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The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-04-23
CONFERENCE EXAMINATIONS.

village of Bradford.
CONFERENCE EXAMINATIONS.
The first day of the Conference
Gathering is one of special in
terest and anxiety to a few. 1t
is the day of examinations, upon
which examinations are given by
the Conference under supervision
of special committees for those
who as young preachers are seek
ing admission into the Conference
or asking for ordination.
III There are several classes of
these. Every Candidate for adj
EMISSION to the Conference must
first pass an entrance eXam1na-
Ton after which if admitted on
trial he must pass through a four
years course of study as provided
by the Discipline. Local Preach
ers also are expected to take
similar four years course if they
continue to hold their licenses,
nd upon its completion they may
feceive ordination as Deacons,
--sei1ol D. y-ft 1llre1 ,,tetciy --s5aA 49,
receive Elders orders. Ccnse-
quently all these classes must ap-
pear before proper persons for
examination as to their fitness
for the privileges they seek at
the hands of the church. By a
recent plan adopted by the Con-
ference, candidates now meet
twice each year, once at mid
year meeting in October held at
our Conference Seminary, and
also at Conference time. Tues
day of Conference week is devot-
ed to this work and is by no
means an unimportant part of the
program. The work which the
Church Discipline demands of its
young preachers is in itself quite
an extended course of theological,
historical and practical study and
is of great Importance and bene-
fit to young preachers, and the
older members of the Conference
aim to make it as helpful as pos
sib1y to those who take it. The
following persons of the Exam
ining Committee were present
and gave the written examina-
tions to the candidates by as
signment: Rev. N. w. Wilder,
president of the Board; Rev. w.
r. Davenport, secretary; Revs. J.
o. Sherburne, A. B. Blake, ]. w.
Wallace, w. S. Smithers, c. P.
Tap1in, A. B. Enright, ]. E. Far
row, A. H, Webb, c. F. Par
fridge, L. P. Tucker, E. E. Rey- !
nolds, H. F. Forrest, Hs E. How
ard, F. w. Lewis, A. n Cooper.
The examinations continued |
through the day. The fol-
lowing candidates were present
for examination: For Admission
on Trial: w. M. Newton, a
student at Wesleyan University, |
one of our Vermont boys, Adel-
bert A. Estabrook of West Dover,
who has been preaching as yet
only a few times; S. H. Smith
who has been preaching at
Franklin for two years past.
They of the first year were: VIM,
]. McNeal of Greensboro; Joseph
Naramore of Union Village;
James H. Wills of Elmore;
George H. Rogers, Wardsboro;
John A. Nixon, Sheffield. Each
of these brothers have been
preaching at the places indicated
the past year. Second year: ST.
las Van DeCar, Worcester; Milo
S. Eddy, Coventry; John l.. Wes-
ley, Canaan; George H. Rogers.
These also have been preaching.
George Rogers appears in two
classes as taking the work of
two years in one. Third year:
Horace G.. mclaughlin, Thet-
ford Centre and North Thetford;
George H. Wright, Barton Land
ing. Fourth year: h. ]. Chrys-
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-04-23

/ Conference be visited with a gracious revi-
| val that shall bring hundreds, yea, thou
u sands to the church.
Rev. ]. A. Sherburne re- am
exhaustive paper on the educa-
tiona1 work of the Conference,
dwelling first upon the history of
Newbury Seminary which opened
its first term in 1884, with Rev.
Charles Adams as Principal. 1872
students at it's beginning and the
terms were "a weeks, two terms
each year. Expenses per term:
Mathematics, 50; English, So;
Languages, $500, and board at
S1.25 per week.
During DR.. ]. E. Kings admin
iStratiOn of about six years about
$50 conversions occurred.
Newbury Biblical Institute re-
ceived attention.
First association was known as
the Wesleyan Institute Associa-
ton comprised of members of
each New England Conference
located this school at Newbury
after much controversy among
the conferences.
Female Collegiate Institute was
established at Newbury about
1880. It's first graduating class
numbered five. This is now in
existence at Montpelier.
The Esthetic Society was here
organized, as was also the Band
Society. Ladies' Literary Socie-
tysorganized in 1861 and Adelphi
Soaety was organized in 1857,
which societies all still survive.
Springfield Wesleyan Seminary
was opened March ,, 1S47. Fran
els S. Hoyt was the first Princi-
pal, using the old NJ. E. church
for a building. This school
fOurished for about twenty years,
having at one time 500 or more
students during the year.
Bakersfield Academy came I'M
der the Vermont Conference pat
ronage in 1861. Steps were TAX
EN- about 1865 towards tOund1nga a
new conference Seminary which
should represent the whole Con-
ference. This resulted in the To-
cation of our Seminary at Mont
Delier, which was opened in 1868,
and the new brick building was
quilt in 1874. S. F. Chester was
he first principal. Mrs. N. V.
B. Knox was the first lady to
graduate from the Ladies col
ege at Montpelier, and Rev. ].
,. Sherburne was in the first col
ege preparatory class which
graduated. Among the princi-
pals have been Rev. ]. c. w.
Coke, DR.. ]. B. Southworth, Prof.
3. A. Bishop, and the present in
Rev. E. NJ. Smith, ID. d.
Continued on fourth page.l
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-04-23

