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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-08

| ince. In 1880 this appeal was granted. and
in 1892 by act of the assembly the
ligious worship of the Church Of England
was made the established order in Mary
ten counties of Maryland Thirteen of
these parishes were created on the eastern
shore and seventeen on the western shore.
Charles county then included the territory
now divided between Charles. Prince
George. Montgomery, Frederick and 9TH
er northwestern counties. Four parishes
the parishes of Port Tobacco, Durham,
William and Mary and Piscataway. In
the records of Charles county the boun-
daries of Piscataway parish are described
as Beginning at the mouth OF the Mat
tawoman creek on the Patowmack ana
running UP said creek and the branch
thereof to the utmost limits Of the county.
and thence running with the county line
to the line Of the province separating II
from Pennsylvania, thence westward with
that line to the Patowmack river and down
that river to the mouth of the Mattawoman
creek, it's beginning"
The parish took its name from the town,
creek and valley of Piscataway, and these
places were named after the tribe of In
dams inhabiting that part OF Maryland.
The Maryland Historical Society has given
the opinion that "Piscataway' is Indian
for "One who has his hair plated up side
ways and backwards''-no doubt the pc
culiar hairdress Of this tribe.
Piscataway village Is probably the oldest
| settlement in Maryland. A map published
in 1885. and which may be seen In the
Library of Congress, shows "Pascatoway.
then an Indian town. 1t is the most north
erly settlement In Maryland shown on this
map. Mr.. Thomas in his Colonial Mary
land relates that Leonard Calvert and
his .colonists in the Ark and Dove, after
passing St. Michaers (now Point Lookout),
proceeded UP the river to ST. Clements
Island where they landed. Leaving the
major part of the colonists ST St. Glenn
ents, Gov. Calvert spent several days ex-
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tied In st. George hundred, St. Mary coun-
ty. "a referred to as the first Episcopal
clergyman of the western shore Of Mary
land.
Two other Episcopal churches had been
built in southern Maryland before 1645.
These were st. Georges Church, about five
miles west OF St. Mary city and St. Paul 8
Church, about twenty-five miles further up
the Potomac. Trinity. st. Georges and st.
Paul's were standing at the time OF Ingle' 8
rebellion (sometimes called Clairbornes re-
beliion) when the Catholics were driven out
of ST. Mary county in 1915.
Though in the middle of the seventeenth
century Protestants were in the ma FORTY
In Maryland, the Church OF England was
not fourishing. and IN 1879 there were only
three clergymen of that church In the prov
ince. and In 1890 there were but five. This
does not prove that the English churchmen
In the province were poor in numbers In
zeal. DIR. Hawks in his Ecclesiastical His
tory OF Maryland says: In some parts Of
the province before the establishment of
parishes Il is known that the members of
the Church of England were in the habit
of assembling for worship at such places as
were convenient.
X
A great change in religious conditions in
Maryland came with the revolution OF 1888
The Protestant revolution in Maryland fol-
lowed In 1859. The reason given for II was
the hardness Of the proprietary government
in its recognition of the accession Of Will
liam and Mary to the English throne Ne
hemiah Rlakiston, Capt. John Coode, Col
Henry Jowles John Campbell and Ninian
Beall were shining lights In this poIitico-
religious movement
Mr.. Kerfoot says that the English church
men came steadily to the colony, and In
1855 these had the ascendancy both in
numbers and influence. Hence the great
enthusiasm following the succession of
William and Mary to~the house of Stuart
From all the counties of Maryland were
sent addresses TO the king and queen pray
ing that the colony be made royal prov
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--HE Potomac valley south of
Washington is a rich field for
antiquarian research. The records
and ruins of Virginia have been
industriously explored while the
old churches churchyards and estates OF the
Maryland shore have suffered comparative
neglect. This region is glorious IN history.
romantic in tradition, picturesque In seen
cry. end has been great IN achievement Its
story goes far back Into the period of
American settlement and leads down
through the colonial, revolutionary. con-
rederate and later eras OF the nation. II
ones interest prompt him to deive into
sarly church history In the United States
no section will yield better reward than the
southern counties OF the western shore or
Maryland.
Ten miles from the Eastern branch is
Broad Creek Church. Perhaps 1t Is not so
conspicuous In story as Bruton or Pohick.
but It - hoary and distinguished. The Rev.
r. r. Ksrtoot. writing OF this church in the
Church Militant OF February. 1893. said:
DIR. Johnson we'll said That man IS not
TO be envied whose piety would not grow
warmer among the ruins OF Iona But
there are Anticipated shrines and fanes In
our own land worthy of veneration--the CO.
lonltL churches OF new fSnSlhHu, virginia
and Maryland. Our own diocese of Wash
ington. though new, has many OF these
parishes with antique ediices and with
century old records of church life
Here Is one. II Is within an easy walk
of the See City itself. Follow the old road
down the Maryland shore of the Potomac
toward Piscataway. or sudden, about
ten miles out, drop into the valley OF
Broad creek. moment stroll further and
We come upon a quaint little brick church
in a very ancient burial place Vines and
lchens are everywhere. over monuments
old oaks and upon the church walls. The
tombstones are mostly decayed and deeply
sunken IN the mold.
This quaint structure Is very old. This
venerable edifce and its pioneer OF wood
tons for full two hundred years and more
Very unlike our modern places OF worship
Is this modest little fame. The outlines are
severely simple and graceful Its high hip
roof Is characteristic feature. with It's
soft curves. as IL reaches out over the mas
eive walls OF its exterior, We remark chief
iy the curious porch on the front toward
Broad creek bay. But within there is
much that tells OF the early provincial pc
Rod: the massive beams and arches, the
great gallery and the high, square windows
In their deep recesses. Once there were the
lofty pulpit and the clerks desk and also
the high paneled pews and the brick pave
msnts. A pity tbs that these were ever
removed. Two Of the primitive slttings
have. however. been restored as memorials
from the original material One commemo-
rates the fact that General Washington was
frequent worshiper there. The other Is
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BROAD CREEK CHURCH

