The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-10-01
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Miss Mary Coolidge is improving
slowly.
Mrs Waiter West is quite ~, Dr..
lsorland attends.
Mrs. NJ h. Lyon has returned from
/ two weeks visit ia Hudson, Ohio, and
! Plainheld, Mass.
Mrs, NJ. J.. Hapgcod and Miss
Della Hapgood are spending two weeks
at Lake George.
A good number from here braved
the heat and dust and attended the fair
at Londonderry last week.
lit is with regret that we learn MIR.
Allen, our pastor for the past four
mouths, will close his work here Oct.
| Is.
The ladies Of the Aid Society will
serve a New England supper Friday
evening, Oct. 2, at the village hall,
Everyone is invited.
On Tuesday afternoon, Sept. %, a
marker was placed on the ground to
set later, ms near ms possible TO the site
of the first school house which was
built in town. Appropriate exercises
were held, but were only preliminary
10 more complete meeting 10 be held
during Old Home week of next year,
aud any one who can give any infor-
nation touching upon these matters IS
requested TO write down their recollec-
tons, so we can have material for an
interesting meeting at that time. Any
facts about this building when ii stood
on the original site, or after IT was
moved above the village will be gladly
received The meeting of Tuesday was
interesting, Dea Lyon presided and
Hon. NJ. j. Hapgood made a brief
speech, telling some interesting hlstor-
zeal stories of early times. We were
very fortunate in having Hon. NJ 5.
Stone and Col. Greene with us, both
of whom made good speeches. Mr..
Sawyer gave few historical recollec-
tions, after which Rev. Mr.. Allen made
some very appropriate closing remarks.
Mr.. Parker Wyman was present and
told us he could remember when the
school house stood on the old spot, and
that he helped TO move it, later, aoove
the village. The marker is of granite
and bears the inscription: "Site ofthe
first school house built in town, 1907. F"
"Stern, Noble and Steadfast Men and
Women were the Product Of the In
struction given Here" The heavy
polished top stone rests on solid
foundation of unpublished granite and
the whole makes a beautiful marker
for one of the most historic spots in
town. 1t is a gift from Hon. NJ. }.
Hapgood to the Town of Peru. Among
the interesting facts brought out at the
meeting were that this school house
was used for a church and for evening
meetings after the church was built. 1t
was also used for town purposes. Near
il was the houses of the four first set
tiers of the town, a hotel blacksmith
shop, chair shop, rake shop, shoe max
ers shop, tannery, mill, and store
On small hill opposite was the first
cemetery in town where are buried the
first settlers of Peru. y
Mr. M. j. Hapgood is working a I
half dozen gangs OF men upon the
streams of Peru, enlarging ,
the capacity of the streams for the '
trout. He gave it trial two years
ago and it has proved very successful. 4,
Well worthy of imitation, and the !,
present dry time is extremely favorable
for the work. The plan is to select =,
suitable places in the brook beds, clean :
Them out by throwing up the stones
and small stones. as an embankment at
she foot, thus making homes and
feeding grounds for these most desir. a
able creatures. Great care should be q
aiken to have large rocks at the bot a
,om, and large, fiat stones at the top,
md the wings well protected, with the &
,enters of the dams left the lowest. 1t I
s perfectly astonishing how much can e
,e accomplished in a single day by a
couple of industrious men working in
Sometimes twenty or
more of good "holes" can be made. Ct
\ lengthy level spot where the water II
will settle back under large rocks or 81
cots is the most favorable place 1t 81
must be borne in mind that trout must 81
ave hiding places as well as water d,
sometimes holes can be made by filling n,
b IA narrow place between two rocks in
Nth large stones aud small ones G.
linked in around where the water +
,ill be two or three feet deep and "
bus afford winter quarters for the
beauties" Taking the long sighted A
lew Of matters, one can hardly con
Give OF any work more proftably laid
ut. The tronble is in the "long -, ~
ght." Z
ARLINGTON. Il.
g. ID. Howard il in Boston for Y,
eek. 10
Mrs. ID. Gilmore Of No. Adams, w
ass, is visiting friends in town. n
Mrs. l.ovelace Of Essex, Ont. is M
sitting her brother, o. Il. Adams. lai
George Cullinan Of Middlebury.
,ent part Of last week with his parents. |
&C. o. Hard and Harry Cunning.
IN Of Manchester, were 10 town Sun
~. pa
Mrs. Helen Cole Of No. Benniag Y,
%, was the guest Of Mrs. Mary
oughtou. ID
Mrs. y N. cullinan and daughter ~
ID Miss Aileen Somers are ia Dalton,
ass. for Il week.
The Misses Gertrude and Mary