The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-06-30
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flushed bic bsyisg 10 lev days
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weather is ordering asa delivering Goa
siderable coal
The benry showers al dusk TaesdA,
evening deferred many from attending 30
musical ooBoeri Al Music hall given b,
Mrs Slino1ds
Myron aud will~r Taylor have iAsei
largo conirac, q Ken. a Roc, Tor draw
ing their blocks 10 stock their mill 81
South Dorset the coming season
Wilber Taylor has taken th. eoutrsel
Of sheAd. Andrus 4 Co. Of stocking iheil
mill al ROCKVILLE with logs for the nsIi
season, and Of hauling the lumber 10 thu
station. one million feet or iifteon thousand
logs
The railroad company will erect new
wood shed at this station, commencing il
nert week II will be several feet longer
than the old one and will connect with the
east end Of the present freight room, en-.
larging the facilities for storing freight,
~hich are very much needed.
Prince a Co., OF South Dorset. this
week shipped TO Philadelphia a column Of
marble Is feet long aud weighing some.
thing like u tons 1t was quarried by
| John Council, u former workman now
promoted 10 be foreman in their quarry
II was hauled by james Tobin, with six
horses, and is said TO be the largest block
ever qusrried or hauled from South Dorset
Mr. EDuon; In your last issue OF the
JounsAL, your correspondent from this
place made statement that "siI men on
fishing trip 10 Bourn pond caught .(ry
pounds Of trout" Now making all reason
able allowance for his liability to be mis-.
taken aud the proneness Of the printers
devil to pervert tue truth by his careless.
ness, we will correct him by giving the
facts. Instead OF forty pounds 1t was less
than forty in number, forty being their
first figures aud being like the boy who
saw one hundred mice chasing each other
around the barn; after getting home and
figuring they made ont less than half OF
that number, Their going home by way
Of Dorset can signify nothing as We can
see unless it be that your correspondent
3D. from that place made the report to
the Depot correspondent OF forty pounds
one OF his harmless eYssgerations, Nv
DORSET.
Mrs. Batchelder Of Peru is visiting Ter
sister Mrs. l.. Manley.
DIR. Prentiss and family arrived last
week, at their summer residence here.
Miss Hannah Farwsll of Nebraska is
in town. Charles Farwell OF Ludlow has
recently made brief call here.
Mr.. and Mrs. g. W. Farwell. lately
accompanied their niece as far as Troy on
her return to Illinois.
Mrs. Davies OF New York City is
boarder at Washington Hotel. When the
cool wave passes mony more guests are ex.
pected.
Mr.. Charles Kellogg, also his sister
Mrs. Birge, and her two daughters are
visiting relatives in town. Their home il
in Keokuk, Iowa.
g. NJ. Sykes little son Bernard and
daughter Annie, journeyed last week as
far as Boston. They will spend some time
at Marblehead, Mass
Mrs, Colvin Sheldon, who has boen
for years confined to her bed is OF late i'm.
and attended church last Sab
bath. Mrs. Bliss whose health has been
poor is improving at present. And the
friends and neighbois OF Mrs. VIM West,
who has been ont OF town for
season., are happy to see her once more
among us and able to get out to church
lgain, and a recent call at their house
us that there is not more cosy
md attractive. residence in our village
PAvLEr
Again the click of the moving ma
chine is heard.
Meadow larks, once SO plenty in this
section, have entirely disappeared.
The spring term of school in District
No. 2, closed last Friday afternoon.
No celebration in tosn this year as a
good number are to take in Niddlstown
Wells and Lake Bomoseen
Regular communication OF Morning
Flower Lodge, No. II. +. & A. NJ, at
heir lodge room IN West Rupert, Thurs
lay evening July 7th, Work on the first
legree. All master Masons in good stand
ug are invited to attend.
One hundred cheese were sold las
saturday for IA cents to Temple 4 Pratt,
nd were delivered from the Pawlet fac
DRY last Monday morning.
Frank Miller has begun to stock
adams mill pond With bass from Lake st.
jatherine.
The comet was quite visible last Sun.
lay evening, and witnessed by many.
Harvey Elwell from East Shelby. n.
T., has been visiting at Erwin Pratt's
ir +. is Sc years Of age, and was drum.
ner in the war Of 1912. He has two sic.
ers living whose ages are II and so years
he age Of the three persons combined IL
81 years.
PERU.
The choir are indebted 10 the gener.
sity OF Jonas Bennett, Esq. Of Arlington
Lights, Mass, for asupply Of new sing
az books Mr.. Bennett and wife spend 9