The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-08-16

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i The lawn party giren by tho ladies' O
TIE Episcopal church in tits village Lao
Thursday evcalns vas success Ia ever,
way. The fan drill given 90 the oocAsior
by sishi young girls brought forth heart,
spplssse. and was one 81 The chief siirac
,icns u The evening. The young ladies
aud ecnilemca who served the refresh.
nenis 10 the different booths gshich ci
themselves we're very pretty vero dressed
10 the costumes Of The different nations,
and attracted much attention The coffee
booth, which .as made 10 represents Tur-
kish cafe. excited especial admiration, AZ
the booth itself and It's occupants 20 ad-
mirsbly carried ou, tie characters which
they tried 10 represent The Sunderland
cornei band. which NO kindly gave Ils ser.
wees on the occasion, feaderei several se'
lec,inns fnely and was grea, addition 10
the pleasures Of the evening. The total
receipts from the entertainment were
si05a7.
MANCHESTER Drror.
AT meeting Of Skinner Post, Tues
day evening i, Was voted that the Post at.
tend the meeting at Bennington the 10TH
and II ia hoped that most Of the comrades
will accept the invitation.
burr and Manley are giving some fine
bargains In desirable goods. Most sum
mer goods arc reduced one third from reg.
ular prices and some even below that
figure. Their new advertisement next
week will contain "a partial iiss Of thasa
reductions. look out for It, or what is bet.
ter. call at their store and sec for your.
selves what they offer.
We notice that Charles Field. ST.. is
in town again.
Several more girls from ST. Augustine,
New York city. arrived in town on Tues.
day.
Misses Lucy and Martha Kent are en-
tertalning large number OF summer
boarders.
There will be concert at the Congre-
gational church Monday evening. Aug.
~. Further notice next week.
Mr.. II. Stewart Hamilton Of Ohio and
Mrs Mercer Of Genesseo, N. Y. have been
at A. b. Armstrong; for several days.
Rev. DR.. Poor ofPhiladelphia, aguest
Of DR.. Prentiss, preached an excellent dis
course at the church Sunday afternoon.
Il am reminded that have forgotten
to mention the very great improvements
which John Fisher has made the past year
on his homestead in the south part OF the
village. His very pretty dwelling house,
with bay windows, etc, makes very at
tractive residence.
The usual sociable OF the Congrega-
tional church was held at Mrs. Charles b.
Kents on Thursday evening of last week.
The approach to the house was lighted
with Chinese lanterns which gave festive
appearance TO the grounds. There we're
about one hundred and twenty present
including many strangers The cake and
ice cream were delicious and all partook
with much apparent relish. Mr.. J. V.
Cheney read two original poems, one
entitled "To Nature which was comical
out poetic appeal TO nature to make man
more graceful and more in harmony with !.
lis surroundings than he now is. The !,
,ther contained advice to young girls
BASED on the saying "Men are deceivers !;
,ver". Mr.. Frederick De Van presided
It the piano and although the dance mus.
c caused many wistful glances and much {
apping OF anxious feet, no dancing was
ndulged in to the regret OF not few. T.
The company was then invited to an mp. '
yer room to see New England OF a hun i
Ired years ago. The room was fitted up. to a
cpresent Priscilla's kitchen with the old y
pinning wheel and clock and many other
elics Of ancient days. Several young
aides were dressed in ancient but becom. q
ng costumes and looked very much as Il
heir great-grandmothers did in '76. Ey. Ii
rything passed of very pleasantly and
II seemed to enjoy the occasion very
nucb. 0
EAST DORSET.