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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-11-17

Wendell Philips, has, in letter declin'
ing an invitation to 60 to Ireland to lect'
ure, made a very important contribution
to the loug-standing controversy about
the nature Of rent. According to Mr..
Phillips, however, the owner has no more
to do with the matter than the man in the
moon, nor is it influenced by composition
for the land or by the price of produce
The tenant fixes the rent himself Hon
est rent is the surplus left after the tenant
has lived in csmfort material, intellect
ual, personal and social comfort. F" Under
thi, rule, Ireland, Mr.. Phillips says
"owes DO rent, which is perfectly true.
But he might have added that no rent is
due under this rule in any country in the
world The tenant must of course decide
when he feels comfortable, materially, in.
tellec,nall,, and socially aud no tenaD'
has any surplus left after providing h. m,
self with What he thinks necessary fc r his
comfort.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-11-17

Returns TO November LIST from the cotton
growing states give the indicated yield per
acre considerably less than last year The
greatest decrease is GO per cent, in Arkan-
sAs The decrease in Louisiana is 40 per
cent The average yield per acre Of wheat
grown by the November returns is 10 and
IL bushels against Is lilo last year, in.
dicating decrease Of 100, 600. 900 from last
years product, 800, 600, 900 bushels. The
November returns show an average yield
OF 20 IL bushels Of corn per acre, falling
off Of % per cent from last year.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-11-17

Gen. sherman. in his just published an
nual report, AZ General OF the army COM
plains that the companies engaged on the
Western frontier are too small for efficient
discipline and for economical service. To
protect at one time settlers against Indians,
and again Indians against the settlers,
reiniorcements have TO be frequently hur.
ricd forward from great distances, he says,
and always at heavy cost for transportation.
This cost in the aggregate he thinks will
he more than sufficient TO supply an in.
crease Of twenty per cent Of private sold
iers.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-11-17

Died at bennington on Saturday. at Z A.
~. after long period OF bodily disease
and the infrmities Of old age. Deacon
George Lyman, highly esteemed aud re.
spected, not only Tor his Christian charact.
81 aud exemplary Piety in the church. but
ior bis several virtues and usefulness as a
citizen He leaves few, il any of the as.
sociates of his earlier days in the village
where he spent a large portion OF his life
they having dropped of in their turn and
gone GU before him. The memory OF the
Just is blessed IA
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-11-17

Kidney. Wort moves the bowels regular
", cIeanses the blood. and radically cures
kidney disease. gravel, piles. bilious head
ache, and pains which are caused by dis
ordered liver and Kidneys Thousands
have been cured--why should you not try
iis Your druggist win tell you that u y
one 81 the most successful medicines ever
known. IL is sold in both Dry and Liquid
form. and its action is postive aud sure IN
THERE. L. Bstss TER Heud
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-11-17

Twenty-Five millions deficiency to pay
the pensions Is figure that is liable to
set people thinking. II also appears that
/, takes one-fourth the National revenue to
pay the pensions. II is time to call halt
somewhere. There is good reason TO be-
lieye that thousands Of persons are receiy.
ing pensions, who, under the law, are not
entitled 10 them. II has been suggested
that the Grand Army Of the Republic make
Nh investigation to ascertain inst how many
persons are entitled to pensions TO the end
that the lis, may he reduced
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-11-17

A committee Of practical temperance
men in Boston, with Gov, Long rs chair
man and james Freeman Clarke, Phillips
Brooks, Bishop Paddock and Edward Ey-
ereti Hale among the members, have crea-
ted fund with which to rent large cor.
ner house on some busy tboroughfare, fur
nish !. in attractive style, and provide a
spacious coffee roo,a at which all non .intox.
icant liquors car be obtained together with
good lunches. A smoking room. with Ia.
aies Tor billiards. cards, pool, bagaielie.
and other games and q reading room viii
lie provided which will excel in attractive.
ness ADD facilities Of enjoyment the most
engaging liquor saloons in the city.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-11-17

