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The Cook County herald., 1905-09-09
OLD CHURCH FEASTS
ENJoYMENTs IN THE DAYS OF
"MERRIE ENGLAND" *' =
eazars and Tea Parties Of Modern
Days Had Their Prototypes Long
Ago-Records Show Much Money
= Raised by Harmless Festivities.

T. "A curious light is thrown on ancient
church bazars and charity balls by Gers
tain records kept in some of the
churches in England. For instance, in
the records of Yateley church, which
date from 1543, are frequent refer
ences to Church ales,' the object of
which was to get money for church
expenses. The feast was ORGANIZED
by the church wardens, 'who provided
a good spread at so much head, and
credited the profits to the church ex-
penditure.'' 1t. first appears as the
church ale,' then as the "king's ale,,,'
then later as ''our banquet at Whit
suntlde." 1t was probably held in the
church and went on until 1643, the
year after the civil war broke out,
when, probably, the puritans put an
end to such festivities. It was popu-
lar, evidently. One enterprising church
warden has left on record all the good
things which were prepared for the
Crondall church ale'' in the year 1887.
They had band, brewed a quantity
OF ale and made a profit of S42 As
money was then worth nearly ten
times as much as now the church
ale'' may be said to have brought in
about $400, which was just 100 per
cent on the outlay. The band was
hired for four days.
Until 1915 the church wardens kent
church COW and let it out at 33 cents
year. A sheep and a lamb (gifts)
they let out for cents a year, proba-
bly, for the WOOL Payments for in.
cense and for an enormous Easter
candle of wax we're regular items The
parliamentary soldiers made earth
works in the churchyard and the puri-
tans later had a small marble font
made. The puritan font is still there,
though displaced in it's turn. On All
Saints day little tax was levied of a
farthing on each chimney All Saints
was the dedication day of the church.
This tax was called "smoke farth-
ings.' From 1543 one parishioner
seems to have acted as dog whip
per" ITO Whelan, for beating dogs
out OF church, twopence,n, is the oldest
entry and as late as 1919 a dog whip
per was appointed at salary of $5.25.
At Yateley they got new pair of
stocks and new whipping post in
1774 and in 1776 a parish umbrella to
hold over the parson at funerals. The
parish aided the gamekeeper and
farmer by paying head money for
sparrows' heads, foxes, hedgehogs,
polecats and haws (both the latter
chicken killers). Spelling was not
very good in the early eighteenth cen
tury. Affidavit of legal burials is spelt
latter david
The Cook County herald., 1905-09-09
Wisdom Of the Children

Washington several years ago some
little girl. friends of mine began what
was to me a new amusement. They
took scrapbooks, called each page a
room and pasted on it appropriate
pieces of furniture cut from advertise
ments: $It:* was. a master, mind among
them who devised the plan of putting
small articles at the top of the page
so they would look as if they were fa1
back in the room. None of them knew
who started the furniture book, and
no longer ago than last week l had q
letter from little girl out in Ia.
coma, asking me to save the advertis.
ing pages of the magazines for her.
She, too, had book of rooms. Lately
one of the newspapers has been pub.
fishing furniture to be cut out and
pasted into a room space, but the chill.
dren all over the country were at it
long before the grownups found it
out. We grownups have to wait until
the public prints tell us things. The
children find out just as the birds find
out when to come north:rcs.s@,> 2.
The Cook County herald., 1905-09-09

1t is a curious thing, 5stalking of the
amusements of youngsters;<to notice
how they change their games to fit
the season, says the Washington Post.
The top is surer sign of spring than t(h1;a
the crocus, and never remember to
have seen rope-skipping in the fall.
Another odd thing, too, is the free
masonry of childhood. Nobody writes
down the ritual, but children know
each other by signs and passwords
wherever they meet In every state
they expand Preface into "Peter
Rice eats fishes," and the rest of it,
forward and back. Was it ever print
ed anywhere? Does any one know
who first devised it? The rules of
face tag" the locked or crossed fin
gers and "king's 'ex" are known in
Georgia as we'll as in Maine and Mon
tana. "Over my left shoulder frees a
conscience from fib south of Mason
and 'Dixon's line as we'll as north of it.
Is there, I wonder, a sub-conscious
telepathy among children? Here IN
The Cook County herald., 1905-09-09
"Unlqcky'' Name Is Changed

