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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-03-08
CLERGYMAN on DANCING.
Conducive to Morality, Culture anc
Spiritual Uplift, Says a Rector.

Publicly advocating dancing as con.
ducive to morality, culture and spirit.
ual uplft and as the solution of the
social problem in the church, the Rev
Frederick Edwards. rector of st
James Episcopal church, one of the
wcalthiest and most fashionable par.
isha3 i'll Milwaukee. Wis, is urging
from his pulpit the establishment of
classes in dancing for children and
young people as part of the church
work, says w. Il. Bullock, n Mtlwau-
kec correspondent of the PittSburg
Dispatch, He also favors the opening
o. coffee room for young men, with
reading room facilities. billiard and
pool tables and freedom to smoke in
the parish house. this room TO be open
to all men every evening Of the week
An industrial school along social set
tlcmcnt lines and n gymnasium which
Is used hv classes from a nearby set
tlemcnt IN downtown congested dis
trict have been opened. and it is Mr..
Edwards hope to utilize the entire ex-
pcnsivcly equipped parish house as a
social center for the ncighhorhood.
Il consider dancing a moral. a beau
tiful and an elevating power for good"
says the Rev. Mr.. Edwards. "and
have had dancing classes IN connection
with every church I have had Dane
ing provides Il satisfying expression for
the desire for pleasure. and 1t teaches
nd N N, To-, nf
the right relation of the sexes. The
response of the spirit 10 the In tiuence
OF beauty comes as Il natural conse,
qucnce of the rhythmic motion Of the
entire body to music. and properly
conducted, dancing cannot fail to Stim,
ulate the love for the beautiful which
Is now we'll developed as IA result of
so many theaters. so many fine pic.
lures at reasonable prices and other
cultural agencies.
II believe in teaching children to
dance, though | do not dance step
myself. My people did not believe in
it. | consider the dancing class an in.
valuable school of manners. 1t is far
more moral and elevating for a young
boy to know how to approach his girl
friends properly. to ask them to dance
cOurteoUSly. to join with them happily
in this innocent and stimulating pleas
urc. than it is for him to hang around
the doors. awkward, minterested and
with nothing to do while adults are
dancing or to slide around the floor
awkwardly and indulge in ungainly
and proiitless games which do not sat
iSly him or meet his needs.
ny first parish was in shoe town
in Massachusetts, and there l proved
the value of dancing as means of in
teresting young people and getting
them within the influence of the
church. The esta ablishment Of dancing
classes solved the entire social prob
lem of the church, which had to con-
si;ior the needs of number of en-
ployecs in the shoe factories. The
young men We're awkward, bashful
and difiic;lt to entertain until they be.
gan to learn to dance. At Maiden.
Mass, my charge just preceding my
present one, we had large dancing
club in the church,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-03-08

MS travelling carriage was stopped 10y
man on horseback. who put his head
IN nj the window and said. Il believe
you are Lord Berkeley" Il am" Il
believe you have always hpaSted that
You would never surrender 10 a single
hlShwayman." Il have" We'll" pre.
sentins Il pistol. Il am a single high.
wayman, and | say, Your money or
your life" You cuwar!ly du-." said
Lord Berkeley. do you thinl, | cou't
See your confederate skulhius behind
your The highwayman. who was
really alone, looked hurrielly round.
and Lord Berkeley shot him through
The head. asked Lady Caroline
MaXse OS03-ISSGl. who was born a
Berkeley, If this story was true. | can
never forget my thrill when she re-
Piled; YES, and | am proud to say
that ! am that mans daughter.'-Col-
lections ana EecollectionS.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-03-08
3 The - -
Scrap Book
Nevertheless and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

