The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-02-20
Our &ops anb Girls.
The Scribe's Report.

One correspondent has spoken of
=" the Hill Country Club that is to be-"
Although we hope to keep on growing,
we think we may now assume that we
exist, having reached the goodly num-
Der of thirteen-eight "girls (al-
though some of them have Mrs"
before their names), three boys " Cat
least one of whom we suspect is ac-
customed to being addressed with a
Mr."), and two who, having given
only the initials of their Christian
names, can not be located in either
class. The Scribe has been wondering
which would be considered by these
last the graver offence, if a mistake
must be risked, to address a boy as
Miss " M. Jones, or to address girl
as " Master" NJ. Jones; or shall we
discard any attempt at prefxes, even
when we wish to address a person who
is presumably one of the older men,
bers of our club? A girl rightly does
not wish to sign her name g" Miss Mary
JONES'" but, when writing to one who
is personally unacquainted with her,
she may properly place Miss" in
parenthesis before her name, thus:
(Miss) Mary Jones. And so of any
other prefix which is part of ones
usual post-ofiice address. Then, if the
person to whom you write has occasion
to make any reply, one source of per-
plexity in so doing will be taken out of
the way.
Additional lists of correct answers to
the questions of January 30 have been
received from "Aunt Becky" p. G.
K, and M. Miner. The main points
in these answers were stated, how
ever, in the answers of Cloverpatch
last week; and we think those who
sent these last answers will be quite
willing to give the space which they
would occupy, if printed, to the follow
ing sketch prepared by member of
the club. 1t considerably exceeds the
prescribed limit; but it answers in part
the questions of two weeks, relates the
incident asked for by "Aunt Becky"
and also contains some things the Scribe
had intended to say, but will not need
to take room for now. So we will ven
ture to present it in full, wishing it to
/
be understood that the Scribe is always
ready to receive friendly criticisms or
suggestions in regard to the manage
ment of this department. We are sorry
that the writer's " search " ended with
out satisfactory identification of " the
Morning Star" but we are grateful for
all the good things gathered while
prosecuting this quest.
A SEARCH FOR THE MORNING STAR.
Christianity, CBdmon, Bede
Alfred, Chducer
"Who has been called the Morning
| Star of English Literature" Christian
| ity was the Morning Star of English
Literature. 1t had long been source
of satisfaction that our literature, unlike
| the literature of other lands, had not
! derived its inspiration and nourishment
from mythology or heather traditions,
but had Gods Word for its fountain
head. Who is the Morning Star, etc?"
That "who" implied an individual,
and forthwith we consulted that prime
informer, the Unabridged" and
found a good number of +" Fathers "
but no Morning Stars. There was
Cedmon, the Father of English song,
the Saxon Milton, who died about A. ID.
$50. He was a cow-herd at Whitbv,
and after foddering the little black cat
tie he would 90 of an evening into the
hall where the feast was spread and
guests sat about the board. Music had
fascination for every Saxon, and as
the harp went from hand to hand, each
singing some simple ballad, he would
feel bitterly his disgrace at not being
able to take his turn and steal away to
his loft or stall. But we will let the Ven
cradle Bede tell the story; "Then a
man stood by him in dream and hailed
him by name, and said, C9dmon, sing
me something Then answered he,
can not sing anything, and therefore
l went out from the entertainment and
came hither for that l could not sing
! But the man said, However, thou
canst sing to me- C@dmon asked
then, What shall | sing?' and the
man answered Sing me Creation
When he had received this answer,
then began he at once to sing in praise
! of God the Creator, verses and words
which he had never heard. This was
the beginning:
| go Now let us praise
The Keeper of heavens kingdom,
The Creators might,
And the thought of his mind
The works of the World father
How of all wonders
He was the beginning,
The holy Creator
First shaped heaven,
roof for earth's children;
Then the Creator,
The Keeper of mankind
The Eternal Lord,
The Almighty Father
Afterwards made the earth
fold for men,
Then arose he from sleep and all that
he sleeping had sung he held fast in
his memory, and soon added to them
many words as of a song worthy of