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MISS HATTIE d. RICHARDSON, OF spar
ia, Wis, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. II.
N. Williams, of Elm street.
THE Rev. T. j. Winslade, who is
preaching IN Woodford this summer,
will hold services in the Guide Board
school house. next Monday evening.
SERVICES in the Methodist church at
the usual hours Sundays Morning sub
ject, Negative characteristics of Love-"
evening subject, THE Inspired Apostles
Creed"
AT the Methodist church next Sunday
evening, Prof. r. S. Bahan and Miss
Grace Roberts will sing, Garry with
me, o my Saviour duet by Nicolai,
and Chas. H. Bennett will sing one of
his best bass solos.
THE young ladies of the village gave
very enjoyable dancing party from eight
until twelve at Odd Fellows Hall, Tues
day evening. In all, about fifty young
people weEe present The patronesses
were Mrs. Holden, Mrs. Abbott, Mrs.
Thatcher, Misses Carrie and Mary White
and Mrs. E. S. Huling. Goldsmith fur
nished the music.
JOHN, the seven year old son of John
Flynn, in the employ of }. Ed. Walbridge,
met with quite serious accident Tues
day afternoon. He jumped from
swinging hammock and fell. His face
struck on a stick that was projecting
from the ground and passed through the
right cheek tearing it open to the mouth.
DR.. Chisholm was called and sewed up
the wound. The little fellow is doing
well.
JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL L. L.
BATES and Col. r. j. Coffey, A. D. c.,
on Gov. U. A. Woodbury's staff, will &C
company the Governor in his attendance
upon the dedication exercises on the Bat
tlefield of Chickamauga, Tenn, Sept.
10th and 18th. Col. l.. F. Abbott and
Mai. A. B. Valentine have accepted Gov.
Woodbury's invitation to accompany the
delegation from Vermont. A special
Pullman car will leave New York the
evening of September 18th, going via
Washington, Richmond, Ashfield, N. c.,
Knoxville, Tenn. A days visit will be
made to the Exposition at Atlanta, Ca,
before returning.
AFTER the business meeting At the
Soldiers Home on Thursday, the Board
of Trustees were invited to dinner at
the residence of Gen. j. G. Mccullough,
at North Bennington. The party accept
ing the Generals invitation was as fol-
lows: Governor U. A. Woodbury., Lieut..
Gov. Z. NJ. Mansur, Senator Redfeld
Proctor, Gen. J. J. Estey, Gen. VIM. L.
Greenleaf, Gen. H. X. Ide, Gen. c. G.
Kinsman, Judge Hugh Henry, Col. John
c. Stearns, Col. r. j. Coffey, Col. E. D.
Bennett, Col. L. F. Abbott, Major A. B.
Valentine, Major Josiah Grout, Hon. II.
A. Huse, Hon. Ozro Meacham.
STREAMS in all directions are reported
quite low. Along the Hoosac river the
mills are suffering for the want of water.
The mill of the Williamstown Manufact-
uring Company is being run almost Who'll
ly by steam power, the engine being
taxed to its utmost capacity. 1t has $50
horse power, but it is doing double that
amount of work. The water has not
flowed over the dams on the stream
since Sunday. Broad Brook, in Williams
town, Mass, which furnishes water for
the North Adams fire district, is very
low. The fire district uses all thewater
in the brook and then there is not enough.
Many of the crops are suffering for the
want of rain. The farmers have their
haying nearly completed and many of
them are grumbling over the harvest.
There is about thirds of a crop.
Grain is turning out well.
THE Rev. P. B. Guernsey, who has
supplied the pulpit of the Baptist church
for three Sundays, left town on Monday
morning not to return, as he has accept
ed call to professorship in Southern
university. He was very much liked by
all who heard him for the earnest, sim
pie manner in which he presented Cos
pei truth. Mr.. Guernsey was for three
years a missionary in India, returning
from there last May because his wife
could not endure the climate. Last Sun
day evening, in the absence of the choir
and organist, the Empire quartette, of
Troy, n. Y, consisting of r. S. Bahan,
H. F. Hull, F. S. Macrea, G. H. Gibson,
furnished the music, Mr.. Bahan presiding
at the organ. This church, noted for its
good music has seldom heard better AS
the sweet hymns sung with so much ex-
preston filled the air with their melody.
the perfect stiffness that pervaded the
audience, gave proof of the interest with
which they enjoyed it. Mr.. Bahan and
his quartette are to be congratulated.
He is an old pupil of Prof. Squire, has
sung here several years, and is member
of this church.