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VOL. XXXIX.
JIOXTPELIER, VTM WEDNESDAY. JULY
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Sundj School Leon 5otos.
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Ja!y tt'u: Tj4 Hicb Vraa Itui-Uirk U:i:i
As Jesus went forth from the seclusion
into which be betook bimsell, to avoid the
crowds and to be alone with his disciples,
he it at once met by one of the most in
teiesling characters that ever came In
contact with him a man who comes with
c nc of the molt weighty qtestions tb;it
wjs over out to Christ: "What sha'.l I do
to inherit eternal life?" His PprochtO eternal. Christ a.lds one word of camion.
Jesus was evidently not at all l:ke thejlt we conio to put too much stress opon
crafty and designing approaches of the , the reward. Many that are first (that i,
Jewish leaders. Ue was in a very proper i who appear to men most deserving.) shall
. ,1.0, ir,,H. Tint '
the brief account hero given of his coming ,
to tho Master reveals some defects in Lis
manner of coming.
In the tirst place there was too much
thoughtlessness in his advance toward
CurUt. He did not properly consider what .
he was doing. Unconsciously, perhaps, t
ho was deceived about hmiseif. Ills
who.e conduct shows an impuUive naiurc.
lie came running; his address to Chiistj
,re fluent -.nrl lii. chivt lump pndpr !
ar.Jinr' of '.he weighty matter which he ,
t t 1 , Ti h.t
.
I 'icckshiiu at once. He saw that the
young man had not well considered the'ot
great matter lie came to inqu'ro about '
He did uct nnderstand who be was ad-
dressing. His language was eminently
respectful, but he did tot givo to Christ
the high place that belongs to him. Good
Master, he salJ, but as he used tho phrase
it only meant a courteous address to one
alove him ia knowledge.
Jesus " took him up as we say, on his
form of address, and says, " Why calles'
ihoumoeood1 There is none cood save
one; that i3Goil." The words of Jesus '
have this iniTort: You have given mo a
title tit onlv to be civen to God. Do you j
real y address me as divine? Have you
considered carefully that I am more t
a wise teacher, even the Son of God?
This check came to make the ardor of 1
the young man more thoughtful, and lead i
him to feel tLe seriousness of the step he ;
was taking. We aro often deceived by
the apparent promptness on the part of
some who como to Christ. Their eager-
ne?3 and their forwardness appears prom- j
ising; vet how taaav times has it been :
found that tbe best talkers have the most ,
, . . , .
laultv conception of tho practical renulre-
. . , " . i
mcnts o! religion, and often it appears I
that real stability is about in inverse ratio
wl-h a-naretit zes and earnstnes I
as the ouestion asked was""Wba't shaU !
as the question as.ed asas. hat sba.l
3 to inherit eterral life.- Jesus a oace
turns the youth to the law. with which he
-em to have been familiar, and asks of
Irm wW Ho 'aw reoi-re 1 of him Te '
u.ra wua .aw rciu.rc j oi nun. a -e ,
1-ouiuiaouun-iii.N un muj uu mi, , wss ibns visited by the early itinerant
and the plain declaration of the law was, 1 preachers, and that "it immediately became
" Ho that dootli these things shall live bv'aa appointment for stated and regular
them.'"
assured :
The answer is nromnt and wlf. ,
t i answer i.- prompt and self-.
Aii these have I iept from my I
rou.ti up.
Tho account cf this muter giveu in
Matthew makes this confidence apneai
,,,, t .i.
vea more strong.?; for the young man
asks : " hat lacK I yet? ' Jesns replies,
" O x ft.nj." To lack one thing is to
fail of even-thing when one looks to works
for salvation.
Mark tells us what no other cvan
does about this young man, namely.
genst 1
that
Tews looking upon him as considering
him, loved him. God puts a high esti
mate upon correct living, and while it was
doubtless true that this man failed to
fithoni whit he said, when he declared
that he had lived a faultless life so far as
the l.iv was concerned, still I, is outward
iiarcfu.noss was good as far as it went 1
and his coming to Christ in the spirit of i
honest inquiry was commendable.
Ta-llS M in him mnr!i tht rru lal.'a
lint he also saw much that fell belo
the :
rrquireuitn's of true discipleship, much
that was con'rary to tho spirit required to
enter into life. So as the uestion had
been direct and put with confidence, Jesus
applies tiie test at once to show the man
his real condition : Give up all worldly
goods and take up the cross and follow
me. These words came as a death blow
to tbe hopes which tho yoang man had
cherished. He had thought to become
perfect by observing tho requirements of
the law. Christ puts before him the higher
law of love, love which abandons self and
seeks to do good to others. He also de
lected the point of failure in tbe character
of this man. He was wedded to the
world, and must become separated there
from before ho could enter into life eternal.
Christ had probed the inner heart of the
man n.l li wnt u,m.rni . --;i ""tS"11" o' ef " earij uiuersncy. presiumg e.oei n;oii uiu uis.iici 01 wbicq a 3'jnaay scuooi orgauijuon some years
ulna aau ne we-t away sorroiui, unwil is also known to have been an occasional Barre circuit was a part : Jesse L-c. Geo. ; earlier, and it is also probable that the
ling to give up his earthly goods that ho preacler at Montpelier, but was never an Pickering. Shadrack Host wick. John Brod-; organization has been continued ever
might secu-e a title to riches on high, appointee on any circuit which included head, Joseph Crawford, Elijah Sibin, ! since.
The world Is full of jast snch mourners the town in its jurisdiction. So of others Thomas Branch, Elcazer Weils, Joseph! On August 31. lS33,the Xew Hampshire
..i.i,. ..j,i: , ,.i .. whose names are not in the list of Meth j A. Merrill, John Lindsey, John G. Dow, I and Vermont conference commenced its
to-day. and the sad thing about the matter preachers included in this sketch, ' Wilbur Fisk. .seventh annual session In Montnelier,
is that many do not nnderstand the cause but who may be remembered, or perhaps I Among the names that tf Wilbur Fisk 1 under tbe presidency of Bishop Elijah
of their trouble. 'recorded, as haying engaged in the work is not the least prominent, and to the' Uedding. It must have been with pecu-
Jesus turned sorrowfu'ly to his disci- t0 1 8reater r le!s extent. : present generation Is a household name in I liar feelings of gratitude to God, that
, . ... hii. 1 ir' T58 preachers who succeeded Mr. memory of a man who made his impress Bishop Hedding now looked upon the as
p.ea, anu wi.n sucn a look as tixcd itse.r 3elnen upon Vershire circuit while Mont- in society as but few men are able to do. ! sembiing of this oonference. In 1103, he
upon thir memory, be said: "How hardly , polier continued within its bounds, were. 1 The seroion of Mr. Fisk before tbe Ver- j had been a preacher on Barre circuit, and
shall they that have relies enter into the ,n Ralph Wiilis on ; in !"'). Joseph mont legislature of 1820 is now preserved, ' bad occasionally Tisitod and preached in
kinitdoiu of God'' II ihen i.e irl.ii : Crawford; in 1733, Mr. Crawford again, having been printed in pamphlet foros. Montpelier.
" '"t" uui riis-i, r-l,;. kt. n" tr. r.-w l,.. ll.l .i. ,,r j t. r ,001 u. -1....J ..-i -
.-i.-v.ut, to us.c o-u cnem ujperooie
for a very difficult thing, the camel
going through the needle's eye, and
declares that such a thin is easier
than for a rich man to enter tbe king
dom of God. At this statement the
disciples were greatly astonished, and
r ailing tbe general desire for riches,
tbey Inquire with solicitude, "Who then
c in roe saveu - jesus, witn the same
ferious look as before, tells them that
while humanly considered, and lo human
streogth such a thing is Impossible, yet
with God that and ali things are possible.
Divine grace can overcome and subdue
worldliness so that ft need not be a falsi
bar to eternal life.
