The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-09-17
NeWbury.

NeWbury.
The Beacon Lights gave one of thei
entertainments IN the Congregations
church parlors on Wednesday eve.
s. l.. Swasey, our enterprising drug
gist and jeweler is laying the fOunda
ton for a new store.
Alonzo Grant will move his family
to LittletOn, N. II.
c. Il. Childs of North Hampton is II
town on short vacation.
VIM. U. Bailey is adding silo Il
his premises.
Hiram Atkins stampede against Ed
munds resulted rs your correspondent
predicted, viz. opened the eyes of Yer.
mont republicans and made a legisla'
ture favorable to our Senator.
James Hale is in Boston this week,
the vacancy in his store being filed by
Edison Bailey.
Prof. Eastman's school ut the Sem
mary opened Thursday the 9th, with
the usual good attendance.
DR.. Harvey Knight, son of the late
Moses Knight, is spending few days
with his mother and sister. DIR.
knight has been successful practicing
physician for several years in Lowell,
until two years ago when he went to
Belleview, Marion county, Florida,
where he has opened and is proprietor
of the Hotel Sanitoria, popular re-
sort for pleasure seekers and invalids.
The DR.. has the care of his guests
under his immediate supervision. A
few men with energy and push like
DR.. Knight would help ;Newbury.
j.. f. Wesener, the proprietor of the
celebrated Monticello Sulphur Springs
has returned from Akron, Ohio.
Jacob Worthen has completed his
barn on the plain, back of the village.
The village school house has been
greatly improved both outside and in
side. Rev. S. L. Bates, the prudential
committee has done a thorough job,
demonstrating that man can be a
minister and a school committee at one
and the same time. and do thorough
job at both.
Wanted, 1000 dozen of fresh eggs,
1000 pounds dressed spring chickens.
Every man to settle at the store Of
Bailey & Co., Newbury street.
j. B. Laurie is quite sick, DR.. Sam
Carbee of Haverhill and DR.. Lee of
Wells River attending him.
T. G. Reyes goes to Boston next
week for new goods.
We are pleased to notice that New
bury is represented among the contri-
buttons to the Charlestown sufferers.
Chas. Day moves to Warren this
week.
The old red brick school house in
the village has been brushed out. 1t is
now buff.
The minutes of the general conven-
ton of Congregational ministers and
churches of Vermont, which this year
met with the church at West Randolph,
have been published and distributed
among the churches and brief alb
stract from the statistics there present.
ed may be of interest to those who
have not seen the report. 1t appears
that there are 1913 churches in the con-
g@se,s. es OF tina di axeest .cauntias snye,
that there are 1876 Congregational min
listers in the State, the total member
ship is 1876 of which 6,576 are male,
and 1879 females, gain in member
ship for the past year 1,343, loss dur
ing same period 914, net gain 429.
The number of Sabbath school schol-
ars is p 1854, while the number of fam
lilies in the parishes is 13,147, the total
amount of benevolent contributions
was $41 ,OS2.5 "a of which Foreign Mis-
sions received $13,296.25 and Home
Missions $lO,227.36. The home or
parish expenses amount to $177 ,491,
which with the contributions makes
total of $218, 1884, raised for relig
ious purposes. Orange county which
has II towns, has % Congregational
churches or more than any other
county in the State. II ranks Sd in
church membership, I'd in Sabbath
school attendance, and I'd in number
of families. The Congregational
church here in Newbury has men,
bership of 1877, number connected with
the Sabbath school 1870, number of fam
lilies in the parish 40. The amount of
benevolent contributions is $627.37.
There are only IA churches in the State
that contribute an equal or greater
amount, and this is nearly three times
the amount contributed by any other
town in the county. Our parish ex-
penses are 81, PAL, which with the con-
tributiOns makes the total raised for
religious purposes amount to 81 ,868.S.