The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-03-22

10 DCCuhhO OhuBl0lh VI nv oOhh
Stark's brigade, and continued as such TN
til October, when he again returned to
Claremont, where he remained until De-
cember, 1885, when he was dismissed and
was compelled to sue the town to obtain
his pay. After leaving Rutland, he remov-
ed to Stanstead, Lower Canada, where he
became a magistrate, and lied in Deem
Der, 1881. Rev. r. r. Lawrence, in his
history Of New Hampshire churches, says
that he entered secular pursuits In which
" he did not honor his profession Of love to
" God" that ~''terrors and thick darkness
I" covered him fer a time, 10 view Of his
I" dereliction from duty, out Of which he
" came into joyful hope of Christ in his
" last days"
The first regularly settled pastor of the
church was the Rev. Heman Ball, d. D.,
and, in speaking OF him, it is stated that
DR.. Aiken asserts that ''about the year
" 1880, he was candidate for the vacant
" professorshlp of theology in Dartmouth
=" college, and was consulted with regard
to his acceptance of the same" The
~pslpable absurdity of this statement will
be seen when 1t is stated that DR.. Ball died
December II, 1821-but the error is, prob
ably of the printer and proof reader, not Of
DR.. Aiken or Mi. johnson ; but 1t is this
kind of blunder that destroys the useful
ness OF such publications as this for his
tory. 10 referring to the statement that
DR.. Ball was mentioned in connection with
a professorship of theology, it may not be
out of place to say that DR.. Ball was con-
tinually urging young men to enter the
ministry, but that he did not think personal
piety was : necessary prerequisite thereto.
DR.. Ball was!succeeded by Rev. Charles
Walker, and, speaking of the time of his
settlement, Mr.. johnson says: "But three
" men In the village are known to have
" been members of the church." Rutland
was, probably, wicked enough in those
| days, but not as wicked as this statement
would seem to indicate, for we find by a
reference to the records the following
names of . embers who were admitted
prior to that time, all of whom were men,
were residents of the village, and, With a
possible exception, were living and con-
nected with the yhurch at the time Of MIR.
Walkers settlement-Janusry 1, 1923
namely: Issacher Reed, William Storer,
Eliakim Cheney, Stephen HI. Wheelock,
William Page, James d. Butler, and Hen
~ b. Hooker-and there may have been
others.
In speaking of a later period, about the
close of DR.. Walkers ministry, Mr.. John
son says: '"There occurred, in the year
1882, one Of those cases of painful and
"exbausting surgery, which are often as
" beneficial to corporations as individuals.
An Episcopal church was founded by q
" number Of the members of the Congrega-
"tional society. They were mainly
" wealthy men, and they included a large
" share of the wealth of the body to which
they had belonged. 1t locked serious at
first, but the additional effort, which was
necessary to sustain the church, was O
" healshful sacrifice, and the result was by
" n means disastrous"
The taste which would lead to the use OF
such a figure in this connection might be
questionable-but de gust,6us non est dispu
tandum'. We have already occupied more
space than we intended, so we will conten,
ourself with cataloguing the ulcers which
were Topped off to make "a healthful sscri
fee" and which was so very "benefcial'
and with the catalogue will clo se this dis
jointed article. These ulcers were: vii
liam Fay, Solomon Foot, Daniel P. Bell
Rodney G. Royce, James Porter, Charles
K. Williams, Luther Thrall, Moses Lester
Moses Strong, George T. Hodges. Nathan.
iel &. Jones, Robert Temple, Jacob Edger
ton, Jesse Cove, Jonathan Q. Thrall, Johr
Cleveland, Charles But, A. w. Reed
Aaron Barnes, Edward Dyer, William
Hall, and Benjamin Capron. Those VIII,
know something of Rutland men and thei
families, forty years ago, may be able t.
draw the inference.