The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-12-29
December 30.
THE TRANSCRIPT.
ST. ALBANS.
Friday, Dee. 30. 1868.

been for the past four years, the reason
OF course being that It's rccurrenc,
finds our country again enjoying tn,
blessings of peace. The weather WA
delightfully."- pleasant for the season
and the little snow on the ground wa,
improved to its utmost capacity
Religious services were held Christ
mas Eve in the Episcopal and Catho-
lie churches, which were tastofully dec
Grated with evergreens. The atton-
dance at St Luke's church was quite
large. The rector the Rev. j. Isham
Bliss, preached an able discourse from
the text, BIT ,chca NE failacss or the
time ''as come, God sent FORM his son.
Gal., ", 4. We will not attempt to
give even an sbstract Of this excellent
sermon. Services were also held in
both of the above named churches ON
Christmas day, according to the usual
custom of these denominations.
The festival Of the Sabbath School
of the Congregational Society, held
ut their vestry room Christmas night,
was pleasant affair The rooms were
tastefully decorated with devices and
notices of various kinds 4 hand
some Christmas Tree yielded fruit
for all the scholars, who were al
SO furnished with cakes and othor
goodies. Excellent singing by the
scholars added much to the pleasures
of the evening.
The lecture by the Rev. S. D..
Brown, at Academy Hall, on We'd
nesday evening, was very well attend
ed. 1t was an able effort and elo
quently delivered Mr. Brown is
among the first of Pulpit orators in
the NJ. e. Church in tbis country
The house should have been crowded.
MIR. John b. Fletcher Of this Will
age killed a pig on Tuesday, the goth,
eight months old, that weighed three
hundred and ffty-two pounds.
Mr.. II. A. Hinkley has purchased
of Mr.. A. d. Smith his half interest in
the wooden factory at Swanton Falls
Mr. j. Russell Arlington has sold
out his interest in the firm Of Aiming
ton & Shattuck, to S. II. Stranahan,
late Paymaster of the Vermont Cen.
trail e. Vt g. Canada Rail Road. The
business will continue at the old stand
under the firm of Stranahan & Shat
tuck.
AT the annual meeting of Cham
pla Chapter, No l, of Free and Ac-
cepted Masons, St Adams, Dec. 20,
the following were elected officers for
the year ensuing:
G. NJ Hall, Swanton, High Priest
s. r. Day, So Adams, King; Samuel
Breck, St Adams, Scribe; A. II. Nun
yam, st. Adams, Treasurer; H. NJ.
Sowlcs, st. Altans, Secretary; j. p.
Fisk, st. Adams, Captain of the Host
s. Nj. McFailan, st. Alblns, Princi-
pal Sojourncr; NJ. T. Smith,
st. Adams, Royal Arch Capt; A. b.
Jewett, Swanton, Master 3D. Vail;
L. L. Holbrook, Milton, Master ID
Vail; Capt. s. i. Brown, Swanton,
Master LIST Vail; Joel. NJ. Wilcox.
Cambridge, Marshal; b. j. Bowers,
Swanton, Tyler; Park Davis, Charles
Stevens, G. j. Stannard, Committee Of
Finance
Stanton Frink Of Waterbury car
ried his wife to church last Sunday
and then went into the woods to cut
frewood- tree fell upon him and
crushed him SO that he died almost
instantly.
The gas-works in Rutland were
burnt on Saturday night, and those in
Pittsburgh on Friday night last. No
insurance.
AT All ecclesiastical council, con-
,ened Dec. 5, 1865, at the Congroga-
tional meeting house, Swanton Falls,
resolutions were adopted, at the re-
quest of Rev j. b. Perry, that under
existing circumstances the PASTORAL
re alton between himself and the
Congregational Church in Swanton,
be Dissolved and commencing him
TO the christian people and christian
Churches wherever bis future lot may
be cast
The assets of the Vermont Banks
are stated to be ten millions Of dol
lars.
IS. L. Goodell has purchased tn,
farm of Calvin Austin, adjoining thu
village Of Brandon, for $4,000 Their
is a valuable marble quarry on tia
farm which Mr.. Goodell contemplate
~ working next season.
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