Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-05-12

tee of the diocese Rev. George s. Converse of Bos-
ton, Rev DR.. j. l. T. Coolidge of Boston, Rev Dr.
S. b. Babcock of Dedham, Dr. George Z. Shattuck
of Boston, Hon. E. II. Nudge and Causten Brown
of Boston,
Registrar of the Diocese, Rev. VIM. S. Bartlett of
Boston.
The convention nominated as trustees of the Gem
eral Theological seminary at New York, to be
elected at the Baltimore general convention, Rev.
DR.. Burgess of Springfield, Rev Dr. Vinton of Bos.
ton, Rev DR.. Estes of Amesbury, Rev. Daniel c.
Roberts of Lowell, Rev. DR.. Babcock of Dedham,
Rev. DR.. S. C. Thrall of Haverhil Rev. Thomas f.
Fales of Waltham, and Messrs. Joseph s. Fay of
Boston, and John B. Stebbins of Springfield.
The committee on the constitution and caucus
reported back to the convention the amendment
prepared by Mr.. Bradford of Dorchester to the con-
stituton of the diocese as to allow lay delegates
TO vote numerically. Now, the three delegates to
which each parish is entitled vote as a unit merely
The matter will be acted upon at the next session of
the convention.
The presiding officer of the convention, Rev.
Bishop Eastburn, has filed the position twenty
eight years. He stated in his address detailing his
last years work among the one hundred parishes
Of his diocese, that he had confirmed $50 persons,
ian increase of nnetyeght over the previous year,,
ordained five deacons and two priests, and conse-
Grated two churches the Church of the Reconcilia-
ton at Webster being one of them. There are now
twelve candidates for orders, of whom eight are
students in the theological school at Cambridge.
The whole number of clergymen now in the diocese
is 125.
The parish aid society's report showed $500 ex-
pended for the benefit of nineteen feeble parishes
and the society for the aid of INDECENT and aged
cergmen reported receipts of $685. of which $500
was received from twenty-seven parishes; the
whole was expended in aid of four benefciaries.
The oldest member of the convention was Rev.
Theodore Edson d. D., of ST. Anne's church, Low
ell, in active service at the age of eighty. He
has been many years chairman of the diocesan
parish aid society. Bishop Eastburn, who was
chosen bishop in 1912, is now about seventy.
The secretary of the convention was Rev. Joseph
II. Clinch of South Boston, who has served in that
capacity twenty-five years; Assistant Secretary,
Rev. VIM. II. Brooks, D. D., of the Church of the
Reconciliation, Webster Treasurer, Rev. s. B. Bah.
cock, D. D., of Dedham, who has served twenty
years.
The thanks of the convention were voted to Rev.
Dr. Burgess and members of Christ church for their
hospitality on this occasion.
The next annual session will be held at Trinity
Church, in Boston, on the second Wednesday be-
fore Ascension day, with Rev. VIM. r. Huntington
of Worcester as preacher Of the annual sermon and
Rev. Henry Burroughs of Boston, substitute.
SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION is no doubt often
the cause of fires, whose origin seems mySteri-
Gus to people who, having never personally
known a case of ignition by such means, only
half believe in it. The following paragraph,
from writer in the Boston Transcript, shows
what need there is for caution in dealing with
certain substances
"Having need of some oil for domestic USE l
went to a paint shop near by and procured
some. The person present put me up mixture
of boiled linseed oil, thinned it with spirits OF
turpentine, and added a little dark color to it.
The bottle was nearly clean, and had only been
used for oil once before. This oil was used for
oiling in the hall, stairs, etc. A piece of clean
cotton cloth was used; not new, however, it
being part of an old dress lining. The work
was finished at about 81 P. NJ, and the
cloths were put away in a cool place. in a
small closet, under basin in the bathroom
At about p. NJ, it being only an hour aud a
half after, my wife was annoyed by the smell pi
smoke, and, tracing it to the bathroom, saw
smoke issuing from the closet, but, supposina
it came through the floor, not dreaming it was
from the rags, went searching elsewhere, and
on her return in a few minutes found the cloths
in blaze. The day was extremely wet as you
well know, and there were no other combusti-
bles in the closet. This was SO clear and so
rapid case of spontaneous combustion that
thought it worthy of notice, as warning TO
every one not to leave cotton cloths wet with
linseed in any unsafe place, even for an hour
and half"