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The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-07-27
MINIsTERs AND ELDERs.

Ministers are selected by the vote Of
the whole church, brethren and sisters,
regardless of age. In this way the
church labors to secure minister of
proper gifts to preach the word. After
he has l2bored sufficiently long in his
calling to give full proof of his ministry,
he is then advanced TO what they call
the second degree and is given privilege
to make and fill appointments, baptize,
solemnize marriages, &c. Their Elders
who hold the highest position among
them, are chosen from ministers in the
second degree. They are set apart by
the laying on of hands. In addition to
ministers and elders they have deacons,
whose duty it Is to wait on table during
communion, visit the sick, see that they
are cared for, and help the elders keep
the church in order generally. No sal-
aries, as a rule, are given 10 their min
isters or elders, though they maintain it
the duty of the church to help them
when they need it the same as other
members They are not required to
give up lawful business pursuits in Or
der TO carry ON the ministry. A church
usually has several ministers, but the
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-07-27
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The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-07-27
THEIR CREED.

They have no written creed, save the
New Testament, which they regard as
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-07-27
WEALTH AND OCCUPATION.

The larger majority of them are farm
ers, and where they settle to any great
extent they are sure to make well i'm
proved country. Many of them are
mechanics, while small number are
professional men. Such a thing as a
Dunkard lawyer is wholly unknown.
They are usually in good circumstances,
and many of them are men of consider
able wealth. As it is part of their re-
ligion toinculcate industry and frugalityi
abstaining from all extravaganza and
worldly display, they are likely to be
come in possession Of property. By
abstaining from superhuities of all kinds
they not only improve their health and
increase their wealth, but set before the
world good example of plainness and
frugalty.
THEIR CREED.
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The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-07-27
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The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-07-27
PRESENT CONDITION.

Owing to the fact that they have nev-
er published any denominational statis
tics, it is some what difficult to determine
the exact number. Those however, who
are acquainted with the entire body,
state that their number is not far from
one hundred thousand. As this estimate
was made several years ago it is likely
short OF their number, for in various
localities they have increased in numbers
very fast, and it is perhaps safe to place
their number considerably above one
hundred theusand
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-07-27
FEET-wAsHISG

Next in order is the ordinance of feet
washing, The authority is from the in
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-07-27
THE POOR.

They make ample provisions for the
support of their own poor, and never
allow them to receive aid from town or
county where the congregation is able
to support them. All their INDECENT
are well cared for, and suffering from
poverty among them is effectually pre-
vented, as should be the case in every
-oI;rxo,,e Ia,or,fDat;0D
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-07-27

The prevailing style of dress among
them is somewhat similar to that of the
Friends, they are generally able to rec
ognize each other by their dress, and
have for many years had the order
among them, and it may be worthy of
note here TO remark that all the congre-
cations that hold to that order are stili
plain in their manner of dressing. The
principle among them is
that of entire plainness and abstsining
from all useless ornaments. Nojewelry,
or anything merely for ornament is
allowed.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-05-04
Advice to Nervous People.

Now, from whatever cause or COM
binatiOn of causes nervousness has been
produced, if happiness and health are
to he restored, the causes must be re-
moved and the injury they have caused
be repaired. For in proportion to the
weakness of Il mans system and the
enteeblement of his nerves, will be the
liability of his falling victim to other
and more fatal maladies and thus it is
that every day we find such diseases as
bronchitis, consumption, Bright's dis
ease, brain disease and insanity follow
ing at the heels of nervousness. The
indications for treatment are fOurfOld
First, we must remove the cause, re-
store the tone of the heart, improve the
blood. All injurious habits must be
given up; late hours and intemperance
i'll eating abandoned smoking, if prac-
tised, stopped. The food is most i'm
pOrtant. 1t must be abundant and
wholesome - neither too much nor too
little. 1t should not he sloppy, and
soups had better be avoided so long as
solid food can he taken. Rise from the
table feeling you have had enough, but
not oppressed with what You have
eaten. The bread should be stale, and
no very heating food taken. Eight
hours sleep should be taken every
cure. Take no narcotics to make YOU
sleep. A few raw oysters before bed
time are worth all the narcotics in the
world, are easily digested and furnish
for restoring nervous tissue
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-05-04
A Queer Affair.
[From the Brattleboro Phoenix. |

