Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-07-15

cay Tor schenectady, n. L.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bright of New York city
are guests at elm Cottage"
r. M. Bucklin and wife of Worcester
Mass, visited in town last week.
Arden A. Flint, now a drummer for g
granite firm, was in town last week.
Miss Kate M. Healey of Barre visited
her brother, F. E. Healey, Jr., over Sun
day.
Herbert and Edgar Salisbury went to
Greensboro Saturday for stay of about a
week.
Miss Susan M. Sherman OF Braintree,
Mass, is spending two weeks with Mrs.
5. S. Bass.
f. w. Baldwin of st. Adams came by
special car TO spend Sunday with his fam
lily at Peth.
Ed. Hobart and family of Windsor and
Mrs. J. X. Angel of Rochester spent Sun.
day at +. A. Hobarts.
ID. E. Avery of Plymouth, Mass, mem
Der of the ''craft preservatiVe," visited
last week at h. Il. Howard's.
Mrs. Hattie Leeds and son, Frederick,
went Thursday To Narraganset Pier, X. l.,
for stay of about two weeks.
The band gave concert on the square
Friday evening, showing much improve
ment as the result OF practice.
Col. X. j. Kimball has been having a
large cistern built at Montague Place to
catch soft water for laundry purposes.
Mrs. Fred O'Neill and daughter and
Misses Mabel and Sophie Bond OF Que
chez have been recent guests of z. l.. Mer-
chant.
The deed from w. H. Dubois, assignee,
to the e. f. Emerson Co., covering the
Tewksbury mill property, was received at
the town clerks office for record at ll:2O
a. N. Monday.
d. ID. Howe, late manager Of the YER
mont Experiment Farm, has gone to
Cross River, n. Y, as manager of a large
farm there. His family and goods went
from this place last week
A. T.. Bass spent few days at High
gate last week, returning Saturday with
so specimens of bass caught by him and
+. Is. Thomas. TAe latter, with his FAM
lily, is spending the season in camp there.
Brer. Denison, the eminent Vermonter
whom our congressional delegation
wanted as minister to Venezuela and so
strenuously urged for that position, is
turned down in favor OF an Ohio man and
remains ia the twilight OF political OBJ
security with Brer. Forbes. 1t will now be
in order TO console Brer. Denison by the
presentation of a watch. BY the way,
isn't the state that made McKinley's nom
nation certain receiving queer treatment?
Il Harris Weekly.
At the time OF the Hartford bridge acct
dent il will be remembered that Henry
w. Tewksbury narrowly escaped death,
being rescued by Frank II. Thresher, the
fireman, and Charles III. Pierce, the engi-
neer. In recognition OF their services, Mr..
Tewksbury presented each of the men
with a handsome gold watch. A man
named Charles McKerman, who was
being taken to the police station at Lynn,
Mass, having been arrested for picking
the pocket of one Bowen a few minutes
before slipped something into a dry
goods box that was on the sidewalk,
partly filled with rubbish. He was seen
to do this by several citizens and they
searched the box, finding two watches,
which they at once took to the station.
One OF these watches was the one stolen
from Bowen. The other was very valu-
a BILE gold watch and had an inscription on
the inside OF the case showing that it had
been presented to Frank II. Thresher by
Henry w. Tewksbdry, in recognition OF
heroic conduct in saving the life OF the
latter at the Hartford bridge disaster, Feb.
5, 1887. IL is not known how the thief
came by Tbresher's watch.
DIR. e. NJ. Smiths sermon at the Chris
tian church Sunday was beard by large
His subject was the alter
native to the Christian religionj II not
that what? The fact that the religion OF
Jesus Christ is in some respects mystic
rious and difficult OF comprehension
tends to prove its divine origin. IL II were
ali clear, men would say il was OF human
orig in and have nothing of il. Granting
that there are many things about it hard
to explain what else is there that offers a
better explanation of life or even so good
a one2 As a religion it is not expected to
dwell at length on problems OF science,
but to be rule for human action; not
which it offers the best So
luton OF the many mysteries OF life. The
tells us that the universe was
created by progressive steps from mere
atom that always existed; but by his own |
he admits that this atom !
must have been acted upon by some ex-
terror intelligence or force and of this he
knows nothing. Christianity, on the |
other hand, assumes that an infinite Mind |
has always existed, capable of creating |
matter and directing 1t in the endless
ways that preserve it in its best forms.
The skeptic says that life originated auto
from atoms being placed in
proper conditions or from protoplasms
formed by chemical affinity, but he has |
never been able to so adjust these condi- |
lions as to produce life and until he can |
do it his theory remains theory still. As
TO the doctrine of sin, the intidel holds |
that sin is merely mistake OF Judgment, |
a step in the education of mankind. III
this is so, the more sinful the mans "edu- |
cation" the better be will become? Is that
true? How much better, after all, are the
Bible doctrines OF the origin of the uni
verse. of life and sin? Until someone
can show us a better belief, let US cling to
The old one that has brought us so much |
rest, prosperity and happiness. DIR.
Smiths sermons are highly relished. He
appeals to the Judgment instead of to the
emotions alone. AS soon as people can be
made to believe that Christianity is true a
mighty force will be set in operation for
he redemption OF mankind. Too |
many clergymen assume that everybody |
everything that they believe
The first effort should be to clear away |
every lingering doubt about the truth OF
The rest is easy. Mr.. /
smith breaches at the Christian church |
he next two Sundays.