The Portland daily press., 1873-12-30
Pennington Letter.
PENNINGTON, Dec. %, 1873.
A FEARFUL STORM.

PENNINGTON, Dec %, 1873.
A FEARFUL STORM
Saturday night commenced the worst storm
of the wiuter, and it continued without cessa.
ton all day yesterday. About eighteen inches
of snow have fallen, and high wind has piled
it into INDUSTRIOUS drifts. With this exception,
the storms thus far in the winter have been
light. and no gales to render roads impossible.
OUR SCHOOLS.
The Abbott Family School at Little Blue
which has been under the efficient manage
ment of Alden }. Blethen, esq.,, for the past
five years, will commence its spring season
January 18th. under new board of instruc-
tors. A. P, Kelsey, A. NJ, and Col. N C.
Goodenow of this place, are the new Principals
of the school. Trey will enter upon their
work with bright prospects, as they are both
we'll known and highly respected gentlemen.
The former has for several years east had
charge of boarding school for boys in Clinton,
NY.
The boarding school for girls at ''The Will
lows" closed very successful term last week;
forty pupils were in attendance we have been
informed The spring term of this school COM
mences January 6th and the prospect now is
that it will be more fully attended than last
term. very useful novelty at this school is
''French table," so called, e, one table at
meals where no language but French is spoken.
Miss L G. Belcher, the Principal, is much in
terested in her work.
Our State Normal School closes its fall term
January 10th, with public examination and
graduation exercises at its Close The gradual
ing class will be small this term-fOur in num-
ber This institution has been greatly benefit
ed the past term by the addition to its corps of
teachers of Mr.. j. Walter Stetson, former
graduate of the school.
The Wendell Institute begins January 9Th.
Rev. Jonas Burnham will have charge of the
department of ancient languages. This school
numbered fifty seven pupils at its last term.
ITEMS.
The Secretary of the Jay Cheese Company
informs US that their factory manufactured
eleven tons of cheese; milk for which was furn-
ished by 125 cows. The prospect is that 2OO
cows will furnish milk next season. The Off
GERS of the Company are 10 Reyes, Presi-
dent; J. o. Kyes, o. G.. Kyes, j. R. Leland,
Directors; N. L. Phinney, Secretary; Lorenzo
Kyes, Treasurer.
The ladies of the Congregational church are
about to start "Home Course of Lectures"
The first will be delivered January LIST, by Rev.
Edward Abbott of Boston.
Rev. Geo. N. Marden, pastor of the Congre
gational church, was to have preached yester-
day on "Creeds," but owing to the severe storm
no services were held at the church for the day.
We hear it rumored that a Project is being
started BY that society to revise the creed of the
church. and to make it more liberal in its con
struction.
Hay is selling for $12 to SIS per ton.
Boston has its Mystic, Portland has its Seba-
60, Pennington Falls is to have its Chestervile,
An association has been organized at the lat
ter place called the Pennington Falls Acque-
duct Association. The water is brought from
Chesterville, across the river. and carried to
those parties who desire it at the rate of fifty
gallons day for $40 year.
Pennington has sixty-five old maids. What
town shows better (?) record JACK