The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-09-27

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- b. Simoaas was severely shaken
up last wesk By being thrown from =
wAEou whlle driviag from ysrson to
BratileboFo, oocasloned By his horse tax
ing fright,
"A base ball club. whose members
possess sufficient agility 10 leap from base
10 base, is the lsies, acquisition. They
ought 10 beat The world
lIapgood has received . new lol Of
goods. he also furnishes work for "wil-
ling hands to DO" Read bis aew adser.
tisemeut.
BoNpYILLE.
Very dry, water as low a. ever
knoWn
No frost as Jet to do u any harm.
Corn good, potatoes light, Aats good. l..
G. Bolster raised 81 bushels from one
scre Of seed, and A. l.. Wtherell IS.
TIE were Of the white shannon variety.
Mountain Home Grange is alive and
have just ordered Que carload OF hour
and two car loads Of feed. They hold
fair tbe frs. Tuesday IN October.
LONDONDERRY.
The Allen district Pomona Grange
meets at this place the first Tuesday in
October.
u. Allen is in Town with his picture
saloon.
The giist mill has been repaired, the
dam has been Fixed and i is now IN run
niug condition.
The potato crop has been mostly sc.
cured. AS a rule il Is rather light. The
corn crop is very good.
SOUTH LONDONDERRY.
Lewis N. Vale raised 1875 2 bushels
Of white Shannon oats from six bushels of
seed. This variety was brought from
Scotland, few years ago aud is the best
thing out, aud will surely take the lead.
Your printer left out Rev. Mr. ellis
OF Landgroye, from the list Of clergymen
present at the grove meeting last week.
Fully five hundred people attended
the union meeting in the grove last Sun
day.
The students OF West River Acade.
my have organized y ceum, with Zina
l.. Babbiti for president, aud Martha K,
Wilder secretary, TO DO held al the town
hall every Thursday evening.
AT the lyceum last Thursday evening
the question discussed was, whether it
was best for the young man to take Hor-
ace Greeley's advice and go West. 1t
was decided that he had better stay "to
hum"
The Virginia Jubilee Singers" was
an attraction at the grove last Tuesday
They rendered several pieces in their
quaint, melodious style.
Again tue angel of death has visited
us, this time snatchiug from the embrace
of loving parents Lors May, infant
daughter of ID. u. and Mary Goddard.
The statement in last weeks JouR-
NAL, that the Oudawa base ball club Of
Manchester had beaten tue Una club of
this town, was received with surprise
here. 1t is not true that they were vic
tors in score Of too. IL Is not true
that they were victors at all, neither does
it "lie in their boots" TO beat the u mas.
If they think so an invitation is hereby
extended to them TO make that think SO
good upon the field. The 0ndawas came
to this town, August 20, toplay the Unas
ball for ball. at the end of the seventh
innings 1t was growing dark and the UNI
pire, f. w. Arnold, had to leave 10 do
his chores, and LEFT one Lsckey as umpire
with the distinct understanding that at
the end of the eighth innings the game
was TO be called. The eighth inning was
played, the score standing, Ondawas 80,
Unas IS. AT the solicitation Of the Onda.
was the umpire did not call the game,
and they--thc Ondawas insisted upon
playing the other inning At this time
the stars we've shining but the ninth in
ming was commenced, Unas at the bat.
When they were out it was so dark that
it was impossible to see the ball and the
Unas refused to play further, and there
fore The Ondawas very modestly claim
a victory OF 9 too As they had the bat
they could strike three times and run aud
SO continue all night, the Cnas being I'M
able to see the ball, aud if they were not
so very modest they would have record
ed The probable runs they could have
made through the night, and made the
score stand 1857 to 50; but being very
bashfnl men they only walked of with
the bali that by right belonged 10 the
Unas, aud after lapse OF four weeks
claim d score of9 to o. II this is The way
all their victories are obtained they had
better not elaborate them upon paper.
LANDGRoYE.
The New York Matt says; One of
he queer old relics Of the Leland Home
stead ia Vermont, now In the care OF
'the boYsp Of the sturleyant House 10
this city, is metal mug; none of your
little pinch-belled kind that arc now
used, but an honest, tAt-bottomed Old
fellow, holding pint and half, good
bearing date 1918, aud the
Of the elder Leland. This is
no ale mug, for ale was hardly known as
i drink In those days. But the wbiskey
punch that has flowed over its brirn,
W ben The storm howled over the Green