The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1909-06-17
ALBANlAg's BOOK ABOUT MAN
CHESTER.
Vermont Anecdotes FISH Yarns and
Coli Tales That Bear Mr. George
n Thzcher's Hallmark.

II Thachers Hallmark.
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frm the pre-, - ibo Wood rarsou,
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Jester Men ID ia tssok ~ uaiuia
hnmof Aud shreud sense, INSIDE oui u
+ tie essential qshiiiiss u Vermont char
aeef AID siiiaEt iifr, an unaffected
l.iilf book u good siories, gathered n
TIE liltle back fsom u ID, village ora
eis and put INTO print, u he handed
dowu the generations II them that de-
light u ibs gen,ie art of anerdose
Thai il was ariiisn by "a ALBANIAN
aud Manchester summer eolonisl
there Is Interior evidence 70 prove; and
bal more geaiAi retailer 81 Mauches.
1T hsh yarns aud golf tales and rural
traditions u Green Mountain flavor
than that good citizen. who spends
has summers within hail Of The Ek-
aauok Country Club, Mr. George II.
Thaeber, That the brother Of the dis.
tingnished historian and bibliupliile,
lhe late John Boyd Thatcher, shonid
tnrn 10 literature, too, is ia the natural
order 81 things; bul the title page o.
Jester Men" bears only the modest
nom ia plane Of Chester Man, and
there is no assurance further
Jester Men" Is meanderiug little
book Of transcripts from the annals Of
Manchester, Of old True Ledger and
l'ncle Joe Hicks. Of George Stone and
Arson Collins. Of Deacons Sharpe and
Bland, OF Captain Ben's patriotism, Of
the PROPRIETOR politics aud o, the the
ology Of Mr.. Sineck, the village philos-
opber The reader may saunter,
through its pages, into the shop dear TO
sportsmeu. "tbe show room belonging
10 the maker Of fishing rods, the best in
America. aud Ia the esteem of the
Newcomer, the best in the world, may
loiter in the Proprietor's sanetum with
the old cronies who gather to swap
stories. may sit under the naples IN
front OF the Vanderlip hotel with
Mayor Thatcher, Stephen Lush, James
Ten Eyck. james Humphrey, Alban-
ians Of this Or other days, while the
milk punch is circulated and George
Stoneregisters his preference in drinks
may watch for the mail at the village
postoflice, where Miss ley Palmer, the
Last Of the Moheans," passes on her
say; may wander toward Music Hall
with the merry group OF the Misses
Hoyt, Mrs. DE Coursey, Riette Francis,
Daisy Young. Mabel and Helen La Vie,
and the Misses Turner, Snow and Per
kins, summer girls a-gypsying; may
follow the course on the golf links of
the bachelor and his Cbesteriield; and
may east their flies and fish upstream
IN the Battenkill with the wary angler
Tor trout.
Unpretentious as the book is, the in
formal diary of raconteur whose
memories of happy summers have been
set down with evident affection for
Manchester and It's inhabitants, there
Is in these Vermont stories, however
homely and homespnn, all the charm
II first hand material fresh from life,
tacy with character, aud with humoi
al their own
The little book is modestly set forth
with TESTERS rattle of cap-and bells
nn the cover, aud il is illustrated with
series of Manchester views and odd
aud amusing character types, the draw
lugs Of Miss Dorothy Warren, Of Al.
huny