Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-09-20

dale, II. l.. Bancroft of Minbury, and DIN Bros,
of Springfield. Two lads of this city, II. Il. aud
i. i. Kinney, have arranged stand of forty va
rieties of wild flowers, among them the fringcd
gentian, gathered by them in the woods and
fields of ratnuck.
The mcagre show of apples, as contrastcd
with former exhibitions, is sufficient proof of
the assertion that this is not an apple year in
Massachusetts. Still there are twenty exhb-
itors, some of them having twelve to fourteen
varieties and very handsome apples they are,
too, Stephen S. Foster, of course leads now as
always in this department. Among the other
largest contributors are +. NJ. Banning and
o. b. Hadweu oil this city, and G. White and
Henry Marble of Nlbury. Last year.
when the tables groaned uuder the weight
of the apples, there were ffty-three exhib-
itors. A lager number, of persons have
brought IN pears than contributed them last
year They number ever ninety. The great
feature this veAt IS the number Of single plates
containing noble specimens. The superiority
Ot one plate over another in many cases cannot
be perceived by the "eyc of Argus" and the
committee will doubtless settle this nice point by
the scales, the greater weight taking the pre-
MUM. The large exhibitors are V. p, Towns.
end, Stephen Foster, S. II. Cotton, Edward
Earle, f. W. Lincoln, Alfred Davis, J. f. Aleu-
James Draper, F. l.. Moen, J, Z. Phelps, d. S.
Goddard, Hartley Williams, S. " Stone,
Adams Foster, c. L, Pierce and W. II. Earle
There are barely dozen plates of peaches and
nine of ounces. The grapes are very tempting.
There are twenty exhibitors, who give con-
vincing testimony, in the shape of luscious
fruit that the following vines can be made de-
sirahe in Worcester county, some in a much
greater degree than others, viz: Delaware, Iona
Northern Muscadine, Hartford Prolific, Con-
cord, Isabella Diana, Salem, Rogers O. 10, 10,
4S, Eumelan, Emma, ISraella and Charter Oak.
There is large collection of grapes from under
glass from the grapcrles of Mr. Moen, which the
visitors linger over and leave with a regret
that they had not built a grapcry. Here in
glass cases are TO be seen some luscious punches
of the Muscat, Hamburg, Royal Muscadine,
Frontignac, and other satisfactory varieties.
The large contributors of hardy grapes for out
door cultivation are +. J. Kinney, d. S. God
dard, D. W. Bemis, Horatio Phelps and }. L.
Phelps.
The vegetables which we name last are GER
tanly far from being the least feature of the ex-
hibtiOn The show this year is.one of tue finest
ever made by the society, and embraces contri-
buttons from thirty persons, those who contribute
the most being Sylvmus Sears, Alden II. Sears,
the state lunatic hospital, P. L. Moon, Stephen
Salisbury, o. B. Hadwen, F. j. Kinney and II.
R. and L. f. Kinney.
A small orchestra was stationed in the west
gallery, and furnished music throughout the
evening" The society have made arrangements
to have a band during the continuance of the
exhibition. A society which can make such
credilable show, and does not owe dollar, is in
lipe condition to enjoy the banquet which has
been arranged to take place next Friday even
ing, at the close of the exhibition.
We advise the public to visit the horticultural
show, at Mechanics hall, early and often.
DISCIPLES OF CHRIST The Disciples of
Christ, as a distinct religious organization, arc
but little known in New England; yet, in the
United States they are already strong, and are
gaining rapidly in numbers and influence, and
are destined to become a mighty power in the
world. While protesting ito hold firmly all that
was taught by Christ and the apostles in order
to salvation, they differ in some respects to all
other religious parties. They discard all creeds
and confessions of faith which rest upon mere
human authority, and reject all party names as
necessarily destructive Of that unity for which
Christ prayed. They contend that faith in
Christ and repentance for all past sins are neces.
Sary prerequisites to BAPTISM and that therefore,
infants are not proper subjects Of that rite.
They consider the EMERSON of a proper subject
in water, into the name of the Father, and of
the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, as the one bap-
tism, Eph. ", 5. They commemorate the death
of Christ on every first day of the week, by OBJ
serving what is usually called the Lords supper.
They regard Jesus Christ as the head of the
church, and the only divinely authorized law
giyer. Faith in Him as the Christ, the Son of
God is the one and only confession to he re-
quired Of penitcnt believers in order to baptism,
and obedience to Him the only test of fellowship.
They claim TO adopt practically what all Prot
estants admit in theory, that the Bible is the
only authorized rule of faith and practice. They
affirm that any creed which has in it less than
is in the Bible has too little, and any which has
in it more than is in the Bible has too much.
There is a congregation of the Disciples of
Christ in this city, known as the Church Of
Christ. They meet regularly in their chapel on
Thomas street, on every Lords day morning,
afternoon and evening, also on Wednesday eve
ming, for social worship. They are an earnest
working people, prOlesSedly laboring for the
restoration of the teaching and practice of the
primitive church. Many persons in tIs city
have supposed that they were in some way con-
neCted with the Adventists, but they disclaim
any connection with them, or relationship TO
them They profess to "preach the Word" in
stead of theories and spcculatiOns and require
"thus saith the Lord" in all matters of faith.
The church in this city was organized in 1860,
since which time several hundred have been
gathered into it, They have prosperous Sun
day school, and are now looking about for To-
cation to commence Il new interest. The strength
of this people is mainly in the middle and west
ern states. Their number is yarously estimated
at from 100000 TO 100000 They are doing much
TO advance the educational interests of the coun-
try having several tirst-class colleges in success
iul operation The University of Kentucky has
already taken high rank among the institutions
of learning in this country. 1t is located at
Lexington, and Ashland, the late residence of
Mr. Clay, has been secured, and will be orna-
mented with stately buildings suited to the pur
poses Of the university. 1t is only within a few
years that any efforts have been made to plant
churches in New England.
The annual meeting of the Churches of Christ
in New England will be held in the chapel on
Thomas street, in this city, commencing on
Friday evening, the 22d inst, and continue over
the LORDS day. They extend cordial invita-
ton to the citizens of Worcester, and to all who
may sec this notice, to attend the meeting. b.
COUNTY NEWS.