The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1873-07-03

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8sd y lhs service Who WE'RE Formerly
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bridge Brooks sad Horse Cisytea. Tire
fH5usar died Tbsmsl Bailey. Peter
Eartee Wm. Gordon sad .as Alice
tuvgaTufang
"A Tortoise. coz uTl.t. Was Hs-euuY
rzItueed la ihs river, Ias, below lhe fac
tory dam. aud was 5000 dressed iaF thg
table MaHg haye supposed that oBlg the
tHr es tortoise was suitable fgf food. bat
l.8se wba have INSIDE tbe trial clalm So
Sad taa us9aHoB tortoise yefY 4Fog sud
wholesome. Tl.e capturing ufa rr.rgs-
iabr sized iaHaisr, although NOS eommou
ln lhls vicinity. SIS uot perhsps au occur
rance so fara 81 10 be worthy Of HoJc,
whea faicH bg l,-eIf 4lauc. bot zoo3ogi-
esHy fle tortoise q, e very Interesting
animal Tie wafd bird ,s derived FROM q
foot which aguiGts 90 breaE forth. hav.
ing reference 90 lhe breaking forth from
tse csg 90 she'll, and oBe Of she character
istics Of birds Is oyipofous generation,
which 81 equally characteristic Of tho
tortoise, sad see j would SCENE q little
odd 10 csll q tartoise a bird. The egg of
Jae tortoise isPeriestly spherical she sh-li
frequently loit aud yielding, bot not al
ways sg, They are deposited lu tie warm
sand, carefully covered up, and leit 20
hatch s brood Of young auo.Nes, Upon
opening the tortoise captured, as before
referred 10, 30 contained loriy-elgm
--au unusually large number offull sized
eggs-aboal the size Of doves eggs, which
I Ia day or two, if the tortoise had not
bee0 disturbed would probably have been
deposited 10 the sand.
BRArIrEBoGo.
Nothing here the iiI,, only The boys
must nj Gre any kind Of ffearm during
the day from < a. IN. to Q p. m, imagine
eur night.
Post sedgwilk join with the Green
field post IN having q picnic to Lake
Pleasant the All.
The llaymaker.," a Cantata Of
Roots, is TO be given here on Wednesday
and Thursday evenings. We expect q
I good deal
How we an really knew the blessed
ness OF rain last Saturday evening, We
seemed to fully appreciate the wisdom
aud beauty of rain ava falling iu drops
so thoroughly aud carefully permeating
every where, How sad It is We never
understand our blessings tin long de.
priyed of one, perhaps. How many re-
membered to give thanks for the rain, the
want Of which was so often gruGbled
over?
"A Frcnchman trying to jump from q
/ high window to tree near by, "for the
fun Of the thing, fell, bringing a branch
with him, he was horribly hurt, botl
ankles being broken and generally
smashed. lie fell about thirty feet on to
some large stones. Time will show how
/ dangerously he is injured.
Il forgot to tell in last weeks news o
an alarm of fire we had, caused by mar
going to sleep on a bed with lighted
cigar, in his room at the BrattleborC
house. There was no harm done, only &
scare, bed burned and The firemen hay
/ ing TO run In a hot day. The Record sale
one mau in the hotel threw his trunk
from a three story window and called fol
a ladder to help him down.
/ SUNDERLAND.
The Fourth Of July picnic will CONT
off as noticed last week. The people will
assemble at the Borough at ten O'Clock
aud march to the grove where addresses
are expected and also dinner for all. BasC
bah and other festivities will GIL out The
programme. A general invitation is ex
tended.
SYNDICATE.
The weather here continues dry, ant