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VBRMQjlT WATCHMAN & STATS JOtKWAV THURSDAY JUNE 16, 1910.
THE BLACKMSS IN VT.
Benson Opcns Todny Thc Gnnilcst
i'Jsli Thnt Swims Found in Lnrgo
A'umbcrs in thc Waters of Tlils
Stntc.
TJbere is not much music of the
rcol in the trout flshlng Vermont af
fords today. In a few places like
Averill Lake or Casiilan Lke one wlll
hook a speckled speclmen that wlll
call lnto play the skili or tho flsher
inan, but the most of the flshlng for
trout 1s on small Btreams and ln
ponda where a half pound trout ls raro
and onp welchlnK a auarter of a
pound ls a prlze.
But the 10th of June has arrlved,
and the law allows flsnlng for bass,
and the flsherman wlll flnd som
thlng to stlr hls blood and send hls
pulses leaplng. Tho smallest black
bass the law allows to be kept must
measure ten Inches ln length, so the
flsh that are worth the trouble of tak
lng wlll welgh from a pound up to
the limlt.
The bass ls the only game fish in
thls country that has a commercial
value. None of the New Englnnd fish
cries (ln fresh water) yleld anything
of commercial value, slnce the tak
Ing of plke with selnes ls prohlbited,
and the pike, or plke perch, can hard
ly be called a game fish. Few New
England bass reach the market, and
thelr numbers are not enough that any
atatlstical account ls made of them,
but in the country at large the catcb.
is commercially valuable. More than
2,000,000 pounds are sold every year.
It is very probable that at least aB
many more are consunied by sports
mcn and thelr friends, so the annual
catch of black bass in the country
must amount to between 4,000,000 and
5,000,000 pounds, or somethlng more
than 2000 tons. Western and South
ern States furnlsh these fish for the
market and so far as New England
ls concerned the black bass is a game
fish alone. lt is, in the opinion of
some skilled and experienced flsher
men, the gamiest fisb that swims, cer
tainly not an easy one to entice to
tbe !hook and a hard fighter when
hooked.
Early in the season the bass might
be-easily taken with a bare hook, for
lt is guarding ths spawning beds or
vlgilantly watching the newly hatched
fry. So the season very properly
loes not open until June 15. By that
tlme the bass in the streams have left
tbe spawning beds and have settled
!n their summer residences. ln the
larger lakes they will not have settled
on thelr regular feeding grounds un
til the mlddle of July and the best flsh
ing is likely to be in Angust.
When the bass "is guarding the
spawning bed it exercises unusual
vigllance, setting an example which
other fishes might well follow but do
not. The female stands guard some
dlstance away while the male hovers
over the bed, gently fanning with
, its iins to keep any particles of dirt
from falling' on the eggs, and if any
substance too large to be fanned
away drops on the bed he picks it up
ln his mouth and swims away with
it. lt is easy to understand, there
fore. why a bass may te caught early
in the teason by dropping a bare hook
on the spawning bed.
When the young are hatched the old
bass guards them with great care for
some time, but that parental affec
tion, so strongly manifested in the
early Btages of the life of the fry, doos
not prevent the parents from preylng
on the smaller fish when once they
have been released from parental
guardianship.
Though the orlginal habitat of the
bass appears to have been sbmewhat
restricted, they are now common
throughout the country, having been
introduced to waters in which they
were not originally found and thriv
cn there.
Every summer resort advertises
good bass flshlng if a bass has been
caught within a dozen miles in a dozen
cn years and such advertisements are
never reliable. There is no place
known, no matter how plentiful the
ilBh may be, where a man may go
and be sure of a good catch. Th
bass ls a more capricious fish than
the trout and makes larger demands
on the sklil of the flsherman.
Vermont affords as good bass flsh
lng as any New England State. The
Great Back Bay of Lake Champlain
ls the equal of the Belgrade Lakes
of Maine, and close by Montpelier
is as good flshlng as one need ask
for. The largest bass are caught ln
Lake Champlain, and though nothing
has ever been done toward stocking
that water tho supply of bass remains
plentiful, and now that selning is
prohlbited the supply ought to in
crease. The Winooski niver is well stocked
with bass. Good flsh, sorho weighlng
,ib much as four pounds, have been
taken near North Montpelier. The
water of the rlver is so befouled be
low the entrance of the Barre branch
that nqne are likely to be found be
tween that jiolnt and the Three-Mlle
Brldge. Prom that polut t the
mouth of the rlver bass are plentiful,
Of course, there are some spots moro
favored than others. At the brldge,
at the raplds below, abovo and be
low the dam at Middlesex, and at
Bolton Falls dam, nro specially good
places for bass flshlng, and while the
llsh ln tho rlver do not average as
large as those in the lake, tiiey may
bo taken in sufflclent numbers to
interest the flsherman.
