The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1875-11-11

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yekrs cd asa hss always eeen q very
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oasdiii9u 70 receive ,hs Interest for tie
.srns Aboai leo months ago be wtHl
10 salem ani Pswics "a woIk on fAfa,
ana ~ofked b both towns until some
TO weeks az, uhcn be weni 70 DanbY,
siopplnx 10 Bod, Hotel enc night, be
seat ~ w0rk fof Mf. : l. CT fhih, on
t'4s Boaatalu, 10 Tie mill. o. Friday
last NJ CsveaaaEh IN The employ Of Nj.
load, brought Charlie bome 10 5 sid
snd ,a,aav stsis. fr0m that time until
aoudas his insanity increased. Nj.
y hi,man took him 10 Brattlcboro Ou
Noadsy, hoplag that his son may receive
bcnyfi from that insiii aiion. Mr.. Whit.
man and family bnve the wArmest - NJ
pnihies o. 81 their neighbon.
WESTON.
Messrs Barker and Tanner will hold a
Musical Convention here, commencing
Nv Pad aud closing with a eonoen
saturday evening, Nov. 27'h. IT,. A.
Hannah j. chairman OF the committee OF
sr ansemrnts. Singers generally are In
viipd TO atiend, especially those from
Londonderry. Peru aud Lsndgrove. The
c.ula,s "Stotm King and the ''lisrp OF
Praise" will be used. Messrs. Barker
aud Tanner have been Ia Pennsylvania
the pat summer, holding Musical Nor.
NAL school.
CHESTER.
- (rhe following was rather late Ia
reaching u.J
Gu the evening OF The i9lh of October
few of the friends OF Mr.. aud Mrs
Henry X White, TO the number OF sbonl
one hundred, assembled at tho residence
~ The latter Ia Chester, for the purpose
Of observing the twentieth anniversary of
their wedding, The company, consisting
Of old men aud mstrons, young men and
msidens, both Of certain aud contingent
age, gathered from the towns Of Chester
and Grafton, where Mr.. and Mrs. W.
have been so long aud favorsbly known.
unlil about niue O'Clock the order OF the
evening was general and social good
dine; at that point the company was
called TO order, aud the bride aud bride
groom OF twenty Years Standing were
presented TO their friends by +. Phelps,
E.q master ot ceremonies, after which
Ia lew words of congraluIation aud
good wishing, ia behalf of the friends
present, the presentation OF numerous
gifts suitable to the occasion, was made
by l.. w. Raymonton vi Chester, which
was iuingly responded to by both Mir.
aud Mrs. White. Remarks OF friendship
aud good wishing followed IRON 5. Il
Maker and +. Phelps Of Grafton. Let
lers were read from friends necessarily
absent, among them one from well
knowu physician vi g., who closed b,
noplug that "if you ever have any trou-
Uies, lney may b. lille oNes." The poem
given below, written by Mrs. A. X. Da-
venporl of Chester was read, closing the
presentation exercises. Again mirth and
music rang through the house, until re-
ireshments were served up IN the ct, l.
Tor which the hostess is SO justly famed
{ Lines addressed to MIR. aud Mrs. II. Il
White. on the twentieth anniversary OF
their marrisge:l
wenty years on the stream OF Time,
soon shall We hear The silver chime
rogetherlyo gu sand, as Gu stoo fore.
10 gr ct ndred and friends 40 in days Of yors
The path before you vas then ell untried,
The manly bid, groom Aad bushing bride,
And little ye dreamed OF the cares aud tears
That must crowd spsn Of twenty years
twenty years on Lies ebbiI tide
How changed the groom and add the BRIDE
Yet your love. unchanged, nnds sweet repose,
And the heart of each with flesh fervor ows,
AZ you glance through the vista Of years sgone
SINCE the bright sun rose on your pridal morn,
Aud mJfe that lie Joyous than cad appears
10 eur weed d HE Of twenty years.
twenty arsi HGw shert they seem a. together
you cast
A glai &c At the shadows that or, wd the past
II seems but day since pl GIFTED you stood
lore the holy mau Il God,
Md spoke the word that III endsars
Aud Dits-e. your union II twenty years
Twenty yearsi AID not one we see
of your marriage guests in the company.
AID kiad remembrance u those away,
1iaddons and ssddens this festive day
And y ia not whoIly unm red wi4h teArs,
A. you cali up the m.mory II other years.
Twenty years aud God has blsst the labor Q,
your hands,
And q led your store house and your barns
And children three he hS- given you
Hnat could you AJAX for more
4 thou twenty yeArs Il Times steslthy tread
I II We f'ded the cheek and silvered the head,
/ lie has failed one victory 10 Aehieye
/ A. the Are Of youth fades out from the eye,
| bssnty q soul, that shall never die,
C,m,s 10 AZ the frnn Il years well rpent
/ Id n II last for AWAY, II with glory bl,uL
/ Nay his beauty be you're. and you reach the time
Wlsa the years ring oat the silver, and Hope
/ the golden chime.
ARLINGTON.
On Thurfdsy evening, Nov. 4, barn
and courthouse belonging TO Hon. Iiar-
mon Garfield, aud situated on the bill
east Of this village, was destroyed BY FIRE.
1t is supposed to have been set by some
,..r.a,, aud IL L. gknu.ht ~. a sra,xn ~ hs