In loving memory of the Lyles. who served
in the vestry quite a century ago"
The Episcopal service In North America
antedates the first of the permanent Eng
lish settlements. prayerbook service was
held on the shores of Hudson Bay in 1857,
and on the coast of California by Sir Fran
els Flstcher. the chaplain of Sir Francis
Drake. in 1870. Church service was held IN
1887 on Roanoke Island. and two baptisms
are of record. One was the baptism OF the
Indian, Manateo. and the other the baptism
of Virginia Dare. the first child born OF
English parents In the new world. There
was Episcopal service In New England be-
fore the settlement of Plymouth The ex-
petition of Martin Pring in the ships Speed
we'll and DIscoverer landed on the shore OF
Massachusetts, bay In 1903. thirteen years
before the landing Of the Puritans. and re-
manned there six weeks. 1t was at James
town that the Episcopal Church became q
permanent institution in North America.
and the first Episcopal clergyman of the
colony was the Rev. Robert Hunt Tne
story of worship under an awning mace
from a sail and of the erection of the first
church is told in the narrative of Capt john
smith.
The pioneer church, which was a wooden
building was superseded in 1919 by one OF
brick This was destroyed In 1873 when
jamestown was burned during Bacon's re-
bellion. 1t was rebuilt and burned again IN
1902. A tower Of the old church stu STANDS
Excavation has revealed relics or the sue
cessive churches. Bruton Church, Wllilams-
burg is the direct successor of these James
town churches 1t was not long after the
settlement of Jamestown that Eplscopal
services were held on Kent Island, Mary
land, then claimed part of Virginia
X
Church historians relate that these Eng
lish churchmen were settled In Kent Island
not only before the coming of Leonard Cal
vert In 1884 but before Lord Baltimore OBJ
tanned his charter. Mr.. Kerfoot has this to
say OF the Kent Island settlers: The prov
ince OF Maryland took its start in 1884.
Lord Baltimore, being a Romanist, shaped
its usages In accordance with Roman prac-
tice. No religious tests may have been
required of the settlers, and yet much more
than discouargenents were thrown in the
way OF all who were not Of the papacy.
For instance, Church OF England colony
had already come over from Virginia to
Kent Island. But no sooner had Gov. CAL
vert arrived in the province than these
Protestant settlers were driven away"
Whether this is accurate or not. an Epfs-
copal chapel was erected six miles south of
the city OF ST. Mary soon after the eStab-
lishment OF that city by the Maryland pill
grims. This was Trinity Church 1t stood
on Trinity creek. called from having
The time OF it's erection is not known, but
1t is believed to have been about 1888. At
any rate, II was prosperous church before
the passage by the Maryland assembly OF
the act OF religious freedom in 1649 The
name OF the pastor of this church seems to
have been lost, because the Rev. William
Wilkinson. who came over IN 1850 and set
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IN loving memory of the Lyles. who serve
in the vestry quite a century ago"
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constant favorite. Falstan, Brutus, Mark
Antony. Cassius. quaint old Dogberry, and
the tender. half-petulant. yet innocent old
Verges-all these have been almost living
realities with me. The first book I ever
bought was Pilgrims Progress over
thirty-two years ago, though I was then
a Roman Catholic"
T. Burt acknowledges that the greatest
literary influence OF his youth was Chan
ming. particularly his essays ON aNpoieon,
Fenelon and Milton. Keir Hardie was
most impressed by his mothers Scotch
songs and Wilson's Tales of the Border y
which Is the first book he remembers read
ing
There has Just been brought to light one
OF the most important literary discoveries
of modern times. In library in Ireland.
which was recently inherited by an Irish
man, there We're found seventeen of the
rarest English pre- hakespearean plays.
Their owner had no idea Of their great
value but somebody advised him to con-
suit London authority. Then he learned
to his amazement that these long-neglected
volumes were worth more than all the
rest OF his inheritance. They will be sold
at auction at Sotheby's ON the 3t,th- His
toricaily these old plays are more valuable
than these of Shakespeare. for they give
"a clearer idea OF Englands literary growth
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HE Potomac valley south of
Washington is a rich field for
antiquarian research. The records
and ruins of Virginia have been
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-20
DITIDENDS,

