The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-03-14
MANCHESTER

MANCHESTER
Roger u O'Hricn Of Arlington. wa'
tn this village on Wednesday on bust
bcss
Mra A G. 0pis has been ill and
confined 10 the house with the prevail.
INK diFumper
james Brooke Was in Burlington on
Friday and Saturday Of last week on
educational matters.
Collins " Graves. Esq. Of Benning
ton. was a business visitor in this vii
iagr on Wednesday.
Miss Phoct.c Paddock ~ Dorset, was
an over Sunday guest Of her aunt,
Mrs. Clara Paddock. on Franklin Ave,
Franz Lorenz and family arrived at
their home here on Saturday after
noon. having spent the winter out Of
town.
Mrs. K. +. Way and little daughter
Eleanor. who have been in West Nir-
ginia during the winter returned
home on Friday last
Chas c. Bell has returned 10 his
home after spendinRa few weeks with
his daughter in Remington. He says
Manchester is his home.
The many friends Of Mrs, Hiram
EggIeston will be panied to learn that
she is in very poor health and under
the care OF trained nurses.
Hon. Edward H. Holden of Bennlng-
ton, was in this village on Friday last
in attendance at the session Of Probate
Court being held on that day.
Mrs. Sidney K Perkins returned on
Thursday from a two weeks vis. in
Lakewood, n j., and Garden City, L.
l.. with her daughters the Misses Ruth
and Jane Perkins.
Frank Squires has been very busy
saving wood with his gasoline outfit
in this village for the past two weeks.
There has been more four-foot wood
sold in this section this spring than in
many years past.
Misses Alice b. Fox and Anita Bliss
of New York City and Manchester,
we're in this village at the Orvis Cot
tagc for few days the forepart of
the week. Their many friends here
were pleased to see them,
Miss Clara NJ. Boynton, supervisor
of night nurses at the Mary Fletcher
Hospital and a former resident Of this
village, is visiting at Mr. and Mrs. II.
Egglcston's for a few days and is
assisting in the care Of Mrs. Eggles-
ton.
The illustrated lecture which was to
have been given at the Congregational
Church last Sunday night, was omitted
because Of the severe storm. Next |
Sunday evening at 1890 there will be
an illustrated lecture on Our Inter
Mountain Empire-Utah. All wei
come.
Francis Lally, formerly of this vii
lage, but now Of Hartford, Conn, was
in town for a short time the last OF
the week calling on friends. He was
on his way to Burlington to see his
brother and sister before returning to
his duties with the Adams Express Co.
in Hartford
Spring is here The first tramp of
the season made his appearance in
this village on Saturday last. He was
looking for some underclothes that
were better than the ones he was pos
ssesed of There are several other
people in town who probably have
been in quest Of the same sort of out
fits all winter.
This section Of the state was treated
to a regular old fashioned blizzard
from Saturday night to Sunday night
with rapid lowering Of the temper
AZURE Sunday afternoon so that by
Monday morning the mercury had
dropped to 10 degrees below zero.
Sunday was the worst day Of the win
ter and anyone that had to be out in
it were objects of pity, Since then,
however, the weather has moderated
and the large amount Of snow Is gong
fast and il looks more like sugaring.
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