The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1912-01-25

4At NfAAta& AtfAfF ~ aNth
Grammar Department " the val-I'
at me home ~ bis grandparents
school met With Maats t.oiF wade
Mr. and Airs John Fisher lssi Frl-
day night After Tie reading hupr
aud the business meeting ~ which
Officers we're elected and name
selected, refreshments werc served.
and short social time enioycd
The following were elected Pres
Miss Maud MITCHELL .lcen pres iiaf-
ley hanley; secys Miss GIadys
crandall The name selected was
The Grammar school Debating
Ciub
The Housewives Fair aill %
held Wednesday evening. Feb 2l5
aid In the afternoon and evening Of
Thursday the 22nd Il promises Ia
be more than Fair as several in-
toresting competitions have been
arranged, and other features 10
anluse and instruct the visitors. The
Committee met IN Grange Hal last
Wednesday night during q recess
of the Grange meeting. Nino OF
the twelve ladies were present. and
Judging from their faces, and the
snbdued whispering from their cor.
Ter, there viii be something doing
Feb. 2lst and 22nd
We take the following from
he Hartford correspondence III ihc
Granville Sentinel, relative 10 the
ate Mrs w n. Dunton. In Hart
toid, on the evening Of January 6.
lassed into rest after long weeks
4 suffering. Mrs. Elizabeth Dunton,
widow OF Major w. X. Dunton O
Dorset Born in Dorset of good rev.
lationaiy ancestry and marrying iu
1862, she accompanied hor hus5anC
u the changes incident TO war and
.ollowing that twenty-five years IA
he regular army. Stationed al arm,
}ostl IN the frontier her expcrien-
sea were those seldom allotted to
adde's. A member Of the Epacopa
,hurch since childhood, algo a mem.
Der Of Daughters of American Rev.
Jlution, Woman's Relief Corps Wo.
aan's Christian Temperance Union
md Order Eastern Star. A faithful
gife and mother and a kind frlent
he win be missea by q large circle.
Jnc son, Samuel w. Dunton OF De
rot. Mich. and one daughter, Mrb.
5ohn u Palmer of Hartford. al
whose home she was kindly cared
or, arc left 10 mourn her death.
SeiN ices We're held Monday, Jan. s,
/ the home Of her daughter, con.
lucttd by Rey L II. Randall Of
Poultnoy Services at Dorsot Jan. 8.
conducted by Rev. George II. Gil.
1ert. and interment In &eplo Hill
cemetery, Dorset.
4 Dorset Boy In Delaware.
Richard l.. Campbell who, since
he closing Of h'a college course,
has been with the Warren Brothers
Company OF Boston. makers OF the
'Bitulithic" pavement. is at pre-
sent located at Georgetown. Della
ware, where his company Is engag-
I'd in laying sample of their pave
ment In competition with four Other
concerns who are all striving to Sc
cure the full contract of the Du
FONT road which will traverse the
state from end TO end, distance of
almost 100 miles The Warren
Brothers Co.. have about a mile
and quarter TO lay, and stretch
of swamp TO fill in and cross. The
last mentioned is about six miles
out OF Georgetown and is quite
1lffieult piece of work. To be
sure that the work is done as ii
should be. those in charge have
mad a shack erected close to the
swamp and Will live there TIL the
work Is completed There viii be
'ix living In the woods. the super
htendent, two engineers, two fore
men, and the cashier-report clerk, |
Fho is II. d. Campbell. The indl- |
'ations are that they will camp out |
or several months, and viii receive
III the benefits Of living IN the |
woods, and at the same time be on
he Job to see that the work is pro-
'efly done. Dicks letters home are
,ery interesting, and his descriptions
u the towns and the surrounding
'ouhtfy give one a very good idea
u now other people are living. Ills /
lours for work vary from eight TO
ixteen, and several times when
hey were rushing work and keeping
'angs going all night Dick took HIS
urn at all night work. At the same
ime he manages TO enjoy the So
iai side OF life and has become ac-
with some very nice people
gho make II more than pleasant for
i'm The extreme cold last week