The decision to change the name of
thektraining: ship Chesapeake to Sew
ernSbecause:of the bad luck which be-
SellSthe first ship of the former name
shows that even in an age of enlight-
snment SUPERSTITION survives among
seamen, says: the Philadelphia Inquir-
sr.>: The reason assigned is that the
,ri iginal Chesapeake was "unlucky''
9ec$use of9s.the nl-fortune that befell
aelr* some years before the breaking
out: of the SECOND war with Great Brit
lin and the lowering Of her flag to the
shannon during. that war; .::.~=
While we have no desire to question
,he motive in changing the name, we
,hink it well to remember that, al
:hough the old frigate struck her col
ors twice, there was no dishonor in
either case. In the first instance the
assault upon the Chesapeake was un-
warranted and brought the country
% the verge of a. war that might never
aave occurred but for that incident.
The Chesapeake was alleged to have
On her four deserters from the British
navy, and the Leopard, in our own
waters, followed her and wantOnly
blew her up in sailors Language,
and took off the men forcibly. I'M
,ressment was the evil that brought
IN the war, and this was the most ar
The Cook County herald., 1905-09-09

rogant exercise of the alleged right
1t turned out that there was only one
man who could be claimed by any
stretch of technicalities to be a Brit
on. There is no disgrace in that
event, for the American commander
was not prepared to fight and had NO
idea that he would be attacked. He
was court-martialed more to appease
public sentiment than for any other
cause.
:, 1t is agreed on all sides that the
fight between the Chesapeake and
..ShannOn was an unequal combat, due
to one of those accidents which sc
often decide events. At the opening
of the fight the rudder of the Chesa
peake was damaged so that she be-
came helpless, most of her officers
ere killed and wounded, and the end
was never even by the British claimed
to be anything to our discredit. Law
renee was bold and too rash, and was
not provided with properly trained
crew. He paid the penalty for his
rashness, and his dying words, Don't
give up the ship" have been worth
since then dozen frigates. We dc
not look upon the name as unlucky
but rather as significant; but since
sailors must have their pet supersti
tions all must acquiesce in the change
The Cook County herald., 1905-09-09
Phillips Brooks Preachino-

James 7. Wilson was retired tea
merchant. For years he had been a
deVout listener to. Phillip Brooks SER
mons. One Easter, after the services,
Mr.. Wilson sought the great preacher.
Mr.. Brooks seemed to read the
thought that, was disturbing the mind
Of his old friend, and said: "Mr.
Wilson, is it not about time you came
in among us? The Protestant Epis-
copal church has need for such men
as you''
"Mr. Brooks" replied the retired tea
merchant, would the Protestant Epis-
cepal church receive me on my ac-
ceptance of your preaching alone?"
The massive, illumined countenance
tightened in deepest thought; then
kindly, somewhat saddened, smile re-
laxed it as he answered: "Mr. Wilson.
am afraid the Episcopal body would
not accept you on my preaching."-
Boston Herald.
The Cook County herald., 1905-09-09
Old-Time Naval Equipment

"murtherers," which were smaller and
threw any kind of shot. There were
also "basilisks,' port pieces" ''stock
fowlers'' "sakers" and ''bombards. -
The. ,bombards were of hammered iron
made of barsA welded and bound to
gether with iron bands. They threw
stone shot weighing between 14C
pounds: and 1876 pounds. A battery OF
these erected on. slip of Land at the
naval battle of Chioggia 1880 be
tween the Venetians and the Genoese
did great damage. They were loaded
over night and were fired in the morn
ing.
Froissart tells of lombard used at
one of these ancient sieges that
might be heard five leagues off in the
daytime and ten at night. The report
of it was so loud that it seemed as il
all the devils in hell had broken
loose" Brass ordnance was first cast
in England in the year 1885. The
pieces had: various names. Many OF
the zdifferent caliber were mounted on
the same deck, which must have
caused: great confusion in action in
findimg EfUf: each it's proper shot. g.. :
The Cook County herald., 1905-09-09

Very strange to modern eyes would
be the armament of Great Britain's
medieval navy. The very names OF
many of the implements OF attack and
defense sound queer. According to
the books, in the year 1887 the vessels
o: the navy were furnished with
"espringalds," ancient Spring guns;
@'haubergeons,' coats of mail; ''baci-
nets" small helmets; bows, arrows,
doublets, targets; ''pavises," large
shields placed at the sides,. and serv-
ing the double purpose of: protection
against the sea- and against. the enc
my; lances and firing bafrels.' AS
early as 1888 cannon formed part of
the armament of ships, and about 1872
guns and gunpowder were commonly
used. Among the stores belonging to
one vessel of that time were three
iron cannon with five chambers, a
hand gun and three old stone bags,
probably for shot. Another ship had
an iron cannon with two chambers and
Cne brass cannon wi tn. one chamber.
Among other implements of war
used at that time s;sWere cannon
paviors'' or stone shot throwers and
The Cook County herald., 1905-09-09
Imposed on MethuS iah

