The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-12-24

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81 Margaret Guild mel si,h Mrs
" H.. Roberts fsesviay Afternoon.
Misses Stella ap3 Edith Pptsu ar
bnme From iheif schools ta the holi
day
III \. shsg sad family ~rw ID
p4lisarid saturday 10 Aiista the sl,Ss
kiibhrn wsdding.
chan~eey shaw u The C. " NJ.
VAS ID l0wu FRIDAY on has WAY 10 hi'
brothers wedding.
\ I'd Buistord had thu misfortune d
bose good sork horse last Monday
II dropped dead in the harness,
The hours 81 services ut Zion
church. Manchester Center. on Christ
mas Day. will be 7.3o and loa N.
Mrs. Sarah Harris WAS ia Troy
Thursday 10 attend the funeral oi a
bro,hor.in.law. Charles Remington.
Miss Marion Dimond who is teach
INK IN Providence, is expected home
Thursday fof her holiday vacation.
We are'glad to hear that the chill
dren Of the late Fred Barton who have
been seriously III are now better.
A very pleasant and interesting
meeting Of the w G. r T.. was held
with Mrs. Clarence Kelley Saturday
afternoon.
There will be Christmas seryi lee
Sunday evening IN the Methodist
church. Music by the choir aud Sun
day school.
-0rmsby Chapter d. A. X. met with
Mrs. Sarah J Bowen Friday. The
meeting Was very interesting and deli
cions refreshment were served,
- In the Jubilee Singers next Mon
day evening at the Opera House. the
Male Quartette alone is worth more
than the price of admission. adv
-- Much sympathy is felt for Mr.. and
Mrs. Bryant in the death of their eight
year old son who died very suddenly
at their home in Kngsbridge. N. Y,
Thursday.
The annual sale held by st. Mar
garet's Guild Tuesday and Wednesday,
Dec. 10 and l6 was financial success
the receipts being Sl20 for which the
ladies thank the patrons.
Mrs. Frank billiard of Rutland will
have a family reunion Christmas at
which Charles Reed, George Reed and
daughter, DIR. Marsh, Mr.. and Mrs.
Irving Common and Mrs. Jennie billiard
expect to be present.
MANCHESTER DEPOT.
Neck scarfs, muillers and ur.lined
gloves at HeluePs, 34.2w
Judge Russell Dean is improving
and his friends hope for his recovery.
We give Henry Walkers house
wide berth for fear we will wake the
baby.
Henry Manley informs me that the
Norcross- West plant have over fifty
men on the job.
Mrs. Will Miller is able to be out
again after being confined to the house
Il few weeks by sickness.
Mrs. Merrill G.. Walker has come
to the home of her daughter, Mrs.
George Sexton, to live.
Andrew Hackett, a nephew of Mrs.
i. Kelley, has been spending few
days with relatives in town.
Parker Baldwin and Will Taylor
are Strengthening pigs to beat the band.
having made pork from about fifty for
their neighbors.
Ira Glover, who has responsible
position with the Norcross- West Mar
BILE Co. at Dorset. informs me that
there are a. men at work on the com
pany's quarry in Dorset.
John Gilfeather advertised his pig
born Easter Sunday as weighing 1903
lbs. Jay MeWain thinks that no great
shakes as his April pig weighed 334 lbs.
and hadn't got its growth yet.
From population of 1852 and a
liberal estimate, not over 100 or 200
people of this town attended church
last Sunday. Have we any need to
send money to foreign missions.
The Norcross-West Marble Co. are
putting in a foundation for another adj
dition 10 their already large establish
ment, to be 75xl05 feet. The line shaft
MS now heightened is nearly go feet
long.
Mrs. o. II. Danforth made short
call with her sister, Mrs. Il. l.. Taylor,
on her way home from Brattleboro,
where she has been spending a few
weeks with her daughter, Mrs. John
Manley.
Having occasion 10 call at the
town clerks Office lately, and noticing
the announcement rooms assigned TO
Clerk Shattuck for his business, it
would seem businesslike for this town
TO bnild town hall and at the same
time to provide quarters for the town
clerk of such description as would be
suitable for town like Manchester.
Hey' Instead Of building a court house
at Bennington. Suppose Manchester
build such a building on Nip" Cher
bonueau's vacant gravel pit, where il
viii best accommodate all sections of
the town on main line of travel, rather
bind our villages aud our interests and
break up partially this feeling that in
way separates US socially Il This same
room called announcement was occn-
pied by the old law firm Of Burton &
Munson for years and was large and