The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-22
second United States congresses in

the noted men of the time and his re-
turn of their courtesies. The papers also
contain the directory Of the members
OF both houses of congress at that time |
and is the only way that is known at
present of discovering the whereabouts
of their lodgings while in Washington.
| The senator also gave the society a |
| list of the members of the senate in |
1890 with the order in which they were
seated in the senate chamber. This is |
also the work of Roger Sherman.
In addition to these gifts, Senator |
Hoar contributed a Bailey's Almanac in |
two volumes which was also the prop
erty of Mr.. Sherman. 1t contains, on the |
1 blank pages which were left for men, |
oranda, the list of the unfinished bust |
ness which was left by the congress at
the conclusion of it's first session.
| Mr.. Hoar also contributed list of the
moneys which were loaned in each of
the several states during the revolu-
tionary war; the total amount being
something under S11,4OO,000, which
agrees very well with the estimate
made by Alexander Hamilton when ne
was striving to have the government
assume the states debts. Mr.. Sherman
was in charge of Mr.. Hamilton's bill for
! this purpose and the estimate is part of
a mass of notes he made for use on the
occasion of a speech in its favor
Senator Hoar closed his remarks by
reading a description of General Rufus
! Putnam in whose honor memorial
tablet was recently erected in Rutland
at which occasion the senator delivered
a memorable historical address. The ae-
| count is of Gen. Putnam when he was
in old age, and is written by Mrs
Dawes, who was daughter of Ephraim
Cutler, the son of DR.. Manasseh Cut
| ler one of the famous figures in the his
! tory Of Worcester county. The descrip-
ton paints Gen. Putnam as hale and
hearty old man, who was of very SOL
dierly carriage and undoubted courage
! and striking personality. He was great
ly looked up to by the people and was
everywhere treated with the greatest
Difference. His funeral was one of the
largest in the history of the country
side.
In replying to a question concerning
one of the papers just spoken about,
Senator Hoar mentioned the fact that
one of the papers belonging to Roger
Sherman made use once of the term,
Empire of the United States" This,
said Senator Hoar, occurs only once,
and l hope it was as obnoxious then as
it ought to be now
In reply to a question of Professor
Fisher as to whether the members of
the first senate sat with their hats on
as those of the house did at the time
| CcHdlOI I1OcT SSlQ SIlllllHS1Y LnaC at
that period the senate was sitting with
i closed doors, and it would be a breach
i of his oath to reveal anything that was
done under such circumstances.
! At the conclusion of Senator Hoar's
remarks, the recording secretary an
nounced that the ballotng would take
/ place on the names of the new members
4 who had been recommended to take the
places of those who have died during
the past year. The gentlemen who
have already been named We're then
elected by separate ballot without a
dissenting vote being cast. Mr.. Baxter
spoke of Mr. Brymner as one who is
very high in the estimation of those
interested in researches such as it is
the province of the society to make, and
said that the new member had spent
a number of years in gathering mat
ter relating to the early history of
Canada, and had made a very valua-
BILE collection of such information.
DIR. HALLS ADDRESS.
DR.. c. Stanley Hall delivered an ex-
tended address on the subject, "Cere-
monies of initiation to manhood He
discussed the methods of initiation into
adolescence pFactieed by the Indians,
by the other bsrbarous tribes Of the
world, by modern churches and the
methods of teaching the adolescent
youth that are the most practical. The
paper was read only in part, as the
time did not admit of it's complete
presentation. DR.. Half detailed the
rites of the Indian tribes and described
the practices with which they were ac-
4 customed to try the courage and
strength of the boys on their approach
to the estate of manhood. The Hebrews
4 attached great importance to the edu-
/ cation of children at this period of
4 their lives, and much of the educa-
i ton at this time was of a religious
/ nature. He showed that all the peo~
pies of the world have recognized in
some form or other, most of them in
very significant manner the import
ance Of this time Of mans existence.
/ They recognized that it is at this time
that the entire future of the child
! physically, mentally and morally, is
! shaped and in most cases moulded for
! ever.
The rites of the Lutheran Church are
| very elaborate ones and the children
of that faith are compelled to under-
go a long system of training before
they are admitted TO the saeraments OF
the church. This is point i'll which
the Roman Catholic Church is very
far in advance Of many others Con-
f1rmation, IN the opinion of DR.. Hall,
was the most important rite OF the
Roman church, for with it's prepara-
tory exercises and services, it made an
impression on the minds of the chill
dren that could not be shaken Off, es>
pecially X the preparation was done
under the direction Of wise teachers.
The whole idea of such preparation
at this time OF life is to turn the cur
rent OF the ehlid's existence into chan
nels which lead towards religion ana
morality. Statistics show that much
more than half of all conversions to
religious faith take place at about the
age of sixteen years, when the influence
of the adolescent forces are at their
height.
| Henry S. Nourse, A. NJ, of Lancaster
| delivered the abstract of paper, which
he presented to the society, entitled,
| Mrs Mary richardson's Removes.
The Richardson family was one of the
well known families in the early days,
and Mrs. Richardson in question was
fine wife of a minister of the county
who was captured by the Indians ana
kent for a long time in captivity She
wrote an account of her wanderings at
the command of her savage captors,
and her ultimate escape from
them The narrative contradicts
| a number of statements made by
local historians. Among other things,
the manuscript alleges that King Philip
was not concerned in the early massa- !
1 cres of whites, and was personally OPP
posed to them in the first days of the
! career that finally led to his death
There are also several geographical
statements that seem to discredit some
| of the information previously supposed
| to be correct concerning some or the
events of the early colonial history
THE FIRST RAISING OF THE FLAG