Charles BOlter, of jamaica, aged 20
years, was arrested April 9, on com
plaint of the town grand Juror, for dis
turbing the peace, and was brought be-
fore Justice Kellogg for trial. 1t ap-
pears from the evidence that Bolter was
spending few days at Clark Liver
and that he and Pliny Livingston il
son of Mrs. LivermOre by former hus-
band had each pistol, and amused
themselves Sunday, while Mr.. and Mrs.
LivermOre were away, by shooting at a
mark, and at hens, etc. When Mr. and
Mrs. Livermore came home, about dark,
the boys told them that men were about
the barn and had shot at them, and
they did not think it safe for Mr.. Liver
more to take the horse to the barn, but
they were not afraid and would take
the horse. They took the horse to the
barn, and very soon firing was heard,
and the boys came to the house and
told that they had seen man come out
of the barn and they had shot at him.
They reloaded their pistols and went
to the barnyard fence, and soon begun
firing again. This time the boys said IL
man had come up to the other side of
the fence and fired upon them, putting
ball through young Livingston's cap
and sure enough there was Il ball hole
in the cap and it smelled of powder.
Then they all locked themselves into
the house and made ready for an attack.
Soon the boys said they saw men out of
the window, and they fired through the
glass, breaking some fourteen lights
The boys described the man they had
seen at the barn as John Dunall, a man
who had sued Livelmore but IA short
time before for debt, and Mr.. Livermore
was afraid this man had come to take
revenge, as he was not able to secure
the debt. The firing was kept up un-
til about III O'Clock then all lay on
the floor until morning, not daring to
go to bed. Mr.. and Mrs. Livermore
went to the village the next day and
bought another pistol, and when they
returned home more hens had been
killed, and more shooting was done on
Monday night, and so on through the
week. 1t appeared that the shooting
was all done by the boys to frighten
Mr.. LivermOre so !hat he would con-
sent to go out West, as the boys and
Mrs. LivermOre were anxious to 90, and
they took this way to start him. 1t is
generally thought that Mrs. LivermOre
and the two boys were in league in the
shooting. The BOlter boy was fined by
the court SI5 and costs, amounting to
S35. .46.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-05-04
VOLUME 4O---NUMBER 2O75.

times have changed. Fifteen years ago
the domestic serfs were emancipated
by imperial ukaz. Free servants de-
mand wages; and on railways or steam
ers single ticket does not include an
attendant. The present generation must
therefore get through life with more
modest supply of Wallets, and must learn
to do with its own hands much that was
formerly performed by serf labor. Still,
Il gentleman brought up in other con-
ditions cannot be expected to dress
himself without assistance, and accord
ingly the waiter remains in your room
to act as valet. Perhaps, too, in the
early morning you may learn i'll an un-
pleasant way that other parts of the old
system are not extinct. You may hear,
for instance, resounding along the cor
ridOrs, such an order as-'.Petrusha
Petrusha Stakan vody ~ "(Little
Peter, little Peter, glass of water I" }
shouted in a sentOlian voice that would
startle the seven sleepers. When the
toilet operations are completed, and
you order tea-One always orders tea
in Russia-yOu will be asked whether
you have your own tea and sugar with
you. If you are an experienced traveller
you will be able to reply in the affirm
ative, for good tea can be bought only
in certain wellknOwn shops, and can
never be found in hotels. A huge,
steaming tea-urn, called "Samovar''
- etymolOgicalIy, ''self-boiler" will
be brought in, and you will make your
tea according to your taste. The tum-
bier you know, of course, is to be used
us a cup, and when filled may be con-
veniently employed for cauterizing the
points Of your fingers. If you should
happen TO have anything eatable or
dlinkable i'll your travelling basket, you
need not hesitate to take it out at once,
for the waiter will not feel at all ag-
grieved or astOnished at your doing
nothing ''for the good of the house,
The twenty or twenty-five kopeks that
You pay for the samOvar-tea-pot, tum-
bier, saucer, spoon and slop-basin being
included under the generic term ''Pri-
bOr'-trees You from all corkage and
other dues.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-05-04
Squibs.

