The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-01-03

isg the perioa 81 BE hosrY-noon At
least that : tie oaly excuse we can
advAsee 90 - nueh damp bad,
weather Daring The week previous
70 CHRISTMAS lhe streets wcre crowded
witt ~ kisls q humanity, ard med r
mod and waist everywhere, The stfee'
crossings here 10 most cases arc iwo
rows Of stripping stones, and q course
/ Il passera would keep - The right no
og.o would he compelled 70 step toto
the mod ba, somehow The ladies will
not AZ Il Talk about womens rights :
| Let two ladies meet two q the opposite
sex on a muddy crossing, tie gents
siep one behind the other. while, in
uiBe cases ont Of ten, the ladies' walk
right on abreast aud two gentlemen
step Of the walk into the mud. and like
as not one or both Of them have jos,
squandered nielIe for a shine
/ A short time since / attended a lee
ture delivered by Robert j. Bardett
The Burlington Hawkeye man" His
subject was The Rise aud Fall Of the
Mustache. Twas a humorous lecture,
and the pictares he painted OF the boy.
the youth, the middle aged aud old
man were excellent He said in the
early part Of bis lecture That Adam
was not the first man who raised a
mustache, bat be probably was the first
man who raised cain After depicting
adams rerplexilies ia trying to answer
Cain's boyish queries, Mr. 3. then took
a boy Of the present day with hop,
skip and a jump. through boyhood !
walized him through youth, aud mid.
die age, and drew the curtain over the
last scene ia beautiful and pathetic
manner, bringing tears TO the eyes 0 I
many while smile still fingered on
the lips Mr.. Burdett is a slender man
Of medium hight, apparently about
thirty years Of age. His voice is some
what eflemlnate IN quality. but his
pleasant conversational style soon cap.
lures the audience, Among the prom
inent celebrities Of the stage, we have
had this season, Emma Abbot, Fanny
Davenport, Maggie Mitchell, Lawrence
Barrett and and others. During Christ.
mas week Genevieve Rogers appeared
at the the Grand Opera House in the
idylic drama Maud Muller" founded
on Whittiers poem of that name Miss
Rogers is a young, emotional actress,
lacking somewhat in stage experience
and elocutionary culture, but there is a
naturalness of manner, and realistic
sincerity in much that she does that is
we'll calculated to disarm criticism Al
the simple pure-hearted, uncultured
country girl who Looked and sighed
Alb, me that the Judges bride might
be" she appears to frst-class advan-
tage Miss Rose Eytinge is booked &c
be here shortly in the play Of Antony
and Cleopatra" which will BEG another
treat to the lovers OF dramatic excel
ece.
The Indiana State Poultry Associa'
ton began its third exhibition in this
city at Masonic Hall on Wednesday
Dec. Goth, which will continue unin-
terruptedly, Sunday excepted, until
Thursday, Jan, 3. The entries arr
large, exceeding the list at the Nation
al Exhibition and nearly reaching eigh
hundred. Entries have been made
from nearly all the States, besides a
coop of black.breasted red game chick
ems from J. G. Cooper, Limerick, Ire
land. Mr.. |. X. Fitch of Natick, Mass
has been chosen Judge, and three
thousand dollars are offered in premi
ums. The Belt railroad is finished
and hundreds of cars are transferred
daily from western to eastern roads
aud vice versa. A few days since en-
CINE No. moved OFF with one hundred
and eight cars, a train fully three iifth
of a mile in length.
The Indiana State Capitol building
is being torn down and is already I
mass OF ruins, only the central part o.
, the building and the dome stand thu
another old land mark is slowly ant
surely making way to the march Of i'm
provement.
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