The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1907-11-28
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been risiiing Ne. Thoms. nunlsp
Cay Hitchcock u Remington b
hecn the ruest ~ Kenneth Bruce.
The Dramatic Club presented q
"Cofner Store" Ia Cole hAll fof 4
second time Wednesday evening
NORTH rowSNL
david Gardner attended the llor
show IN New York iasi week.
IS. +. Havkin, Of South shsitsbuI
vas her last week,
Mrs T.. J Racket has return,
from visit in Schenectady, \. y.
4 Mrs Carl l.add Of North Adam
visited Ia town Friday.
Mrs. lone Whipplo has CLOSED h,
house and viii pass the winter in Bo
ton and New York.
--tjeo, Bullet has moved here frol
tloosick Falls. n. Y, and opened
barber shop across the river"
Rev. Philip Schuyler Of Benninl
ton oflieiated at a communion servie
AZ the Episcopal Mission Sunday.
Mason S. Stone, State superinten
dent of Education, Col. Frank /
Greene OF ST. Adams, addressed tn
teachers OF Pownal in the Baptis
church last Wednesday,
Miss Marguerite Parker of Powna
and Alfred Towne of Troy, n, Y, wer
married at the home of the bride Sat
urday, the 10th, by Rev. C. Van
schaich Miss Winifred Wright wa
maid Of honor. The bride was givel
away by her brother, Arthur l.. Par
ker, A quiet simplicity marked th'
whole offair A collation. was served
after the ceremony. Mr.. and Mrs
Towne will reside in Troy.
The fireplace at the Lodge" has
been rebuilt in a way that II Is expect
ed will stand.
Charles Smith, the expert trapper,
is on the war path and recently captur-
ed bear upon the Sawyer lot.
The Rev. Dr. Seymour writes OF
his establishment at Mt. Vernon, and
his continued interest in our welfare,
The summer residence of John b.
1uackenbuSh is now quite completed,
md is a fine ornament TO the place, its
notable features being It's grand fire
places and wide porches, commanding
extensive views.
M. j, Hapgood has recently pur-
hased six hundred acres of timber
ands connecting his Peru and Mt.
Tabor tracts. A large reservoir upon
he tract is contemplated for trout and
m extensive water power which will
id much to the industries of the town.
lie with his family have been spending
he last two weeks with his friend
1arum at the Lodge.
We were much pleased last week
n receiving visit from Wayland Sim
nds, son of our old time church CHOIR
ster A. ?. ID. Simonds. He now lives
a Hammond, Penn, where he is post
raster, and has for neighbor Dea.
alvin Bryant an old Peruvian. His
ncle Oscar Simonds, who married
'ictoria, daughter of Cephas Bailey,
YES near by and both are in good
ealth.
Speaking of ireplaces, probably
he most notable in this part of the
tate are those at the Clark hunting
)dge which were built under the sup
of New York experts, but
tterly refuse to work, on account of
elective flues, necessiating rebuild
az at an expense of several hundred
ollars. This lodge is said to have cost
bout thirty thousand dollars, and is
our miles from the nearest habitation.
IN auto road is contemplated, connect
lg with the village.
"A recent visit to the Wantastiquet
rout club preserve revealed an inn
iense amount Of work being done,
yer three thousand dollars baving been
pent already upon the dam. The flow
ill be over hundred acres, and as
be fishing rights in all of the inflow
ig streams have been acquired, sue
ess is assured. The surroundings OF
his pond are remarkable for scenery.
Is chief promoter is the Hon. Lewis
arkhurst recently elected to the Mass
chusetts house Of Representatives from
and head of the CHM Pub
shing Co.. in Boston Only one share
-s25--is allowed to any single indiyi-
ual, and it has been largely subscrib-
a.
We note IN an issue OF the Rutland
Ierald, under the heading Of Forty
ears Ago Today" an item "A gold
line discovered m Peru" Many of us
i'll remember the quite a bit of excite
rent then stirred up among us by the
iscoyery Of gold then by W. w. Whit
ey and A. &. Sloan upon mountain
1t then owned by Mr., Whitney. back
( The Gould place. Wen, il never
panned ont" to any amount aud il re-
lained to a later period for the real
nd true gold mine to be discovered
nd successfully operated, and one
fhich can never be exhausted. We
efer TO the air and scenery here ex-
ant.
SUNDERLAND.
-Jesse Bentley OF this town trapped
silver gray fox near Mount Equinox
ne day the past week. 1t is a beauti-
al animal and MIR. Bentley has been
ffered good price for the pelt by
'ew York state party. Bentley is n
rapper OF the old school and knows