The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-02-08

Tho now famous Terrace Hill stock
farm Of Bellows Falls il making nearly
or aniie ono thousand poanis o. milk dsll,
10 i,s own stables. and distributing 600 o,
COO quAr,s per day 10 in Customers The
wonderful Duteh COW Of the farm has lnsi
dropped her calf, and gives o5 10 70 lbs.
per day has given ~ lbs At one milking.
Abam kingsland. an old man Of wes.
Pcrrisbnrgh. fell from the bay NOV IN bis
barn a Few days ago. striking upon bis
head. His entire body from the head
down became paralysed 40 that be could
With difficulty turn bis bead around 10
avoid being smothercd in the hay. He
Was powerless to move and lay there. dur
ing the intensely cold weather. for more
than an hour until discovered by his sen.
According 70 just issued census bulle-
tin Vermont has 2s7s manufacturing es.
Adjustments. having capital OF s23. 265,.
ga, employing ii.a3s men, 227l women
and s3l children. paying out annually in
wages $5,l6i, f7e. expanding yearly for
materials sis, S39. GIT, and turning out an.
nually products valued at S3l. 35i, 36G.
A Canadian Indian who has been chop.
ping Ave or six cords Of wood per day in
the Ripton woods all winter, returned TO
Canada last week. He claimed 10 lie the
chief man in an Indian village numbering
sixteen hundred souls and said that be
was going back to Canada because he
couldn't drink any ''wheeskie" in Vermont
without going to Jail for three mouths
@. N. Tinkham, OF Pomfret, writing
from Davenport Ia. jan. 10th, says that
the Mississippi river is frozen over with
ice l6 inches thick. lie had the pleasure
while there Of witnessing an Iowa snow.
storm. Not great amount OF snow fell
Tor it couldn't fall anywhere-at least,
not anywhere about here since the wind
was driving it, and when il struck the
face IL was like frozen pins and needles.
The wind attends to its business out here,
md no fooling. When il starts ont for
blow it Just takes off its Goa, and spits on
is hands. SO to speak, and gets right down
% the work; and il don't stand on any 10
lour plan, either, but will put in 80 hours
very day. And it has got to, to get over
hese parties and do any business" Like
many others, Mr. Tinkham feels more at.
ached to Vermont as he becomes better
cquainted with the specially landed por.
ions of the country, and he finds "less
nd less reasons, as he "soes about. to be
dissatisfied with Vermont as q place to
i've IN and enjoy ones self
A dreadful accident occurred Mt the
lace of Charles Stearns five miles west
( Brownsville. Wednesday last. Mr..
tearns and his son George, about ten
ears Of age, went to a shed to feed sheep.
ust after entering the shed, the roof.
eavily loaded with sncw, broke in and
ell upon loft of hay, which, with the
oof went crashing to the ground. Mr..
tearns fell beside an eight.inch beam.
'hich served in measure to protect him
rom the debris under which he was buried.
+eorge fell across stick OF timber and
AS canght by the neck. Mr.. Stearns
ould hear the painful cries Of his son
alling "Father can't you help me?" and
nswered "No George, cant I'm fast. "
lis cries of I'm dying, Father, I'm dy-
49," grew feebler and feebler, and in
Nv minutes entirely ceased. Mrs. Stesrns
caring the falling Of the roof, rushed out,
lied an ak and cut hole through the
now, roof and hay to her husband, enabl.
~ him obtain fresh air. although she WAS
nable to extricate him from his perilous
osition His little daughter ran to the
aighbors, who Immediately came to the
scue. As soon as possible the body Of
gorge was taken from the ruins, but in
feless condition Mr.. Stearns was then
,moved and found to be considerably in
red
Forbes, OF the Boston Journal, has been
oking up the lumber interests of Yer
ont. He finds that there are over 100
w mills, which have sawed and manufac.
red from 10000. 600 to s,OOO 600 feet Of
mension stock from the log during the
ason Of 1882 The aggregate production
lumber, timber, chair stock. ETC., is es-
mated by measure to aggregate 232, 050,-
70 feet in the past year.
Brattleboro voted 500, 900, Saturday in
Of the Brattleboro & Bennington rail
ad, The amount required to build the
adj is 100000, about half Of which has
-eady been subscribed.