The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-04-06

.sa TUESDAY Of March g eommitle III
.hros, II Garfield. n West aad "A :
Hard. we're appointed TO prngurs = sitc
and plan for nsw school house, with
Two departments and the estimate of tho
scat Coz the same. sud to rpport 10 al a.
burned meeting 70 be held three week,
hence This matter has been agitsted fer
he last thirteen wears. aud wc hope The
lime will soon oamc when We shall have
, house suitable Tor tbc children 81 The
district. and one taat viii bo CREDIT to O
civilized community
NF.r sw NsreN.
The sugar maker. have sueecelea the
present season beyond their most san.
suinr expectations, and lhp farmers
heart desire now IS that the whole maple
family will soon "dry mp as thC business
r. tapping over on to spring work
e. II. Young, E.q, who ba, been
with Nj Il, r. llurd SO long that tie mem
ory Of man scarcely ruuueth to the con-
tmry," has len Mr. Hurj's store for the
present, ou account of 30 health, aud
Young meu and maiden, and old men aud
matrou. ale mourning over the event
sheep, once the pet and pride OF al
most every Vermont farmer have more
recently fallen into diarepute, aud he
blealiug eve aud wether have been COM
PEELED TO give place TO the lowing steer
and heiler. Cheese Factories have sprung
up in nearly every valley until the pro
ducts of the dairy ma, now be considered
one of the staple, Of the Stale. Bur here
as we'll s., elsewhere The sceue is again
shifting. The wnolly tribes are again
pushing their way TO the front; tho farm.
CIR, old love for The Cotswold South
Down aud Mcrino ha. apparently come
back. aud the once almost safJed
Thorough Brcd" J., looming up in the
distance aud again assuming their former
proportions, At he same time the Ayr
shires, pcyon,hirc and Durham have been
rapidly losin caste, and If there is no
mistake Ia tho sign, Of the times, must
soon be voted drug, which is but anoth-
er proof Of the truth of the old adagc that
every dog must have IT, day" Sheep
here are in active demand at decidedly
advanced prices, while "old crumplcd
horn" aud ''brindlc" wait IA vain for a
purchaser,
Pat Carey who owneda small farm
near Mr.. Arson Buck, bias sold out to the
coal makers, aud with hi- family has emf
grated to North Adams
SYNDICATE.
---Ebby Phillips, in charge OF an agent
of the town OF Sandgate, was conveyed
last week to the Brattleboro Insane Asy'
lum. lie had been an inmate Of that In.
stitution some two years ago, was dis
charged and returned home TO his fami
" since which time it has been supposed
he was harmless if not perfectly sane
l4uiAGlll npMiNtl SUNNI AiilAht" fAbi phAAhi
demonstrations warranted a different
conclusion and it was thought best Il
place him safely, again in the Asylum
His family lives in Arlington.
Phillips was brought up in the family o.
Capt. Samuel Buck of Arlington. While
the good old Capt. lived Philips got along
very well and was at one time wortl
considerable property, encouraged anC
assisted by the kind old man; but aftel
Mr.. Bucks death everything went wrong
with him, he became shiftcss and reck
less, and soon saw the last of his pro
perty.
lie seems to be rational upon most sub
jects, but has asserted for years that tb'
beautiful homestead of his old patrol
(now the property Of Charles Derrick
belongs to him. lie probably was not il
earnest at first, nobody supposed SO Blu
he repeated the story so often that at las
he came to believe it himself, il became
kind of monomania and it was deemed
unsafe to allow him to run at large.
NORTH BENNINGTON.
North Bennington abounds in inter
esting features in the way Of manufac
tories etc, etc. While passing few
hours in that town last Friday, W
were very much interested in visiting th
North Bennington Boot d Shoe Com
pany's Establishment, Thatcher & Wei
ling. Paper Mill. and the Vermont Cot
ton mills Please return our thank
| through your columns to Mr., Gates, Mr.
I Thatcher, and Mr.. Worthington, for thei
attentions and polimess to rs while look
over their several establishments. A yisi
10 Mr.. Parks house aud grounds wa
very pleasant, and the sight Of the beauti
FIJI 7'r0m in his pond, made u. long 70
the first Of May
Some Of your North Bennington
friends ought to "write up" that place
as IL is doing for Arlington. &.
" G shail DC giad 70 nave II zone ! Ma
is what gives interest 10 local paper
Err. JOURNAL.
LEBANON SPRINGS.
/ --Ansmi Parsons, aged ~ years, for
merly proprietor Of Columbia Hall, thi
place, died a short time since. Mr. Pa
sons was no ordinary man. He made q
one time a handsome fortune by his ow
unaided exertions llis family and tn
community at large suffer an irreparabl
loss by this dispen.ation OF Divine Prov
dence.
Not long since some OF the resident
Of this village were aroused from thei
slumbsrs with the startling Intelligent