The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1922-03-16
iiEWS HAPPENINGS
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Items Cleaned From All Parts
Of New England

All four precincts Of the town de-
ciaIed fer city government IN the au-
nuai town election and, as result.
Gardner viii become the seth city in
Massachusetts.
A surgical operation OF more than
ordinary significance was performed
in the Lincoln. y. H., hospital, when
80 cent piece was removed from the
iniestines OF Louis Hamnett, -, Of
that town.
Winooski. the large mill village ac-
ross the river from Burlington, VI.
started on its career as Nermonts
eighth city In the recent election. Ell
getting its first mayor. H. A. Bailey
and board of aldermen of four mem
bers.
The average New England savings
account shows an increase of from
Si69 on Dec. 81. 1919 to S4Ss on Dec.
81 1921. II is announced in a report
upon savings deposits in New Eng.
land during 1920 and 1921. issued by
the Federal Reserve Bank, BOSTON,
The Maine Central Railroad an
nounces that a 10 per cent reduction
in freight rates on agricultural com
modities from Maine to all southern
points is now in effect It has been
approved by the Interstate Commerce
4 Commission.
i Provision for municipal aviation
. oil 10 Ia,
the Brunswick annual town meeting.
II was voted TO lease a field about
mile and half from the town hall
and to equip it as landing place for
airplanes. The ste was approved by
! wa. department officers.
/ Fred Hart, ~, gassed soldier on
cave from the Walter Reid hospital.
Washington, left Pittsdeld Mass, for
! Albany on walking trip from Boston
/ TO Chicago 10 regain his health lie
recently won $40 900 wager by walk
Ing from Washington to Boston in q
/ days
The towns OF Dover and Foxcroft,
Me. though divided by the Piscata-
quis river. have been united as one
municipality rhey were welded"
by an enabling act passed by the leg
islature. and accepted by bot towns
D,yer was settled in 1903 and Fox
croft three years later
"Giye Maine $1,000 900 for educa-
tional work and b 10 wears She win
he producing more crops than VII all
the land reclaimed with the S100O0, E
O00 which Congress is now talking Of
appropriating for irrigation purposes
is the assertion Of Dr Augustus o. 7
Thomas. state superintendent Of the
Maine schools
Armed with pocket check books on
several Boston banks, Daniel Lift
man N OF The South end Boston.
set out al the head of his gang Of
about y members his own age to
amass a fortune After passing sew
eral checks for small purchases and
receiving the change he was appre-
hended.
Without dissenting vote. the com
mittees on public health and social
welfare. sitting jointly reported adj
verSely on the two maternity benefit
projects before the Massachusetts, Leg
islature. on the Sheppard Towner
federal act, the committees report no
legislation necessary on the bill APP
propriaung Sal 900 as a preliminary
to receiving federal aid
p;.e aro turutne, ,p tlofr ,,sae - 1
garbage nowadays. and the Pittsheld,
Mass hoard Of health blames it on
to home brew The board which, in
its annual report said the large
amount II mash and other brewing
and distilling refuse was hampering
the collectors Of garbage has now
decided that these same elements have
made the garbage distasteful TO the
pigs.
Rufus Coppock, who loves alone in
a little paper covered camp on top Of
Cow Hi, mile firm Plymouth,
Mass. ana makes his living as a
fisherman and an itinerant pedler
when his trade Of weaving Is slack.
has received word from Media IA =
where he has relatives. that he is one
OF a. heirs to a family fortune esti-
mated IN value at between S40eo0Oo5
and $50 600 600
Bowlegged men make the hest tree
climbers whethe they are short OF
tall. lean or fat. good natured or
crouchy. makes little or no difference
as hong as they are bowlegged. the
more they are bowed the better the
owners can climb. This vas proved
10 tie satisfaction u civil service
Representatives who conducted a tree
climbing contest r. Elm Park. Wor.
cester Mass. t. establish a list from
which tree climbers can be selected
In tie future