The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-08-17
NUMBER 33.

and 1889 he was literary editor Of the Ad-
Uerttser, often taking part in its dramatic
criticism. In 1890 Mr.. Thompson took the
position which he now holds, of one of the
assistant editors of the Youths Companion.
and to that paper also he has contributed
number of original stories. Upon the start
ing OF the Nel0s he became its dramatic
critic Mr.. Thompson, it will be SEEN has
had within his five years experience a
somewhat varied career, and this is an in
dication, as it has been factor, of his quail
ity as journalist He is writer of more
than usual cultivation and reach capable of
doing many kinds of difficult work and of
doing them all well. In his comment upon
books and authors he gained respect and
esteem through his scrupulous honesty and
the careful intelligence of his well-formu-
lated opinions. AS critic of the drama
Mr.. Thompson has won and is winning
golden opinions from the judicious. At the
beginning of his service in this department
OF journalism he evidently elected to take
his part with those critics whose rule it is
neither to tiatter for reward or policy, nor
to sneer for reputation as wits. Justice,
canuor, kindness, sincere desire to adj
vance the dramatic art and to educate and
improve the public taste, have Joined with
his taste, sensibility and happy gift at ex-
preston to make him worthy OF his honor
able, responsible and difficult office"
AT about eleven o'clock last Friday
night, Joseph Cadet, who occupies the west
tenement in the Nicholas building on Berlin
side, was aroused by the sound of some one
digging near his tenement On looking out
he distinguished in the dim light the form
OF man busy with shovel, while near
him was a small-sized butter-tub. Cadet
kept vigil until the man had made an ex-
cavation deep enough to receive the tub,
which was buried and the ground carefully
smoothed over Cadets story is that he
thought 1t was some person secreting liquor.
Accordingly, so soon as the man had fin
ished his work and departed, Cadet as
sumed the role of resurrectonist. 1t was
not, however, spirit or spirits that re-
warded his labors, but the badly decomposed
and dismembered remains of baby. The
town authorities of Berlin were informed of
the find, early on Saturday morning, and
an investigation was instituted, which re-
suited in the Identification of the remains
by Doctors Kemp and Chandler as those of
child still-born on the ninth of June last
to one Josephine Macy (or Sullivan, as she
alleges she is entitled to be called by reason
OF matrimonial venture about year ago.
Josephine occupies one of the tenements in
the Nicholas block in common with a man
named Ainsworth and child of hers about
five years old. Ainsworth and Josephine
claim to be wholly unable to explain how
the remains of her child were found so far
from the cemetery, where, they state, they
had hired and paid man unknown to
either of them by name or otherwise) two
dollars on the eleventh day of June to inter
them. 1t is not improbable that the remains
of the child, as matter of economy, were
buried in the cellar of the tenement occu-
pied by Ainsworth and the woman, and
becoming so badly decomposed as to
threaten discovery, an attempt was made to
dispose OF them in the butter-tub, as before
described. The authorities did nothing
about the matter further than to order the
remains inhumed at the cemetery, which
was done Saturday forenoon.
REV. A. N. LEWIS preached at Christ
church last Sunday morning on the timely
subject of The causes or hindrances which
keep the men of to-day away from the
church examined in the light of reason and
common sense" His texts were these Scrip
tural selections: "What is the cause?" 8" Is
there not cause?" and "The cause l
knew not 1 searched out" Mr.. Lewis first
discussed four causes which the New York
tribune some time ago pointed out in an
editorial entitled What is Wrong?" The
first of these was that the sectarian churches
do not now, as they did a century ago
originate and control all humanitarian and
Christian work. Much of this now comes
from organizations not connected with the
churches The second reason was that the
clergymen of those earlier days were the
intellectual and moral superiors of their
hocks. AS such they naturally attracted
the great mass of men. To-day clergymen
cannot be said, as rule, to be the intel
lectual and moral superiors of their tiocks.
The third reason OF the Tribune was that the
young men entering the ministry today
while knowing much of books, know too
little of the world and the fourth was the
bigotry and intolerance Of the different de-
nominations Mr.. Lewis also read num-
Der OF reasons which had been given him
by clear-headed lawyer to whom he had
written on the subject. The first of these
was that one class in the community feel
no interest in religion. The second was
them that they need the rest of Sunday.
The bird was that the jarring creeds and
diverse doctrines of the churches are
stumbling blocks to many. The fourth was
that ministers are no better than they
should be, and the last-named class are not
interested in listening to them. Another
reason was that many persons cannot, or
think they cannot, afford to go to church
Still another class Of non-church-goers in
cludes those who do not believe the Bible
is the word Of God any more than any other
good book is. The seventh reason was that
many prefer to read the Bible at home and
try to live up to the teachings without going
to church. The last reason given by the
lawyer was that there is an educated class
of thinkers, who are believers in religion
and are ready to aid church and parish
work, but who are busy in the week and do
not attend church very often because they
absolutely require the day for rest, or be-
cause the preachers do not preach as though
they believed what they said, or because
the preachers take it for granted that their
hearers believe whatever is preached, with
out making any effort to prove the truth of
what they assert Mr.. Lewis will answer
these reasons given by the lawyer at the SER