The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-10-18


This was a kind Of saddle with soft cush-
ion extending behind having in addition to
the ordinary stlrrups of the saddle an adj
ditional Que for the female, who mounted |
on her soft padding was accustomed to hold |
on by putting her arms around the gentle |
mans waist behind whom she rode. / pre-
sumo some Of the young people would like
this mode of riding now. But it was very
hard for the horse and has now gone so en-
tircly out of date that l presume pillion
has not ever been seen by one of thou
sand of the present generation.
have thus spoken Of the early settlers
and some Of the circumstances of their
carly situation. / would like to say more
but time will not allow for many other top
les still remains on which at least a word
ought on this occasion to be said
| suppose that it must he conceded that
in an New England settlements the churches
have contributed in no small degree to their
progress-this being the case should feel
that | come short Of the demands of the
occasion did not give some brief sketch
of their organization and progress. In in
wiling your attention TO them then let me
say that the Baptist church was the first in
town. This was was organized Sept. 10th
1850. 1t consisted of 90 brethren and sis
tiers some of them residing in Wallingford
and some in Clarendon. 1t was organized
at the house of Titus Andrews. The orig
nal members of it cannot now be ascer-
taincd as they were not put down seperate
from the others who joined later The
church as its organization adopted 10 ar
ticles of faith which, while they show it to
have been distinctly Baptist show it also to
have been sound in evangelical doctrine.
Between the time of its organization and
1855 period of As years there were IA
ministerial settlements and the aggrc-
gate of the whole service performed by
them was about % years; less than two
years for each leaving the church destitute
of pastor nearly one half of the time
will give as briefly as l can list OF
these ministers and the time during which
they continued their ministratons.
Elder Rich was the first pastor and con-
tinucd with the church till about 1856
when the church numbered A.
March 10th, 1897 Elder, Henry Green
commenced preaching and was ordained
Oct. Sd of the same year and continued to
minister to the church till the same time in
the year 1906. Ten years from his dismis-
sion elapsed, before they secured the SER
vices of another pastor. During this time
the services were kept up by Dea. Joseph
Randall The next pastor was Sedgwick
Rice who remained with them two years at
a salary of 500 a year. Lemon Andrews
was the next pastor. He was settled in
November 1921 and remained with the
church about > years. Another year of
destitution followed when in May 1926
GcbbOn Williams come to preach. He was
ordained the 81 of May 1927. The first
Baptist meeting house was built while he
was with them mt an expense of $3.50. The
subscription paper is dated March 81, 1927,
and the house was completed early in De-
cembcr OF the same year. it was built by
Simon Cook. Soon after it was completed
Mi Williams left having, been with the
, less than two years. Elder +. Page was
the next pastor. He commenced his min
istr; in 1880 and was with the church four
, years -Four years vacancy followed with
only now and then supply. In August
{ 1888 Elder Leland Ilunty came and labored
a year. Then j II. Sherman come and
, labored two years. He was followed for a
year by Prof. Daniel Hascal. In the win
ter or spring of 1913 Elder Joseph Packer
l become pastor of the church and minstered
/ to it little over year. Then Elder Con-
stintine preached short time. Elder r..
, Myers was pastor in 1916 and AZ. Before
l getting another pastor they repaired the
, church at an expense of 5000. After the
refittng of the house Elder Page preached
again year or two and was followed by
Elder l.. II. Smith for a year. Aug. 10Th,
-, - Simn"r 7, Elliot ccwmorcnd
preaching and was ordained the 10th of the
November following. lie remained about
five years and half. Rev Edwin NJ.
, Haynes succeeded Mr. Elliot. lie was or
dained in July 1865 and remained with the
church year. Rev. Edward Conover was
installed Nov. 1859 and dismissed April lst
: 1868. Rev. James w. Grant commenced
to preach in June 1868 and left Nov. 20th
1864. Rev. Robert G.. johnson began his
: labor' July l2th, 1866 and closed them May
4th, 1867
The church has also had eight deacons
elected in the following order. Dea Eben-
ezcr Murray, Dea. Joseph Randall, Dea.
Calhorn Preston, Dea. Sanford Moon, Dea.
Jocob Button, Jr, Dea. Eleazer Meghills.
Dea John Mari, Dea. Thomas York
Of the pastors who ministered to this
church Elder Henry Green deserves to be
singled out as the one who did most for it.
He was man of great energy of character
and of commanding cloquence and that the
tow as well as the chusch owes much to
his influence do not doubt.
The salary paid by this church and the
manner of paying it may to some be mat
ter ofinterest. In 1887 Elder Green being
pastor the church agreed to help him on his
farm when he needed to pay his salary and
to meet at the close of the year to see if
each had paid his full proportions. In 1899
tney aSteeu 70 pay nun ~ collars salary 10
W PTiu III cn.lic or gram ana averaged on
.ie ' ,ri uceoiulnS 70 .lieir se'erai apih-
y. ny neA. year NloVol they agreed 10
si'e .'i nn ,, anu rs saiary whch wouid DC
raise one penny on the pound on their
church list and for the two succeeding years
the same assessment was voted. In 1906
he was allowed 60 dollars
=. Hno'ne, pr. Vi ili'eIes. Is 'ha' lhe poor .,
NV enuioh al It's carry his'oiy was supPoi'cu
t"A on the n'c"'perS according 10 'heir
"oiiiN'
1t Will also interest the present genera
tons to know that this church was very
| slow tn nlnpt the customs of thp prnspnf