The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1882-04-27
Local Intelligence.
THURSDAY. APRIL. - lssa



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ls,s wasl sff&Agsps iof further feFa'rs %
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49, . snmsaet fesionnoe
Miss Y. Fowler sho hss r''ou nah
Jar tias, wit " iriepds here bas 70
surnn4 "a hrs posisiaa "a i@ashei q pA'Aa
snF IL Walls oolievs. Aururs. =
--Uncle Issae Croslgy u death 90 F'rsy
beas sBd aosi allow ,hsfa 10 interfere
with b., gasr.ss operaiions. nai 4 heeno~'
il Hsna pretty good rsaIiseaaa
What promised " l.a sery early
spring Lac received serious SGT hAcs %
the shape q cold north vinds Ihihgs
.o1i gro~ tall .l,ey give rs l'tils mo'e
ealorie
-Coss Burten have isHi put on Their
counters very large s,ool a heAusifui
prin,s. giashains. dress goods ehe'io"
asa costumes I, viii pay yoa 10 look al
them before pufNhh&ihAs
Z. c. Perkins. Steward Of the IArkin
Hause. At PAla,kA. FiA. the pas, winter Is
10 town fer few weeks He reports .
very coed season 8. PalslkA He viii hll
she same position 10 the LArtin House al
Watch Hill, X l.. the coming summer.
-Dea John Chapman after looking
a,,0ai sosae has come 10 the conclusion
tia. Manchester is pretty good place al
ter III, aud has purchased tbs Seth sykes
place 90 the ives, road. We are glad the
deacon has come 10 " sensible conelu'
sion
Painting, pspering, WITHDRAWING etc.
ss,ve been tho order Of the day At the Ia
asnic Hotel preparatory 10 summer bust
ness I, pill not be long before June
neun will hll the house With guests aud
make our village little more lively
Wake up.
Advertised letters William W.
Bsrnes. Patrick Brayton. Mrs Sarah Bar
her. Wa A BlAkely. Edgar W Emsrson.
AEeliua Garnon. Frederick A, Hall, Amos
laihrop. Joseph Mason, Emil. NJ Mech.
Aelis, 2. klmander " Wheeler
We have received from Hon. II. G.
Root The Proceedings Of the centennial cele-
bralion at Bennington in 1877, containing
all the addresses, a full list of officers and
bodies Of men present with portraits OF
some o. the distinguished participants, the
whole making a neat volume Of 2jO pages.
] n. Hard has few copies for sale at 70
cents each
d. II. tDyer has discovered on his
farm ledge Of very curious rock. The
base is rock OF reddish color, very simi-
In appearance 10 the red tennessee marble,
bu, nearly as hard as granite and this is
filled ia with small stones OF various sizes
and colors, like plums in a pudding, but
all forming one solid mass which can be
broken OF cut and the surface is suscepti-
BILE Of high polish, making It very beau
tiful. whether this kind Of rock exists TO
any great depth, or whether II can be
successfully quarried can only be aseer.
tanned by expanding considerable money,
but II II can be "there is millions in IT, for
We doubt If such another quarry can be
found anywhere
The listers have returned their field
boob 10 the town clerks Office where 1t can
be examined by interested parties, The
amount OF personal property returned Is
nearly AZ large as last year We hear
complaints from many towns ola large
falling of, and are glad that Manchester
tai payers 'come up TO the rack so bean
tifully. We trust there will be no chance for
perjury snits, bat we do say that man
who wilfully swears to false list ought to
he indicted and punished for perjury. IL
is BY no means square deal" for one man
90 pay taxes on all he is worth and
another man by false swearing to avoid
taxes on a portion Of his property.
The directors OF the Battenkill Valley
Fair have voted 10 give one hundred dol
lars a. premiums for articles in Floral
Hall. In giving premiums preference VIII
be given 10 articles made within the limits
,of the society, and as far as possible TO ar
.t,cles made within the year, 50 there Is an
anlueement for the ladies' 10 put in little
extra time in preparing articles for exhibit
sior Willie the preference 10 premiums
will h. given as above stated. the exhibit
sion will not he confined 10 articles made
As hone aud ladies having anything meri'
toriou. wherever aud whenever made, are
invited 10 bring /, TO make the exhibition
ia that department as full and complete
a. possible,
FACTORY roIsT-
Mrs Elizabeth Bates Is teaching IN
Sunderland where she taught all last year.
Miss Cornelis Derby commences the
scheol with about hfty little ones under
nor mashcrly care, Miss Bonesteel
has nearly "a many scholars IN her depart
raeut
The LiIlipuiiou fever has not entirly
left here ys, W A. Adams has jus, EN-
ployed lady operator that weighs onl,
sl.9 lbs lie says bis sewing maehInc'
run os.y enough 70 correspond With ~
operator
The Rev. Mr.. Randall who was ea
pec,cl " oiliciaie ai Zion church last Sun
dsy afternoon sas unable 10 keep bis sp
poin,Iaent Al tla, time ca account OF ~
ness neither will be able To bold service Of
mex, sunday as he bad hoped.
i vish TO Say 10 the people oi Man
..b..,st East Dorset anl vicinity that 81