Tuesday might safely be denom-
mated a perfect spring day and
the opening was auspicious for a
delightful week in the pleasant
village of Bradford.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-04-23

es u. Wells, Osias S. Morris. David W. Bar
per, James 5. Spinney, Ira Carter, William
H1tchcock. Isaac Smith, M. A. Herrick
Dyer Willis, and E. Robinson. OF these,
think but one is living, A. Hitchcock. 2
We're supernn1umerary: M E; j. Scott and George
omon Sias, Moses Lewis, Elijah Spear,
Eleazer Wells, Nathan How, Hubbard East
Currier, Eleazer Jordan. Making a total of
73. The Conference was divided into three
districts, Montpelier, Danville and Spring
field. In these there were 81 circuits and
stations. Some of them were very large en-
bracing number oftowns-on the same ter
r1tory we nave now 80 appointments an in
man the work; we have now 80 counting the
supplies. q more than then.
We had then l0,05S members and proba-
tioners-we have on the some territory now
S52l. l am sorry to say decrease of 1887.
The boundary of our Conference remained
unchanged for l6 years until 1860, though the
general Conference was asked at its session
in 1852 and again in 1855 to give us the whole
state, and though it acknowledged we ought
to have it, the opposition was so great on the
burlington district that our request was not
granted until 1860, when il became so obvi-
ously right the general Conference could not
longer refuse to grant us our request and
gave us Burlington and ST. Adams district
from the Troy Conference. After eight
years of controversy Burlington district was
set back to the Troy Conference. Our bounds
then remained unchanged for II years, until
1880. When the whole of Vermont with the
exception of Poultney, where the Troy Con-
ference seminary was located, was given to
Vermont Conference. This gave great dis
satisfaction on the part of the preachers and
few laymen on the Burlington district and
after. four years of sharp and, to say the
least, unpleasant controversy, Burlington
district was set back to Troy Conference, not
because the general Conference thought it
justly belonged there, but on the ground of
expediency, there being such bitter opposi-
tion mot among the Laity, to any great ex-
tent), but among the preachers on the dis
trict. They represented the Green noun
tain as almost impossible and an insuper-
able obstacle in the way of union. When
our Conference was held at Ludlow some of
the preachers from that district visited it
and called on Bishop Merrill. He enquired
of them when they left home, being told that
they left that morning, he feigned great sur
prise and asked them if it was possible for
them to cross the Mountain and get there the
same day? After war lasting twentyfour
years. Burlington district came off conquer
or over the general Conference and all.
From that time until the present we have
lived ir -aace and quietness. And while we
have ~" as much or more for our
beue 1tions aud for the support
building churches and
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-08-04
A Strange Incident.

Among the many strange things that
have happened at sea, ! remember
one that has never been accounted
for satisfactorily. In lS49 the Gu
nard steamship Europa, Captain Lott,
was crossing the Grand Banks at
night in thick fog when. without
warning, she ran into the bark
Charles Bartlett, which vessel sank
in about five minutes, the Europa
saving only part of the crew and forty
out of the two hundred steerage pas
sengers that were on board the bark
nearly all Of them being below.
Half of the bark's crew, however,
whose watch il was below, were
saved, while those Of the crew that
were on deck were drowned. This
extraordinary occurrence puzzled the
brain OF many mariner at the time
and could only be accounted for by,
perhaps, the humane act Of the
watch on deck trying to save the
lives of the helpless passengers till IL
was too late TO. save themselves. -
New Orleans Pcayune.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-08-04
Tive Fruits on One Tree.