Lady-Did the natives like the per- fumed soap sent them?
 Returned missionary-No, madam, they bit into it and threw 1t away Detroit Free Press.
 Why is that tramp so raging mad?'
 "He picked up lost package, and when he opened it he found nothing but bottles of patent medicine for that full feeling. "-Harper's Weekly.
 Visitor = Are there any fish in the river?
 Native-Fish! I should rather think there was. Why, the waters simply saturated with 'em!--Punch.
 Was there much life In the country towns from which you eame?"
 Well, I guess! You ought to have seen the gatherings in our. cemetery of a Sunday" y?"-Harper's Bazar.
 Dashaway-Did you have hard time winning Miss Summit?
 Cloterton-I should say did. Why, when our engagement was announced in the papers had to put it among the sporting news.--Life.
 Easyrun Cat the race-track)- Say, that was nice steer you gave me. You said Stickfoot would win in a walk.
 LeTout-An' it's CT fact; but de fool owner made de mistake uc enterin' him in a runnin' race. See?-Chicago Daily News.
 "The boarders don't seem to like our country vegetables" said Mrs. Corntos- sel.
 That's funny" responded the farmer. They ought to 'preciate 'em. They was bought right in the same town they come from" arlington Star.
 At the mere mention of his name am always reminded of a turkey gob- bler."
 "Oh! nonsense! He's the most modest and unassuming man"
 "Of course; I admit that But his name is w w. Doubleday "-Catholic Standard and Times.
 "Mr. schirk." said his wifes mother sternly, Mary tells me you won't help her at all; that you won't even hold the baby"
 That ain't so" replied schirk Why, held it for her for quite long time last evening"
 Indeed? How long?"
 Why, long enough for her to go down cellar an get a scuttle O coal. ."-Phila- delphia Press.
 Lura Matilda-Aunt Jane, wish you wouldn't use such dreadfully countrlfied expressions and comparisons.
 Aunt Jane-That's just what your cousin, Edna Maud, said to me when I was visitin to her home. An when l got through talkin' turkey to her l rather think she's have been right pleased if she could O dropped through the hole in a doube-an' twist doughnut. I-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-20
The Menace of Reform.

