Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-04-30

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The DEATH or Hos. JpEL ALLEN
We regret 10 learn Of the death Of Hon
Joel Allen OF North Hero, which occurred
on the 18th inst, after an illness of three
i or four weeks, OF pneumonia. Mr., Allen
has long been known and regarded on th,
/ Island as one OF its valued and esteemed
/ citizens. He was born in Ashfeld, Mass,
in l,9s, and at the early age of nine years,
removed with his brothers to Grand Isle
The facilities for acquiring an education
being limited to a district school-and he
\ aspiring to a more thorough c0ursc-hc
! placed himself under the instruction OF
Parson Lyon, a man Of eminent literary
attainments, where he obtained tho
rough and practical education. At the
age of twenty-four, in january, 1872, he
married Lucy Clapp, daughter of Reuben
aud Celinda Clapp, of Grand lsle-a lady
well fitted to be his companion--and re-
moved to North Hero, where they hav,
since resided. Mr.. Allen was eminently
a public spirited man, engaging in matter
Of public interest, with as much energy
and ayidity, as in his own personal affairs
and his reputation in this respect, TO-
gcther with his judgment and good sense
has often placed him in positions of public
trust.
BY this melancholy event a large circle
of family friends are bereayed, but they
do not grieve alone. Through his four.
eoro years Judge Allen had acquired al
wide public acquaintance and many
friends, who will mingle their sympathie,
/ with afflicted relatives and share in the
general regret But a brief period separ-
ates the departure of two of Grand Isle
County's most respected citizcnS-Hon
Samuel Adams and Hon. Joel Allen--
men, earnest and influential FOR good
whose memory will be tenderly cherished
1 BAPTIsTs IN NERMoNT.-Therea are seven
associations in Vermont, containing one
hundred and ten churches, with an aggre-
gate membership of S,2G0. There arc
ninety-fve ministers, twenty-one of them
being without PASTORAL charge. Several
ministers have charge of more than one
church. Thenumber of baptisms reported
during the year was six hundred and thir-
ty-eight; of these forty-six were at Bur
lington, thirty at Fairfax, thirty at West
Pawlet, and twenty-eight a Dover. Only
three churches report more than two hun
dred members each, viz. Grafton, two
hundred and four, Townsend two hundred
and thirty-nine, and Fairfax two hundred
and eighty-fve. Twenty-three have be-
tween one and two hundred each, forty
five have from fifty to one hundred each,
and thirty-nine have less than fifty men,
bers each. Twenty-nine of the churches
date their organization in the eighteenth
century OF these, the oldest are Guild
ford, Sharon and Walhngford, which was
organized in 1880. Sixteen churches re-
ceived aid Of the Convention to the aggre-
gate amount of S2,750 A missionary
agent for the State is also employed.