Quivering with suppressed indigna-
ton, Methuselah strode~ into down
town retail store and fftng a small
article upon the counter::: az:
There, sir" he observed wither-
ingly to the patriarchal shopkeeper,
"lies the poor, dismantled wreck of
the oyster opener that 1 purchased
Of you matter of eighty years ago"
His tone was calm, cold almost unto
the freezing point, although within
him the pent up forces of an outraged
mature were struggling for express
sion.: "And you, SIR" he continued,
had the effrontery to assert that
with proper usage it would last a
lifetime. Now look at it,"
And scorning to handy words with
one who could be- guilty of so rank
an imposition, he passed out and
opened an account at a neighboring
st0re.-Judge.
The Cook County herald., 1905-09-09
Courthouse To Be Preserved

The historic old Cahokia courthouse
Offered to,the city council of East
st. Louis as a gift to the city by it's
owner, A. Celia, of East St. Louis, pro-
vided the city>would remove the struc-
ture. and place it in a public park, says
The st. LouisY Post-Dispatch The of
fer was referred to the committee on
public buildings, who recommended
the acceptance of the building.
The courthouse was built in 1716,
five miles soith of East st. Louis, in
what. afterwards became known as
the?old village of Cahokia. 1t stood
On the banks of the. Mississippi river,
which later changed it's channel and
left; the building mile from the
stream. =:
C6ur was, held in the building from
1716<> to 1909: after which the land
upon. which the structure stood
changed hands several times, and in
1903:Mr. Celia, who lives at 435 Col
1insVille avenue, purchased the build
ing:and r:>ve d it to the worlds fair in
St. iLouis, where it was exhibited as
one :*of the ,historic' features of the
mississippi valley After the fair the
Chicago Historical society offered Mr..
Celia substantial sum for the court
house, but he.refused to sell.
the land upon which the courthouse
waas.<:built was first explored by.Louis
Jo!let and Father Marquette in 1878
and. remained under the control OF
france until 1865. The first trading
The Cook County herald., 1905-09-09

posts and forts. were located at vari.
GUS places on or near the Mississippi
river and later became five villages
extending from Kaskaskia on tho
south to Cahokia on the north. a. =. -
The courthouse remained the seat
OF government for the French, the
Northwestern Territory ard the new
state of Illinois until 1909, when. the
seat was moved from Cahokia to
Belleville.
The original government as a coun-
ty was established in 1909 by Gov. st.
Clair and was called. st. Clair county.
Cahokia, being located in the great
American bottoms, attracted different
tribes of Indians, and the government
commissioners met at the house of
Col. Whiteside' and adjourned to the
home of George Blair, where they de-
termined that it was to the best inter-
ests :of the public to change the place
that new county seat be located in a
corner of George Blairs cornfield,
which was done, and the foundation of
<Belleville, which has since remained
the county seat, was laid.
Several incidents and skirmishes be-
tween the Indians and French oc-
Cured near the courthouse and have
added to it's historical interest. The
great Chief Pontiac, one of the great
est Indian generals known, laid con-
spiracies for massacres near the place
and assembled his Indian tribes to at
tack the French at this point.
The Cook County herald., 1905-09-09

