The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1882-12-28

10 lie stated and fnant6d
feusshnrsh farmer places . mortgage
al 1900 ON productive farm and inv~i'
the snoDsy IN buying and shippins Lay
Another Fersburgh farmer. Who owned
oru GOO scres Of fertile land and did The
same tbins. has just received bis disehsrgs
10 The court 81 bankruptcy.
For several days after representative
Noahs return from the Legislature. TO shef.
Eelj. bs uore bs Montpelier clothes dur
ing tho forsnoons and Was an object u con
siderable attraction 10 old associates In
homespuu. Hs store Was generally well
filled With neiahbors snrious 10 hear
yarns from abroad, note the improvement
IN maaners. see the members store clothes.
and smell OF bis breath. His visitors in.
cludsd liberal sprinkling Of both parties.
Lyndon Taion.
The Vermont State Spiriiualist Associs-
ton Will bold a quarterly convention in
the town hall At Bnitleboro. Friday, Sat
urdsy and Sunday Jan. II, 10. IA, 1883.
In the year 1881 the whole number Of
marriages in the state WAS 2763. and OF d.
vorees l6s. The ratio Of divorces TO mar
risges is 10 1915. Since 1878. when the
divorces we're i97, the divorces for each
year respectively have been l26. 100. 1876
and l6s. Thus decided increase in the
number OF divorces ob.sined will be no.
iiced Whether this is due TO general or
special causes, can not well be determined.
senator aud Mrs Edmunds Of Vermont
will soon leave Washington for southern
tfip. taking with them their daughter
Mary. who is in bad health and requires
the influence Of milder climate. The
family are going ioFlorida. and thence to
Texas, but intend spending the spring in
California.
The ial. term Of Middlebury college
closed the 10th for vacation OF two weeks.
The college is in excellent condition.
Work will be pushed vigorously on the
new boarding house. which is to be in run.
ming order next spring. Other improve
ments. such As running water and steam
heating apparatus for the dormitories. are
contemplated
Vermont is said to produce more marble
than any other State in the Union or than
any country except this. The business
has expanded with marvellous rapidity
since 1870 when comparatively little Yer
mont marble was to be found In the market.
The aggregate amount Of the States pro-
duction the present year is 1000. 600 Gu
bic feet, valued at over s2,00O,0O0 The
number OF men employed in the quarries
and mills exceeds 1900. and 1t required
10000 cars to carry the marble away.
Nearly 81, 900. 900 was paid for labor Of
workingmen by the quarry owners
The following officers for the ensuing
year were elected and duly installed at the
meeting Of the State grange: Master. Col
A. b. Franklin, Townshend; overseer, A.
Messer. Rochester; lecturer, G. T. Josse-
Ign. Bridgewster; steward, c. W. Sargent,
Brsttleboro; assistant steward. W. l.. Park,
Lyndon; treasurer G. ]. Bell, Hardwick
secretary, Geo. Crane, Brookfeld; gate
keeper. II. A. Adams, Rocking ham; Ceres
Mrs. A. b. Franklin. Townshend; Pomona
Mrs. A. o. Coleman. Bondville; Flora,
Mrs. c. b. Smith, Tunbridge; lady assist
ant, Mrs. W. l.. Park. Lyndot.
A practical joke with sad sequel was
recently perpetrated by boy employed at
the Ascutney mills at Windsor. Agirl en-
ployed in the same room had removed her
shoes and left them lying on the floor near
one of the spinners. In her absence the
boy nailed the shoes to the floor. Subse.
quently the girlin attempting to pull them
up, thrust her left hand into the gearing
OF the spinner, crushing all her fingers
nearly to the knuckles. The whole hand
had to be smputated.
Mr.. Johe q. SAKE, the poet, still resides
in Albany. At the home Of his son. and is
an invalid. The disease from which he
suffers is neuralgia. affecting the great
nerve centers and accompaaied by chron.
ic dyspepsia. He has suffered no impair
ment Of mental strength.
The stock subscription committee Of the
proposed Brattleboro and Bennington rail.
road make excellent progress in their work.
Ten thousand dollars have been subscribed
in Brsttleboro and subscriptions OF consid-
cradle amount are reported in Wilmington
and Jacksonville.