Another matter of interest is that
tho fish taken .ln the rlver or in the
Binaller lakes about here usually put
up a better flght than the larger flsh
taken ln Lake Champlain. A two-
pound bass in the rlver will make a
etronger flght than one of twice Its
slze in Champlain. Thls is a general
proposition to which there are many
exceptlons.
Thcro are a few bass in Curtis
Pond, that well known, near by sum
mer resort, and it would pay to put
more in that water, slnce it ls well
ndapted to them. Hardwood Flat
Pond, a short dlstance beyond Wor
cester vlllage, was -stocked with bass
about 40 years ago and none have
slnce then put ln, yet it remnlns good
flshlng water. T. C. Barrows re-
members when that was a good trout
pond and he has caught many a good
slzed trout flshlng trom a raft. But
the blg trout gradually ellminated the
small ones until only a few were left
and bass were placcd in the water.
The pond appears better adapted to
bass than trout. lt is flshed every
day in the season, more or less out
of season, and an occasional set llnc
is found there, yet there are plenty
of bass ln the pond -and at tlmes they
may be seen jumping by the hundred.
feeding on some small insects that
fall on the water. That is the exas-
perating experlence for the flsher
men, for when the flsh nro feeding
thus freely there is no bait or fly
that wlll entice them. The pond is
flshed so steadlly that the flsh have
no opportunity to grow to large slze,
and the average bass taken there
probably welghs not more than a
pound and a half, though some are
taken every season weighlng between
three and four pounds.
So one might go on and'enumer
ate the advantages and pcculiaritles
of the various waters in the vicinlty
in which bass may be taken. Though
the average weight or the small
mouth blass bass Is sald to be not
more than two and a half pounds and
flsh culturists say they sometimes
reach a weigh of five or six pounds,
one was caught in Dog Pond in Wood
bury some years ago that weighed
more than nlne pounds. It was the
record flsh of lts kina at that timc
and it is doubtful ir that record has
ever, been surpassed. There are 30
or more ponds in Woodbury, most
of them stocked with bass, so it is
plain that there is plenty of good
bass water within easy reach of
Montpelier.
The bass Is a pecullar fish. One
never knows where to find hlm or how
to catch hlm. Most or the books and
magazine articles written about the
bronze backcd beauty are written
from the standpoint of the Western
or Southern flsherman and contain
little information for the New Eng
lander. In fact there is little accurate in
formation to be had about the bass
of New England waters. Hls move-
ments are apparently erratic, though
possibly careful study might find a
reason and an explanatlon for them.
ln the ponds he will sometimes be
found in shallow, warm water, under
the shado of lily pads, again by
some spring that uoils up from the
bottoni, or in the deepest holes in
the pond, and at times a school of
them will be found swimming about
with no apparent purpose. You must
take the bass as you find him. ln the
rivers they will be found in the swift
water, in the deepest black, holes, and
swimming about in comparatively
shallow water. A Montpelier flsher
man told the wrlter of trying all kinds
of flies and bait while flshlng a likely
looking place down the rlver one nf-
ternoon and when he was ready to
give up in disgust, seeing a three
pound fish within five feet of where
he stood, eating some vegetable growth
from the rocks, nndlsturbed by the
shadow of the man on the bank or
the noiso he made in stamping about
when he failed to get a blte.
The wide raiige of the bass- appe
tite is one of the great difficultles in
catchlng the flsh. One never knows
what he wants to eat. Worms, min
nows, frogs, grasshoppers, crickets,
liver, beef, and salt pork rind are all
taklng baits sometimes, but one can
never tell when. nats and snakes and
some varieties of vegetables have been
found in the stomachs of the bass. ln
their season crickets are one of the
best baits to be iised ln thls vicinlty
and the helgramite or dobson is al
way worth trying.
