Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-01-13


Youngest son of the late johnson
Chamberlin, who has been in tn
army for the past five years, is a
the home of his mother in Newbury
The next Sociable will be helt
ct Lewis r.. McDuffee's next Tues
day evening, Jan. 16. Free convey
ance from the village. All are cor
dialfy invited.
"A last Spring pullet Of the Ply
mouth breed, belonging to MIR. p
O. Huntington of Washington, laid
an egg recently which measured 81
by 81 inches.
MIR. David Eastman, who su'
perintends the setting of the cele'
bratel Fairbanks scales in various
parts of the country, ia in town tor
a few weeks. His headquarters at
present are at Buffalo, N. Y.
The third Quarterly Meeting
service, for this Conference year,
will occur at the NJ. Il. Church next
Sabbath. Love Feast at 10 A. M. to
be followed by preaching and sacra-
mental service. Rev. j. ID. Bee
man, Presiding Elder will officiate.
Mr.. G. II, Harding started for
South Carolina Friday last. His
many friends here and elsewhere
hope to see him return in the Spring
greatly improved in health. There
are too few enterprising business
young men in our village, to spare
any of them.
The meetings which have been
held iu the Congregational Church
during the week have been largely
attended. Considerable religious in.
terest has already been manifested
among the young people composing
the audience. The Nethodists join
heartily with the Congregationalists
in the good work, knowing that in
"Union is strength"
The following is the programme
for the meeting of the Lyceum, to
be held at Town Hall, OH Monday
evening next: Music under the d.
rection of Mr.. Joseph Tibbetts dec
lamation, Walter Osborne; recita-
ton by Della Stevens; reading by
Carrie Stevens; discussion, CUES
ton, Resolved, "That voting should
be restricted to those who can read
and WRITE" Aft, Geo. E. Brown
and B. F. Stanton. Neg, j. B.
Kinney and Il. G. Day. Paper by
Misses Clement and Waterman.
The arbitrators, Judge Strick
land and Albert Bailey, Esq, to
whom were referred the long lett
gated Sampson Wallace suits,
made their award Jan. 4th. In the
suit George w. Sampson VS. Fran.
els A. and Ruth Wallace, for Sian
der, each party is to pay his own
costs; in each Of the other two suits,
one for an assault and the other for
Islander, the defendant Sampson re-
CO vers his costs.
The following statistics relat-
ing to tho Congregational Society
are gathered from the !" Pastoral
Greeting" of the Rev. L. Fl. Elliot !:
Deaths, A; Dismissals, 4; Addi.
tions, ~; Resident Members, lao /;
Absent Members, 20; Average
Congregation, 1914 Average atten-
dance in Sunday School, 81. Con-
tributions: Home Missions, SS4.6S !;
Freedmen, $62.7O; Foreign Mission,
S47.65; Woman's Board, $500 !;
Bible Society, 24.Os; Gospel Work
ers, PATS. Total, $26S.89.
AT the adjourned meeting of
the Fire District held Monday even
ing, the taxes of various persons
were abated for good and sufficient
reasons. A vote was passed to pay
e. ROwell S1O for services as Stew
ard during the year. 1t was voted
to raise q tax of IL cents on the
dollar to defray current expenses
and apply towards the Indebtedness
of the district. Eugene Leavitt was
excused from serving as collector
and H. c. briggs was chosen in his
place. The collector ia to receive
per cent. for services. The indebt-
edness of the district Jan. 1, 1877
was e496.63.
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