Luvers will manage to live on Iuv for
Il very long time, with an ockashional
chance at beefsteak and onions.-JOsh
Billings.
costs only 1925 to make a S65
sewing machine, and it is about time
that the general public got mad and got
its back up.
Kate ClaxtOn may feel perfectly safe
in any hotel hereafter 10y registering her
name, on reading which all the other
boarders will sit up to put out the fire.
Resquiet Kate in Pittsburgh
Paper.
The man who has been obliged to
borrow his winters wood from his
neighhOr's pile feels Il tranquil calm
steal over him as he realizes that his
hard work in Juggling the sticks will
soon be over.
People who contend that the country
must return to the simplicity of our
forefathers, had better lead the way bv
eating jOhnnycake and wearing patches
on the knees of their trousers.
''NOw, the way feel about this proc
lamation for prayer against u.s." re-
marked one old grasshOpper of Mime
sofa to another, sis this: l haven't the
least objection to the mere incon-
venience of leaving the State; that is a
trifie; but how, | should like to know,
are we to escape the stigma of carpet
baggers' when we get into other States? D.
think we had better stay in Minnesota,
A porter in Nevada hotel thus ad
dressed one of the female boarders
Madam, | have been observing YOU
closely for some weeks past and | am
led to believe that there is trouble
trouble of ii serious nature gnawing
mt your heart. Tell me what that secret
sorrow is" "There is secret sorrow.n
rejoined the lady, ''and 1t weighs upon me
like Il milestone. 1t is that haven't a
stove poker heavy enough to break Your
silly pate with. But such as il is, how
cver-" Here she grabbed the i'm
plement and made a rapid advance upon
the sympathetic porter, who broke for
the door, and got out just slowly enough
TO secure sharp clip alongside the
right ear.
Eyes, sir, it makes me awful mad,n a
man was saying on Il Michigan avenue
car yesterday. 81 ordered that meat
ut o'clock this morning and it never
came up at all. Ny dinner was spoiled,
my wife vexed and Pll give that butch
er blessing" ''It's great annoy
ance," remarked his friend. ''Yes it is,
and am mad enough to fight. | gave
the butcher the order myself, so that
he has no excuse. Oh, I'll go for him!'
- Maybe you forget to put down the
cash" said man with very long legs
who sat opposite. 81 used to beat them
that way during the war, but can't do
it now" 'Maybe you are an impudent
scoundrel J" roared the first, growing
very red in the face. "Yes may be-"
sighed long legs, and he sank back and
said he merely threw out his remark as
a uggestion.-DetrOH Free Press.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-05-04
Decoration Day Order.
DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS OF VT. ,
BURLINGTON, March 18th 1877

COMRADES :-Once more the time an
proaches for us to perform the beautiful.
but sad duty of decorating with flowers,
the graves of our ''noble dead.n Yon
VIII therefore make the necessary
preparations for the due observance of
Memorial Day." May Both, 1877, per
forming the ceremony in your own
way, but remember that no soldier or
sailors grave should be neglected.
| would suggest that when practica-
bic, the school children he invited to
participate with you at this time that
they may grow up to revere the mem
ory of those brave men who died that
''the nation might liver
Let us not forget while we are cherish
ing the memory of our ''cOmrades gone
before that their widows and orphans.
and our manned heroes are left with us,
and we owe duty to the living as well
as the dead.
Where there are no Posts of the
Grand Army, it is expected that the
veterans will attend to this duty, and
then organize Posts, if possible.
Post commanders will furnish a re-
port of proceedings; also, copies of
local papers containing an account of
Memorial Day, for file ut Department
Headquarters.
L. s. PECK, Dept Com.
EBEN TAPLTN, Asst Adj't Gen1.
Official,
F. STEWART STRANAHAN,
A. ID. C..
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-05-04

