Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1891-06-25
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Col. Samuel King has newly covered
his house with shingles.
Miss Hattie Towne returned home from
Wellesley college ON Thursday last tc
spend the summer vacation.
Misses Mary S. and f. B. Prentiss re.
turned from their duties as teachers to
their home Tor the summer vacation Fri.
day.
j. Mitchell and wife have been visiting
her father, H. M. Elwell, and are now al
George w. Stanley's, Mrs. Stanley being
aunt to her.
Thursday afternoon, 18th, Alphonso
M. Jets went to the horse barn and in a
few minutes his son John, who happened
to be at home, followed him there and
found his father upon the floor with life
extinct. He has been in poor health
from heart disease for several years, and
for the past three weeks has had several
severe attacks for few moments at a
time. Mr.. Jefts has been resident here
for some 30 years and was kind father
and good neighbor, who will be much
missed. He had passed his 10Th birth
day. The funeral service took place
Saturday afternoon, Rev. Renouf of
keene officiating.
The Sullivan county conference of
Congregational churches met here on the
morning of the 10th, with full attend
ance and the meetings were well attended
throughout. The exercises were as fol
lows.
Tuesday morning at 1880, praise service led by
Dea. DeForest f. Cram.
IL, organization.
:, ll;2, essay, Has the time come to supercede
the International Series of lesson papers?" Rev
George f. Kengott of Newport.
~ dinner at the Town hall.
lis, reports from the churches by the delegates
and . I pastors. o,,ouu.noo
,"EXcuses against strict observance, -
Rev. F. w. Darling of Acworth.
O." Reasons for strict observance" Rev
George III. French, Meriden.
8, How improve the observance" Dea. H
N. Haywood, Acworth
3, Woman's Board of Missions, led by Mrs. F.
sso Woman's H. M. Union, led by Mrs. D
Richards, Newport.
4, "Quickened life."
a, "In the church," Charles WINCH Lang
b." In the Sunday school," Robert McMur-
c,"In the Y. P. S. c. E." Miss Ella E.
Wood, Acworth.
5,supper.
I, praise service, led by Rev. NJ. F. Runnels,
Charlestown.
7.3O, " Home Missions" by Rev. A. F. Hilman,
secretary New Hampshire Home Missionary So.
ciety.
WEDNESDAY, 18th.
ga. M, devotional service, led by Dea. Ernest
L. Knight.
$50, prayer.
a, GAS in the past" Mrs. Charles J. Davis,
AcwOrth.
b, GAS in the present." Mrs DR.. G. H. Pow
ers, Acworth
GAS will be in the FUTURE" Mrs. F. W.
Darling, Acworth.
10, "Claims of the pulpit" Rev. j. T. Jackson,
Cornish.
1880, "Claims of the Pew" DIR. G. H. Powers,
ACworth.
IL, "Feeble Churches How may we help them
and be helped by them?" Rev F. w. Darling,
Acworth.
1l.3O, resolutions and unfinished business
y. dinner.
1.3O, sermon by Rev Edgar L. Warren of Clare
mont, which was followed by communion SER
vice ofliciated over by Rev. f. Chaplin, Saxton's
River, and Mr., Fields, both of whom formerly
preached here.
The meetings were full of interest and
the essays were pronounced excellent.
The ladies of the Society had made am
plS provision so that all were fed and
mich remained. Mrs. H. Thompson had
the trimming of the church in charge
ard it showed the result of one used to
arranging flowers to have them look
beautiful.