Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-02-05
AARON BALL.
LAURETT BALL.
COVENTRY.

COVENTRY.
A FAITHFUL PAsToR.-The statistics
of Rev. T. W. Dickinson anniversary
sermon, were published in the Newport
Express, and we find the following COM
ments thereon in the Troy (Alabama)
Messenger, of Jan. II:
1--WE seldom meet with better record
of faithful and efficient pastoral labor,
in these times of spiritual lethargy, than
that made by the Rev. F. W. Dickinson,
pastor of the Calvinistic Congregational
Church at Coventry, Vt. He preached
his first anniversary sermon few weeks
since, from which we learn that during
the past year there has been great har-
mony and hearty cooperation in church
and society. The church has paid up a
debt of three years standing; purchased
an organ established meetings in five
districts in town, and in one maintain
meetings once a week all the year, and
some of the time two a week The church
has raised, and expended S1935.7O (be-
sides paying the church debit which is
$775.4O more than last year, and is now
free from any incumbrance. The pastor
has preached l65 sermons, visited 15l
different families. made AT pastoral
visits, attended 10 funerals, and solem-
nized l6 marriages. Thirteen families
have been added to the congregation
and 30 conversions reported. The church
has lost within the last two years 81
members by death, IA by dismission
and one by communication. The pres
ent number of families in the congrega-
ton is ll8; persons resident connected
with the congregation, 800; average at
tendance of congregation 1873; increase
over last year, Il; whsle number Of be-
levers, 1911 number of believers not
members of the church So; number
communing not members of church, %
number of believers not communing no.
members of the church, 80; whole mum
Der of communicates. 1873"
CRAFT'SBURY.
Henry Whitney has sold the past sea
son. from eight COWS, 1900 lbs of butter
besides using what was needed in a fam
lily of four and some of the time five
The COWS have had no meal, but wha
hay they have had was early cut. |
; any one has done better we should lik
to know who it is
The following is the discussion befor
the Farmers Club Tuesday evening, jar
23rd: TopIC-How shall we best in
7 prove our wet lands.
l. d. R. Collins. l have not ha
any experience in improving wet lane
t but gave an account of three acres
S land OWNED by Mr. Anderson of Glove
: an account of which appeared in til
e Standard some time since. The Ian
e produced a small crop of poor hay.
|, the time he drained one half of it.
e made an estimate that if he had put h
It drains twenty feet apart, his two fir
d crops would have paid him for drainir
y the whole piece, and | thought the est
y mate rather low.
s. ~. Root On all our farms we fiji
Il. a good deal of wet land which does n
IL produce a good quality of hay. HI
I'd shall we improve this so that we M
a get better hay and more of it? If !
~ can get rid Of the acidity in the soil
in shall have the desired effect, and Il
lg can only be done by draining 0
meadows we cannot underdrain, but q
lie wet land we can as rule. If we COT
in get tiles we could drain cheaper.
g, my meadows | have shallow, open drat
let and the quality and quantity of grass
in improved. If we would underdrain
ur should improve our farming very mu