/ tainment rooms are what we want-a
place good and attractive enough to
draw any one who wishes a real home
to which to go.
'|Especially are we after the mar
who boards. The man who puts up at
hotel and pays SIS day is just as
homeless as the clerk who rooms in a
| Boarding house: at that much q week.
Hall bedrooms and parlor suites dc
not make home.
Religion will not be minimized in
the new church. 1t will be emphasized
more strongly than ever. But religion
will not be all we have to offer.
Il mean that we will not simply be
holding continuous prayer meetings.
The church, however, will not be a
mere club. 1t will be church, first,
church, whose aim will be the better
ing of mems lives. But it will seek to
obtain that object in ways slightly
different from the usual
Fifteen hundred people may be seat
ed in the auditorium of the present
church. The new auditorium, it Is es.
timated, will seat at least 4,500. Pro-
viding an ample place for public wor-
ship will be one of the least features
of the proposed structure, however.
There will be Sunday school rooms,
rooms for mems clubs and women's
clubs, gymnasiums, banquet rooms, re-
ception rooms, parlors, spaces for Ii
roonnfi0n G.
tor, and all the other accommodations
that a host of twentieth century
church activities requires.
Even the projectors of the enterprise
realize that it would be better, possi-
bly,, to confine all these accommoda-
tions to a lower level, but modern met
ropolitan conditions place limit up
on lateral extension.
Land surface at the disposal of this
church, as is the case in most large
cities, is comparatively small. The
only thing to do is to 60 up in the air.
Business enterprise has found this
necessary for some years. There is
little wonder that big downtown
churches, branching out into institu-
tional work, find it necessary to erect
sky-scrapers in order to provide ac-
commodations for the many branches
undertaken. :" .
The Rev. DR.. Eaton, to whom Mr..
Rockefeller has intrusted the working
out of plans for the big church, is re-
markable in more respects than one.
He is forceful speaker, an orator of
unusual eloquence, leader and ad-
ministrator of surprising ability. The
men in his church are devoted to him,
and as an organizer of, great move
ments he: is an unqualified success
Montreal Herald.
The Cook County herald., 1905-09-09
Wasted, EnerQy.

Sometimes head and heels work we'll
together, but it was not so in a case
reported in a neighboring State. Sam,
colored man, was an hour late, and
his employer asked him to explain.
Eyes, sab, I'll explain, sah,' Sam
replied. >>>. .a.r, .:
well, what excuse have you?,:' =
!. IT was kicked by mule on the
way here, sah.' - - zy@.> ~ =.
- That ought not to have detained
you an hour, Sam, if you were able
to come at ALL 81. s .s:$.s ,.. s /, -; =;
Well, it wouldn't have if he'd only
kicked me in dis direction: You see,
boss, he kicked me de other way u, !.
The Cook County herald., 1905-09-09

the world, is not to be rejected mad
visedly: The plans of this unprece-
dented contribution, too, are heartily
indorsed by the pastor.
The Rev. DR.. Eaton enjoys the con-
fidence of the oil magnate, and the
ambitious plans for the church have
been largely worked out by him. The
pastor was engaged in work In ,Toron-
to, Ont, when he attracted Mr.. Rookie
feller's attention. In selecting him
for the work at Cleveland, it seems
men did not err.
''The new church, said the Rev. DR..
Eaton, the other day, in explaining
the scope of the new enterprise, will
be the biggest in Ohio, to certainty,
probably the biggest in America.
That it will be the biggest Protestant
church in the world l am sure. I am
sanguine enough to believe that it will
be the greatest church in the world
as WE'LL
Growth of the congregation and of
church work in the last few years
has made necessary new building.
Work on tn is will be started as soon
as the necessary plans have been COM
pleted.
This great opportunity will be
seized to enlarge the church, broaden
it's scope, enhance it's usefulness to
the community, and to branch into de-
cidedly novel and radical lines of re-
lgious activity.
Our work." continued the pastor,
"will be that which many other
churches have abandoned. They have
moved out from business centers as
the residence centers have moved.
They have remained family churches.
ours will be a church for the indi-
vidual. It will take the place of the
home that, perchance, lies far away.
We will make one big family of the
homeless men and women who live
downtown-who may. be fairly well up
in this worlds goods, but really have
no home
why is sky-scraper necessary ?
Well, in the first place, downtown
land costs too much to permit. our
building an old-style church that
would be big enough to accommodate
our work.
Necessity determines that we must
enter into, or at least accept, the spirit
of the modern metropolitan building
idea. If we cannot have land enough
to spread over, we can, at least, go up
in the air, where there is plenty of
room.
Instead of having magnificent
dome that is full Of emptiness, we can
have space to be used profitably. We
want less architectural adornment and
more room in which to work.
'*To do the work before us, we must
attract, To do that, we must adver-
tise. A big church advertises itself.
1t thus, automatically, takes care of
the work which it accomplishes. It
draws the people and houses them,
because it can draw them.
we, need more room, because we
wish to establish a home for homeless
people. s..... i .. - -, =. -
THAT term covers a great many
thousands in large city people who
are not homeless in the sense that
they are anything like vagrants, but
people who, although even well-to-do
may be homeless in the truest sense
Of the word j #& s:s.s { z s.. :% 4. .E., %s1
Dining rooms, club rooms, enter
The Cook County herald., 1905-09-09
The Selfish Lover,

