The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-10-13
Vicinity Items.
MOUNT HOLLY.

MOUNI llOlL1
Through the enterprise of "Uncle
Moses" the people of this town have been
favored with the opportunity of listening
to another female speaker Miss Townsley
of Chicago, Evangelist" delivered a dis
course at the North church on the evening
of Monday, the 4th inst. Miss T. is a
young lady about twenty-slx years old, Of
a 1.-THE and slender figure, pleasant aver
age countenance, surmounted with gold
spectaces,. and Judging from 9as her appear
bic temperament. The way she fidgeted
back and forth on the platform, and bob.
bed up and down the aisles, before COM
mencing the exercises was strongly sug-
Indeed the preliminary movements would
have led casual stranger to expect some
sort of show, or some theatrical perform
| amer, rather than religious exercises.
The house was well filled, and at length
after brief scripture lesson, read by Rev.
| MIR. White, very pretty prayer by the
| ing by the congregation. led by Miss T.
and Miss Allen of East Wallingford,
| (who played the organ) the speaker pro-
ceeded to deliver written sermon. She
took for text the first verse of the 55th
| chapter of 1saiah-"Ho, every one that
| thirsteth, come ye to the water,"a text
Hhich has probably been more frequently
selected, especially by unfledgcd beginners
in the ministry than any other passage in
the bible, and yet text which can be made
the foun,'aiion Of very able discourse, as
the speaker amply demonstrated. ~
| The sermon was ingenious in arrange
ment and tlowery in style and as literary
production, far above mediocrity. Indeed,
were it printed as the production of Henry
| Ward Beecher or Bishop Simpson it would
do no dscrcdit to either. In its delivery
there was very evident, though not very
successful, effort at dramatic display which
essentially marred it's effect in the minds
of the more intelligent and thoughtful por-
ton of the audience. Had it been possible
to have forgotten the medium, and the
manner, and regarded only the matter it
would have been very acceptable effort
to all. 1t has been well remarked that, let
that sermon be delivered in a full, mascu-
line voice, by dignified and finished ora
tor, it would be pronounced discourse of
more than ordinary merit.
Fortunately, perception of the ludicrous
is not very acute in the average country
audience, and the effort was accepted, en-
| tire, by vast majority as decided sue
cess. Miss Townsley has lately been labor
ing very acceptably, and we hope proiita.
bly,, with the people of East Wallingford.
| The musical convention at Mechanics
vile closed last Friday evening. Notwith-
standing the unfavorable weather goodly
class was IN attendance and the interest
was kept up through the entire session.
The closing concert on Friday evening was
a decided success. @.
| BASE BALL.
| A match game was played at Hinesburg
on Saturday, Oct. 0, between the Noun
taineers of Bristol and the Orientals Of
Richmond. Although the Richmond boys
came out with several picked men from
other clubs and with their usual amount of
"mouth and cheek, " still the Mountaineers
sustained their usual GOODNESS, and came
out victorious, as the following score indi-