The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-22
THE EMPIRE THEATRE-A
REV. e. w. SHARP MAKES REPORT,
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t1Onblnueu rage
paid tribute to the memory of Mrs.
Lucinda S. Emery, wife of Rev. G.. A.
Emery. She died in her home in Els
sex, Aug. 90, 1914. She left, besides
her husband, two daughters.
A tribute to Rev. Oscar NJ Bout
well, 76, was given by Rev. o. f. Al
ken of Swanton. Rev Mr. Boutwell,
was born in Lewis, n. Y, and died
jan 10, 1915, at Elmore, where he
was transferred last year at his own
request in order to serve his 50th year
in the ministry in the same parish
where he first had a charge. All of
his service, with the exception of six
years in the Troy conference, was
spent in the Vermont conference. He
had been presiding elder of the ST.
Adams district. He left no children.
Rev. Joseph Hamilton, in a tribute
to Rev. Mr.. Boutwell,, said that he and
Mr.. Boutwell, Joined the conference to-
gether and that of the so years he had
| been in the conference he had answer
ed to his name 40 times. The time he
missed was when he tried to get to
BrattlebOro from Wilmington, but was
forced to turn back because Of dee9
snow. At almost every one of those
conferences he had met Mr.. Boutwell,
except during the six years that the
4 latter was a member of the Troy con-
ference
| Others who paid brief tributes were
| Rev. s. H. Smith of White River
Junction, Rev. Fred Daniels of Fair
fax, Rev. P. F. Barton of Cambridge
Rev. Orlando E. Aiken of Swanton
and Rev. A. J, Green of Peacham.
Speakers Were Applauded.
Two remarkable addresses were Civ
en- last evening in thd Centre Conere-
gational church. They were as diff
ferent in delivery as were the two
speaker Yet each was convincing
The audience plainly indicated b.
earnest attention, spontaneous ap-
plause and, at not infrequent inter-
walls, laughter, an appreciation that
must have been inspiring to the speak
ers
The first part of the evening was
devoted TO the Conference Sustenta-
ton Fund society and the second to
the Sunday School board work Rev
Frank w. Lewis of Derby, president
of the SustentatiOn Fund society, pre-
sided at the first meeting and Rev.
fered prayer. Abbott s. Richmond
Sang q solo with Miss Emily Clapp at
the organ.
Mr.. Lewis explained that the pur-
pose of the society was to provide
financial aid for country churches and
introduced as the speaker Rev Arthur
W. Hewitt of PlainfeId, who had been
asked at very short notice to take the
place of Hon. Frank Plumley, who was
prevented by illness from making his
advertised address. Rev Mr.. Lewis
asked that the audience to remember
that Mr.. Hewitt had been given but
n very short time TO prepare his ad.
: dress, but after Mr., Hewitt had been
speaking for perhaps three minutes il
was plain that no apology for his
: address was necessary.
The Country Church was his subject
he announced. That he knew his sub
iect, the trials and tribulations of =
country pastor; that he was prepared
to speak in plain language; that he
twas a master of pathos. keen of mind
J lsound of Judgment and convincing ii
his statements was early apparent. Ht
spoke without gestures almost entire
]. Flv, his slow drawl seldom being ac
5 CELEBRATED, vet it is doubtful If there
Z has been a speaker in a long time il
; Brattleboro who has carried more con
Eviction with him than did this man
iwho pleaded for, actually demanded
that ministers be willing to stay OF
5 their Jobs in the country and not
seek larger and more lucrative fields
, for, he said, the largest fields are ii
the country districts aud the worl
there is of the most vital Importance
IT must have been with touch O
j.
that had come over one parish in tn
last seven years. Although he faile,
S to mention that it was the one wher
he has labored for that length of tim
and where he. declared he is willing
d Ito remain for seven years longer, n
G one in his audience but understood,
! THAT he was telling them in a hur
e Iried summary the great changes tina
q had been wrought by his own intelli
gent, ceaseless, painstaking, effectiv
0 work.
Bristled with Gems of Thought.
His address, finished in 30 minute,
: bristled with gems of thought an
Expressions that required no artifcis
II means to make plain the pictures II
! painted in no new school of fads. HI
lights and shades were at time rattle
i sharply drawn and there We're MOI
shadows than light, but always til
picture was plain whether tears Q
laughter or of sympathy blurred I'll
eyes
ii Seven years ago, he said, he can
to this conference and took one
the small and hard charges. He W;
/ / willing to remain there seven yea
| more Someone had said that cou
III try churches were for superannuat,
I'll and greenhorns. He would like I
| meet that man. There is not hiC
III enough in the tanneries to build
| pair of ears for such an ass as he
III Then he pictured the breaking
laws in a country district, which i
H Guided on one Sunday to his know
HI edge baseball, fishing. operating
II factory, haying and killing hogs, al
Ii this within a few miles of the sta