Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-01-22

The following extracts are from recent
letters by Burleigh of the Boston Journal.
He writes from Western Virginia
RELIGIOUS OUTLOOK.
The common division of Republican and
Democrat does not prevail here, but North
and South run the lines. The charm Of
amnesty prevails. The men who fought in
the Southern army accepted the boon of
pardon and went to work and rey0lutionizsd
the State-tore up the Constitution and made
the State Democratc-broke up the school
system, and wiped out all that was New
England that could be wiped out In nll the
prominent places YOU find in the same
denomination, the church north and south
In many cases the congregations, for peace
sake have separated and divided the property,
So far from healing, the division goes on
There is about the same concord between the
church north aud south that there is between
two sects in a Massachusetts town But
parties, it is said, work better apart 1t is
not known that there is a Congregational
church in all West Virginia. But across
the river the Villages are full of them. as it
is expressed" 1t is all New England over
there
All the '' isms - of the land take root here
and flourish The Adventists are strong
One of their customs is, in family prayer, to
have each member offer an audible petition
father, mother and children. Some are 80
strict in this matter, that minor morals are
omitted This story is told A doctor has
bad habit OF going on a spree once in a
while. Then he is very religious. lie came
home one day quite tight His wife had
company; she attempted to get the doctor
off to bed he made compromise he would
90 to bed if he could have family prayers
first. " He could not sleep wink without "
lie was gratifed. His custom was to stand
in prayer. AS he proceeded, he swayed
back and forth, and finally came to the floor
with bang. He recovered Wife, are
you sale? Are all the children safe? 1t
was an awful clap, wasn't it?'' And he was
led oft to bed in a grateful frame of mind.
4 reliable Doctor of Divinity told me this.
1t occurred under his own eye He was
travelling in the interior. He made inquiry
4 for member of his own faith with whom
he could pass the night. He heard of q
farmer some miles away and made for the
house. He was welcomed cordially. A,
night the doctor led the devotions In the
morning the farmer was priest of his OWL
, flock. He had numerous household His
lads were turbulent and irreverent As the
SAA
chair to chair and whacked the bows in order
/ and as he cuffed them on this side and tha,
: he prayed, Forgive US our trespasses as we
forgive &c. At the end all arose greatly
refreshed
In my route to this place made call on
Nlneland. This is a little patch of New
f England, dropped down in New Jersey Ten
years ago, gentleman bought ten mile
: square patch of New Jersey barrens, and hal
from that time been steadily laying out thl.
place. Vinelaud has now ten thousand
! population. True to the original idea, th.
wild land within the ten mile enclosure i,
sold to-day for the same price that was asked
: before house was erected. Any one tha,
: visits the town has fine team placed at hi.
disposal, without cost, to ride when anc
where he pleases. The farms Join and ar.
not separated by fences. The hedges ar,
numerous and very fine. Out of Italy nc
: such vineyards can be found Religion il
j free and very abundant. Unitarian ane
= Trinitarian, Catholic and Protestant, Episco
pal and Dissenters, with all isms named il
a New England calendar. One can ride ter
|, miles on wide bouleyard-hard as Centrs