Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-08-09
Local News.

CoNvENTIoN.--Republicans will
please remember the county conven-
ton to be held at Irasburgh, on We'd
nesday next. This is to be a dele
gate convention. Let no town fail to
send delegates.
TEMPERANCE LECTURE.-Rev. W. w.
Atwater, agent of the Vermont State
Temperance Society, give an excel
lent lecture on temperance at the
Methodist church, in this village, on
Sunday evening last. He reports
progress in the cause, and thinks the
temperance sentiment has increased
during the last six months more than
it has the five years previous. We
hope he is correct. There is
certainly great need of it. He goes
in for prohibitory law of course; first
rate temperance men are apt to, while
it is those who like glass or two oc-
casionally that deprecate the unwise
course of temperance men. Mr.. At
water goes through this county lectur-
ing, and we hope he may meet with
large audiences and gather much mon
ey for the treasury of the State Socie-
ty. He is a bold and fearless cham
pion of the best cause now before the
public. Brickbats, stones, pistols, and
threatenings wont scare him. They
have all been tried. He will lecture
in the evenings of the following days,
viz: In Derby Thursday, Aug. 9Th
West Charleston, Friday 9th; New
port, Sunday 18th; West Albany
Monday 18th; Craftsbury, Tuesday
18th.
| A POWERFUL IMAGINATION.--We
| have just heard an anecdote of the
Rev. III. Fowler of Irasburgh, while
preaching in Eden, which we think
shows power of imagination little
ahead of ministers in general. HI
was preaching from the parable of TIT
prodigal Son ,discoursing thusly; "Tht
old man had large family anon!
which he divided a large estate, Civ
ing to one a nice farm all stocked, t.
another horses and cattle, to anothe
houses, and to this prodigal he CAV
his money and jewelry, when he wen
off and spent the money and had
high time till he was obliged to tax
up with the food of the nasty swine
When he got sick OF it he made up hi
mind to 90 back to the old man. Tn
old man was very lame, so very lam
that he had to go on crutches for se'
eral years, and his heart always Year,
= ed towards this son; he Away
. told the servants. that he would b
back some day, so when the old ma
was looking out of the window on
day he saw him coming, and was S
Il tickled about it that he jumped up an
; run out of doors-never once thinkin
y of his crutches'
- This is the way he disposed of tt
"fatted calf"
"The prodigal had lived so long o
such vile food that his stomach ha
become so weak that he could NJ
bear the best portions of the fatte
calf, but had to have some real tt
with portions of toasted bread crum
ed into it." We think this is an i
:. stance of powerful imagination, as v
guess there is little Scripture to sho
that the "old man" had any "crutches
made "veal tea," or that he had ev
" told Bridget that he knew he wou
come back.
no Here is another improvement
ho the bible. In a sermon upon t
i "Call of Mathew" he astonished |
ca hearers by saying that Mathew was
ot custom house officer, very lucrati
Office, he having seventy per cent.
M all the income" We see now I
"A reason why all our Selling Office
,ot keep all they get, They have Scr
ov ture for it. Our officers keep OIL
dc seventy per cent, the same as Ma
,es ew; but they pay the other thirty |
,oo cent. for information"
ler THE WEATHERsFIELD MURDERER
'eS Henry Miller, the murderer of G.
ioe ing and his wife, worked twenty-t
30 days this summer for Mr.. Geo.
lu'- Jenness, of this village. He left h
d on Monday night on the express tt
ap- South, and the murder was conn
- ted before morning. While at W
eSe for Mr.. Jenness he spoke Of work
d" for man in Weathersfeld, a ca
ICE dealer as he said, who had failed
ven owing him $16O for his work,
5eu that he probably should not get
Jew pay. He worked twenty-five d
10 and overdrew his pay some sixt
ii'y dollars, and said he wanted to g
laS' South Troy and see his wife.
loh' was gone a day or two and retur
Il