The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-05-09
soUTn toxpopKNKr
~waAaser changnAhk : frsla nukh

soUrn toxpoxpKmr
~waAasar ahanEhAhk : fran nuAA
Weiness 70 more rSia.
-. L. ears lhose peas planted 10 he
Uora are uP and doing nioely.
-Whlimss 4 Goddard are getting up
I've carriages with The pAasBi rather
cushioned axie
a great May rev bonnots were dis
appolaled last SUNDAY 70 to
ehnfch on aeoount Of The rain.
We note the return 81 hrs. HArrinr.
ton, after al absence Of several months
with Der daughter a, Manchester.
"A Copneelical "fuuncr," Ia attempt.
ing to go 70 the north village over The
bill, got lost and spent the night under 3
shed IN the neighborbood Of North Wind.
ham.
The writer Acknowledges the receipt
Of copy Of Mr.. Loves paper, the "Sun.
day Review published At Burlington.
Il iEA spicy and newsy sheet aud will
doubtless prove Love able.
WIN A. sbsttuck met with a serious
accident last week at the grist mill. lie
was cleaning out the cracker, turning Il
With one baud, when be got The other
band caught, tearing The hesh of the
thumb.
ARLINGTON.
--Nr. Judson aud Mr.. Woodwork
have gone to New York TO purchase goods
Tor the spring trade.
Mr.. s. NJ. West has been 10 town
making 8 short visit. lie reports the
chair business good IN Philadelphia,
The rite OF confirmation was admin
istered to nine persons by Bishop BisseIl,
at 50. James church, Monday evening the
9th inst.
MIR. G.. w. Miumore has com.
menced work at the Arlington Car
Works with quite number of men fit
ting mp his patent car sxles. We learn
he has large contract with the Elevated
II. II. Co, Of N. Y, and will have to run
night aud day to Oil Il.
AT the regular meeting of Dudley
Post, No. %, q. A. r., which was held
on Tuesday evening, May 7th, arrange
ments were made for the proper observ-
ance Of decoration day. Comrade A. J.
Noyes the Senior Vice Dept. Commander
was present at the meeting.
BENNINGTON.
Two men, supposed to have been
with the party which burglarized George
liarmon's house, were arrested IN Sara
toga last week. They had in their pos
session masks, gags, burglars tools, &C.,
aud have been identified by the overseer
of the poor here as having applied for
sustenance the day before the burglary
and by the Troy milk man as two of the
persons who asked him for ride on the
morning after the robbery. They have
been brought to this place for trial.
Another mau has been arrested In Troy
as one of the burglars. lie will have an
examination in Troy before requlsition
Is applied for.
wooDFoRD.
j. II. Miller was wounded in the leg
last week by a log rolling on TO it.
Elmer Gleason has re-purchased the
homestead recently sold by James Hig.
gins.
"A four-horse load OF pleasure seekers
went to "sucker pond" last week and
cOmpcd out two nights.
Jerry Brisso, who has family de.
pendant upon him tor support, had three
fingers horribly mutilated on circular
saw one day last week.
Have you had bite yet? 1t is pleas.
ing to see the angling rods swinging over
the babbling brooks, but the number Of
trout caught yet is exceedingly small.
We had a May flower bouquet pre-
sented us the other day by Miss Alice
Kimball, which contained several straw
berry blossoms and other aposies' usual
ly not seen here till the middle OF May.
Sunday the rain poured necessarily
all day, raising the brooks to the highes
pitch of the season. There were severa
andsides, one of which blockaded thu
highways Elmer Gleason's mill dan
was washed away and machinery dam.
aged, causing a loss of 1925 or more.
We are requested to announce that
there will be "socisl soiree" at the resi-
dence of VIM. w. Bowles on Friday
evening, May 9Th. The local minstrel
troupe with full orchestra will give one 0
their "unique parlor comiques," whicl
will be an enjoyable treat ofthe evening
entertainment.
"A nest of hens eggs supposed TO b,
good" were recently brought In by on'
Of our neighbors and placed In thu
tray on the pantry shelf. A few hour
after lively peepIng was heard there
about, when npon investigation broot
Of fine chickens were ho5bling about try
ing 10 find their mother.
1T is now rumored that there wa
foul play in the death Of Brsyton G. lobe,
at bis house in Hartwelville, week az
last Sunday. On the other hand Il Is sal,