The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1873-12-04

sTATE ITEMS
FRANK Merchant 81 Bradford died on
tbs s2ih Lust, fron poison drank from
bottle Supposed 70 aoutaln uhlskey bat
which held oaehseum Another maa
drank from he bottle. bat recovered
me locomotives saeBJtd saa Essax..
bad collision 90 Essex junction last
Monday morning. The batter was attach
"a rs $50 Burlington freight train, aud
wbcn on tbs 8 o. tbe junction a
wrong set switch throw 60 ca Che side
track an which tie other was. Ihey
were tightly locked together, their fronts
pretty well smashed, and their pumps
broken.
superintendent Fairbaus has been
elected Superintendent ofne Maine Re-
form School, bu, has net yet excepted he
position
over twpny-siX t0u. ofpoulty were
shipped from West Randolph GA Wcdues-
day and Thursday Of last week, besides
Two 9r three ear loads ofothcr produce,
Ia State senator lloaobiu. Dot Beuuing-
ton, has just broughtirom Paris the pi-
auisGo, an attachment lor piauo, play
ing operas and other pieces. by simply
turning d crank.
On tbe afternoon OF the 10Th inst, M
than VIM, Of Waliinglord, carpenter,
az work on barn la bauby, was blown
Of the staging by a severe gust Of wind,
apd tell iiuecu feet, striking GA his back
as is supposed. He has since died from
his iniuries
Dypibena Of tie most virulent type
has appeared m Rutland county. OF sev.
en- cases ia three families ip Cnsteton,
i've proved tatal, -oms Within very
short limv after seizure.
a geullemaH who has recent, inspect
ed Tie lodges oi slate in FuirhAven reports
chat there Is slate enough la that town to
keep a thousand men engaged a hundred
years ia qnarryiug
Batchcuer Il Sons of Wallingtord' have
been awarded the first premium at the Vi
emma Exposition, on their hay and manure
forks
Mr. Woodcocl is prosecuting the work
vigorously at his gold miuesin Plymouth,
and has recently taken specimen, only
a small portion 81 lot, worth nearly sew
enty dollars, he viii shortly close bis
mines for the winter, but will open again
in the spring.
The st. Johusbury Cdledoaiaa gives
the following description OF a piece of
mechanism which Il says is more ingcui-
Gus tlHn useful: We have in our office
most ingenious specimen Of mechan-
ism, aud one better Illustrating the long
patience of the maker than anything else
we remember to have seen. The article
referred to is glass bottle, inside of
which is a round table very nearly filling
the diameter Of the bottle. Ga the table
is eask made Of slaves, with brass hoops,
and head IN each end IN the nose of
the bottle is wooden stopple, nearly
filing up the space, and this is keyed 10
on tse inside aud pinned The table
and miniature barrel had to be set up in
side The bottle and glued together. How
all this was done is wonder TO as which
we cannot explain, but we can show the
bottle. This piece OF patient Ingenuity
was made byNat. Annis Of Passumpsic, an
employee at the scale works.
Miss Harriet Doty, Of WaIingford, is
soon to graduate from medical college
in New York city, after which She viii
make the tour of Europe.
Quite shipment of eggs was made
over the Passumpsic road on the Sth
Not counting several smaller lots taken
out about the same time, one Invoice
alone amounted TO A., 4g4 dozen, costing
in Canada the snug little sum Of $40, 726
in gold When packed they filled seven
hundred aud thirty-two barrels and load
ed five cars
Mr.. Eli Ioag, while telling tree in the
woods near the west end of Franklin
Pond, was caught under the tree and re-
ceived injuries which it il feared he can
not survive The tree struck him across
the upper part of his body, crushing in
his chest and stomach His physician
was surprised that such an injury had
not resulted in instant death.