There is a curiosity in the tree
line near Cohutta. Ga, that never
see mentioned in print" said Lee
Jordan OF Cleveland. 1T is tree
which bears persimmons on one side
and wild crab apples upon the other.
OF course, "a matter OF fact, there
are two trees, but il takes a very
close examination 10 convince per-
son that there are. They have grown
so closely together that each has lost
its identity, so far rs appearance is
concerned, and the people in its
neighborhood insist that il is but one
tree. The persimmon side is the
most fruitful, and produces n fairly
good yield of fruit, which is not in
the least affected by the presence Of
the crab apples. The other side does
not bear very well, and il is only
during an occasional year that there
is a yield of crab apples, but both
sides have been known 10 bear good
crops in the same year The roots
have never been examined, SO far as
know. "-ISt. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-08-04
Fire-Resistino Glass.

Glass having unusual tire-resisting
properties has recently been produced
in Germany, and competitive tests
have been held to ascertain the merits
Of samples from several factories,
says the Philadelphia Record. The
glass was put into the vertical win
dow and skylights OF an old building,
which was then set on fire, and sud
den changes Of temperature, shocks
from weights and Jets of water, and
other means were employed to prove
its toughness. Excellent results were
attained, specially by the glass from
the Siemens works in Dresden, which
withstood a temperature of 2l.4O de-
grees, Fahrenheit, for half an hour.
1t should be added that the material
experimental with was wire glass.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-08-04
Flying Fish.

Officers Of the steamer Essex re-
port school of Aging fish in the
Rappahannock River, Va. Flying
fish swim in shoals in number from a
dozen 10 a hundred or more. They
often all leave the water at once.
darting through the air in the same
direction for 200 yards or more, and
then descending to the water quickly,
rising again, and then renewing
their flight. Sometimes the dolphin
may be seen in rapid pursuit, taking
great leaps out OF the water, and
gaining upon its prey, which take
shorter and shorter flights, vainly
trying TO escape, until they sink ex-
hausted. Sometimes the larger sea
birds catch flying fish in the air. The
question whether the flying fish use
their fins at all as wings is not fully
decided. The fins remain moist
New York Advertiser.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-08-04

Tinted tulle makes a cool and
beautiful lining for an open-work
lace-straw bonnet or hat.
In buying your millinery have an
eye 10 the locality in which your
time is mostly TO be spent.
An occasional bow knot is seen;
one, for example, was made of alter
mating diamonds and olivines.
Heavy yellow and white laces are
10 be used exclusively in trimming,
more as bands placed on the silk than
as entire revers.
Very handsome are the silk-em-
broidered nuns yelling toilets trim
med with ecru lace in rich Venetian
guipure designs.
The use Of French cashmere is re-
vived again. 1t drapes beautifully,
and combines prettily with change
able taffeta silks.
Pink linen shirt waists with trim
mings of white linen lace insertion
on the collarette, sleeves and belt
are stylish and becoming.
Turned down white linen collars
are very fashionable for young ladies,
particularly il they are pretty enough
10 admit of the prim, severe plain
ness.
A new fabric, nuns bunting, which
is a cross between nuns yelling and
the old friend and seaside fayorite
bunting, is shown and will be well
coined.
In percales and satines there are
Indian figures, odd designs, and par
ticularly noticeable is return OF
the once popular dark blue striped
with white.
The short blouse which used to
disappear under the skirt at the belt
has had it's day, and all the new
ones have a slightly full basque
below the waist.
Pale apple green and softest prim-
rose yellow is favorite combination
this season, also lovely tints in rose
or pale pink in combination with
deep cream or pale apricot.
Be sure to have plenty of pretty
walls for your summer hats. There
is no time when one so needs vail
rs under bright sky in warm
weather, and ones hat should al
ways be purchased with an eye to
its adaptability to the becomingness
Of vail.
In purchasing white canvas shoes
for your summer outfit be careful to
select shoes without kid tips or heels
as they are sure to become discolored
and can not be cleaned as readily or
nicely as the canvas. And so, unless
one is possessed of II plethoric purse,
the cleaning of ones shoes is nee
essity-the imported kind clean the
best.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-08-04
on GRAY HAIR.

