The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-06-28

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ye,ef4Bs 81 the lAsl ssr 70 attend tie
asutsnulal oelcbAuos At Bcnnington.
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possible. and arrangements for camping
cot aad providing lbeIr own rallons cas-
BE- nEde % that The expense win not be
very great soldiers from Beighborlng
towns where 20 eompsny Il raised arr
Invited 10 join this COMPANY. The elec-
lioa q ofaoers viii be held 81 Adams
tial, Factory Point, Tuesday evening,
July 5d.
We omitted last week 10 menlion
The particulars OF The robbery Of A. J..
Grinia, which took place on The noun.
tain rosd above BArnumville on the
night o. Jaae 18th. Mr.. Grimm was
eoming dowa the mountain just before
she shower, when be was attacked BY
two men who pulled BIN from the wagon
and struck him on.ths head, rendering
hlm nearly helpless. They then took
FROM his pocket biz wallet and took
therefrom Si25 In money. The papers
&c. were found In the wallet next morn
ing near the scene OF the encounter. Il
was % dark that Mr., GFifEin could give
40 description Of The robbers only that
one was large aud the other small
man. lie managed to make bis way TO
the house OF Mrs. Faies Just below the
place Of the robbery, aud Messrs Gid
dlpgs and Morse came down The mona
tsIli soon alter and Grthn asked theira
sistancc, bnt they suppbiihg 4 70 be q
drunken man drove down 70 the foot Of
the mountain, aud lindng horse ana
wagon without driver, procured the as.
sistanee OF r. w. Cook and went back
aud got Griffin who spent The night at
Cooks. Giiiiia was laid mp two or
three days bat was not badly injured.
Two Frenchmen who work on the Malt.
by coal Job were arrested at Factory
Point The next day on suspicion OF being
the guilty parties, bal no evidence OF
consequences being found against them
they we're discharged No further clue
TO the perpetrators has been obtained.
The closing excuses Of the gradual.
ing class Of Burr and Burton Seminary
passed on very plesssHtly at Music Hall
last Wednesday evening. The music OF
Doring's band was good aud the orailons
aud essays Of the graduating class were
as Interesting as usual. The following
is the programme:
saluiatory address Alfred X. Page,
New York,
Grafton - Money or Education, George
l.. Towsley, Manchester, VI.
Essay Whittier are we Drifting, Rita
b. Brown, Flushing, l.. !.
0raiion-The Citizens Of the Past Cen
tury vs. the Present, George G. Sloddard,
Westminster, Vt.
poem-A Picture and a Story, Eliza
L. Fish, Manchester, VI.
Oralion-Life's Problem, Alfred II.
Page, New York.
Literary Essay Hidden Beauty, May
l.. Woods, Manchester, VT.
Oraton-True Manliness, Frank II.
utley, Manchester, Vt.
Oration--To BE rather than To Seem,
Fred b. Bard, New York.
Oration-Power OF Imagination, with
Vaedictory Addresses, Frank Pierce,
Londonderry, Vt.
Comforting Diplomas.
FACTORY POINT.
-Runawsys are of frequent occurrence
here, but fortunately no serious accident
has as yet happened
The road leading from this village TO
South Dorset has lately been put in most
excellent repair under the supervision Of
palh-master John Wait
We learn that our former drugsia,
Mr.. v Grover, has purchased drug
store in Omaha, where he intends set.
ting.
Since the resignation OF Rev. Mr..
Eastman as rector Of the parish, Zion
church has been closed, aud 1t is proba.
bic no services will be held there this
summer,
The second festival of the Method.
st workers" will occur Thursday even.
ing, Jaly 9th, At Adams Hall. The ex.
efcises will consist OF declarations, dia.
lognos, lableanx and music, 3aterspersed
with Ice cream Admission 10 cent?.
The corner near the tin shop has
been very maoA improved Of late by the
removal Of thu old barn. which has stood
for 30 many years close by the fence
wiibin the premises Of Mr.. Ranney
ilowsrd; also by the bnilding Of Mr.
Wslker's rev house, the repairing OF
Robert Ames' house, and The general go
ahead i.ivenees of the people Of that