Peter, now, nearly as rash a talker as
the young man just leavlnz them, beslni
to laud tbe devotion which he' and bis1
failow disciples have shown, and Inquires,
What shall we hare therefor? Christ!
answers with one of tho most positive i
statements that ever came from bij lip :
Every man giyin up tt my sake snl the
Jpei f.
ball hare hun'IreJ fu'.J in tbls
wor'.J. anJ
eternv life l?JOna. bome
liTe lounu u.:.ulty in tLe siiec.aoitions
jC!;ri?t mikcj. us a btinJreJ foM ol canh'.y
rc'.a-iros ami tbe like, but tbe nutter
I. , ...
.oocomi-s simple when w consider tbe
close rel.V.unstri HiiUn bc-tweea :1
uue Christians. The believer eoim 3 into
take the place of friends left for Christ's
aio. ;J ine lauorer lor uou wng xs
oat to that one work, leaving all hope of
earthly possessions, bas often foan the
good things God has given to his brethren
made jiract":cs"y h'?. n:l he welcomed to
their use and enJjyracEt. But the great
reward for snch sacrifices comes, after all,
in tho reserved possessions of tha life
i be last ;
), . .,! n, v..( it... -;n ,t,
exact iastice.
Me'liftdUm In Montpclier.
ur i:i.v. .i. k. i.Miri.lrr.
' The history of the Methodist cb jreb in
Si...,!!.. ij ,A n, n..iin.
tonJ 'of Methoj;3m ;3 Vermon!.
Varians accounts bare been given of the
Inlrndiiftinti nf Nfpihftiliani into Vprmnnl
,ome of which are only matters of tradi-
tiuiii aua ijiuimvi. iiiLvugit. ia us-
mown tnat tne nrs. Jietnoj.jt p.eacner
4ent to ermont by the authorized voice
tno tetnodist episcopal cnurcn. and
ffh accepted and worked under the
,1nh , Th ' r.
onveaed September 20, 170o was "read
off" 33 tho appointee to "Vershire circuit."'
This was a'n entirely new field for Meth
oJistic preaching, and Mr. Snethen prob
ably went to bis appointment with no
definite knowledge of the existence of nuy
Methodist familes m ermont except one
. .. n. if-,.4 i jr.u.M -
f v,. T ,u r,V,;7X
U1 ,n9..S 7
which comprised the "circuit
records state, "from the towns near the ,
C19UUU V.IICU1. li.ai.ui.-u. a?
Connecticut river to Moatpelier.' These
boundaries are somewhat indefinite, but
,i.r nt Mth.iim. when hJindln
he parish of a Methodist preacher.
Jesse L.?e, the pioneer ot jlethodism in
-ew -nKan"' w PrwlnS e!aei: iua ,a
! his journal makes reference to Vershire
circuit in these words i "Many ef the
: places where we preached in that circuit
; were quite new settlements; the house,
ere very small and but scattered 'hrouga
ho i-irtnntrr- Thp r.rp i , lira li.l tn nn.
'",.',-...",-- .):e:.,i.i, i . i
many hardships. But one thing which
made up for all tho di;T5cai".ie was this,
tne people were fond of attending meeting
hv dav or bv ni"h' and were verv kind to
" V. or, -. 1n;',an? we ,, - h,'na. 10
tae pre.acntrs ; anu oest oi an was, sinners
-..re awnkened and In n ll'ile lime sot-iK.
of them became the happy subjects of the '
favor of God, and were zealously engazed i
io trjln? to help forward the work of the
m rs couJ gince theQ we
ha70 prosneroa co'nsicerablv ia this new .
Dart of the eountrv." "
The fragmentary records which are the
on,.T U1"an! of information now extant,
C0Dclu5iTe evidence that Mon tpelier
preacuing. it is prolmbie. nowevcr, mat
cbi on, at interu of
considerable extcct ia point of time, and
j ihat the meetings were small as regards
'-he number in attendance, being hold in
i dwellings or possibly in school houses
where thev could be obtained for the ptir-
; Arminian theology was then re
1 garded as an interloper, and met with its
(opposing creeds of Calviais'ie dogmas on
i the one hand and extreme Liberalism oa
' the otter, as its vital and untiring dispu
tants.
i
1 T'iinm;An', lli;!nr nf f intftlln-
,speaii3 of "A great public meeting for a
doctrinal debate,'' held in Montpelier dur-
ing the summer of 17 '3, in which a '-Rev.
Mr. Mitchell of some other part of the
state, appeared "on tho part ot the
Methodists." Djubtlcss this was Joseph
Mitchell, the preacher cr. the 'Vergennes
circuit'' that year. Mr. Mitchell was
never an ap-iointee in any circuit which
included Montpelier, but was a man of
untirins- enert-v. trreat intclleetm! rower
and unceasing labors in his calling as a
preacher, and it is recorded of him that
he traveled at the rato of nearly il 'j
vear while on the Vergennes
circuit.
His appearance in Montpelier at
this time would seem to indicate either ' Philip Munger and Jonathan Chaaey:
that he was aa oecasioaal visitor aad 1S07, Sam'l Thompson and Kleazer Wells;
preacher here, a'theugh not oa his stated J 150S, Solomon S;as; X.'.'. Warren Banis
eirenit. or lhaf ha was hroniTVit frarard in tpr and Iteor-'e flarvi lli). l-l!ezer Wells
champion the doctrines of "the Methodist
. . , , . . .. .
Episcopal cnurcn dv the trtends or the Sternes and Jotin jewel" ; 1812. toenezer "-' " "- .u-"i- tuu
same. " i F. Xewell and Joseph Dennett; liil:3 and i teas : Cyrenus Morse, Simuel Lpham,. ir
itis not improbable that Montpelier '11, David Kilbnrn. Jason Walker being Christopher C. ing, A. U. H. Cadweil,
may have bc-en occasionally s isiteJ by the his colleaiue in '11; I8I0 and MG. Joel James Arbuckle; Methclist meetinghouse
preachers of Vergennes circuit, as well as Steele, Thomas U Pierce being a colleague i committee: C. C. Wing. J. M. Saow,
by those of Vershire circuit, of which it in '10; 1SI7 and '1-tS, Leonard Frost; ltjl'3. i Wnl- B- Hubbard. 4:h. To act on draft
was a part, for the earlv Methodist Thomas C. Pierce; 1S20, Squire B. Uaskell fr constitution for said society. Consti
preacher had a habit of making himself and Ella Dunham; l'21. John F. Adams 1 tntlon adopted. Plan A, for a meeting
heard, and of feeling very mucb at home and Abraham Holway; lsJ2, J. F. Alums ! bouse adopted.
wherever and under whatever circum- and D. Leslie; 123, Samnel Xorns and On motion, tbe meeting was adjourned
stances ho could find a congregation, and Haskell Wheelock; 124, D. Kilbnrn. H. I four weeks. E. II. Wasubtkx. Sec.
in view of the couiuioa sympathy and Wheelock and A, II. Houghton ; lS2o, John ' Xo further record of this movement is
uurpose among tho early preachers, cs -
eciany, 11 is presumaoic mat no exclusive
right of territory was thought of by any
circuit preacher. "
Jorenzo JJow, lamc-i for hu eeccntrici-
: ties of life and speech, aad an able though
,,1,1, a. . uii.ii3.i.i lis ijia iviieuue;
in 1800, Thomas Dewev : in 1?01. Truman
Bishop and Thomas Branch; in 1302, Sol -
emon I-angdon aad Paul Dustin ; in 1503,
Slnluel draper and Oliver Beale. The
untrs twtujjiicu luuicaie uu couierence
year." commencing with the annual ses-
sion in the summer of the year named,
nnd continuing to the ollowing session,
in istn the circuit was divided, and Mont-; which haa met the early efforts or Meth
pelier became part of the new "Barre odists to secure an acknowledged right to
circuit.
rcuit," which included the following
ithln its jurisdietien: Barre, Plainfield,
Middlesex, Montpelier, Xorthfield. Will-
nmstewn. Washington, BpriinandOranze.
