The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-06-11

Walker saa has secured the services a
u l., Balkley ~ ehsuaeur
Some u our triruda 4 foW miles
away ssy The hay crap wiil w. hight
ene. bui in tbs immediate ueghbor-
hpoe 4 bids fair 10 BE- agocd yield tas
ore3 BY the pleuiiful shower. ia Missy
Truman u. Ealoa di.d Sunday
night ile bad shock Of paraly.is =
fcw day. since Hc uas Is years old
sud Was Citii War veteran H. leaves
many friends who mourn his depar
iurs.
NJ. sud Mrs u l.. Staples o. Ru,
I land ~ere on MA automobile trip tbs
way Friday and Saturday going as Ear
a. Arlington and stopping over night
with the familyof +. l.. Taylor al Man.
chester Depot
Millsri Cook and Il l.. Taylor are
repairing aud putting into working or.
der The Emporium Lumber Co.'s iele-
phone line running from Dandy TO
"Groui" and "lBrownson" mills owned
by the Company,
Road Commissioner Bourn has
worked out his allotted portion Of state
road money ON the road leading from
Manchester Center 10 East Dorset.
Where be commenced 10 use the state
money last fall the condition Of the
highway was SO marked that person
'blindfolded would notice when he drop.
ped into Dorset.
We are not letting the political ex
citement defraud US Of any sleep, but
We do think the defeated candidates
should have our sympathies, for, from
what We can see, some Of them are
making the fight OF their lives. Just
now, the acme of their ambition seems
To be this particular Office or position,
when in fact, there is but one top step,
the Office of chief executive, but some
Of the grades are SO fine that citizen
may be pardoned for aspiring to the
several steps higher which he may
be qualified to fill.
Having had occasion to call on my |
old friend Martin VanBurkirk a few
days since, it came TO me why cannot
more of our young men accumulate pro-
perry in the form Of good farms and
homes for themselves and children, and
so live eontented lives, whereas but
few in comparison do. Martin has all
a man needs, more oftlmes is an injury,
and ! will guarantee thousands of men
and women who are spending money so
lavishly are not getting one half the
real enjoyment out of life that he is.
Children at home, and they are not
afraid of work; son to take some of
the heavy burdens from his fathers
shoulders; daughters, rosy checked and
healthy, who can walk TO church two
or three miles and not look like as the
old saying has it, like the last run of
shad," Well Martin and agree upon
a good many things as to how TO do
this and that, but of course differ to
him as he has practical knowledge of
farming while mine is amateurish.
To take up practical question
that is the matter of cutting brush in
our highways. What are we going to
DO about jtY This question, with that
Of leaving suitable trees for shade,
should be treated with an eye to future
condition. am not as much of an en-
thusiast as neighbor Hapgood of Peru ,
in regard to the subject for would
have the highways trimmed of all sup
srfiuous growth and only such left AS
will, in time to come, make desirable
shade trees and ornaments to the road
sides. Ii should be done under the
careful supervision of the Selectmen
and it seems that now we need TO have
our highways looked after more close
y than ever, not only for the conven-
ence of our people, who are being edu
Gated to enjoy good roads, but also for
The convenience of automoblists i'll