Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-04-13
Interior Repairs.

The interior repairs have been in pro
gTe-s during = period vi nearly eight
aud are extensive and complete
The walls To h-igh, GA = level si,u
the window stills have been wainscUttri
in birch, the panels heing selected white
and the surrounding frame red, aud all
finisheu ia the natural wood. The same
kind vi lumber has been used iur Ih-
window castings aud Tor the arms and
backs OF the seats, which We're thoroughly
rebuilt. This lumber is the generous
gift of Edward {. ,'uodhue aud adds
much 10 the appearance and comfort oil
the building.
The ceiling is finished in embossed
steel most appropriately designed and
decorated. 1 he held Is painted a lemon
yellow, with two center pieces embe!.
lished with gold leaf, and is surrounded
10y vari-eolored border aud corner Sec
tiuus, and on either side there is grace
ful cove in which five separate cOlurs are
almost imperceptlhly blended. I'M,
work Was done 10y the Portland STEEL
Ceiling Company, under the direct su-
pervl>lon oil ". ). Spearrin, manager,
! and has attracted much attention. zach
section is 50 CAREFUL! placed that iron
| the floor it is impossible TO discern any
! part IRON the whole, and only the taste.
! lul design and execution are apparent
The electrical work was done uy y. ).
Eaton OF the Island Pond Electric Light
Co, and the Lighting apparatus Is lncs!-
porated III the ceiling III such lEanuer
- 10 become ornamental to il. The
lamps are eight candle power, oil glazed
glass, and - in number, aside from the
II IN the arch above the pulpit, al!
artisticalIy distributed 50 that the Whole
room i, pleasantly illuminated.
The walls are painted rich choco.
late with Il dull finish, and the Ladies
Aid Society has completely carleted tnr
floor in closely woven cotors al brown,
green and black
All the windows in the church have
been replaced by cathedral glass.
The sIx side windows are memorials
and wrre designed 10y All artist OF high
rank. They are Romanesque III design
and made up OF the most beautllu!
shades oil opalescent glass, each one
With distinct differences i'll culors aud
pattern and containing some eccle>Ias.
lical emblem.
Ga the north side the first window IS
the gilt OF the late Mrs. .. l.. Mansur,
who selected it from patterns, but did
not live To see il executed. II bears her
; name and the following Orangr l.,
} Mansur, Jacob {. Mansur, Andrew lib.
/ belts, Eliza Tibbet,s, Martha Tibbetts
, John f. kimpton, Ellison j. kinWol
and Annie kimpton.
The center window was presented by
y. Warner and his wife Sarah Aldrlcl
4 Warner, and with their names is placed
| that OF their deceased son, Grorge y
Warner.
The third window is memorial tt
Porter llinman and Mary 7. Human
A and is inscribed with the names Of
e George \. Dale, its donor, and Helen
{ Human Dale, Helen lnez Dale, MARY !.
Dale, Porter liinman Dale and Amy
, Bartlett Dale.
! Opposite this window on the >outt
t side is placed by Alvin Bartlett ana
John NJ. Bartlett L memorial to thr
+ parents, Jarvis Bartlett and Rebecc,
Bartlett.
The window in the center on this side
is in memory OF Dea. Malcolm hu
channan and his wife Emily llo'
Buchanan, placed there by their chill
dren Mrs. lothian Cummings OF Charles
ton, Mrs. VIM. Cobb of Barton. Mrs. l..
F. Jones' Mrs. Alvin Bartlett, and Mr.
Archibald Buchanan OF Mansfield
Conn.
The sixth window is the gift Of l.. 4
Cobb, memorial to his deceased brother
Elmer Cobb, and beside these two names
is inscribed with those of his parents l.
l.. Cobb and Mira Cobb.
The circular window over the pulpit
is by the same artist and is magnlh
cient piece of work. The subject ~
Christ in Gethsemane by Hoffman. The
Saviour is represented as knee!lns IN
prayer, with His clasped and outstretched
hands resting on rock. The SKY IS
dark and in the distance can be dlm!Y
seen the sombre city. Altogether 1t IS
most impressive scene. The expires,
sion of the upturned face is Sublime ana
when observed in i direct light the IN
tensity OF color appears expressive ol
the appealing emotion and makes Is
window consummately beautiful, he'
cause in heholding it the mind conceNrs
beauty infinitely greater than the Vlst,
bic. As some one has said "lt VIII
III preach when the minister Is silent,
The possession of this work OF art IS
made possible through the heneVoleh'o
of two of the Sunday School scholars o'
years past, now residents OF AA'"''
Ohio. and as they think OF IT, there
" must be satisfaction in the thought u
:, having placed it here in their Old nome
- where as long as it will he viewed w
); human ewes it viii I've source OF pleas
If IRE, and instruction and spiritual cur
e ture The base of this window Is IL,
scribed as follows: 1.-The Sunday echooI
Teachers. A memorial to the past d"
encouragement to the future
}. drank H. Mason. May Dexter Mason
N All the windows were executed at inc
4 manufactory of G.. H. Farley in Portland
:, Of the copper tablets on either S'de 'DI TN,
- pulpit mention is made in the hlStorlC"'
y sketch. In the rear of the church Tue
it gallery has been brought into use again.
,e and the pipe organ, which some years
b ago, through the suggestions OF Heefr,
u" tarv Merrill of the Domestic Missionary
II Society, was so generously presented 10 u,
st this church by the Congregation
st Church at Woodstock, Vermont mas
"a been rebuilt and placed there Inc 'NI
side entrance ways have been closed anu