The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-02-07

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surrounded. BE uas slain almost ou the
Threshold of t0c church, That. q good
dog r0aa.
HaNmHIE
The Bondy.He dramatic elub gave
au entertainment ou tbe evening of the
4,h ult Taking into consideration
their limited accommodation. aud lack Of
scenery they dId remarkably we'll The
proceeds were devoted 10 benevolent OBJ
lcels Az the weather was lnau.picious
it was mot ammked success irom a fuon-
cial point of view
The "olj folks OF thi. vicinity are
going To trip the light fantastic toe ou St
Valentines oyc.
Your Subscribers here are very much
pleased with the Improvement in the
JornNAl. Many talk Of subscribing who
do not take the paper. Success to the
new proprietor +. the wish Of an. y.
wAluNaonp.
Our community was favored with a
lecture last evening, delivered by Prof N.
White, former resident Of this place,
now Pref Of college in Canton, y, Y.
subject THE Battle Of Hastings" As
scholar few excel him.
There was q donation party given,
"wednesday Jan. goth, for the benefit Of
Rev. J. II. Fletcher, pastor of the Baptist
Church in this place. Owing to an unusal-
ly large sick list the attendance was small
ler than 10 would otherwise have been.
But taken an together il was a success,
The receipts Of the evening were about
500. Mr. Fletcher made few remarks
in which he thanked the donors very
kindly ending with prayer, after which
tho party dispersed to their several homes
having passed pleasant evening
MIR. Han Of Rutland delivered the
last Of his course Of lectures in this place
on Saturday evening. Subject, Notable
I Things"--a medley.
DORSET
4 A monster blast was made on the Iiol-
lister quarry, Dorset Hin, on the 2sth OF
Jan by a, Gray foreman. BY this blast
q block Of marble forty feet long, thirty
/ feet wide and eighteen feet deep and es-
timatcd to weigh more than two thou
sand tons was thrown more than thirty
I feet and broken into a million pieces,
/ Seventeen kegs OF powder did the work.
Probably tho most successful blast ever
put off in this state.
Mr., Il Mrs Pratt Of Dorset parson-
age, desire to express their thankful app
probation Of the very acceptable visit Of
! their people and others last Thursday
evening, and of the substantial pecuniary
. results, amounting to si45, au uuexpegt.
cd good harvest for Obi, "dry year"
I Wcmay he allowed to allude to "a few
. features az peculiar interest connected
withl Dbl, occasion, viz, the getting up o.
the affair go tastcluIly and successfully b,
/ our somewhat youthful committee and
tbelr more Juvenile assistants, not indeed
without aid aud comfort from their sen
ior., tbe showing olrof our usually plain
rc,,g n Jus surprising capacity to taxi,
ou really beautiful omameutatiou, tn
liberal spreading of the tables with
feast both elegant 30 the sight aud dclic
ious 10 The taste, The remarkably GOO
feeling Of be numerous guest, these be
. ing made up mostly Of our home peopl
but comprising also several choice rep
. rescuaiiyes Of the f8r-oH lands and eve
Of the boy gone generations. Que -cctio
OF the tables was largely filled with seq
j fgaqeamtaas, who white wearing a.
/ hoarF crown with becoming dignity
b showed by their presence and lively 81.
b course their continued interest DO the iiy
ing present and iu their lasting gigor @
70 body aua mind giving hope Of man
q coming years Of o yet ripper cid age. In
b deed $50 should not Doe surprised ID -om
, of lhem should yet gain tbe distineilo
g Of egalenadana, as two OF the numhe
q Mr. Iarwcl and Mr.. HarroW.. have O.