Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-01
About Town.

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the Church of the Messiah next Sunday.
THE CAPITAL GUARDS held their first meeting
since the muster tomorrow Thursday evening.
REFRESHMENTS will be provided for those in at
tendance at the meeting of Post Brooks next
Tuesday evening.
MIR. WILLIAM HoRNBRooK cut his hand at his |
slaughter house, not seriously but sufficiently to
lay him up for day or two,
A PARTY of about forty from Montpelier at
tended a clam bake at Summit Park, on the line |
of the Wells River road yesterday They report
a pleasant time
Miss CLARA b. DEWEY has returned from New
York, where she has purchased the fall stock Of
millinery goods for Hinkley & Best, and will re-
sumo work Immediately.
THE butter market of Saturday kept up the
buoyancy of the previous week, and butter was
firm at sixteen to eighteen cents for diaries and
twenty cents for fall-made.
THERE will be meeting the Womans Chris
tian Temperance Union in Bethany chapel next
Thursday afternoon Mt two o'clock. full at
tendance is very much desired
DIR. j. r. WOODWARD, who was poisoned at the
amputation of the limb of James Wade week be-
fore last, is very low, and serious fears enter
tanned that he will not recover.
REV. N. FELLOWS, pastor of the Methodist
church, gave very able temperance lecture on
Sunday evening last. 1t was well attended, and,
we trust, will be productive of much good.
STATED convocation of King Soloman Royal
Arch Chapter, No. L will be held at Masonic Hall,
tomorrow Thursday evening, at half-past seven
o'clock. Regt,idr Council meeting at seven o'clock.
+. W. THOMPSON, formerly of this village,
White Mountain ticket agent for the Central road,
has finished his seasons career at the mountains
and returned to St. Albans to await further orders
AT the regular meeting of Brooks Post Grand
Army of the Republic resolutions expressive of
sympathy for Comrade Dr. Woodward, in his
severe affection, were unanimously passed.
REV. n FELLOWS, pastor of Trinity church,
will preach next Sunday morning and evening
Subjects-ln the morning, Robbng Cod in
the evening "The difficulty of backing out of
difficulties"
WE would call attention to another change of
time on the Montpelier & Wells River railroad
since last week. The travellers guide Mt the head
of this column has been changed to correspond
and is correct
A. j. HOWE has Just returned from market
with!a new and large stock of ladies fancy goods,
laces carpets and rugs. single glance at his
stock will convince every one that he has rare
bargains TO offer-as he certiinly has.
COLONEL c. b. WILSON left town yesterday
for the West, to accept position upon the Gin
cinnati, Pittsburgh & st. Louis railroad probably
at Lyons Ohio The Colonel carries with him
the very best wishes of his hosts of friends in
this entire section
Mr. OsMAN D. CLARK, son of Postmaster Clark,
leaves tomorrow for Colorado, with view of
locating in some section of the West for the prac
tice of his chosen profession-the law. Mr.. Clark
is a very intelligent, faithful and capable young
gentleman and we predict for him a successful
career in his new home,
ALL lovers of good music will be pleased to
learn that the famous Mendelssohn Quintete Club
of Boston are to give one of their fine concerts
in Village Hall on Friday evening. Tickets may
be procured at Phinney's, and those who go earl
lest for them will fare best The concert will be
one of the best ever given in town.
MEMBER of the Washington county grand
jury took pains to canvass the same to ascertain
the politics and religious views of the members,
The result was this: Democrats, five; Repub-
cans, thirteen Spritualists, four; Universalists,
three; Methodsts, two Congregatonalists, two
Baptist, one; Episcopalian, one; Unitarian, one
Independent, one; preference, three; total,
eighteen
WE notice that the Kate Thayer Grand Concert
Company is advertised to be in Burlington Octo
Der Sth. This company is one of the finest in
the country comprising among others such ar
fists as NJ. Arbuckle cornetist; Nine. Theresa
Carreno, pianist, and other musicians of thu
highest reputation. We are glad to learn thai
efforts have been made to secure them for Thurs
day evening of next week for this place, and
also, glad to learn they have proved successful
Extra trains will be run from Barre and North.
field to accommodate the people of these towns.
LAST Sunday was the tenth anniversary Of Mr.
Wrghts settlement as pastor OF the Church o
the Messiah and the occasion was appropriated
noticed in the services in that church, and in pre-
fuse and beautiful floral decorations about tn
pulpit Mr. Wright chose, as motto for his dis
course, the words, Yea, think it meet, as lon
as am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by put
ting you in remembrance III Peter l.. 10. A
luding To the earnest and successful five year
work Of Rev Charles A. Allen, who gathered I'll
society together in spite of much discouragemen
and raised the money which built and paid fC
the church, Mr.. Wright passed on 20 note thu
in his own pastorate the original independent
position of the organization had been CAREFUL
maintained, and that with unsectaran bond
fellowship which any Christian could sign,
doctrine had changed less than that of some
the churches which are occasionally characteriz
as creed-bound" Here he referred especially
the widespread detection from the old standar
on the subject of endless punishment lie touch
feelingly upon the losses of the decade by dea
and removal, but congratulated the society up
the fact that these had been more than made
by accessions, so that at the present time mt
than half the pews are rented each to two far
lies, and the question of enlarging the chur
sometimes suggests itself. By way Of statistical
port, the speaker stated that he had preached a
ectured nearly thousand times in the ten YET
about six hundred and forty times in the Chui
of the Messiah, and half as many times elsewhe
In addition he had given large number of bI
addresses, had conducted about two hundred d
fifty funerals, one-third of them being funeral'
those connected personally or by near relati
ship with the society, and had OBLIGATED at
hundred and seventy five weddings, in forty-ei
of which one or both the contracting parties
longed to the parish. lie mentioned also the
diton of forty-four names to the covenant
fellowship and twenty-one baptlsms. In
financial exhibit 1t was estimated that the soc
had raised in ten years more than twenty
thousand dollars, distributed as follows;
f0r current expenses szVV
For payment OF Old debt. .........,....
For extra repairs and furnishing. ,..............
For unconditional objects tUnlarian and .,..
uuVtrshllstl- 81
For charitable objects, 80
Notwithstanding he was able to represent
society as out OF debt, harmonious and pros
Gus in externalities, Mr.. Wright ended his SER
in the minor key, regretting that the review
scented no brighter record Of missionary zeal
spiritual life and growth, aud emphasizing
fact full of painful Significance that, with al
penditure Of at least 100000 during the
decade In the maintenance of six Chrii
churches the moral condition Of our town hai
appreciably improved. He asked II minister.
people had not been caring more Tor their
petty, ecclesiastical interests, with selfish
and efforts, than for the promotion of he
dom Of God and his Christ in Montpelier an
did not fail to assume for himself and the Oh
of the Messiah fair proportion of the blame
GREAT MEBIr.-All the fairs give the
premiums and special awards OF great mel
Hop Bitters as tile purest and best family
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