It is uncertain whether Moretown and
Wailsfield were in the circuit at this time,
or were added subsequently; but eventual- independent existence;of "Montpelier sta-j bore the burden of carrying the church lo
ly they were so Included, as well as other lion," and thus secure a resident pastor completion. His financial account of re-towns-
, who could give his entire attention to the ceipts and expenditures amounting to
There are 237 names upon ihe oldest j interests of the church tn Montpelier. j $3,17. 13, paid into bis bands and fully
list oi members now io be round, and ?o it came aoout mat at tne annual con- accounted for, was rendered: to tbe stew
which seems to Include tbe entire circuit ference, held at Lynn, Mass., (this territory i anla under date of 1S43.
as it existed in 1804. being then comriscd io tbe "Xew Eng-' Tbe deed cf the land was given by
Of tblt number it is difficult to decide Hand conference,") and commencing July . Rawsel R- Keith to the stewards of tbe
how many were residents of Montpelier, , 23, l-s.'i, Barre circuit was again divided, ! Methodist Episcopal church, tbe oonsider-
as the Montpelier membership is not
rouped, as in some of the other towns,
ut it seems to be not more than o or
There w s. howeTer, "class"' organ-1
itvion. and it represented in tbe re
Pr l 1 coi.ec-.ions nca jasneri;
j.r i- jK- .rif report frnm Atnt Ia!
3.4, the lut o itnfJ being the report on 1
April 13 li'.'C. at the lust quarterly meet-!
in.' in the conferenoe year.
July 2J. ISi.iS. co -Ih;;iods from two.
claMM ,n Man'p..li.'r were nparte.1. InJl
citin? that ano'.bcr c'.ns wn forme.1 about!
this time, i.ibsinvient r-porls showing the i
. . f r . i. . . Tl.
rat receipt cf "piVie money" reported I
from oni,,
?!ier was at a q iarterlf maot-i
I'winiild UJtoher 16, 1807 J
pc held at
the amount being $l.CO. The name of ,
tbe first class leader wa Ansel rjtterson. j Culver aid Henry N'mt; and the member
who afterwards removed to Uarre, and ship was eompriswl in e-ven tlnw, as
was eventually expelled from member-i follows t I, lleory Niirt le ul. r. 1:) meni
ship. j ber; 2. Ellas WakeBeld lea,ler, 0 uienahers
The number in socieiT as reported to. andtwo on trial; 3. Cyrenus G. Kulton
the annual couference 6f 1812 was 8.W ' le1er, 16 members ; 4. Goodyear B isU
upon the circntt, and of this number 25 1 ,oc ,l precber an 1 leader. U members
' , ... .. . . . x T . .1 i I. - I
: iH i
'(hg lexers, and having 13 and 12 in their'
', respective classes, and three "on trial"' in !
the class of Mr. Kinsley. The wccs
re very meagre uurinjf tnese intervening'
years. Imt there is evidence or steady
growth in numbers and increase or tnnu
' ence for tbe church in tha community.
August"., 1S20, the qaarterly meeting
was held in .Montpehcr, being the nrsten
record as held in this town.
It ia not cer. i
tain,
however, that quarterly raeetie-s l,n"s fen' '"' table exp-?no.
now held here for the first time. sS q'larterae, paid Ue. John
were
some of the records in former vears are
incomplete, and it is obvious that such
ki.i ..r k;ai.
is now exUnt. or at least known to exist,
The record of this meeting is very meagre,
! - inint mile i kf .tpnipnl nf thn limp and
place and the amount of the collections
jnu . . i.tvu.i.. m ivuvni.
yjarteiiv meetings held at Montpe!;sr
for liarre circuit. August 5, 1S'.' :
Public collection, $'.62.
ap-;piio; ivmam exnsc.
0.00
2.02
.2 ,
Tbis brief record is suggestive, how-!
ever, of a meeting which was probably
one of impressive and solemn interest in
the communltv. A Methodist '-quarterly
meeting in 120 was likely to be an event
, " ... ;,., i., i-,
of great public in'crcst. barre circuit
comprised at this time some 12 or more
towns within Its bound., and, in accord-
, fa . b olden times,
1 '! I1 1 0, ftl"
Hi tha n le'rir'r in Da r i n ct Qs M i a r mm nvov
at the quarterly meeting some from every
preaching statiou on the circuit, and a
general attendance of tho members and
t-n. :
frienJs ot tho AletnoUiSt church in towns
convenient of access to tbe place of meet-
ing. It is. therefore, probable that this
meeting was one of considerable locai
importance. Mr. Henry att remembers
the occasion, and that the meeting was
held in the "rove at the ' Center." and
very largelv attended by the people from '
all adioininz nr.i some other towns.
Rev. Elihu Scott, who is now living
Hampton, N . H., writes
Hampton, S. H.,
" n Jne. 18;'j. I received my first ap.
pointment in the Xew England conference
on olJ Barre Circuit ermont. one ol the
oldest and best at that time lu the state,
i,u r..,.i .h, in wT ni.i
j,,Ui.. v. .j....
Leslie second, L. Scott third; and because
we had not help enough, we took on Hor-1
ace Smlding for the fourth (a school ;
teacher nnd iocal preacher of good abili-!
es), The (00V!iD.r 13 a h..tof tho towns :
inen embraced in the circuit a name that
meant something ia those days namely: !
Barre. Montpelier, Calais, PlainfleU,
Marhueld, Grange. Washington, il-i
iamstown. Brockneld. Randolph, Bethel, (
ttoxoury, ortnueiu anu i-iernn. i tninK
wo had preaching every Sabbath only in
Carre; in a few other places once in two
" ,, "
in others once in eight weeks. But with
lectures, as wc called them that is.
preacliing oa wee.i aavs, atternoon or
evening, ia all our outlying neighborhoods
where we had classes, four or live times a
week three weeks out of four, summer
and wir.ter. in private houses or school
houses, and visiting all our members fre
quently, we found plenty of hard work to
keep us out oi iJ.enes ana mischief.
Previous to 12 ' the Methoeists had no
church, but during this vear one was bnilt
llin C.nlar tl tliatit-vn in M?!il.h maal.
ings were then held aiterntteiV with serv-
ices in the old State House in the village.
At the fir", quarterly meeting held in the
church, Wilunr Fisk preached upon the
theme of " F.a lless misery"' a memorable
sermon, which wis much discussed in the
comaiunity.
Ia l2ti, Montpelier w is made a station,
and thenceforward lost its identity with
Barre circuit, but gainod one of its own.
The annointmenls of ureachers for Barre
circuit from its formation to this time, (all
of whom were of course regular visitors to
Montpelier at stated appointments), were
as follows: In Ir)!. Oliver Beadle; lt"ij.
Fiiiah Uedding and lianie! loung: lSOo.
and Squire Streeter; I 1 1 . XathanieL ingtlie notice published in the newspapers
. 1 . ' .......... 'tr if? . ... .... 1 1. 1 ... .I.. ;
' Lord, D. Leslie and Elihu Scott; 12'3, A.
u. .iierriu ana o. lempieioa; le.'f, J. n.
White, E Jordan and R. L. Harvey.
Thero had also appeared among the
Methodist preachers iu the town the M -
lowing men who had occupied the office of
-ur. l ioiv una u-vu ,.-11.4 1110 iuuu-jii ui
i Methodism in Montpelier." but although
: his influence was of great value to Meth.
