven thousand dol.
lars. Should court house cost more 7
II would toe good court house a. Il is,
aud a great deal 81 room 10 spare
In 1876 the conft house 81 Benning-
ton was burned The legislature pass
ed an act, laying tax Of four cents on
the dollar Of the grand list oi the conn
~, towards building another That
tax raised less than three Thousand dol
lars, and stall. there was great com
plant that the tax was eriravagant
II was often said. the county never had
paid anything for court houses, aud
ought not 30 thea there we're towns
onough that Here wiling 70 build court
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-02-15

In via NOT 10 for man 10 say that
he is not interested ia this matter, be-
cause he never expects to have a suit in
court. Although a man may not think
IT profitable to bring suits, he is liable
AT any time TO be made a defendant.
And does nuy man wish TO place him
self IN such position thot bis wealth
Ter neighbor, on one who lives near the
place Of holding courts, may under
stand that be can bring him to terms
at any time because be cannot afford to
contest a suit 2
We have often won6 cred whether
there is a person in ali New England,
who does not know and appreciate the
value u JoEnson's Anodyue Imminent
an family medicine1 II is adapted TO
most all purposes, aud is the best pain
killer that can be used.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-02-15

"A dashboard factory in STAFFORD
was burned last week, with a quantity
Of lumber loss $4,000
--Lieut Gov. Hendee took the oath
OF Office after the funeral OF Gov
Wasbburn, Thursday, and Immediately
entered upon the discharge Of BIS du-
ties.
John Demsey, workman on the
new bridge across the Connecticut riv-
er Brsttleboro, was on Friday knocked
from the bridge by swinging timber,
and fell Is feet to the ice below, strik
ing on his head and shoulder He was
taken up senseless and supposed to be
dead, but il is thought that he may re.
cover.
FIHE AND Loss cF LIFE IN DuaBIERs
ros.--A building, located in East DUN
merston, about mile from the Rail
road Station, and occupied by Roger
Orchard as a store and dwelling, was
consumed Sunday morning about two
o'clock, as well as its contents, and, sad
to say, the proprietor, Mr. Orchard, a
mau aged about n years, who lived
alone in the building Mr.. Birchard
was AL eccentric sort Of an individual,
carried a large stock Of goods for a
country place, and, as on the Saturday
previous be had drawn considerable
amount OF money from The Brattleboro
Bank, IT is suspicioned that he was
robbed, murdered aud then his premis-
es set on fire 10 cover the awful TRACE
dy. Several thousand dollars 10 bonds
were found il charrcd condition in
the ruins, though it is believed they
are in a condition to be recognized.
The amount Of insurance, il any, is On p
known. aud the whole affair remains a
mystery
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-02-15

Messrs d. Lothrop & Co, Of Bos-
ton, sent us package of six beautiful
juvenile volumes, entitled Teachers
Gift Books Of IL ms. size, neatly done
mp in pager covers, and containing
about GO pages each. The stories are
sensible, heightened, full of lie and
zest, and teach noble lessons, such as
the little people will be likely to learn,
remember and profit 10y. The are fit
ting presents from teacher or pa,
rent, and the books are cheap as we'll
as good They can be obtained Of the
publishers, by mail, postpaid, for 4O
cents per package.
Messrs Lothrop & Co. have issued
and are still sending out, many OF the
best books for the young that can be
found in the market Their eight vol
umes Of $500 Prize stories are hailed
in every part Of the country as some
thing especial excellent, A leading re-
ligious journal says their appearance
marks new era in the history Of juye.
nile literature" Their Bright day
Series" Grown Jewel Library,
Rainy day Stories" and many other
volumes, are among the best Of Their
class They are 70 send out fresh list
the coming season, Of rare merit, for
whose coming our readers will do we'll
to keep on the lookout.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-02-15

Nj Hoars nomination for 4 S So.
preme Judge was rejected by the SEN
ate last week The vote was yeas ~,
nays 33 Al the New England Sena-
tors present roted in Affirmative except
Mr. Edmuuds Of Vermont All the
Southern Senators. except Warner Of
Alabama ard Gllber- Of Florida, voted
in the negative Williams u Oregon
vas lie only Senator from the Pacific
coast who voted YEA Both the New
York Senators voted nay. as did all be
Democrats II is definitely stated that
Mr Hears present intention il 70 re-
main IN the Caanet. Al President
Grants special request.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-02-15

