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

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The road case which was 10 court
50 long and at 80 mach expense, has =
last been settled satisfactorily TO the par
&c. desiring the road, portion ofit hay.
Ing been established by order Of court a
I wear ago, and che remainder being isid
+ by tho selectmcu 81 tbs town. 4 great
deal Of expense and 50 feeling might have
+ been avoided So seems % ns.
Mr. T. Thompson, q Powual hss
been engaged three wears in purchasing
iiye brook trout AZ round price az men
+ and boys who hsh The mountain streams,
and stocking his fine large pond deyouug
81. time entirely to The raising and rearing
OF The same, The pond Is now open 10 an
+ fishermen. who are furnished with a good
boat, aud who pay the proprietor u per
( pound for an they catch. Brother Angell
+ of the Hoosac Valley Aeics Charles Bar
I bcr Esq of POwual, and A. q Bailey, OF
+ the Mansion House, Williamstown, in one
afternoon caught 10 trout weighing a
. pounds out Of this pond and there are
/ plenty le1 yet
BERLIN.
The following items were received
+ too late for last weeks paper.
My style Of telling things is so spite
fully criticised that, if IL had not been
charged, or credited whichever you
4 please) to another, should have
dried up at once, As the person charged
with writing the Berlin peices was never
known TO have an original idea, | will
give you a few samples of some that had.
The native traveller mentioned last
week, had natural thirst which was In
creased by travel. Being q soldier Of the
war of 1912, and one of the foremost in
the terrible battle OF Spiegletown, in this
county, he continued to wear bis canteen,
! III which TO carry refreshments. When
/ 1t "gin out ? he would ill il half full of
water, call at the neares; store--all stores
kept liquor in those good old times-and
get a pint of the ardent. When he
searched his pockets for the pay he al
ways found il just as he expected, not
there. As no one would trust him, he
would have to return the pint, which left
him something solid on which to live.
Another thirsty philosopher discovered
the way to divide barrel of cider, with
out which he could no more keep house,
i than some can without perfumerg. lie
and a son--it was q thirsty iamily-were
equal partners IN shingle making and
cider. The old mau would carefully
measure the head of the barrel, laid hori-
/ zontally, tap half way down for the son,
aud at the bottom edge for himself and
both commence drawing at the same time.
The son generally got out Of cider first,
but the father, being kind parent, would
generally allow him small drinks at stated
times while the fluid lasted at his tap,
which was not long, | remember also a
little, squint eyed old man, who used to
say, eff it want for my learnin ! would
have been FOOL and yet he had an idea.
He seemed to be always squirting so as
to see the point more keenly and in time
got his face so fixed, as not to add TO his
natural beauty, which was nothing to
speak of. At an election, many years ago,
he presented subscription paper to his
( de acBinf, Con fnOuaV IN INV him a
COW, his having died from old age, or
other cause. The people gave freely, but
in so doing established bad, or good,
precedent, for at every succeeding annual
election during his life he presented his
paper and made the startling announce
ment that "the old COW is dead agin."
An unanswered conundrum to this day is,
did he ever own COW?
sEMroCcAsIoNAL.
Births marriages and deaths occur in
their regular order.
Miss Ruth M. Jones, and Mr.. John
Coonradt, both among our most respect
able towns-people, have died within a
week.
Owing TO the scarcity of cabbage,
Greens have been much sought after this
spring, and two of +. r. Green & Deni-
sons shop girls have concluded to make
them a steady diet.
y. q. Dennison has Just put up a
building 20x60 feet in size for lumber, and
J. T. Wilcox and T.. Il. Green are making
additions and improvements 10 theirrcsi-
dence, and many others are painting and
otherwise identifying their homes and
grounds.
Elder Summerbell is absent from
town, attending the ;. d. II. Association
which is being held at Ashaway, X. l.
The Rev. Mr. Gardner supplied his desk
on Saturday.
f. Il. Green's team created quite a
sensation by running through the streets
at furious rate on Tuesday last. They
ran from the depot to David Dcnisons'
doing no damage to the wagon or them
selves.
The members of the Free aud Easy
Club held their hop at the house Of VIM.
f. Rodgers, on Wednesday evening last,
which was a very enjoyable affair, and
passed of with nothing to mar the pleas
IRE Of those who participated. At twelve
O'Clock the members sat down TO a splen-
did supper prepared by Mrs Rodgers
and others skilled in the art Of manuiact-
uring ediblcs. The way cake, etc, disap-
pearcd was a caution to dyspcptics as tie
gentlemen Gust from Peicr-burgh" can
J testify.
Some people with a good stock Of
. stupidity aud obstinacy still presist ia
ceusuriBg the principal OF the Graded
A.E-.nl inr liz. nlnnnLn III trL b him.