The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-01-11

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rr.sh 20 rssni o. ths slsiiau, lsft 'or he
b pus IL galhsa ~lss %. as.hs G.
nsnlst n Bisssas ,siss he plsss
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have ooust.caa ~tta " n Fsllutnn for
srsr toa grsni monumfti TO he plicts
o. the f.nllr lot Ia Tie esme,sry 81 that
lace ~ksi. their mother 10 lad TIE
Eossnest 10 10 be placed 10 JAY.
Donsrf.
r n Campbell has hesn vsiiinx 10
New Yoff,
r.. hsro~s 10 vshIag 10 Tfov,N.f
-Bsrhtrd syts, Of Chlcsgo ~1 Ia town
over sateaJ.
--shighlrg 10 very poor sbosi here bot
i,sfs sssns % be pletiy norih Of w.
- J Little 10 IN Sss York this week
after dir 4 the Art Erhibl, beinx hsld there
The Congregational soeis'y mss last
n end.y evening and orgsnises A. foilo~' I
PIe.ldsut, @. N sykes; fies Pres Joha
st,ldos secretary, John fnher; Treas
ar.r. Geo. Williams; Trustees, W J. Hol.
lev. Cha, Mew.yne, v. c. Liedie.
The Christian Endssvof Society has
ELECTED the follo~ins officers for the ensu,
log year. Pres Il ID. Campbell; Vice
Prs Miss Anna Gnoert. secy., aud Trsas.
ELMER Hsrweod; organist. Mr. II, n
Campbell; Lockout Com Berr Pfi'lips;
PRAYER Meeting Com, Oliver Gilbert; MIS-
,ionsry Com, LAWNS Edgcrtob; Music
)om Ge,. Lee ;giow.r Con Louis Batchel-
Ter; scelsl Com Mrs. G l.. Carhart.
SOUTH DORSET.
wind, snow, rain, fre,ze aud thaw 10
| Il better TO hire doctor or die.
All have settled down TO work and the
sYs general blow out 10 Feb. "a.
The telephone weather report 10 fine
hIrg bat ,eldom bits the weather a. II
,royes 10 be. Vermont 10 backward.
Nearly all last week was taken up 10
nsling out papers o, the sale OF the Cody
noperty. McDtvltt will take possession
IA few weeks,
Many houssholders are buying nre eI.
nsulshers OF A l. Bowen. He says they
IN put out a $4,000 Are 10 Is seconds
Tor Is cent?, aud he knows.
MIR. and M1. Merritt G. Phelps OF
Hartford, Conn, and Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
|. Phelps and daughter Katherine OF Lee
ists spent the holidays ~ilh their parents
Ar aud Mrs. Charles Phelps. They also
Entertained Mr.. and Mrs Ei. Morris, Mr..
md Mrs. Ira II. Glover, Miss Alice Hill
lId OF Rutland and Mr. Herbert Phelps.
When cyclones, storms and snow have
| ieen devastating, deluging and blockadinR
| ne west snd south, here in Vermont we
ave had one Of the prettiest. Warmes'
| ,Irest and quIetest suium1s and winters
| nus far ever know. Ia fact Vermont
seems to be very good all round place 70
| re, summer 10 all that could be asked
| .ad winter jast enough to kill the huge
dies and mosquitoes. OF course our lawi
ad government cater to rings ard CON-
ulnes our p, eple are fsostscsl and glory
brave and heroic past. While they
| ,orship riches and allow monopolies to
a ,urp our franchises and .curtail or destroy
| our natural resources and make 10 under.
ings In our native land, yet God bas given
Vermont her full share Of Of the good
| shipgs Of life.
TWENTY DOLLAR BILL.
In the early seventies an old eccentric
| alive Of Bennington, James Boardmap
| tho lived on the Bosrdmsn reservation In
| bennington and was an old time shoemaker
| lot Into trouble with his relatives. HI
cling very peculiar man they tried to
get him out OF the way by having him sd'
Judged insane. He fought them aud tht
ase came into county court at the Deem
Der term In Bennington. Uacle BoArdmar
sas poor but several Of the then promi
nent lawyers n the state volu Inferred tf
help him. The case was rare and epicy
one and Boardman won 1t. i was petit
Juror at the court and boarded at the old
stark House, where great many OF tht
Jurors and lawyers boarded and II was
general rendezvous In the evening OF al
he court officers and lawyers who too
stories, smoked and chaited, and som'
walked to the rear Of the { i,e where snake
pI,e and cold preventive medicine was OF
TAD which was also mildly exhilerstinR
One evening after the Boardman case hst
been decided, Uncle Boardman came 10
de was long and lean, had peaked most
uda Ratchet fsce, and was q good mode
hrs picture Of Uncle Sam, He ubwount
b ut two yards of red wooden belt froi
around his heal and neck, stamped thu
saow of his homemade boots and gathered
nj. lawyers around him In front OF the bii
flee stove. When all we're standing ther'
ne banked them for what they had dop'
md with tears 10 his eyes, shook them esci
oy the hand aud took out Of the corner o
| r,d silk handkerchief atwenty dollar bill
md handed II to the pearest lawyer saying
Bows that 10 all have got. have beef
| s,yine 1t . long time for this occasion
fake 1t and divide It among you and ma!
cd bless YOU" There we're Sibley ,Daven
,ort and Bstcheider III the la~yer ng,an'
he twenty dollar bill was passed from on
o the other with the remark THAT 10
good b,ll;n and 90 1t went through al
heir hands back 70 B1ardman With the re
max, "se cau't change II; keep IL Uocl
Board nan you need It," The old man lock
ed from one to the other and said, II hav
.lssys heard that you lawyers didn't hav
sOy hearts, but blesi,a II you ala
.oou, the likeliest lot OF men ever seed
| We have kept me me ous Of the crazy hous