There is a story about tho helgram
ite that amused every one who heard
lt, principally perhaps because it is
true. Joe Engllsh for some years ran
a sportsman s column in the Man
chester (N. H.) Unlon. Some Manch
ester boys found some helgramltes
under rocks ln tho river and did not
know what they were. After talking
the matter over they agreed to go up
and ask Joe Engllsh. When they reach-
ed tho foot of tho stairs one of thom
took the horny larva in hls hand and
went up while the others waited.
When he returned they asked:i
"Did he know what lt was?"
"Yes, Bure."
"What did he say?"
"He sald lt was a h of a bug."
At certaln times, and one can never
tell when those tlmes wlll be, the
bass wlll rlse to a fly, and then Is the
real sport of all the New England
flshlng. A two pound bass on a six
ounce fly rod will make more trou
ble than a slx-pound trout, and will
flght as long as there is an ounce of
strength left.
The 1)888 does not take the fly liko
the trout. The trout rlses allnost out
of water, turns over, takes the 'fly and
slaps the water with hls tall. The bass
barely pokes his head above the sur
face. A bronze back shows for an
instant, a white belly flashes, . the
flsherman must think qulck to etrike
before the bass lets go. U the fish
is struck he beglns to make trouble
rlgbt away. There is a wlld dash, a
lcap out of water, a run thls way nnd
that, another leap in nn effort to
shake tho hook from hls mouth, a
dlve to bottom in the endeavor to
wind the leader about a weed or root
tho bass knows all tho trlcks of tho
fishes, and is always sprlnglng some
thlng new on the fishcrman,
Almost any largo fly ls good for
bass black and white, red, yellow,
green and gray. If none of those
provc cntlclng tle on a small trout
fly of somber color and that mny
serve. lt is often wlso to slnk the
fly from an inch to a foot and keep
it movlng through tne water. When
the bass are taklng the fly they wlll
contlnuo far lnto the nlght, but thel
fly used at that tlme should have
plenty of white in it that lt may be
seen.
Tho bass is so erratic that nothing
posltivo can be predicated regardlng
hls haunts, when he feeds or what he
prefers to feed upon. The wlsc flsh
erman goes prepared with all sorts
of bait and flles nnd then wlshes he
had brought more. Tho wrlter re
members seeing a dozen flne bass tak
en after 10 o'clock at night, when
the sky was clouded and tho wind was
blowing hard, from a boat anchored
not 20 yards from shore in compara
atively shallow water. Ho has seen
them taken in the same pond ln the
same day, with flles, with mlnnows and
with worms; under lily pads in less
than two feet of water, by .trolllng
across the pond and still flshlng in
20 feet of water.
Bait castlng ls becomlng the most
popular way of taklng these fish,
though not much practiced in thls vi
cinlty. The rod used for thls purpose
is shorter and stlffer than that used
for ordinary flshlng. The bait is east
with a free reel and conslderable sklll
is required to place it in the desired
spot and .to keep the reel from over
runnJng and tangling the llne.
If. whafever way lt is taken, the
bass furnishes the flnest klnd of sport,
and kceps the flsherman guessing from
the tlme he wets his llne tlll he lands
the fish.
No distinctlon is .here made between
the large m6uth and small mouth
bass. Their general appearance Is
much the same. The former grows
to a larger size and the latter Is con-
sldered more gamy and better eating.
The most noticeable point of dlffer
ence Is that in the large mouth bass
the jaw runs farther back than the
eye, while in the small mouth it does
not.
The distiibution of thls fish ls al
most as wide as that ot the trout and
it will thrive in water of too high
temperature for the trout. lt has a
greater variety of names than any
other fish Oswego or Swago bass,
green bass, yellow bass, moss bass, '
ba'ou bass, trout,
jumper, ! chub.i101; total "6-
welshman, lake bass, brown bass,
ninny bass, Jiog bass, black perch,
trout perch, brown trout, mountain
trout, and other purely local names.
Tho bass caunoi. l,c artiiicially pro-
pagated like the trout, but its care
for the spawning bed and the young.
fry is so great that the resulting per-
centage of fry is about as large as
could be expected from the most care
ful culture. So the bass used at
breedlng stations are simply placed
in properly constructed ponds with
suitable opportunities ror making
their spawning beds and care is taken
to preserve the old and the' young
flsh from their natural eneniies.
