The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1872-06-13

have been Killed ia open daylight. aad
Bu.n escaped 4 tcW dave since d Mrs.
Brown was sitting bg he window sew
ing. sho looked % fr0m hef work aud Jaw
a monster bear eros. lhc road but a few
rods from ibe house Scarcely q night
passes but tbst their seils are besrl IN ne
main reads, from the mountains. Several
persons maintain that they are driven
tlom the woods near thc terminus OF he
railroad, q 4 large extent Of laHd is OF
eupicd by the wotkmgn there
HEBuN
livery kind Of fruit tree Is going 10
bear something, bot grape vines appear
umid, aud ia many eases fuil TO put iu
IN appearance ofliic. Potatoes and oats
are roofing beautifully, aud looking up
cheerfuIly, but we don't brag on corn just
now, not much, atill If il is small it Is yell
low We generally raise a fair crop, and
sometimes something extra, A few years
since a farmer talking with his neighbour
said his corn was filling ont nicely, tie
corn Gaping over the end Of the cob on
most Of the cars TIE neighbor replied,
"minc not only covers the cobs, but is
growing right on up the stalks
The long continued and extremely
wet weather has curiously effected the
business Of sepding milk 10 New York.
Cows have absorbed so much moisture,
eating SO such wet grass, as TO make the
milk so thin, that even New Workers be-
gin to see through IT, aud some dealers
mildly request the farmers to keep back
the most transparent, or send it to the
factory and have il made into skim cheese
TO use for grind stones.
Last winter South Berlin beat this
section all hollow in keeping up the Sow
Of pure milk, by inducing their cows to
take IN large quantity of salt aud having
plenty Of pure water near to quench their
consequent thirst, the owners had no diff
fculty in filling and sending to New
York about the summer number of cans.
Mix win be rather light-bodied as long
as such moist weather continues; but our
farmers are making some super extra,
choice butter, "about these days"
Your correspondent, ''Nudis Verbs"
writing on the gum question last week,
admits that the girls do chew gracefully,
which cannot be said Of the still more nu-
merous chewers Of the filthy weed; and
although girl may be able to chew in if
teen different languages, she viii always
cheerfully divide with mate. With to-
bacco chewers it is sometimes different.
One old tobacco worm, formerly in our
village, when asked for "chaw" would
always say, as he reluctantly handed over
his box, "that tobacco swells awfully in
the mouth" OLD BAscoM.
john Rhodes, resident Of Berlin for
eighty-three years, died at the residence
of his son in Geneva Wis, on the Goth Of
May, aged eighty-nine. He was convert
ed in the great revival Of 1910, and was a
consistent member Of the Baptist Church
till his entry into the church triumphant
lie was one of eleven brothers, who all
lived to mans estate and one died at Sc.
The only one living is Deacon Daniel
Rhodes of this town, aged eighty-six.
"A few evenings since, three young
sters of our village took a horse and
wagon from neighbours barn slyly, aud
went to Petersburgh where they shipped
a very full cargo of Welch's benzine. On
their way home they found their way in
to a henroost and distracted some of the
feathered tribe for a future feast. Said
fowls it is said are now paid for at a cost
of seven dollars a piece-rather costly
feasting. Boys should not hook horses,
drink benzine or steal chickens.
NORTH PETERsBURGH.
We have meagre reports Of a most
brutal and cowardly attempt TO murder
q witness in the well-known case Of ltha-
mer Eldred, formerly Radical postmas-
ter at Petersburgh. Edrcd, with Chas,
L. Brimmer was arrested for being con-
cerned in number of burglaries and
petty thetts. Several indictments were
found against them, and proof Of their
guilt was so positive that Brimmer plead
ed guilty aud was remanded TO Jail to
await sentence. Eldred was sent back to
Jail for trial. BY some means Brimmer
was released on bail, and soon after FL
bred also was ont by the same aecommo-
dating feature of the law. lis surmised
that these two made up their minds to
the bold conclusion that they must muir
der the principal witness against them
a section foreman on tho railroad in the
vicinity Of North Petersburgh They
expected probably that they might Tins
escape punishment. On Wednesday they
made brutal attack on the man, beat
him with stones, kicked and pounded
him, and, after fracturing his skull placed
him upon the railroad track, thinking
that he was dead and that suspicion Of
murder would not be entertained If the
next train ran over the body and man
gled the remains still further This afro
cious attempt TO cover up the damnable
deed was a failure. The body was dis
covered before the arrival ofthe train and
strange to say the victim recovered and
told the story OF bis assault. He may
vet live to prosecute his assailauts No
arrests have been made yet, although
Sheriff McKeou has sent for particulars
Of the ARRAY and also has given instruc-
] tions % the Denntv sherir residing al