The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1874-04-30

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d'tbsrr Cgl.sFg gave an lnF,rnrliTf iee-
500 geaves. Wh.fa uss. pefhsgs, : Iiils
soc srsenf6r 20 Sc fai.y appreciated ~
sin gesgaa. ThB slose3 The iasiigtt
whset watA pfU6Ab3s sd iHjsFessiHR
sesssaH 20 al lhe teachers present. kgh.
seven u1easbfrs were registered 81
ulEza uasalsr trveu srFs igua ssp,rls-
tra8euts. lhr largest uamber of lbe lAiter
rgsf {.resfat 81 ag issatats Gee tals county.
Two ttsgasrs we're examined snd ohtaln.
e3 STATE certificates. Min CarBf ia Derby
efFarary PoIut sod Mls Gray Of North
Bennington.
4&rroEr roINg.
-gstltutm Gnuxs, No. 80, I. o. oi
g.. Of a.. sill mcet ct Adams Hall. or
saturday evening, May 2ad. at =:
a'aoel. All interested Ia tho sne5e,s Of
tao order SIRE Invited TO be present
T. 3. iloLLHTEE. Master,
Preceding At the Bapiisi Church neat
Sunday morning aud evening At the usual
bours ofttuioe. by Rev. David = E.tes
oi Newtopa Center, Mass
ponsET.
DORSET, April g5th 1884.
ritter Journal
Allow the Dorset Cheese Association
20 $50 TO your resder. tha, they had uo
other motive Ia Offering the challenge IA
"Meuawr' than the one mentioned in
orr letter to Mr., Root, published ia the
JouuNAt Of April 18th. Had Il been &C.
copied ia the spirit 10 which II was offer
ed we are confident that the trial would
have aroused . spirit Of emulation" that
would have added TO the gross products
Of both associations ten fold more lhsn
ibe expense Of The supper, Jet the resaIl
have been a. e might. let al Judge
az t3 which association has the vantage
ground. We are content.
a. D. ARMSTRONG, } Directors
CHAs. BALDWIN, OF the
G. W. FAHwELL, ~. c. A.
RUPERT.
The gale Of Saturday night andSunday
eNCc!ied In severity, on this side Of the
Mountain, any storm since the terrific
Winds OF March, 1870. Full 20 inches il
not two feet OF snow must have fallen
from Saturday neon TO Sunday night. --
j. L. Mccall had hay barn blown down
aud the fences generally present very
dilapidated condition.
Wonder how many school districts
ia Vermont ave voted not to have any
summer this year.
rAwLET.
In mid-winler, some forty.seyeu OF
lory.eight years ago, man by the name
OF Loomis, living Ia Pawlet, died after d
loug sickness, leaving wife aud two
children, Expenses OF sickness aud los.
Of The wages for daily labor made iuroad.
upos the scaniy stock Of money aud pro
Visions, SO much so that the widow wa,
compelled to ask temporary assistance
from the town. The high Official,
tclus her request, took her little all
aud threw her aud the children upon
the town as paupers. la those days
they were bid of by citizens Of said town
to the lowest bidder, bat they now have
town house Mrs. Loomis, with 4
broken heart and worn out by attending
10 her husband during his long sickness
gave up the long cherished wish OF being
a respectable woman, aud remarked that
the town Of Pawict should not want for {
pauper for lily years. During the period
OF the last forty-seven or fOrty-eight year
I she made good her word. She is now
uiue;y-scyen or uinety-eiglt years of age
aud on her last birthday made her annua
I visit from the town house TO Pawlet
I distance Of one aud u half miles, on foot
/ TO visit her old friends aud neighbors ,anC
,h5 aughngly remarks she will max,
good her word, having to live only tw,
years more TO DO 1t. Her children be
came respectable aud good housekeepers
and oncmjmos offered her u good home
bat She utterly refused to accept their As
sisuuce, She Lad many offers Of mar
rage, bUt refused Them all, saying tina
,hr would not swap Oh the town of Paw
let tor amy mau living, On making th
remark that tie town of Pawlrt woul,
uol be without pauper for fifty years
/ she .ajd she belonged to ! family VIII
never died short Of 100 years aud the ma
jou,y lived years beyond that. - Tro
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