Thc JUexicnn Passion I'luy
Tho Passion Play, as given at Ober-
amniergai;, has its counterpart in a
similar performance at the vlllage of
Pedrlcena, in the State of Durango,
Mexlco. Every year the peons of
this vicinity devote Holy Week to a
representation of the Passion. Every
portion of the sad hlstory Is given
with as close an attention to details
as possible with such a class of peo
ple, and itheir intense devotlon and
enthusiasm ls, indeed, affecting to wit
ness They come from 50 miles and
more in every direction to participate,
and at nlght the ground around the
church is covered with their sleeping
forms. No hardship seems too much
for .them in their enthusiasm.
T.he Cross is carried around the
plaza, but this is only one phase of
the performance The capture of
Christ by the Roman soldiers is also
deplcted His trial before Pilate, the
parting of His garments by lot, and
other incldents. One man carrles a
basket, in which are the crown of
thorns, the scourge, and diminutive
representations of the clothes that
were distributed by lot among the
soldiers. Wide .World Magazine.
Gosintos.
The teacher stood it as long as Bhe
could. Then sh'o sald:
"Annie, what are you doing? Why
are you mumbling so?"
"PleaBo, .teacher," responded Annie,
"Your what?" nsked tho teacher,
puzzled.
"My gosintos."
Tho teacner pondered. And Annie
went on with her mumbling,
"Annie, what is gosintos, or what-
ever you call it?" now questioned the
teacher.
"Gosintos," started Annie, "why gos
intos is Ib " Sbe liialtcd in coufus
ion. "Well," resumed tho teacher, "then
Bhow mo how you Btudy your gosin
tos." Annie quickly responded as follows:
"Two goslnto two, once; two gos
into four, itwlce; two gosinto six three
timeB." Woman'e Home Companlon.
SuccesB ls not only the good that
you do, but aleo the evil that you hln-
der. Anon, , " " t
CON'G CONVENTION iOPENS
(Contlnued from page one.)
Tralnlng School, Sprlngfleld, and flve
in special courses at Dartmouth. Dr.
Barnes reported for tho Falrbanks
Board of Itelief of Minlsters, stating
the balance on hand to be 1294.96 nnd
nlno beneflcinries. Itev. Dr. Rlce of
the intcrnatlonal board was called
upon and spoko concernlng relief work
for vcternns of tho cross nnd John
M. Comstock, of Chelsea, tho record
ing secrctnry, gave an encouraglng
report.
He mentioned that Montpelier had
housed thls conventlon seven tlmes,
the last precedlng thls belng in 1893,
the flrst belng ln 181C which he sald
might well "mark the successlve state
of development from a purely minIs-!
terlal gatherlng composed of dele-
gates from the mlnlsterial assoclatlon
to its liresent status, in which it is
at least nominnlly rcpresentativo of
the churches, which in tho Congrega-
tlonal polity are the units of organi
zatlon." No minister has dlea durlng the
year ln actlve service and but one
within the State, George N. Kellogg,
elght years pastor of Morrisville
church.
The minister in longest service is
Charles O. Day, who after a pastorate
of 13 years at Brattleboro, followed
by national posltlons gave hls last
years to Barnet. Herbert D. Williams
had been three years pastor of Plain
field and Marshfield; Oscar Blssell,
West Townshend one year; A. L.
Iteed, one year at E. Braintree; F. H.
Boynton, one year at Ludlow and Ty
son; S. F. Gale, a native of Plainfield,
though never a pastor of a Vermont
church. '
Xcw Cliiirclics.
West Rochester formed a reorgan
ization on a Congregational basis
November 2, with elght members and
Alburgh in February with 34 mem
bers. West Milton church has dis-
.banded. The total number of chur
ches is 214. Three other churches
have been totally inactive, Kirby,
Ripton and Worcester.
Actlrc I'nstors.
Twenty-one churches have pastors
installed by council; three recognjz
ed by council. Churches with sum
mer supplies are 12 and vacancies
20. One hundred and more churches
are served with some degree of per
manency. Total llenihcrship.
The total membershlp is 22,409, an '
increase of 434 with a non-resldcntl
total of 342; additions by confession
950, by Ietter 564; reniovals by death
.381, by dismissal, 514; by discipline,
inere were no additions to 70
churches, an unusual proportion.
