The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1875-03-11

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tf. Williams Jonaf ilsa, LWR hsgt,
aa8lgoe. e G WhesIsr. c l. Iavermars.
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tgua grand lafgrs q G Wheeler. ssrut
Esr D 7 L1rIu. superintendent schools
Nssea 60 rslss $40 eos a3lsar 30 pay
fhe Iuashftduess Of the towu.
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--Mp. c. Is. Williams has bssu go
with a fever bet il recovering,
There be some tax amoag the gran,
ger, of taHluE 8 .tore boz il vii preb
altf end ,a ts|k
Oar popular landlord. Mr. Morgan,
bias been 30, canned by a fall, bot We SRI
glad 10 notice that be is recovering.
A. =. Graham and Charles LIvermore
hare shot down ibeir chair factories, but
both have q good stock Of logs 90 hand
aud viii pro0atly start up again when
li4s weather add wafer permit.
rrRu.
There was corH festival 81 lhc
Bromley house Friday evening, for the
benefit Of the Congregational society
There were about one hundred present,
aud so pleased we're they that they de-
teruiued 10 iestiyal again Ia two weeks.
One Of The most exciting exercises Of the
occasion was chasing the squirrel, aud
one Young man was compelled TO iske oi
his shoes before he could catch bis squir.
rel. \ y. Amy Young men from abroad
who wish Squirrels" feet OF foot will
do well 10 come up here aud catch them
II they oau.
The following is q list Of the Town
officers elected Dexter Balehelder, mod,
orator, o 7 simonds, clerk; Harvey
Stone, Jno HSpgood, { LaEin, select.
men; 81 d Lyon, treasurer; PJ Walker,
+ Il Hart, Robert Balchelder, listers {;
n Lille, agent; 6 X Davis, constable
NJ 6 Walker, grand juror; & Lakin,
oyerseer Of the poor; + J Walker, .ealer
OF weights and measures; Charles Batch
elder. M g. Walker, o + Simonds, fence
yiewers; J & Laku, trustee Of public
money i p Chandler, IraR Walker, Chas
X BatcGelder auditors; Rev ; II Amsden,
school superintendent Voted to raise
100 cent on the dollar including what the
Jaw allows for roads and bridges aud 100
cents for town expense. We learn that
j & Walker will contest the election OF
the first selectman, lhongh before what
tribunal we ure not Informed
LASpGRovE
MIR. EpiroH. ain not dead as some,
no doubt, wish. As nothing has ap.
reared in your columns from this town
for some time I will send YOU few
items
Town meeting passed of quietly,
although there is a division in town
owing to the grange movement. The
officecs are II II Harlow, town clerk J
II Abbott, constable; II II Harlow, s
Thompson, VIM Lsndfier, selectmen, II
T. Fem, J II Haynes, A A Rowell, listers
a Woodward, L NJ Bailey, grand jurors /;
+ i Moore, superintendent of shoots; W
+ futile, town agent Voted TO raise
100 cents on the dollar to defray the ex-
peuses Of the town and rs cents on the
dollar TO lay out oH winter roads.
Nj A Thompsou's boy, lad of seven
years, is recovering from broken arm
and other injuries, about the head from
the kick Of horse.
There have been several cases of
diptheria in this town, but under the
skifuII treatment Of DR.. A BiIby none
have proved fatal.
People ia this town are looking sour
when they talk about the sugaring season
The prospect looks rather hard for much
sweet this spring.
There were four births in town du-
ring the past year, and three deaths, ages
S., 78 and Gj years.