The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1872-07-25


Grealag 6as hage laa,ie lheIr appeaF.
auoa. Ti5s pew converts shoul aH haFe
faam.
flhe ma.lr 5fes evening and hops
scY frequently ar Characteristic 81 ibe
Equinox lIouse
~ beirham, who was formerly les
a.ta bore sad mofa recently la Ten
arsee, las oaac bark ~ Salem, \. " TO
fnsde
Tie Literal Iepubl.eAH State Con
scullgp anil the Democratic state Con
FcBiigu hasa boeH postponed cue week,
aud sia .mac, 90 Darlington, Aug. ist
Qaite pa=iy from ibis place, on
Monday evening, visited Bondrille 10 wit
Ness Tie rare spectacle o. the blossomiug
of lhe dwight blooming Cenus." Au 90,
uuut q their liip viii be found among
abe correspondence.
Frequent showers have made il pre-
gri0us weather for haymakers and the
crop il not nearly all secured. Farmers
mill rut more than last year though the
meadow Iauds are not heavy owing to
ti.e severe winter aud Ice.
-i,ecent heavy showers have washed
our roads badly, aud now au extended
ride over them is anything bat pleasant.
The work Of repairing them has been
commenced aud most OF them viii soon
&c Ia good condition again, Our town
can usuhlly point to he good roads with
feeling Of pride
We send bin, 10 some Of our dolin-
guent subscriber. this week. II may be
possible that through mistake q blll may
reach some to whom "a bIli should
not be- sent. If 50 We hope they will not
take offence, aud on the other baud il we
skip any who owe for the paper we hope
thcy will not wait for bin but send MS
the cash and we win excuse all iormaliiy.
Some improvements were made some
time since, at the railroad station, in the
ladies room and about the building which
we neglected 10 notice. We would Ike
very much 10 chronicle the erection of a
uew building. The business Of the place
demands II, as the present buildings GER
tainly not 1T for the purpose to which it
81 applied, and hardly suitable for any
purpose whatever
The rhinoccros, which visited this
place recently with O'Briens' circus was
released from his confinement by the
oycrturning Of bis cage, near Enosburg
recently. Afler a long aud exciting chase
aud irampling down twenty acres Of
wheat be wa induced bv the offer OF a
peek o. potatoes 10 resume bis position in
The cage again. lie native icroeity must
have wen nigh departed
The Harlem Extension Railroad have
recently put on two fine new passenger
coaches, three new engines and also new
milk cars, The latter were made by the
Arlington Manufacturing Co., and for
strength and durability cannot be ex-
cellcd More rolling stock is needed on
the road and win be purchased OCCASION
ally as tie business increases, yet we can
not help thinking that it would help in
crease the business to thoroughly equip
tie road at the outset.
The weather which was recently hot
and uncomfortable il now cool and de-
lghtful, and the score or more Of fine
tauauts, stopping at our hotels, are
brought into constant requisiliou. To ride
OF walk Il almost equally pleasant aud
both, IN our pure mountain air, arc posi-.
tise luxury, except when sudden
shower takes The crimp out Of ones bat
and the starch ont Of your clothes. Such
wilted specimens are quite frequent aud
oomical these days, but even such acct
dents are not altogether unpleasant.
Mn. KptroE Doubtless many Of your
readers have heard Of The plant called the
Nigh, Blooming Cercus, and have "snil-
fed q bottled imitation Of it, perfume.
Very few, however imagine, have seen
the plant itself blooming IN ~ is beauty,
sapassing s. Il does anything IN thc
floral kingdom ln fragrance and loylincss,
The Night blooming Ccrcus a. species
OF the Cactus aud blossoms At lhe age Of
tour ycars. ! ann informed that but one
blossom appears 81 a time As a general
rnlc. Tie bud commences 90 unclosc at
shutdown and continues to open till mid
night s, which time ii T. Ia fan bloom,
and after that hour Il closes slowly and
nj sunrise il Is quite closed and wilhcrcJ,
lasting only one night The Size % The
blossoms vars considerably. from six In
ehcs 10 over foot ID diameter, aud re.
Acmbie thp White Pond l4ly s8mew bat,
though Immensely larger aud thousand
times more beautiful No description
eau DO tl4cm Justice, they need to be seen
Is * appreciated, aud II was the good
far,uue ut myself sud TEN others tladics
and geailentn) from Manchester 30 be
prcseul a. the grand display for sueh il
aaf-si tbs house Of Mr. 4 Mrs Morgan,
- Bond,llle, last Monday night, st which
tne ,bfir Night Blooming Ccreus which
j. = ine specimen u The plant, gave birth
- aye splendld blossoms a once, having
besides two large buds nearly ready 70
lAo0m To tsy that ihey were beautiful
would Dc ifue hut mach Toe tame An cA.
iarssioH, iAey were perteeily eqaislic,
aNd those sho sau them wlliu0l easily ct
s>-ou ioiEel Ills ,gh. Nc reached Bond.
Yilie Il aboui halt paa tea after avery
pleassai rlde aud d We approached lAs