The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-11-21

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Mr. Horsos Iswrcnos hasdt ~ .
daBseion blossom which he picked -
81 6eid sbs 1914 aay Il ths presons
monft
-rnst sesh Ilsrtnn rxoeirta qsiie as
ia1arF last Friday Al TIE depot. SoH.s
wofkmsn we're runuing ths "dump car
alohs lts ,rack vita io&d 81 slons. he
was standing beside lbs track vAea >
pfajsstLng poa struck bin ash Knocked
BIN aowb. bruifluE hluY considerably.
william Tay lor raised The pas, yea.
900 90 oat acre AID lwo-tbirds Of land /.
no bnsl,eas Of cora ADD - bashsls Of
surulps. The corn crop may DOT lie much
u any tb0re shc average, Bot TIE larslps,
tsking ia consideration the cost q eulti-
Satiep, ere profitable crop
Al tbs soclnble lasl Wednesday even
ing held st Blsekner's ball. although
the weather wa rather uBtAyorsble) quite
goodly number VEN pfeseal sud al
scented 20 have Pheasant time The
readers, Miss Cells Reynolds, Messrs.
Marx Manly aud Maynard Reysolds, per-
formed wei ibeir parts, aud 70 baye the
honofs, while the music, led by Miss
Libbie yaughB aad Mrs. Amedon. was
quite 40 attractive fsAlnte The next u
TIE series will be held At the same place
Oh "Wednesday evening, Nov 27lh An
admission fee o. i've cents Is charged, the
proceed. TO be need towards paying for
.ihe new organ recently placed Ia the
Baptist church
-lCompiled aud written by Miss Celia
Reynolds aud read BY her 81 the sociablc.
beld 10 Blaokmers' Halt, Nov l3tb) !.
ARgAl PRorHEcY = Fihy years ago q
single farm house was lhr unIy dwelling
that stood where nov We see the pleasant
little yilageof Manchester Depot. Doubt.
less many Of ont ,os,f. people can look
back 10 memory 10 that lime when, in
this part OF he Tissr valley, meadow,
patture aud woodland were unbrOken by
the pathways u traiilc, aud scarcely a
sound disturbed lbe stiffness but The rip.
plug music Of The BAllenkill, the song OF
blrd., aud he rural symphonies OF tie
farm yard But the ioreruDuiDg shadow
Of events Il at are now transporting rea ched
even TO that distant time, touching with
inspiration The lips OF reverend
age. Al Ihe door OF bis home II Factory
Point sat sn old gentleman (whose name
| will iorbear TO men.ion) IN friendly
with neighbor. They
talked a. elderly people always love to
talk, 81 The surrounding and associations
Of their younger days, being drawn al
moe, nnconseiously into comparison OF
hem with those Of their later years.
FROM the discussion OF pact aud present
arose qneslionings OF the things that
were TO be; and then came pause 10 the
during which the mind Of
one was drawn irresistibly forward as by
some Invisible power into The years that
were then far IL the distance. lie who
,At 10 The doorway looking down upon
our valley with the rapt impression OF
1ue who sees vision OF the future, sud
icnly broke the silence with these words
u can tell you, neighbor, Que thing that
will surely be, aud that is-a village down
here on The river There is going TO be
'lreet laid from the foot of The meeting
louse bill right across the lots parallel
With that road, Then there will be some
;ross streets between the two, aud from
hem up through the gorge aud over the
hills 10 the road that goes TO the Hollow.
i will be built ia like city there aud
hose streets will become busy thorough
ares. Right here under the bill win be
another road from this village, and there
will be a great deal OF travel from here
Town there because that will be the CEN
" VI AHr Ouhlutbb 1Htci1nNH VI tuo tHWbs
On that road that goes south toward
Sunderland streets will be laid out aud
houses built until It shall become thickly
.etlleJ there. can't tell Just what will
Dc started 10 draw the people, bnt there
viii be something aud large village, il
lot city, will be seen there. Not right
away perhaps, Neit6er you nor | will
i've to see il, but possibly our children
nay At any rate sou may count il AS
act that what have said will somehme
,ome to pass This was bis prophecy
md be died with the fail belief ofils nhi-
nate iul1Iltncn,. But The recurring sea.
oas bfoaght no changes. aud The slow
passing years lett lew marks OF improve
nent along their path lill quarter OF
ienturY had almost buried The old
mans prophecy beneath The dust OF for.
,etfalness. Then for the FIRST time The
brill voice OF The locomotive awakened
be echoes along OR valley, aud NJ the
'aiIroad aod Iis siAlios. embodied lhem-
elves Ia realty, they stood forth 1t once
.s that mysterious something which those
'ged eyes had seea dlmiy in prophetic
Tision, but not Clearly enough TO distin-
guish wba. Il was, Since then the marks
" progress have steadily and, ia the last
ew years, rapidly Increased almost EXACT"
y In Hoe with she foregoing prediction.
Ia view OF this why may not Manchester
Depot extend her borders and increase
YER business Teistions, not only in hope
,at IN confident expectation Of prosper
,ns iuturef Let no ono revie her small
1eginuings; the snEe word OF prophecy
TiIl not tail although the wheels OF tune
roll slowly toward lie ialtillmeni, aud the
md wiil be great enough TO crafty the
prondcst 81 her citizens. Bat while she