The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-01-18

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nxmbef 81 otsnrA5s AZ Caster Fosi, Ber
nihginn. snsosg thea Mgor Frosi. p
eamxsnter. and Prof Bradford vh
Kindly iurnished some Of The iud vhic
made the FIRE burn brightly. Hard tao
snd ooaee were served 70 al proseni an'
tie whole eouclnded with dance. VI
believe every ope Was satisfied and piease'
and vent home feeling As though they ha'
passed pleasant evening.
4 saNpGArG
"A sllss gray fox WAS recently dug ou
Of bis hole in this town by sone hunters
and bis shin sold for s35 The fact hai
caused lively discussion in the paper
A. TO whether the silver gray is a distinct
species Of foi OF oulr freak 81 nature, u
is certain tia. they are mosi frequent IL
cold attitudes aad are very seldom met
With in Vermont The Troy Tunes at
tcmpis 10 explain the matter as follows
"An explanation Of the matter is probably
10 be found 10 the fact that the fox IN
question was an escaped pet animal owned
in Troy. Last October silver gray
fox which bad been presented 10 sou OF
Henry b. Thomas Of Maple avenue escaped
from It's cage and has no. since been seen.
II ID believed that while being led by in.
stinct toward its native haunts in the far
north it fell prey TO the Sandgate hunts
men"
woopPoRD.
Sears Smith is blacksmithing at Hoad-
leys in Pownal
C Il. Briggs now keeps the boarding
house on the Foot lunber Job.
-. W. Towne has rented Mr.. Gookins'
mill. and Patrick Hurley isnow foreman.
--Chas. i. Googins has returned to
Webster Mass. We miss Charleys genial
phiz.
The recent high winds aud storms
have broken the telephone wires in several
places
Elmer Gleason and his young son,
Dexter Moody, have returned from Ne
braska
While cutting underbrush in the
woods Saddle struck Clark Breed in the
face with such force as to make him uncon-
scious.
--.Gsess the number Of rabbits l have, |
md I'll give you the whole six /" exclaim-
ID an urchin the other day.
Since we last wrote Geo. l.. Holbritter
md Miss Emma Cntler, and George W.
Knapp and Mrs. Rhoda Knights have had
heir love sanctifed by Hymen
Last week Wednesday was cold day
nd Woodford man the next day, learn
ng that it was Ice below, said il he had
nown it at the time he wouldn't have
Torked out OF DOORS
One Of Mr. Foote'S teams, hitched to
heavy load Of lumber, ran of steep
last week inIuring the horses
, that propbably theIbest one will become
orthless. The sleigh was totally demol-
he'd. II
M. f. Mason. who was killed by the
cent boiler explosion at Hartwellville, !
i'll be remembered as one OF the genial h
I'd prepossesing students at Burr and
urton Seminary in former years. The
death of Marshall lis mourned I,
, many intimate friends outside his own g
wn. A
The excitement caused by y. s. Mar
all Henry being summoned from the ~
uen city ito take care OF James Smith, II
+ retailing without government license, h'
IS suddenly quelled when att focus, 81
N quietly producing the necessary doe = =
lent. But there was more amusement hi
the case Of certain "fsmily retailer, cl
10 was decoyed into the belief, by vi
other man informing him, that the
ops" were after him. SO saying, he
zed his two gallon Jug, put into it what :"
s left and cautiously, though hurriedly, W
parted eastwardly.