The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-07-17

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Rassrs. JAMES WlAsB. wMa LsEens,
n CcHsy. naalsi Cossy Wals Rob
rttt Fhsps Wymaa. john Maioy, Casfles
tIau s3n. Cbules Harris Alircs Bow.
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NkEg5uyEn puuT.
Mrt wlnssn Tsyior has ripe toms-
ioss Ia her FGrdsa.
llebeH BausH hAs gone 70 uerk ior
Bslasief a Tyre Hat Dorset.
Miss Maggie Moore who has besu liy-
.ag ia lnalsss ne pasi isw ysAt i bone
% sitit,
Joseph Bashbes, Jr, Very slck.
ills esse ) considered doablful ~ bic
FbYscaus
~ y. Msitison believes In taking
tine by tie ioreioek be has flashed hAy-
( .eg 81 tbIs writing
-f0btH Msloy who has been occupy.
los @ B.kskmer's house has moved 10
EAsl Dorset
-Cauis sheldon Of The regular army
brother % Mrs, Alvin Petllbone, il visIt-
/ log fiieuds ia this plnee
Mis- Fanny Parker and brother from
( i.aytsyetle, lbd., aFe visiting with their
uncle ] c Blsckmer,
Tommy Bourn : making good rec
ord for boy sixteen years OLD lie hocd
almost IA seTes Of corn recently In one
day,
Any one dnding pair Of specsAcles
( 10 tin case win be suIiAhly rewarded by
returning them 10 Mr.. Horace Lawrence.
%, for 81 Edison 10 inSeBtA potato
/ bug sprinkler that man can use sitting
I Ia ihe shade Of the back porch these
sweiierlng July days.
-Resd Burr & Manley's new
advertisement, They offer special
bargains 10 all summer goods. Later
We are not able TO &c, bis new advertise T
meBl 10 this week but look out for il
next week, In the mean time call at their
store and end out bow il is yourself.
The Sunday school In district No. IL
plumbers o. Considerable interest is
manifested and under he superinlend.
ance Of RolIin Cray II Is hoped much
good viii be done. Last Sabbath Mrs
Alice Bartlett's class sang The song
Where hsst ,hon CLEANED lo.dsyr very
PRETTY aud reflected credit upon them
selves aud their teacher.
DORSET.
The great event OF the past week has
been the celebration OF the centennial
birthday Of our townsman, lsasc Farwell
About one thousand Of the relatives and
friends Of The old patriarch assembled 20
do him honor, Rev. r. ). Pratt acting as
President Of the Day, aud lsssc Bsrrows,
Esq rs Marshal. Amoug those present
from out OF town We noticed Henry Far
well, his son, OF Wisconsin, Mrs. Bulkley,
his daughter, OF Manchester, Rev. Chas.
Farwel Of Iowa, s. Farwell Of Granville,
~ y, Charles WhItcomb aud wife and
George Odbert OF Salem, DR.. Sergeant
aud Rev. Mr. Foss OF PawIet, Rev. Dr.
Lambert, DR.. Austin, j g. Burton, j l..
Mccall, stephen Taylor, Dwight Taylor
and WIN Root Of Rupert, Cyrus Cram.
ton Of Midlletown, ii G.. Root, Esq, of
Bennington, Rev. Dr. wickham, Rev. A.
q. Reed, II X. Fowler, Esq., A X.
Sykes aud others Of Manchester, aud
mauy more whom we have not room to
mention. After the guests bad assembled
the centenarian appeared aud was greet.
cd with three hearty cheers. Mr. Pratt
then welcomed the guests In fitting Lam
guage aud introduced Rev. DR.. Wickham
as the oldest clergyman present eighty
two years., who offered prayer. The
seventy. first psalm was then read and
Watts paraphrase Of the same was sung
to the old tune OF China, by the choir
under the leadership Of the old musical
veteran, Prof. S. Z. Cheney. Rev. Mr..
Pratt then followed with an appropriate
address, which we condense as follows:
"Frieuds and fellow citizens; The
object Of our gathering is an unusual one,
but the occasion is justified, we think,
not merely for the variety OF the fact we
signalize, but for the intrinsic value OF a
human Ifc ia rs fullest measure aud
farthest limit We assemble here, men
women aud children OF ell ages, from
various homes near aud distant, repre-.
sentiug various degrees Of experience,
culture, possessions aud conditions. One
form, thoagh bent au trembling, really
towers above MS all, Ia one respect at
least, that OF age aud prolonged earthly
experience. Eyen.iooted time has been
leading on the hours, months, years and
centuries. The children Of men SPRING
ing up excessively from the dust have
attempted 10 travel along side BY side 10
pafaiici tracks, bat with various periods
Of continuance, msiOrity quietly return
Iug 10 The dust whence they came. Some
have held out long enough To make their
mark npou The sgs, upon society, TO DO
good work 10 making the world better
and happier, leaving often substantial
memeutocs Of their devotion and skill for
che generations following. Now aud then
al ociogenArian, nosageuAriAn reveals
bis venerable form 10 our midst, usually
AZ example OF peTseyering industry. vir-
tue aud goodness. Bat here iss eeuteu-
Afiaa, The fret, The only one, 30 far as
know ever reared iiom birth aud through
continued residence In be town OF Dor.
se,. We come 10 pay him our .iaeere
fesptet Oh THIS bis one hundfedtb amir