The President has nominated Judge
Joseph 7, Brady Of New Jersey aud
Judge Strong Of Pennsylvania TO lie
Associate Justices Of the Supreme
Court, to fill the existing ysneancies.
Judge Strong is New Highlander by
birth, native Of Somers, Tollaud
county, Connecticut, and is sixty
years Of age, He graduated at Yale
College in 1928.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-02-15

srrr6us should renember the histo-
= d the case o. Phelps vs. Pawlei
given 10 the lsss JoUEsaL We csnuo,
gise many such instances for one tri.
q in a generation Is enough to satisfy
parties that they cannot afford to Try
the experiment II the county is cen,
tered, the best point q location NC can
expect is North Bennington Now as
SO is TO $40, SO ! the expense Of try.
iug north end case At Manchester TO
the expense q trying the same case at
Remington BY applying this rule,
those who have had cases tired at Man
chester can get some idea Of What it
would have cost to Try them at Ben
ninglon, aud can thus determine
whether they can afford to have the
County csntered.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-02-15

MARX Baan!ster, grocery and
provision merchant at Richford, who
unaccountAbly disappeared. February
/. is found to have left liabilities TO the
amount Of 5000 OF 10000, Of vhieh
be owed 5000 to farmers Of that town
for butter Mos. Of the stock in the
store has been removed and disposed
to- 10 Canada. aud the day be disap.
peared be ordered in St Adams load
81 -four, which vas similarly sold He
has q late fallen into habits u iatoH,-
cation.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-02-15

TAXES A tax Of 10000 is already
laid upon the people of this county.
Whether We vote to center OF not, there
is no way for the people Of this end to
escape their proportion OF that tax.
But If we vote TO center the result will
be that the county buildings will be To-
Gated somewhere in the town Of Ben
nington and after the people Of the
north end have attended court there
once or twice they will become satisfied
that they need 10 be formed into a new
County, and the Legislature will grant
their application. Thus the people Of
the north eud, after having paid their
share towards erecting a set Of build
ings for another county which will last
them a hundred years, will have to
build a new jail at Manchester and sup
port another set Of county buildings
when their taxes will be greatly in
creased by the loss Of that large portion
Of our present grand list which belongs
IN the south shire
ARLINGTON people commenced the az
itation Of this eenterjng project 10 the
belief that they were to become the
center Nov that their prospect Of
becoming the center has deindIcd into
nothingness. prudence would seem TO
suggest change Of policy II is pos
sible that after having helped to erect
a very fne SET Of county buildings at
Bennington, they may again have the
pleasure Of attending Court at Man
chester.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-02-15

LirTE1l 5 LNrNo Aor Litteil 4 Gay,
Boston continues 10 furnish its read
ers weekly with copious installments Of
well selected articles from the British
The number for last week
contains an interesting article foreshad.
ing The Alabamas Of the Future,
from the Gontleman's Magazine,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-02-15

THr NV couNTY BulLDB0s We
desiro 10 call the attention Of our rea-
den to statement IN relation to the
construction Of The new Court House,
published in another column, and sign
ed by majority q the building COM
mitloe.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-02-15

aauss. as Manchester lad alvsy,
done Nos We bsye = taf just Ten
sinses - iaree-l think very ugch to-
large and still "Cltasa thiukE that
! rot ehoush 10 baill go court boas-
Plenty e. men can found Vi will
bald gooi coart house fgrone hall the
TAI already raised and 81 glad q ihe
opportunity 10 dc 50 C,NtdR
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-02-15

SO. Tie ossHsy Ill build 81 auF4t.b-
Is snH coafsuaeuos
We tApsli noi have troabled Us
irssmsn Il Bsus.ngton ceuuiy ~iib
thss noties lot Tex tie mary reports
20 hats hssn Ia oirralaaaun fof the
AS tev days tAat stt hasldsag ocsnmii-
tee .utepdsd 10 cheat The Cguntr into
another tar
HEsEs " Prrsaz. Com.
A q Casa.
Teb Isth. 1870.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-02-15
Hy order eiTovn Con