The close division 81 both bonses Of Con.
gfess i mentioned by Senator sherman as
a fact not without its eompeDsaiions. IL
will he Impossible, hs says, for either side
"a pass any partisan measures, aud speak
lag far the Kepnbllcan party, be does not
tbink ,hers Is any neci Of political leelsls
iion. Aa.onR ihe subjects which. in his
judgement, should receive early attention
the senator mentions the reduction Of tax
e., the revision OF the tariff, aud laws reg
uls,ing presidential elections and appoint
ments 10 the civil service. These he would
have treated 10 non partisan manner.
aud he suggests that they are much more
likely 10 he settled by compromise and
concession than by a caucus. The same
thing may be said Of brnkiupt law the
Mormon problem aud the long dcierr 4
project OF national aid to education
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-11-17

The New York Tribunes Washington
special says The day before President
Garfield vas shot he determined TO appoint
A, q, Riddle districtatsorney Of the Dis.
trici OF Columbia ID place Of Col. Cork.
bill. Presidcn. Lincoln also the day be-
fore he Was killed determined 70 appoint
Riddle TO the ssme Office When Attorney
General McVeagh lefi Washington the
President moi only had knowledge OF his
purpose, sut had pledged himself TO send
10 the senate the name Of Mr.. McveAgh's
Successor the next day. Mr.. Howe would
have been nominated bat for his relation
ship 10 the counsel for the Star Route men.
The place Was Afterwards rendered TO cI-
Senator fnlipehuysen who declined IL
Tha, was the o0ly reason Why Mr.. McNe-
sgh's resignation Vas not accepted sooner.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-11-17
STATE NEWS.

Judge Taft is reported i'll at Montpelier
Chief Justice Pierpoint's health steadily
fails He is now confined to his bed.
The subject of erecting a soldiers monu-
ment is being agitated at Bennington.
A Bellows Falls man has lost four chil.
dren in as many weeks by diptheria.
The nineteen barrels OF ale seized at the
Central Vermont depot at Burlington were
declared forfeited in city court Saturday.
At an auction of farm property in Bar.
ton, COWS averaged S3l each, sheep "a, hay
SOB per ton, oats 80 cents q bush, bar
ley 80 cents
Nearly oil the states show decrease in
this years wheat crop, but Vermont has
nearly 5000 bushels more this year than
last.
The pistol mania afiiicts the gentler sex
at Bennington. A woman pulled a revolver
on an over-familiar stranger in Thompson !
market.
Hon. NJ. r. Tyler OF BurlingtV, will
soon leave for Minnesota with his family
where he will spend the winter, intending
to make the far West his futw a home
At Arkadelphia O.. the j. ,ry in the case
Of Sarah Stokes, charged ,ith, the murder
OF Mainda Stevens, hay disagreed. The
case will be tried agar. in January.
The death of Andy ew Winhei m. aged SO
years. from py@U ia and decayed jaw
Done' caused by decayed teeth, was report
eu W the pufes u of vital statistics in New
York
luz be' ininRton Jail contains choice
specrlep of humanity as follows: Burns,
cha.. ge'. with forging tree orders; Fuller
c'Larg ID with the murder Of William;
Gler n, charged with The spring poisoning;
ke afe, charged with killing O'Brien;
aid Seth Woodward, charged with horse
stealing.
The Proctorsville cheese factory has
made, in round numbers, 1000 pounds Of
cheese, the season inst ended, and the
cheeses were over 1850 in number. About
400 cows furnished the milk, which came
from the territory contiguous to Chester,
Ludlow and Cavendish.
Col. Hooker OF Brattleboro remarks that
the Kansas informer has got things mixed
concerning his aspirations, and adds: III
was the superintondency of the local hen
show instead OF the sergeant-at- OF the
next house OF representatives that he Hook
i,r) was aiming for
/, A number of Boston fruitdealers are ar.
rangings corner in Champlain valley and
| Vermont grown apples. They have pnr-
chased very fine lot of fruit, comprising
upwards Of 5000 barrels. at prices rang
in from two to three dollars per barrel
and are now actively engaged in receiving
aud forwarding them to Boston markets.
| Swanton is somewhat excited over the
mysterious disappearance of young
French baker. Cyrille Ronsel,e, who has
not been seen there since Oct %, when. il
is alleged he engaged in drunken quarrel
with several other young men alta howell in
the town. Some who ~ere engaged in the
affair were cut mp and Rouselle is said to
have been badly pounded Two Of the
participants left town on the next Monday.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-11-17