Nay, I'll not kneeI at your feet,
i Praying for your love-not l! ...,.
Though tremble when we meet,
+ will not knee1 at your feet, -
Asking you to love me, sweet, -,
For the gathered roses die!
Nay, I'll not kneel at your feet,
) Praying for your love-not I!
s.E;-zS,.r Z. =. - 9. :. f54 - H. -.
!. I will never let you know
BY q look or by-a sign;
: IT'S for you I live, but, oh, - =:
will never let you know, T..
Lest ] win your. love, and so .}H-s5s. r.
Lose the longing that is mine!
!. Twill never let you know y ~.
BY a look or by sign. u Is.
S. ], = -$..s, q .s,.5.: . .-S. e. Kiser
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-06-02

Within the past week a 20-horse
power motor has been placed in the
Schwartz & Greulich cold storage
plant, and is now being used instead
of the boiler formerly in use.
With this improvement the owners
of the plant have added still more to
an establishment that deserves to
rank as one of the valuable manufac-
turing concerns of the city.
Aside from the cold storage rooms
the plant is so equipped that bacon
and lard may be made at any time of
the year While it is now apparently
somewhat in advance of the needs of
the city, it is to be hoped that in the
course of time the demand for its
products will become such that
Messrs. Schwartz & Greulich will be
well repaid for the large capital which
they have invested in the plant.
According to Mr., Schwartz there is
now a scarcity of cured meats. and If
there were only sufficient hogs to be
had they could keep their packing
house running almost continually
However, owing to the present high
prices of wheat few hogs are being
raised by farmers near here, and con-
sequently there are but few more thar
are needed for fresh pork, and but
few can be secured for packing pur'
poses.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-06-02
SEXES ABOUT BALANCED.
Average Daily School Attendance is
Eight Hundred Sixty Three.

Prof. E. B. Conklin, city superin-
tendent during the past year, has just
finished his report, and 1t shows a
more prosperous year than any in the
past.
During the nine months there were
total of 1859 pupils enrolled, and of
this number 635 were boys and G24
girls, While this is disparity of only
IL in favor of the boys, it is said to be
more than the usual difference, both
sexes generally running almost equal
ly. The absolute average attendance
during the year was s63. and the total
daily attendance was 1882
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-06-02

If our own people will do one-half as
well as their, government.
Now, l trust that we may have the
blessing of Almighty God on this great
enterprise. and that the kindness and
consideration of generous public
will overlook any little difficulties and
shortcomings that they may observe
giving due credit to the men who have
assisted in its building: and that a
most pleasant recollection may long
linger in the minds of all who visit
the Lewis and Clark centennial expo
sition.
Ladies and gentlemen, on behalf
of the Lewis and Clark centennial
commission. and in the name of the
state of Oregon, l bid you a niOst
hearty welcome.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-06-02
Barn Nearing Completion.

The new Peringer livery barn, at
the corner of Court and Thompson
is nearing completion and will be the
finest and most complete livery barn
in oregon outside of Portland, when
occupied. Carney & Kennedy are now
making arrangements to open for
business as soon as completed. The
stalls on the ground floor are now
ready for use and the top floor is be-
ing completed and the wiring done
as rapidly as possible.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-06-02
PARADE WAS UNIQUE.

Typical Western Scenes I'm the Mon
ster Line at the Opening of the
Fair.
Ed Mack who returned from Port
land this morning, declares that the
parade was one of the most magni-
ficent affairs ever seen at the opening
of any event of the kind.
One feature of the parade which
attracted public attention especially
among the fasteners, was the line
of pack mules carrying cannon on
their backs, as in the Indian wars OF
the northwest. This was a. unique
and typical western feature and was
cheered by thousands as the patient
mules trudged along with ears looping
and all unmindful of their surround.
| ings.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-06-02
"The Passion Slave"

Among the many old-tlme plays
which have won a place in the hearts
of theatergoers few there are which
equal 1.-The Passion Slave" which
comes to the Frazer theater next Sun
day night, June 4. Little need be
said of the company, as they demon
strated their ability to give pleasing
performances in "Reaping the Har-
vest" last Sunday.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-06-02
Butter Output $4,000 Pounds

The butter output of Blue Mountain
creamery for the month OF May was
1908 pounds, most of which was con-
sumed in this city and surrounding
towns. An 500 pound churning was
done today and another will be ready
for Monday. The creamery is making
an excellent record for new institu-
ton. The cream receipts from Una
tilla county are increasing every day.