Tbs 4orbsn vii nos he issned neat
~sst uHij Wein es8ay ? N that W
unsy bs snAblod Ia e5se The returns q
ihe sicriion - Toes8ay We desire
that oar friends should send IA the
vote 81 ,lseir respective towns al the
earliest momtbt possible
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-02-15
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A. tie toen m,etifg 90 The 22A III
stAni every voter must vote IN BIS owu
town The srseasl act u the Leglsla-
tuFc under which that taeeun IA call.
Cd, does pot naihoilSr q person 70 vote
in any o,her town titan tnai 10 which
he Yoeidts
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-02-15

Qun1loN ron THf PROM Can the
man he found who, before this matter Of
eenioring came az, ever questioned the
sufioisncy and good condition Of tho
Court House ia Manchester
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-02-15

I'M Fifteenth Amendment Is adopt
ed hy the requisite number Of States,
and il is part Of the Constitution Of
the United States, as follows.
uTErNru AMESpMESr.
Art. IS, Sec. l. The right Of citizens
Of the United States to vote shall not
be denied or bridged by the United
States, or by any State, ON account OF
race, color or previous condition Ct
seryitude
Sec 2. Congress shall have power 10
enforce this article by appropriate leg
islation.
This amendment was reported 10
both Houses Of Congress from Com
mittee Of Conference, Feb. &c, 1869.
and lis passage recommended The
Senate agree-yeas 80, all Republicans
nays IL, all Democrats, except Fowler
Of Tennessee In the House the vote
was--yeas i44, all Republicans nays
"A, all Democrats, except three. Thirty
five members did not vote, Of whom
about thirty were Republicans Mos,
Of whom, 1t is safe to surmiso by this
time, wish they lad.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-02-15
Chr journal.
TUESDAY MORNING FEBls. Is7o


he "a Esrs = Manchester art fs-
qursied u meet l. sopB esacus a. The
Cosn Hoass ia ss53 town. On Thurs
dsy Tia i7lh DAY q Fsbgvsfy 81 seven
acsost . "a, % CONSIDER What se;iou
tbosN hs taken % rslsi4of 10 The C9urt
Ho~ss qgeniou
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-02-24

1t is said that in the tombs Of the Ne.
cropolis of ancient Egypt two kinds of
mummies have been found. One is in
complete-that is to say, all organs nee
essary for life have been separated from
them; the other, on the contrary, is
quite complete. Having observed this,
a Swedish chemist, DR.. Grusselbaca, who
has the reputation of being both great
and learned, professor at the University
of Upsal, has come 10 the conclusion
that the Egyptian mummics are not all,
as said and believed for some thousands
of years, bodies enibalmed by any pro
cess of preservation whatever but that
they are really the bodies Of individuals
whose lives have been momentarlv sus.
pended. with the intention of restoring
them at some future time, only the Sc.
cret of preservation has now been lost.
Meanwhile, Professor Grusselbach adj
duces many proofs in support Of bis idea;
among Others, his experiments during
the last ten years, which he says has al
WAYS proved successful. He took snake
numb it rs though it had been carved
marble, and it was so brittle that had he
allowed it to fall it would have been bro
ken into fragments. In this state he
KEEP: for several years, and then restored
it to life by sprinkling it with stimulating
fluid, The composition of which is secret.
For fifteen years the snake has been un-
dergoing an existence composed of sue
cessive deaths and restrictions, apparent
ly without sustaining any harm. The
professor is reported to have sent a petit
ton to his government requesting that
criminal who has been condemned to
death may be given to him to be treated
in the same manner as the snake, prom
ising to restore him to life in two years.
1t is understood that the man who I'M
dergoes this experiment is TO be par
doned.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-02-24

this Episcopal church is a reformed
church and not neutrality-suspicious.
her book of prayer is lich and venerable
above all in the English ue;-be-
cause her ritual promotes decency, digni
ty, prosperity and permanence; because
her historic union through the apostles
with Christ comforts and satisfies so
many souls;-because she adopts her in-
FAINT children and provides for them edu.
cation and drill land because with large
hospitality she profers her sacrament to
all true believers of every name, there
fore from her own psalter let us take the
words wherewith to bless her. They
shall prosper that love thee. Peace
be within thy walls, and righteousness
within thy palaces. For thy brethren
and companions sakes | will wish thee
prosperity. Yea. because of the house
of the Lord our God / will seek to do
thee good"