The Democrats elected the congressman
in New York, which are loss TO the he.
publican majority and tho Greenbackers
may hold the balance Of power, unless the
the two Headiusters elected in Virginia
vote with the Republicans. J. Hyatt Smith
of Brooklyn, elected rs an Independent,
will also vote with the Republicans, and
three Greenbackers from Missouri are said
10 be Inclined TO vote with the Republi-
cans.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-11-17

The new lord mayors possession at
Isspioa ca wednesday included AL the
sscsent features. with the innovation ~
The Apercan flag 10 The procession, pre-
cedol BY band playing The Star Spaug
led Banner ADD followed by one breath.
ing the s,rsins az Yankee Doodle Tho
flag pas applauded more vigorously than
anything -. and ~ Il passed the upited
States cAlAe company building four
yoaBg sofDen saved American tsags from
the aindops There Nas enthusiastic
chernDg IL The palace yard as the Amer
lean baauer entered, escorted by guard
Of honor with fixed bayoncts. As IL pass.
Cd. the l,Aads played Hail Columbia
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-11-17

The Republican candidates for speaker
~ the ueHi House 81 Representatives are
kasson 81 Iogs. Iiisocck Of New York and
Reed oi Maine One on two others are
mentioned. bat kasson and Hisocok will
probably lead In the eAucns Both are
abla men and would he likely 10 oil the
Office aecepiAhly.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-11-17

The lAaa hsoAl rear ihss In Kansas snd MIN
ne@sa noEniiucd The entries number
ss7s. Apd Ne ngmtsr a serua iAksa mp
wss i.ssatsp The TERRITORY i,roipcss
s.o"o',D hssss.ss q wheat and has loo
raiies ~ railway. l, IL claimed that ihe is-
arrests oie5uoaiion demand state govern.
Beat The territorial eorerumcni being nm
Al,lc 70 aci aside lands ioF this parpose.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-11-17

The information against the Star Route
thieves ~As quAsbed in the wsshinton oour,
the Judge deciding tina, the case should
have been presented hy the grand jury
inslcadoi by Information. An attempt
vail be made 10 procure indictments at the
eAr liesi possible moment Some one has
eri-deniiy blnndered in the management. OF
lhe case thus far.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-11-17
-paIo,A i ,he ner, candidate for A.

Dakota is the neat candidate for all
mission 10 the Union and presents great
attractions to the republican party IN Goa
gross ~l,h liz preseat argen, need Of tcw
more votes in each house. The census
gave The territory 10000. II Is claimed
that AZ, 900 inhabitants have been added
since the enumeration: probably half that
have gone in, Tor il seems TO be - fac, that
rnorr land entries vcre made in Dakota
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-11-17
TRUgsDAr NOVEMBER II. 1851

Ia isisad = great many iarDen are
applying 20 'be land eguri 70 Asyr ibetr
raai rsdaotd. sod 10 posi oSses ssv eao-
cessfal The land AZ, sill certainly wort
a great inprosepeni Il allowed 10 he car.
NED eai ssd Il As mnch a. The Irash people
wsll w. ltAelt 30 elasin II present
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-11-17

Aisma4y General Meyrsgh has resigned
slss.lu,sly Aui biz rrsigaAiiou has been ar.
oessiesl. ne claitaa iha, be- has bad moth.
ing 20 AZ 18th tl.e sslAS i.oste prosecutions.
nsy farther than general oversight As
he has over al government prosecutions
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-11-17

The trial Of Guteau commenced al
wfshiagtou. MonlE-y. The c~rcaiioh
is eoa.ineled by DiGnet Attorney Cork
hin and The ieieSse by scoyilie. brother
in.lsw Of the prsopaa. assisted by one OF
two ater lawyers. The prisoner says he
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-11-17
Marriages.

