The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-04-26


terest il maniiests il the heather OF Ru
pert
/ Mr.. Jonas Bennett and wife from Bos
ton are stopping at Mr.. 0. p. Simonds.
| There are now five vacant houses in
Peru village, which We should like very
well to have occupied.
We still have some snow in the woods
but it has nearly all gone from the open
fields. Sap ran quite we'll here Tuesday
| M. J. Hapgood has little girl very
sick with scarlet fever We are glad ia
learn, however, that she is little better
this "wednesday morning.
LASDoRovE.
Mrs. Il. T. Garfield, Of Londonderry
is quite i'll.
Mrs. Ruben Lampson is now under
the care of DR.. l.. s. Arnold.
Rev. L. II. Bartlett preached his fare
we'll sermon last Sabbath and goes to St.
Adams this week to attend conference.
This bas been the poorest sugar season
for many years, and perhaps its equal was
never known. Many have not made enough
to pay for the fuel burned.
&C. W. Jenkins, Of Peru. was buried
here last Thursday. he has been i'll for
many years and was deserving of pension
but had not succeeded in getting it.
:. Our mill averages to cut over six
thousand feet per day. That would not
be much Of days work for some mills,
but it is more than this mill has done in
the past.
Our Superintendent has not been sup.
piled with list Of questions consequently
the examination is adjourned to Saturday.
April 2Sth. Whose fault is it that the
questions were not sent to this town?
Our snow drifts are getting down so
that we begin to think we live in Vermont
once more. We had to get along without
our mail a few days, then it was carried to
the Hollow and changed, but now the
stage makes its regular trips.
ARLINGTON.
20. Z. Andrew has gone TO Boston to
purchase goods for his spring trade.
Services were held at st. James church
last Sunday, Mr., M. H. Deming reading
service.
Mr.. +. N. Garfield has lately put q
nice piazza on the front of his house,
which much improves its looks.
Mrs. G. A. Bundy intends to 60 to New
York next week to purchase her spring
stock OF millinery goods, that is, il it stops
showing by that time.
Mr.. F. West lost n valuable horse
Sunday night the. 90. His son Warner
went to the barn early Monday morning to
feed the horses and found one OF them ly-
ing dead upon the barn floor. The horse
was valued at about two hundred dollars.
A great feat OF saving lumber was
performed at H. A. Hale's chair factory
last fast day. Mr.. Albert Back was the
sawyer, assisted by men. They sawed
inside 10 hours Is, 1856 feet of lumber.
The logs were taken from pile and the
slabs sawed up, boards inch and IL
inches thick. We believe this to beat
anything aver done in the State in this
way OF saving lumber.
Miss Anna Cullinan OF this place has
got to be quite painter, she has just fin
ished job OF painting the blinds on her
fathers house, which looks very nicely. as
we'll rs any blinds in town, to be sure she
had good paint which was purchased at
Wood worth l. Canfeld's. sold Tom" her
father intends to have his house painted
this spring and We presume Miss Anna
will have the job.
This has been the poorest sugar sea.
within the memory Of the oldest in.
son q
'pa Hurd former teacher here
MS a. many friends and relations
is visiting he.
10 town. -,
M,ss Hattie N,
repuse. has been eL.
district No 2
Our Superintendent OF -, $3.50,
old teacher, consequently VI -
good schools throughout the
The Suckls. have the fran. 49,.
their new mill on the site ofihe ..~..
sss recently burned. They have re- 80
their insurance money. and recofnn !,
Fowler 4 Son, insurance agents, - prom
snd Efficient business men.
The road. arc getting better but We
think Their would be still further improved
il all the road commissioners would imi'
tate Charles Randall who has made yer!
GOOD rosd ola very bad place near LIS
hou.e bv flling in with stone and gravel