The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1880-12-08
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The seven o'clock mail train was
two hours late IN Wednesday night.
DIR. r. G. Gilbert is at Stowe
with his dentists kit for q few days.
The Reform Club will meet at the
Methodist Chapel on Friday evening.
Asa Hawse has moved into the
J. FL. Davis house on Upper Main
Street.
Fred Patten, who has been at
work at Springfield, Mass, the last
year, is at home on a visit.
Elmer johnson, of Burlington,
was in town last week, and removed
his household goods to that place.
The Sunday-school of the Congre-
g%ational church will give a concert at
the church on Sunday evening next.
Josiah Wood has accepted the
position of principal of the Academy
at Bristol, and commenced the winter
term on Tuesday.
e. L. Persons, who has been
running a bread-cart at Saratoga
Springs, n. Y, the past summer, re-
turned home on Friday.
The Woman's Missionary society
and the Ladies' Union Prayer meeting
were held at the Congregational par
sonage on Tuesday Of this week.
The ntertainmeutgiYen by Parker
Leach and wife, OF Montreal, and Neil
Warner, the elocutionist, on Wednes-
day evening last, was well attended.
&C. L. Burke is to have a dedica-
ton dance at his new Portland Street
Hall, on Wednesday evening of next
wees. Paul Brothers Band furnish
the music.
The Ladies' Circle will meet at
the Congregational vestry this WED
nesday) afternoon. The young peo-
pie hold a sociable in the evening.
An admittance fee of five cents is to
be charged at these sociables.
Prof. II. S. Perkins of Chicago,
assisted by Mrs. N p. Leach, soprano,
and other talent, will hold a grand
musical festival and convention, in
Morrisville sometime during the last
of this month or the first of January.
The ladies of the Congregational
church and society are to hold their
annual entertainment on Tuesday eve
ming of next week. An entertainment
consisting of choice ~tableaux, music,
and other literary exercises will be
given in the church, after which a sup
per will be served in the vestry.
School at the Academy COM
menced on Wednesday last. In the
two academic departments there are
seventy-ive students attending and in
the three lower grades the usual num-
Der attend. The first rhetorical exer-
cises of the term were held on Friday
afternoon.
Prof. ODER, the singing master,
was in town on Friday evening and
gave free instruction at the Town Hall.
He gives one more free school on Friday
evening of this week. After then the
tickets are to be used. Nearly one
hundred tickets have been sold and
there are prospects of a large school.
Brookfeld, was installed pastor Of the
Congregational church on Thursday
of last week. The council for eXamin-
irg was held in the church in the after
noon. Several ministers from the
surrounding towns were present. Rev.
Mr.. Hale of Stowe, vas chosen moder-
ator and Rev. Mr.. Richardson Of VOL
colt, scribe. President Bartlett of
Dartmouth College, came on the eve
ming train, and preached the installa-
ton sermon. The annual convention
of Lamoille county Congregational
ministers was held at the parsonage on
Friday.
AT about half past ten on We'd
nesday night last, fire was discovered
in the saw mill run by Benz. Green.
The alarm vas soon sounded and the
engine and hook and ladder companies
were promptly on the ground. By
tearing down an old shed which joined
the mill and house, and using plenty
of water, the house vas saved. None
of the valuable machinery in the mil
was saved as the fire had made such
Roadway. The origin is unknown.
The property was insured for about
$1100, and was owned by several in.
dividuals. The loss of the machinery
falls very heavy upon Mr.. Green and
a paper is being circulated for his ben
eft.