The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-04-20
SPRINGFIELD, Vt.


over l., Careys blacksmith shop. for
the purpose Of carrying on the wheel
right business in all its branches
The steam saw mill Of Bradley Il
Bacon viii commence running Mon
day, 25th,
Saturday, sth inst. was the warm
est spring day ever remembered here,
the mercury running to 81 6
Our farmers are busy blowing and
sowing. fifteen days in advance Of the
usual tine
Has a man a right, according to
the laws Of Vermont, TO catch fish in
tho month of April, from stream run
ming through his own premises
Answer No!
ARLINGTON.
Col. Joyce of Rutland will lecture at
Town Hall onWednesday eve, April 26th,
for the benefit of the Post Of the Grand
Army of the Republic. Subject, the Old
Vermont Brigade, The Colonel is fine
speaker aud as he was an officer in one
of the regiments of that brigade, he is of
course well qualified to speak of their
deeds and exploits.
Mr.. Elisha Lyman has purchased the
house aud lot in East Arlington, formerly
occupied by n. &. Hard, and will sell the
same at Auction on Saturday, the ed
inst.
--ReY. f. G.. Hawley of Dsnbury, CT,
will ofiiciate In st. James Church on Sun
day the 2Sd inst.
That Comical Brown is expected here
on the 2lst instant. He will receive his
friends at the Town Hail in the evening
A little nonsense now and then, etc.
The Legislative Manual and Directory
for 1870 says that the landscape on the
Vermont Goat of Arms" represents
Mounts. Mansfield and Camels Hump, as
seen from Lake Champlain. We had sup
posed that this question had been settled
long ago by Harry Stevens the Vermont
Antiquarian, who gave the subject some
study. 1t is generally understood in this
part OF the State, that the original device
was settled upon by Ira Allen, who took
the design from one of Gov Chittenden'S
drinking cups, which were of horn, upon
one of which was engraved view, taken
from the west window of the Governors
house, which was situated near the pre-,
sent depot at Arlington, looking upon
Bald Mountain and Spruce Peak, which
with the knoll and valley between
and the bend of the river on the right
and at the foot, forms just such picture
Sylvester Deming, or the old Spur,
as he was familarly called for near half {
century, was one Of the Governor
Guard, and often told the story during
his life about the cup, as he had Offer
seen it, he said il suggested the design t
Ira Allen. II.
BENNINGTON
DIR. Horace Smith will not remove {,
Wilmington, as has been reported.
Mrs. Scott siddons read at Librar.
Hall few evenings since to a well tillet
house. Her Readings arc highly spokel
of.
The summer term of the graded
| school commenced last Monday, wit
every anticipation Of success.
t Mr.. n. b. Crawford has invented a.
-, ore washer which promises to greatly di
minish the labor of cleaning iron ore
using half the water and requiring mucI
3 less labor.
"A reward of 800 has been offere,
! by the town authorities for the discover
a Of the person who set fire to the Gaia
= mount Tavern, recently burned.
H. w. Putnam has sold his valuable
three year old colt to Henry Norton, IL
shows speed, and Henry is determines
c to deyelops it,
C. & Z. Dewey have sold their valu
S able gray IIambetonian to a gentleme
J, in Delaware.
). The Nichols House, owned by Barke
+ Wright, on the road 10 North Bennington
was destroyed by fire last week Tuesda
evening. Supposed to be the work Of q
= incendiary.
Gen. 7. +. Burke lectures at Librar
Hall, Friday evening, under the auspice
S Of the Fenian brotherhood.
}. Gates Hotel is being repaired and r,
/ fitted. a piazza is being bnilt the whol
h length.
4 Stephen Dewey an old aud esteemet
citizen Of this place, 81 years Of age, VIII
has been confined 10 his room a numbt
IS Of years fell over chair and broke III
!. leg while going across his apartment.
is thought be cannot recover.
J. FowSAL.
- CThis reached us after our last week
issue was printed, on the evening Of tt
18TH insL)
3 A fire las bsen raging on the Ia
Mountain for two days, but was final
n stopped last night. A large amount ,
wood belonging to j. w. Wright, Dayi
Clifford aud others was burnt,
70 School District No. must be a hcay
70 one as The combined weight of the ,hr'
% gentlemen who compose the School Con
y miitee is over 200 lbs.
y The Line House farm was sold
. auction Saturday, 70 A. q. Parker.
!. The appearance 0four school house
= being much improved by a fine lot
"a naples that are being Pot around Il.
d The village has rejoiced during Il
4. past few months in being able to snppo
"a 4 Meat Market. bat last week the eatsblis
lnent collapsed, aud the good people 81
e have 70 depend - formally on the ratiol
D. that Friend BabsoE brings from Nor
P0wnAl THREE times week.