Year: 1861

the year, under the charge of the best
teachers, and afford the means of the most
/ thorough instruction for the usual tuition
| fee, to all who come from other towns and
districts. .#.. n.......


The new Westinghouse. now in process
of erection, by the Universalist Society in


Stowe, is destined to be one of the finest
wood structures of the kind in the State.
And if the plan is carried out, (as no
doubt it will be, in spite of hard tines


there is little doubt that it will be SUCH


For four or five years the Society have


been contemplating the erection Of a house


of worship, but until the early part of


this year, have not been able to secure a


site that would give general satisfaction.


The one finally procured, that of the OLD


Meeting house, satisfies every body.


The old house has, this season been re-


moved to another part of the village, and


put on good site and foundation, at an


expense to the town of something like a


thousand dollars, for the use of the town


as town house, lecture room, convention


room, or an occasional funeral. 1t is il


excellent repair, and is convenient and


oomm ol ;ouo for cucb nnrpocnS


Last winter. an association called 1.-The


first Meeting house Society in Stove" was


formed for the purpose of building a new


Meeting house. The requisite funds were


provided for the building of the house


the procurement of good Organ, and al
\ suitable furniture, by the sale of pews t


responsible persons, at an aggregate o


prices sufficient to cover the whole cstima


ted expense.


Lumber has been gathering ever since ear


ly in the spring, but so many of our bcs


mechanics have been engaged on the Schoo


house that it was not thought best to com
mence on the Meeting house till within
the last month, during which time til
work has been vigorously prosecuted. Th
, site was prepared, the foundation laid, am
, now the main body of the building
erected and portions rough boarded. Th
frame was prepared by our mechanics un
. der the superintendent of Mr.. SallieS
and it is said th at the first mistake is ye
to be found in the frame The outsid
r will be rapidly finished, and probably tn
inside work will not be pressed to compile
tion till next season.


Mr.. Edgerton, Of Charlotte, a maste
meeting house builder, will be here a shoI
, time to aid by his greatly practised skill
and his machines which he says will NOV
] anything loose-in the erection of tn
. belfry, and the construction and raising c
c of the spire.
t The main body of the house is to b
e seventy five feet by fifty. In addition t
e to that, there is to be portico in from
c extending out ten feet more, over whic
4 the belfry will rest in part, ands on it a
| entablature supported by four Auted co
/ ums of Ionic style of architecture, an
f resting on granite blocks. This portic
G must give the building rich and elegar
0 appearance, besides additional strength
a the support Of the bclfry and spire.


: The basement story is to be eleve
k feet from the ground floor, and the pos
: of the main story are thirty feet lonl


The belfry will be something more tha
: thirty feet high, and the top of the spir
= from the ground surface, at the basemen
I; is to be one hundred and seventy-one fec
s high. u a H 81
t The house is to be warmed by stow
e and pipe in the basement story, 50 a


ranged that there shall be a register {
l. CRATE in each pew above, then the occupal
S may by motion, regulate the heat
n suit himself. @


d These things can be done in Stow
n though the times are hard because h
II citizens have the material and ingenuit
n to accomplish large share of it, witho'
S. sending their money out of town. 1t
e distributed among our mechanics and a
It tizens, and by them considerable po


ton is returned to those who contribute
d it, in payment for produce.


5. 1t has been said that when Stowe pc
n Pile set out to do anything, it is general
h done up wown, and We think the erectic