The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-11-18

ing to make st. Adams a thriving and
prosperous place, in which it would
be pleasant TO reside and pass the
days of ones earthly pilgrimage.
The arbitration between Oscar A.
Burton and Alanson NJ Clark, which
was pending before Messrs. Asahel
Peck, Lucius b. Peck, and Frederic f.
Woodbridge, at Burlington, at the time
of the late raid on st. Adams, and was
suspended by that daring outrage
will be resumed at Burlington, on
Monday, Nov. 2sth,
The original poem in the last
VERMONT TRANscRIPT, from the gifted
pen of Mrs S. A. W., has attracted
very general admiration. We are
glad to be the medium of presenting
such poems to the reading public. The
next number of the TRANscR1pr will
contain another poem from the same
pen, which viii be very welcome to
our increasing circle Of readers
AT st. Adams on Sunday previous
to the presidential election, the Rev.
Pliny II. White preached at the Con
gregational Church, and the Rev J. 0.
Skinner at the Universaist Church
The Rev. j. Isham Bliss ohiciated at
St Lukes Church In the evening
the Rev. ID ". Dayton preached to a
crowded house at the Methodist chap
el, timely sermon upon the duties of
Christian voters in the present crisis
At the close of the sermon, which was
listened to with great interest, a hymn
was sung to popular tune, Mrs Bar
rett presiding Mt the melodeon and sus-
tanning the solo and the congregation
joining heartily in the chorus.
Mrs Clarssa Davis Worthington,
the first child born in Montpelier,
died at Irasburgh, November 10th, in
the 10th year Of her age.
There was a splendid torch light
procession at Burlington, on the night
Of November 18th, and a ike process
ion viii be held at Montpelier on the
night Of November 18th
The concert given by the Allie
ghaneans and Swiss Bell-ringers, at
Academy Hall, Nov. 14th was largely
attended, but several, not greatly de-
lgted, left before the entertainment
was ended.
Dennis Bushee, of Manchester,
Vt, while unloading barrel of cider
from a wagon, broke his leg below the
knee, Nov. 9th.
Hon. F. f Woodbridge, on his way
home from New York, voted at East
Dorset, for President The train was
stopped long enough to let him vote
--Serenus Swift, Esa, of Manches-
ter, Vt, eldest brother Of the late
Hon Benjamin Swift Of St Adams,
and Hon. Samuel Swift, Of Middle
bury, cast his eighteenth vote for Pres
ident, Nov Sth, 1864. He first voted
for John Adams in l796, and has vo-
ted at every presidential election since
He is the Oldest living graduate of
Dartmouth College.
The lady who was accidentally
shot at Richford, by neighbor, was a
native of Newport, Vt She was Mrs.
Mercer Hamilton, wife of Mr. Daniel
Hamilton, soldier in the Union ranks.
She was the daughter of A. A. Adams,
Esq, of Newport, and the sister of Ira
A. Adams, Esq, the representative
from Newport. For these facts we are
indebted to the Newport Republican,
the new administration paper just
started at Newport, under circumstan-
ces that promise to ensure success.
The fifteenth annual meeting of
the Vermont Teachers Association, of
which the Rev. Pliny II. White, of
Coventry, is President, will be held at
St Adams, on Tuesday, the 10th day
of January, 1865. The last meeting
was held at Montpelier, and the hospi-
tahty of the people of that town was,
as usual, unbounded and cordial. st.
Adams will probably make an effort to
initiate Montpelier in that sort of we'll
doing.
Although engines and freight cars
can pass over the Vermont and Cana
ia Junction railroad from st. Adams
to st. Johns, yet it is not ready for
passenger traffic, and will not be, prob
ably before Christmas. The unpro-
| pitious rains, which have prevailed for
the last two months, have retarded the