Al west Rupert ~ the bspti.t parsonage, ny
Rev, y, heechef, Nor, isth. herbert whss.an 81
karsrt and MICS klls Ssissnoi IVES, rsslsl
A. whit. orp.a, n, ", Aus, ielh, BY HasA
Tabor, Fsq., Martin HsrfipEsea 81 shshssaty,
10 Asbie rsrry ~ sundaflaaa.
Az White Cssst, n, u, nct, iGtA hy Hugh
Tabor. fsl.. HEAVY II. Young of She fshnry, 70
sarah A, ssfsood 81 Arhng,on,
Al white creoh. n, Y. Nov. %, by uagh rstsr.
Eel, Edgar Harrington Of shsnsbary, V Mar.
Earet Y. hsmmer Of Arlington.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-11-17
pLAKE BARRows' EsrArr.

~ srlrs o, vrnxosr, District u Asnchsstsr.s -
In Probate Court held 1t Manchester vithin
and for said District, on the 5th day Of hossObsf
4. D.. 1851. -.,,,
An Ipstyument purporting to Be The last viii
and Te.sstnens Of Blake Barrovs, late Of Dorsst.
IN said district, deceased. being presented
~ Isaac Barrovs the Exscutor therein
n.msd for Probate. 1t 10 ordered BY said
Court. thai ali persons concerned therein be no.
ii6sd 70 sppsar At . session thsreof. 10 DO bsld
1t The Probate once 10 Manchester 10 said dis.
triet, on the "a day Of December a. D.. issl. 81
10 o'clock In the fossncss. ard show cause Y Any
tsey have against he Rssss 2, "id .,i ;s q.
which purpose u " further ordered. thAt this
or der b4 rubbshed three wssks successivsiy IN
the Manchester JouIpAI. nssspsper pubiish-
ri u vsid Manchester 10 this STATE. previous 10
ssid tim. efS airing.
by the Cart.
s3. Arrssr. RAssEY HOWARD. Judge.
A true Record.
A trus copy Of Record
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-11-17
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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-11-17
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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-11-17
BEES AND HONEY.

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H., vas established In 1861, ~ monthly, ans
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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-11-17

Al n.r..a, Nov if,h, daughter - NJ. and
h0. Carries H. utlheft
Az Minneapolis, MINI, No. iith. .ah 70
Hspit 7 sna hsleu stone Plant
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-11-17
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

UMMISSIONERS NUIICE.
" GrLBxRr RRApLrr's Estate.
Tho undersigned, having been appointed BY
the Hon. Probate Court for the district Of MAJ.
chester, Commissioners, to receive, examine and
adjust al claims Ard demands Of all persons
against the estate Of
Gilbert Brsdiey, lats Of Sunderland,
deceased. and oil claims sxbib-
ted 10 onset thereto. hereby give notice that vs
will meet fer the purposes Aforesaid. at the
store Of. Ralph lie ntaey IN Sunderland sfors-
said ON tbs srd day Of May next from
10 A.. until o'clock ?. H., on SAID usy'
and that ,ir months from the Sd dav OF New,
4, D., 1881 10 the tim. limited by said Court fos
said creditors 10 present their claims to us Tor
examination aud Allowance.
Dated At slpdtriabd. this 9th day OF Nov,
MALCOLM eASHIRLD. csr.
2csw GEO.-0. BURTON,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-11-17

CsnD week In your own town. Terms aud
DOO % OUTFIT free. Addfsss u. HilLiTr
Co, Portland. Maine.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-11-17

VNgTRAY. Game into the Enclosure Of the sub
~ soriber on the 18th day OF October, 1881.
one pair bright red two year old stesrs, hlso
two two year old heifers, one OF them inebset
the other light red with some Rrsy hairs miIsd
In. The owner Is requested to prove properly.
- WIN. Is. DEMO.
North Rupert. VI, Nov. 7th, 1881. Tss
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-11-17

NOTICE. This is TO give notice that have
time during the remainder Of his minority and
and that thal not claim any Of his earnings
and shall pay no debts Of his contracting efiss
this date. M
VICTOR tx) NlDO.
Sunderland. w. Nov, 9Th. 1881. 969v
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-12-30

