The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-03-14

IS tae House fnaM Csc luHHtEs csc ou.ts
Hos A u tariaeg. Is uga alive. Hsa.
aagiaa C9uHiy has been represented Go .
the State Senate hg ihe following rer
.aas frgm Arlington
Nm Hagi. Ga 1853
AsaheI nur5 la l-gg.
Wm. Billings. in ISIS.
II Garfield, lu Isg7-t-
Nathan Garfield one 81 Hc early set-
tiers Of this town, came here from Cen
nectieut ia lsbs bis family consisted el
twelve eh,l1ren. most Of whom spent
there days here. aud were connected with
the history and growth of Jbe town. one,
8 daughter 8, .tiI living here aud bis de-
sesndcnis 20 tle 18th generation arc
among Us ~ this time, He died Zoo ls9a, .
aged 20. The town wHs represented go the .
Legislature by himselfand sous for near .
ly quarter ol a century az follow, By
himself In 1856 GO So, aud 1922 and 1900 .
His sou Nathan. in 1874, 10 and lt. .
." Cyrus, l~4-2I-2a
Arson, lsgs-g9.
Galen. lsa5.a-.
Samuel, ls3s-41.
By HE grandson, Harmon Garfield la
ls4l-i2-Go-6l-69, all Of them except the
Hon. II, Garfield are now dead, and in .
fact no person g. now living that repre-
sentod the town previous to 1871.
The return of births, marriage, aud
deaths, in The town foot zap as follows:
Births, as
Marriage, ~
Deaths %, two of tbcm being over 50
years old.
Herbert Walker aud Ernest Latbrop
of Manchester have purchased the mills
on the Batlenkill, west of the village, Of
Emo, Garfield, and viii take up their res
dence here 10 superinlcnd the business in .
person. They are live boys, and we wei .
come them to our town.
Alfred Il. Brown has bought the Jo- .
mas Holden place in the east part of town. /
Price Sl.100
Vim. :, Buss has purchased a lot from
f. West on road to East Arlington, and /.
will build the soming season,
BABNUMsvTLLE.
r. W. Cook, of Barnumsyilc. lus
child four and onc-half years Old that
has six grand parents living within speak
ing distance.
WEST ARLINGTON.
Tho friends of the Rev. Wilbur T. /
Poor the dcseryedly popular Pastor of
the Methodist Episcopal Church in this
place, met in council on the evening of
tue eth inst, as previously announced in
the JOURNAL, and contributed about SIS |
IN Greenbacks besides other Yaluablcs /
for the benefit of Mr.. =. as a slight testi- !
monial of the high estimation in which he /.
is held by this community.
The Methodist Conference to make
appointments for the Troy District is to |
meet soon and n strong effort is being
made to secure Mr.. Poor's services for
another year.
The opening of the sugar campaign, /
in this valley has been fully inaugurated |
the present week, and large forces armed .
with all necessary implements, patent |
pans, patent spiles aud all the other
modern Improvements, have almost sim
ultaneously invaded every Bush" de-
termlned on vigorous prosecution of the |
business in hand until compelled to yield .
to that "higher law" the inevitable ap-
proach of Spring. "SUccess to the sugar
makers"
DIR. L. c. Pierson, formerly clerk
in Hurd's store, has been operating out
side this winter, in furs and pelting,
lie has been quite successful in trapping
with Greenbacks) for Rat and Mink,
and set price on the head of the cum
ming Fox, outwitting and capturing him,
and by the same strategy Coons like
Crockets have come down and surrend- /
cred, aHd Judging from the looks OF his /
store house he can skunk every body in
city aud country. Add TO the foregoing
what shoep-pclts he has purchased (oyer
twenty-five hundred) and It will be seen
the DR.. is a live man and has done his /
share in distributing the 'ucedful" the
last four months.
by the way the JOURNAL under its
present management is pleasing every
body,
WAILtNGIOEp, +
-McLear,' Troupe gave another en- /
tertainnont at the District Hall, in this /
place, Friday evening. Their main play
was "lngomar the Barbarian" which oc-
eupied about two hours. after which. they