The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-12-31
All the NEWS of the
Battenkill Valley
MANCHESTER CENTER.

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ceiyed and forwarded by the Bonesteele
brothers.
Richard Smith and wife spent Christ.
mas with friends in West Rutland.
E. M. Lugene of New York City
spent Christmas with his parents. Mr..
Lugene has position in New York.
Charles F. Clemens is home to spend
the holidays with his father, DR.. S. S.
Clemens. Mr.. Clemens is studying
law in Washington, d. G.
Clifford Burnett of Herkimer, N.
Y, is spending week here visiting
his parents.
Bert Madison spent Sunday with
his father, H. w. Matterson.
| Irving Connor is home from Albany
for the holidays.
A. w. Adams of Great Darlington,
Mass, is at home for his vacation. Mrs.
Adams will come later for visit.
| W. A. Adams, who has been sick
for sometime past, is improving.
H. H. Tromley and wife Of Airing.
ton is visiting at Marshal Bentley's.
Miss Mary Edgerton of Bennington
spent Sunday with her sisters, Misses
Annie and Minerva Edgerton.
The Manchester Electric Light Co.
now run the lights from FIVE to seven
o'clock in the morning to accommodate
its patrons.
Geo. Baldwin of Boston, Mass, is
visiting George Wade.
Irving Waite of Albany, N. Y, is
visiting his aunt, Mrs. Geo. Lugene.
E. 0. Brady was in East Dorset
Monday on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. D. Combs and son
of Albany, N. Y, spent Sunday with
Mrs. H. M. Burgess.
Mr.. E. r. Carpenter has made
many improvements the past summer.
The old factory which has been an eye
sore for years has been torn down with
the exception of the main building.
Mr.. Carpenter has remodelled the dye
house over into a blacksmith shop.
The dry house that has not been used
for long time only for paint shop is
to be made over into tenement, the
cellar OF which is finished. Years age
when the factory, tannery and the
marble mills were all running and
when marble and leather was shipped
nearly every day. Manchester Centre
was fourisbing town. There is nc
manufacturing done here now. Man
chester Centre could once more he a
fourshing town if some manufacturing
concern could be induced to settled
here. The town would be glad to re-
lease from taxation for FIVE years any
one that would come here and start
manufacturing, of some kind.
Mrs. F. D. Giddings is spending two
weeks with friends in Springfield, Mass.
Mrs. W. Irving Williams and daughter,
Sara of Bath-on-the. Hudson, N. Y, are
spending few days at J. H. Bonesteeles
Miss Blanche Carpenter is spending a
| -four dov,
Wallingford.
James Wilson of Boston, Mass, is Wis.
iting his mother, Mrs. Mahalia Wilson.
| Loyal Bradford has returned from No.
Ferrisburgh where he has been for WIS.,
it.
Patrick Kelley, who has been spending
a few days with his brother in Schuyler
vile, N. Y, returned home Wednesday.
Bert Madison left Wednesday for St.
Augustine, Fla, where he has position
in one of the leading hotels of the South.
The village schools re-opened for the
winter term Monday, dec. 81. Carleton
Garretson of Pownal will teach the
Grammar school, Miss Richardson the
intermediate and Miss Derby the Pri-
mary department.
=. S. Kellogg, who has been spending
| Christmas with friends in town, has re-
turned to his home in Hubbardton.
Mrs. Mahalia Wilson is confined to the
honse by sickness.
c, E. Mcintyre of Dandy was in town
Monday.
A, L. Graves little daughter fell and
broke her leg just below the knee.
Carl Mattison has left for Bennington
to resume his old position.
Carleton Garretson returned from New
York Sunday night.
The Burr and Burton Seminary opens
again January Sd. This is the beginning
of the winter term.
Mrs. Shepard, Mrs. Strong, son and
daughter are spending the wiuter in
Hartford.
Clark Simonds is spending week in
New York City.
The monthly covenant meeting of the
Baptist church will be held on Saturday
afternoon at the vestry.
Rollin Kent is able to be about town on
crutches.
Miss Gertrude Conner leaves for West
field, Mass, on Monday, where she is to
be the guest Of Mrs. Clarence Dewey.
A very fine clock has been received for
the reading loom of the Mark Skinner
Library. The gift of the Misses Skinner
of Chicago. 1t was made in Amsterdam,
it is musical clock playing twelve diff
ferent tunes, one after each hour and it
has very fine case.
The bottom base of the soldiers monu-
ment was placed in position Tuesday. 1t
is a vely fine block of Woodbury. granite,