The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-12-07

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some time b8s elapsed since have
tosu az b thing DE rle JopENal IN regard
10 Iaw .heud Whether lbe reason fi,r-
laiu, Go gour correspondent Ga Yourself
is uat quite eles ta Say miui u lhe
mating Of Two letters "a the JouRNAL pX-
curses me former, tbg @ltsr mu,i be re-
pgu.jble; flbr matter 90 the letters was
80 uftnpouwl 81 ta be- unworthy OF too
lirc, tne responsibility Iies elsewhere.
Eai let llat pass. Wa are "a quiet foik.
aud set some things occur occasionally
llt interest u-, aBd lhey may perhaps
some ct your pa3crs. Ihcte buye been
eight death, within the village school die
ulcl iu as m1uy months, all adults. One
.uf tlcse was +. J.. Sawyer, E.q, ii
trutler Of she first uile og q. ". smtA
Of Factory Point and che laei 81 tbe cignt
was Rev Dr.. Fletcher WHO ms beeu pas
tor IF ttc Baptist church 10 his place for
ueatb thirty lcars, aud was brother OF
Ex-Governor Fletcher 81 tagcudi-h.
A Noticeable feature of lhc people Of
mi, town +. tie uauber who are aged.
ibctg are au ubuswl proportion Of men
and women Who have Iycd more tlau
ihrtc score aud ten years. IN one sehool
district there arc nine who are over
eighty, aud two more wha arc only a
year or two less llau that; md !hcfc
atr IN town besides these eighteen WIN
are over eighty, making tweidy-seyen
who ARE living on the dlth period OF
wears. Perhaps there are towns eoutgiu-
iu2 AS many as Old; but itso have not
heard Of the tact
The Fail term Of Leland x Gray
Seminary closed hsl week with an exam
animation that was very credhabe 10
both teachers aud pupils. by the way,
Leland q Glay Summary is now cou-
ducttd by one Of the best teachers it has
ever been my touuuc TO meet, Pruf.
Milo Davidson has quite rs many OF the
qualifications hat enter iuto the make up
ui the successful mauager aud Instructor
Of an academic Institution a, uy gentle
man Of my acquaintance. Aud tli-
school deserves, under his management,
the patronage oi the public.
We are mainly farming commu-
uity, bat we are privileged with hearing
The steam whistle, though the West River
rnllroad is yet one Of The things that are
to he. We have saw mill propelled by
steum that not only cuts up aH immense
Number Of logs every week, but also cuts
az into small pieces, sneh as basket rims
aud chair sun, about fifteen thousand
feet If lumber per week; and the same
engine furnishes pruprlling power for the
mamiactme OF Sieve rims and washing
machines, employing in all some twenty
men,
While the people west aud north and
south OF us are enjoying the pleasures Of
sleigh lidug, we can onIy enjoy that
pl, asure by closely shutting our teeth, for
Tie Snow is exceedingly emycly. The
wind has favored H., Tor the last few
DAYS, with any amouut Of brrrzcs, aud
The thermometer has been quite zeroish.
W.
Tie letters referred TO by our cores
pondrnt we're never received at this Of
flee. En-.
SUNDERLAND.
Items Of interest are about as scarce
as snow fakes here. Bu.ucSs is at q
stand sin tor the want ofsuow bnt give
rs few inches Of snow aud "Riehard'
would he himself again.
Tho new school house is nearly fin
i-led ready rar school.
-Loriug Olmsted has opened har-
ness shop in the front part Of J. 7, VIII
liam's shop. Mr. Om~red is a practical
workman aud his patrons can rely on get
/ ing good work done at hi- shop.
ARLINGTON.
i The last few daes of November were
extremely cold, and The question WAS of
I ten asked, "wh1 ever saw such extreme
cad IN NNenher2' True. IL is not \
common occurrence so early, but we have
/ lpd similar weather In November before,
aud even IL tie meHlary af those not yet
arrived az mu's estate. Memory carries
as buck Ia Tie hitter part or November
+ 1861 aud 10 the camp &C he First Yer
mont Brigade, near LewinsyiIle, Va.
/ The cold -uap ui last week reminded us
+ strongly &c tlarsceue. The guund bare,
i trpzau hard and dusty, with keen north