The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-07-05


Is strawberries are ripe, AID there i ;
arge promise Of other berries and iruit.
TIE Eve sons Of E1muhd Baiobehief
.dccessed). aged from Gtty 70 more tbAa
hFce score years. with their wives, bad
slessaht meeting recently, 81 The old
amlly mAasioa here They arc-Amos
.ad Charles Of Peru, Daniel Of Derry
Porter Of Ladlow, and Ira h. Of Towns
sesd, father Of James, late district astor-
iey Of the county. al highly intelligent
.nd worthy eitizsns. They, With The
sight BarnAEis who were lately here, are
adorable specimens o. The health, rigor
md long life Of our hardy 'nountAioeers.
As The church. instead Of spire,
With ST. Peters Weather Biddy on Il, As
! vane, Is crowned with the likeness Of .
able, bottom npw ards, with It's legs high
up 10 the air, pole, with ash on the top
Of il, has been raised on tho common as .
vane, as high aud dry IS The trout viii be
in August, should they venture into any
Of the homeopathic bitches, with let,ered
boards beside them, which abound here
As we are somewhat ram Of our roae,
we would say that
NJ. .. Lyon found the pole,
Neighbor Whitney peeled IL;
q. X. Davis dug the hole,
With stone he firmly heelcd It.
T.. T.. Chandler made the fish,
Father Bryant speared IL;
a wealher-gauge for poor aud itch
The parson engineered il
Mr.. Bryant bad large bear 10 one OF
bis trsps last week, which Is the fourth
this spring, the eighth since last autumn,
and making In all nearly forty that he
has caught. The Burritt Brothers, Ia
Manchester, have, first and last, taken
more than fifty. Mr.. Bryant is sorry
that he was not present, with his dog,
when The last bear was found, as he then
would have soon discovered the cubs she
was nursing. Last fall bear escaped
from his trap, about mile from the viii
lsge, and this spring one OF bis sheep was
caught near there, and partly eaten; but
as the bear did not come back for another
meal and his trap the second night, as Is
the custom with all respectable aud well
trained bears, Mr.. Bryant is much dis.
gusled with him, and says that he 10 a
worthless tramp, with bal habits, who
steals his victuals where he can find them,
and then travels on, and plays the thief
somewhere else.
LANDGRovK.
The rains In this vicinity Lave been
excessive the present season.
We are glad TO report that Mr., Row
eli is so far recovered as to be able to at
tend to business.
Already some have commenced cut
ting their hay, which is early for this 10.
caity.
M. e. Smith, who has brought us our
mail for eighteen years, has given up the
route TO Leroy Davis of Peru.
LONDONDERRY.
The Londonderry Cornet Band is ont
in new uniform. They play al the ceIe-
braton in Weston on the 4th.
VIII Stowell has been compelled to
leave Judge Arnod's store, on account
of i'll health, aud his place is filed by 7.
II. Holt.
AIR. Wells has taken the shop occu-
pied by the late Mr.. Gibson, where be
will carry on the shoemaking business.
j. II. Walsh, tailor, from Springfield,
has leased the room over A. A. Curtis
store, and is ready for all kinds of work
In bis line.
The company of veterans from this
town and vicinity, under Capt. K. r,
Hart, now numbers about sixty men
They are drilling preparatory to the
march to Bennington, August 10th. II
was through this town that Gen. Stark
marched his forces in 1777, and some Of
our citizens then joined him. We shall
go nearly the same route that he did
SOUTH LONDONDERRY.
"A very heavy rain early Sunday
morning and again towards night, nc.
compauied by heavy thunder, swelling
our streams 10 spring tide.
Mr.. George Walker is seriously i'll
Many sympathizing friends hope for hii
speedy recovery.
Rev. Mr.. Beeman, Presiding Elder
attended the. quarterly meeting at The
NJ. Il. church, Sunday.
-lntelligeucc has been received here
that Fred Walker has sailed for Europe
The village school closes next Fri
day. Parents and citizens are invited I,
meet the teachers aud scholars ut the
town hall in the afternoon.
johnny Lyon met with quite an &C
cident Thursday whereby he came near
losing half Of bis foot. DR.. Bixby attend
edlhim.
III there IL any one who has bettel
piece Of corn than Larkin Smith, if h'
viii bring Ii in aud show II to the write
he will make an item thereof
Frank Churchill, who gent West il
the spring, Is home again. lie finds n,
place like the green bills Of old Vermont
WIN. W. Pierce is getting out
large number Of excellent butter tubs
aud what Is better, sells them as fast a
flushed.
AT meeting Of the trustees Of Yves
River Academy, June Goth, j. w. Mel