The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-01-27
MANCHESTER

" " aftiAfFtA' - vs. AfAfN y 81 tff@efs
"a 10 Manchester Friday afternoon on
business al this Office
Judge T. n Holden Of Bennington,
held 8 juvenile court session 81 the
Court House last Saturday.
Robert r., Bowling went 10 Hoosick
Pals, n Y. his home, on Wednesday
afternoon for few days sisi.
Superintendent: 81 schools j. D.
Whittier was In town Tuesday or bust
ness connected with the schools Of thi,
town.
Z. II. Swift, who accompanied his
aunt. Mrs. Ella B. Swift as far az
Montreal last Tuesday night. has re-
turned home.
Walter c. Buck Of Schenectady, n
y, was q guest Of his mother, Mrs
c. +. Buck, for short time the last
Of the week
Mrs. Frank Regain and daughter.
Mary Margaret, spent the weekend
with Mrs. Regan's brother Michael
kelleher in Dorset.
Charles Merriam Of Wallingford 2
member Of the class Of Is at Burr and
Burton Seminary was visiting friends
in .own for the past week
Mrs +. c. Perkins has returned
home after visit of about month
with her daughter, Miss Helen l..
Perkins, in Pit.sfeld, Mass.
Mrs Chester Bell, who recently un
derwent an operation at her home in
this village, is steadily improving and
able to be about the house
+. H. Hemenway went 20 Bridpert
on Wednesday last to accompany the
remains of the late Henry Merrill to-
their-last resting place.
Miss Annie l.. BATHS, who has been
recuperating from her recent opera
ton in Troy n. ", has gone 10 Day
iona, Florida, for the rest of the win
ter
Mason S. Stone, state commissioner
of education, will speak at Sunderland
Depot church ON Wednesday evening,
February 9Th. All are invited to be
present.
Work has been commenced on clean
ing up the remains Of the Cook place
which was burned down about six
weeks since. The insurance companies
are doing the work.
Mrs. Geo. l.. Towsley, who has been
visiting her son Philip who is now
living in Washington and her mother
and sisters in Oregon, returned home |
Thursday afternoon, after an absence |
of over two months.
Ed. Morris Of Dorset, was in town
Tuesday and made this Office visit
He came down by automobile. Mr..
and Mrs. Morris have both been laid
up with the prevailing illness, la
grippe, but are able to be out and
about once more.
The cutting of ice on Equinox Pond
was Suspended the last of the week on
account of :he breakup of the weather
and the passing Of the sleighng The
Equinox House had filled all their
ice houses excepting the one at the
pond, and the Manchester Dairy Com
pany had commenced to get theirs in
as had b. NJ, Eldred.
The sleighing went off so fas: the
last of the week that teamsters who
are drawing logs from Skinner Hollow
to the Manchester Lumber Co. plant at
the Depot, had pretty hard work get
.ign through with their loads of logs.
In fact two loads were left by the
roadside opposite A. Z. Moffat's as
they were unable to drag them over
the bare ground any further
At the recent St. Adams chicken
show +. II. Hemenway had a pen OF
is Black 0rpingtons entered on which
he secured the following prizes taken
from very large class. On cocks ne
took I'd and Sd; hens, Sd and 4th;
bullets, LIST and I'd; cockerels, LIST and
3rd; pen of young Two firsts; shape
and color specials on cockerel and
three cash specials. He also won the
silver cup given for the best display
Of Orpingtons.
The splendid winter weather that
we had been having received a rude
shock when on Thursday night 1t
From that lime on il com
menced to warm up and by Friday the
fine sleighing just simply melted away ,
and then to cap the climax on Satur-
day II rained all day, so that by Sun
day all the sleighing was gone. Then
IL came off somewhat colder and Mon '
day and Tuesday were genuine spring
DAYS. Blu. more anon--as the writers |
Of stories say--for February is yet 10 /