Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-01-20
NEW HAMPSHIRE ITEMS.
Lancaster.


Owing to the unavoidable absence from
town of several of the officers of the
Coos and Essex Agricultural Society at
the present time, it has been decided to
adjourn the annual meeting (Which by the
constitution occurs on the second Tues
day of january to Tuesday, January
30th, at two P. NJ. The meeting will be
held at the town hall as usual.
In published list of officers of Sacra-
mento (Cal.) Lodge F. & A. M, we notice
the name of H. M. Blackwell, formerly Of
Gerham, which appears as S. D. Mr..
Blackwell is q member of North Star
Chapter and Commandery, and is well
known in this section. He has been in
California for two years past engaged in
the pursuit Of his vocation of mill-wright
in the car shop Of the G. P. r. R. Co.
The Republican County Convention was
held at the Lancaster House, last Thurs
day night. The Lancaster delegates were
all in attendance, and one, we believe,
from out of town; consequently, we pre-
sumo there were five votes cast. B. FL.
Corning was ClUseu President
and C. B. Allen, Secretary. The follow.
ing nominations were made: Register Of
Deeds-Burleigh Roberts of Milan; Com.
missioner - Thomas Clifford, Gorham
Treasurer-Miles Hobart, Columbia.
There was an unusually large attend
ance at the Academy Hall last Friday
night to listen to Col. KenG's lecture
The lecture occupied about thirty-fve
minutes in it's delivery and was closely
listened to by the audience. 1t consisted
of review of the important events o.
the past century, and consideration o.
day. The lecture was rendered doubly
interesting by the eloquent and patriotic
sentiments uttered by the speaker, anC
was roundly applauded at it's close. The
next lecture of the course will be deliver
cd by Rev. G. e. Harrington, on Friday
evening, January Goth.
At the annual meeting Of the White
Mountain Poultry Association held at the
American House, Jan. IL, 1877, the fol
lowing gentlemen, receiving majority Of
all the votes cast, were declared elected
for the ensuing year:
Prestdent-J. G. Crawford, Lancaster
Vice restdents-Edward Colby, Cole.
brook; W. E. Cone, Columbia; N. b.
Waters, Stratford; DR.. G. F. Wardwell
Gorham; Josiah H. Benton, Maidstone
p. A. G. w. Phipps, Milan; M. M. Eel
lows, Aaron Guernsey, Lancaster; N. r.
Perkins, Jefferson; Chas. Benton, Jr.,
Guildhall; Damon Snow, Lunenburg
David Aldrich, Whitefield.
Sccretary--W. Cone Mahurin, Lancaster.
Treasurer-E. V. Cobleigh, Lancaster.
Directors-L. H. Stevens, L. II. Parker,
Barnard Joslyn, Jas. w. Weeks, Jr., Lor-
en- Porter, Geo. Remission, Cyrus Batch
elder, Frank Be lows, Lancaster.
Committee-L. II. Stevens, L. II. Par
ker, w. Cone Mahurin.
SUNDAY SERvICEs.-Rev. G. E. Har-
rington preached Sunday morning from
the passage describing the condition OF
the church at Laodicea, which is repre-.
scented as "lukewarm," and compared its
condition to that of some of the churches
of the present day. Rev. A. L. Morey's
morning discourse was founded upor
Jereboam's plea for wickedness, found ir
Kings XII: 28, 'It is too much fol-
you to go up to Jerusalem" In the after
noon there was a union service at the
Congregational church; sermon by Rev
A. L. Morey. In the evening union ser
vices were held at the town hall, Rev
Mr.. Goodrich preaching clear, concise
and powerful sermon ON the reasons why
men are not led to Christ From step tc
step the argument was such as to produc
convictions in the reasoning minds, ant
doubtless will result in good.
THE POULTRY SHOW The first annual