Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-07-02

In 1892 and in the years following up 10
and including the year 11ss many men
had recorded in the town records certin-
Gates stating that they were members OF
the Baptist society OF this town. Robert
Dickey who brought the seeds OF what
was then a heresy, to Stafford ana py ms
exhortation brought about the organlza-
tion of a church there of the Free bapllst
faith century ago, signed some OF lns
certificates, In 1898 Nathaniel King ana
others had recorded certifcate stating
that the signers belonged to common So
ciety "of the name and appellation OF ana ana
baptists.n Four years later or July l, lc0z,
Nathaniel King was ordained as a minis
ter of the Free Baptist faith. Inc heresy
started by Elder Benjamin Randall IN New
Durham, n. H., in 1850 spread rapidly IN
this vicinity and at the yearly meeting
held here in February, 1877, there Were
from 1900 TO 1900 persons present. 10
preach that man can in some measure
control his destiny along a religious line
is not now accounted heresy. From the
early churches went forth host OF preach
ers and the denomination OF which Eiue5
Randall was the founder and whose creeu
was given verbally by Elder King 10 the
committee that prepared the articles OF
faith. has become prominent but the
church where was organized the nrst gen
eral conference has been torn down ana VI
the new church building no meetings are
held. The meeting OF Wednesday prom
Uses to be very interesting ana especialiy
so to the old men who were living tnfo ,nes,
a part OF the time in which TIE chureh
was fiourishing.
Miss Sarah Adams, who has been very
near death for some days, is reported as
gai ming and her recovery seems certain.
/ Her friends have been very anxious.
Hugh Lyman, j. b. Sargent and others
attended the Barre races Saturday
The Fourth of July is to be celebrated
out OF town and the boys are planning
their trips.
One very small boy seems to have put
the town into a box from when no coiNe-
nient outlet can be found ana hnere ~
snn,a frnnv circumstances attending the
matter. Eiwin Farnham, living some Inliss
ont on the road to STAFFORD, heard enllu
crv about an hour before the chic was
fo1nd at Elmer Woodlands, and 0erlle
Patten. living near MIR. Farnham's, was
Awakened about the same hour py soln.
kind Of a connection that she coulu ~
deternine the nature OF. Some OF tns
scandal mongers have gone too far ano
are threatened with libel suits. Mean
time the baby is kicking up its heels ana
1angbing ai the world and all its commo'
tions.
In Dist. is those who were not ansenl
one half dav in the term just closed MeIs
Henry King. Daisy Rolfe, Ethel, Lena ane
Mabel Sargent, Mabel Wright, WIN Nool'
and Nellie Kenison. Susie Sargent W.
absent only one half day and Amy hipps
one day. Those who averaged tine Us
imnroved time during the term were Am.
Kibbv, Ethel Sargent, henry King al s
viii Noble. Amy Kibbv missed no worol
during the term and Daisy holle oliiy on'
Hibbard Farnham lost valuable COW
sunday. she getting caught and IN SOM
way choked to death by some trees
p Sargent. his wife and little boy go
tinned over near 4. ID. Moooys ouhua.
evening and received some hurts put Wer
not seriously injured. The morse ran
to the Monkey house ana Was eaus I
: there.
: II is safe to predict that the farmers ar
: learning something this year regarolhl
the sugar bounty and II TO execute IN
sla,,s,.l costs them all the bounty they eA
: f,att 10 oct they Just win not fuss 10 Dotne
with them next year. Instead OF naNinl
one certificate from the county cierk an
filing that once for all the mag nv ~
: i.,,t I'D 10 oct certificate for every bles
! "a ,saner and cost of the certificates piu
The cost OF filing out the papers ana ln =
: 49,, fees have made good slzed Olils ~
I. each annlicant and they are asking II "a
srau,e Is likely to be worth the cahuN
Who can tell?
2 Miss Nettie TLller is at Emu Auiiei
!. sick with the measles.
( Frank and Fred fuller with Lewis Cam
: hell and others were in st. JohnsouTy iai
: week attending the encampmehl Oh
n V.
' L An snU Endeayor society here.
! Fred Hayward is spending gac "a ION,
: his fathers. Miss L. Whitmarsn Oh Nor'
: field is visiting there.
: tTa,rv whitney has commenced haydn
= ,non The Albert Cushman farm.
! WIN. Stone and wife of Mortified .visi
d ed here last week.
r, A,arawt(lrdway's oxen ran away fro
II - Saturday night; he was knocK'
down dow and run over by the cart ana w
sanseless when taken up but II is nops
MS injuries are not very serious.