The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-02-15

hopes kaoH to folly rcsaulc his WORK.
+ I've nrsndoa Farmers Clas have ae.
ci6od te Greet tive s,oFy brick buildlnE
far > bali aud library. win The moucy
given them By Hen. y. T. sPrsgae, Jf.
Since bee. 1t. over 90 childrcn IN Lei
oester have been tilicltd with aiPibefia
ans scarlet Fever, e whom IN bave died.
A. Mr. wi.i2m Andersou u Eas,
Cransbury. wAs diving load Of hay
into his barn, Die bead struck sgainss a
beam, aud Sc fen Hfsless 70 the aoor.
There are aow twelve Inmates ID Mid
alehury iul, enc Of whom writes TO the
register We have very good fare. We
are treated lka gsailsmsu. ! do not say
Ithls Is euc9uiags any one to come here,
for we have rot fail hoase.
A Rutland young man j 10 zach haste
% 81 married that BE proposed to three
yooug ladies in tbs course Of one week,
sud IL s,iil unsuccessful.
At tie late annual meeting Of the Con-
gregatlonal society Ia Cornwall, the saia-
ny OF Rev. 5. W. MsgiA was reduced by
his eonsen, from 81 400 to 81 900 for the
coming year
Among the skating casualties at WI
nooski, are The following One boy had
bis leg badly broken, another had bis
head split, and third received cut
fourteen inches long on his leg.
The clothes tue swipdler, Is ubiquit-
Gus lie Il heard 81 10 Orleans county,
been arrested 10 Windsor county has
done the Rutland county farmers fearful.
~, and now he has made victims OF two
farmers ST East Middlebury.
The American Teachers Association
have decided TO hold their annual meet
ing il Montpelier abont The 10Th Of July
next. These meetings bring together
about five hundred Of the most intelli-
gent instructors IN The country.
Arunah Huntington OF Ban 'ord, Il. O.,
who died about three weeks since, left TO
the State OF Vermont, to be used as a
fund for the benefit OF the common
schools, an estate of S202 900 as shown
by an inventory attached to the will
Mr. Huntington WAS native OF Nor-
mont
Four Congregational churches have
been organized 10 Weathcrstield since
the settlement ot the town; two have
been dropped and others are unable to
support n pastor. In 1910 the population
was 2 ,0S2; now IL is about 400. Such
is the constant drain upon Vermont
towns by emigration.
Tile Central Vermont, by an arrange
meut with Hon. f, w Park, has paid
the taxes on the Harlem Extension rail-
road. Mr. Park ordered the managers
TO pay the taxes and deduct the amount
from the rent OF the road. There is due
on the Rutland road on the grand list of
1874, 81, 7oo95; on the list Of 1875, 81
3l74L Total, S3,0lS 20.
Brattleboro proposes to have the lar
gest representation at Bennington, next
August, Of any town in Tie state. Re-
sides the two local militia companies,
Estey guard and Fuller battery, about
500 "old vetsn from different paris Of the
county are organizing with the intention
of marching across the mountains taking
their camp "fxin's" for two weeks
campaign.
The Ludlow Tribune says there was a
sensation in the Baptist Church in that
place on Sunday, 2lst ult. During the
service A. f Sherman came down the
hill and in turning for the shed tipped
over. The good pastor saw the accident
from the pulpit, and Immediately notified
several of The brethren who went TO the
rescue, and found the horse travelling in
circles (rather too circus like for Sunday
with the driver still clinging with good
pluck to the reius, the sleigh striking the
church every time they came round. The
choir were singing 8. the time aud began
to fater at the unhslal disturbance out
side, and, on the whole, that meeting
wasn't u success.
In Europe the rainfall averages 30
inches per annum, while ia Vermont it
is about 40 inches. In Orleans county
il il 4lYsblut TheHord il is 40; near the
Massachusetts line Il is ~ inches; in the
central part Of the State Il Il 50, while in
tnrinpton afd south along the lake it is
hardly over 80 inches