.odisra in Montpelier, his work was inci
, dental to i its history rather than the found-
aiton Ol It. liv watt a siruug man iu tne
denomination, and doubtless exercised an
inlaence which (erred in a great measure
to dispel the opposition and the prejudices
worship God according to the dictates of
their consciences, and Ihe preferencesfof
their religious tastes. It is also probable
that tbi growing strength in tbe society
gave encouragement to the local Interests
to such an extent as to bring about tbe
(having lost "Brookueld circuit in ls-b),
aad "Montnelier station" became an ap -
pointment. John Lord was presiding
elder of tbe district, and John G. Dj.Tlhe
stationed preacher.
im urw qivwrir meeting wm oeta . :
anil '21. RaviUr mHiin7. hit hn '
held ap to this lim-j, but th "qurterW
meeting''
on the sta
stoirard n
boevne a
noe concenel r.ir ine Urst ttnifl
station, unj i thre wt htn on-
nmler th circnit rrn!nent. It
noregurr to cbs otbrrs: the
comoletoJ bonl u lo'l,: S:chan
Sanborn, Dtniel Ualyer, Upaa n. 1
i . r' E-..;. t i . . i . 1
and Heary Xutt. At a S'l'nequent mt
log the board of IriW.ne was increae I to !
five, and then couprise.1 S ilvenns Mor.e. I
John Stevens, Jame ArbncMe. Dmiel
7 members .o I 5 on trial ; 6. Oa'niel
w - 01 leader. 2) member.; 7. Nathan
Howard leader, 13 meiub rs; total 105
od on trial.
. i ..: j..
is as follows: Collections for this vtar's
avail of subscription papers. S201 ; private
(ioaatioa. 15; ministerial or oM
money. $C2; qasrterly collection. $1;
total, $300. Disbursements, Paid Rjv. J.
for I ravelin?; eipenses. f o; lor
Iird, 1'. E., 410: total. S33J
An interesting relic of the tiiuj here
written of is an original "class paper"'
now in a good siate of presorvatioa, al
though yeiiow with ag.?, and carrying an
inscription of faded writing, bit still verv
leuie, n io.iuws.
Jintjc:ftt Cljss IJaprr j l .
riF.KRY XL TT, Leader.
Join G. l))w, S.P. IUv. John Lord, l'.E
Ileineinber and observo the
East. See Discipline.
: iart-;rly
Keep Yourselves in the bve of Gad.
Mb!.
Made April 13th, 12.
The original s's of the abtivo when
folded is 5X'2J inches, and when unfolded
it is twelve times as large, an I contains
the name, of the members of the class in
dicated, with lines and spaces to record
their state in life (married, single or wid-
owed, their state in tbe church (lull mem
hersh'a. or on trial 1 and their attendance
.-.-23. i. mJi- tZ
t?rsu' or on irisii. ana laeir at
or non-attendince at class meetings. Tae
chnrch records, although merely incidental
of the loutine business during the next six
years, indicate a general state oi prosper
ity and a healthy growth in the memaer
ship. John U. Dow was again appointed
preacher in charge in 1823, with E eazer
Wells presiding elder. James Teiupleton
was the preacher in u'l and ;;i ; i.i
rf..at. "''-'' rir? I
i- er in ... (Jo-iah
t ,3?,d 1
,1. At this ume;
Sprague, '32; John Currier in '3J
A. Scarrit, presiding
S'.t the preacher in
there was under azitalion a project to
l..:ii . l..tuo: Ak.',....l. ,l. :ltA ...
OUIIU I .iti.-liiUOlUU liUUILU 111 lU-3 tllllC,
the meetings having been held ia the old
house nn
,ur'
ip to this time.
The following reoord is still preserved,
apparently upon the original paper where
it was written :
Mostpelier, Feb. 12. l.-il.
Aeoordinu- to nrtivions notice 7nn. a
mn,,j. oallad for the nnrnu of tit.
jnj into consideration the expediency of !
building a Methodist meeting bnue. ' '
U3 moti0n, Hon. Cvrus Ware was !
called to the chair, and E. H. Wa-uburn
was appointed secretary.
Oa motion, a committee was appointed
consisting of three, to be denominate I a
Methodist meeting house committee. Lu
ther Cross, Samuel Uplmni, Jonathan M.
Snow, comprise thi3 committee, whose
Hii'v it shall be 0 find a site on which to
hnif.l aai.l house, ani anv oher hininess !
belonging to the subject ,
On motion, the meeting is adioui ned 1
to meet at the State IIous.i, on the vl.u
iusiant, at ii o'clock r. M.
E II. WasIiiilkn-, Sec.
Feb 21, ls-34.
Mil pursuant to a 'j ouvnaient, H tn. C.
Ware in ill? euiir. an I J. M. Slow, sec-
retary pro irm '
Oa motion, the q-iivitioo w t ied re'a- .
tive to the site belonging to Mr. Jewctt.
Oa motion. Col. J. P. Miller was ad l -tl ;
to Ihe committee above raised, and a!
Mr. James Arbti -kle an 1 Mr. X t han
Oa motion, the meeting was a.ij turne I
to the 10:h of March.
1". II. WASiint ttv, S. e
March 10, K',4.
oa m jlba ot" IIjii. C. Ware. Siuith
Sherman was called to tbe ch:ir.
O.) motion.sai l meeting agree I to build ;
on the Keith site. i
Oa motion, aljou-n'.l to uiejt on the j
t:lth instan'. i
E II. U'asiii-.i i;v. c.
Monti'KLIei:, March lo, lt-31. ,
Met. puruant to adjournment after read
. preserved, and tho project seems lo have
t waiteu atveiopmeni ior me tuue ncing.
Tho earlier records of the Sunday school
, are July, l3o; one superintendent, j
- teacher. 43 scholars; ,0 vols, in the li
brary. It seems probable that there was
, ia te-z, uo wti ttiec.ea i;i j urutiuou
bishop, and in 1830, had presided over the
first session of the New Hampshire and
Vermont conference at Barre, and now in
the course of hit ofhoial duties, came to
preside over the session to be hold in
Montnelier. The number of members in
the church in Montpelier at the time was
153. The sessions of tbe conference were
held in the "Brick church."' (Congrega
tional.) It is remembered that John
j Brodbead was also present among other
visitors.
i Following this conference the building
! enterprise assumed definite form.
, Daniel Baldwin was made chin man of
the bulldinc committee, and eventually
i ation being named as Sow, and the lot
1 belntr described as "situated on tbe north
erly side of the road leading from William
Minn's to :h S..ue II as bianl'l
- "J ne row. n Vi! ! ir ro I w.-r.i i
it nr ftriim.! irv ?in T.tJ. vh
ma le and vtnsv.l D-cuir li, 1'yi. a i 1
i, r.-r le I Ja-ia try 1?, 1S17. The d.-e I w ,
Z'"". j i. i liisriu. iiinn th-'
leei-il irtt -n-l rjiSlen'-e tha' t'i-y
hillerwianl ruiM th-'n-on a lious-" or
pi-.ee oi reiiuis won'i'p f-r tn? a so ot
ili rai'aW of th
i :.. t
MrbIV. E?!epl
r according to the
rules and disrij line wh:ch from tine to
time rr.av ti- a-r-rd nona by the minister
and preacher- by
vd church at their gea-
rtl ontereni'
ne united Mates ol
America,"' n 1 ruentt .ning further expee-
t.a'ion that the proper1 y shwild remain in
fie control of tp etui church un lor its
"iiscipHnary rub-s. S .me 3:1 years later.
