The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1873-01-09

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Geek Wa. r. Barton, Treasurer sad
Gaeaaf e. D. IaaR, Theodore sWlfa
aua Ter IIsme8wsy, ErsrufIre Con-
nigtse Tbf report uftht cd committee
showed thHg iise reesipts fuala she rental
of seats hsa paid tbs cafrsHl expense, II
CSC sagsstF aud q Ems8 paulaa Of tie
aeht TIE matter 81 maklue some alter.
ssgsB end repair in the furnaces and
sT'w 60 fhs church, 60 Insure greater
safety wss discussed aud lbe committee
we're sulbsrFed GO make such repairs
and alterations ss e3aY Bar deem Beoes-
saFg.
f Arrangements have beeB uesriy CONF
plcled by tbc Manchester Lecture Assoc
citation for a course of Eve lectures 20 be
delivered by Henry Hall, Esql Of Rat
isHd, she frsl tg De delivered some time
pezt week Tickets fer lbc course, one
dallsr. 90 twenty-five cents for each Dee.
tore. The snbjcets Of the lectures are So
iolsgws: American Lawyers, Ethan
Alien, British Parliament. Vermont Ia
/ Et6au Aliens day, aud Vermont to-day
aud Help Yourself Mr. Hall las de-
iyered these lectures Ia msuy i0wus Ia
/ The state and they have always been spo-
keH Of iu The highest terms We are con-
ddeut that those who attend these lee
lures will get well paid Tickets for
sale a. the Drug Store.
AT a meeting Of the Congregational
Society on Monday, IL was voted to give
a donation 10 Rev Dr.. Cusbman, We'd
ne.day evening, Jan. 18th, at the church
veslry aud parlor. Dona, ions may be
brought Into the ycsuy "Wednesday after
noon and evening There will be 40
oyster supper, bat refreshments may be
expected 4 general attendance is sole
lied. The following committee was ap-
pointed. Messrs G. f. Long, c. b.
Muuson, q. g. Burton, Jesse Hard John
Welherbee, John Whipple, T. swim, and
l.. II. lIemenway. A meeting of the
committee will be held Thursday even
ing, January 9ih, at the church parlor, at
: o'clock-lhe ladies are requested 10 at
tend the meeting.
The members OF the Manchester
Book Club" are requested to meet at the
house of DR.. Wickham, on Saturday p.
M, at 8 l-2 o'clock, Jan. nth, to consider
the expediency Of contributing their
books towards The formation ola Clown
Circulating Library" The following
named volumes are uuaccounted for:
Travels in Spain and Portugal, Open Po-
lar Sea- Picciola, aud Bindpts; and lis
requested that these, with the other books
out may be returned in the course Of the
week to the post office in this village, or
10 Or. Wickham's. We are glad to no.
lice this effort to make a beginning to-
wards a circulating library. If our peo-
pie will take the matter in hand and ex-
hibita little Of the right spirit it can be
easily accomplished, and we hope the
meeting at Or. Wiekham's will be fully
attended.
- any one has doubts about the total
deprayity Of inanimate things let him
meander forth with the wind blowing as
II did Monday morning, and ice every
where, We tried IL, Our general course
was +. by s., but one foot persisted in
going n. n. w. aud the other S. s. f.
and we sat down. A neighbor bound in
the same direction began to- compliment
as on our surprising az ility and he
sat too. We were about to acknowledge
his extreme poiteness with bow, when
we were struck on the Uranium with n
stove pipe hat nearly the size OF full
grown flour barrel, whose owner soon
came tumbliug after. Misery dearly loves
company but this was misery, three in a
bed, and consequently we were not un-
happy. Barnnm's happy family were
never as happy as we were just then, or
as several people male and female, who
CHANGED TO be looking out Of neighboring
windows. Il is just our luck.
FACTORY POINT.
Earnest II. Richardson Of Troy is on
a visit to his father, Andrew +, Richard
son Of this place.
-Waterhouse & Co, are busy making
repairs and getting ready to run again.
. They viii be ready to start about the first
Of February,
The first public hop of the season
will come Off at the Colburn House Fri
day evening. It will be a select party
and a good tilne Is anticipated.
MIR. Rlshop wishes us to say that
I Bailey Oyster House has received a sup
ply of oysters for sale at the old price,
weather permitting they will not be out
again this season.
I The oyster teams are round again,
the recent thaw having oecasioned "let
mp" 10 The stringeney Of the market,
/ (otherwise,) the recent warm weather
has thawcd out the darkies who do the
I principal part Of opening the biyaves
The treasurer Of the Baptist Society
gratefully Acknowledge the receipt OF
$50, as a Christmas present TO said Soci-
ely, from Geo. V. Thatcher, Esq. Of Al.
bany, y. T., presented by bis aged
aud worthy mother, Mrs Ell Thatcher,
OF this place, The liberal soul shall be
made fat. Prov II, -,
DORSET.
The death Of II II. Larkin which oc-
Cured ou the 25th Of December, created
a shock throughout the community, 1t