The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-04-21
TROY CONFERENCE NOTES.

1ue ANNUAL CODIeTeUCe ClOS6Q lUS S6S'
sions Monday evening. The cabinet was
in session all the afternoon and they had
hard time of it. 1t was o'clock before
the bishop had his list ready. But it was
a surprise in many ways. At this end of
conference, says a correspondent, there
has been much slate making and some
papers had even printed the appoint
ments a week ago. This was annoying
to Bishop Joyce, and as result he has
broken these states right and left. More
interest has been aroused this year over
appointments than ever before in the his
tory of the conference.
The appointments for the Burlington
District are as follows: Presiding Elder
John j. Noe; Arlington and Sandgate
supplied by J. W. Shaw; Bennington, A.
D. Heaxt; Benson, Eliot Bouck; Bran
don, G.. G. Morehouse; Bridport and
Shoreham, G. l.. Leonard Bristol, G. j.
Kunz; Burlington, T. G.. Thompson;
Cambridge, c. F. Wilcox; Castleton, N.
M. Larned; ChorlOtte, supplied by W. j.
Chapman; East Middleburgh, G. E.Csdy;
Fairhaven, D. W. Dayton; Granville, W.
w. Cox; Hampton, S. J. Robinson;
Hinesburg, A. L. Fort, Jr.; Leicester
and Goshen to be supplied; Lincoln, W.
W. Carr; Manchester Centre, j. M. APP
Pleman; Mendon and EastPittsford, Joel
Martin; Middlebury, G. f. Noble; Mid
dletCwn, 70 be supplied; Monkton, sup
piled by Fl. d. Spencer; North Ferris
burg, c. A. Bradford; North Granville,
supplied by G.. H. Robbins; Panton and
West Addison, supplied by F. s. Francis.
Pawlet, supplied by T. S. Watson; Pittsl
ford, W. Fl. Crawford; Poulmey, j. F.
Robinson; Raceville, George ii. Robbins;
Ripton, w. d. Spencer; Rupert, r. Camp
bell; Rutland, S. Mclaughlin; Salem,W.
P. Rulison; Shelburne, ". J. Chapman;
Shushan and West Arlington, II. L. Kel-
sey; South SALISBURY and Shaftsbury,
Thomas Rogers; Starksborough supplied
by j. NJ. Smith; Tinmouth and Dandy
to be supplied; Vergennes and Ferris
burg, G. r. Hawley; Wells and East
Wells, j. M. Harris; West Hebron and
Belcher, W. Clark; West Rutland, G. E.
TIghe; West Salisbury, supplied by Ed.
Goodrich; Weybridge, Stephen Palmer;
White Creek and North Bennington, E.
A. Blanchard; Williston, M. Hitchcock;
Winooski, A. o. SpOor.
| OF the ministers who served last year
in the Burlington District but who take
new charges this year, M. II. Smith of
Granville goes to MechanicVille, in the
Saratoga District; f. G. Heaxt of Middle
bury, son of Rev. A. D. Heaxt, gees to
Schuylerville, N. Y, Saratoga District;
G, W. Woodall Of Poultney goes to Port
Henry. In the other districts the per-
sonnel is almost completely changed.
j. H. Coleman of Troy goes to Saratoga,
and the larger churches will nearly all
have new preachers.
John J. Noe, the new elder, has been in
the conference since 1859, and has served
13 charges. He was once presiding elder
of this district and is we'll acquainted
with Vermont work. The Rev. J. NJ.
Webster, late Presiding elder, retires
from active work, and was granted a su-
pernumerary relation. Mr.. Webster is 65
years old, has been presiding elder five
years and retires at his own request. He
is one of the oldest members of the Troy
conference. He has been in the ministry
| since 1854; and has served as pastor in
North Hudson, N. Y, ,BakeYfield, Argyle,
N. Y, Fort Ann, N. Y, North Hebron,
N. Y, Johnsonville and Buskirks, N. Y,
Greenfield circuit, Rock City Falls and
Jonesville. He has been elder of the
Cambridge district, of the Plattsburgh
district and stationed at Schuylerville,
Middlebury and Nashua. Only one year
has Mr.. Webster been out of the church
service, in 1SS0-S7, when he had super
numerary relation.
OF the other appointments, these will
be of interest here: j. W. Bennett, Grace
Church, Albany; w. W. Foster, Jr., First
Church, Amsterdam; J.E. Metcalf, ,SlOans-
Vile; J. II. Bond, Keeseville; H. S.
Allen, Rexford Flats; j. H. Coleman,
Saratoga; Philip Goettel, Adams; G. j.
Mott, North Cambridge; Thos. MSnro,
Pownal; John Landy, Stamford; NJ. d.
Jump, First Avenue, West Troy; J.B.
Armstrong, Third Avenue, West Troy;
Homer Eaton, Book Concern.
Rev. JOSEPH Zweifel, statistical secre-
tary, made his report, which included
the following statement in regard to
church membership in the Troy confer
eAce districts: Albany district, full men,
bers 9,236; probationers 91S: Burlington
district, full members 5,276; pro-
bationer 454; PiattsburgR district
full members 6,535; probatiOners
041; probationers /, ,040; Troy district, full
members 6, 9,34S; probationers 3,SS5; total,
A,310. The collections for missions
were S24, ,292.
The Conference stewards reported the
total receipts. of the year as S12, ,11767,
and the total disbursements for claims,
ETC., as S12, ,096.92.
The Rev. A. d. Heaxt introduced a
resolution stating that on account OF a
general impression that the conference
approved the striking out of the church
disci pline the prohibition. of certain