The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-07-04

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Is ltg Congregational sharo1t un3tr iac
alsseaan q Mo- !. q 6ould.uR Vice.
Pfessdtht iaf BtuBlaEton caanay, assisted
by Mlst Tyler, retaruea missionary sud
8ihtg fr3eB8s q missions All lsases ID.
stltat8 "a mla59ns and lbt children q
iae sa5bsih schools sfs earnestly Invited
~ b present
lAeEuET FONT
Oar ssbools eioss % Friday Or a few
weeks rscsllon aarlsg ne heated term,
Mrs. Derby las sd5ed pew blind'
and : coat u pain. 10 hsy hoHse, gresiiy
% "a Improvement
TIE bicycle i Pat % a practical zee
by Mr. Prank Hoyt, an employe Of Kent
a lsooi o. Dorset, a. ., carries him 20 and
from bis work eksh DAY Cor The distance
u mile Or more.
Mr Ezra Bcpedic, aud wife started
90 Monday, 10 thsir own conveyance for
s ride ever ne mountain TO keene, n. II.
10 visit their daughter who will return
with them
The members of lie PAciG Eugine
Co. have been very jealous daring the
past week prsctleiug with their engine,
preparatory 10 attending the Firemeu's
Maaer 10 Rutland en- The Fourth. The
engine has been cleaned aud put 10 good
working order aud viii DO ne best @
win the prize
-Tle ladies' o. The Baptist society
will give a lawn party on the grounds Of
Sir. X. Howard, Thursday evening, Jolly
liib. The trial Of Pickwick will be rep
resented, together with other literary ex-
ercIses. Amer the literary part ice cream
sud lemonade will be served. The grounds
will be handsomely Illuminated with
Chinese lanterns, aud all done 10 present
40 agreeable evenings enteI tsiument,
Admission to the grounds, 10 cents.
Per order Of Committee,
MANcHEsrER DEror
-IIorado Trombly succumbed 10 the
weather, Saturday
The thermometer went up TO 1907 in
the shade Saturday aud Sunday, list.
John Seaver has commenced the eel.
lar for new house ON North Main st,
"A new bridge has been built across
the Bourn brook near s. W. Bourn's.
Uncle Seth Barton is making quite
an extended visit 10 friends in Pawlet
A letter recently came through the
mail directed 10 the "Station Agent Of the
r. II. Depot, Manchester, Factory Point,
VI.
james Green, superintendent of E..
NJ pratt's brick yard, is burning Kiln
Of brick which will be ready to come out
sometime this week.
III the officer whose duty il is TO take
care Of unlicensed dogs, viii inquire OF
the people Of Barnumville, we think be
viii learn Of several that are not leading
legal lives 10 that vicinity.
MIR. James Amedon was called to
New York by telegram last Friday
evening, announcing the sickness Of bis
child. Mrs. Amedon with the child was
visiting her friends in that city.
"A man by the name of Robinson
living in Sunderland, was drowned in
the Battenkill river, Saturday. 1t seems
that lie was fishing and bad fit, during
which be got into the water, and, before
help came was dead.
Station agent Connor's books show
an increase Of travel over the correspond
ing months OF last year as follows
Amount received for tickets for the
month OF May, 1877, s393.76. May 1873,
$4,000; received for tickets for June
1877, s6j4.97, and for June, 1873, $685.
90.
The Bennington & Rutland, Troy &
Boston aud Fitchburg railroads will run
excursion cars TO accommodate the people
Of Manchester and Dandy TO the Hoosac
Tunnel on July 18Th. Tickets 81 % OF
go a car for the round trip. There will
be eight car loads from Wallingford and
Clarendon, some think, this week. By
clubbing together and hiring a car II viii
make the fare considerably less, and i
viii certainly be pleasant trip vel
worth the money.
Several cases Of persons being
poisoned by the careless nse Of paris
green have been recorded during the
past two weeks.-Rurdl Neto Yorker,
We bear Stacked lime spoken of as being
bad thing for potato bugs. The second
crop Of these pests arc just putting in at
appearance aud every effort should b,
made 20 extermina,e them. There is nc
doubt but that paris green will do The
business II freely used, but, as II ia dan
gerous substance, many people dislike L
employ It. We think The only danger
lies ~ careless handling, as scientific mer
claim that II does not enter into thC
potato.
DORSET
Tile farmers have commenced laying
Saturday evening lyceum, this week
Mr., Holly is 70 read an address from DIR
Bellows, subject, personal Immortal
Iity.n