Nevertheless and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
In my younger days out west said
Senator Vest, went to a variety the
ater one night in Kansas CITY.
IL was one of those primitive shows
where tue stage manager comes before
Tie 1ootlishts without coat ana waist
coat and with his shirt sleeves rolled
uP TO the elbows to announce the next
number Of the programme.
Miss BERTHE Allendale." remarked
Tie stage manager, appearing in one
OF the interludes. 'who has entranced
two hemisphercs with her wonderful
vocal powers, will now render in her
inimitable style that exquisite vocal
selection entitled Down In the Val
Icy"
gentleman IN red flannel shirt
rose in the midst of the audience and
exclaimed in an impressive bass voice:
"Oh. thunder! BERTHE Allendale can't
sing for green apples"
The manager. who had started 10
leave the stage, halted and turned. An
N~'N '@iN 4A'iouNu llplll HIS eve. lie
came down from the stage. walked
slowly up TO the man in the red shirt
and said, You'll git out of here" This
invitation being declined. Il combat fol
lowed, LASTING about ten minutes.
Chairs We're broken. and both combat
ants were bruised and battered. Final
ly the man in the red shirt was elected
and the manager walked back TO the
stage and faced the audience with
bloody face and clothing torn and tat
tered. He waited Il minute. pumping
for breath. and then announced i'm
preSsively:
Nevertheless and Notwithstanding.
Miss BERTHE Allendale will now sing
her exquisite vocal selection entitled
Down In the Valley"
And she sang it with great applause
ana an encore
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-03-08
Schopeuhauer on Men and Doqs.

If you had Il dog and wanted to
make him fond of you and fancied that
Of your hundred rare and excellent
characteristics the mongrel would be
sure to perceive one and that thltWOuld
be sufficient to make him devoted to you
body and soul-if say, you fancied
that YOU would be Il fool. Pat him,
give him something to eat, and for the
rest be what you please He will not
in the least care, but will be your
faithful and devoted dog. Now. believe
me, it is just the same with men-eX-
actly the same.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-03-08

Sir George Walton, admiral Of the
blue, was detached Aug, II, IT'S with
the Canterbury and tive other ships
after Spanish fleet, and on the 18th
he forwarded to Admiral Byng the fol
lowing letter:
Sir-We have taken and destroyed al
the Spanish ships and vessels that were
upon the coast.
The number as per margin.
| am, &c, q. WALTON.
Canterbury off Syracuse. Aug. 16, l1lS.
TAKEN. BURNT.
Admiral Mari and -Four mcn-ut-war
four men-of-War CO. of 81, Al, 40 and 80
81, 40 and q guns; a guns; a fircsAip and
snip laden with bomb vessel.
arms and bomb
vessel.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-03-08
Montaiene on Death.

| have often considered with myself
whence II is that death should appear
less dreadful ia war than at home in
our own houses. | believe I'm truth
that 1t is those terrible ceremonies
wherewlth ut home We set il out that
more terriIy us than the thing itself
the cries Of mothers, wives and chil-
dren, the visits of aStoundcd and az.
ficted friends, the attendance of pale
and bubbcring servants, dark room
set round with burning tapcrs, our beds
environed with doctors and priests. in
sum nothing but ghoStlincsS aal horror
round about us. We seem dead and
buried already Happy the death that
leaves us no leisure to prepare things
for all this foppcry.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-03-08

Ii seems dleadinlly old fashioned in
this day of the typewriter, but certain
women have revived the use of the
quill pen, says the New York Press.
Goodness knows why the scratchy
thing should leave the limbo of dispute,
but here it is. Mrs. James Il. Stillman.
Jr. keeps a supply Of quill pens ON her
desk ana never writes with any other.
not even the stub" of steel that makes
m almost similar mark. In stationery.
too, Mrs Etillm0n has Il fad that if
muNy persons adopted it would de-
mand Il new kind of letter box. She
does not fold her letters, but slips them
into enyclopes that are the exact size
of the letter iapc".
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-03-08
The Vice of Excess.

If we carry our work or play to eX-
tremes, nature will present a bill for
the excess. Moderate rowing is bene-
fetal to the lungs, yet more than one
professional oarsman has died of con-
sumption. Physicians are familiar
with the irritable heart Of young ath-
and irregular, with palpitation, show
ing that the circulatory apparatus has
been strained. Races ruin nlne-tenths
of our thoroughbred horses before they
reach maturity The attempt to break
a record has ruined many young man.
%. S. Marden.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-03-08
Eugene Fields Breakfast.

