The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-09-20

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TscslAy ~ lssl week, Pref . NJ, Hall.
q she aiass oflsz. MiadlebarY college,,
has been aa8ed Is sbe iaealty, vhlsh, 70.
gelbcr VITA ne improved school rooms,
seating fcgab,y, sad good attendance,
promises sel Is, ,ho failure of his lasli.
tuition.
Recently. jasi ~ 81 erearsioa ,gaia,
loaded With passengers bad len Lyadou-
wife, one OF he employees Al The depot
happened to thiak that the freigh, train,
doe from The same direction 10 which
The excnrsionlsts bad len bad not arrived
aud The use Of 50 engine, which stood on
side track with steam up aud which
was sent screeehing amer Tue departing
train, barely syeried terrible collision.
The third annual meeting Of the Wo.
mans Temperance Union % Vermont
win be beld At ST. Albans on The 26th
aud g1th Of September. The object Of
this convention II 10 consider by what
means the temperance reform may be
promoted, aud TO acquire courage,
strength and skin for future effort. 4
fail programme has been prepared, aud
an interesting and profitable meeting Is
expected
ID. T Dow, c. l.. Mason, Oscar Mason
aud Frederick Martin Of East Richiord
played base ball on sunday, for which
sport they paid Sl075 each.
A. wilkins, Geo. Morgan and G. n.
Hook Of Reading, while at work on the
road one day recently, killed striped
snake, about As large As a mans wrist 10
the lhickesl part, In which were found
81 young ones pone Of them less than six
inches long.
J Thompson of Windsor gives the 70 l.
lowing as the account kept with his so
native hens for six months ending July
4; Cost Of keeping, $22 SO; receipts,
29S dozen eggs at an average of Is cents,
$536i; net, s3l.2S.
A hen at st. Adams recently Matched
out nest of turtle eggs, and no mother
was ever more surprised and out of sorts
with her family.
The worshippers at church in Ry-
gate were very much disturbed on a re.
cent Sunday, for nearly 1000 cattle
which had been driven into town, sur.
rounded the church during the hour Of
morning worship aud monopolized the
music.
Hon. II. j. Jones of Cornwall has sold
two bucks aud four ewes, to Californis
man for 5000; also two bucks TO another
party for 5000. Messrs. Moore & Bissel
of Shoreham have shipped 75 bucks &c
the West.
Henry Morris OF Chester has jus
threshed two hundred and ilfty-threC
bushels of oats from three aud one-third
acres of ground.
Saturday last the large barn aud out
buildings on the farm of Mr.. Arson S
Johnson, Of South Burlington, were to
tally consumed by fire, together with *
tons of hay, 100 bushels Of oats, 100 bush
els of wheat, a quantity Of peas and bar
ley, new tanning mill, two sleds, etc
The total loss is about $1,000, on which
there is an insurance Of only 5000. One
half of the contents of the buildings were
owned by the tenaut on shares, Mr.. Yves
ley Smith. The fire is supposed to have
taken from a match accidentally dropped
into some straw.
Mr.. Thomas Il. Boyce, of the class o.
'76 of Mddlebury college, has taken {
position as teacher in the school of Prof
NJ. E. Cady, formerly of Middlebury, ii
the thriving city of Aurora, III. Mr.,
Boyce started for his western home or
Thursday afternoon.
AS the train over the Burlington u
Lamoille railroad was moving towards
Cambridge Junction, Wednesday, i
struck a large tree which had been blown
across the track, this side of North I'm
derhil. The cowcatcher of the locomo
tive was broken, and the train narrowly
escaped being thrown from the track.
Albert Fits of Braintree gave four
sknnks fits by killing all with single
blow of heavy club. Then he wen
and buried his clothes.
A seven years old son Of A, II South
worth Of Fairlee jumped from a window
twelve feet u the ground, while asleep
The fall did not awaken him or seriousl,
iniure bin.
G.. w. Clark OF Bennington, has ripe
ligs on "iig-tree" which is over twenty
six years old, aud has borne fruit eaci
ear sinct the second. This tree is KEEP
in the opsu air daring hot weather, ant
in an ordinary warm room during th'
cold season.
Senator Morrill,, OF Vefm out, says tina
there was no necessity TOR the PrefidenP
order 70 0 ffice.boldeIs so far az Vernon
is concerned, because federal officers
here never have assumed TO control po
liicaI appointments, adding: ''lf fol
Que minute it was thought that any ON
cial arrogated to himsel: power over thu
distribution ofofilcial patronage or place.
II would have been almost fatal to him.
Vermont is to be congratulated not onll
because OF Der freedom from fiicial die
iation. but because Of the possession OF |
public opinion which renders such dicta
ton impossible.
There 10 said to be a marked mortality
a.. Il -. he fBaf