The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-11-29

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70 America saaered 50 overwhelming
Slaughter within tho pas, lev days.
Hall, bail, Thanksgiving day!
Welcome 70 saiuls hnd sinners
u Welcome to all, both great aud small,
Thou day Of royal diBnersi
See bow they come from far and near,
A troop Of eoarpei.baggers,
z To grace The board with one accord,
And Gppeiites ike dAggers.
Who cares for Turkish war sbroAdi
Who cares for serf or Carr
oar Turkey lies before our eyes;
Cone and attack hurrAhl
! With kuiio aud fork We win tbs day,
a truce 10 care aud sorrow!
/ Eat while you may, Thanksgiving day
Win fade before tomorrow"
FACTORY roSr.
The Baptist church will be open for
service on Thanksgiving Day, st IL
o'clock
Our schools begin their winter SEES
sion NEXT Monday, under the charge Of
Wilber Archibald, and Miss Cornelia
Derby.
MIR. Aron sheldon, whom we spoke
OF last week rs sending butter to China.
lives In Dorset instead OF this place.
Our singing school, under the leader
ship Of Mr.. l., e. Wells, is In active oper.
alton, aud bids fair to prove very success.
ful. Il is 10 be held on Monday and
Thursday evenings Of each week, at
Adams Hall
MANCHESTER DEPOT.
The barn connected with the ''Slar
Honse" Il being remodeled,
Who would wish TO 20 to Florids,
could We have such weather all winter as
II was Tuesday.
Charles Scott, for the past year resi-.
dent OF East Manchester, has moved 10
Pawlet.
William Bulky started fire in HE
lime Kiln Monday. IL takes about six
days and six nights to burn 1t.
Hubbard g. Hopkins loaded car
with poultry on "wednesday, the 2lst, con-
tanning about seven and half tons Of
thanksgiving timber.
Dan Coffee, section boss, whose dog
is quite cross, wishes me to say "that be
has mnzzled him so that people need have
no fear of him now.
Charley Kent, on Friday last, with
three men, loaded over sixty tons of mar
bic in less than eight hours, Saturday
being the last day for shipping marble |
this season.
DORSET.
Last week Wednesday evening over
one hundred guests met at the house of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Phelps to assist in
celebrating the 25th anniversary of their
wedding day II was pleasant, noon
light evening, The rooms were very
taslefully decorated with the choicest OF
cvergreens sc. Much praise Is due the
managers (who are too numerous to re-
cord) who made such ample provision for
the table. Oysters were served from ten
until one o'clock, and the greatest variety
OF the choicest cake ETC., with tea. just
before supper, presents from friends
were deposited on table 10 the parlor.
A. u. Armstrong made an address appro-
PIRATE TO the occasion, referring TO Mr..
and Mrs. Phelps, "That they had safely
passed, In their journey of welded life,
the way stations OF wood and tin, and |
that friends were here to start them on
from the silvery station" Then he made
happy allusou to the hopes aud prayers
OF their friends, that in their journey for
the next twenty-five years, their pathway
would gradually put on that golden tint,
which will end in that golden age for
which man In his dreamipgs has ever
longed for. Then followed presentA-
ton speech from G. w. FArwell, abiding
to the valuable presents, both from
friends abroad and at home. To mention |
each one would take too much space.
Miner billiard gave silver dollar which
has been in the family as keepsake over
sixty years We cannot omit mention.
Ing the presents TO baby Bessie Root, /
granddaughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Phelps,
as she was one OF the attractions of the
evening. She received beautifully
wrought blanket with the initial "R.n on
one corner, from Argues billiard OF Rat
land; Also knife, fork and spoon from
Minnie billiard Of Rutland. There was
music on the piano by Mr.. aud Mrs.
Harry Root aud others. Guests present
were from Rutland, Dandy, Rupert,
Pawle,, Hebron, Hartford, Troy, Man
chester aud Dorfet.
RUPERT.
The widow The late Titus Sheldon
died at Rome, N. ", on the 18th inst.
Her remains are to be brought to Ripper,
for in,erment.
--Mrs. d. d. Cole OF Salem, n. T.,
died the 2oIh, Of typhoid fever. Mrs.
Cole was the adopted daughter OF the
late Daniel Brown OF this town. She was
"a lady Of rare at,ainments, and has Jeff
a large circle Of sdmiring friends 10 this
town, where abe speat her maiden YEAR,.
Ia Der deslh tie society ID which she
lived has sustained q great loss Da, the
ioss 10 her surviving family mast be-
overwhelming.
last DORSET.
John Flynn and Miss Sarah Carol
Of Dandy were married Monday evening
Father GAaaey has tao hue colts,
"niland GrAls,n which be values a a