Eugene Field. sad of countenance
and ready of tongue. strayed into a
Denver restaurant aud seated himself
at table. To him there came a swift
and voluble waiter who SAID. coffee.
tea chocolate ham n eggs beef steak
mutton chop fish balls hash-'n' beans"
and much more to the same purpose
Field looked at him long and solamaly
and at last replied; "Oh. friend. want
none of these things. All require is
an orange and a few kind words"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-03-08
Symp athy For the Brave.

wounded soldier. young and good
looking. was in Il hospital in Philadel-
phia during the civil war. Enter a
lady. "My poor fellow, can | do any
thing for you" Soldier (emphatically)
No, ma'am, nothing. LADY, should
like to do something for you. Shall |
not sponge your face and brow? Sol
der (despairingiy)-You may if you
want to very bad, but you'll be the
fourteenth lady as has done it this
morning
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-03-08
The PIucl<y Earl of Berkeley.

A story of highway robbery which
excited me when was boy was that
of the fifth Earl of Berkeley, who died
In 1870 He had always declared that
any one might without disgrace be
overcome by superior numbers, but
that he would never surrender to a
single highwayman. AS he was cross
Ing Hounslow heath one night on his
way from Berkeley castle to London
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-03-08
Who Is It?

Miss Muude Adams has favorita
story about Il Miss Johnsing' and
-"Culpeper Pete"
Pete became enamored of the dusky
maiden and, not having the courage to
"pop" face to face, called up the house
where she worked and asked for her
over the telephone. When he got her
Oh the line he asked:
is dat Miss Johnsing"
"Ya-aS.'
"Well. Miss Johnsing, Is got most
important question TO ask YOU
"Ya-as."
''Will you marry meE'
"Ya-as. Who is it, please"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-03-08
Eeebles' Wish.

Feebles (about to be operated upon
for appendcitis)-Doct before you
begin | wish you would send and have
our pastor, the Rev. Mr.. Blank, come
over.
Dr. Sawem-Certainly if you wish
it, but-ah-
Feebles-Pd like to be opened with
prNNer.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-03-08
"PaX. Paw. Paw

Under municipal ownership the mot
to that applies everywhere and all the
time Is that Of Kipling's "Absen tmind.
ed Beggar." You pay, pay, pay
New York Evening Mail.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-03-08
SERVED COOKLESS FOOD.
Novel New York Banquet That Re
quired No Fire.

One of the most novel entertain
ments Of the season was the "twenti
eth century banquet of uncooked
foods" given recently by Mrs. Freder.
lex S. Goodwin for seventy of her
friends in the atelier of her home In
New York city.
With decorations Of tropical fruit
rejecting the various hues of their re-
spective classes, and numerous cones of
the Italian pignon, garlands of smilax
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-03-08
VOL. XXXlV
30, District Probate Court.

..... aid Court will be held at
.r. .n.rl Wednesday of No emhD
~ sucurd thr thisd Wedn, sday
..... fnd lune Al Luvcunurg tile
. rr.....y e. January and July. At
sr Do hr>t iurhay of eac
..-sf1ns viii Hc held.at any place IL.
.t..f.-....| To-. t.srerr'.'fI
'. .... ... ir nil r'e t. v W Wy
...- -..s .t GIi d all will &c &c
,r.-.. ...-3. "n,
H.RWERT ". BLAKE, p'pGR
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-03-08

ne .ead1n@ lights of So
cl"ty shine best under the
brilliant glow of Electric
Light.
For social functions Elcc.
'I'c Light is pre-elninentlv
We most satisfactory light.
:. Electric Light is the only
NShJ for the home. 1t tre-
IolTes no attention porcare.
It IS absolutely clean, safe,
ornamental and convenient,
wen be pleased to tell
YOU more about it if you'll
call,
Island Pond Electric Co.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-03-08

Dog Problsms Before the Legislature
OF Maine--Colorado Legislature Asked
to Prohibit FootbaIl-Bacnelor Tax
and Cat Cemetery For tne State of
Massachusetts,.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-24
Bon Air Social News.
Il snecla1 tn rhe 14mas.ni., a4ah