Gray hair by no means shows a
premature decay of the constitution.
= 1t is purely local phenomenon,
and may exist with great bodily
vigor.
The spot where grayness begins
differs with the individual.
AS rule a woman's hair begins
to change color at the temples at
five-and-thirty, but severe attack
of neuralgia will whiten the hair over
the part affected in few weeks.
A very severe illness will also
diminish the coloring matter.
Gray hair in most cases is very
becoming, and when really well
dressed has very distinguished ap-
pearance-especially il the face and
coloring Of the complexion be still
young.
The transition stage is very trying,
and no woman likes finding her first
white hair, but when once it is ccsn-
pletely gray she may get TO delight
in the Summer snow. - New York
Press.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-08-04
FASHION NOTES.

Infants French caps are finely
corded.
New white serge caps are piped
with moire.
Lawn is the stuff for bows and
stock collars.
Chamois safety pockets are valu-
able for travellers.
The prevalence Of pink and rose
shades is everywhere noteworthy.
A dagger Of light-tinted sapphires
at least foot long has been seen.
Mercury wings have been utilized
as clasps, and very pretty they are.
Green, bright hunters green, is
once again in favor in summer silks.
Tiny pocketbooks for change. with
n delicate silver ornament applied,
are new.
Russet costumes include gown.
shoes. belt and fancy straw round
hat or Duse turban.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-08-04
Curious Electrical Phenomens.

Petroleum spirit, or benzine, is
largely used In the silk and wool in
dustries and in chemical cleaning"
works as solvent for greasy impu-
rites. Ii is extremely volatile and
intlammable, and has often been sus-
pected OF being the cause OF those
mysterious fires which occasionally
break out in works and factories
where il is much used The ignition
Of this spirit has now been shown to
be spontaneous, and TO be caused
by electrical eXcitation. In certain
states OF the atmosphere, especially
when it is cold and dry, the spirit
becomes excited and exhibits sparks
and flashes of light, TO the accom-
paniment Of cracking sounds, and
the ignition Of the spirit may take
place at any moment. Kisling, in
Germany, recommends that a small
quantity of some kind of soap solu-
bic in petroleum, shall be dissolved
in it, and maintains that this will
prevent the electrical excitation,
even when SO little as 0.2 TO OBJ is
added. The use OF soap in spirit that
is in state OF exc!tation always
averts the danger of ignition. This
form of activI'y in petroleum spirit
is never observed in moist or warm
weather, the conditions Of which
tend TO carry of or prevent the
manifestation OF electricity, and the
soap probably provides the necessary
moisture, water being otherwise nom
miscible with petroleum spirit
New York Telegram.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-08-04
Wire Cloth es Lines.

Wire clothes lines have nm advant-
age over the hemp or cotton variety
in many respects. They are made in
all shapes and patterns. Those that
are stranded generally are made OF
No. 22 wire, and sometimes have as
many as twelve wires. When galvan-
Ireland they always ought TO be,
and thoroughly-they will not rust
and will last many years. A solid
wire properly annealed has the ad-
vantage over twisted wire in that IL
does not have creases for dust and
dirt TO collect. The annealing allows
the wire to be easily bent Hard
ware. U32
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-08-04
About Wall Paper.

Every one knows that when the
walls OF n room are papered with light
paper il looks more cheerful but we
hardly realize the great difference be-
tween light and dark papering, A
scientist has now measured IL in n
systematic way, and has come 10 the
following results:
Suppose the room is covered with
black cloth, and it requires one hun
dred candles TO give IL n certain de-
gree OF light. II you take away the
black cloth and paper the room with
dark brown paper eighty-seven can
dies give the same amount OF light.
With blue paper seventy-two candles
will do; with fresh yellow paint six
ty candles give as much light, and
with clean deal boards fifty candles
are sufficient
But IL the room be painted in white
fifteen candles make IL as light as
eighty-seven candles with the dark
brown surroundings. The conclusion
is eyident.,~~Not ONLY is IL hard for
the eyes TO have a sudden contrast of
dark and light but IL is also much
more expensive TO light twelve can
dies where two or three would be suf-
iicient.-l New York Dispatch.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-08-04
THE DEADLY SHRAPNEL.


