The Woodstock age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1844-1845, 1844-09-05

D. me rams horns WhiCh wtTC L1OWr
Strca times ronW the rats crJeyicc-Ma,
they be speedily blown round the walls
of modern orthodoxy.
7. Mril stopping Clergy-May they
secure a passage to heaven in the Sun
day mail
3. O'ihodor Creed-May it soon set to
r,Se no more.
g. Frances W'ight-May the fmclcs OF
America learn to appreciate ho' Mboys
and initiate her rirue8,
~ I'm anonymO8s hitcr addressed 10
Mose wh0 CeirLrate the birth of Faial-
May that non-descrpt eycrremain a mon
ument Of its authors weakness.
II, The torch IF Librrol Sentiment
May it eternally burn, Liberty and cqui-
~ glory in its rays, and theoogian fog,
DIgotry and superstition be dispeIlcd by
its light.
T. Orr .S0cie'y-Got up in opposition
to no other, may its enemies ever chew
the bitter cud of disappointed malice,
10. The DorShipprS Of The LomL-May
they never pull the wool over the eyes Of
Free Readers.
II, Sm"iay Mails-The orthodox cler-
gy finding it Impossible to keep pace in
knowledge with this sceptcal vehicle,
have Potitioned Congress for its discon-
tlnuancc; iftheir prayers avail them as
little in heaven as in Congress, reyiyals
will stop while the mail goes on,
d. Lord Ryroa the dispellcr Of mist
The mist that spreads DER reasons rays,
VIII clear from her hcngh'rd days;
Then freedoms bnrurr >arii control
The light which s'rw, Gom pole 10 pole.
IS, T3rp2djcoi ~rijags IF 7hom-
as PaiNe-'lh he m ,,tar ,hat ccmentcd the
political materials OF the American indie
Pcndcnce.
II. BoncS oC tie R,h.moth-May its
effects enrich the pockets of our worthy
brother, and its origin prove a stumbling
block to all vain boosters.
We make one more extract from this
beautiful sheet
VERY HONoRADLE.-A few days since,
the Hon. Charles Marsh, a very hoaoar-
bic lawyer, and a leading member of the
CaIyinlstc Church in this village, in con-
sort with Capt. Charles Dana, a very hon.
'r0ble merchant (por hubble fairumO
under the prnence Of lreighIing line into
10 New-liampShrc, induced Mr. John n.
Bradley, one Of our honest, industrious
to take, besides a few casks Of
inc, letter, containing probably a writ,
which being duly delivered, brought an
'ilicer upon him. while delivering the lime
n Hanover, with summons to appear at
IN. II. more than sixty miles
rom home and out ofthe state which he
ives, TO defend suit in court IN favor of
he Congregalionalist Society, in Wood
stock, Vermont.
The merits of the cause will speak for
IscIi.-lt appears that the father Of the
nan ofwhom Mr. Bradley purchased farm
lld, some 10 or % years since, signed an
'hllga;lon TO pay certain sum yearly to
he Congregational Society in Woodstock,
nd promised to give mortgage of his
arm sufficient to secure the payment Of
he same, which, however, was neglected
ct, as he was an honest man, and his son
wisely followed in his steps, the yearly sub
crlpIion was forth coming ill the farm
vas purchased by the present incumbent,
no, not seeing through the same glasses,
nd considering the verbal promise Of a.
other man not binding on him, refused to
ay the the Congregational, choosing rath.
r to contribute his mite to another Soc-
". Therefore, the Hon. Charles Marsh,
eIermlned "to have it ont of him." has
iken the opportunity, IS above, (probally
} get the advantage Of some bubble in
ne Iaw) to drag an honest man more than
yiy miles from home, ont of the States in
hich he lives, to defend sui, in court,
hlch, had it been JUS, claim, could have
cen settled with "aI the comfort in the
ord, " at home and which, if decided in
yor Of the Society, is 10 compel him to
ny for preaching he does not want.
We could hope that men prvtcssiag so
uch zeal in the good cause" had urea
ned mp the word in good and Loaea
earis;" but we humbIy believe, that al
ough many have drank deep at the foun-
in of Giving waters" they must yet be
irsry.
Such are the worthless who get up the
'ercury; men who promulgate the rank
It lnfdeIty, openly euIogzc the Deisti-
Il principles of Tom Paine, aud without
~ conceamcnt paIlation, backguard all
tcmpts to disseminate the Bible and form
lnday Schools and sheer althe observance
the Christian Sabbath. Their present
lempts to pass themselves off upon civ.
zed community for anything more than
ey really lrc, outlaws and Dests, can
ny be explained by supposing that the
ighly Secretary is afflicted with a spc-
es Of hypochondrla which induces the
icl, that, instead orbcing the diminutlyc,
lcnlous hop-c-my thumb that he really
/; with one foot upon Mount Tom and the
her Ipon Mount Peg, he towers into the
avens, colossal and grand, while the rest
us, people, are mere picmies passing to
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