When the plaint of the reformefs brings
 about the childess flat When the women of the future delSh 10
 wear the birdless hat, When the magazines, muck-raHcless'
 tell about the germless peer, When the Fourth is wholly cfacheIlesS
 and split ears get rellet' When We get the graftless citP anu the
 smell-less gasoline, With the passless politician ana the
 deathless red machine. Will the wordless joy that ills us De
 beyond all tongue pr pen, Or will quite contentleSs nature make
 us yearn to kick agaln' When the quitless kitchen lady lets us
 into her domain Without giving two days notice as she
 bids us to refrain; When the errorIess stenographer gets
 all our letters right, And we get microbeless milk and cream
 at morning and at night; When the strapless car goes by us and
 with much precision waits On the dirtless, mudless crossing while
 they open up the gates, Will the fretless world be happy or
 will restless nature shout For some old-time fret or worry just to
 rave and kick about? When the frownless wife or mother
 takes her spotless washing down And looks griefess about her on
 smokeless, spotless town; When they make the dumb piano and
 the noiseless photograph And the world goes romping Worrlless,
 with many a merry laugh When the boyless neighbor fills us With
 the rapture of delight, When the SOnp1eSE cat goes nOlSeIeSS
 through the stiffness of the night; Will we really be as happy as we were
 in days of old When we knew the doleful pleasures or
 a good, old-fashioned scolu? When the quite mistakeless umpire with
 his sure and moteless eye' ,, Calls with errorless precision every pall
 that passes by; When some human benefactor makes
 smokeless cigarette And our woollens shall be shrinkless in
 the damoest kind of wet; When mosquitoes shall be stingless and
 we have the buzzless fly, When the colicless young bahS mas a
 purely soundless,cry, Will we cherish all these blessings or
 will human kind be hurled Into sadness by the humdrum Of an Cn-
 complaining world?
 New York Times.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-20

and everything is being put in readiness for the crowds of visitors that are ex- pected. The bakery was opened, yesterday and the restaurant began do- ing business to-day. The restaurant is in charge of the Rev. w. F. Davis, of South Manchester, who has looked after this business very successfully several seasons. Among other South Manches' ter people On the grounds to remain un- til the meetings close are MT and Mrs. R. N. Stanley and Miss Flossie Stanley, W. L. Backus and Mrs. Mixter. Mrs. Lydia Talcott has sold her pretty cot tase to E. L. Wood of Putnam. The people on the grounds have their mall delivered twice each day by special car Tier from this city and there Is a store on the ground where groceries and other needful supplies are purchased. A waiting room, 1Ox2O, is being erected at camp station. The programme for the week follows:
 Monday, August 2O-7 p. nl., sermon the Rev. J. I. Bartholomew, presiding elder.
 Tuesday, August 21-1o a. m., com munoin service, in charge of the Rev, .J N. Patterson of Portland; p. m., sermon, the Rev. Jerome Greer of Nor wich Town; p. m., sermon by the Rev w. T. Carter of East Glastonbury.
 Wednesday, August 22-1O a. m., ser mon by the Rev. A. B. Kendig, D. D.; ? p. m., sermon, the Rev. R. s. Cush- man of Danielson; 2 p. m., sermon Evangelist Thomas Harrison.
 Thursday, August 23-1O a. rn., sermon pr. Kendig; p. m., sermon, Dr. Ken dig; p. m, sermon Evangelist Thomas Harriscon.
 Friday, August 24-1O a. m, sermon Dr. Kendig; ? p. n., sermon, the Rev W. F. Anderson, D. D., of New York; z u. m., sermon, Evangelist Thomas Harrison.
 Saturday, Auguse 25-10 a. n1., sermon the Rev. o. H. Green of Griswold; : p. m., sermon, c. A. Grant of Hazard
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-20
4H4r PASKr FLY AGAIN.

