The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-01-02

There wAs a very happy Christina,
gathering a ihe bouBe q Mr. and Mr..
Ghas. W. fhelps. Mr.. and Mw Msf.
RIA {. Phelps a Hartford, Conn. ~.
and Mr.. Pred n. i'bcip. aed aaagt
pr u Lee. Mass, aud Me-. A. s.
Goodwin and daaghlers lFrns asd i,alr
a. Farhbare. Mass Christina. eve
both odd and Young euSoyed Christ
mas lrpe. which Was l.ounlifally iadrl
wiIh GIFTS Tor ~,
fAsT ARLINGTON.
. Miss l'ciis |. BLAIR i visiting f,alc,r
Buck IN Manchester.
Edward n. Andrew If South
Barre, Mass. Is visiting hIs pa~nis.
Miss Helen Rassel Of North Adams.
Mass, Is spending several days at I.
J. 6roui's,
-. y. Grant Of wAlkeryille, Mich
igan, Is visiting his sister. Mrs. Julin
Walker.
Miss Ina 6roni gave party for
thirty Of her friends Thursday evening,
An report mo-, enjoyable time.
"A. n. Walker. who has been spend
ing several days with his mother 10.
turncd 10 New Haven, Conn, Tuesday.
Revival meetings ia III. Melho-
dist church Monday, Dee. 3ltb, Rev.
\. =. Beers Of fitehbura, Mass, and
Rev h. l.. French Of Shusban, n. a.,
are assisting the pastor.
| PERU.
Weather mild aud but little snow,
no sleighing, stage goes upon Who's.
Nov Ii the time 10 hook aftsr ydnr
ehimneys aud ashes, just the time 10
burn out IL you don't.
Several Of our children who are
doing the world service N teachers
abroad are home for the holidays.
The Y. Z. s. c. T., still hold the
fort" with full attendance and interest,
although thrown entirely upon their
own resources.
Those from abroad who attended
church here fifty years ugo will be in
terestedto learn that Edward Chaplin, he
of the one arm, is still with us, and
still distributing tracts from the Amer
lean Tract Society AS Of old.
| "A cheerful letter also comes from
Robert A. Ray, probate judge OF
keene, N. H., who was brought up
here, who expresses his intention TO
visit us next summer aud spend mnch
of the time in the wilderness we love
so WELL" Amen, we want 10 see you,
Allie. We have watched your career
thus far with pride.
A most remarkable commercial
event occurred in town this season,
making our town the banner town OF
the state, we venture to say IN respect
to promptness in payment of taxes. All
but about one per cent. of the town
taxes for the full year was paid into the
treasury before the tax bill was put in
to the hands OF the collector. This was
no doubt caused, not by the paucity in
number of the taxpayers since there
were one hundred and twenty-five, but
the encouragement they felt from the
economical way the town is run.
We have recently received com
munication from Porter Batchelder, OF
Holden, Missouri, who although nine
ty-two, reports himself still engaged in
outdoor work. Also iron Mrs. Nancy
Haynes Miller, of al West ~ Street,
New York, who was our historian for
the Vermont Gazetteer, and one OF the
best teachers the town ever produced,
having Il private school here in the
hall. She first introduced singing, one
of the songs being the names OF the
pupils in rhyme. One verse we remem-
Der, who will give us anotherf
"Charley, Albert, Lauren, Cyrus,
Fred, Frank, Marshall and Chelsius,
George and Robert, are our names"
There was unique and very ex-
ceptional occurrence back upon the
mountain the other day, within rifle
shot of the Lodge" While the vete-
ran bear hunter, Charles Smith, was
on his way TO one of his traps, a good
sized specimen Of bruin rose W an his
path few rods in front and stopped
his passage, rising upon its launches
aud confronting the trapper with I'M
hinch!ng gaze that seemed TO mean
business. Soon two cubs up tree
near by also attracted his attention.
Having no firearms, he was naturally
diflident to proceed, and when he at
tempted TO do so, the bear approached
nthTcT, AltcT uWHHc, VIC pchi, appni
emily satisfied with the interview, gave
peculiar signal, the cubs feel 70 the
ground as though shot and mother and
cubs made off. What pity he did not
have a rife, you say. What a pity he
did not have a camera, is what we say.
| should rather have had a shot with
camera that would have hit the full ex-
preston OF that bears eye, than 70
have bulleted the whole three. To
complete the days adventure, Mr.
Smith. upon reaching the place where
his trap was set, found il gone and af-
ter an exciting hours search, found 1t
hanging from the limbs Of an old beech
tree attached TO a bears leg. The crea-
ture was entirely helpless from thirst,
a bear being able, like the dog, 10 hold
its strength but short time without
water. q
SOUTH sHATTsBuRY.
--Burleigh Swart has returned from
New York.
Mrs. Fred Dunn is recovering from
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