Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-04-26
sTATE NEWS.
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.


RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
Gospel meetings have been held at West
Derby, with gratifying degree of success.
Misses TOwnsley and Buck nave concluded
their two-weeks' lshors at Windsor, and are
now holding series of meetings at High
gate.
Mrs. l.. NJ. Seymour, OF Middebury, bas
presented to St. Stephen church brass
Cross, in memory of hef daughter Mary,
and pair OF brass candlesticks in memory
of her son Epsphro.
Mrs. Horatio N. Bull, Of Hancock, has
offered tho rent free Of good cottage
dwelling-houss and barn, with about three
acres Of land, to Rev. r. SAnderson, pastor
of tho Methodist church, if he will live
there the ensaing year.
In the Congregational churches we note
the following changes in pastOratcs: Rev.
R. D. Miller, OF Hartford. Rev. T. S Hub
bard, Of Rochester (wheIe be has lived for
nine years., and Rev. james Hay. of
Georgia, have completed their engage
ments. Rev. Henry Slack, Of Chester.
has resigned his pastorats and will spend
year in Europe. Rev. C. A. Foss is call
ed to the church at Pawlet, and Rev. Will
liam Gay. Ct Georgetown. Mass. to that at
Pomtret. Rev Henry Marien, mission
airy from Turkey. who has supplied the
church in Dummerst9n for some months
past. is urgently invited to return at once
to the Central Turkey Mission.
Rev. A. N. Clark, of Royals,On, Mass.
at East Hardwick.
In the Trey Conference, Friday, great
sensation was caused by personal state
ment made by the Rev. j. \. Savage, Of
Poutney. With considerable emotion Mr..
Savage rose and said: Three years ago
certain heresies attracted my attention and
commanded my sympathes. In these here
sizes | have since become confirmed. and |
do not feel that | can longer remain in q
church which in harmony with other Evan
gelical churches is in mes: positive and un-
relenting hostility to this pernieious dogma.
| therefore ask the privilege OF Withdraw
ing from the ministry and membership of
the Methodist Episcopal church" lie then
surrendered his parchments of ordination,
and, on motion. was granted a certificate
Of withdrawal, signed by the Bishop.
GENERAL NOTES.
Pomiret has ne'er O doctor or lawyer.
Pownal has a large-sz.d anti-tobacco
society.
An East Mddlebury farmer has already
sowed fourteen acres Of rye.
\ 23-pound pickerel was caught near
North Hero, the other day.
Mdd.ebury amateurs arc playing Gold
smiths comedy. "She Stops to Conquer"
DR.. Royal NJ. Aver. of Danvile, died
April IA, of pneumonia. agei &c years. lie
was native of Maine, but had practiced
medicine in Danyille since 1889.
A man visited Cistlstoa last week who
resided there through 1873. IA and Is and
found not 4 person living in the village
who was in it at that time He is so years
old
The Messrs. Fairbanks. of St. JOhusbury,
are filing large order tor scales received
from Russia and South America. One
thousand and thirty scales were made at
the factory last week.
At Brandon, Saturday, was laid the cor
ner-stOne of the building erected for the
Farmers club by Col N t. Spraguc. The
exercises included addresses by Col. Sprague,
Prof. j. 5. Cilley, s. p. June. E. Ii. Girls
void and Col. Ii. H. Merritt.
In the Washington county court, Situr-
day, divorce was refused to both parties |
in ha It, ,I,,
case of Lane vs.. Lane. In the case of |
Oriila Foster VS.. William Foster, Mrs. |
Foster was given s. GOO alimony and an |
equal sum In trust Tor the children.
At Putney, the other day, Norman l.. |
Jelts went 10 the house where his ex-wiie |
and children were staying. and attempted |
to remove them by force. The neighbors
took hand in, and the result was that one
Charles Martin got his mouth enlarged three |
inches, by an axe. Jets now l,nguishes
in jail, in default OF 81 900 bail.
VIM. p Horne, of St. Juhnsbury, was
wounded in the lett shoulder by musket
ball at the charge on Fort Wagner, South
Carolina, in 1863. the ball breaking the col
lar bone. and passing down near the first |
rib. Ii was extracted only last Wednesday,
being taken from between the ninth and
tenth ribs, about fourteen inches from the
place where it entered. The bal il in
battered condition and weighs almost an
ounce.
Horace Lapham. of Shorcham died, tho
other day, at the age OF 90, leaving farm
of eleven hundred acres. and an estate of
SIS, 900. Who says farming dOcsn't pay.
NJ. c. uuliug, well-knoWu business
man of Bennington, and it, representative
in the last Leg islature, is shortly to remove
h. 4
tence there.
Over at Barnard, Thursday, tramp made
things lively for u while Oar correspon-
dent writes A Young woman By the name
Of Morgan was out in the grove or bushes
near her house. looking for turkeys eggs,
" hen she was suddenly assaulted by a
tramp. and thrown upon the ground.
W hilo he was endeavOrlng to gag her with
his handkerchief, her husban d, who was
plOughlng near by but out OF sight, hearing
her screams ran to her rescue. but before ho
resched the spot the scOuhdrel saw him and
by three balls from revOlv-
sr, which, however, did not take effect. At
forwards the tramp entered house IN the
anne neig hborhOOd, and called for some
hing to eat. A neIghbOr, seeing him en- ,
or, followed him into the house, and at
tempted to close the door and prevent his
,scape, but tho tramp was too quick for
him. knocking MIN down and taking TO the
woods lie has not been found, though
pursuit was made.
The failures are announced of George ,
5aiey, of Chelsea, farmer, aud Alouzo Craa-
hall, of East Hnrdwick.
Barre has one hundred and twenty-seyen
men over sixty years of age, fitty-seven over
evenly. and twelve over eighty.
Over ut Craftsbury it has been decided that
woman cant hold the Office OK Superin-
endent of schools, and the selectmen have I
ppolnted II man To fill the position, in place I
II the lady originally chosen.
At Mount Holly, the other day. n father 5
orbade his daughters marriage and she and
Ter mother and lover lit out aud took refuge
With neighbor. Here the girl saved her
Intended from tar-apd-feather suciable by
ildlns HIM in chest and the marriage 7
CEREMONY was finally performed. The tho is
hen went home and turned the old man ont
t doors, and he still remains in that in
lement region, while within, the honey p
loon is proceeding in an Unspeakably .lus- N
lous way.
A Bristol man has Just sent two tons OF -
laple sugar to Texas Thus do Vermont n
leas permeate the nation.
The phonetic Woodstock Age talks about
our daugnran y meaning We supnOsC |