New York city is alarmed over the prev
alence of scarlet fever. The disease is most
malignant and the record of death from it
swels each week. There were 224 cases, Ga
of them fatal, during the week ending the
18th, and about 300 in the week ending Sat
urday. 1t is not confined to special districts,
and there are no more cases in the tenement
sections than in the better parts of the city.
In Jersey City the health authorities are over
whelmed and almost helpless by reason of the
spread of contagious diseases, chiefly of small
pox, and in Brooklyn also diseases of ma
lignant type are prevalent.
While Mr.. and Mrs. ]. W. Gibbons, liv-
ing near Ashland, Ky, were away Friday
night, having left daughter II years old,
Miss Emma Thomas, II years old, and their
son, Robert Gibbons, at the house, some viii
lains outraged both girls, saturated their
clothing with oil, set the house on fire and
killed young Robert Gibbons, who was at
tempting to give the alarm. All three of the
dead had their heads split open with a hatch
ct. The house was burned to ashes.
A New Orleans woman was shot dead
Tuesday night by her 4-year-old boy, whom
she had just been showing how to aim pis-
tol.
The steamer West Point, a new boat, ply
ing between West Point, Va. on the York
river and Baltimore, was destroyed by an ex-
plosion last Monday, while discharging her
cargo at West Point. The explosion is sup
posed to have been that of 60 barrels of gas
oline 20 colored stevedOres were killed.
Another six-days walking match, with
II contestants is in progress at New York.
Over $3.50, 900 has been taken out of the
mines at Sitka, Alaska during the present
season.
"A body of masked men, supposed TO be
the "best" citizens of the place, broke into
all the drinking saloons in Cedarville, o.,
village of good repute at 3 o'clock Saturday
morning and destroyed all the liquors on
hand. Some of the buildings were almost
torn down.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-12-30

The social event of the season was the
marriage of Miss Deley H. Bowker, daugh-
ter Of Charles Bowker, M. D., and G. Il.
Swasey formerly of Montpelier, which took
place in the Methodist church on Christmas
eve, Rev, G. G.. Ross performing the cere-
mony and Frank A. Gaylord and Henry Gro
well acting as ushers. Two young sisters OF
the pride, dressed alike, in nearly the same
shade OF color as the bride, acted as brides.
maids. The church was thronged with inter-
ested friends. The bride and groom looked
sensible and nice, the ceremony was impress
slve, the congratulations were most hearty
and the presents abundant and rich. Miss
Bowker has been for a long time a popular
music teacher in Franklin county, and the
people reluctantly relinquish her to 20 to her
western home in Wahpeton, Dakota
christmas was observed at the Methodist
church by an appropriate sermon by the pas
tor III the morning, and in the evening by a
christmas concert, consisting Of readings, re-
citations and music The children did their
parts beautifully, singing and speaking with
great merit
The smallpox patient is recovering and
there are no new cases.
DR. Homer Crowell of Syracuse N. Y.
Is visiting friends in town.
Miss Lucy Doolittle is spending her va
cation at home.
Principal jackson of Powers Institute
has had more calls for teachers for the winter
SCHOOLS than he could supply.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-12-30

The Christmas exercises at the Univer-
salist church on Saturday evening were very
interesting The children acquitted them
selves finely. OF especial interest was the
piece sung by the little German girl, in Ger
man-"There is joy at eventide." There
were two Christmas trees, one each side of
the pulpit laden with gifts. The church was
handsomely trimmed with evergreen and ap
propriate notices. Sunday morning Rev
MIR. Smiley preached an excellent sermon.
Sunday evening at the Methodist hall
there was an entertaining Sunday school con-
cert with full house.
e. w, Bowker has put a new set of burr
stones into the grist mill of the best quality.
costing $500. He has also rented the hotel
to @. O. Miller of Brattleboro; possession
given the Both day of January next. The
grist mill is for sale or to rent at bargain
for someone.
The body of Miss Emma H. Allen was
brought here this morning, and funeral SER
vices will take place either on Saturday or
Monday. Miss Aliens loss is keenly felt,
both here and in Gardner, Mass, where she
has taught for IL years past