Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-07-18
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MONTPELIER VT.
NDNESDAY. JULY IS. 1877.
A Letter.
FAIRFIELD, Me-, July 8, 1877

y FAIRFIELD, Me-, July 8, 1877.
nttaR OF GREEN MOUNTAIN FREEMAN,
DeaR SR:-Leaving the City of Elms
and So /" land of steady habits" on the
22d s. INC, we found ourselves on the sue
p6eaIh6 aay in the chief city of Maine,
where he most noticeable thing we dis
covered was the sensation produced by
iha Iaelare of Mr.. Joseph Cook, delivered
81 Sc previous Sunday evening in the
CITY Ill at the anniversary of the Bible
Soo.etVD Df Maine. 1t is wonderful how
thaE naster mind is enabled to state the
dol6nse of the Bible and orthodoxy so as
b Gain lhe assent of antagonists on every
side. Rey. DR.. Hill, pastor of the Unita-
fian Church in Portland, and formerly
president of Harvard College, who says lie
has threG generations of Unitarian blood
ID his veins" sent him Il pressing invitation
I to come, and insisted on making him his
guest Mr.. Cook also preached for the
Doctor ID the morning to very crowded
audience. A lady remarked of his evening
lecture before the Bible Society that the
oitlisst thng he said was, The BIBLE is
the survival of the titest.
Having spent the Sunday in the pleasant
valley Of the Kennebec river, we proceed
ed on Monday evening, June 25th, in
company with many delegates and others
on the steamcr New York of the Interna
tional line, to Eastport and Calais, TO the
Congregational Conference of Maine, ar
fIYi0e on Tuesday afternoon. This meet
ing. though held on the extreme eastern
border Of the state, within half mile o
tho domain of royalty, awakened the
eldracleristic interest and enthusiasm fol
which former gatherings of the same body
have been SO long and justly distinguished
Tho harmony of the meetings was delight
fiji, and the spiritual prosperity of th'
cliurehes during the year awakened the
warmest gratitude.
There was 4 cordial and thankful recog
milton of the aid of the American Bible
Society in experimenting and assisting
tho york of Scripture distribution, il
which nearly the whole state, with the ex
caption of three countless has been recently
explored. The supply of Gods Word t
many cores of the destitute, together will
Ehe missioaary work connected with it, ha
been she means of great good,
Ihe new and elegant church edifce il
which ihe meetings were held, the prince
II Hospitality of the people of Calais, LEI
by ther urbane and scholarly pastor, tn,
Rev 9. G. McCully, together with the po
liEeness and efficiency of the moderator
Row M. II. Fem of Portland, and tn
allieent and earnest attention to the busi
nesS 81 the Conference by its member
generally, combined TO make the occasion
one 0g pleasure and profit to all present
delightful social gathering in tn
church and parlors on Thursday evenin
closed the exercises.
on Friday we proceeded TO the mort
pari Qf Aroostook county, which, on ou
last Nisit, four years since, we could onl
Eeaoh by forty Or fifty miles of tedou
staging. Now, the narrow gauge railroad
from Woodstock to Carbon, well bull
md equipped, furnishes very gratelt
contrast. This road has already proved
great blessing to Northern Aroostool
Il has greatly lightened the burdens {
ananeial depression Contrary to III
usual Experience, the farms of this regio
afe rising in value.
The colony of New Sweden, eight mil,
from Caribon, which we have Just visitet
has made some improvement in the la
four ears. 1t now embraces between 81
and even hundred Swedes, most of the
living very comfortably according to the
6lanahrd.
This colony has been in many respcc
llalpNunatc, They were greatly deceive
hy lle promises which induced them
come to this country. They have al
heep Victims of relentless extortion, fro
H|llsh they are not yet wholly exempt.
ssreag Baptist element has made large a
gfeSslons upon the Lutheran, in whit
hey we're born; and recently the Advel
daQt1ine has torn asuuder the Baptist.
nlfaent there is no minister in the coun
QHI 4 Pastor" Andrew Werain, a i
Asfsn, who is trying to encourage /
neqple to build IL house of worship. The
leason to hope for success, and that Il
aTAgelical portion will rally around hi
al sustaln the movement. On the who
iAereh greed and treachery have add
A0|iscessarily to their hardships, and e
l9Il1d many tears from them, we expe
nelffuture will be more prosperous.
nero is II delicious purity about the
elphere of this region; there are luxul
helds and beautiful rivers, and such
adon of the conventionalities of ci
as to afford II peculiar charm to tho
seek relief from the turmoil and G
enent of business thoroughfares; Il
is feeling of sadness, not wilhc
fompensatons, rs we turn towar
h9'ae and friends in old Connecticut,
way of the desolNte city of St. John.
Your svery truly, VIII C.
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