The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1876-06-08

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Asa Reyes. judge Of probate. WHO was
admitted 30 the Wludham COUNTY bsr "a
years ago, is undoubtedly the oldest prac.
eeiug lawyer he Vermont lie was So
years Of aRe, tbc 5lta Of Msy, and lu
spite Of hl. advanced years, his eye.ight
aaa beAr,ug ROMAN nearly S. good a.
wien Young man. lie has held his
present. Office 10 years, with but one brief
vacation in tle time
d ". ID g0#, one or tie editors az
lHe CIae.msu Enquirer who was killed
by ere ears Ias sunday uiglt. wss
Horace Gsceleys rival as political sta
ustie.an, aud b.. superior, II Chat were
possible, 81 the almos, complete liegibil-
icy 81 Bis copy to the average type-setter.
he wasa native d Derby, about 80 years
old, aud leaves a wife and ioug chill
dren,
They tell or a woman in Burlington
who, when her husband came home
druak, waited till he went to sleep, then
took bis only pair Of pants from bin aud
made them over INTO a pair fer their
twelve-year-old boy, working nearly ali
night to finish them The husband
awoke, about the middle Of the forenoon.
ready to eat bis breakfast aud start out
for another drink, bat when last seen
was wrapped in au old skirt, aud had
promised to join the reformed mems
club.
Commencement at Middlebury college
opens, Sunday, July 10th, with the bac-
calaureate by President Hubert, and in
the evening an address will be delivered
before the Philadelphian society by Rev.
DR.. Hiram Mead, OF Oberlin, Ohio. On
Tuesday come the annual meeting of the
Phi Beta Kappa society, the annual ad.
dress before the associated al umni, by A.
+. Rankin, Of st. Johnsbury, and the
alumni dinner; in the evening is the
Parkerian prize.speaking. The CON-
mencement exercises and annual meet
ing of the associated alumni occur ON
Wednesday.
Luther Pease, a wealthy and we'll
known resident Of White River village.
died Thursday, uader circumstances
which led to the belief that he committed
suicide. When about starting out with
his men on some business, be suddenly
e7aHtermaHded bic orders, went to his
baase, and after three hours Of sickness,
resembling clss Of poison by suych. |
nine, died, On Saturday Mr. Pease
body was cxhumed and post mortem
examination made which resulted III the
discovery that death was caused bv dis
case either OF the heart or Kidneys. Mr.. |
Pcasc was sixty years old, part proprie.
tor OF the North IIartland wooden mills. 4
and long time Of tie White River
Hotel.
Mr.. Norman Taylor, Of Plymouth, /
celebrated his fortY-sixth birthday by
running from his home at Plymouth
Union to Rutland across the Green
Mountains, distance of lG 10 miles, in
two hours aud % minutes MIR. Taylor
has had no training except what he has
got on farm. lie is very temperate 10
his habits, uses no intoxicating drink
and no tobacco aud eats no meat. lie
served 10 the Ninth Vermont. In Sara
toga last summer he ran 20 miles in two
hours and 20 minutes aud IA seconds, and
now offers TO rua against any man in the
world on the Centennial grounds at
Philadelphia distance not less than 20
miles