The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-02-01
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NJ r. n Holi has purchased
/ soass and los 10 Tie north village sni ~
5 Hovoi thiihos. bot viii oon,ihas 10 carr.
: 90 the iia business At this place.
a Mr. siurgiss q Jamaica has bongh
:. a. interest 10 The batter Tub shop. cater
ing into q oopaltnersAip with wm. W
: Pierce, The manufacture Of butter tabs
Stli be continued by the new nrs. and Al
% ihs getting out Of iiggerea chair siocl
Hooker Post No. 8 O. A. n. ~ill hold
public Installation Of officers aud csmf
tirs Al the Tosu Hall 10 this village OF
Friday evening, Feb 2nd At O'Clock.
The members Of tho @. A. II. a, Jamaiea
and Weston, siih the pahlic 10 general
aud ~ old soldiers in particular are cor
daily invited 10 attend. A free luuch d
crackers. cheese and coffee will be served
during The evening Music aud speaking
may be expected.
Per Order u Committee
PEhu.
y. r. Long is in very poor health.
The weather was quite mild Saturday
aud Sunday.
Samuel Stiles and wife are visiting
relatives in Bernardston. Mass.
A goodly number enjoyed the Mother
Goose festival Saturday evening
IS A. Sawyer has been away nearly all
winter engaged in selling fruit trees for a
firm in Rochester, N. Y.
Once more we are without black
smith in town and we have two good shops
which might be occupied.
Wanted, a good blacksmith to occupy
the shop located near the Haynes mill.
Plenty Of work to be done.
--Lumbermen on the Maltby job report
business good and an unusually good sea
son for hauling wood and logs
= We are glad to learn that Cha rles
Jenkins who has been on the sick list nearly
all winter is well enough to be ont agaili.
School closed last Friday in district
No 2. There is but one school in session
in town, taught by Miss Carrie Adams in
district No. which has five weeks longer
to keep.
ARLINGTON.
MIR. Reid, hotel proprietor from
Whitehall, n. T., spent few days here
last week
Mrs NJ, Il. Norton, who has ,een very
sick at Washington, d. c. for so ne time,
where she has been visiting her on, Mr..
Chas. Norton, is considerable be tier and
i is thought she will be able to return
home the present week
The comrades Of Dudley Post g. A.
will please remember the regular meet
ng which occurs next Saturday evening.
Feb, Sd. Let there be good attenda nee
IS the matter of attending the Dept En-
'ampmeut at Bennington Feb. s and 8 is
o be talkel up.
The Berry brothers gave an entertai u.
nent at the Town Hall last Monday even
ng to very small house. Some features {
4 the show were fair, while the most of it /
vas pretty light. The bell ringing was Z
cry ordinary, and taken altogether 1t was '
ather q slim affair. b
AT the meeting held last Friday even. y
lg for the purpose'of organizing debat. q
lg society constitution and by laws !
'ere adopted, but the organization was Il
OF perfected, it being thought best to de- i
r 1t until the next meeting. which occurs !
the school room under the town hall G
exeFriday evening. We hope there will G
Q large attendance, when the necessary y
Ulcers will be elected and the organiza
on perfected g
Another horse thief was captured here Y
s. Saturday night and taken to Cam n
ridge, n. Y, where he had stolen horse, al
eigh, etc. We learn that tho thief for il
erly lived in Sandgate, and that his name CT
Edward Rice. The Shushan CORES. a
ondent of the Troy Times says: "The CT
orse stealing case proves quite exciting. o.
seems that Mr.. Lawton left his horse in b
ont of w. 7. Robertson's drug store at Il
Hearing the bells he ran out m
I'd saw q msn unhitching the animal. He cl
llloed but tho stranger drove of. In cl
'mpany with AL Sherman Lawtou fol-
wed At Annaquassacoke they over.
luled the man, but on trying to stop him ht
horse got away, and was not 50
opped till lie reached Arlington. Law W
u grabbed the cutter but was forced to it,
t go. Finally they got the horse and W
an at East Arlington He was brought err
fore Justice Piscr for examination, he
hich, after short hearing was adjourned la
It'll Thursday. Al
- Ann Peck of Rupert is visiting friends
town. "a
= The children Of Moses Flower are i'll -
it'll scarlet fever. oa
Ice cream festival at the church next
thursday evening.
Insurance agent Brown OF bennington mt
IS been in town working up business in Pi
! line att
The surprise party at Smith Peck, IL
st Wednesday evening was fine affairs an
Notwithstanding the cold weather. an
Willard X. Bennett who teaches in g
strict No. 2 is having good success and "a
proving himself good teacher ia
Superintendent Genella Convey has
en- in town few days attending to her
titles in connection with the schools. 10
Is4b.e4 ,nAwavj for,fat ,sac.jant IN