The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1912-08-15


meat u Mr. Lyman viii contiauc
& IN ton years from RON he viii Sc
s $3.50 90 who're be got tt0oQo be
fore he began treating his orchard
b Boys under expert instruction q
y Windsor Couuty have raised Ice
( bushels of corn to the acre wher'
) their father we're only ablc 10 rails,
from 30 20 40 bushels
1 Il Is very conservative state
ment TO say that an Agricultural IN.
} pert With the Intelligent cooperation
of the farmers can doublc the agri'
cultural resources Of our County In
, a few years. This of course means
! great increase In the amount OF
business nour villages and Ia the
general prosperity of the County
J The Government VIII pay twely,
hundred dollars year towards suci
an expert aud the Association must
pay twelve hundred dollars year
Tho Government further demands
that the organization under whose
auspices the expert is engaged
must have large, live membership
to insure the local help which alone
can make the Experts work etfec-
tive These Government Experts are
limited In number and therefore
the Counties that show the greatest
interest viii obtain the Expert The
thing that We need at once is a
large list OF live members. Send
us your dollar and address at once,
We feel that we must have this lex
pert
Progress is being made along the
line OF road improvement. The Ben
nington Evening Banner for August
10th, has the following editorial
Results, 1t would appear are al
ready beginning TO come out Of the
good roads movement which is one
of the chief topics of business inter
est IN Bennington County at the pre-
sent time. II plans under way here
materall2e there will have been ac-
complshed by the time snow begins
TO fly, one OF the most extensive |
improvements In highway eonstruc-
tion ever attempted in the State, |
the permanent work on the Pownal |
and the Harwood hill roads. When
completed these two stretches OF
highway viii be as good as any In
the State A few weeks ago II
would have required long and per-
sistent search TO find roads any
where near as bad ="
The bridge at Manchester Center
is approaching completion. After the
marble railing has been erected 1t
will Do a beautiful and substantial
bridge The curbing at Manchester
Village Is also approaching compile
ton After the contemplated i'm
proyemonts have been made upon
the road thro' the village Manchesto |
will present as beautiful and attrao-
tive Il spot to the tourists as well
as the local people as can be found
in Vermont. There Is considerable
talk at this time about constructing |
a Sidewalk between Manchester and
Manchester Center. Would this not
be good task for the local village
improvement association that are be
Ing organized in these two villages?
Through the efforts OF the Ben
nlngton County Vermont Improve
ment Association and the united co
operation of the School Directors OF
Dorset, Manchester aud Sunderland
a union OF the schools OF these
three townships was formed at
meeting held in the office Of Mr.
Frank G. Archibald in Manchester
Center, Monday, August l1th at 10
O'Clock A. NJ The following School
Directors being present,
s. b. Taylor. w, b. Edgerton, #,
y. AItHlDdlu Vi EhhututHitfs
John Fisher. Andrew Loveland,
NJ, Kelcher Of Dorset.
T.. s. Pike, VIM. Hayes. Alfred
Bentley OF Sunderland.
BY the unanimous vote OF all the
Directors the union was formed and
Mr. John Fisher, who has served the
people of Dorset for twenty years,
was made chairman of the union
aud Mr.. s. d. Taylor. who has sery-
cd the people OF Manchester as
school director and who IL now
chairman OF the Manchester board
was made Secretary Of the union.
After a thorough discussion by a
vote Mr. IL u. Dlcken-
son, who has been principal of the {
High School in Bennington for some ]
time, WAS appointed Union Superinr !
tendent. He viii commence his du-
ties on the LIST day OF September I
1912 lie will conduct the examina-
tlon OF teachers on Tuesday Ia Man {
chester.
What is BennIngton's loss ~
Dorsets and Sunder-
lands gain.
Mr.. Dickenson was engaged for
another year by the Bennington :
School Board but they generously re
leased him to enable him 10 take /,
np the larger work the Union Of /,
fers him lle IN loyal TO Bennington .
County and viii use all the force :
and energy he has 10 better the /,
conditions in Bennington County. /
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