The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-12-21

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The sake If eaphagy taa 8ump wac
left 90 ty iba fule people" Sir.
Bump j. genial, laxative and bospit
allie lady. and ss hef house Is near the
railroad station she frequently enter
taius unfortunate traveller who ara lcf
BY the trains. A lab friend % ours.
one e tha uufcuuuatcs who lately
spent tie night with tho hospiuble
Mrs Bgmp, speaks 10 the highest terms
Of her wai derfui douehuuts made after
the receipt handed down by the an.
cest0rs u the Bump iamil". Ocras on.
ally she impaus thc secret g. favored
guests II " ieh cur friend was one.
We can add cur testimony as 10 the
superior quality Of the aforesaid
Bump Doughuuts
Formerly the principal business Of
New redi9rd was whaling and that is
s,ill an impt rtant FEATURE OF its com
mercc, although fIate il has become 6
large manufacturing town As earl
as 1888 vhalcsIips were fitted ont from
this port. and at tho time Of the Eevo.
luton no less than fifty 7 sixty vessels
were engaged Ia whale fishery, most Of
which were captured by the British.
The business revived after the concur
sion Of peace but the war Of 1872
FRUSTRATED it, IN 1918 it As again re.
yived aud prospered Il the rebellion.
when il suffered severely. After the
war II was again started, aud the thirty
whale ships v hich were crushed in the
ice in tie Arctic Ocean a short time
since were mostly from New b,diord.
This was quite serious blow to the
whaling interest but the day after the
news arrived Of the loss f the ships
others were being fitted out to take
their places. Meantime whalebone has
risen from 81 cents 70 $40" per ound,
and the FIRST ships which get out and
back again will make large'profts.
just across the river opposite New
Bedford ID airhaven which is connect
ed by bridge over 400 feet long
(about four flths of mile, A draw
bridge allows ships to pass through to
the docks above fairhaven is an old
town and was formerly engaged in
whaling but the business as mainly
gone across the river to New edlord !
On some Of the streets of Fairhlvtu
are large elms which lean TO yard tie
centre, and in summer make most
beautiful shade.
At New EedfJrd are situated u e
Wamsutta Mills, which man fracture
the best cotton cloth in the country |
he mills run about 10000 ppindlrs
Employ over 1900 hands, and make
about i0, 900 yards Of cloth per day /
fhc Namsntta ompany will build
new mill with 10000 additional spin
Hes the coming year, which will en- /
IDLE them to make nearly 10000 yards
IF cloth per day. Oh er large mills are
DcinI Blu 1t and the city | ids fair to be-
,ome one Of the largest manuiactur ng
owns in Massachu, sets.
New Eedford is noted for the beauty
If its situation, the elegance Of its priv
tie residences, and the number of its
Pretty girls The princi al street il
'ounty st which is the Fifth iycnuc
# the city. II is Owe two miles long
md extends south to the oint Fnad
the flyoritc drive hich is macada-
nized and very wide II runs along
he bay round the sogth end ofI
lie city. IN the snmmrr when there il
breeze of the water tho road il
hrongcd with carriages On pleasant
Iteruoons County t rivals / iith
Avenue with its crowd Of gay promeu-
ders Some OF the houses are hand.
ONE motern strnctures, while others
re massive old iyy covered buildings
( granite
The city has over forty schools
he principal one being the Friends
academy, Here the ne have been
ducated since 1910 when it wa. FIRST
stabli he'd II is now 10 a very -four.
hing condition Last evening we at. :
ended ono Of the readings Of 'he ,
unior >hakespeariau hub, mainly e
omposed Of the students Of Friends q
cademy The reading f5r the even
* was Much ado about Nothing" in b
hich the characters were web sus b
lined and wcmay adl thatthe young q
dies fully maintained their reputation 7
y intelligence beauty and graceful