The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-05-07

y. ". Ntipple. died " fAifhsten la'
Il vset. he hsd formerly bees po.'mAsls
Tor zsEy yeass and va greatly r~pecse'
10 tts, CONN ariiy. The funsrsl service
over bic rtmsins iook place on Friday
iis vile . IN very feeble health and fear
arc entertained ths, abe may Dol lopg sui
vire him.
--Mn. Maihs cressy, viiow Of The late
: Marshall NJ Greasy Of wiohsiI. ~ss proc.
issied With pnsly,ie .treas on Thur
/. day sftefnoon 81 her residence 10 this vii
l.se and remsioed ubeos.c.oas until be,
B death oa Friday night Her remains we're
tsken 10 winhsll for ioisrmen. ~ that
town bad been slmost her lie long home
aGl.l about three yesu siscs Her three
children who survive her. Ms, David
Phillips. Ma Charles U. Way snd Mr..
Prank Cressy. are all residents OF Msnehes'
ter.
The lecture 81 Miss Yates. Tuesday
evening -. simply grand She wins oil
hearts by her intelligent, smiling countsn'
snce sud cultured. graceful bearing before
uiierine word. The subise, As snuounc
cd las, week. after confering with the
speaker. WAS changed /, The CopAic! OF
tho Modern Hercules" - beItsr suited TO
our needs. Analogy was drawn between
the conflict Of Hercnles With the hydra
beaded serpeut aud the existing struggle
between the giant Temperance Reform
and the levistbsn Alcohol. The heads Of
food, medicine. moderation. light drink.
custom. legality aud prof, were all attack
Cd aud the flaming torch Of TACT applied
10 each. A comparison wss made between
the imm orisl head in tbs fable which Her
eules could DO, destroy bat buried be-
meath rock. aud the immortal head OF
appetite which can never be conquered
by our own strength. but which may be
buried beneath srock. The Rock Of Ages.
illustrations we're given Of the po~er OF
the Mighty to save 10 cong uoring the up
petite OF the drunkard. The speaker. 10
closing, called attention to the fact that
she was he,e to speak OF the cobhict OF
Hercules and that the COZ nest was yet to
come. and che sppeslei 10 the audience
to enlift 10 the great struggle that is go
ing on for the overthrow OF the serpent. |
Her appeal to the Young manhood and
womauhood 10 make the most Of their OPP,
poriuniiy contained some Of the finest pas
ssees We bsye ever listened ~.
SOUTH DORSET
- Mrs Kenyon. who died, April 18th,
was the last oil the old settlers OF South
Dorset. Born in 1904 the daughter OF
johnson Soper, she lived 10 this place not
only the three score and ten but nearly
four score and ten. She survived her two
brothers by many years and OF what was
once large. family none are left here.
Some OF the Soper descendants livs in 9th
er parts OF the state. Mrs. Kenyon had al
ways enjoyed good health and spent many
bsppy days and hours visiting the people
Of Der generation. The last four years
death has renped closely aud taken the
the Bloomers, the Sopers and I
all the oldest settlers, 40 Der friends we're
nearly all on the other side OF the river.
Although not a living relative here she
was kindly cared for in her last sickness
by kind neighbors aud everything was I
done for her comfort After 1t became |
evident that she could not recover her
adopted son was summoned and srrived
from Boston. but too late for recognition.
Mrs. Kenyon was a kind neighbor and her
familiar form and face will long be missed
The friends who ministered 80 closely to
her wants not only 10 her last sickness but
for the past decade have the satisfaction
Of knowing that "Inssmuch 1 ye have
done it unto the least Of these my breth
reu. 20 have done il unto me" b.
DORSET.
Mrs. W. r. Dunton returned home on
Monday.
Mrs. Charles Baldwin returned home
last week.
g NJ. Sykes is in Boston purchasing
his summer stock Of dry goods.
w. b. Sykes lie doing 9 large lumber
business aud runs bis mill night aad day
The lecture OF Misc Yates. though
thinly attended was very interesting and
hose who stayed away missed = rare
treat.
There will be 81 inspection OF Fulhr
Poet. q. A. r. at their post rooms. Thus 8
Jay evening. May Every comrade ,
should be present Z
= Our streets srs being very much inn Z
proved by removalof front yard fences. .
Vim. J. Holley. q. W. Baker aud Mrs. Q
Bulkley have recently removed theirs and
Till there's more TO follow"
Some OF the papers state that John
Vance Cheney has been invited TO give
he poem ct the dedication OF the Benning y
on battle monument next August aud
hat he has accepted. which We hope 10
rue. John Ia true son OF Vermont sud
me Of her sweetest siogers.
The veteran correspondent OF the =
JOURNAL Who. Tor twenty ,esrs. hss kept
he coed people OF Dorset and The outside i
vord pos,ed as TO happenings aud doiogs i,
he life aud death Of the good and the bad :,
4 tbi. historic town, has asked me to a.
rite up the late farmers meeting. 10 /,
be frat place Ne have real, live. warm
'iooded grange, started lev months sgo
nd nun boring more than hall hundred
I'D constantly growing, and said grange
10 obtain good fsrmer tslker :,