The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1914-07-02

tree to the house. Aside from loosen
ing the shingles and a few clapboards
the lightning did no damage.
A reunion of schoolmates of as
years ago took place recently, when
Edgar Jones of Cedar Rapids, Ia,
looked up George p Martin and sat
down for few hours talk in the lat
ter's office in the Spear-Martin Fur
company's store in Burlington. Mr..
Martin and Mr.. Jones were classmates
in Johnson academy at johnson in
1866.
A bull owned by Charles Rowland
of Cabot met death in a peculiar way,
Its tongue became twisted in the ring
to the chain with which he was tied,
in such manner as to pull out of
its mouth the entire tongue, which lay
on the floor when the animal was
found, its believing attracted atten-
ton to its plight. The animal was
Immediately jut out of its misery.
The formal opening of the new
Brattleboro Country club is set for
Monday afternoon and evening. 1t is
expected that members of the Keene,
Walpole, Greenfield and Springfield
clubs will be presnt. The member
ship of the Brattleboro club is now
just over the 200 mark. The house
has been fitted up with every modern
convenience for country club house,
a competent japanese steward and
chef have been installed
All the guests at the Hotel Randall
in Morrisville were dazed when light
ming struck the tower last Wednesday
night. A window in the sixth story
was shattered, the castings split, and
the -boardings around the window
torn off, while fuses were burned out
and electric lamps on two floors were
put out of commission. Storms from
several directions seemed to center
over Morrisville.
While the electrical storm which
passed over Montpelier late Wednes-
day night caused no property damage
from lightning, barn on the Henry
Mackin place in Williamstown above
Berlin pond just bought by 0. L.
Cheever was struck by lightning and
burned, a school house in Williams
town in the Graniteville section was
struck but did not catch fire, and a
barn owned by Nellie Williams in
Cabot was destroyed.
Montpelier was in darkness for an
hour, and the lights went out on lodge
and social gatherings in the
halls Of the Eagles, Knights Of Ply
thias, and Odd Fellows. A tree on
First avenue was hit by lightning
which jumped to a fire alarm box and
ran into the switchboard at the city
hall. The damage was slight. Many |
trees on country roads were blown |
down by the wind.
Not long distance line was work
ing out Of Montpelier on the telephone
circuits Thursday morning and Is To-
cal lines mostly in the country, and
200 telephones were put out of COM
In Barre 50 lines and 200 to
200 subscribers were affected.
Rev. w. j. Ballou, pastor Of the
Congregational church in Ludlow, is
o conduct a party Of European tour
SITS this summer and sailed June 20.
Prof. eBrtha NJ. Terrill has resigned
Ter position as adviser Of women at
he University Of Vermont in order TO
give more time to her work in the de-
,artment Of home economies and TO
he university extension work
throughout the state.
While workmen were engaged in re-
,airing a road in Richford few days
'go, they found skeleton, buried, APP
'arently, headfrst, as the bones of the
eet were the first discovered, sticking