The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-06-29


,c in violation of the natural forces OPP
,rative at the equator. The law on this
planet may not be the law on another
planet, we do not know. There is
aw every where, and that Is the con-
slant mode of operation of the infinite |
Sod.
Directors basing their argument up.
on an uniformity of actions of natural
forces which do not exist, in fact are
often driven to positions which are sui
cidal. Human inventions, as the plow,
the axe, the moving machine, the
steam engine, disclose intelligence.
These articles could never have grown
like the tree. But so soon as we admit
this intelligence we admit the historical
possibility and probability ofmiracles.
Directors, in avoiding the miracles
of the scriptures, are driven to contrive
even greater ones to support their the
cries. Constant experience" does not
allow the theory of development We
see nothing like the development Of one
species from another in the present
course of nature. There is no fact in
nature which saves the theory of the
materialist from being quite as super
natural as that of the supernaturalist.
If man was developed from the ape,
why do not apes still follow the law of
orderly succession and still develop in
to men? And so far rs the present ex-
periencc of men goes, the theory of de-
velopment is quite as miraculous as the
simple and natural account of the scrip
lures.
The system of faith is vastly superior
10 raoeo,, In sc oooroh for 1tv,pa trt, III
Faith does not stop as reason stops, with
into the clearer light, cxclaims in tri-
umph, q! know in whom / have believ-
cd" while reason, sinking into ever
increasing darkness of doubt, can only
say, 81 know nothing because | have
believed nothing"
ASSOCIATED ALUMNI.
The preliminary meeting of the asso-
ciated alumni was held at the college
chapel, Tuesday morning, Rev. f. P.
Hooker in the chair. The records of
the last annual meeting were read by
E. E. Smith, secretary of the associa-
ton, and approved.
A committee on nominations was ap.
pointed by the chair as follows: Prof
II. s. Perrigo, New Haven; Hon
George w. Parker of New York city
Prof. II. ii. Shaw, Manchester; Rev
NJ. L. Severance, Orwell: l.. T.. Knapp
Middlebury.
Rev. L. p. Hooker, chairman of the
committee on neurology, reported the
deaths as follows:
1872. Rev. Chester Long died at Sa
| lem, n. Y, in March or April, 1877
aged sc years.
1921. John Stevens was born il
Townsend, Mass, June 6, 1898, an(
died at Granville, Ohio, April 80, 1877
aged 70 years, 10 months and "a days.
1926 Martin Mercillian Post wa
born in Cornwall, VT, Dec. 8, 1906
and died at Logansport, Ind, Oct. IL
1876, aged 60 years, 10 months and
days.
1885. Merrill Richardson was borl
in Holden, Mass, Oct. 4, 1872, and die'
at Milford, Mass, Dec. II, 1876, aget
81 years, months and days.
1887. Rufus Spaulding Cushmal
was born In Fairhaven, VT, Aug. 81
1915, and died in Manchester, VT, Ma.
Is, 1877, aged 81 years, 8 months, ant
l6 days.
1915. Carlos Hermon Samson wa
born in Cornwall, VT, and died il
Brooklyn, May, 1877.
After hearing this report, the Associ
:. alton adjourned to the church wher
were held the literary exercises, whic
opened with music by IIatchs' Qua
drille band. Prayer was then offere
by Rev. James G.. Johnson of Rutland
and Rnv. +. 2. Hooker introduced tn
speaker of the occasion, Col. a. I
Walker of the class of 1862, upo
, the subject, "The Vermont Court O
Chancery." We give only a brief al
; stract as follows:
COL. Walkers ADDRESS.
Let the cobbler stick to his last"
certainly very free translation of tn
Latin: "Ne sutor ultra credidam.
Not a single word corresponds LITERAL
with the original. 1t is affirmative il
stead of negative in form. Neverthele;
: our proverb is obviously translate
I of the Roman proverb, and a conspicl
7, ously successful translation; ii has b,
J. come part of all the worlds wisdom;
!, is the fiotsam and jetsam of every man
mind; SO that in casting my line for
: subject for this occasion the first drift
!, wood that entan2led itself thereon W,
: this well-worn maxim, teaching me M
: to expect to discuss successfully matte
outside the usual topics of my profe
y sional life, even if could command Il
: time required to investigate and deve
: op some literary, metaphysical, asthet
: or political theme. "Let the cobbl,
: stick to his last"
The court of chancery, why Is
Z what is it; and is it susceptible Of In
e provement as it exists among us to-da!
while our sister states and neighbor n
5 tons are moving with rapid pace in Il
d funeral progress Of legal reform. I
). next described the courts of law al
e chancery, one with its impressive par
It phernalia of associate judges, grand al
y petit jurors, states attorney, stem
l. graphers, high sheriffs and deputie
" parties, witnesses aud spectators; Il
D other with the same judge-or, as he
L now termed, Misunderstanding In 4
e midst of elderly solicitors, while I
l. quiet of the chamber is only broken
e the monotonous reaing of written e'
dence; while the same general result
ID often reached through the different pI
n cesses. Then followed historical c
D. PLANTATION of how the two courts becor
id established in their present position.
Of For an understanding ofthe functio
is of the court now called tho court
" cbancery, we must examine the prin
b. pal objects of its jurisdiction as now O
D. tninistered, which is the ascertain
OF and application of the principles of {
of uity as contradistinguishcd from la