The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1896-01-03
VerShire.
Happy New Year

Happy New lear
Mr.. and Mrs. Perley I'll. Martin visit
ed in Corin.h last Saturday and attend
ed church at Corinth meadow to hear
Elder Sargent's farewell sermon Sab
bath day.
The Youngest child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Morse has been quite sick the
past week but is now better.
Mrs. Ora Hutchinson of East Orange
was in town to spend Christmas with
her mother. Mrs. j. j Parshley.
The weekly prayer meeting at South
Vershire conducted by Elder Jackson
is to be held this week at Mr.. Eli God
frey's.
The union Thursday night prayer
meeting is to be held this eek at the
Congregational church.
At the reorganization of the Congre
gational Sunday school last Sabbath
Mrs. Nina NATION was unanimously
reelected superintendent and Mr.. G..
Drake assistant superintendent, Ar.
thur Cotton and Geo. e Stacy secre-
taries, number present, fifty-seven.
Bert Virgins 10 improving, he has
Deeu suuoilHS Will q o"u ooiO vi LILO
lip.
The Tuesday evening bible readings
are to be discontinued.
Henry Parker is In Fitchburg, Mass,
where he will attend school this winter
Mr.. and Mrs. joan Bond Of Norwich
spent Christmas with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Silas Titus.
Another big rain began Monday If
ternoon and continued through the
night.
Mr.. Allis is running his grist mill
day and night using the present abun.
dant water supply and still has not
caught up with his grinding.
Mr.. Humphrey and family of Pier
mont, N. b., visited friends in town
recently.
r. R. Fits has recently purchased
some turkeys of a large variety which
are said to dress, whom fatted, from
fifteen to twenty pounds each.
Mrs. Waters was on the sick last
week.
The weather during the past two
weeks has varied from Arctic cold to
almost summer heat.
BERTHE jackson came home from
Ludlow this week.
Mr.. S. H. Martin has new pair of
fine work horses.
PRAYER FOR THE NEW YEAR.
BY MRS. M. W. PARKER.
O God, we crave thy presence now,
AS we assemble here,
Thy blessing to baptise the brow
OF this our glad New Year.
For mercies which have crowned our days
For life and health still spared,
Accept to-day our songs OF praise.
Accept our grateful prayer.
Forgive the follies of the past
Oh God we humbly pray,
And if this year should be our last
In that intending day.
where days and years are known no more
Where death no more can come,
May we life's cares and laborS DER,
Rest in thy heavenly home,
Deferred Items.l
Jessie Lackey is working for Mrs.
Warren Tu'!a-
Elder j. D. Cross was called to Cor
inth to officiate at the funeral of Mrs.
VIM. Burgin Dec. 10Th.
j. Bastow is chopping for W. A.
Nation.
Miss Alice Derby of Ludlow Acad-
envy Is spending the holiday vacation
with Mrs. Simpson at West Fairlee.
Miss Derby is grand daughter OF Mr..
Hazen Philips.
MIR VIM. Lake recently killed hog
which dressed $50 pounds.
Rev. cyan Thomas, formerly for ten
years pastor of the Congregational
church at Vershire and later at Lud-
low, spoke at Ludlow Sabbath even.
ing, Dec. 18th, on the Cuban question.
NV. Thomas is now editor of the Lud-
low Tribune one of the best and most
ABLY edited papers in the state.
The new library is located in the
store of F. d. Richardson, Messrs.
Richardson and Clark librarians.
bhThe Advent Sabbath school is to
have the international Sunday school
lessons for 1886.
u Miss Nina Fuller is teaching at the
upper and Mrs. Ely at the lower viii
lage, Mr.. Bailey in the Fits district,
Miss Dearborn at the heights, Miss
Cross at Vershire Centre, Miss Alice
Farnham at Copperfield and Miss Row.
ell at South Vershire.
JIG. Carlton is drawing logs at the
new mill in Corinth, Mr.. A. j. Cross
is also working there.
Mrs. Sedgewick johnson, who has
been ill with heart disease, is lmprov-
ing.
Harley Jackson, son of Elder jack
son, who is working in Stafford, was
struck by piece of timber recently,
and an ugly cash cut in his forehead.