The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-08-17
Adjoining Towns.
NeWbury.

Quarterly meeting and communion
service at the Methodist church next
Sunday morning.
Rev. j. S. Upper and Comrades
Henry Bailey, Evalyn Farnham and
Mr.. Heath were in attendance upon
the reglmental reunion of the Third
Vermont at st. Johnsbury last.
The quarterly conference of the
Methodist church will be held at the
parsonage on Saturday of this week, at
ten O'Clock in the forenoon. Presiding
Elder Hamilton will be present.
Miss Carrie Hodgson, niece of Rev.
j. H. Winslow former pastor of the
M. f. church, has been spendinga few
days in the village with friends, such
visits are as sunshine after the rain.
The annual camp meeting services of
the St. Johnsbury district will be held
at the camp ground at Lyndonville,
commencing Monday, Aug. goth and
continuing until Aug. 9th. Extraor-
binary pains have been taken to secure
the best talent for the occasion, Rev.
L. B. Bates, D. D., of Boston, Rev. F.
b. Harvey of Maryland, the wonderful
soloist, and Rev. Norman La Marsh
the blind evangelist of Bangor, Me-,
will be present to aid in the services
Reduced fare and baggage carried free
will be allowed on the railroads. The
following order of service will be OBJ
served: Preaching at 10 a. N p. m.
and p M; Tuesday, rallying day,
led by Rev. H. A. Spencer; Wednes-
day, st. Johnsbury district praying
band led by S. X. Huse; Thursday,
Sunday school day, led by Fl. @ Perry
and A. L. Bailey; Friday, Epworth
League day, led by Rev. [. P. Chase;
day led by j r. Mansur and j. G.
Davidson; Sunday, the great day of the
feast, in charge OF Rev. L. B. Bates,
d. ID.
On August goth, which is Monday
next, Camp Pineton will be closed for
the season. This is occasioned by cir
cumstances beyond the proprietor's
control. A combination of circum
stances necessitate our suspension, we
are not only financially but socially
embarrassed, we cannot be induced to
go into details at this time.
The democrats have called their eau
Gus on Saturday afternoon, the 18Th,
the republicans on Thursday, the 23d,
both at the Town House, both at 80
pm. To foreshadow the nominations
is difficult thing to do. II is now un-
eerstood that the democrats will place
Dexter S. Fulton in the field. Dexter
is a good square democrat and square
man and will, if nominated, pull the
full strength of the party. 1t now
m
republican caucus would fall either to
L w. McAllister or w. H. Silsby,
both good republicans and good men.
Other candidates are spoken of. Re-
member the date of the caucus Thurs
day p. m.
Swasey's items in the Haverhill pa
per contain the unique information
that Dan Y Ford of this town is can
didate for States attorney for Orange
county on the Prohibition ticket.
While no one doubts Mr.. Ford's fitness
for the position, he ought to put on
sack cloth and ashes and fast forty
days. in repentance for the way he
abused his brother, the late E. G.
Stocker when Mr.. Stocker concluded
that the doctrines of the prohibition
party were worth his support.
Clarence Hubbard of this place. who
has been so often mentioned in this
column as a remarkable slack wire
artist will perform at the Corinth fair.
Go and see him and Judge whether our
statements are true.
The Boad of Civil Authority met on
Tuesday at Baldwin's Office in Wells
River, and on Wednesday at the town
clerks office, to revise the check list,
sixty-five new names were added max
ing a total of about $50 names on e
list, a majority of the new voters were
yeung men taking the Freeman's oath.
The board will meet again on Satur-
day, Sept list, at p. m. at the town |
clerks Office to attend to those who |
have been omitted.
William and Charles Rollins have |
been on fishing trip up country GO
ing in teams with camping outfit |
taking in the Lakes and rivers in |
northern New Hampshire and Maine |
They report fair catch
N. E. Hutchins and party have been
over to Bakers river to visit the old |
stamping ground and report trout |
enough for home consumption.
MT. PULASKI CARRIAGE ROAD.
Mr.. EDIroR-In the issue of the OPINION
for Sept Is. 1893 gave a brief report of the
receipts expenditures and future plans for
the road on Mt. Pulaski. That report COW
cred the construction of the carriage road
from the highway TO the summit and the
erection of the observatory at a total eX-
pense of s13427. During the past year the
plan mentioned in the former report Of ex-
tending the road from the summit south
ward along the crest of the mountain TO