Especial to The Times Dispatch.l
BON AIR, VA. November 23.-N1iss
Kits Wrenn entertained delightfully at
cards Friday. from 5 to II. euchre being
the game played. Mrs. Norman Nor
ton. of Richmond. and Miss Harriet
Cooke were the successful contestants.
making highest score, and cut for the
prize, Miss Cooke winning mosl
beautiful leather-bound edition 81
''Hawatha." Mr.. Macon. OF Richmond.
Won the gentleman's prize, q book OF
toasts. Those present were Mesdames
Wherry, Williams, Aatton Cox and
Morton and Misses Baskerville, of Rich
mond; Cooke, Williams, wrenh, and
Messrs. Cox. Wllcrry, Patton, Williams.
Bass, Haw. Of Hanover, and Macon, OF
Richmond, &
{ Mr.. II. NJ. Burlington returned FRI
day from g business trip South.
+ Miss Lillian Cook spent the week end
witlT her grandmother, Mrs. George
Miss Ann King Is the guest Of
Mrs, Douglas Wherry. at "coraIland."
Mr. John Hobson is visiting his Sis
ter, Mrs.. chas. Ashburner.
Miss Kits Wrenn lett Wednesday to
attend the Gaskins- Burgess wedding
in Petersburg.
Mrs. J. e, Cox, and. daughters, Mary
Thomas and Virginia, We're recent
guests Of Mrs. G. s, Campbell, at Dunn
barton.
Miss Sue Powers has returned to hcr
home at Forest Hill. after a pleasant
visit to the Misses Powers.
Mr., Percy Montague was a recent
guest OF his grandmother, Mrs. William
|Withers. !.
Miss Bessie Lamb visited Miss VIII
1lams at "Avencl' last week.
Mr.. J. G. Harry has returned from,
Petersburg.
Mrs. p. a, Saunders, Jrn OF Rich.
|mond, was the resent guest of llor SIS
ter Mrs. r. NJ. Burlington.
Mrs. Norman Morton and daughter
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-24
Wilmington Social News.
Especial to The Times Dispatch.J
N e, Nnua,,,ta.


WILMINGTON, N. c.. November 3d.
The event of the week was the mar
rage. and 1T was brilliant nuptial
affair, of Mis- Agnes seabrcase, daugh-
ter OF Rev A. w. Seabrease, D. D.,
rector OF st. paul's Church, and Mr..
Clayton Giles. Jr,. Both young peo-
pie are society Leaders, the groom be-
ing leader Of the L'Arioso German
one in the social history OF Whining
ton. it was celebrated at O'Clock
Thursday afternoon at st. Paul.s. and
me service was performed by Rev. DR.
and was thronged with people.
The bride entered ON the arm OF
her he brother Nh. McLain Seabrease. OF
escorted sec l., by his hest man. DR.. Pride
was Miss Elizabeth Burruss, and the
.nshers. Messrs. Thomas II. Wright
t Rlnnard Bradley. s. NJ. BoatwrisI,t,
ana Champ McD. Davis. Following
the wedding came delightful though
Drief reception at the Staircase home
on south Fourth Street.
Wednesday night. In honor OF the
bridal party. Mrs. =. Van Sands lavish
~ entertained at her handsome apart.
ments in The Carolina.
ot Ano at Tvs wedding of interest was eel
that OF Miss sallie Mason and MI
Ingram Baggett The marriage was !
pretty home affair. and Rev. G. A
Martin, pastor of Southside Baptist
Church. performed the ceremony.
Cape Fear Chapter. Daughters of the
ConIederacy, gave. its president Mrs
Martin 5. Willard, royal reception
Tues al afternoon upon. her return
the local chapter at the annual con
yention OF the Daughters, and wa,
-eiected hrst ce-president- general o.
the supreme chapter. - 4
A1ter his performance in Whining.
ton Wednesday night. Mr.. Paul Gil.
tm nc me actor, who Is social favor.
ne mere. was entertained al. lun-
cheon given by Mrs. Preston Bridgers
at the imposing Bridger's home come,
of Third and Dock Streets. q
The ora tor. for the Lodge OF Sorrow
OF the Wilmington Elks. which takes
place In unison with all other.
.nrongfeut the country. will be Post.
who Is district deputy for Easterf
North Carolina. The service here viii
take place In the Academy .of Music
and will be of elaborate character.
wedding invitation OF much inter
est was received here this week. anf
announcsd the coming marriage Of Mr.
Miss Esther May GARNET, daughter n
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Carney, 81 Ports
mouth. Va, the ceremony to take plac
at the Carney home. No, a407 Clifton,
Street Portsmouth, Monday Afternoon
december Cd. The Eroom-elect is ,
popular Young Wiimingtonian, ant
nolds a !. Responsible position in TIN
general freight offices of the Atlanti
Il p. . ! 4 / I.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-24
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-24
TO auc.rI.t,,