There's always fly in the ointment. Saturday we pointed out how much more useful married employe is than a single one, and if we do say it, we drew a fine and flawless picture of his usefulness. But here comes the Provi- dence Journal intimating that there are other things to be said, and it says some of them, thus A married employe is certainly more to be depended upon than an unmarried one. He may be depended upon to submit more readily to unjust treatment to take a refusal of a request for an advance in pay more meekly, and generally to "stay where he belongs" without making much fuss about it. There are others depending upon him, so he is more to be depended upon. If the conditions of his employ ment are galling, still he sticks and is silent, where the 'flighty" and irrespon- sible single man would break away and look for another job. The married man is roped and tied, if he is dependent upon his earnings, and of course his employer appreciates him. It cannot be denied that in most cases he is a hard CT worker and more ambitious, yet the single man will do well to consider both sides of the question and think twice before he allows himself to be tempted into matrimony by his employers offer of a $2OO wedding gift.
 Strange what some people will see and say Why should any man think twice before he is tempted into matri- mony? But, judging from the church notices and some other things, there arc people who need tempting into Heaven
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-20
 THE WALL STREET SENS4TTON.

THE WALL STREET SENS4TION.
 Wall street and the world of which it is the center have a new sensation, and big one too. Almost everybody is blaming Mir. Hartman because he has apparently made so much money by be- ing so smart and sly. There is talk about the rights of stockholders, the rights of the public, etc., etc. Mean while MT. Hartman is saying as little as possible. He is calm and unapproach- able in the "higher world of finance, into which ordinary folks were solemn ly and truly told the other day they may not enter.
 What does it all mean? Time will tell. Some sagacious people think it means little but another Wall street skin game. Some see in it very high finance, but not very sensible finance. They are asking how the Union Pacific boss can promise, or even honestly imply, that future dividends will be at the same rate, and whether 1t is wise to give "the people" the idea that the rail- road is earning so much without giving them a reduction of passenger and freight rates. And some very conserva- tive folks are talking about lunacy, etc., etc. Some who are not conservative say, More coming. Don't croak. Buy stocks.
 There has recently been an earth quake in a part of the United States, and the indications are that all the United States will be shaken some fine
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-20
BEWARE THE DEER.

Yesterday wasn't cold day. but 1t IS cold day when there isn't something new to worry over. Awhile ago there were no more deer in Connecticut than there are wild pigeons, and now 1t be- gins to look as if we shall soon be over run with them. They are already over running East Hampton, and Mrs. Ed ward Gillon of that place has suffered all she intends to from them. A herd of five deer occupy her garden a good deal of the time that she does not stay in it to drive them away They have eaten up a good part of her crops, and at last she has applied to the selectmen for compensation and commissioners have been appointed to appraise the damage. Another claim for like dam age has been filed in that vicinity.
 Something will have to be done to head the deer off. If there isn't they will soon be pushing the trolley cars of the rural districts off the tracks, and may even attack the accommodation trains of the steam road. Our hunters might be allowed to shoot them if 1t wouldn't be too dangerous to them selves and the populace, as it probably would be, After we have dealt with insistent politicians in the next election let us call a State meeting to deal with the insistent deer.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-20
MARIA PLAYED THE GAME.

The girl in the bow of the boat smiled quietly. and her half-closed eyes seemed to find the way ahead far more irttl esting than the men about her. In the stern several girls huddled under rubber coats and the not too cleanly folds of sail cloth, showing glimpses of summer finery. The girl in the bow, with her hand on the wheel, wore an old faded blue blouse, and for the pro- tection against the cold sweep of the wind had slipped into a mans coat an attractive mixture of browns and grays, that hung in unwiedly folds about her.
 The men had been over to Block Island for a baseball game and had been ingloriously beaten, not even the presence of several college men saving the day. Their sailboat had stuck, and Fred Miner, a native fisherman, offered to take them home in his motor boat. Perforce the captain of the defeated team and another man had made their way to the bow and sunk down in di. lapidated boredom. The captain was a fine looking fellow, long, muscular and graceful in bearing, with a face clean cut and strong. He fshed out his pipe and strted to light it, until he caught the eye of the girl fixed on him, and flushing a little he asked apologetical- ly if he might smoke.
 "Yes. of course, if you like" she as- sented. and her quizzical smile piqued him to a new interest. When Maria Evans came to the islands she brought lot of old clothes and determined to rough it. The colony at the islands therefore, found nothing especially in- teresting about her, for she did not play whist. she seldom changed her gown for dinner; she apparently did not