A board Of artillery officers selected
by Gen. Miles will set to work to-day
to try to find out how that caisson Of
Battery F containing shrapnel hap
pened to blow up on Grand Boule-
ward. The board will hold its sessions
at Camp Miles, Brighton Park.
Everybody is talking about the
deadly shrapnel. There is some
wild guessing as to it's killing powers.
The tifty-three shrapnel which ex-
ploded were made at the Frankfort
Arsenal at West Troy, N. Y. They
were of 32-inch caIibre to fit the new
breech-loading rifles. A shrapnel
shell for one Of these guns weighs
complete 13 pounds. It's shell is Of
cast-iron, and the head and base
pieces are screwed on. Within, near
the tip, is a powder chamber, which
contains a bursting charge of p
ounces of black powder. Back Of
this, arranged in layers, are the kill
ing missiles. There are 1872 lead balls
that run forty-one to the pound ar
ranged in layers. Between the layers
are cast-iron separator rings followed
out to allow the balls to rest deeply
in them. When the explosion comes
these rings burst into great number
of jagged fragments that make fright
ful wounds. 1t is expected that
these rings will make $50 missiles,
and the shell itself will burst into
from ten to twenty more.
The Frankfort shrapnel all have
combination brass fuses screwed into
their tips. These fuses are compli-
Gated machines, arranged TO explode
either as time-fuses or on percussion.
A series of holes about the circum-
ference of the brass nipple which
covers the fuse makes it possible to
set the time fuse anywhere up to
twelve seconds. The principle Of
these fuses is simple. One Of them
consists essentially of brass tube,
which contains a sliding, cylindrical
box, tipped with illuminate and load
ed with a small quantity Of powder.
At the forward end OF the brass tube
is a sharp plunger, and the illuminate
box is held back from this by safety
wire. When the shell strikes, the
shock breakes this wire, the fulmi-
nate box drives forward on this
plunger, the illuminate explodes, sets
fire to the powder behind it and that
in turn fires the main charge in the
powder chamber.
Driven by one Of the long 3. Pinch
guns, these shrapnel do awful work.
In battle the idea is TO burst them
by time-fuse at about 40 yards in
front Of the enemy. Then the rain
Of bullets flies out in a one-shaped
mass-the leone OF dispersion
military men call it. 1t is nicely
calculated that at forty yards this
cone will have spread to its most ef-
fective area for killing purposes.
Another approved style Of firing
shrapnel, especially at bodies Of
cavalry. is TO aim at the ground Just
in front Of the enemy; the impact
sets of the percussion fuse and the
charge bursts just a. the shell rises
on its first ricochet, which throws the
hail Of bullets slightly upward and
plays havoc with the horses.-.Chi.
cago Tribune.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-08-04

permanganate 10 one Of the dogs
leaving the other 20 take care OF him
self. The antidote had no appreci-
able effect, but in about two and n
half hours both OF the dogs began 10
recover from the effects of the NOR
phine, and the one that had no anti
dote got well as fast as the other
The doctors concluded that the per-
manganate had no effect at all, and
that the morphine would not hurt
the dogs. 1t may be very true, but
IL must be remembered that DIR.
Moorman's most conclusive expert
ment was not tried on dog, but on
himself New Orleans Picayune.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-08-04
A ROYAL DIARY KEEPER.

The Empress Augusta Victoria, OF
Germany, keeps an elaborate private
journal, tradition in the family re-
quiring her to do so on account of
the exalted position to which she
has been called. This takes an hour
or two Of her time each day.
The journal is kept in neat little
books made expressly for the work,
and it is furnished with a golden
clasp and lock, for which none but
the Empress herseS has the key.
Not even her husband ever glances
through these intimate and private
pages, which contain, as they are de-
signed to do, a history Of the court
life of the period, quite different from
the cut and dried official records.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-08-04
SOME DAINTY DRESS HINTS.

Some India silks are of light colors
trimmed with black when figured
with black, as one with pink and
white fine bayadere stripes, powdered
with small black trefoil designs.
These are made very effective by
trimming of black. A gown Of white
satin is trimmed around the skirt
with lace caught at intervals with
orange blossoms. The waist fulls a
little into folded satin belt, fastened
with rosette bow. The yoke in
front is of accordion plated chiffon,
and lace drapes across the bust
Zouave fashion and fastens with
orange blossoms. Bows of satin
ribbon may be substituted for the
orange blossoms with very pretty
effect. - New York Advertiser.