The Elcan family will appear in
issue Of December 1. 1907: also the
Mansfield family. The Brewer family
will be looked UP. The Geddy family
of Virginia seem to have no coat-ar-
NOR, but what can be found OF them
will be given.
We have not given much on the
Chandler family, but 1T win also have
our attention.
Tho writer OF the Genealogical Coll
umn has Just returned from his sum
mer's flight to tho mountains. and as
coon as he can shake off the liay-seed
and settle down to business all queries
will be answered.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-24
70 Is
.lNo. 2lgl.

This very old Virginia family
dates back in tho early colony since
1915. when three brothcrs--William,
Charles ana Frederick F1oyd-settlcd
i'll Accomac county, from whom maify
or the most prominent citizens of the
state. AS well as other portions of the
Union. have descended. They brought
with them their coat armors described
as Argent, cross sable. Crest--A
griffin sejant, azure, holding In dexter
paw garland of laurel. VERT No
motto; but their arms distinguish them
III England. as previous to Queen Eliz-
abeth. when they were firm adlierents
10 the Church of Rome.
Family tradition says they had long
resided in Wales. where the family are
still represented, and from whence the
above three brothers. cmigratcd. Pre-
Sious TO their coming, however, !. ap-
pears that Waiter Floyd had already
patented 400 acres OF land In Martin 3
hundred April a. 1882 and Nathaniel
Floyd had patented $50 acres In Isle
of Wight county In 1857 and John
Floyd. with others. patented 200 acres
In Northampton and Acconiac in 1851
so it is probable that the three BROTH
ers-William, Charles and Frederick
were sons OF Walter Floyd, who Is said
10 have been the first emigrant. and
was the father of this John. of large
possessions on the Eastern Shore. John
Floyd went North: Charles went TO
Georgia; William moved into Amherst
county Va, when it was q wilderness,
and married there daughter of Robert
Davis. who tradition .says) married a
half-breed Indian. Their eldest son.
John. born 1851, married Miss Bar
foot who soon after, died. Leaving n
daughter This John Floyd WAS assoc
ciated with Colonel William Preston.
In 1874 he moved to Kentucky. but
returned TO Virginia in 1776, and en-
tered the Revolutionary navy, COM
Manding privatecr schooner. which
had been partly furnished. by DIR.
Thomas Walker. of Albemarle. He
WAS made prisoner by the British and
taken to England. but soon after es-
capped and Joined Benjamin Franklin
in Paris, who aided him to return to
America. After serving successfully
In the border wars, he was at last
killed in battle with the sayagcs
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-24

1884. Mr., Tiycs was not present, and
only sent letter OF regrets presi-
dent jackson was also In the county,
but did not appear.
Mr.. Leigh and William S. Archer, OF
Virginia, voted against MIR. Stevenson
In the Senate, yet 1t is acknowledged
that Mr.. Stevenson made d most able
representative of this country in Eng-
land. and he and Ills charming wife
who was Miss Coles. OF Albenarlc
were recipients OF special favors by
the young Queen OF England.
we have not at hand full gcneal-
ogy or tho Stevenson family. which
will require some time to mako COM
iplcte.