The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-11-16

morning.
There Z, snow cnorgh Tor good
.lcIghiug here now, and lumhcuncu and
others are improving the present excel.
tent opportunity Ia stocking their mills
The merry bells can also be heard AN the
day long, which taken oll IN all present.
a lively aspect for November
Many heavy rains we are to have De.
fore winter sets In SO the weathcr-wis,
say. Some predict Il will be dry till We
are blessed with the January thaw'
Rev. Mr. WILDER onlciated IN thr
place Of Rev. Mr. Harrison. on Suudu,
last, delivering two as interesting ser.
mons as We ever listened to.
Quite a number Of thc-would.b,
iarmers-haye received fruit trees from
western nurseries this fall, and IN fuup
years are going to try their lack Ia fuil
raising.
The road from Bennington to VIII
miugtou, was never in better condition
than nov -sleighiug all the wayi
sGARsBuRG,
C. 4 Negus, of Somerset, sawed Il
thumb and three fingers badly while ~,
work at circular saw ia Geo, J. Bonds
wa hboard aud clothes pin factory on Sat.
urday last,
Last Saturday snow fell to the depth
of six inches,
WILMINGTON,
You have had no report from VIII
miugtou for several weeks, but do MOI
imagine that we have made no progress
ia all that time. There has been in iae
rather unusual degree Of activity mani
tested in repairing buildings, and filling
up Of all vacant tcncments in the viii
lage.
Mr. G, c. Bemis has sold his resi-.
dence to a Mr.. Clark, from Massachusetts
aud in turn has bought the one owned
aud occupied for many years by MaioI
A. b. Childs.
"A relief society has been organized,
and is actively engaged in preparing and
forwarding clothing etc. for the destitute
at the west,
Prof Boynton Of Jamaica is teaching
large class IN vocal music. Ills success
here last winter leads us to expect b
profitable school.
HoosfCK FALLS.
--Maxwclfs Broadway Theater played
at Woods Hall every evening last week
commencing their entertainments witt
the well known play, "Suects of New
York. Mr.. j. IL. Mulligan as Badger
aud Mr.. VIM Dayton as BIoodgood the
banker. is seldom we are visited by
actors Of so good reputation.
Two boys Howard Crosby and
Wally Mitchell became interested in u
row here one night last week and in con
sequence Of their Fl hting abilities war,
lodged in the lookup. Next morning
they were released with reprimand by
Justice White.
We are about TO tell story which
is so magnificent ia its proportions that
we fear even our well-kmown character
for yeracity mey not secure for il entir,
credeuce with some increduloas persons.
but we beg to assure everybody that ii
strictly true. We have George Washing
toms hatchct right in our pocket THU
blessed minute. and consequently cannot
tell lie. The statement we wish t.
make Is as follows; Pine IL Barnum.
the well known belt manufacturers h.
Gurley's building, have just completed y
belt for Walter A. Wood & Co.'S moving
aud reapug machine works IN lIoosck
Falls, and have it now on exhibition ~
their mandatory, which consumed the
best part Of the hides Of oRe hUndyed and
f6y cattle ia lis c0aSIUctioat (Wr
have seen the cattle.) The belt is TWEEN,
ty-eight inches wide, three-quarters Of an
inch thick, two hundred aud sixty feet
long, aud weighs more Than half ton !
Messrs. Pine Il Barnum have madr
wider bells than this one, but none So
immense in other respects. II will BE-
used to drive the moving machine work
whenever the water power gives out, q
thing which sometimes happens, The
cost Vi the belt was about 50 000-7roy
Times,
BERLIN.
Election passed of very quietly. The
democrats having most Of the sinews oi
war carried the town by handsome ma.
/ jor iy. lis a humiiatiug fact tltnt a man
who is well acquainted with our voters
can tell by watching the polls fifteen min
ules which party has most o. the sinews
Of war. At a sharply contested election
each party has treasurer who pays out
+ the money aHd records the name VI evcft
man to whom money is paid II would
he pious plan 10 send you the names f0f
( publication.
The ladies Of this town, under The
leadership Of Mrs David Deuison, have
sent large box VI clothing to Chicago.
We learn hat the railroad receipts are
constantly Increasing.
-Onr town clerk and others about The
Office have just discovered that, owing