was fellow of excellent mind-"Per-
haps, Barbara, that may remove some
of our difficulties"
And Barbara made no reply but
when Dan and the widow came into
the parlOr, it was not easy to say which
of the two women was blushing the
most violently.
''It's all right, Bill" remarked Dan.
81 don't know that any explanations
are required. You have our entire con-
sentn
The visions of the newly painted
house had faded from the mind of Bar
bara Hawkins, but it was Dams remark
that called attention to the manner in
which she was clinging to the arm of
Bill Emmons. The latter was equal to
the occasion, however, for he replied,
''Well, so long as I've got Barbara's,
dot mind having yours :" and then he
added, quickly, 81 say, Dan, you and l
are two fellows of remarkably good
sense"
SO Barbara's difficulty about her step
mothers future as well as her own was
removed for her entirely, and, curiously
enough, Dan Grover spent the remain
der of his natural life in the unbroken
assurance that neither he nor his ad-
mirable wife had ever known but one
lOve.-Ha1pey's Bdsar.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-05-04

A shocking tragedy occurred at Bos-
ton Saturday, in which Stephen Cox,
six years old, lost his lite at the hands
Of one of his playmates. He was play
ing with his brother Joseph, Dudley
Kimball and several other children,
when the report of a pistol was heard,
and Stephen fell, shot through the
forehead. He was taken home, and
died in three hours. 1t is impossible
to tell at present whether it was Joseph
or the kimball boy who fired the shot,
or whether the act was intentional or
accidental, as the other children are so
young that their statements cannot be
relied upon. Both families concerned
are of the highest responsibility.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-05-04

MYSTERY OF DREAMs.-It is related
that man fell asleep as the clock
struck the first stroke of twelve. He
awakened ere the echo of the twelfth
stroke had died away, having in the
interval dreamed that he had commit
ted a crime, WAS detected after five
years, tried and condemned the shock
of finding the halter around his neck
aroused him to consciousness, when he
discovered that all these events had
happened in an intinitesimal fragment
of time. MOhammed wishing to illus
trate the wonders of sleep, told how IL
certain man, being sheik, found him
self for his pride, made poor fisher
man; that he lived as one for sixty
years, bringing up Il family and work
ing hard, and how, upon waking up
from his long dream, so short time
had he been asleep that the narrow
necked gourd bottle filed with water,
which he knew he overturned as he fell
asleep, had not time to empty itself.
How fast the soul travels when the
body is asleep! Often, when we awake,
we shrink from going back to the dull
routine of sOrdid existence, regretting
the pleasanter life of dreamland How
is it that sometimes, when we go to a
strange place, we fancy we have seen
it before ? Is it possible that when one
has been asleep the soul has fOated
away, seen the place and has that
memory of it which so surprises us
In Il word, how far dual is the life of
man, how far nOt2
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-05-04
The Albert W. Deming Case.
STARTLING DEVELOPMENTS.