Churches recelving 15 or more: Bur
lington, 68; Pittsford, 51; Barre, 49;
Newport 44; Rutland, 40; Brattle
boro, 39; Bennington, 37; Montpelier,
29; Vergennes- 28; Middlebury, 27;
Essex, 26; Randolph, 21; Ludlow 17;
Danville, 16; Barton, Dp7by and St.
Johnsbury North, 15 each. Increase
in Sunday School membershlp, 162.
Ooiitrilnitions.
Benevolent contribution, $48,873,
an increase of $4,100. Home expendi
tures. $229,337 or $3,913 more than
last year. Galn in valuation of
church property, $71,150 and invested
funds, $12,578.
Severe fire losses were suffered this
year and a number of improvements
are belng instituted nnd new parson
ages bullt. St. Johnsbury and West
Fairlee have celebrated centennlals.
Threo churches have employed a wo
man to serve as pastor's asslstant.
Twenty Year Conipurlsou. '
Mr. Comstock has just rounded his
twentioth year of secretaryshlp and
made interestlng comparison.
In 1S90 there were 198 churches;
1910, 214; 1890 membershlp, 20,570;
1910, 22,409; absentee membership.
1890, 4,225; 1910, 5,802, familles, 1890,
14,207; 1910, 18,375; Sunday school
membership, 1S90, 21,983; 1910, 19,
012; valuation of church property:
1890, $1,525,500; 1910, $2,089,675. Only
four pastors retain the pulpits held
twenty years ago.
(Jrceiinps From Other Folds.
Grcetings were presented from oth
er denominations. Rov. W. A. David
son ot Burlington could not be pres
ent and Rev. L. .T. Bamburg of the
local Baptlst church acted as his re
presentatlve, extendlng cordial grcet
ings to the visltors. The Free Bap
tlsts were represented by Rev. F. B.
Parker of Waterbury Center and
the Unitarlans by Rev. Dr. J.
Edward Wright of thls city. Rov. G,
W. Ilunt of St Albans who was to
have extended grcetings from the
Methodlst church was very 111 and
greetings wlll be sent by Rev. W. S.
Smithers of this city. Each of the
speakers emphaslzed the co-opera-tion
and brotherllness that is eviden-
ccd by all denominations in the com
mon causo of Christ.
The End of tho Coniinaiuliiicnt.
At 4 o'clock worshlp was held, W.
A. Brlggs at the organ nnd H. D. Hop-
klns sang "Jesus, Lover of My Soul."
Rev. C. II, Schnelder read the lesson
and offered prayer and the Rev. W.
Parkyn Jackson of St. Albans ren
dored a splendld sermon on "Tho End
of the Commandment," taklng his
text from Corinthlnns, "Follow After
Love." Tho spirlt of Ilfo to Paul was
tho Bplrlt of love. Paul was the ap
ostlo of love. If a man havo all faith
and no love, it shall avail hlm noth
ing. If a man have all tho church
bolds dear and has not love, it pro
flteth hlm nothing. Lovo casts out
doubt, fear, dlscontent, vanlty, sus
plclon. These fret and trouble llfe,
Lovo ls the end of the commandment
June
r Annual June Sale o! Muslin Underwear, Waists,
White Dresses and Corsets Continues All This Week
We have been preparing for this important Sale for
months and are positive that the values we olfer are the
best that can be found. Below we list a few of them,
Night Robes
G dozen Robes made of good cotton,
vory prettily trimmed ith hamburg
or lace insertion; five different styles
in the lot. Regular value $75c to 85c.
Sale Prico 49c
Ono lot of Robes, 1.00 quallty, ex
ccllent cotton 85c
Trimmed Robes, $1.25 value, Spec
iril at 98c
Splendld values in Robes at 1.C0,
$1.98 and up.
Drawers
One lot of Drawers of p,ood quality
cotton hamburg trimmed ruffle, 23c pr
Special values in plain or trimmed
Drawers at 50c pr
v Combinations
A vory handsome llne just recelved
lncludlng Cover and Drawers or Cov
cr and Sklrt. Special values.
Corset Covers
Special lot of Covers with lace
trlmming around neck. Regular val
ue 19c. Sale Price .-.12 l-2c
10 dozen Covers very handsomely
trimmed and made of good cotton.
Regular 39c value. Sale Price 25c
Machine Made Dresses
of White Lawn, hamburg or lace trim
ia2d. Special for this &ale S2-49
Dont miss this
and abides into elernity. Rev. Mr.
