The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-08-22


"A Repnslioan Gaseous hr The purpose
.of nomisEtlsE : Representative 70 repre-.
seai IBIS town 10 nc uert legislature VIII
be bed 81 tho town hsn ca Tuesday
srening, tie zg,h, 81 O'Clock.
Mr.. George vapghnsn bowed "a some
Of the incest houey We have ever seen.
Mr. Vaughn has small boxes msde that
viii bold just pound, which the bees
Oh with TIE paross kind 81 honey, which
makes Cue package to put On tho table,
lie sells Il for he small price Of 20 cents
per pound.
MIR Moses Hulell, who lives 10 Tie
north part Of SALISBURY, hitehed good
pair Of horses near hive OF bees, last
sunday. The bees Immediately III upon
lhe horses Ia CREST numbers and before
they could be taken away they were
stupg so badly that one died aud the
other is ia preoarleas condition.
BENNINGTON.
DIR. b. r Morgan has been nominat-
ed by the Republicans as candidate for
their Representative lie will make
popular candidate
The celebration Of the 10th was hard
~ so extensive as was expected, as the
governors aud other invited guests did
not put in an appearance, There were
good number Of people present, however,
aud the clam bake was a decided success.
woopFoRD.
Time lies and dies are on time.
John Gleason has lost a valuable
horse.
Misses Carrie and Hattie Dunton Of
Rutland, are spending a few days in
town.
The town was about half depopuIat.
cd to attend the Van Amburgb show,
Tuesday.
The result Charley Bartlett's "play"
with Van Amburgh's bear was fearful
bite on one Of bis hands
Mrs. Emory HOLSTER has been sum
moned to the home OF her son William at
Geneva, IN, who is quite i'll.
"A few new names were added to the
temperance pledge Sunday, now making
about GO in ALL Why not stick?
Miss Quitterield from Poesteukill,
N. Y, sister to Mrs. @. of this place,
paid flying visit to town last week.
Landlord Crawford and wife are en-
tertaining city guests, and a trip to Mt.
Anthony observatory is in order this
week.
Temperance" was the subject for
discussion again last Sunday Fifty-hve
persons put on the blue at previous
meeting.
The family of VIM. Park, Esq, aud
Mrs. Lelinda Park, of Cbarlestown, Mass,
are spending their annual vacation with
the Misses Park of this place.
"A hen hawk made an audacious dash
when it gobbled five chickens from a
neighbours door-yard the other day. The
maid of the house made terrible racket
but to no avail.
Mrs. NJ. A. Huyler, Mrs. 4. j. New
ms and Mrs. c. Il. Halt of New York
City, and Mrs. l.. A, Cowel of Albany,
n Y, are enjoying their annual vacation
at the Crawford house.
just as we are about TO close our re-
marks the pleasing news "ilashes over
the wires" that j. Il. Robertson, ESQ.,,
has united in holy matrimony with Mrs.
Jane Crawford. Good enough, "Uncle
Sie.n Just as we spected
We will send all illustrated paper, as
large as Harpers, published weekly, to
any address postpaid for only fifty cents
year. Contains more news items than
ten ordinary papers and its stories are
good. Contains something for every
body. Recollect it is published aeeekly,
only so cents year. Send to Journal
Correspondent, Woodford, VT.
The thunder showers, five in success
sion, Thursday night, the 9Th, were the
severest known in these parts for years.
The lightning presented wonderful phe.
nomenon with its intense lurid glare from
all quarters of the heavens, while not a
few covered their faces with their hands
in fright, yet no hearts were made to
ache as was the woeful result of the fear
FIJI storm aud cyclone at Wallingford,
Conn. and other sections Of the country.
BERLIN, MY.
IT. A. Clark of the X. Il. House has
the best three-year.old stallion in the vi
cinity.
There is considerable sickness IN
town at present. DR. Sands is kept quite
busy attending to them.
John T. Livingston was married Aug
18th, by j i. Whilford, Justice Of the
peace, to Miss Mary J. Church.
The ground for the Methodist church
is being graded. II is expected that the
building viii be put up this season.
The steeple of the Seven Day Baptist
church was struck by lightning last Sat
urday, doing considerable damage.
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