The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1914-04-23

Miss Ihiids Of Main street, en-,
tertaincd her sister. Miss Harriet Z.
Childs, Of Attica, n, ". two days las,
week
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Aborn OF
New York. were in town Tuesday
going over plans for their new house
In the Hollow
Mrs. Sarah Council Of the South
District, was called out " town las,
week by the death Of James Me
Dewitt, Of Rutland.
Rollin Weeks Of Elm street, who
has been quite III. is slowly improv-
ing. DR.. Callahan Of Manchester
Center, attends him.
Miss Marion Wade Of Main street
who has been home for short vaca.
ton, returned Tuesday 10 her school
in Newark, n. j.
The fine, warm Sunday enabled
"Comrade" George Williams 10 sit out
on the porch, much TO the delight of
his many friends.
Gaylord Gates and a friend from
Hanover, N. H., were week end guests
" Rev. and Mrs. George H. Gilbert
Of the West Road.
MIR. and Mrs. Henry Hulsburg
and child Of Elm street, spent Sunday
in Dorset Hollow, the guests Of Mr..
and Mrs. +. A. Norton.
MIR. and Mrs. Merritt Phelps of
South Dorset, were callers at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Morris
n the Hollow" Sunday.
John S. Batchelder and family Of
Manchester Center, were Sunday
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. John Fisher
4 South Main street.
Mrs. w. +. Kent Of Kent Hill, "
md Palmer Boughton Of North Main
itreet, were in Manchester Depot and
enter last Friday, shopping.
Fred Wade Of Wells, was in town
sunday calling on relatives. His
mother, Mrs. Melissa Wade, returned
o Wells with him for short visit,
We are very sorry TO hear that
Mrs. George Baldwin of Dorset Hol-
ow, is very Ill and at present writing
is doubtful if Mrs. Baldwin will
recover.
Fred Norcross and Judson Car
penter were in Rupert Monday clip
ping horses. Fred does good work
and is securing all the business he
an attend TO-
r. d. Campbell, who has been Wis
iting in New York and Brooklyn,
returned Monday for short stay with
his parents before starting out on his
summers work.
"A. W, Phelon started in Monday
with J. NJ. Armstrong The. new firm
are going to give Dorset an up-to-
date store and by the first of May
will be ready to supply all who call.
Edwin Lef'evre Of New York was
in town Saturday and Sunday on bust
ness connected with his place on the
West Road. The family expects TO be
in Dorset about the first week in
June.
Mrs. S. S, Pratt of Brooklyn, N.
H., arrived Monday to attend to the
opening of her house on North Main
street. Mrs. Me1ighe will arrive to-
day to see to the opening of the cot
tage.
MIR. and Mrs. A. w. Harrington,
Jr., and Miss Harrington, who have
been in town for several days, re-
turned Monday to their home in Troy,
n Y. Miss Hill was also of the
party.
Mrs. Harvey Hodge Of Main
street, is seriously i'll and very grave
doubts of her recovery are enter
tanned Mrs Hawkins and Mrs.
Clara Pad dock. are taking care of the
the invalid.
Waldo b. Sykes of the North Dis
trict, is able to be out; but is still in
more or less crippled condition. Mr..
Sykes certainly had very narrow
escape from death, and we congratu-
late him on that escape.
"A new milk route will be started
soon, In fact is already started in a
small way. Ernest Edgerton is the
man and from what we hear he will
also be up-to-date in every particular.
Look for his circulars little later
Mr.. and Mrs. M. ID. Chapman of
North Main street, spent the week
end with their children in Manchester
Depot and Manchester Center. Mr.
Chapman, who has been indisposed
for the past week, is very much bet
ter.
Our old friend, Dighton Lee, re-
turned TO Dorset Sunday from Hart
ford, N. Y, where he has been with
his son, DR.. Robert Lee. Mr.. Lee will
work for Mr.. LeFevre this summer
and will board with Mr.. and Mrs.
Peter Mclaughlin in the South Dis
trict.
The many friends of Mrs. Walter
" Scott Of Buffalo, N. Y, will be
interested TO learn of the arrival of
little girl in their family last week.
Mrs. Scott, before marriage, was Miss
Elizabeth Waldo Of Watervliett, N. Y.
and was frequent visitor at the
home Of Mrs f. H West on the West
Road.
-lndiscriminate shooting on our
roads is serious offense. The man or
boy who was doing shooting last
week Wednesday on the West Road
should take warning and refrain from
target practice in public places. A
bullet in the school house and another
through little boys cap might have
been case of "manslaughter."
we nave DttH informed over the
telephone that our genial town treas
urer, Clifton 7. Kent, has been pre-
sented with 1914 Ford auto. At
present Brother Kent is spending all
his spare time learning how to handle
the "Fractious Steed." We congrat-
ulate him on his good fortune and
hope that when he learns the ropes"
we will have the pleasure Of a trip
in the machine.
H. n. Morse, secretary of the
Bennington County Improvement
Association. will give stereopticon
lecture In the West Road school
house Thursday ttonight) evening.
the 23rd, at 1880. Admission will be
Ten Cents and the proceeds viii be
used for the improvement Of the
building and grounds Of the West