The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-02-28

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eas half ~ tl.F uafb.e quarry known ~
us Fglsam QUARRY together uia SO
appliance, thereto belonging situated ou
Dogat HH also tbe mili house barn
an8 team, connected with O. -tfua,ed "a
8ag village
Msl.eaf New froapc. formerly
OHauas Boston TbeatreJ occupied
Adams Has Thursday and Friday even
ings ofissi week. on Thursday evening
ulsy presented Use popular play lingo
mar tbe Barbarian, and the laBghablc
farce Of Country Cousin, 10 a very
good audicnae Both acts were well
T performed aud nearly an present ex-
pressed themselves wei, satisfied with
Z the entertainment; and bad Friday ey-
leuiug been 6 pleasant one, they would
undoubtedly have enjoyed q crowded
+ bouse but the weather was unlay0rabe
aud consequently the crowd was some
what limited. The last evening they per-
+ formed " Jack shepherd aud Barney
the Baron, bat did not give good sat-
/ isiaction as on the prcviou. evening They
/ went from this place TO Arlington where
/ they were TO play Saturday evening
] On saturday morning about eight
O'Clock, a considerable excitement was
created on "Taunery Row, occasioued
by fire ia one Of A. 6. Clark & Co.'S
houses occupied by owen Brady. The
fire originated iu the bedroom, and was
the handy-work of their youngest child,
who having discovered a few matches
on the stand, set 10 work to satisfy bis
curiosity about them by applying them to
/ the bcd-elothe- AFTER having first succeed
I ed In getting them lighted. A. the fire
progressed the Young lad became fright
ened aud rau 10 his mother, who had
already discovered the smoke aud was
/ fastening 10 the scene, and on arriving at
/ the room She caught q heavy comfortable,
which she threw oEeg the flames aud sue
cecded la putting them Gut Several
men who discovered the -I0ok1 issuing
/ from The doors aud windows, fau 10 the
/ spot expecting 10 find the inside OF tbc
house an IN flames, bat were happily dis
appointed on arriving there, TO learn that
| the fire was over and that their services
were not required Several articles Of
bed-cIothing and wearing apparel were
destroyed, but beyond this no particular
| damage was done. Had not the fire
been checked whore il was, there is no
telling what the result would have been.
There was a strong wind at the time ana
probably the R0w would have been
cleaned out, while every effort must have
been put forth to have saved the Tannery
and surrounding buildings.
We notice that improvements are go.
Ing on Ia the vicinity Of Barnumsyille
rbetter known as the Brick Tavern. j.
L. AcSaughton has recently erected an
Office aud storelfouse, also blacksmith
shop, and Baker Wilson is building a
dwelling house which he is TO occupy as
soon a. completed, thereby bringing him
nearer to his business Rumor says, that
two ofour prominent citizens are talking
Of building a store at the above named
| place and filling ii with rousino stock OF
goods How's that2
What is the reason that some of our
merchants do not advertise in the jour
NAL, everybody reads ii, and you ought
to "make room for them to have at least
half column each; we may wish to "buy
something one of these days and don't
want TO be obliged to ran all around to
find it. Let us know what you keep
to sell gentlemen ].
| BARNUMsy1LLE.
MIR. John N Hogeboom (son of Noah
j. Hogeboom, formerly of Manchester,
now a resident Of Illinois, had the second
finger Of his right hand shortened by three
fourth Of an inch by placing it too near the
boiling saw ia Barnum 4 McNaughton's
steam saw mill a few days since. John
submits 20 the loss with good grace, he
SAYS be saw worse accidents occur just
north of Corinth, on the eth of October,
1862.
Morrison Xix came down the mount
ain yesterday with load Of wood, a son
Of Byron Jameson driving. Morrison
and COY. ARENAS, ID. ". G. Gleason
riding upon the back end of the load
Just below the house of Gov. Gleason
the sled began to Slide into the ditch, The
horses sprang forward aud threw tn,
r whole load into the gutter and ''rat
the gate without paying toll, leaving Mr.
Xix nearly buried in a wood pile Will,
GOV. Gleason with his uspat agility, no
only cleared himself from injury, but wa
able to assist Mr.. Hix from his nncom
Portable situation. The team was stopped
near Henry Cummings house. Damage
were slight and quickly repaired
The Journal goes well over in this par
Of the town, Keep up the steam. 81.
, ARLINGTON,
h The entertainment given by "Ou
b Own Club, at the Town Hall on Wed
! uesday evening last was brilliant affair
Between forty and fifty couple beini
: present. Everything passed off pleasant
s and all seemed to enjoy themselves, judg
ing by the late hour. TO which the fesiiyi
ties extended,
1hi. town wa. chartered BY Mes
Hampshire 10 1851, aud contains abou