Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-07-05
STATE NEWS,
Religious Intelligence

Among the Baptist churches we note the
following Rev. A. s. Gilbert, who has
been pastor of the Baptist church at Mont
gomery Centre the past five years, has ac-
cepted unanimous call to the pastorate Of
the church at lIinesburgh- Rev. Z. A.
Johnston has entered upon the pastorate Of
the Ludlow Baptist church.-Rev. W. S.
Lawton, pastor at Mount Holly, has been
expelled from tie Baptist church by vote
OF 30 to 1.-THE Rutland Baptist Sabbath
school celebrated its Goth anniversary, the
other day. The records show that there are
now 10 classes, and membership of 260.
Congregational At a council called
June I9, to install Rev c. f. Gordon. OF
Rockville, Conn, as pastor Of the church at
East Hardwick, Rev. ii. W. Jones preach
ed tho sermon, and Rev. Z. I. Fairbanks
gave the charge to pastor, and right hand.
Quite extensive alterations and repairs have
been made in the church ediEce, and repairs
on itho parsonage have begun.-Rev. j. 7.
ClOsson, recently Of the Second Church in
Deer Isle, Me-. is engaged as stated supply
at Fsirlee and North Thetlord Tho church
in Westfeld for the last three years has
shared with the church in Lowell the
pastoral services of Rev. f. Il. Phelps. As
he resides IN Lowell, the Westfeld par
sonage is now rented by Rev. Mr.. Evans. of
the Methodist church. Both Of these church,
es have recently received considerable ac
cessiOns to membership. the Congregational
receiving fourteen June ,, all but two by
confession. Mr.. W. +. Blackman, of Yale
Seminary, supplies at Bridgewater during
the Summer vacation, and Mr. Archibald
Hidden, his classmate, at Simonsvllle. Rev.
Mr.. Jennings. of Bennington, will preach
quarter of a century commemorative dis
course on the first Sabbath in July. which
will be the twenty-fiith anniversary Of his
first public services then as pastor elect.
The Rev. K. T. Searle and the Rev. 5. W.
Magill have resigned the pastorates of the
churches at Windsor and Cornwall respect
lively. Rev. r. 5. Cross has Just completed
two years service at st. Johnsbury Centre,
and is shortly to go West.
General Notes.
Mrs. c. s. Parker, of Elmore, picked
full blown, well developed rose from an
apple tree in her garden, and Mrs. Charles
Clark has one picked from an apple tree in
their orchard, OF the largest size, requiring
a large tumbler to hold it. Ii grew on
stem containing cluster of well developed
fruit.
A carrier pigeon recently flew from Potter
Place, N. H., TO ROyalton, liz this State, in
IS minutes, the distance being IS miles.
A gentleman driving down from the Up
per Winooski, on Monday, says the finest
and best grown piece of field corn he saw
between Marshfeld and Burlington was on
the farm tf Judge William Martin. in
Plainfeld and in general, as he approach
ed the lake, the smaller and moro yellow
the corn appeared.
Forest Fisk, who it was thought was the
victim of foul play because of his ''mysteri-
Gus disappearance from Rutland, few
days ago, was formerly a respected resident
OF WoodfOrd. The matter has now been
Investigated, and it is quite definitely
believed that Fisk has left for parts IN
known because of financial embarrassments
and Indebtedness.
There are living on Gould Hill, in East
Montpelier. Mr.. Simeon Gould and wife,
whose ages are respectively ninety-seven
and ninety-one years. They have been mar
ried seventy years and lived on this same
farm during that time. They have several
children living. all of whom are over sixty
years Of age. Their oldest son, Hiram
Gould. is sixty-nine and resides with them.
Up to year ago, Mr.. Gould was able to
read without glasses and go out about the
place. but is now quite feeble but able to
get about in the house. His wife is quite
smart. being able to do considerable work
about the house.
The town of Worcester is in fever of ex-
citement over the finding Of portions of the
remains OF q young woman in q hog pen.
They were FIRST discovered by two men,
while carting of manure, the men not be-
coming aware OF the fact until they had dis
tributed mutilated members of the corpse
in different parts of u corn field. DR..
Chauncey Hunt, the alleged responsible
party for the saeTilege, is said to have told
his friends two stories in attempting TO ac
count for the matter. The first was that he
received tho body from a medical college for
the purpose of prosecuting his researches in
anatomy, and finding that the flesh had not
decayed sufficiently from the bones he So
GREETED it in the hog pen. The second is that
it came from an unknown source. and in
such state OF putrefaction that the stencil
was intolsrable. and he laid it there to get
rid of it. The hogs. then, while investigat
ing their pen, came across the box. rooted
it open, AMI began deSouring the remains.
scattering them about the pen, and leading
to the discovery.
The Tribune. in paragraph commencing
Henry HarrisOn's pictures of the moon
which have teen placed on exhibition, in
New York, thus tells Us why the orb of
night is attractive:
For no one never gets tired Of the moon.
Goddess that she is by dover of her eter-
nal beauty, she Is q true woman by her
tact-knOws the charm Of being seldom
seen. of coming by surprise and staying
but little while; never wears the same
dress two nights running, nor all night the
same way cOmmendS herself to the matter
of-iact people by her usefulness, and makes
her usefulness udored by poets, artists and
all lovers in all lands lends herselfto every
symbolism and to every emblem, IN Diana 5
bow and Ncbu,'s mirror and Mary's throne;
is a sickle, a scarf, all eyebrow, his face or