Xovemb-r 8, 1 jjj, tile title "was ma le
atijo'uiH hv t ie evmit'on ol another ! J
liv which fjr a coni lera ion of $10X Mr. ! 0 0; in lehtedaess, none; paid for mini
Ivei'ii q iit cl diuml 'n the stewards of s iid t-ri 1 simairt, pastor, $l.i); presiilint
cbnri h all light n I title to the same piece , elJ-r. $7o; bishops, $17; confereno.
of I in I, indie ning th it when it became claimants. $15; total, $1,107; current ex
recess iry to i;i:ike a change in the church ' peases, $237; repairs, $100; benevolcn
property, It was fo-inil that doubt existed collections. $20-?; to'al financial disburse
as t) the right of il.o church to dispose of i ment. $1712.
tbe sauie under ihe original title. This , .
iiluv.raies the tniih thU not only mice but "
r..en a'so smseli-iies overlook tho means; The Willow as a TijmP!j,tlTi;EE
of egress, when deeply intent in improv , And the.? ate some trees whicn?are de
ing th opportunity of ingress npon.a de- serving of more attention than has vet
lirl possession. . been given them in this country. The
I ne church was dedicate 1 November 13.
1837, and the sermon preached by Rev. S.
Ite'.ley, pisto'. In lioD the church in
Montpslier village was made a station by
itself", with 93 names npon its roll of mem-1
bersnip.
The first niartcrlv meeting hold i i the ,
rhnrch at Muntpelier village was on April , i,les of stream, where we most cotmnon
7 l.l-l.an.l.af:er t'v- time usually occurred lj see them. Thev are of rapid growth
at this place In W7. Middlesex ch irge' an i vield a large r'-turn. Ttie osipr wil-
was united witii Montpelier for the titue.
being, and two preachers were appointed .
to the work. In I;o3, Est Montpelier!
was annexed in like manner, bjt in each
instance the arrangement was only for the
current Year. During these years and th
following there was a steady growth in ihe
membership of the church, with occa-sioaal
revival of religion. Ia l$i3, the Vermont
annual conference (organized in lt!lt).
held its fourteenth session in Moatpelier,
Iiishop Usman C. Baker presiding. The
conference convened ilay 13th.
In 1 ?6 j, the 221 session of the Vermont
annual conference was held in Montpelier.
convening April 13, with Bishop Mttthew
Simpson presiding. This was the ceaten
nial year of American Methodism, dating
fro n its introluc'.ion in 170(3, and great
m erest at ached to the observation of
l)r0!er lnoi'S,rit3 to commemora e
n of conznialMlon. On .
I nd iy evening. April - , a "centenary I
meeting ' was he'd, at which Gov. Dilling-1
ham presided, K;V. 11. Eistman read a !
poem suited to the ov-c.ision, ani 11 jv. G.
C Bancroft delivered an address. Tae
Sabbath services were particularly inter-1
esting, ll shop Simpson preaching a; the
C ingregational church in the forenoon, :
an i ttie other services in the several
'" e other services
, h conductec
w by member, of the cc
ccJ.oaiboriu U,M.H,
ed by other visitors '
conference.
was voted bv the
leaders and stewards' meeting (otlicial
, . J ... ,,,
Sf'TiW.1
to build a1
, '.' , ...
nece-sarv
rue isure3 were taken in due time to dis-'
pose of the church property then held bv
the society, and to procure tho land and
erect tho church edifice now owned by this '
society. Like other church enterprises of 1
this character, this involved years of toil 1
and sacrifice on the part of tbe people, ar.d
correspomliag laf-ior aad saenaee by the
pastors wno i.mnd their lot ca-st with this
-oci-"iJ aarin? the several following years.
It is not wittim the province of this article
to relate the det.tr 's of the effort to erec;
this new honse of worship, bat to record
it completion for dedicilionou November
21. l-?74. Rev. W. K. Clark. D. D , of tho
.sew hngland conference, being
preach'T oi' the dedicatory sermon.
tJ-
Among th" tu iterial encouragemers ia
the undertaking was
tho donation of the
m i-!ve be
$1.0) COt
bv Col. H. C. Xutt, at about
and which was made a "r.ie-
111 risl gift" iu the name of two sisters
decease.!, and whose names are cust in an
insi-rioti .n on lh" boll, as follows:
IV MF.MOllV
M Y
F.VN NV
S I S T E R S ,
AN D AsEN'ATH,
II C. XL" IT.
1 n it v M. E. Chnre
Montpelier. Vt
i'
I'.ie l r iiity M -tho list Episcopal church
cilnice I 1 - ibstantlal brick structure, of
plain cf.eiinr. well located upon Maia
street 1'- extreme length upon the out
i.n is 11; feet, with a corresponding
wid h of 6 1 feet. The ground floor is
occupied bv a spacious vestibule, and from
which a piVsaste 21 foet in length and 1)
feet in wi l. h leads to the vestrv, i52xO$
f-et, Its-lng the largest lecture "room in
inn, whi.e upon the right of theioassaee
Irom the vestibule is a class room 2-t feet
f-iuire. and upon the left two ladies' par-
lo.-s, cacti 21x12 feet, and connected bv
fjlding d oors. From tho vestiitu e on
ea.-h side is a stairwty, o feet " inches
wide, with 20 steps of 7 inches rise, leading
to the seci.nd ioor, on which is the miin
an licn- e room, 73 feet wide, and 32 feet
high, and having excellent acoustic prop
erties, rue pews are 120 in numoer,
. giving "'" sittings, while the gallery over
the vestibule will seat 10), making a total
seating rspioitv 011 00 in tha oer.innent
seats. Tub organ loft, situate I back of
the pulpit, is 22 feet wide by 17 feet depth,
and is furnished with a superior instru
ment, made by G x). II. i!y I r of Boston,
and which was purchased by the la lies of
the society. Oajeach side of the or;in
loft is a room 17 x 1 3 feet, and In'.ea le I
for the toilet of the preacher aa I thicbiT.
The audience room Is heael by tw fu:
naces, and the vestry by a third, ail bett
ed in the cellar, while ihe soa i'il-r rco as
are provi led with stoves thir lie ring pur
poses. The fo lowing isaeouiplcte list nf pis
tors w io hive been i 'entiiie 1 with this
church since its in dependent ex-s.ence,
commencing in I-", and nUo the amies
of the presiding elders of Mon'pelier d s
trie', several of wbom have resiled in tlii
town daring tbeir term of otl'ue:
le.'. John G. Dow. John Lord, p-e-i 1
ing elder: ls-.nl, John G. Dow, pistr.
Eleazor Wells, presiding elder; lii ani
'31. JiJ. Templeton; 1532, F..ra Sprague;
13J, John Currier, Josiah A. Scarritt,
presiding elder; '31 and '.So, E'ihu Sooti;
'36 and '37, Simuel Kellev, Ciiarles D.
Cahoon, presiding elder: '3S and '33,
Eleazer S.uilli, E isha J. Scott, presiding
elder; '4'1 and '41, Charles R.Hirding;
'42. '4 ",, '41. E.isaa J. Stott. J. G. Djw.
presiding elder; '4i and '4 3. Amass G
Button, John Currier, presiding elder ia
'45: '17 and '4-, Alonzo Webster; '43.
S. V. Williams; ', '52, S. Chambsilain.
A. T. Bullard, presiding elder; 'oi ani
'.'io. Benjamin Walker; '.o, Blmund C tps
lani; 'io and 'ofi, Y. D. Hemenwav, E J.
Scott, presiding elder; "o7 and '3S. II. P.
Cashing, W. J. Kidder, presiding elder in
'.".'; Wand '0i), W. D. Mtlcoiu; '61 an t
't2, laaac McAnn, P. P. Rty, presiding
elder in '(32; 'f.3 and '61, A. L. Coopar;
'65 and '.', M. Ludlnm, A. U Cooper,
presiding e'der iu 'oti; 'ii7 and '6-i, li. lay-
Io:. Mr. Tavlor was released
August,
V, nnd Isaac McAnn completed thecon
vny-tr. Hi. S. H.'nm 7) H
'iV. Wir'h-n. J. A S-ierharn. p-e-il-ir
.-' It In "'); Tl an I '72. J. W. -'. C x
Mi. Hovi wis relet. ia the fill of 7.'.
an 1 J nu ' M orro-v sagralie I 'he remainder
'i cn-ii'imnc yeir.' 1173 ai 71. il
A. ",- .r. I. M Vn, nres'- li.ag e! Ur ii
'7 '.; TJ an 1 "7'. J M. C. Fjltia. "73 an '
"73. Ciiries Parkhu'st, Cbtireh T'ojr
pre! ling e'der in 73. Mr. P.trkliur
i r.'li-i'e I ii the fall of '7J. and N
F -i ot' of the K-w E iglail con'ereace
supplied tie remainder of the conferene
var, and was appointed as pastor in "0:
Si and "ff2. D. E. Miller. II. A. Spencer
presiding elder in '82.