Jackson's address was eioquent.
, Comniunion Service.
The sacrament of the Lord's sup -
per was then obfcerved, Rev. E. P.
Stone and Rev. H. li. Ballou being as
sisted by Deacons E. G. Colburn,
Montpelier; Adams of Post Mills; S.
M. Jewett of Weybridge and J. Mur
ray Wright of Colchester.
At 7 o'clock last evening a pro
gram of sacred music was rendered
by the orchestra. Howard Haylett
leading, and at 7:30, Hon. J. A. De
Boer was introduced by President
Buckham aoil delivered the address
of welcome comlng to the convention
from that of his own church to which
he was a lay delegate. ln a graceful
manner Mr. DeBoer welcomed the
convention to the city and the church
and referred to his great interest in
the work of the Congregational
church and his early connectlon with
that denomination", when he attended
a mlssion school as a newsboy on the
streets of Albany. Mr. DeBoer paid
a high tribute to Mr. Buckham. "As
long as we hold faith as simply the
stronghold of the Congregationallsts,
we will not fail to have the doctrine
of the Christ elevated and advanced.
May lt be tho desire of all to extend
tho good fellowship and the well-be-ing
of mankind."
President Buckham responded fe
licitiously, paying a roturn tribute to
Mr. DeBoer. Tho speaker took occa
sion also to refer to the "Ideal Ver
mont Pastorate" of Dr. Lord, a one
time pastor of, Bethany." A life of
Chrlstian service nnd a Christlan
.character ls the greatest possibllity
of man," he said.
Dr. Atkinx' Address.
The sl.eaker of the evoning wns
tho Rev. G. Glenn Atkins, D. D., of
Providonce, R. I., formorly of Burl
ington, Vt., and Greenfield, Mass.,
who spoko on the subject "The Affir
matlons of an Age of Doubt." Dr. At
kins delivered an eioquent address,
brlmmlng with optimism nnd clear
founded loglc nnd many took occa
slon to meet him at the close of the
evcning sesslon. Dr. Atkins sald in
part:
"It is with great joy that I have
come to Bhare in a slnglo sesslon of
your convention. 13y far the most
preelous years of my llfe havo been
paesed ln Vermont churches. Presi
dent Buckham spoke rightly when
ho sald that I left half my heart be
hind mo when I lelt Vermont.
"We are beglnning to see clearly
in tho compllcntlons and questlon
ings of the times thnt certaln thlngB
are emerglng. We nre almost done
with the word 'oebobUc.' Our vo
cabulnry ls changlng and a change
ln vocabulary bears testlmony to a
White
Skirts
A blg value in White Skirts with
wide hamburg fiounce. Value $1.50,. at
9Se
Also splendld values In hlgher prl
ced Skirts.
Novelties
Just opened thls week some new
novelties in Muslin Underwear.
Itobcs, Skirts, Drawers nnd Covers
of Crepo Itatlste. Also some dalnty
embroldered Underwear.
Waists
Blg assortment of $1.50 Waists at..
98c
Special Waist values at $1.08 and
YEItY SPECIAL
5 dozen Jap Silk Waists very hand
somely trimmed with lace insertion.
Value $3.00. Sale Price ....$1.98
Corsets
Iatest model made ot fine batiste. hosc
supporters front and side. A regu
lar $1.00 Corset. Special for our
White Sale 75c pr.
White Silk Gloves
Elbow Length, 59c pr.
The greatest Glove value ever i-.ffer-ed
in this city. Heavy weight Hilk
Glove with double tip fingers, elbow
length, at only 59c pr-
White Sale for it means
change in the manner o thought it -
self.
"There are many kinds of doubt.
1 There is superficlal doubt, the doubt
of the boy Who doesn't know better,
of the man who has not found him
self, of the man who has not digested
the truth. There Is nnother a shad-.
owy doubt, such as followed Matthew
Arnold, unhappy in the experlence of
those who entertain it. Much is
changlng. Much has been overturn
ed. The larger aspects of our tlme
have been positive. Out of the stress
of great interior forces new contiu
ents are being born. What are the
things which are emerglng?
"The first affirmation of an age of
doubt is tho necessity of faith. Faith
has not been put out of the reason
ablo thinking men. Many things
have changed. Profounder adjust-
ments have been necessary, but faith
is supreme as ever before.
