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STATE NEWS.
Religious Intelligence

Religious Intelligence
Congregational The Congregational
church and society, oi Barton, have unani-
mously voted to call Rev. Lawrence Phelps
to be their pastor. Installation services
will be held or Thursday, September 9Th
Nine were received to the church at Green
boro, Rev. Moses Patton, pastor, by confess
sion, and four by letter, August 4.-The
church and society of Danyille are erecting
a commodous parsonage.-The good people
in Huntington are enjoying the improved
appearance of their house of worship, which
ia made an ornament to the town by the
erection of new steeple. built through the
agency of the Ladies aid association con-
nected with the society the erection of
the new Congregational church, at Barton,
a debt of some three thousand dollars re-
NAMED unpaid until the present Summer.
But through the generous contributions of
members of the church and society. aided
by friends from outside, the debt has been
liquidated. Toward this object Mr.. T. C.
Kimbsll. of New York. paid $500. Gov.
Fairbanks, Col. Franklin Fairbanks. Thad-
deus Fairbanks and tho Rev. Henry Fair
banks, OF St. JOhnsbury, contributed 800
each.
Methodist: The members and friends Of
the West Concord church are taking active
measures to cancel their church debt.-The
interior of the Union church ut North
ThetfOrd has recently been painted and
whitewashed. and now presents q very neat
appearance. A good communion set has
lately been presented to the society BY Sis
ter church.-This is the season for camp
meetings, Within circle OF about twenty
five miles, taking in little of Canada,
three such meetings are projected for the
latter part of Angus. and the first of Sep
TENDER. Clarenceville, p. O., Franklin
and Georgia are the favored localities. The
nesting at franklin is one of two district
meetings for the St. Adams district of the
meeting is to be held at Morrisville, a
place at the extreme eastern limit of the
district; while that to be held at Georgia,
before mentioned. is local enterprise of
smaller note.
Baptist At largely attended meeting
Of tie Baptist society, of johnson, the re-
signation Of the pastor, Rev. B. F. Rattray,
which was rendered the committee several
weeks ago, was not accepted by a two
thirds vote.
General Notes.
A South Royalton youth, to prove to some
of his comrades that Paris green was not
poison, drank about half glass of the
liquid as he was using 1t to kill potato
bugs. An emetie unfortunately brought
him to.
Another mass meeting will be held at
Cornwall to ratify the temperance boiling
nominations made at the New Haven camp
grounds, and full list of candidates tor the
county temperance ticket will be placed in
nomination.
Quite a remarkable instance OF the IN
certain nature of investments in mineral
springs hotels is that Of the large and mag
nifcent Middletown Springs House, erected
q lew years ago at a cost OF over $50, 600.
The new resort was crowded with guests for
q season or two, but since then the pa from
age has steadily declined, and this summer
the hotel has not been opened to the public.
The whole property can now be purchased,
it is said, for $4,000.
Morrisville had sensation, the other
day. when Rev. E. W. West was arraigned
before committee of four on charge of q
peryersion of the Bible, libel and some
others, brought against him BY George j.
SlaYton. Mr.. West did not respond to the
speclhc cnarges, Dut curfru Two ----- o
more to testify to his good morals. Tho
decision was postponed until the 9th of
September.