T:.e annual statistics of the soeietv
renoite I to the conference of lSS2'are a-
loilows : Members, 213; probationers. 1, :
local preaehers. "-'; number in Sunda
schwl. 237; olUwrs and teachers, 23
proii'ile value of church ediii-e, $27.0'';
probable value of parsonage property, ?2
widows, for inscance. have seldom been
cultivated ia a largo way; and yet there
are few trees so easily grown, or which
will pav bet'er for cultivation. Thev
adapt themselves to a wide range of soil
an 1 climate. Tuey grow on high groan I
anl oa uravellv soils not less thin bv tbe
low is specially useful, we know, ior the
manufacture of baskets, chairs and other
articles of furniture, and we import it to
the extent of five millions dollars' worth
annually, when we might pro-luce it easily
n almost any part of our coumrv
V.'e hardly think of the willow as a
timb:r tree or for the production of lum
ber, bit only as yielding a cheap, poor
sort of luel. But in England the woo l is
greatly prized for many purposes. Though
iiat it is tough ; it does not break into
sliver". Hardly any wood, is better,
therefore, for the linings of carts and
wagons used in drawing stone or o her
rotuh and heavy articles It makes
eMctlient charcoal", especially for the man
ufacture of gunpowder. It bears cxaosure
to the weather, aad boards made of it are
very serviceable for fences. Some species
0f it are admirable for use as a live fence
or hedge. On account of its comparative
incombustibility the willow 13 eminently
use ful for the floors of buildings designed
to be tire-proof. It grows to a large size
and furniihes a great amount of lumber.
There is a white willow growing in
Siockbiidge, Mass., which at four foe;
from the ground measures twenty-two
feet ia circumference and extends i.s
branches fifty feet in evcry direction.
Tradition says it w3 brought from Con
necticut in 1-07 by a traveler, who used it
as a riding switch.
The Hon. Jesse W. Fell, in giving an
account of experiments in tree plauting
oa an extensive 3ea,e in Illinois, says:
"Were I called upon to designate one t.ee
which, more than all o.hers, I would
.recommend for general planting. I would
-iy unhesitatingly it should be tho whitt
willow."
p,0f. Brewer says: "la England
te it is often sixty or seventy feet hig!
in twenty years, mere is no wool in
greater demand than good willov. It is
iuht very tough, soft, takes a good fiaih.
will boar more p-ouniing and knocks than
any other wood grown there, and hence
itrce for cricket bats, for floats to paddle
wheels of steamers and brake blocks on
cars. It is used extensively for turning.
nlanking coasting vessels, furniture, ox
yow, woo-ten legs, suoe lasts, etc.
Fuller says: "It groweth incredibly fist
it beici a bv-wotd that the proit bv
willows will buy the owner a horse before
that by other trees wi,l pay tor tbe s.aiU.e.
The basket willow, well cultivated, wi!
vield a net income of one hundred and
fifty dollars a year to the acre. Oa the
hile, th'reforc, it would seem that the
various kind of willow, the economic-
value of which has been hitherto entirely
overlooked in our country, are eminently
de-erving of attention and will amply
reward thce who cultivate them. From
.:!h.:.! anirr-aitof ln Plan'.in;," (j
II. .. K ;'.tf'.:i, it Pup-Mr i'cu w. i!o".'.h'j
tor Mi.
rilE I IHI.-.IS'AL HOME OF rflK liOll-E
There is no doubt bit that the original
home of the horse is not in Earope, but in
Central As, a: Tor since the hoise m its
natural state depends upoa grass f. r i.s
nourishment an I 2-etuess for its weapon
it could not in tne beginning have thriven
an i multiplied in the thick fore-n grown
territory of Eurepe. Much rather should
its nlace of propagation be sought in these
, steppe where it :i. roam? about
in a wild state. Here, too. arose the tirst
nation of riders of which we have h;storic
knowledge, the Mongolians and the Turks,
wuose existence at tins .ly is as it were
combined with th at of the hor-e. From
those regions the horse spreal in all
directions, especially into the steppes of
southern ar. I southeastern Russia and into
Thrace, until it finally found entrance into
the other pirt of Eu:ep, b it not nntil
aftcrtho immigration of tho peopele. Thi
assumption is, at least, strongly favored
bv the fact that th; far-he: a district of
Euri.po Is from tluse Asiatic stepp.-s. tint
is, from the origin il home of the horse,
the later does the tamed horse S'em to
have made its bvoric appea-aico m it.
Thc'supposition is further confirmed bv the
fact that horse raising among almost evcry
trios appears as an art derived from
ne'g'j'uoring tribes in the east and no:th-ea-t.
Uvea fin Houer the ox appears
exclusively as the draught animal tn land
oiierilions at home and in the field, while
the t.or wis ul fir purposes of war
on.-.'. I s e up'oym -a", in military
opi.-i t ; vi- wa, determined bv swiftness
u'ou n That the value of the horse must
orig.u.illv ii ive depended npj.i i's il ct
ni s- i-,n easily be inferred from the r.-t ue
wh: i is r.'it e-tte I ii all t'i' V-i-i.'li -. of
the Iu lo Europe tn Ltnguag--. .-.nd sign :i-s
pear
li t'.r-ng.
l a- "l HI
lit i ins of
i its c tinge.
s. ,f'-i tr
m )
.If
l sK, E, rm C.tiiii.'isM. Oao of the
uio-t eloquent an I pip.ilar clergymen of
A i-t-n. "lVas. being a'aout to ascend the
steps leading to hisclni.vh a few Suudays
a' i. wis ussed by a partially "blind old
lily, wiio di I nit r : ignizs him, to help
her up the steps. With his usual urban
ity, he foinplb-i w ill h -r request. Just
as they r. a,v,e,l i io top steps, she asked
bin who w i- g ur.g to preach.
I' ti sou S ui:!i," ti- replied, that being
his own n line.
L:ll"
III d
one I the old
agi'm. I'd
lady
rather
Please
to go
iioi..
1 s-en to a in in siw ng wood.
he'p mo down agiin. I don't cart
il."
At ii.t the clergviuiu was inclined to
refns. b-it on re'l ictiou. he gently assist
ed h-r down ttie fens a'ain. remarking.
as they re.a-bed (tin b etoui : "You are
quite rigr, m 1 1 in. a i fit not going into
tceclmre'i I wmi! I u"t go in, either, If I
, m.is not pud lor it." A'-itor . l)rav:r.
- i, , r.r" .fji.vt. ' r .fun.-
Th r.ira-i'is v j.rijh!
V S nil LttoOK-
Wh
I v..
i-n i'l vv:iN-.et vears
to So ii.' I thrilling '"
i'l 1 The List H'tr'
. h.i hvc htl a war
r'i: h w is, ;e-. u, h-tpe,
1 ;1 .-vet- "n ig- in as
"go. W- !T."- U
i-1 of Wit w
In these 'at- r !
our own "v
the las', war
ng as tn! Amican rcp-j'jiic
!ic !-ts. Hit
oovss of an older
new "Th Lit W
;enerttioa thin this
to be fie war be-
ween the Ua. e 1 S ates m l Grett Britain,
aow generallv c i! l -'Tiie War of 1-512."
