The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-09-19

Taesaay. With twelve well loaded cars.
arriving Al Troy Al about bali past cir
soae q the party crossed tbe Ferry 70
wes, Troy and took stroll On tie
grounas connected with the United
States arsenal located II thAs place
TIE premises are kept Ia splendid Or.
der and are surrounded BY an iron
picket ieacc which a mob would dnd
some diliculiy IN tearing down. Az )
o'clock tho boat started FOR The city Of
New York. arriving At pier 80, West
street. at litlle past : o'clock We'd
nesday morning The moonlight ride
down the Hudson can be appreciated
only by experience. Most Of the pas
sepgers stayed outside aud enjoyed the
beautiful sccucry until late hour.
Leaving the friends to The task u
"seeiag the city, your correspondent
went on board the boat, leaving pier $
for Sandy Hook, from which we went
by rail BY way Of the jersey Southern
Il. Il. 10 Toms River, New Jersey, ar.
irving at that station at 5 80 p. M,
passing through Long Branch and sew.
eral other places Of summer resort by
the way This section is lily adapted
to agriculture but Is fast gaining noto-
riety as watering place The beach
is lined with cottages Ut beautiful and
varied architecture, commanding a
good view OF "0ld Ocean" with the
advantage OF being within short ride
of the city The next morning in COM
pany with Mr.. Webster Eddy we took
sail boat aud went down the river TO
the beach. At this place there are two
large hotels, open only during the sum
mer season, one OF them being one OF
the centennial exhibition buildings
taken down and transported to this
place for hotel purposes. MIR. Thomas
Bryant and wife, formerly of Manches-
ter, keep boarding house on the beach
during the summer season. After par
taking Of Mrs. Bryant's hospitality we
again boarded Captain BlPs" boat
and in an hour and twenty minutes
landed at Toms River wharf, after
which we took ride through some OF
the best farming land 10 southern New
Jersey. Mr. Albert Chamberlain, for
merly well known in this town, invited
us to his grounds where we picked and
ate peaches to our hearts content He
gave us two peaches, each of which
measured Ia inches in circumier-
ence. Mr. Webster Eddy, at whose
home we were SO pleasantly entertain
ed, went to Toms River from this town
soon after the close of the war, pur-
chased land, and is building him up q
home and rearing family that any
man might well be proud Of
Returning Friday morning to New
York, in few hours we started Oh the
return trip, after shaking hands with
our friend Baker Wilson, who since bis
residence in the city is getting almost
fat enough to be az alderman, his
weight being only 1919 pounds, and as
he modestIy informed us lacking only
one pound Of being eligible to that Of.
fee. During the evening, in the SPLEEN
did saloon Of the The City Of Troy.
Judge Brock /" of East Dorset. with
the violin, accompanied by Mr.. William
Rogers, Of Arlington, on the piano,
discoursed such music as to hold the
passengers entranced, aud although we
do not dance it made our toes Jingle sc
that we could hardly keep still. We
noticed that the portly form of MIR. }
Hawley together with j. B. Nichols
and others Of our townsmen were near
est the musicians and were apparently
more interested than they were at the
last election. Quite an exciting incl
dent occurred 10 the evening coming up
the river. The City of Troy steamer
was moving at her usual rate wher
another one, the Drew was noticed il
our wake apparently gaining upon us
She gained steadily until within about
three lengths when she turned TO the
left and started to pass. BY this time
the decks were crowded with an inter.
ested audience watching her progress
At this juncturc Captain George VOL
cot, seeing the passengers so muct
interested, ordered the engineer to pu
on more steam, and we soon distanceC
the Drew aud She was soon so far be
hind that nothing could be seen but heI
lights We arrived at Troy at daylight
Saturday morning and, taking the I :4(
train reached Manchester at 10 O'Clock
we'll satisfied with the trip.
ELT.
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OBITUARY.
/ Died in Dorset, on fhursday, Sept. 9th
Mr nrnun N.Ena annd q wears