The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-08-28


81 Fsaosy foiAi wAa. BY siunoss sapsF-
haman saoua sssoeeds4 in rsseAiuE lAnd
ana boms . saiety. We have seen aad
oouvwssa with TIE Survivors aad thow
whsreot &c aeak
ne sshool IL dlstries Nc. s elcsed on
RsidAg, tee s.bd lsst.. Miss Celia Reg
nol3s gssebsr. We ihink II preteuts 81
leAs, lev Instances Of praIseworthy
iNthfsiness Tboss who, doriag : con.
tinuons term q siIteea weeks, bad 20
raark 1f absence. are Siells Wade, Flora
Wade, Frank loslsy ADD ClaFsuoe Wade,
The 5llowing were not tArdy dndng 1be
tsrmi Minnie Taylor, Stella Wade, Flora
Wade, Clarenoe Wade snd Ayron Nc
Ecros. The sysrAgs attendance shows
marked Improvement upon that q lat
Summers term
DORsET.
-Ara J. Hosmer and Miss Belle
watous 81 Rrookiyn are in lown, guests
81 Mrs.. IIaleh.
MI T. X. Harley, MIs ~ aalsted
aud AnR L, Bleysblng otsew York are
=. G.. W. Bakers.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. w. Farwell started
lac, week Wednesday for Ssratogs, in.
tending to be abscut some lime.
Charles Mason, wife and little sou
and Geo. Mason OF Rutland are In town,
also John Mason, wife and daughter Of
Michigan. They are visiting relatives
and AequAintAnces.
Friday evening lhe Juvenile residents
Of The place to the number OF seventeen
started out on hay wagon for Amase-
ment. II the songs Of mirth aud little
artificial music were beard after sober
and elderly people were supposed TO
have retired, We will not forget that we
were all young once. Let tho young iolks
enjoy themselves.
"A psrty Of seventeen went from this
place Saturday on an excursion to "Hay.
slack mountain 10 PawIet." q. NJ.
Sykes and family, Rollin Sykes aud fam.
lily, aud others made up the party. One
Of G. W. Bakers boarders. who was With
the company (Ars. GoldlhwaiD, remark
ed after her return that the beautiful and
magnificent view from the top OF the
mountGin fully .repaid her Tor the effort
aud toll OF ascending.
Il have not leisure TO give an extend
ed report OF the entertainment OF Thurs.
day evening, neither 10 1t necessary as |
understand by the JOURNAL that II is TO
be- repeated at Manchester this week.
Bat to be brief will state that have
heard several people, people from other
states who were present IS well as people
OF our own vicinity, remark that they
were well entertained aud repsd for at
tending. Many of the actors in both de-
partmeuis deserve much credit and an
honorable mention, but would take too
much space for each name. The twenty
four children all acted their parts admi-
rably. Master Willie j. Goldlbwsit Of
Mass, and Ethel Starkey led the peasants
In their dance around the May pole and II
was a beautiful sight. Master Sam Dun
ton and Miss Fanny Holley brought
down the house with their song. Each
time the curtain went down on beauti-
fuI tableau. Miss Nellie Armstrong re-
cited very nicely selection from "Snow-
bound" The closing drama, "Down by
the Sea" was appreciated by many pres
cut. The funds received amounted TO
S93. At the close Of the exercises Geo.
Preutiss arose and proposed vote Of
thanks to the Association" which was
responded to by the audience
NORTH DORSET.
An interested party of neighbors and
friends met al the house OF Welcome AL
len, Esq, of this place on the evening of
the Goth inst. They were invited by their
worthy host to witness the blossoming of
night blooming cereus which his wife
had diligently cared for during the last
four years. There were present, besides
the chief part Of our own people, friends
from Bennington, Manchester, Dandy,
and Grafton Of this state, and number
from Troy, N. Y. AT 6 o'clock 10 The
evening six large buds located upon the
two main branches of the cactus began
to open, and many o: those present were
intent upon observing the commencement
Of this remarkable phenomenon of The
vegetable kingdom. There were some
present who bad never before seen any.
thing of the kind. The peculiar odor Of
the blossoms in The room soon began to
attract attention, At uine o'clock The
blossoms were fully bali opened. The
perfume now penetrated to every part OF
the house aud was plainly preceptible 10
the open air 10 the vicinity OF the dwelling
The scene at this time was brilliant and
interesting and one which the persons
present will long remember. think
there were none present who bad wit.
messed just such scene before. Most OF
the party bad witnessed the blossoming
OF this peculiar plant but they bad never
seen bat Que blossom developing at a
time. But here we're no less than six
large blossoms unfolding simultaneously,
each Of them seeming 10 vie with the
others IN trying to unfold to their numer.
Gus beholders more points Of interest and
beauty THAI we're presented by their fel
lows. Taken all together 1t was a mag
niheent sight, and The perfume emitted
by the aowers wac 80 agreeable to the OBJ.
servers that II required bat little stretch