The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-07
From Town Correspondents.
Barre.

| undertaking business to Bert Hooker and
! Victor w. Curtis.
The lodge of the New England Order Of
! Protection has public installation at Odd
Fellows hall this evening.
Charles Jordon OF Barre and Emma Lar
row OF Groton were married at Montpelier
on last week Tuesday by Rev. FIR Galligan.
The officers of Hiawatha lodge of Odd
| Fellows will be installed on Thursday
evening of this week by David l.. Sanders,
the district deputy.
All the evangelical churches of the viii
! lage are observing the Week of Prayer by
! holding meetings each evening Rev G. w.
Longren gave preparatory lecture at the
| Congregational church Sunday evening
His subject was " Hndrances to be Re
moved The meeting was followed by a
short prayer-meetng.
The new lodge of the Friendly Aid So
ciety was instituted last week, with seven
teen charter members The following Off.
GERS were installed: President Israel Wood:
past.presdent 9. e. Forsyth; vice.presi.
dent, w. d. Glidden; secretary, e. e. Arey;
treasurer, Victor w. Curtis; chaplain,
Henry q. Nyei warden, l.. d. Douty; mar
shall, w. r.. Hadley; sentinel, A. A. Pear
sons; trustees, Israel Wood, T. II. Mills, A.
j. Stevens.
The annual meeting and reunion of the
| Congregational church were held on Thurs
day of last week, beginning with a praise
morning. At half-past eleven obituary no
tees were read by Charles A. Smith, who
reported that there had been seven deaths
during the year Reports on the following
subjects were next presented: Sunday
school, Dea. Charles S. Wallace: the
Young Peoples Society of Christian En-
deavor, James Adie: the Ladies' Home
| Missionary Society, Mrs. G. A. Smith; the
Ladies' Aid Society, Mrs. II. Webster: for
the comnittee appointed to secure pledges
Far l.1N a
committee, John Mcdonald. These officers
and committees were next elected and APP
pointed President, Dea Charles Wheaton;
clerk, Charles A. Smith; treasurer, Frank
McWhorter; collector, James Adie; mem
her of business committee for three years
John McDonald pastors aid committee,
Mrs. Perley Chandler, Mrs. Israel Wood
Miss Lucy Wells, Miss Mary Bosworth,
Messrs. Charles Wallace, Alex Mathieson,
Henry Nye and Albert G. Reed; stand
ing committee, the pastor, Dea. Lyman
Gale, Dea. Charles Wheaton, Dea. Alex
Gordon, Dea. Charles Wallace, Israel Wood
and Charles Mari; committee on eccesi
| aStical principles, who are instructed to sug-
gest changes in the creed, the pastor and
deacons, DIR. j. II. Jackson, Charles A.
Smith, p. o. Wheaton, William MARI Mrs
j. III. Jackson, Mrs. Orrin Simons and Mrs
ID. B. Minard. The following Sunday
| school officers also were recommended
superintendent, Dea. Charles Wallace: as
sistant superintendent, Israel Wood; secre-
tary and treasurer, Eli G.. Boutwell, At
! noon dinner was served in the vestry and
at two O'Clock prayer meeting was con-
Quoted by Dea Alex Mathieson. After this
there were discussions on the following
themes: How Can the New People be
Reached and Made Welcome? Israel Wood !;
Woman's Work in the Local Church, Dr.
j. III. Jackson; Mans Work in the Local
Church, Dea. Alex Gordon. There was also
a general discussion on How to Secure More
Systematic Giving The pastors report
showed that within the year thirty persons
had been received into church, fellowship
tifteen children and two adults had been
baptized, eight had been dismissed by letter
to other churches, and seven had died
leaving the present membership at 240 The
report OF the treasurer showed the receipts
during the year to have been 81 53l 10, of
which S346 IA is now in the treasury for cur
rent expenses and 1892 for the church
debt. The subscriptions for the church
debt have amounted to S3,5l3.
J. p. Mari started on Saturday on a trip
to Sherbrooke, Il. O. - Mrs. BENJAMIN
Turner went to Richmond, p. @, on last
week Friday to attend the funeral of a sis
ter. - w. Il. Barney made a visit to
Goshen mountain on Saturda, going TO the
extreme summit. - A. j. Bonnet of
West Concord has purchased the Union
boarding house. S. S. Ballard spent
Sunday at Burlington.
Barnard.
AT a special school meeting held in the
North Road district, last week, it was voted
to have eight additional weeks of school,
the district believing it was necessary TO en-
able it to draw the public money.
There will be a farmers meeting at the
town hall on the evening of January 16, com
mencing at half-past six. Papers upon
farm subjects will be read by Miss Louise
Morrill, and Captain H. n. Bruce. Music
will be furnished by the Silver Lake glee
club.
The people in the several districts in
this town are more perpeXed than ever
about the division of public money since
they have learned what Judge Wheeler and
Mr.. MOloney say i'll regard to it,. Prior to
this they had accepted Superintendent
Palmer's version of the new school law, and
some districts had called school meetings
and voted a few more weeks of winter
school, sufficient to get the money, or COM
mitteeS had acted on their own responsible
ity and heightened the time. Mr.. Palmer S
version looks the most reasonable, and it
doesn't seem possible that districts can 90
back and get an old school register that has
been used for obtaining public money and
tack it on to this years register. Now what
Iwant is that our seectmen shall go still
farther back and take in the whole of last
years school. This course would remove
all difficulties in the way of dividing pub
lie money Why not ignore the law and let
town officers do as they please? This is a
free country!
Brookfield.
The mercury registered below zero in this
place fourteen mornings in December, and
January has opened with the prospect Of a
similar record
There will be an entertainment at the
residence of Ira Carpenter, for the benefit of
the First Congregational society. on Friday,
January Q, afternoon and evening.
Rev. Il. Gerry preached at the First and
Second churches last Sunday, and is eX-
pected to be the supply of these churches
until permanent supply can be obtained,
II. ii. Daniels of Woodstock, who re-
Gently purchased the farm and mills be-
longing to the estate of the late Langdon
Marshall, was in town last week. He is
soon to make extensive repairs in and
about the mill. He will put in some new
machinery, and in connection will run a
chair factory. 1t is reported that while
here he negotiated with j. II. Sprague
for lumber sufficient to run his establish
ment for at least two years.
The Sunday-school of the Second church