The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-09-13

chester Par this ~eef.
M and Mr.. lisfi,eri W. William.
uerv rrrni tisitors ia Ruiland.
Mr. And Mrs. ~. n,llinrd o. Rai.
lard have been wlih relatives here and
IL Manchester.
--puf and Mr.. Frank Sa,er have
returned 10 Washington, D. c., after
passing The summer hsrc.
a eharch supper was gwen In ibe
church ycsiry lAst week. The supper
pas furnished by committee Of IN
lsdies.
Mr.. q. n. Chambers was called
10 Burlington last week bY the death
and burial u her sister, Mr.. II. ".
Allen.
SOUTH DORSET
"A daughter was born 10 Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. Kendall lAst week,
The shutdown on the quarry will
not las, bong ia fact, one Of them Is
running several machines now.
This i. Fair week and We shall get
a loi Of news for next week, as every
body will be- there and Old 81 viii be
on hand 10 bear them talk.
Springs and brooks are dry that
have not been dry in years before.
Some pastures are without water and
the fall feed is badly damaged.
r. II. West and Fred stannard
completed the purchase of valuable
marble property Of Martin c. Van
Buskirk, last week. II is fine white
marble.
The goods who have been table
girls at the hotels have returned to
school, and hired girls are scarce. A
dozen good girls could obtain good.
steady, paying jobs.
The Lucky Strike" quarry is get
ting out some fine marble but the
blocks are small ms yet. A new
side track has been put in for their
use and n telephone put in the Office,
and things are rushing, Manager
Newman is hustler.
-Rollin Kent had narrow escape
from drowning Sept. 2. He accident
ally fell into a deep hole full of water |
at freedly's quarry, and but for the
timely assistance of Tom Malone and
Will fully would have lost his life,
they having hard work saving him.
1t is now up TO the Legislature TO
make il henous offence for farmer 10
drive on the roads with any old heavy
wagon or cart that an auto dare not
run over. Our roads ought TO be used
only by drunken auto drivers and
bounty given for killing farmers, wo-
men aud children, cattle and fowls.
There has yellow worm appeared
on the shrub called ''prairie bush" that
covers the pastures here, and is killing
the bush. A. l.. Bowen has sent
sample Of worm and bush to the Ex-
pertinent Station at Burlington, and
we expect commission will be APP
pointed TO investigate the worm. Too
bad il the worm kills all the bushes as
it is the only thing that grows in many
pastures.
81 CLONE.
ARLINGTON.
Mrs. p. u. Sischo, who has been
i'll. is improving.
&C. A. Adams of Adams spent Sun
day at his home here.
&c. s. Holden of Fitchburg, Mass,
spent sunday with his sistorc hore.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Cushman of
North Bennington spent Monday in
town with relatives,
Mrs. Andrew Mclean and sons of
Hoosick Falls, n Y, have been recent
visitors at J. j. Shakshober's.
The village schools opened Mon
day, Sept. 10, with the same teachers
as were employed last year.
Miss Maude Adams is temporarily
employed at the telephone exchange in !
Manchester.
Judge W.B. EdgertOn of Manches- '
ter was in town on business one day |
last week.
Hiram 7. Hyde, who has been at
his home here for several weeks, re-
turned to Chicago Saturday.
e. B. Garfield and wife and II. I.
Spafford and wife of Bennington spent
Sunday in town.
MIR. and Mrs. Parker and daughter
of East Poultney were at Horace Will
Hams recently.
Mrs. j. X. Batchalder and daugh-
ter Pauline have returned from their
driving trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pike of New York
are occupying Gilbert Vanghn's house
on Water street.
Mr. and Mrs. b. X. Cook and child
Of North Adams have been visiting Il.
X. pel at the Arlington.
Miss Meta Mills of Albany, who
has been visiting her sister, Mrs. &c.
Woodwork, returned 10 her home
Monday.
Miss Hattie Billings and Miss Ma.
bel Woodwork, who have been in
town for three months, returned Ia
New York on Tuesday.
Misses lllene and Margaret Somers,
Cecile Conroy, Martha McDermott and
George Coolidge Of this village return.
cd 10 Burr and Burton Seminary this
week.
The Arlington Home Manufacture
ing Co. are placing one Of their build
ings this week ON the grounds OF CIV.
Miltimore. II is interesting 10 note