The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1895-09-06
Adjoining Towns.
NeWbury.

throughout was gOOu. Inc HOsC III
teresting part of the programme wa
the lecture on Monday evening by JOIN
G. Wooley of Chicago. The evening
was perfect and the church filed to it,
brim, many out of town people being
in attendance. A half hour was devot
ed to a song service conducted by Rev
Mr.. Barnard which was very interest
ing feature of the meeting. Mr.. Wool
ley entertained the large audience for
an hour and half. His entire adj
dress was castigatory of the christian
church, he assumed first that neither
of the old parties stood for the aboli-
ton of the rum traffic, second that
christian voters believed in prohibition
but lacked sand to vote it. If there
were christian voters in that audience
who believed it to be their duty to vote
with the party who advertise to abolish
the rum traffic, but for the various
reasons given by the orator, have fail
ed to do SO, they were soundly thresh-
ed, but not more than they Justly de-
tertainment paid Mr.. Woolley $50 so
that the lecture was free, a collection
was taken for the benefit of local
work. Much credit is due the W. G.
T. U. for placing at the disposal of
Newbury audience such talented
speaker. If it is true, and there is no
occasion for Mr.. Woolley to misrepre-
sent the matter, chat praying voters
have been praying one way and voting
another it is time to stop such hypoc-
racy. To many this statement of
affairs by Mr.. Wooley is a startling
disclosure, it don't seem possible that
there can be so much rottenness among
praying voters. One statement made
by Mr.. Wooley in substance was that
"the reason why the running of the
government was not in the hands of
the church or of christian people was
because God could not trust it with
them for it was better to have it run
by people who made no pretentions
to goodness, than to a people who
would pray one way and vote another"
If that is true the system of religion so
far as it relates to mans duty to God
and country, is as much in need of
over hauling and purifying as politics
of the lowest caste.
Don't forget that the South Ryegate
Fair will occur Sept Is and 10, and
that Major Josiah Grout will deliver
the address. The Major is clear,
forcible speaker, a practical everyday
farmer, and man that you will be
pleased to meet. The Ryegate men are
o. X. at the fair business, but the fair
of Ryegate surpass the men, especially
in the dinners they serve.
Edmund B. and Martha w. Atkin-
son of Moline, ILL.,, are spending
few weeks IN town.
George Leslie and family who have
been spending their vacation at the
Leslie homestead, have returned to
their home in Montpelier.
Road Commissioner Rollins has done |
a thorough and substantial job on the
culvert between Newbury and South
Newbury.
Newbury Seminary and Town Cen
trail school opened on Monday with
nearly two hundred scholars in all its
departments, and bids fair to be one
of the best terms in the schools his
tory.
We are glad to learn that Richard
d. and Mrs. Currier are to spend the
winter in this village having taken
rooms at the sawyer House.
The question of a permanent camp
ground for the State militia is settled
The Free Press says the money was
paid over last week which purchases a
large tract of land adjoining Fort
Ethan Allen.
Rev. ]. S. Upper, W. H. Silsby, H.
G. Rollins, G. P. Blodgett, Geo. r.
Barrett, j. G. Johnston, N. B. Tewks-
bury, l.. W. McAllister, Albert Fuller,
Daniel Taicey, Messrs. Tuttle, Gamsby
and Avery of South Newbury were
among the Newhury veterans who a.
tended the reunion at Fairlee.
E. M. Brown, our popular station
agent, has returned to his post of duty
after two weeks vacation, much to
the satisfaction of the patrons of his
Office.
We had handed in to us to be pub
lished in this column an interesting ac-
count of the disappointment of one of
most estimable young men.
There were mixed in this affair three
of our store clerks, a girl, a railroad
depot, a frisky horse, a train of cars,
etc., etc. We decline to publish this
sort of news because the publication
thereof would cause a social state of
affairs similar to the religious and po-
lltical conditions of things as set forth
by Mr.. Wooley.
We are glad to report an improved
condition of Abner Bailey; also of
Mrs. II. W. Chamberlin.
Sllsby & knight have just unlosded
a car of first class clipped western oats
which they retail at thirty-five cents
per bushel. A few years ago and for
several years in succession your cores
pondent bought and shipped out of
town from three to five carloads of
oats annually-the bulk of them grown
on the OK bow.
Margaret Buchanan, wife of Archi-
bald Bachop, died at home in this viii
lage on Tuesday afternoon, the 3rd of
Mrs. Bachop had been in
failing health for three years and her