The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1912-02-29

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rc4rs age before fftctaan matches
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aiag ~ ael6 prcparaiion IL bottles
Into phish spliutsrr uvre dipped
aud drawn through folded sand "a
per making fire This was the
fires advance above the old Finland
Hmi. he told nae that one dag be
ran across some old loco foou mat
rhos uver Ia Saratoga and that
closed out hle business Friction
matches hsd come 10 stay Another
son oi Gale Buffum kept the Dsnby
hotel 60 years ago The Maine
Law had Just become Vermont Law.
and was put 10 force A. 4 always
Va for spite Dan Bntfam sold
eros and they pinched hlmR Old
Dan Benson lived IN the old stone
gate house two miles south. and
every few days be walked up 10 the
borough and with his handle bss-
ke; on his arm. went Into the hotel
70 sell a few eggs. Now In one end
OF sald basket was two quart
brown Jug which was always heay-
Ter when II went home Buffum
was hauled ny, and Benson was
hauled IN as witness and asked
What do you get IN your little
brown jug that you carry into Buff
fums every week. You viii please
ten the court what YOU get 10 the
Jug Uncle Dan, lie bllnked. turn
ed his eyes wrongside out. spat and
squealed out "sicuty' What Is
sicutyY sicuty is slcuiy. squealed
Benson What do you call for when
you get M "Sleuty" What do
you get7 "sicuty" What does II
taste like7 "slcuty,' and smells like
"sieuty" Now Uncle Dan don't
know what "slcuty" is, please tell
up what It Is like. Uncle Dan was
getting dry and mad. He got up
iull six feet tall, walked over to the
lawyer. shook his fist in his face
What you d--m fool, ye don't know
'sicuty" do ye, well Il Is some
like that iiker ye was drinking
This morning over 10 Squire Barnes
when | got up there. Ye was very
sly about IL, but ! saw ye through
The window, and now ye want TO
make me tell ye all about "Sicuty."
II We have forgot how II smells We
Just smell Squire Barnes breath.
Barnes was the court and he ex-
cused Uncle Dan for that time.
Frank Jacobs was the son of Ce-
phas Jacobs. who was an old 1912
soldier Frank was fiddler and
shoemaker and married Miss Stan.
ley and lived In East Dorset for
years, and made boots and shoes
md played for dances. He made
he first pair OF boots | ever wore.
He died few years ago In the
old home. Mrs. w. c. Landon was
his daughter and she and her hus-
band live there now. Mr.. Landon
was sailor all through the war
and is badly broken down now. the
Aard service he encountered about
used him up. There was large
iamily OF Jacobs, but no one Of the
lame is here now.
Sixty years ago Titus McWain
came TO the Wheeler mill as an en-
yineer and lived there several years.
His boy Gurden was killed In the
Mill there. Titus McWain was the
tlrst engineer | ever worked with
over so years ago. He lives in Man
chester and has been bedridden for
years.
VIM. Gardner came to the Wheel
er mill about the same time He
ived in East Dorset many years
dis son Henry died the war All |
hat family are dead now,
A family OF Motifs came into |
North Dorset while the r. r. was
Quilt. The father was one OF II. H. |
Bakers bosses. There was John
Robert. Gavin and Tom, also Isabel.
Henriette and Marguerite. The girls
are living in Manchester, the boys
are all dead
More than 60 years ago two fami- |
lies by the name OF Andrus, Jarvis !
and Allen. lived In South East Dor
set. They owned two good farms.
Both they and their wives are dead,
as also are their immediate posteri-
y. save some who are scattered. |
No Andrus lives In Dorset today. |
Jarvis. who ran the old Marsh tav-
srn for years, was formerly tanner
and currier in Wallingford, also a
hoe maker, He was one OF the
Few landlords who never drank their
)wn liquors.
An old hunter and trapper used
o stop with Uncle Jarvis, and he
rad two big hounds which he pet
ed. He asked Andrus why he mad,
ihoes and Andrus said to keep from
getting rich. The next morning he
ed nearly all that was left from
TO the hounds and Mrs.
andrus said. Joe, what on earth
makes you feed those great hounds
o much, We can't afford to have
'ou do 30 they eat more than the
Whole family" Aunt Phoebe, says
oe." Jarvis is making cheap shoes
o keep from getting rich and |
m feeding those hounds a whole
II 10 help him do 40"
Robinson Andrus was Jarvis An
rus son, good, likely man. He
1as a Spectator in sheep and cattle
nd later one OF the lumber firm Of
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