The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-05-25
MANCHESTER


has returned 10 ~Hildene"
j. N. Dobinfon. piano tuner, is IL
town for a few days. Leave your
orders at o. G. Felts. ads
Miss Grace Hoyt Of New York City
Is IN town for season. preparing {.
open Millctt's Old Half Acre.
Mr. and Mrs. Horace G. Young ar
again located at "Thc Gables" their
summer home on Taconic avenue
Sir. and Mrs. George oryis and son
Franklin. arrived Thursday for the
summer and are At their summer home
here.
A week ago to-day the top Of NJ,
Equinox Was covered with snow, Il
will probably BE- about Oct 10Th be
fore We see that again
Mrs. Boylan and family OF New
York City, arrived last week at Mrs,
Ella Bourn's cottage and are COM
fortaby installed for the season
Geo. II. Croker Of Fitehburg, Mass.
was here for the day last Thursday.
He came up to see about preparing his
house for opening later on.
Mrs. A. u. Bliss and Miss Bliss, who
have spent the past winter in New
York City, arrived Tuesday at their
summer home on Taconic avenue.
Memorial Day exercises will be held
in the Village School on Friday after
noon at 2 o'clock. Parents and friends
Of the school are cordially invited.
Owing TO the steadily Increasing
business at the post Office in this vii
lage il has been found necessary to
install an additional set of lock boxes.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. b. DeCoursey and
family Of Philadelphia, have arrived
al their home on Taconic avenue,
where they will be located for the
coming season as usual.
Roscoe Towsley, who went from
here TO Los Angeles, Cal, four years
ago. arrived in town Sunday afternoon
for visit with his father, Nathaniel
Towsley, and his brothers and sisters
living here.
The oil machine of the Standard Oh
Company reached here Monday after
noon and on Wednesday oiling was
commenced. The roads are in fne
shape for the oiling now on account OF
the light rains we have been having
DIR. l.. II. Hemenway and Miss Hem
enway arrived Tuesday afternoon from
Honolulu and their old time neighbors
and friends are pleased to see them
looking so well after their long and
tedious voyage.
These pleasant days have brought
out the automobiles in force and II
the first few warm days are anything
to Judge by there is going to be an
abundance Of cars on our highways
this coming season.
Frederick C. Williams, Jr., was al
the home Of his parents over Sunday
last, coming up from Pittstield, Mass.
Sunday and Wednesday were both
very fine days, Sunday in particular.
Grass is growing well, but gardens
have not done much yet.
Advertised letters at Manchester,
VT. May "a, 1916: W. Davis Conrad
Il. Dickerman, DR.. Galagan, Mrs
Sarah Ford Kneeland j. H. Lancash-
ire. T. Pierre, II. w. Parker, W. }.
RYAN. Mildred Smith, Edward Watson.
r. J. Orvis, p. M.
There has been pretty fine fishing in
the Battenkill River for the past week
and several fine catches have been
made. DIR. l.. +. Pierce brought IN
one trout Wednesday night that
weighed a couple of ounces less than
three pounds.
Miss Mary B. Gleason of Troy. who
is occupying the Smyth cottage, Rest
View" for this summer, has arrived
and opened the place and will be here
for the summer. Miss Gleason's
friends from out of town who come
here summers, will be pleased to know
that she will spend the season here
again.
Mr. and Mrs. Miner Haley were in
this village the last Of the week
Miner says that he has just finished
his shearing Of sheep for the season
He is about the last Of those in this
section who 20 about sheep shearing, 4,
there being but few sheep raised here
now, where years ago there were
Edward S. Isham was up from New
York City the forepart Of this week to
see about Il getting Of his place into
shape for I coming Of mis- family a !
little later on. They viii be at
'ormsby Hill" this coming season. c
The a.lCpn will arrive about June ],