The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-12-01
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l4ir d tare ycartad sleers. ,hty bisg !
wild lhA they could no, u caAeh, alive
Myrick laaag Of weaibeTsfcid las uy
'erioasly DISAPPEARED He was last sce
at hlselsniih's shop in clsfomoni.S. n
Dr. Jobu A. Mead has been apponiel
boy the interior department medical er
Hniner Of pensions iar kullanl couaiy.
1 James LaFairss d~eliing at North Fer
risburgh was burned the 10th. and two o
lus children aha we're lei, alone perishes
Ia the aames
A new rix.bnndrr,i pound hell has l,eet
4 placed IN tlle tower Of the comfy eouri
l'oasc =, Bennington. Tie Eft Of Hon. q
w Harmon
/ uA seoonnt Of an casting opinion thai
Rev. A. w Wild 81 Pcscham bad been
guilty 81 plagiarism 10 no nconsidemble
extent 10 his memorial sermon on the death
OF President Garfield be made public
explanation irom The pulpit last Sunday.
He said that 10 eiaieed no originality Of
thought Or expression Ia that sermon;
that Il wonld he impossible 10 be original
while speaking upon 80 welLknown and
freely-discusse,l topic That heshsd ia
ken copious extracts from the Christian
iStecs'sB' for which. on account Of haste,
he failed TO give credit when the sermon
was published. Further that II has always
been his habit, ~ that Of other pastors. to
have clippings from newspapers constant
" at hand and uso them freely. Neither
dill he propose TO abandon the practice.
Ho also declared his intention 30 call "a
council very soon, before which this and
otlier charges could be investigated
The State Agricultural society will, il is
said, endeavor to get the New England
society to hold its talr at White River
Junction.
Warren Sttsns postmaster at West
Braintree. died last week uuder singular
circumstances. Some time ago his cat
scratched his hand and made bad wound
which nearly healed, but was torn open
again by chicken. After this his hand
sna arm swclled badly aud he died in few
days. II is alleged that he has lived un-
pleasantly with his wife and step.daughter
and suspicious are directed toward them.
General Kingsley was recently made the
recipient of an elegant testimonial gin
from the Ransom Guards In the form %
miniature wall tent, wrought of sterling
silver, made by the Gorham man afaetu r..
ing company to order. 1t Was presen' ed
in recognition Of his untiring efforts and
signal services for the coapany o., the
Yorktown trip, and as an express Tor. of re-.
gard and esteem for Gen. Kingsley as a
man and an officer.
Chas. Squiers Of Guilford knows how to
make farming pey, He sowed the past
season twenty-one acres 81 oats. yielding
upwards OF go bushels, planted ten acres
of corn ie'ding 1000 bushels of ears, be-
sides devoting several acres to root crops,
cut 100 tons of hay, will winter so head Of
cattle and six or eight horses All this
from. a farm which. few years ago, W, =
cor .sidered worn ont and OF little value
The Springfield Republicans Washing.
ton correspondent says: Colon Hooke,
OF Vermont is here eanvassiag for the Of
fee of sergeant-at-arms- He expects to be
elected if the speakershie goes West.
Col. G. d. Williams. 10 tie of the firm Of
Nichols & Williams. D rupoists Of North.
field, is found badly involved financially.
For several years | has been village treas
nref' clerk aaa " ,asurer Of the Elmwood
cemetery asSor' alton, treasurer of the Dog
River Valley air association, captain Of
Co. /, Nsv England Guards, and latterly
administr Ator of an estate, in each Of which
relations he holds in trust hundreds Of dol
lars. rIuch excitement prevails.
The 18th animal reunion of Vermont Of
ficcr will be held at White River Junction
on thursday Jan. 9th. All members Of
the society and all offers and non-commis
sif med officers are invited to attend. Col
lbert Clark formerly of the st. Adams
, Messenger, will deliver the Grafton in thu
evening The Centrul Vermont will sci
rouNl trip tickets for fare one way from
the following stations: Rutland, VeIgennes
/ Middlebury, Brandon, Burlington, st. Al
bans, Montpelier, Bethel Randolph and