It has been attacked on all sides
There have been those who said we
we had no right to ralth. Knowledge
was thu -only reasonable realm nnd
any affirmation outslde of that which
we knew was wenkness and not
strength.
"They were going to deny our In-
heritance in the unseen and eternal
We cannot live wlthout faith. We
cannot answer questlons with the
thngs we know and feel by the mach-
inery of reason. 'I belleve,' said
Bernard, 'because I know.' You must
believe something before you know
anything. If you refuse to take a
Btep before you havo ascertained
whether that upon which you nre
about to step will bear your weight,
you will stand still forever, werever
you happen to be. Faith is coming
back to possess the shores, shores
which nre extendlng to a breadt'h
they never had before. Our little Is
Iands of ceitalnty is surrounded by
a sra of mystery, but it ls no lonely
sea but the sea of tne truth of God.
"The second affirmation ls tho su
premacy of rlglrteousness. Right
eousness is as supremo as ever. The
profoundest distinctlon istho distinc
tlon between good nnd bnd. When
you go as deep into things that you
can go no. deeper you flnd the roots
of righteousness. v
"Tho third affirmation is what has
been called 'tho cosmlc roots of self
Bacriflce.' Men tell us that unself
ishness doesn't pay nnd thnt the
strongest conquer; thnt there is no
place for a mother's lovo nnd tho
Cross of Christ nnd there ls no place
for tenderuess and nentlnient and ev
erythlng becomes hard. But we are
beglnning not to bellovo In thls for
mula of incarnato selflshneBB. This
ls not all a battlo for self but a battlo
for Bomeono else besides. For the
Bake of the nowborn and the unborn,
for that which ls holy and Bacrlflcial,
.v, 1 g wi MaMniwateaaiiiaiR
Sale
a big saving to you.
l for truth and purlty and goodncss,
ImenTiave dared to die. The Kreatest
weapons are not of roce but of xi
more subtle power.
"Other affirmations of the age of
doubt are the supreniacy of spirit
and the yltimaj,e reality of persoiiaJ
ity. There are men who say there is
nothing real but personality, no ere-
ation save the thought of men. lt
we live in a world shot through and
through. with love, are we not living
in a world upborne by inlinltc love
and care? God has come back to us,
or, rather, we are coming bacfc to
God. Evon the silences are hopeful
with Hls presence."
Prayer and beneillction were otTer
ed by Rev. John Barnet! of Barre.
WELLS RIVER TLME TABLK
Railroad'x Aeiv Schnilnlo Goes Into
TJiTect Juin' L'O and Contulns .Sercral
('hanges.
The summer time table, w-hlch gocs
lnto effect Monday morning. at 12:01
has been issued by the Montpelier nrta
Wells River road and conrains strne
radical changes in time, so that those
who travel this road would do well to
become famlliar with the new time
before Monday. Owing to the fact that
the Boston and Malno ndopts earlicr
tlme for most of its trains tho Wells
River road trains wlll lenve anO ar
rive at the local station enrlier thaii
at present.
The train now leavng here ror
Wtlls Rlver at S o'clock wlll lenve at
7:45. The train now leaviug at 1:10
is unchanged. The niixeil will leave nt
3:30 instead of 4:10.
The trains arrivlng hfrc . '11 puli
in at 9:50; 11:15 and 5:22, bM - t eav
ller in each case.
The trains for Barre wlll U.: o at
6:30'; 9:30; 11:20; 2:00; 3:!'. nnd.
5:05, belng enrlier in most ca es
There will bo no White Mountaj'n
train this year, but an exira car has
been placed on the gnlxed train to uo
comniodato the trafl'ic generaly liamll
ed on that train and for tho cnnipers
who frequent Groton and Niggerhead
over Sunday.
W. It. C. COXVEXT10N.
Delcgatos Will Gntlicr In TIiIh Cliy
i ;uirsl;r nnfl Frlday.
The 2U.li anpinl convention of De-
partment ot Aermont, Womon's Re
lief Coriu will open in tho Cliurtfa
of the Muuslah Ihursday or xMa
week nnd continuo ihrough FHilay.
Every effort Is belng uindb by tho
cal corps to entertaiiv nnd' make
thiugs pleasant for tho viBitlng dele
gates. Jn the fleld of destlny wo renp nB
wo havo sowu, DrummqmU
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