The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-10-11
MANCHESTER DEPOT.

Au. boSiS.
Mr.. HOLSTERS people, who have
been here for the summer have return.
ed to their home in Cincinnati. Their
house here is now closed.
Allen Lakin has moved into Con-
nor's new house on Elm street.
Flora Bourn is in Brattleboro now
stopping with her cousin, Mrs. Myron
Taylor.
S. Bourn and wife are visiting rela-
tives out west. -
Daniel Cofey, who went to Burling-
ton little while a. % to have an eye
taken out has gone again TO have the
other one doctored. Poor man in his
old age it is sad to be both deaf and
blind.
Horace Lawrence is doing striking
business now days. He is having his
house painted, Mr.. Linsey doing the
work, and he is drawing stone and
getting ready to put upa house on his
lot facing Elm street.
Hiram Chapman's people are enter
tanning their son and daughter from
the west.
Henry Kendalrs little 10y, Harry
who has been sick long time, is fail
ing gradually.
Henry Lawrence has the overseeing
ola job of carpentering up to the street.
Laura Garrow gave party to her
young friends last Thursday evening,
about twenty-five were present.
Quite good number from here took
in the Bondville fair.
Charlie Curtis is on the sick list.
Another correspondent sends us the
following:
We as a town are fairly prosperous,
as we consider the subject, fairly good
crops, with the exception Of hay, | may
say rather above the average, the con-
tinued drouth for nearly year max
ing that quite light in sections of the
town. Potatoes we're an immense crop,
something unprecedented in my remem-
brance, and the prices correspondingly
low: twenty cents per bushel. | never
knew such a figure as that for this
almost necessary product before. q
The subject of good roads has been
given considerable attention in our town
as we'll as throughout the state and I
am prouo of our roads today, much
credit being due commissioner, E. B.
Smith for their present condition. The
Dorset Mountain Marble Co. although
doing business in Dorset, must nee
essarily benefit this town, as they are
now quarrying blocks on the west side
Of the mountain and shipping to East
Dorset from this station. There seems
to be plenty of money and lots of ener.
gy in the concern, Judging from the
way things move, verifying the old ad
age: "Money makes the mare 60" Oul
schools under the town system, which
many declare to be inferior to the ole
law, are doing excellent work. | dc
not deny butt costs money to run them.
You can't have good things withou
paying for them, but let us never q
back to the old system. Improve
on this if we will and bear in mint
that our schools are the forces tina
build up our intellectual common
wealth, which object should be the ain
of state and nation.
Building and improvements seems
to be mania with us, commendabl,
is it not, considering our good nature(
proclivities of inviting all of our cit,
cousins and their cousins to come ant
board with us through the summer
STIMULATING, of course, that they,
shall make our hearts glad with
goodly quantity of "tilthy lucre" OF
their departure. Perhaps you woul,
not think it of us but we are full o
projects also, one of our pet idea
is TO connect Barnnmville with Man
chester Depot direct, petition signe,
by quite a number of our taxpayer
being now in the hands of the "tow
fathers :" 80 lay out and maintai
a highway from the terminus Of lh
present highway east of Titus Nc
Wain's house, crossing the Benning
ton & Rutland r. II. and Battenki
river, thence northeasterly to inter
sect the highway at Barnumville, nea
j. f. McNaughton' S residence. +" Thi
matter has been before the selectme
at other times but as located in othe
petitions was considered too exper
sive.
The Battenkill Valley Industri.
Society's annual fairs have cause
residents of our sister towns to gal
broader ideas of Manchester, in a
much as it has shown them that "
can make a show that it pays the
we'll to attend. Two or three da,