Hippilv. though the con est was no, a
lorg one. Ame' i '-ins can look with pride
it tae American navy of that period. Th;)
atmes of Brainbri lg, IIjll, D'catur,
Porter, P"-rr. an I minv oth'r giliant
li.ors, w:!l b r -membered as long
is the tra ii-.i-'ns of the L'nited States
ndure.
in tho frig ite ' E-ex." command-
el by Ci;.ta'n Divid Porter, after com
lotting r..ncii niv f r.p m tne urrish m i--ineoff'.he
Atlantic enast of South America,
-ailed boldly nrouad Cips Ilirn into the
Piciric O -e in. Porter hid resolved to
ST'ke on, into a ew li M of operations,
ind, cirrying into th Pacific the first
American flag tint hii lljated.fiom the
mast-head of a man of-wir, he swooped
lo n noon the British merchantmen und
whalers, cajsingtretr.er.dousconsternation. i
X..-bjy hid dreamed that the Yankees j
hid dare to send a man-of-war into this 1
tistant sea, and the British frigates were j
m ikin.' things vcrr uncomfortable for tho i
few Aaiericin merdaatmea engaged in j
the Pacific trt.lo Tne arrival of t le j
Essex' sn change I all that. Within a 1
v-ir she had captured four thousand tons I
01 Iiritisti shipoing. an I had tasen four,
Hundred prisoners. Sue may be said to
nave sutaistu-i upoa lue enemy, as tne
vessel was not only supplied with every.
hing needed for repair., ammunition.
clothing, an 1 provisions, takeaed from the
enemy s captured snips, out the ui,-B were
piii with money toua.1 oa board of one of
r J ;
herprlZCS.
O.iirTs were -'i.'ei tn it tue r.-sex
must bs distrove 1. atallhazirds, bv anv !
British man-of-war tnat should be fonj-1
1 1 ' I
nate coui;:i o cue a uer. i-.n iii in :
t'ebra try, Wt, th' frigite. accompanied j
bv a small cr att caile.l the "Lssex Junior,
a crui-er made ov,.r from one of the 1
pr zes captured from the British by Porter,
cast anchor in the horbor of Valparaiso,
Peru Trie Peruvian Government was!
not then iti-lependent, l eru being a prov-
ini of Spam. But Valparaiso wis a Sum from tfib Sea. As we entered
neutrai port, although the people of Peru, j the harbor of Sitka from the sea the gen
and the Spanish, also, were somewhat eral appearance of the place wsi tropical.
unt'nen liv to the Americans. s. waea
wj British m'-n-of-rfar. the "Pt a'oe and j
he "Chen 0," entered the port, it was
tolerably certain tint tuere w.iuti te a:si,-y. i.verywnero dciow tne snow line
figh', shou.d the -Ess-ex" dire to pat o r. ' the mountains were green with luxuriant
to sea. .growth. The hirbor was protected again'
Tae Englishmen ha i the redoubtable the sea bv a curved line of reefs, on which
"Etsex"' and h-r little consort in a trap grew firs and pines and cedars, with bare
For six weeks, the two British vessels kept j trunks and tufisof branches, making them
very close watch oa the Americans, sail, i look not unlike palms. The warm, moist
ing up and down the coist, jus; 0 r.side atmosphere curtained all the middle dis-
he entr mce to t'u harbor. F.nal.y. on the tance with a film of blue, an I. in the fore-i-h
of Mire!;, Captain Porter, trusting j ground, a fleet of very gnceful canoes,
to his abi.ity to outsail either of the j filled with naked or hilf-naked Indians.
British vessels, nnd draw ttieiu awav, so 1 i-omoleted the illusion. A line of sarf
that the "Essex .Junior might escape, set
sail and drew out ef the anchorage. Ia
doubling a headland at the entrance of the
harbur," the "Essex" was stiuck by a
sou.iii, wmca carrieu awav ner main top-
mistand several men. Captain Potter
eturne I toward the roadstead, and an
choret taree m its iroua town ano aoout
the distance ot a pistoi shot from the
shore. Tue "pii.e :" aad the "Caerub"
aad i n ex.'hanging signals, and p
was evident tu it the? meant to attack, al
though the vessels were all iu neutral
waters.
The "Pi. . Ji" c
teen-pouaders and
carrunades for Uer
riel thirty long e'gh-
xteen thirty-two pound
rtaiment. beside seven
small guns ia her tops
She also had 22)'
I
men all 'old.
Tae "ClKtuY'carricil twenty eight guns
of various eiliVr and 1-J men To meet
tlrs form! iable force the "Essex" had 3.0 j
mea. ar.-l her aranmer.t consisted of
tweaty-s.x tairty-p-oanJers an 1 six long
twelve pjuadcrs. The "Essex Junior,"
which took no part in the figr.t.hal twenty
iTuas an.l sixty men. Xsvertheless, Poi ti-r
resolved thit'iie would never surrender as
long as bell id men enough to work bisjehir,
guns; and rig.r. manfully did Le hold to !
his resohrioi.
Tiie Pc-'.-V .e'e.ied fire at fouru'eiock ,
in the afternoon, being then nearly dead j
astern ui the dlsuV.i -J "Essex." The long j
eighteen of the Eng'.isbmen did great
daoiJge oa boarl the "E'Sex."' which,'
notwitl.si.an ling h-T disadvantage, returned .
the fire wi-li gillaativ ani spirit. The
Cherub,"' then ou tae starboard bow of ,
the "lls.-cx."' tic: ii,ned tire also, but'
was drivn c-:V bv th-- g ms of the Ameri- I
cms. Three of the long twelve-pounders I
of ti.e "i'.ssex" were then got out astern, 1
aa! plaved upon tl-e I'ccoe with such ;
terrt'o.c iil'.-.-t '.ait too. was hauled off ;
for re-.nirs. many of t'u shots having '
strict iv, ow 1 1 is water line
If ,tii toe Bi-itisi vesse.:
v close-j
upon tue Ameiie.m irigate. ojiag on her
stsihoirl q iu".--r, at: 1 pjurc I into her a
fi e gtlnog that the spars a i l rigging
of the doomed snip were soo.i in a tangle
of v.veekag -. Pur er slipped h scib.e,
and. hoistitg I.U flying Jio. bore down
ntvm enetiiv. lotiriag broa isid-'S into
them as the ship slowly drifted. The
Cherub was driven ott tor a second
time, and tue "Ph a )e'' retired out of tha
reach of the guns of the "Essex" b-r. near
enough to worry her w.tli long range
ordan.c. After two hour of lighting.
Porter trie I to rui his vess -1 ashore, to
prevent her filling into the Lands of the
enemy ; but a clung-1 ut win I prevented
htm, and he an. hore ! on m -re, linking
fa'1 a sheet an hor with -i n awsei .
Very shortly after, the hawser parted,
and. to iii-ua i;e th I' l ils of these deter
mine! I. -fj.... to -ii o took lire below
deek 1 i tb; ev'.iciu;
Captain Porter
tol l h s ui-ii t a save thcmsoivcj a best -even children, her mother and three sec-thev.-till-
-s me ttircw theiuselves into tioa men, who board with her. I do not
the s a an i n drowned, and maay were think sho would marry you, because Con.
pick I up, while clinging to bits of wreck, Regan, the track walker, is her style of a
bv tii boa's of the enemy. I5.it a larger 'man. Itt us examine into your qualitiea-
put of the crew staid hy the ship, and
the
COaliltltil UT. Eg law uu uucm., ui i ib
aii 1st of the smoke an.l tUmes. Finally,
.he lire was partly subdued, and mea
enough to work two of the 1 -ng twelves
gent up a brisk tire.
But ' further- resistance was useless.
Only seventy-five men were ieft to duty,
the remainder being killed, wounded or
mis; n'. S t. after an engagement that
listed
hours an I a half. Porter, with
a sorrowuu peart, iiauieo uown ilb .araer-; a pane oi guu auu a wau oi putty anu
ican tlig. and the wreck of ihe gallant ' repair damages in sitting room window ?
