The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1907-03-28

> one sister and a brother survive him.
The heartfelt sympathy Of the com.
= mnaiiy goes out 10 them in thisgresi
SORROW.
q MANCHESTER DEPOT.
The bluebirds are looking up their
I old nesting places.
Will Sherwin has moved " James
Bourn's farm.
Herbert King is having the carp
enters nj work on his house.
!. II. Hicks informs us that he
! has contracted all OF his hard wood
chair stock with Massachusetts firm.
"A fine specimen Of brood mare
and year-old colt may be seen in O. p.
Walkers stable.
Mrs. Charles Toombs Of Arlington,
visited relatives in Manchester Depot
Saturday.
"A. II. Pettibone the druggist, is
making Improvements on his store
front.
--Chas. II. Fullerton Of Argyle, N.
Y, spent few days last week with his
sister, Mrs. W. II. Fullerton.
Mrs. Eva II. Taylor and Mrs.
Wallace Lampson spent Saturday at
East Dorset Hotel, the guests of the
proprietors Mrs. Lakin and Miss Burt
Louis Bourn and Harold Taylor
took an eight mile trip ON the east
mountain Monday on their skies and
snow shoes.
Our road commissioner is having
trials that we know not of, in keeping
the surplus water in its proper chan
nels during the thaw.
%. p. Walker will start his mill in
few days to saw out about two hun
bred and fifty thousand feet of lumber
for John Squires.
Hon. w. II. Fullerton was in Troy
and Albany last week and closed a
contract. He has recently sold fine
monument to parties in Schuylerville,
We hope the managers of our fair |
will put up prizes for the best acre OF
corn, the best acre of potatoes and the |
best kept garden, not being governed
by size in the latter.
The S. of V. Auxiliary will give a
sugar and popcorn party in G. A. X.
Hall on Saturday evening, March 3Oth.
Everybody invited. Sugar ten cents
per plate. adv.
DIR. Houghton from Brattleboro,
went up to Dorset Saturday, having
been called in consultation with DR..
Liddle in the care Of Mr.. T. McCor-
mack who has been i'll for several
weeks.
Several in this village have been
having a good deal of trouble with
their sewers freezing. 1t is an expens-
i've luxury to have your sewer freeze
up in this climate and have to attmept
10 thaw it out.
Luther Wade veteran woOdsman
and authority on handling sugar orch
ards, says: thin your naples TO forty
feet apart, cut out all trees that would
in after years form crotches and get
split by high winds. II wont injure
trees six inches in diameter 10 tap
them and il don't hurt trees II you do
bore TO more than one and one half
inches.
MAPLE SUGAR NOTES.
Frank NJ. Walker informed us that
he gathered forty barrels'sf sap Tues
day.
While moving some old lumber
Monday Dwight Jones had the misfor-
tune 10 tear his lip open on a nail.
Are you one Of those who have
been in the Depot Restaurant in Rut-
land' II not, why moi.
T. }. fioyt had gnttysrcd up TO Sat
urday night thirty-five barrels Of sap
from which he made forty-fve gallons
Of syrup.
Almost a carload Of new barrels
were shipped TO this station for sugar
makers to fill with syrup. This at
about s27 per barrel is profitable for
our farmers.
There is no doubt that the maple
sugar industry is destined to become
very important source Of income to
our people. Some have told us that
they already have orders for all they
can produce this season. BY this our
people must keep up with the times.
using their best Judgment, pro6ting
by the experience Of others, use i'm
proved utensils. and give their custom.
srs satisfaction by manufacturing Is
Ans an article - psssble.
DORSET.
-Ths ppblic schools open next Mon
day, April the first. Il
beacon q. NJ. Syk-s' horse having
90, tired 81 living, died few days
ago.
--Preniiss Kent is home from the
hospital in Albany where he has been
the past thirteen weeks.
Mrs. and Mrs Eagleson Of New
York City, are spending Easter at the
residence Of Miss Bessie Eagleson. +
Lest you torgei,-The new Depot
Restaurant Is the place when you are
in Rutland and IN need Of meal. adv
The Moderator Of the town meet
ing wishes 70 call attention 70 The tact