St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-01-21

up the rear, is closely followed and
watched by Satan.
We have not time to speak of the
three Marys, and Roman soldier, or
of the Waterman on the tower, nor of
Justice weighing the balance. There
are AZ figures which move on this clock,
and its remarkable mechanism cannot
fail to interest old and young.
An exact counterpart or duplicate of
the new dinner service for the White
House at Washington can be seen in
two large crockery establishments on
Franklin st. The full set costs $1,000.
Each dish and plate of the service has
different design. 1t is said 90 artists
were employed in France on the de-
signs. You can purchase any piece of
the set separately, from the small indi-
vidual butter plate for 81, to plates for
SIS or 800 each.
The annual meeting of the Woman's
Board of Missions was held Jan. IL and
10, at Mt. Vernon church. The weather
was delightful, and an unusually large
were very full reports from the various
states and conferences, which occupied
considerable time. There are SO mis-
sionaries connected with this Board,
including the three now under appoint
ment to be sent out this year to foreign
lands. There are over 600 mission cir
cles and 900 auxiliaries and the whole
receipts and requests for this year
amount to Sl27 1851 Very interest
ing addresses were read by returned
missionaries, and papers read by Off
GERS of the Board. Miss Ferguson, al
though not connected with the Board,
interested her audience in some account
of her work in the Huguenot seminaries
in South Africa. She compared the sec
ton to Palestine and the influence of
the Huguenots to that of the Puritans
in New England.
Miss Barnes reported the Bureau of
Exchange had sent out 1000 copies of
missionary letters and this work was on
the increase, closing with an extract
from Rev. Mark Hopkins to a society
formed in Racine, Wis, called "the
Kings Young Daughters" referring to
the passage in Psalms, they were "all
glorious Within" trusting they would
build up in themselves a noble Chris
tian character, and then they were
ready to extend their influence to 9TH
ers in a foreign land.
Miss Child read a paper on "Pro-
gressive Work." in which she took a
retrospective glance over the past five
years and what had been accomplished,
and the receipts had increased from
$4,000 to $75, 900, and a corresponding
increase in schools and labOrers.
The President of the Vermont auxil-
larry, Mrs. Horace Fairbanks, gave an
excellent and encouraging report from
that state. The receipts were 5000
larger than in any year previous. Six
new mission circles and four auxiliaries
had been formed. Miss Parsons delight
ed her audience with a familiar talk and
description of Constantinople and the
home school where she had been teach
ing. Tourists may charm you with
their descriptions of this historic old
city, its Mosques and minarets, the
quaint and oriental costumes of the in
habitants, where artists may dream
away weeks and months in the enjoy
ment of the wonderful panorama OF
living human beings constantly seen,
but the missionary goes out for another
purpose and aim, for here you see the
same or worse degradation as in Ameri
f ca. Although we may be spared much OF
, the isolation of the missionaries of the
Interior, yet the same perseverance and
devotion is necessary here as in the city
missionary at home. If you cross from
New York to Brooklyn, you see many
good faces in the crowd, or elements OF
good, but not so in crossing from Con-
stantinople to Stamboul; the majority
are bad faces, not intelligent, and you
are often struck with the look of sad
ness OH the faces of the older women
as if all joys had departed years ago
Not so in happy America; the Older
women look peaceful and resigned, anC
= the younger have an air of vivacity, az
if they had some prospect and aim in
life.
' She spoke of the improvement in tn,
school, and the responsiveness manifest
ed by the pupils, especially noticed
when DR.. Washburne of Robert Col
lege addressed them-of the revival
when II girls hoped they became Chris
tians-and their hope to be able to ex
ert a ripple of influence outside, know.
ing "the wind bloweth where it list
eth"
Miss Snow made a most touching APP
, peal for some one to accompany he
S back to Micronesia, to see her brown
: faced sons and daughters. Her hear
i had been thrilled by the report that one
= of the young ladies under appointment
> thought of going with her, but haC
learned that she, Miss Blake of By,
field, Mass, appointed to Sivas, Asiatl,
) Turkey,) was to go elsewhere. Mrs
Gulick, missionary in Spain, and Mrs
Harding of the the Mahratta Mission
gave also Interesting addresses concern.