The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1890-01-23

Go,ss North



A,tsatiou il called 10 tbs bee ssTsriis
msri 81 Bisctmsf. Depot store.
The Mlsss. Hs.isy ssh family hsv
zane 10 ssy Yoft 10 remsis nniil .priss
gsr. Mr. Ies q Springfield, Nae.
s,psc,s8 10 ptsseh 10 The Congregations
ehsreh J.sssfy % snd Feb J.
The surprise party At Mas Asn~
Tays.Asna's lss, seek Thursday evenin'
y.a success their being ofsr 70 prescott.
--Aasaa u Benson. % long the treas
ursr Of the Fitchbatg railroad ~as Torn
e, .uasbi .l Barr sHd Barton Seminary
DIR. wnd sui family have arrived
safely 10 Fio,ids. ard wc give short bu'
,sisfes.ins .ecousi Of bis journey 10
letter on The seooad page.
oai,e q pnmbet o. our citizens are lA'd
ava The prevailing dis.smper. among
them Jaass Mansoa aud J. n. Hard. Pro-
rsrrla bss nearly recovered
HE Pielding Of Bfainard. n. !. u
making his Manchester friends visit, the
paper mill 81 Brsinsrd having shui down
0 siag 10 siesoe.s snong the help
- Sheldon begins 10 worry abou,,be ic'
crop The Toe on EqainoI pond b.
hardly been thick enough TO skate on this
winter. bnt there IA time enough yet
The county school board met at Ar
liagion last seek 10 &C, on the question Of
school books, eight members being pre-
sent, After some discussion the meeting
Was adjourned 10 fsb. 10
A Mid5ltbuty paper reports that
Carleton s. Severance. son OF Rev d. L.
ssvstsncs. Is seriously III sith typhoid
fever a, Denver, Col where BIO went few
weeks sincs 10 engage in business.
Prot spsdon gave al interesting lee
ture las, Thursday. bat owing to sickness
add bad roads the audience was small
Mr. spedon has a wonderful skill 10 draw
log, aud With few strokes OF the crsyon
would mske surprising changes 10 bis pic.
tures.
DIR Wickham writes us 10 regard 10
the name OF Equinox mountsin as iollosf'
Equinor. the name Of the mountain that
ovefiooks our village, often leads visitors
70 enquire as 10 i,s origin and significance
The true eIplanstlon may not be readily
given BY many among us to whom iis pre-
ssnt nsme il 90 familiar as TO suggest no
thou sht about 40 explanation OF II. Near
IL hall = century ago | made the above
eaaairy Of Que Of II oldest and most in
telligent citizens. the late Judge Petit
booze, His reply was that It's present name
i. corruption Of Al Indian name by
which /, YES once called. Its true name,
said he. Is ''Elusnoch," uith the accent
on the second syllable. 'Call 1t Equs.
noch" said a gentleman from abroad the
other day TO whom gave the explanation.
1T IL q far bslter name than Equinox.
No doubt II its original title had been
maintained it would have been well. II
certainly would have prevented the curl
psity awakened by the name Equinox ap
Piled TO mountain. but vain would be
The sfior. to induce the present generation
10 aiop, the more Euphonius Indian name
10 the place Of Equinox. The result Of
such an attempt would be like that o. q
body Of students few years ago from
amhers, college. who sought to sfiix the
name MOuni Asolus TO the neighboring
summit known as Dorset mountain. char.
saierizsi Ia the survey oithat distinguish.
"a geolosisi. Prof. Hitchcock. as 600 OF
the largest, limo, the largest mass OF white
marble 10 the world.
- rso justice trials the past week have
excited some local interest The first was
The result Of the complaint Of NJ. Q. Bus.
kirk against Edward Way. charging him
With removing stake which be clsims
was The corner boundary between bis land
ana thu, Of A. b. Way. The statute says
Is mus, be done wiIliully aud maliciously
10 order 10 mske II crime. Buskirk tes-
lifted that the stake stood IN certain pile
Of stones snd was pointed out to him rs
the corner by Milo Waite Of whom lie
bongh, The place eleven years sgo. That
he irequenliy saw the stake 10 the zane
place afterwards bu, that on going to tie
spot year ago this winter be found il
lad been moved and was standing against
a tree sboa, two rods from i,s former posi-
lion and on land claimed by bin. He al
loxed the stake 10 remain against the tree
until tho prcsens slater when be called
The s,tenltnu Of shs Way boys to The mat
Ter add took the stake and put il back
shere be elsinrd IL belonged. Chas. Way
sske1 him ~ pot II back by the tree aud
hs refused Edward Way thea t,ok the
stake aud placed Il back by The tree and
claimed thai j, belonged there. Bisairk
'oli-rlm II be dij cot put il back 10y tie
stones within . certain time be should
make complaint. which be did the stake
aol bring put back. Baskfk's evidence
10 regard to the position OF the stake and
tanes Vas eofroborsied by that OF John
y ate. who ". bora and brought up on
ihs Waite farm aud testified that he saw
The stake aud stones |. Bnslirk claimed
mofe ihan forty years ago, Joseph Bovee
testified that be bsrssinsd With the late
Ho,,io Walker Tor the wood loi on tho
ses, that runs 10 the disputed corner aud
lhsi M. Walker showed him the corner
And !, ss a stake aud stones standing
y here Baskfk claimed u. Tits wss
ab8ni ~ years ago, Baskifls boy iesti
asd that be sss The stake snd stones four
yeats ago sssbdius shere bis father claim
ed. GA the other hsnd both the wsys
testified thai their father told them AZ
long ago As ihey could remember
That the cofEef vac where ttey