The Windham county Reformer pub
lished new evidence which would seem
to clear another supposed Vermont
murderer. William A. Airing, on whose
testimony mainly Jesse H. Lewis was
convicted of the murder of Albert w.
Deming of Northfeld, Mass, at the last
term of the Windham county court, has
made full confession, in which he
says that his whole morphine story was
Il fabrication, devised bv the detectives,
who frightened him into teStifying to
it; that he never saw any morphine in
any way, shape or manner until the
detectives showed it to him in Fayette-
vile jail; that the detectives told him
that Lewis was about to turn states
evidence, and he must get ahead of him
to save his own neck that all sorts of
arguments and influences were used
with him by them before and during
the trial to keep up his courage; that
they also tried to bribe his sister, her
husband and cousin to testify that
they promised his release from jail as
soon as Lewis was convicted.
This confession was made to the
editor of the Reformer in the presence
of two prominent men of Windham
county, whose certificates as to the
correctness of the report the Reformer
has on file in its office.
There are several other statements
from Arling's fellow prisoners, who say
that Airing told the same thing several
times; also from Deming's old ac-
quaintances, who say that the deceased
habitually had fits, in one of which he
probably died, instead of by morphine.
There will also appear letter from
Rev. DIR. Taylor, Chaplain of the state
prison ut Windsor, giving statement
of convict Ryan that Airing had made
Il confession to him, and offered him
$50 to testify against Lewis.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-05-04

The EFFECT OF SCANDEL MONGERING
ON CHILDREN of the greatest de-
fects of this age is the ''fastness" of our
boys and girls. And every bit of it is
traceable back to the homes, where the
idle news-carriers drop in continually,
and are permitted to unfold their budget
of gossip and scandal Children hear
more than is ever believed, and the
winks, mods and hints that they catch
ut intervals excite their curiosity, and
to satisfy this chances are not wanting
But to prevent betraying what they
hear, they also learn to be very sly, so
that, in time, they are able to build
block houses, make kites, or even pre-
tend to study their lesson, and yet hear
every word that is said. 1t is IA wonder
that, by the time the reserve and purity
of the mothers mind is worn out, the
daughters is in just the same condition,
with this difference that, while the
mother has family ties that serve as
check, and has the Judgment of maturer
years, the daughter is hampered by
none of these, so that, as she stands on
the threshold of life, she is like boat
tossed out Oh the sea without pilot,
save her own desire, and the crew, in
stead of being all good influences of the
past, are just the reverse. 1t will be
miracle if she sails through safely, and
if she should sink we must accept the
penalty, and know that it is the work
of our own hands. Can't we, from this
day, shut out all gossips, scandal and
low stories from our homes? Do not
tolerate it, and if any one insists upon
entertaining you on these subjects, do
what you would do were they offering
you poisOn.-ChicagO Tribune.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-05-04
An Incident of Black Hills Life.

George KnOwltOn and Mike O'Neal
went from YaU<tOn, d. T., recently, to
Pierre, and started themselves in the
gambling business. They did fair
business, leaving some Of their Gus
toners destitute of means for the further
prosecution of their Hills journey.
Rauck and other friends left YanktOn
with Dillon's train, but had trouble,
and with thirteen others seeded from
the rest of the outfit and came on
ahead. Near Pierre they were met by
KnowltOn aud his partner, the former
representing himself to lie herder, aud
that his possessions of about 200 head
of cattle were near by grazing. Thus
the gamblers won the confidence of the
party, and then they won from one OF
its members $50 in money and gold
watch. There was naturally consider
able Indignation in the camp of the IA
when this transaction came to the ears
of the victims comrades, which was
augmented on their arrival by cOnver-
sation with man who had yielded up
his S35 to the gamblers. The party
finally decided to attempt recovery
of the watch and money, and, intent
upon this purpose, Rauck with five
Others started in search of the gamblers.
The latter were appraised of the situa-
ton by the scout Red Cloud, and on
the approach of the party they were
prepared to give them lively recep-
tion. Words passed between Rauck
and Knowlton in regard to the watch
and the money, and Rauck was shot
dead by KnOwltOn. The murderer then
offered to give himself up, but, instead
of waiting for some one to accept his
proposition, he embarrassed his horse
and left the corpse of his victim where
it had fallen. Rauck's companions
stood by and made no effort to defend
him. KnOwlton escaped. - TdnktOn
{ (DGkOtd) Press.