The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-04-11
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Mr.. Amos Kllbaru isha family itfs
bore asst wnrk 10 take charge Of the town
iarn 90 he east side Of The nonnisib,
a iycsuw was crgAnlscd here sstur-
AsY svsnisg. 10 be bed Al school bail
every Saturday sreuihg to Discus yGri.
cas- SUBJECTS o. Interest.
-Oa Past Day We had cur usuti inlsr.
esliag discourse b. orr pastor. Ills ieIi
was from The sopas Of solomoa, - cbsp-
ter, l0th, 18th and i2lh vsbes. sanday
aneraoon Mr. Pratt and quite a large
number q oar people veal 70 East Dor
ssl TO attend services there.
The Good Templsrs' sociabis, 10 The
form Of a sugar party, At The ball last
Thursday evening, passed OF very pleas.
snily, Nearly GO persons responded to
the inyilslion, among whom we noticed
some Of our friends from Grant Lodge.
Oh course that part Of The room which
was OF sAyory sweetness was the most
important, yet the mingIing and the jing-
ling Of the crowd showed that other
things besides sugar had attractions for
young people. Games eniiyeBed The
evening, apples, buliernuts, aud pickles
spiced the sugar. and singing brought
the evenings pleasure TO close. The
boar Of departure came TOO coon, and all
were 10th TO leave, bat when the good
nights were daily said, il was with gener.
al agreement that when you want good
time, have sugar party. Our lodge is
very prosperous, dfteen names having
been added TO the roll this quarter. Oar
W. @. merits the appreciation Of all for
the isithiulness with which be performs
his duties. Good viii and good work is
OUT sim, and we expect success.
@ EAST DORSET.
An occasional correspondent sends
the following 10 relation TO the recent re-
viYAl here: Many OF your readers will
rejoice to bear Of the good work done
w Auin pthStt W. uafc uoCu CHPeNialg
blessed Of God In Feb. band Of Cos
pei workers came here with Mr.. Small of
Springfield, as leader. The harvest was
ready for the respers, and many we're led
TO accept Christ. Better men for the
work could not have been sent us, they
were here five days, others followed,
among the number Mr.. Il. Merriam OF
Rutland, an earnest worker for bis
Maker. The first of March Mr.. Small
assisted by Mr.. Brown Of Rutland, came
again. aud, with others that came after,
held meetings for five days more. The
blessing is not confined to those that have
united with the churches. Christians
have deem drawn nearer TO Christ, and
many have been blessed who have not
yet united with any church. All have
felt that God was here, and that TO bless
May Heavens choicest blessings fall upon
the men from Rutland, Ludlow, Spring
Geld and Athens, that have labored so
faithfully here. Sunday morning our
beautiful church was filed and good
sermon by Rev. Mr.. Gardiner, p. ID.
Ames, Mr.. and Mrs. William Ames, Mr.
and Mrs. A Brophy, Charles Folsom,
Nye Martin, Lewis Buffum, Florence
Buifum, Nellie .BufIum, Miss Edgerton,
Cora Sexton, Betsey Foster, and four
children were received into the Methodist
church on probation. Mrs. Erwin, aud
Mrs. L. Butfum, by letter. Sunday after
noon Rev. p. S, Pratt preached very ac-
to a full house, quste number
being from out Of town. After the
sermon the following named persons
united with the Cong. church, Mr.. and
Mrs. ID. l.. Kent, Mrs. ID. Crandal, Mr..
and Mrs. b. Beers, Edward lBStcbelder,
Grace BAtchelder, Mr.. and Mrs. j. e.
ButIun, John L. Batcbelder, Mr.. and
Mrs. VIC, Wilson, Mrs. I. G.. Batchel- |
der, j. l.. Cochran, Mrs. S. Morse, +, G..
HARDWOOD, L. II. Harwood, Mrs. IL. Vial,
Emile Roberts, Ella Torrey, and Emma
Tuttle, aud by letter Mrs. Z. G. futile,
Mrs. j. l.. Bstcheder, Mrs. J. l..
Cochran, aud Mary G. Harwood. The
beautiful flowers that adorned the church
reminded us that spring, with new life
for field aud forest, will soon be here,
and we thought how many in this place
have received new life, life eternal, and
may many more be added to the number.
SOUTH LONDONDERRY.
Our streets are getting dry.
Fast Day services were held at the
Methodist church. fT rftaF
Byron G. BAbbftt 1. shortly to move
into the village.
Mrs. Henry Ball, who has been seri-
ously III, is in a fair way to recover.
"A great variety entertainment at the
livery stable last week, and an evacuation
of the stomach at the end OF the bridge.
A little too much cider.
-Whitman & Goddard are receiving
more orders for carriages than was anti
cipAted for these hard times. Perhaps
the reputation they have earned for do
log good work has something 10 do with
II. N
Alra Z. Whitman has moved into the
house occupied by Mrs. Fuller. Mr..
Stanley Winchester is to occupy The
house vacated by Mr.. W.-reports say
with new housekeeper from over the
mountains
A very sudden death occurred near
this village, last Friday. The widow
Marshall, aged rs years, had been GU,
doors TO feed the chickens, and when
coming into the house she dropped down