The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-19
INTERESTING PAPER
Tells of Events Of Importance Back a
Little Over Half Century.


a copy of The Boston Olive Branch, issut
of Saturday, March -, 1852. The Div
| Branch, weekly journal apparently o
Methodist proelivities, was edited by
Rev. Thomas +. Norris. Much of its space
is given over to religious matter, while
the editorial captions are written ovel
such pertinent discussions as "Observ
ance of the Sabbath, Reasons for Mar.
/ rying," sThe Temperance Law in Massa'
chusetts," and "The Boston District An
nual Conference of the Methodist p
Church" Says the editorial on Sunday
observance, blot the Sabbath from The
record of time and the moral pulse OF
the community is forever stilled." Set
| ting aside such remote scruples as, for
4 instance, the one which forbade the
mother from kissing her babe on SIM
! day, the writer urges strict adherence
/ to the blue laws, believing that "thc
same sternness of feature of the Puri-
| tan code laid the foundation for greater
characters, men of more sterling integ-
rity, more exalted worth, and firmer
principles, than the present generation
will have the honor of producing"
Interesting items of current local
events appear in the news columns at
every glance Father Matthews, the
noted temperance advocate, was reported
to be seriously i'll in Cork. and Governor
Allen of Rhode Island had at that time
just signed a bill abolishing capital pun
ishment. 1t is further written that ~.
d. Wells. dagierreotypist, Of Northamp-
ton has been taken several daguerreotype
likenesses OF Mr.. and Mrs. Goldschmidt.s
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, in a late
speech in New York, spoke of Rev. Dr.
Bushnell as "a man whom the Almighty
took so much pains to ornament inward
", that he forgot to polish him out
wardly."
The temperance propaganda appears to
be ever uppermost in the editorial mind
and items without number are printed
to show up the pernicious results of the
liquor traffic Among these is the fol-
lowing: "A man and his wife purchased
a gallon of rum recently in one of the
villages of Yates county. New York, and
started for home in a sleigh. On arriv-
ing home. the drunken husband left his
wife in the sleigh, where she was found
next morning frozen to death OF an
equally sensational nature is the follow
ing: During the absence Of j. j, Chill
lon and wife from their house in New
Orleans. in the evening. their slave girl.
Mary, was murdered, and 81 100 in cash
was stolen" The agitation against
slavery which later stirred the country
into the throes OF rebellion, had evident
" not then reached the sanctum of The
Olive Branch. Concerning the New Or
leans affair. it is written further that
"Mary's windpipe was slit with razor,
aud near the corpse was found a hand
kerchief, which was identified as belong
ing to a painter who was at work on
the house fortnight before"
People then did not regard as an idle
dream the project to establish water
communication between the Atlantic and
Pacific. as Is told by the following;
New Proiect-Captain Synge of the
English navy has read two papers be-
fore the Royal Geographical society on
opening up communication between
the Atlantic and the Pacific. through the
st. Lawrence and great lakes. Sir Rod
erick Murehison thought it could be done,
and compared the project to the uniting
OF the Black sea and the Baltic, by Peter
the Great of Russia"
OF interest to Yermouters in part,eu- !
lar is this reference from the news col. |
umn: "A statue of Ethan Allen, the /
well kncvn revolutionary warrior, has
been executed by b. H. Kinney Of Bur (
lington, VT. He claims for II that it /
is the first statue exer scrlptured IN
Vermont and. he believes the largest /
ever srulptured in America. The Bur
Iington Courier speaks of il in terms Of
The quaclS doctor even at that early
lay had ohtrnded into the realms Of
and generous share of tire
Advertising columns is devoted to an *
position Of the merits of "WistaT's Bal \
sam Of Wild Cherry CDR, Rogers Syrup \
If Liverwort, Tar and Canehalagua.' ard H
Oxygenated Bitters" Mrs. Joseph Ber-
". wife OF the Hon. Judge Berry OF n
Sewbury, Vermont, who 'was attacked
ast spring with bronchitis of the most
sielent grade" found complete relief
rom her trouble by absorbing two bot
les of the lverwort and tar.
Perhaps the most interesting part 6
ne paper ~ tuN tNoAtAt1 HhHNhhNNhtNbN
# "Alrs. Harriet Beeeher Stoves great
American tale. Uncle Toms Cabin or
Life Among the Lowry" According
o The Olive Branch. the book was TO
ave been ready for the public by March
o of the same year. In the announce
nent BY the publishers John p. Jewett
. Co. of Boston, it is described as "the
reat work which has been so long eN
ected, the story OF the age" Proceed
no further, the publishers state that
for power of description and thrilling
elineation Of character, ii is unriyaled,
nd add fresh laurels to the reputation
f the talented authoress. 1t is pub
shed in 2 vols u mo-, 3l2 pages in
aeh vol, with 9 elegant designs by Bill!
1gs. engraved by Baker; in three styles
+ binding, paper cover for 81. cloth,
/ 80. full gilt, 50, with discount for
he trade"
The announcement. Of course, was fell
,wed by the debut of Uncle Toms Cabin
ITO American literature, but even
hough they were satisfied with its
power. description and thrilling delinea
on of character" it is hardly probable
hat the publishers could sense the
lightly grasp which it was so soon to
ain in the North; nor is it likely that
rev could begin to predict its prom
lence among the issues which precipi' Z
tied an epochal contest in American