The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1876-03-09
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r93aaFb la ulueise SD aBi fault with
waat ba iAsaas is nai eKsetly right; and
We thnk il has good tendency, Tor
people sill be- iitgle more careful Abou,
lhe bliis lhcY bfiag against The town, add
t9wu ofa6er wi'l be litils more cartfal
about pay.uF them, II thcy know that
l5esc blils viii D. broaghi before The
iosu aud criticised. All vii sgree that
aae town oagbt 20, % BE- charged any
more iof labor or material than q private
iudifidusi would be, uadcr similar cir.
cumsiaaoes.
FACTORY POINT.
The ladies socisblc which was 10 have
been beld Friday evening Is postponed
t,l further notice on accoun, Of the bad
s,ats Of the roads.
The young peoples meeting win be
beld At Adams Ball On Monday evening
next.
There viii be a missionary concert
next Sunday evening IN The Methodist
house Of worship.
poHsEr.
Town oiiicers:
M0dcrator--A. II. Armstrong
Clerk, Treasurer aud Trustee Of Public
honey-Geo. W, Farwell.
electmen-llomer Williams, WIN. II. /
Beebe, II. G.. Harwood.
Listers-l. y. Barrows, Bradford Rog.
crs, w. II, Bcbee.
Town Agent. n. Sykes.
Auditors-E l.. Hawley, G. NJ. Grif-
feth, 6 NJ Sykes. ## j
School superintendent - Rev. p. S.
Pratt.
Grand Jurors-A. b. Armstrong, f. NJ. |
Torrey.
EAST DORSET.
--Business improving. No failures,
cause, can't DO 1t aud have anything lett.
All feel disposed to lend a helping hand.
ID. l.. Kent 81 Co., are running their
mill with fall force, aud their shipments
are heavy.
Our library soeiables have been
success 10 furnishing goodly number Of
books, aud also in giving us many pleas
ant evening entertainments, We feel
confident that IL we could have more of
them il would be Of great benefit to our
old as well as young folks.
Our dancing school has been sue.
cess as to numbers, otherwise not.
The Centennial sheet and pillow case
party last Monday night was the crown.
lag event OF the season. Under the man.
agemeut OF Mrs ID. Il. Kent and Mrs.
W e, Wilson II could but achieve the
desired cad, an evening OF fun, enjoy.
ment, surprises aud pleasant dance. -
We are all thankful 10 Mr.. aud Mrs.
Barrows for their kindness in giving the
use OF their house for dressing rooms,
aud thanks are due TO ID. l.. Kent for
his commodious sleigh and "four 10
hand" team Ga block sled and two yoke
Jt oxcn) to convey US 10 the hall. We
began to assemble at 6:30 p. m, aud
such a time as we bad in preparing will
long be remembered by the masculnes
present The ladies seemed perfectly
willing TO dress us and there were none
but bad "fair arms" around them. When
all were dressed il was difficult to tell
which FROM tother, az Sll tried to be
somebody else. Six footers were anxious
TO become school misses, 250 ponnders
TO be spinsters, small ladies' attempted
the masculine role, in fact we all tried TO
be what we were not. On entering the
ball We formed In couples and marched
around The ball several times, all trying
to hnd cut bis neigAbors. After that a
contra dance. Being demure young
miss had the pleasure of dancing with
friend Bowen, aud several others we're
as pleasantly provided for; but the fun
was great when We unmarked. Ladies
were seen dancing together and also
gentlemen, aud the surprise of finding
who their partners were was amusing -
Everything went off nicely aud all en-.
j0ycd themselves. There were finy
couples on the floor besides few invited
guests. The receipts were enough to
meet all expenses, pay the Ladies' Yer
mont Centennial Association their tax
and leave a balance for our library. We