"Essex was surrendered to the foe. The'caa you hang some cheap paper in the
Bri'.ih lot four killed an-! seven wounded j kitchen? Can you fix the front gate so
on the "Pn i be,'" and one killed and seven , that it will not sag? Can you do anything
wounled on tiie ' Cherub." Both ships I about the house that Con. Regan can
were bad'.v crippled, their sails being rid- My dear boy, you see why Xora Mulligan
died. and tLe "Ph pe. "nad received eighteen will have none of you : she wants a higher
shot front it?!iv.v water line from the long type of trne manhood. Yon expect to
twelves of the "I'.ssex. "' Thousand of j hire men to ds all the man's work about
specta'.o i rowJed the shores to ga-e on , tho house, but you wanl your wife to do
the bloodv encounter. The Spanish everything that any woman can do.
vuerov wi vainly ent.eate l by the I Believe me, my dear son, nine-tenths of
American cuiifil to insist upon the 1 the girls who play the piano and sin to
maintenance of neutrality. He refused to , charmingly, whom you In your limited
interfere. Thus ended one of the most ; knowledge set down as mere 'botterfliee
remarka'ele naval engagements of modern j of fashion,' are belter fitted for wires than
time. It ended in disaster of tho Amerl-, you are for a husband. If you want to
can cati-o. But the heroic defenso of the , marry a first-class cook and experienced
"Essex. In wincii tne otticers anu men noosexeepor, co your courting in tue in
vied with one another iu determination i telligence office. But if you want a wife,
not to give np the ship, fired with freah j marry the girl you love, with dimpled
enthusiasm all wtio heard tho story of j hands and s face like the sunlight, and
their brave an i obstinate tight. And, i love will teach her all these things, my
when the young people of this republic bov, long before you have learned one
hall celebrate on -e tiioro the deed? of the half of your own Icssod.
patriotic di-fenders of the American repub-
ii". let them give a hearty cheer for David
I'ortt-r and his crew. ST". Xiefcl&t for
New Version of "Marj- Lamb."
Millie had a little ram a blaek as a rnb
'. tier shoe, and everywhere that Mollle went
he emigrated too.
II - wnt with her to chareh one .liv
the folks hilanoni gr.-w to e InJl walk
demurely into Deacon Allen's p?w.
The wonhv deawm qnickly let his angry
passion rise, am! gave it an unchristian
kick between the sad iirown eye.
This landed runmv in the ai!-: the
deacon fallowed fast, and raisd his foot
again: n!al that first kick was bis last,
For Mr. Sheep walked slowly btck.a ot
a ro-1, 'tis said, and ere the deacon could
' repeat he stood him on his bead,
I The congfegation then rose and went for
j that 'ere sheep; several well directed butU
Just piled them in a heap.
Then rushed they straizhtway for the
door witn curses long ant loua. wuile
rammv struck the hindmost man and
shoved him taronzh the crowd.
The minister bad often heard that kind
ness would subdue the fiercest beast.
Ah!"' he sail. I'll try that game oa yoa."
And so he kindly, gen'ly called : "Come,
rammv, rammv. ram; to see tbe folks
abuse you so I grieved and sorry am."
With kind and gentle words he came
from that tall puipit down, saying : "Rs.ui
my, rammy, ram best sheepy in the
town."
The ram quite dropped his humble air ,
an ' rose from off his feet, an ! when the
parson I inded he w 13 behiai th. hindmost
seat. Lur'.inj'.oi 111 reeve.
,
Mrs. I". -beec 1 Taylor, mother of the late
Diyard Taylor, has presented to a leading
drv goods bouso in Pailidelphia a hand
some skein of silk, reeled and spun with
uer own h ials. in the 3 I vear of hr age.
.
" " u:u- tP pjreuipvjniy lorom-
lAn . .11 n..t1 U -. I ,A .11 Mn..Ai.
ucu iu, n,u m cu, u an laiiuuii ut-i wi,s.
iuitic - i, uj-.-h ms.oiujtis. n wuu mtto
not slept, or if you have slept, or if you
hive headache, or sciatica, or leprosy, or
lliiin.lutict rnlra T kAAjSisla toit kn all an ..nla
",JU '""" J"" "J"11 ""i-7'3
to hold your peace and not pollute tho
mr.rning to which all the houscmues
bring serene and pleasant thoughts, by
corruption and groans. Come out of the
azure. Love the day. Do not leave tha
sky out of your landscipe. Emerson.
I he snowy cone ot L Jgecomb first ap-
peared, then the sharp peak of otovia
a triangular patch of whi'e against the
seemed to bar e.vry approach to the town,
but suddenly a narrow channel opened
The ship sw'ung sharply to the right and
glided into a long, narrow harbor. Th'
Indian village is built upon the beach, and
at eveaing it was covered by the shadow
of the aij lining lorest. Ihe green spir.
of the belfry of the Greek charch reached
up above everything except tbe forme''
Russian governor's "castle," a huge lo
struct ire perched upon a pinnae!, of roc;
near the sea. Tbe church on the Iowt
round was surrounded by the rambling
dilapidated houses and hovels of the Eu
: sua inhabitants, who then numbered abo-.i
; four hundred, their neighbors being to
i hundred mixed whites ran 1 about twelv
hundred Sitka Indians. l.ieut, C. .'.
H'jji, it July Century.
eh Investor in Jail. Tbi.
morning in the police court the name "
Dr. l'.iocck'k was called and in respon-.-
a
ba
1
.
, ai
ternole wreei tottered up lo tn
What is yo tr name ' asked the cou--.
Ii ibc .-' Dr. D. Bibcock," was t!t
ver. When aske-.l to plead to the
f ilrunke'iess he said he wished to
exp-ain the citcunistano-.s He had in
deed, taken twi dri nks two small drink-
but he ha I baen paralysed and con', I
not walk, lit! was not drunk He ha.1
been in the hospital, bit was a doctor ani
thought he coal I make a living and did
no", wish to bo a charge or. the public. "I
invented," in' said, "the tire and water
proof pain; and the chemical fire exting
uisher that bear my name." It was
indeed the wreck of 1),-. li iboock, tit?
inventor of the Bibcock lire extinguisher,
li tve you a family-'' asked the cnur
V-s V.ut nr. here," wis the reply.
"Where are they ? '
p north I don't
w where. 1
fixed tbem no mv children m l &eu
tnem off, aad I doa'tknov iast where th'-v
: are. I have been in the ncpita! itist twenty
days an i came oat lo s von. am) I caano;
live in : ail. I thougut I should die last
night."'
j The court remarked that the case secm
1 el to be one calling for sympathy rather
than for severity, entered a plea of not
: gailtv and allowed the old man to go on
his own recogui ince, it being understoo-l
that he would he sent back to the hosnt-
tal.-S'. Ofi Jsli7
!!' lii'ETTF. ro YofSit AIev R. J.
UurdeUe. in the Burlington B-iwitui.
gives "Advice to a 1 ouag Man" as fol
lows: "You say you demand the noblest
type of useful woni lo'uooJ in your wife.
If that is the sort of a woman you want,
marry Xora Mulligan, your 'laundress'
daughter. She wears cowhide shoes. U
guiltless oE corsets, never bad a sick day
in bet- life, takes in washing, eoes out
houso cleaning, and cooks for a family ef
tions as a model husband after Tour own
matrimonial ideas, my boy. Can jot
shoulder a barrel of flour and carry it
down to the cellar? Can you saw and
split ten cords of hickory wood in tho fall
so as to have ready fuel all winter? Can
you spade up half au acre of ground for
a kitchen garden - Do you know what
will take tho limy taste out of the new
cistern, and can you patch tbe little leak
in the kitchen root tan you bring tome