Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-21
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sermon at the Advent church at Paddocks
village next Sunday.
ii. Q. Lucas has sold his flour and meal
business to II. $. Steady, who has lately
been driving McLeods team.
The Dartmouth, the literary publication
Of Dartmouth college, has q. A. Willard of
this place for one Of its editors.
A. r. Ilovoy and NJ. II. Russell are ship.
ping butter by express to Boston, which nets
them from 30 to 3S cents per pound.
A piece of steel broke out of large shear
at the scale shops, one day last week, and in
It's flight injured the face and hand of John
Terney
Work at the new water works, is being
carried forward with dispatch, the wheels of
the pump having been placed in the wheel
pit, and the pump house having begun to go
up.
Speaking of the insurance agent, L. p.
Frank, the Burlington Sentinel says: This
L. p. Frank left Burlington without paying
his bills, and we should not be surprised to
hear that he is ION the beat" elsewhere.
Jerry Drew has sold his interest in the
Bryant livery stable, which he purchased of
George Ward last week, to G.. II. Holman,
formerly engineer on the p. Il o. road for
about S2400. The firm now stands, Bryant
& Holman.
AT donation last Sunday Father Bsis-
sonnault realized something like 5000, which
was very acceptable in view Of notes shortly
coming duo. Within two years the church
has owed Sl2 900 which the present priest
has decreased to $4,000.
The 57th anniversary of the establish
ment Of the order of Odd Fellowship in
America occurs next week, and there will
be exercises at the hall, and an address by
f. A. Kidder of Manchester, N. H., on
Tuesday evening, the 25th.
Amos Belknap sought to turn last Friday
into a day of intemperance and excess, and
was thereupon arrested and lodged in jail
lie was tried on Monday, fined So and costs,
in all SlS.33, and recommitted, but the fine
was afterward arranged and Amos liberated.
A FIRE in H. Cowderys barn near the
Odd Fellows block at noon yesterday
Thursday was quickly extiuguished hav.
Ing just started. Hay, matches, boys and
an unsightly barn, minus doors and win
dows, behind house in keeping with the
rest
Last SATURDAY, S. A. Moore of Wells Riv-
CT, bid of the stock Of clothing in the store
on the Plain lately attached by himself, and
has put in his son John A. Moore to sell it
and run the store. John is selling the goods
at very low prices and doing a cash bust
ness, aud we most heartily wish him success.
The baggage and passenger cars of the
accommodation train, going westward, Jump
ed the track near Miles pond on Wednesday
morning. No injuries were sustained by the
passengers who came to this place on the
engine and platform car. The upheaval of
the road bed by frost is assigned as the
cause Of the accident.
Geo. +. Howe, master mechanic Of the p.
& o., met with an accident Tuesday night
which by good fortune was not fatal. 1t
appears that while the train was moving he
jumped in an opposite direction, striking the
connecting-rod with force enough to break q
rib. Doubtless his conviction is that the
tender is not so gentle thing as it might be.
The bids for ditching for the new water
pipes were opened last Saturday, and the
job awarded to Joseph Trudell, the lowest
bidder, at 1914 per rod. There were
twelve bids as follows j. NJ. Hancock
s4.95; S. s. Thompson, $500; j. S. Cor
liss, $500; r. d. Harvey, 1918; N. NJ,
Johnson, S3.45; b. l.. Hastings S3.43; j.
N. Gale, s3.42; s. ID. Lawrence, 1887
ii. C. Danforth, 1925; Luke Buzzell.
1925; H. G. Hastings, 500; Joseph Tru-
dell, 1914. Trudel has furnished ample
bonds in the sum of $4,000. There are six
miles and 81 rods ditching to be done which
will cost S5362.
The thirty second session of the Vermont
annual conference was called to order by
Bishop Ames at nine O'Clock a. M, Wednes-
day morning, the preliminary examination
of candidates having taken place on Tues.
day. An unusually full attendance is re.
ported Communion service was held aud
brief addresses made by j. p. McGee, Drs
Lindsay, Vincent and Knox during the fore.
noon. At one p. m, an extra session met tc
present statistics and benevolent moneys
The sermon in the North Church by DR.
Vincent on Sabbath school methods was the
topic of the day, being discourse Of much
originality and power. Rev. Mr.. Scott
preached the semi-centennial sermon in the
evening. His subject was the law of devel
opment. Mr.. A. T. Billiard, connected fol
45 years with the conference, followed with
pertinent remarks. After a prayer meeting
Thursday morning the Bishop called the con
ference to order. Several brethren who haC
served their probation were admitted int
the conference as a representative CT thu
state convention Of Congregational churches