The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1882-03-02
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Jadye Hcyt II. Wheeler 10 putting .
lsrs, steam sswmiIl into hs wood 10, Of
several hundred acre Jamaica
Psissts have been issued 70 W II Pat.
nan 81 Bennington for fence wire harhsng
machine and 10 DIP. Prescott Of Verbon
for car coupling.
Geo. ID. spencer Of Cssilston has sur
uved ave psrnlytie strokes. asd af'sr DO
ing subject 10 paralysis for 10 Year, is nov
in a fair way for complete recovery,
Ned Bowler. a bright young msp aboa,
n. Of Bnttleboro, died Of consumption
SATURDAY. the result Of az internal injury
received IN playing ball a, keenr. \. H.
lsst season.
A Vernon, man who set trap TO catch
mink has already captured II poleeats. a
coon and his own dog 10 ], and still per
sists in his designs upon the mink Some
men don't knos when they are licked.
II is announced that the present treAsur.
or Of the state. John A. Page OF Montpel.
Ter, Who has acceptably held that Office.
since 1866. will not be candidate for re.
election. No better manhAs been sugpes
posed as his successor than W, II. Du Bots
OF West Randolph.
Cap tain G. II. Parsons, formerly OF 81
Adams, has bought the famous natural
bridge for s55, 600 cash. This property
has al eyentful history The first owner
Of record WAS Thomas jefferson and he
made frequent visits TO the place. placing
its value a, $50, 900, and saying that peo-
pie would cross the seas TO visit II.
Large numbers Of fishing rods sre made
at Post mills in the town Of Thetford. The
factory, built in 1875. is 100 feet by 80 feet
ell 80 by "a feet and four stories high.
Each room is lighted with gas msnufac-
tured on the premises. Forty men and
women are employed in the various de-
partments, turning out ready for shipment
from forty to fifty thousand dollars worth
OF rods each year
An improbable story comes from Ben.
nington that Frenchmsn while hunting
at Bears swamp, near Stamford, recently
came upon wild woman. entirely nude
and covered with heavy black hair aud
seized her. She scratched him so severe
" that he released her and she fled with
q demoniscal laugh.
Bruce Cole OF SALISBURY was Chamber
ing about cars at the Union depot at Troy
Saturday and acting crazy. He was taken
to the second precinct station by special
officer Kelly. and identified as young
man whose uncle, c. G. Cole of Benning-
ton, had been looking for early in the
week. The telegraph was used and the
youth restored to his home
While Charles +. Sears and wife Of Ben.
nington Centre were out riding near that
place on Friday they were set upon by .
couple Of dogs. The animals tore the
buffalo robes in pieces and would probably
have injured the occupants OF the sleigh
had not hay wagon happened along. The
men on this drove the brutes of with their
pitchforks One OF the dogs was q blood
houud; their owner is not known.
At North Danville the other day fire was
discovered in the sitting room OF resi-
dence. An investigation was made, when
it was ascertained that the smoke proceed
cd from a table near the window upou
which we're left the day before a common
stereoscope. new plume aud dress waist
and package OF tissue paper dress pat
terms. 1t seems that the rays OF the sun
striking the lens of the stereoscope were
by the law OF refraction brought to focus
upon the tissue paper which was easily ig-
nited.