Year: 1865

ANCIENT hBCORD.-a correspondent OI
the Vermont Record, gives some interest
ing extracts from the records of the Con-
gregational Church at Brandon. We
copy the following verbatim ct Hteratim


BRANDON September the 2S, 1871.


Cat Curch Meeting Legally warned
of the Congregational order Holden at
the house of Loren Larkin on the 28th Of
inst Month at one Of the Clock in the
afternoon. Pro Seeded to act as follows.
in the first place the following Com
plant was taken under Con Sideration
that Brother Jedediah Winslow flung
in against the church in which he taxes
the Church OF passing vote Consuming
him in an illegalmanner at a Church
Conference sum time in the munth June
last past upon which the Church voted
to a member that it was furreign from
their intention not having so much as a
distant idea Of such thing and to pre-
vent any thing Barring a resemblance of
the kind the Church ProSeeded to in
quiTe how they Stood affected towards
Mr.. winsloW who being desirous to no.


the Church in the Sd place took un-
der Consideration the complaint that
Mr.. Avery and Mr.. Buckland exhibited
to the Church against Brother Winslow
for boiling maple Sap upon the Lords
day Brother winslow says that he is
Sorry that he did on the account of it
being a great to the minds of his breath
erin, but not vuing himself there in gilty
of a Breach of Sabbath but Says that he
there in was himself in the way of his
Duty the Church vuing it a direct vio-
lation of tAe Law of god and that he
might as well bin imployed in most
any other bisness. taking that with the
matter of ex Sample undder ConSidera-
tion they voted not satisfied upon
which Brother winslow requested A,
COUNSEL and the Church redily Com
piled then proceeded and Mutually Chose
the West Church in Rutland for the odd
Church then the Church Made Choice
by vote of the Church in Jericho and
the Church in Orwell and Mr. Winslow
made Choice of the Church in Hfnsdale
and of the Church in Walpole To meet
the last Thursday in January next"


What disposition the said Counsell'
made of the case the records say not.


The first settled minister was the Rev.
Enos Bliss, as appears from the follow
ing record of settlement" down at
the house of Loren Larkin, on the 18th
January, 1892; .a.


"Voted to give Mr.. Bliss for q settle
ment as follows, viz: Fifty pounds to be
paid in cattle or grain, one third part of
it to be paid at the time of his ordination,
another third part to be paid in one year
from that time last mentioned and the
other third part in two years from the
time Of sd ordination. Likewise to give
him the Ministry Right excepting the
first division, or if he chooses in lieu
thereof fifty pounds at the end of three
years from his ordination, to be paid in
cattle or grain Also, voted to give Mr..
Bliss thirty pounds Lawful money to be
paid in one year after his ordination,
then to raise five pounds yearly after
that till it arrives to fifty pounds and
then continue during his ministry here,
the whole to be paid in cattle or grain.


The within mentioned settlement
provided nevertheless, that if the said
Mr.. Bliss shall not continue with us in
the ministry the term of eight years
from his ordination then the last men,
toned fifty pounds in his settlement re-
verts back to US"


Whether Mr.. Bliss stayed the eight
years is not known, as there is no record
TO be found of his dismission.